Editing Kleisthenes (section)

==The Coming of The Emperor==

Kleisthenes ruled his homeworld for ten years.  He drafted laws, put down slave rebellions, and supervised the construction of new transport hubs and public buildings.  The whole decade was one of miserable, unrelenting duty.  Though he did not begrudge his world its long-deserved tranquility, Kleisthenes knew that he had not been born to be a king.  When reports came of star-farers landing, the Primarch hoped only that the gods above had sent him a new enemy and a new purpose.

To some, it seems, fate is kind.

The Emperor of Europa put his armies on alert and instructed his envoys to make contact with the newcomers.  To Kleisthenes' bemusement, he was informed that a mighty off-world warrior identifying himself as the "Emperor of Mankind" wished a personal audience.  Confident in his personal prowess, he accepted the request and offered to meet at his summer palace - a luxury resort barely used due to the demands of rule.  Some accounts have it that at first sight of the Emperor of Mankind, Kleisthenes fell to his knees and wept with joy, pledging himself to the service of the rightful ruler of the human race without needing to hear a word.  In other versions of the story, the Primarch is persuaded by a few simple statements.  None doubt that Kleisthenes saw his destiny in the golden-armoured stranger and never questioned that this was his father, come to claim him for his rightful purpose.