Editing Tallarn (section)

==History and Overview==
It should be noted that Tallarn wasn't always a desert. It, like its Star Wars counterpart, used to be a verdant agri world when it was first settled in the 29th millennium. However, shit went tits up during the [[Horus Heresy]], where [[Perturabo]] and his [[Iron Warriors]] dropped several metric tons of [[Exterminatus|Virus Bombs]] on the planet, rendering it an inhospitable desert. Only then did the Chaos Space Marines land. Tallarn's few survivors emerged from their underground bunkers to stop the Iron Warriors' invasion much to Peter Turbo's surprise.

Soon, reinforcements from both sides arrived and the Battle of Tallarn became a giant, deserty moshpit. Since the poisoned environment made it impossible for infantry to operate outside of protective shelter, the only available option of battle was that of armored tank warfare. The largest tank battle in human history therefore erupted on the surface of Tallarn. We are talking ''billions'' of tanks here, ''on both sides''.

Eventually, it was revealed by the work of [[Alpha Legion]] spies, including their operative Jalen, that Perturabo invaded Tallarn in search of the "Black Oculus" (aka the Cursus of Alganar), a portal that would allow the Iron Warriors to make a pact with [[Daemon]]s and gain power. The Alpha Legion freed Horus's emissary, Argonis, in order to tell Perturabo to stop fucking around on Tallarn and help with the wider rebellion. It took a few tries as Perty was a stubborn bastard, but by the end of it, the Iron Warriors were forced to withdraw by command of [[Horus]] after it proved to be too much of a meatgrinder, and the wreckage of over a million tanks littered the sands. Tallarn still remains to be Perturabo's biggest loss and embarrassment because of how much the Virus Bombing failed to kill the inhabitants of Tallarn, before forcing the entire Iron Warriors legion into a quagmire and a stalemate.

Approximately twenty years after this, the official Tallarn Desert Raiders military force was formed. These regiments specialised in desert fighting, and were highly adept at ambushing enemy forces in the desert. The Tallarn Desert Raiders continued their attack on various worlds which had turned to Chaos until sometime around the 30th Millennium, when they were recalled.

Ten thousand years during the Thirteenth [[Black Crusade]], Tallarn was caught within the [[Great Rift]] and was invaded by Daemons. It was only thanks to [[Roboute Guilliman]]'s [[Indomitus Crusade]] that the world was saved and afterwards numerous Tallarn Desert Raiders Regiments joined the Crusade's forces.