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==The War of the Beast==
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The Imperium, after the heresy, enjoyed an odd period of relative peace - so long as we ignore silly and minor events like the [[Iron Cage]] world, the first [[Black Crusade]] and battle of Cadia, the [[Battle of the Fang]], multiple traitor Primarchs fucking over many worlds, and of the Daemon cults that were popping up everywhere. The Adeptus Astartes were starting to die out as there were less and less campaigns to wage (despite the traitors still being around in huge numbers) and the forces of man consolidated their domain. Although, "dying out" is probably relative. The Chapters probably had full membership and thus no more recruitment while the population of humanity continued to rapidly increase thereby making Astartes less and less relative to it. Unless you're the Dark Angels and their successors, who made a point during the Great Crusaded to maintain their own technological knowledge and ability to produce everything their legion could need. Including new Chapters. Then appeared the '''[[The Beast]]'', the mightiest Warboss ever conceived, to ravage the galaxy. The Imperium was thrown to its last ropes and it took a lot of effort to survive. It bears special mention because it's the turning point for the Imperium's organization: the former position of Lord Commander (basically a prime minister mixed in with general of the armies/admiral of the navy/marshal of the air force) was abolished and the spirit of the Imperium went from being relatively good and peaceful to decay into what would become the hellhole we know and love.