Editing Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy) (section)

==Political Events==
===798.M30: Sun and Moon===

As part of the celebrations marking the Emperor's victory and the unification of Terra, [[Hektor Cincinnatus]] and [[Pallas Eugenesis]] seal their alliance with a political marriage.  Their pact would revive the [[Sacred Band]] of the Unification Wars, turning a brief military experiment into an informal but powerful network for the trading of favours and influences among the potentates of the Space Marine Legions.

===805.M30: The Treaty of Mars===
Known as the '''Treaty of Olympus Mons''' to the Tech Priests of [[Mars (Hektor Heresy)|Mars]], this pact between Terra and Mars established the foundation of the Great Crusade. The Emperor personally visited the Martian adepts led by [[Kalkas Tygian]], who recognised Him as the personification of their great Machine God, the Omnissiah.  Even so, the Master of Mankind had to bargain long and hard to persuade the Fabricator General to support his great work with their technical and material strength.  Yet the riches of Mars were a prize beyond prizes.  The wisdom of their magoi, their great manufactorums and shipyards, and the might of their Titan Legions, Skitarii, and Legio Cybernetica, were essential for the Emperor's great work of unifying the [[Galaxy (Hektor Heresy)|Galaxy]].  Signifying their paramount importance, the Mechanicum received an exemption from the atheist code of the Imperial Truth and were permitted to continue their practice of machine-worship.  In addition, the Tech Priests would be granted a form of devolved rule, wielding the authority of the Emperor within their own territories.

To honour His new alliance with the Mechanicum, the Emperor modified the Imperial ''Aquila'' emblem.  Henceforth, the Imperial eagle would have two heads, signifying the unified purpose of Terra and Mars.

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<center>'''THE REDISCOVERY OF THE PRIMARCHS'''</center>
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Although Malcador's heroism had saved the infant Hektor Cincinnatus from the dangers of the Warp, the other Primarchs had been scattered across the galaxy.  Seventeen were rediscovered in the course of the Great Crusade:

*Arelex Orannis (806.M30, Whitestone)
*Uriel Salazar (817.M30, Tiberia V)
*Shakya Vardhana (822.M30, Simurgh)
*Roman Albrecht (831.M30, [[Centauri Primus]])
*The Voidwatcher (836.M30, Ostium)
*Gaspard Lumey (850.M30, [[Ciban IV]])
*Johannes Vrach (850.M30, Rai)
*Alexandri (855.M30, [[Rosskar]])
*Tiran Osoros (859.M30, Solnhofen)
*Inferox the Burned King (863.M30, Crematoria)
*Rogerius Merrill (870.M30, Profi Tiroedd)
*Tollund Ötztal (872.M30, Tisenjoch)
*Brennus (892.M30, Alessia)
*Golgothos (898.M30, Sepulchra)
*Aubrey The Grey (901.M30, Lazarus)
*Onyx the Indestructible (908.M30, Neolithus)
*Cromwald Walgrun (914.M30, Sommesgard)
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===807-808.M30:  Arelex Orannis tours Mars===

The second of the Primarchs was dispatched to the Red Planet shortly after his discovery.  Although the first part of his stay was kept secret, he later made public appearances.  A particular highlight of the tour was a magnificent concert conducted by [[Vilyon Luthier]] in Arelex's honour.

===899.M30: Stygies Accord===

Growing tensions between Mars and the heterodox Forgeworld [[Al-Sherar]] are diffused.  Al-Sherar's leaders agree to recognise the Fabricator General as their spiritual superior and accept the right of Mars to speak for all of the Forgeworlds, but stop short of conceding their full independence on religious or political matters.  While the accord avoids an open war, tensions continue to simmer for centuries.

===975.M30: The Burning of Lazarus===

[[Aubrey The Grey|Aubrey the Grey's]] Xenos allies, the Lazarites, betray the Imperium and carry out a series of attacks on human-held worlds. These atrocities were swiftly ended by the intervention of Gaspard Lumey's Fifth Legion. In the aftermath, Aubrey and his Eternal Zealots were humiliated and subject to Imperial sanction.

===003.M31: Council of Nikaea===
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After [[Shakya Vardhana]] brought news to the Emperor of the [[Black Augurs]] apparently using of horrific sorcery, the legitimacy of the Librarium was called into question.  Notables of the Imperium were gathered on the world of Nikaea to determine whether sorcery could be used at all without presenting a dire threat to mankind.  The Council also served as a ''de facto'' trial of [[The Voidwatcher]]. Many of the Primarchs spoke on the matter, but the final decision was the Emperor's.  The Librariums were disbanded and their members sent into ordinary squads, under strict instructions not to make use of their powers.  Malcador the Sigilite ordered that each Legion follow the example of [[Void Angels|Fifth Legion]] and establish an order of '''Tribunes''' within their ranks to police the Emperor's decision.

===004.M31: Exile of the Fifth Legion===
In the bitter atmosphere following the [[Council of Nikaea (Hektor Heresy)|Council of Nikaea]], [[Gaspard Lumey]] and his Fifth Legion are censured by the Military Council for "use of regrettable methods" and exiled to the Galactic Fringe.  In this period the Fifth abandon their old moniker "Winged Victory" and begin to refer to themselves as the [[Void Angels]].