Editing Thramas (section)

==Overview and Early History==

Thramas had originally been colonized sometime during the Age of Terra. After the collapse of humanity's first empire, Thramas endured the Age of Strife under a succession of governments, including the Centauran Republic, the Tenebris Freehold, and the Barony of Thrame. When Imperial forces rediscovered the planet during the Great Crusade, it was ruled by an individual known as the Regent of Thramas and under siege by human pirates and rapacious xenos. The Regent willingly bent the knee to the Imperium in exchange for its aid in driving away the horrors of Old Night. Thramas was revitalized and fortified, quickly becoming a key world in the region, such that the [[Emperor]] himself set foot on the planet during the Imperial campaign against the Khrave. By the beginning of the [[Horus Heresy]], Thramas was known as the "Jewel of the East", ruled by the Regent in the Emperor's name and warded by the regiments of the Thramassi Nightwatch. This made it a priority target for [[Horus]], who knew that the Thramas Sector and its vast industrial capacity would be a strong threat to his flank if left alone. He therefore unleashed [[Konrad Curze]] and the Night Lords upon the sector, commencing three years of bloodshed and atrocity that would come to be known as the Thramas Crusade.