Editing Golgothos (section)

===The Great Crusade===

On the long journey back to Ancient Terra, the Emperor began to explain the truth of the Galaxy to Golgothos, starting with the lesson that He was only a man of great ability. The Primarch learnt quickly, even by the standards of his brothers, and thrived during his time on the worlds of old Sol. Malcador the Sigilite, usually sparing in his praise for the Primarchs, announced Golgothos to the men of the Sixth Legion as their gene-sire and a leader who would bring them to the highest glories.

Such a leader was sorely needed. The Sixth had amassed no few victories in the first century of the Great Crusade, but their geneseed was difficult to replicate and the Legion remained too weak to field more than a single Expedition Fleet. Fresh genetic samples from Golgothos had allowed [[Pallas Eugenesis]] to prepare a substantial stock during the Primarch's stay on Terra, but recruits were more difficult to find. Unlike his brother Primarchs, Golgothos had no loyal people waiting for him on Sepulchra and the worlds of the Solar System had already been culled of all suitable aspirants.

Unperturbed, Golgothos gathered the warriors of the Sixth and led a series of campaigns against the Orks of the Segmentum Obscurus. Led by the Imperium's foremost expert on the Orkish mind, the Sixth cut through the alien hosts in a series of swift and astonishingly lop-sided victories. Golgothos' victories not only elevated the Sixth in the eyes of their peers, but established contact with a cluster of worlds inhabited by warrior cultures hardy enough to withstand Orkish attacks. Young men from these planets would form the raw material for new cohorts of the Sixth Legion.

Barren Sepulchra also had gifts for the Imperium. Golgothos' homeworld, still plagued by feral Orks, was a fine place for training new Space Marines, but more valuable still were the stores of ancient technology. Many warriors who fell in Golgothos' first campaigns were interred into Dreadnoughts based on ancient Sepulchran walkers and these fallen heroes became the Legion's trademark and led to their nickname '''The Endless'''. The Sixth's fleet also benefited from Sepulchra's bounty, receiving refurbished warships that had been mothballed in the system's outskirts. Finally, fragments of ancient technology of less immediate importance were available to be traded to the tech priests of Mars for advanced armour and weapons. As the second century of the Great Crusade drew to a close, there were many larger Legions but none possessed more suits of powerful ''Terminator'' armour.

Transforming the Sixth from a small brotherhood into one of the mighty Legions of the Great Crusade was no small feat, especially as Golgothos did so while constantly pressing forward the borders of the Imperium. Had the Primarch's character been lacking in any respect, his successes might have inspired jealousy and suspicion. But Golgothos' forthright energy and courage, combined with his personal charisma, drew more admiration than bitterness. He was especially close to [[Onyx the Indestructible]], a kindred spirit, and the noble [[Uriel Salazar]]. Those who expressed their dislike of Golgothos did so privately - alone among the Primarchs, he was never on the wrong end of [[Gaspard Lumey]]'s poison pen.
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Although Golgothos never sought vengeance against the War Scribes for their failure at Ullanor, he made his feelings all too clear. The Lord of the Entombed and his gene-sons almost never acknowledged the sons of Arelex Orannis again. In all the volumes of Imperial history, just one interaction between an Entombed warrior and a member of the War Scribes or one of their Successor Chapters can be found: after the '''Lightbringers''' relieved the Entombed during the terrible fighting at Mahys Point, Cardinal Erebus answered a formal apology from the Lightbringers' Chapter Master Kapitsa with the words, ''How can I forgive one who does not exist?''
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With the Emperor's great plans almost complete, the Master of Mankind directed his Primarchs to reduce the mighty Empire of Ullanor. This vast Orkish realm was the last obvious threat to human domination of the Galaxy and no warrior was better suited to planning its destruction than Golgothos. Drawing on the forces of his own Sixth Legion, [[Arelex Orannis]]'s [[War Scribes|Second Legion]], and [[Hektor Cincinnatus]]'s [[Heralds of Hektor|First Legion]], Golgothos orchestrated an almost-flawless campaign against the Orks. The Sixth Legion, supported by their battle brothers in Legio Mortis and elements of the Second Legion, delivered the coup de grace at Ullanor itself. Golgothos led his Terminator-armoured bodyguard at the point of the attack, seeking to destroy the Orkish leadership in person. The Sixth made it far but their allies in the Second failed to press the supporting attack with sufficient vigor. Golgothos and his bodyguards were cut off and suffered terrible losses before Knyaz Yevdokia and her Knights managed to break them out. Out of a hundred warriors, the cream of the Sixth Legion, there were only two survivors. Lieutenant Obitus had been struck down and suffered multiple skull fractures, as well as less serious injuries, but clung to life. The Primarch himself had been overwhelmed and his captors attempted to torture him to death. Among the many injuries Golgothos suffered, his right arm was torn from his body and devoured in front of him. The Knights of House Iaga bore the Primarch from the field believing that they were rescuing the corpse of a fallen hero.

Golgothos was not dead, but his injuries were so severe that even his supernatural vitality could not undo them. While the Emperor took command of the Ullanor Crusade and finished off the brilliant campaign that Golgothos had begun, the Primarch was prepared for interment in a mighty Dreadnought. The [[Kalkas Tygian|Fabricator-General]] himself supervised the operation, striving to grant the Emperor's fallen son as much of his old prowess as possible. Even so, Golgothos spent many months in a fugue state, regressed to his old life on Sepulchra and beset by Orks. Obitus recovered from his own injuries and resumed his watch over his master, listening to the Primarch's ramblings until at last Golgothos' mind found its way back to the Galaxy.

In the last years of the Great Crusade, Golgothos focused his energies on crusades and rarely appeared at state occasions, as did his Legion who now styled themselves '''The Entombed''' in honour of their sire. He spurned the [[Council of Nikaea (Hektor Heresy)|Council of Nikaea]], sending faithful Obitus to represent his staunchly anti-Psyker views. The decrees at Nikaea troubled Golgothos little and he was happy to set Obitus the task of training morale officers - ''Chaplains'', as they came to be known. However, the trial of Gaspard Lumey brought Golgothos from his seclusion. The Entombed's Primarch growled out his disjointed vote to bring no sanction against Lumey for his actions in the [[Core Worlds Campaign]], but the motion passed. Golgothos returned to his wars and would be constantly at the front until the crisis of the Hektor Heresy broke.