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One of the more important events of the Age of Redemption was the [[Abyssal Crusade]]. Basically, a [[Chaos]]-worshipping [[Ecclesiarchy|Ecclesiarch]] (apparently such things exist) sent thirty Chapters of Space Marines on a crusade into the Eye of Terror, where most of them went renegade. | One of the more important events of the Age of Redemption was the [[Abyssal Crusade]]. Basically, a [[Chaos]]-worshipping [[Ecclesiarchy|Ecclesiarch]] (apparently such things exist) sent thirty Chapters of Space Marines on a crusade into the Eye of Terror, where most of them went renegade. They did, however, obliterate hundreds of worlds therein. Probably because, judging by the backstory of some of the chapters that went on the crusade, they didn't land at every world and go in guns blazing like Chaos does. They just exterminatus'd the fuck out of whatever daemon worlds they came across unless there was something they wanted on it (like a Forge World). Good thing Chaos hasn't taken a leaf out of that book... | ||
==Children's/Lost Crusade== | ==Children's/Lost Crusade== | ||
Revision as of 23:51, 13 January 2014
The Age of Redemption is one of the major time periods of the Imperium of Man. It was preceded by the Age of Apostasy and followed by the Waning, stretching from mid-M37 to the beginning of M39.
Basically, the Imperium, fresh off the Thorian Reformation, decided to expend all of its troops in penitent and redemptive crusades instead of, you know, actually defending its borders. This would prove to be a bad idea.
The Occlusiad
Sometimes mentioned in fluff relating to the Adeptus Mechanicus, the Occlusiad was a time period when a radical sect of Tech-Priests, calling themselves the Apostles of the Blind King, declare humanity to be an affront to the Machine God. Then, for good measure, they uncover a bunch of archeotech that lets them blow up stars. Because of course they do.
War between the Imperium and the Apostles rages for a decade until a Navigator by the name of Joyre Macran accidentally discovers the palace-warship of the Blind King in the Warp. He brings an Emperor-class battleship called the Dominus Astra and blows up the Blind King. Without their leader, the cult is finally ended.
Abyssal Crusade
One of the more important events of the Age of Redemption was the Abyssal Crusade. Basically, a Chaos-worshipping Ecclesiarch (apparently such things exist) sent thirty Chapters of Space Marines on a crusade into the Eye of Terror, where most of them went renegade. They did, however, obliterate hundreds of worlds therein. Probably because, judging by the backstory of some of the chapters that went on the crusade, they didn't land at every world and go in guns blazing like Chaos does. They just exterminatus'd the fuck out of whatever daemon worlds they came across unless there was something they wanted on it (like a Forge World). Good thing Chaos hasn't taken a leaf out of that book...
Children's/Lost Crusade
A bunch of optimists, mostly children, decided they could change the galaxy for the better with love and tolerance. They decided to go on a pilgrimage for Terra, calling themselves the Children's Crusade.
And then all the ships got lost in the Warp!
They reappeared almost a thousand years later, most of the ships twisted and torn beyond recognition. It was renamed the Lost Crusade, and the Inquisition tried their hardest to cover it up.