Waning

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The Waning is one of the major time periods of the Imperium of Man. It was preceded by the Age of Redemption and followed by the Time of Ending, stretching from the beginning of M39 to mid-M41.

So remember how the Age of Redemption had all that crusading and whatnot going on? As predicted (by rational people), this ended up being a bad idea. Basically, it was "Shit Falling Apart: Imperial Edition," as xenos took back everything they had lost (and more), Chaos cultists started rebelling like crazy, and the High Lords of Terra imposed ever-stricter rules to stave off total collapse, including turning over whole systems to Space Marine Chapters for direct governance.

And if that sounds bad, well... it's called the Waning, what the hell did you expect?

Macharian Heresy

When Macharius died, it was sad for most of the Imperium, but utterly disastrous for his territories as his former generals immediately began bickering among themselves over who got to take his place. They collapsed into insurgency, civil war, and other general nastiness. It took seventy years and multiple Space Marine Chapters to end.

Timeline of Warhammer 40,000
The Times of Old	Wars of Secession • War in Heaven (60.000.000 BC) • Fall of the Eldar (M30)
Pre-Heresy	Age of Terra (M1-M15) • Dark Age of Technology (M15-M25) • Cybernetic Revolt (M23-M25) • Age of Strife (M25-M30)
Great Crusade (Late M30-005.M31)	Unification Wars • The Last Church • Rangdan Xenocides • Interex • Gardinaal • Faash • Council of Nikaea
Horus Heresy (005.M31-014.M31)	Battle of Isstvan III • The Burning of Prospero • Battle of the Alaxxes Nebula • Drop Site Massacre • Thramas Crusade • The Battle of Phall • Battle of Calth • Signus Campaign • Imperium Secundus • Battle of Trisolian • Battle of Beta-Garmon • Siege of Terra
Time of Rebirth (015.M31-M32)	The Great Scouring (~015.M31) • Start of The Long War (M31) • The Legion Wars (M31) • The Battle of Skalathrax (M31) • The Battle of Harmony (M31) • Creation of the Codex Astartes (M31) • Second Founding (021.M31) • Battle of Thessala (121.M31)
The Forging (M32-M34)	The War of The Beast (544.M32-546.M32) • The Beheading (546.M32) • The War of the False Primarch (780.M33-860.M33)
Nova Terra Interregnum (M34-M36)	21st Founding (M36)
Age of Apostasy (M36)	Plague of Unbelief (310.M36)
Age of Redemption (M37-Early M38)	Abyssal Crusade (321.M37-121.M38)
The Waning (Early M38- Early M41)	Gothic War (143-151.M41) • The Macharian Crusade (392-399.M41) • The Macharian Heresy (400-470.M41) • Wars for Armageddon (444.M41, 941.M41 and 991.M41) • Damocles Crusade (742.M41)
Time of Ending (Early M41-999.M41)	The Vaxi Atrocity (731.M41) • First Tyrannic War (745-746.M41) • Sabbat Worlds Crusade (755.M41-780.M41) • Siege of Vraks (813.M41-830.M41) • Massacre at Sanctuary 101 (897.M41) • Badab War (901-912.M41) • The Vaxhallian Genocide (926.M41) • Second Tyrannic War (990.M41-993.M41) • Orphean War (991.M41-Ongoing) • Third Tyrannic War (997.M41-999.M41) • Taros Campaign (998.M41) • Fall of Shadowbrink (998.M41) • Octarius War (999.M41-Ongoing) • Conquest of Uttu Prime (Late M41) • Devastation of Baal (999.M41) • 13th Black Crusade (999.M41-M42) • 2nd Siege of Terra (000.M42)
Age of the Dark Imperium (000.M42-Ongoing)	Ultima Founding (999.M41-012.M42) • Indomitus Crusade (999.M41-Ongoing, first phase ended on 012.M42) • War of Beasts (001.M42-025.M42) • Plague Wars (~012.M42) • Psychic Awakening (M42) • Fourth Tyrannic War (M42)

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Macharian Heresy

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