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Umberto II - Umberto II Memorial Mausoleum: Certus-Minor's surface was a vision of towers, steeples and spires. Stained-glass and rockcrete, dark with age, thrusted forth towards the heavens with reverent majesty.With nearly every square metre of dirt on Certus-Minor devoted to the dead, even the capital city, the centre of the world's administration was considered an extravagance.Like a tiny, ecclesiastical hive city, Obsequa City comprised basilicas and cathedrals that were built tall and tight. The narrow alleys and passages were steep and cobbled, leading up to the crowning monument -- the heart of the city in both a physical and spiritual sense -- the Umberto II Memorial Mausoleum.Nestled at the heart of the devotional architecture and adorning the metropolis like a crown was the enormous roof-dome of the sacred vault that dominated the city skyline -- the largest and tallest building in Obsequa City.A colossal archway-barbican decorated the entrance to the memorial mausoleum. The pillars of the stately sepulchre were thick and tall, and the darkness of the threshold beckoned Imperial pilgrim and cleric alike.The funereal beauty of the mausoleum was astounding: the intricate scrolling on the wall internments; the silver lettering adorning the floor slabs, recording the names of past pontiffs and cardinals of the Ecclesiarchy; loggia supports and fat sculpted pillars reaching up to the exquisite detail of the mausoleum's domed ceiling -- each hand-painted illustration a depiction of Umberto II's long and spiritually-productive life.Candles and incense burned from a thousand suspended sconces, and stern statues of Ecclesiarchs already elevated to sainthood by the Imperial Cult adorned the sepulchre space in a ring around a simple block-crypt of obsidian brick.A silver-plated elevator was used to transport clerics and Adepta Sororitas guardians deep below the sepulchre to a small complex of condition-controlled crypt chambers residing behind a thick vault door.Within, laid out for private pilgrimage and display, were the surviving remains of Umberto II, the ruling ecclesiarch of the Adeptus Ministorum and High Lord of Terra.A circular gallery spiralled about the sepulchre's exterior, made up of marble steps and landings, providing access to the wall-combs, vaultia and the upper stories of the Mausoleum.Imperial mortuary lighters brought an unending supply of the Imperium's noble dead from necrofreighters down to the Certusian surface. The prestige of spending just a Terran century in the same precious earth as Umberto II drew cadavers from light years around.Senior officers of the Astra Militarum, the Imperial Navy, members of Hive World noble houses, powerful merchant lords, Navigators, other planetary nobility and devoted members of the Ecclesiarchy itself were all buried in Certus-Minor's sacred topsoil.Coffins and sarcophagi were dug up for shipment back to the families following the expiration of their leases in an unending cycle of inhumation and exhumation on a planetary scale.
Umbra - Umbra: The Umbra are an intelligent, nonhumanoid alien species of the galaxy that is intensely hostile to other forms of life and have represented a threat to the Imperium of Man on numerous occasions.Very little is currently understood about this hostile and enigmatic species of xenos.
Umbra - Anatomy and Physiology: An Umbra appears to be a black sphere to the naked eye, but it possesses the capacity to manipulate shadows as weapons. The Umbra were known to be related in some way to the Warp and were often sighted near starships' Warp-Drives.With an ability to manipulate the shadows, the Umbra display a direct aversion to light. Experiments performed by Magos Biologis Sharle Darvus demonstrated that containment within an area lacking any shadows was sufficient to euthanise the creatures.One theory put forward by Calculus Logi Byrr is that the physical form of the Umbra is but a small reflection of the whole creature, with the rest existing in another dimension, most likely the Warp. This could help account for the creature's ability to manipulate and control shadows.Upon the captured Umbra's death, both Magos Darvus and an accompanying Inquisitor experienced "intense cranial pain, a flickering succession of mental images broadcast by the creature, including a humanoid figure splintering apart, the image of a Warp Storm and deep space, and a single word, 'Linger'". This seems to denote that the Umbra possess some form of psychic ability, even if it is extremely limited.A questionable text penned by a self-confessed Heretic speaks of a "war in the heavens between star devils and old gods," likely a reference to the C'tan and the Old Ones and their War in Heaven millions of Terran years ago.After all the old gods were killed, one survived and hid within the Warp. Then she was "born in the longears' brain," and the Chaos God Slaanesh, "chops him a million times and kicks the shards out into the cold. To Linger, she says to linger like always." An incredible account, despite its lack of credibility or comprehensibility.These descriptions could be considered consistent with the visions experienced by Magos Darvus. This would suggest that the Umbra are a fragment of a greater entity, perhaps one of the C'tan or some other unknown Warp entity.Noting that the Umbra are often found attached to Warp engines or in areas suspected of being entrances to the Aeldari Webway may denote an attempt to return to the Warp.Perhaps these stories relate to the battle between Slaanesh and Khorne over the fallen Aeldari war god Khaine, as Aeldari myth claims that he was split into a thousand pieces which were scattered across the galaxy.As ever, all the information available about the Umbra is mere speculation. In their spherical form these beings are poisoned by the light, their only known vulnerability.
Umbra Malygris - Umbra Malygris: Umbra Malygris was one of the worst Hereteks and Traitors in the history of the Adeptus Mechanicus. His twisted imagination knew no bounds and centuries after his death his blasphemous creations still plague the Calixis Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus.
Umbra Malygris - History: As a loyal Archmagos who served in the Adeptus Mechanicus' Explorator fleets during the 39th Millennium, Umbra Malygris travelled far beyond the Emperor of Mankind’s light. His travels brought back an immeasurable fortune in lost technology from humanity’s forgotten colonies, but eventually the lure of forbidden knowledge became too much for Malygris and he turned his back on the Imperium. Many of his junior Tech-priests followed him into the darkness of tech-heresy, and the following mass defection caused civil war within the Cult Mechanicus of the Calixis Sector. Many of the Heretic factions of the Calixis Sector tried to enlist Malygris in their own dark machinations, but the Renegade Magos answered all such propositions with extreme violence. A sect of Traitor Inquisitors, known as the Phaenonites, was nearly destroyed for having bothered Malygris with their offers of an alliance.
Umbra Malygris - Tech-Heresy: For centuries Umbra Malygris plagued the Imperium of Man's fringes with his foul creations. Worlds were devastated by his experiments with viral warfare, and in his laboratories self-aware machines of soulless evil were created to do their master's bidding. Malygris' studies also encompassed the more arcane areas of forbidden tech-heresy. He is believed to have rediscovered the Sarcosan Wave Generator, a device which had been forgotten since at least the time of the Age of Strife. This infernal technology allowed the user to reanimate and control hordes of the dead and it can even be used to create a perverse resemblance of intelligent life in the necrotic tissue. Another of Malygris' hideous inventions, the Apostasic Matrix, can forever destroy a person’s capability to display true faith, love and all other absolute convictions.
Umbra Malygris - Legacy: Three centuries after Malygris' betrayal his sins finally caught up with him. A joint task force of Inquisitors and Tech-priests traced him back to his stronghold, and after a long and bloody battle the Heretek was destroyed. According to legend, the templates to all his creations and artefacts are hidden on some remote planet, inside a construct known as the Altar of Genocide. To this day the major heretical factions of the Calixis Sector fight amongst themselves over the right to pursue this arcane and deadly treasure.
Umbral Knights - Umbral Knights: Umbral KnightsSpace MarineChapterPrimaris Space MarinesUltima Founding
Umbral Knights - Chapter History: The Umbral Knights played a role in the Indomitus Crusade under Lord Commander of the Imperium Roboute Guilliman's orders until they were tasked with staying behind after one of the initial conflicts of the Indomitus Crusade was won so that they could consolidate the crusade's gains among the liberated worlds.
Umbral Knights - Chapter Colours: The Umbral Knights' Chapter colours are currently unknown in Imperial records.
Umbral Knights - Chapter Badge: The Umbral Knights' Chapter badge is not currently listed in Imperial records.
Unforged (Anthology Short Story) - Unforged (Anthology Short Story): Unforged is a short story published in The Horus Heresy series that was originally part of an anthology. Unforged was published as part of the event exclusive Meduson anthology and then later as part of the Shattered Legions main series anthology in April 2017. The cover image used is that of Shattered Legions, as Unforged was never republished separately.
Unforged (Anthology Short Story) - Synopsis: The surviving Astartes of the Salamanders Legion examine their broken nature in the wake of the near-extinction of their Legion during the Drop Site Massacre.
Unforgiven - Unforgiven: The Unforgiven is the name given to the Dark Angels Chapter of Space Marines and all of their Successor Chapters. Each of the Unforgiven Chapters traces their genetic lineage to Primarch Lion El'Jonson and his Dark Angels Legion.The Unforgiven have come to hold this name because of the events surrounding the death of their primarch at the hands of his second-in-command Luther and a contingent of the original Dark Angels Legion which turned to Chaos at the end of the Horus Heresy.Luther and the Lion met in single combat upon the surface of the Dark Angels' original homeworld of Caliban where Luther used the powers of Chaos to assault his former friend. However, Luther repented of his actions upon seeing the Lion mortally wounded at his feet.In their rage at yet another defeat, the Ruinous Powers initiated a massive Warp Storm that tore the world of Caliban apart and transported every one of the Chaos-tainted Dark Angels through time and space after drawing them into the Warp. These Traitor Marines are known today to the Unforgiven as the Fallen Angels.The officers and most Veteran Space Marines of each Unforgiven Chapter, collectively known as the "Inner Circle," swears an oath that they will not again know the forgiveness of the Emperor of Mankind for the Ist Legion's disloyalty during the Horus Heresy until every one of the Fallen has repented their crime or received the Emperor's Peace.However, the Astartes of the Unforgiven who have learned this secret will pursue this quest to the exclusion of all other duties, even their defence of the Imperium. As a result of this obsession, some in the Inquisition have begun to fear for the Dark Angels' and their Successor Chapters' loyalties as there have been instances where they have even disobeyed a direct order of the High Lords of Terra.Because of this secret, the Dark Angels do not mix openly with Space Marine Chapters outside of the Unforgiven even when fighting alongside them as allies.In turn, the Unforgiven are deeply distrustful of the Inquisition, for they will do anything to avoid having their secret shame discovered by outsiders, and ferreting out secrets is the very reason for the Inquisition's existence.
Unforgiven - History: The Dark Angels stand first amongst the Space Marine Chapters, as they have done since their very inception as the Ist Legion of the bygone Space Marine Legions. They are a proud Chapter, with traditions and rituals that date back to the earliest days of the Imperium of Man.The origins of the Dark Angels Chapter remain shrouded in mystery. Few Imperial records of its beginnings still exist, nor are there many mentions of the part it played in the Emperor's Great Crusade during the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.Most references in the histories of the Imperium to its deeds during the accursed times of the galaxy-wide insurrection known as the Horus Heresy have actually been expunged.Yet a legend persists that at one point the Dark Angels teetered on the very brink of heresy and that an act of the most terrible betrayal dishonoured all of the Ist Legion's feats of valour, leaving an enduring stain upon all of its Successor Chapters' honour.
Unforgiven - Fall of Caliban: In the aftermath of the Horus Heresy, the surviving Loyalists rallied the reeling Imperium. The Dark Angels took a significant part in these battles, which later came to be called the Great Scouring. As they pursued the rebels, the Legion diverted to their nearby homeworld of Caliban, which had been enshrouded by Warp Storms since Horus' betrayal.For Lion El'Jonson, one final act of treachery remained to be discovered. Upon the Dark Angels' arrival in orbit, they were fired upon from the surface. Pulling back the Legion fleet, El'Jonson tried to find out what had happened, and discovered that Luther, Jonson's second-in-command, had become embittered by what he perceived as El'Jonson always taking all the glory.Knowing the hearts of men, Luther utilised his superb oratory, and poisoned the minds of the Dark Angels garrison and the new recruits that had been left on the planet against their primarch.Correctly believing that Luther and the planet-side Dark Angels had actually been tainted by Chaos, an infuriated El'Jonson ordered that Caliban be bombarded from orbit, destroying the planet's defences.El'Jonson then led his forces to the surface and assaulted the Order's ancient fortress-monastery, where he confronted Luther in single combat. Luther, transformed into a Chaos Champion by the power of the Chaos Gods, was now evenly matched in strength with the enraged primarch. The battle between the two levelled the Order's fortress-monastery as the planet was coming apart around them, the orbital bombardment taking a heavy toll on the surface.El'Jonson managed to wound Luther, but could not bring himself to kill the man who had been his brother and mentor. Luther lashed out with a powerful sorcerous attack that mortally wounded the primarch. As he saw what he had done, Luther felt a veil lift from his eyes, and the Chaos Gods -- seeing that once again their chosen Champion had failed to defeat the lackeys of the Emperor of Mankind -- lashed out with the powers of the Warp.The followers of Luther, the Fallen Angels or just "the Fallen," were scattered throughout space and time, and Caliban tore itself apart under the strain of the Ruinous Powers' assault.The only portion of the planet remaining intact was the rock on which stood the fortress-monastery in which Luther and the Lion had duelled. The Dark Angels entered the shattered monastery and captured the broken Luther; of El'Jonson himself, however, there was no sign.
Unforgiven - Age of the Imperium: The aftermath of the Horus Heresy was a time of great mistrust. On Terra, the Emperor's silenced body was sustained only by the life-giving machineries of the Golden Throne. The newly envisioned realm of Mankind was now governed in the Emperor's name by the High Lords of Terra. Their first orders were to seek out the hidden roots of the rebellion, to search for collaborators, and to follow up on the retreat of the Traitor Legions that had joined the treacherous Warmaster Horus in his betrayal.All across the Imperium, a tangled web of suspicion hung over everything, misdoubts that were only made worse as further investigations revealed yet deeper corruption. Thus began the Age of the Imperium, an era steeped in paranoia, recriminations and vengeance.It was in this new age of fear and doubt that the remaining Dark Angels assembled to pay tribute to their lost primarch. Internalising their grief, the Dark Angels pulled together, their masters forming a plan of action.They were still the Sons of the Lion -- tenacious warriors who, once stirred to action, were never short of zeal. In a way, the Dark Angels were born again, single-mindedly rededicating their lives to the service of the Imperium.
Unforgiven - The Hunt Begins: The masters of the Ist Legion greeted this new shock with typical stoicism, despite the inner turmoil it created. On the one hand, they feared their nightmare would be revealed -- that while the Fallen lived, knowledge of their Legion's treachery against the Emperor might be spread throughout the galaxy.On the other hand, the continued existence of the Traitors offered hope, for if the Renegades could be tracked down and forced to repent, then the sins of the Legion might be absolved, washed away in the blood of the Fallen. The Grand Masters of the nascent Inner Circle swore that so long as even one of the Fallen remained alive and unrepentant, the Dark Angels would be Unforgiven, cursed by their brothers to atone for all eternity.So began the secret mission that would prove the driving force behind the Dark Angels' and their successors' actions for millennia to come. To this day, the Dark Angels and their Successor Chapters of the Unforgiven continue to wage a war of repentance to wipe this secret stain from the honour of the old Ist Legion.They can never truly rest until every one of the Fallen has been eliminated. Dark Angels hold the duty of capturing or killing the Fallen as their most important duty, superseding all other necessities.There have been cases where the Dark Angels have literally left the battlefield in the middle of combat against the Emperor's foes in order to chase down a suspected sighting of a Fallen Angel.
Unforgiven - Second Founding: Many changes were happening within the Imperium during these darksome days. Although Horus had been defeated and his remaining Traitor Legions driven into the Eye of Terror in the Great Scouring, the High Lords of Terra and the remaining primarchs still dreaded the resurgence of Chaos.They had all recoiled in horror at the full realisation of how insidious the betrayal had been, how far across the galaxy the roots of corruption had spread. Never again could the Imperium be subjected to such widespread rebellion; drastic measures had to be undertaken.To avoid the threat of the Space Marine armies, Mankind's most elite warriors, falling under the influence of the enemy, the remaining Space Marine Legions were sub-divided into a number of smaller Chapters.Before the Horus Heresy, a Space Marine Legion might count one hundred thousand or more warriors under a single command, but under the new structure each Chapter's size was limited to only a thousand transhuman warriors.The organisation, tactics and roles of the new "Chapters" were defined in the sacred tome of tactical knowledge known as the Codex Astartes. Roboute Guilliman, the primarch of the Ultramarines, almost single-handedly wrote the Codex Astartes, which laid out in painstaking detail the order of battle for a standard Space Marine Chapter as well as the tactics required to meet almost every combat situation.These proscriptions not only lessened the risks of a single Traitor once more using the power of the Astartes to assault the Imperium, but also allowed the limited number of Space Marines remaining after the Horus Heresy to be more flexible and more spread out across the galaxy to confront Mankind's many remaining enemies.The first act of creating smaller, more versatile Chapters out of the original Space Marine Legions was known as the "Second Founding," and the new Chapters were known as Successor Chapters of the original First Founding Legions.Although autonomous, Successor Chapters naturally claimed close ties to the Chapter which retained the original name and traditions of their originating Legion, and this proved especially true with the Dark Angels. It is unknown exactly how many were created, as some have since been destroyed and the records of that time have been lost.The Dark Angels acquiesced to the order of Guilliman to split into Successor Chapters, as doing otherwise would have raised suspicion at a time when they could ill-afford any scrutiny. From the Ist Legion, they sired the Angels of Absolution, the Angels of Redemption and the Angels of Vengeance, each new Chapter led by its own Grand Master.While maintaining the facade of full autonomy, the Dark Angels' Successor Chapters regularly met, in clandestine fashion, to take their lead from the Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels Chapter -- for although they had been divided, the Astartes of the Successor Chapters too had witnessed the Fall of Caliban, and thus remained Unforgiven in the sight of the Emperor.
Unforgiven - Organisation: The Unforgiven do not only share the secret of the Fallen's existence with their progenitors; they also share a common military organisation and order of battle that closely mirrors that of the Dark Angels' unorthodox structure.Each Unforgiven Chapter is governed by a secretive Inner Circle of officers who make use of the same titles as the Dark Angels and each usually maintains company formations that are identical in doctrine and composition, though not necessarily name, to the Dark Angels' elite Deathwing (1st) Company of Terminators and the Ravenwing (2nd) Company of highly mobile, fast attack squadrons.Because of their shared secret, all of the Unforgiven Chapters maintain an unusual level of coordination with one another as they seek out leads on their Fallen Angel targets.It is not unknown for the Supreme Grand Masters of all the Unforgiven Chapters to gather at relatively regular intervals for secret convocations on The Rock, the asteroid and mobile fortress-monastery that is all that remains of Caliban.
Unhallowed, The - Unhallowed, The: The Unhallowed are a warband of Chaos Space Marines. They were once a Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines of unknown origin and Founding, known as the Invictors. They were corrupted after entering the Eye of Terror in 321.M37 as part of the Imperial Abyssal Crusade. It is unknown what they endured during their sojourn into the Eye, but by the time they made their way back into realspace, they had become the warband of Chaos Space Marines known as The Unhallowed.
Unhallowed, The - Abyssal Crusade: Following the Ecclesiarchal Purges of 321.M37, a dozen star systems were engulfed by Warp Storm Dionys, its echoes rippling along the spiral arms of the galaxy as it raged through the Empyrean. Records of mutation and Chaos Cultist activity quadrupled overnight. Worse yet, it was not only the citizens who were affected by the sudden influx of Chaos. Many of the Space Marine Chapters with homeworlds affected by the Warp Storm found that the secret imperfections in their gene-seed were writ large upon their new recruits, giving rise to a wave of disturbing manifestations both physical and psychological. The Invictors were one such Loyalist Chapter of Astartes that had been affected by these Warp Storms.When the Ecclesiarchy heard of this sinister tum of events, Saint Basillius the Elder demanded that all those Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes whose homeworlds had been touched by the Warp Storm be rendered unto his judgement. Such was the elder's influence with the High Lords of Terra that within a standard year this had come to pass. After a series of stringent tests and prognostications, hundreds of Chapters were deemed unaffected by the Warp Storm. No less than thirty were found wanting. The Judged, as these fallen Chapters came to be known, volunteered for a redemptive Penitent Crusade. The most militant of their number demanded the right to purify their tainted flesh in the fires of battle, to make a noble end from tragic misfortune. To the surprise of his closest advisors, Saint Basillius agreed to this proposal. He saw it fitting to send the accused into the Eye of Terror, taking the fight for the Imperium's future to the Daemon Worlds inhabited by the Traitor Marines.A representative from each of the doomed Chapters held an emergency Council of Dismay to discuss the proposed Crusade. After scant hours of debate, they acquiesced to Basillius' demands, for they believed that martyrdom was preferable to an existence of suspicion and doubt. The last few days of 321.M37 saw a solemn procession of Strike Cruisers and Battle Barges pass through the Cadian Gate into the Eye of Terror, relay systems dormant and heraldic colours obscured by black mag-plates. One by one, the Chapters of The Judged disappeared into the iridescent dust nebulae that surrounded the Eye. As the massive Space Marine flotilla entered the Eye of Terror, they were set upon by a massive Chaos warfleet. The resultant battle was so fierce that the ships of The Judged were forced to retreat and were scattered to the furthest corners of the Eye.Chapter after Chapter fell to the perils of the Eye, for the Abyssal Crusade had entered a hell from which very few emerge unchanged. The true account of what occurred within the Eye to the Invictors is unknown, but most of the tales of the Chapters of The Judged ended in tragedy and sorrow. By the time they reemerged from the Eye many standard centuries later, the Invictors were no more, for they had become the Chaos Space Marine warband known as The Unhallowed, wholly dedicated to the service of the Ruinous Powers.
Unhallowed, The - Warband Colours: The Unhallowed warband's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Unhallowed, The - Warband Badge: The Unhallowed warband's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Unification Wars - Unification Wars: The Unification Wars, also known as the Wars of Unification, the Unity Wars, The Unification or just Unity, were a series of conflicts fought on Terra beginning in the 29th Millennium at the end of the Age of Strife and lasting until 712.M30.It was during these campaigns that the Emperor of Mankind first publicly revealed Himself to a desperate Humanity and began His conquest of Old Earth to unify the techno-barbarian states and tribes that dominated the sacred homeworld of Mankind and forge the foundation of the Imperium of Man.
Unification Wars - Reconstruction: By the time the Unification Wars began, the Human homeworld's population had suffered through the horrors of the Age of Strife, a period punctuated by constant warfare and the use of weapons of mass destruction that had badly damaged the environment of Old Earth. Under the Emperor's rulership, Humanity would be restored, intellectually, spiritually and physically to the heights it had once known, and the shackles of darkness cast aside.The war continued without relent until finally all of Old Earth's techno-barbarian factions, nations and fractured city-states pledged the Emperor fealty and at last Terra was unified for the first time in many millennia.It was not enough merely to secure military victory, however -- the betterment and restoration of Humanity required more. So it was that even before victory on Terra had been achieved the Emperor and those learned souls He had gathered to Him started to experiment with genetics.This was done first and foremost to stabilise the extant population of Terra and to recreate the race of Humanity as it was before the radiation storms and generations of viral and alchemical weapons had wracked the planet. Secondly, the creation of genetically augmented transhuman fighters that had begun with the Thunder Warriors who had fought in the Emperor's armies continued apace into newer, more powerful creations, ultimately leading to the genesis of what would later become known as the Space Marine Legions.But in truth, the Emperor's greatest work was nothing less than the purging of Mankind's own genome, and its restoration to a baseline of what could be considered truly "Human" as that term had been defined before the Age of Strife. The galaxy would belong to Humanity, but it would be the same Humanity that the Emperor had loved and served for most of His long life.Alongside this ascendancy would come a rebirth of civilisation and government on Terra with the Emperor founding an all-embracing civil administration to order and rebuild His Throneworld, and concentrate such learning and knowledge that could be salvaged from the dust of ages in houses of learning and education. And the unification of Terra would only be the start.Once the Unification Wars were completed in 712.M30, the Emperor forged a new unified planetary government under His leadership. He next journeyed to Mars and met with the tech-adepts of the Cult Mechanicus.In return for the use of the ancient Mechanicum's vast manufactoria, the deployment of its Titan Legions, Knights, Skitarii Legions and the use of its orbital shipyards to construct the weaponry and starships He would need for the Great Crusade, the Emperor agreed to grant the Mechanicum complete political autonomy on Mars and its other Forge Worlds as well as an exemption to the atheism required by the Imperial Truth.This agreement, known as the Treaty of Mars (the Treaty of Olympus to the Mechanicum), marks the true foundation of the Imperium of Man in the alliance between Terra and Mars.
Unification Wars - Techno-Barbarian States: The following is a list of the notable, techno-barbarian, pre-Unification states that existed on Terra during the Unification Wars and their locations in regard to Old Earth's geography.It should be noted that records from this period are highly fragmentary and uncertain and the information below may contain multiple errors or misunderstandings.
Unification Wars - Adedeji: The Adedeji were a dynasty of techno-barbarian warlords who ruled over the northeastern region of Afrik (Africa). After their defeat by the forces of the Emperor they were reduced to a lowly status, and many of their former ruling class were reduced to serving as menial labourers in Terra's manufactoria.
Unification Wars - Achaemenid Empire (Southwest Asia): The Achaemenid Empire was a techno-barbarian state situated in the Middle East of Old Earth in the area of the pre-1st Millennium Persian Empire once ruled by a dynasty of the same name, centred roughly in the ancient nation-state of Iran.A monarchy, the population of the empire was divided up into tribal factions that apparently possessed a culture of truth and discourse unusual for the peoples of Terra in this period.The Achaemenid Empire is noted as being made up of "wealthy tribes" who were quick to ally with the Emperor's nascent Imperium during the Unification, and therefore avoided the horrors of atomic war and invasion by the Emperor's superior armies of genetically-engineered soldiers  like the Thunder Warriors.In addition, their genomes were uncontaminated by the inherited flaws and viral defects of other tribes caused by centuries of exposure to lingering radiation and biological warfare vectors, making them good candidates for recruitment into the newborn Space Marine Legions after the Unification was completed. Many early candidates were recruited from this state to become the first Astartes of the Thousand Sons Legion.The Achaemenids possessed a superstitious belief in the mystical power of their ancestors; emblems of Dhul-Qarnayn, the greatest of the Achaemenid kings, were often used as charms against harm by the population.Ahzek Ahriman and his twin brother Ohrmuzd Ahriman were both sons of the Achaemenid Empire's royal class.
Unification Wars - Akkad (Central Asia): Akkad was a techno-barbarian state cruled by a monarch known as the Great King of Akkad who fought against the forces of the Emperor in Central Asia alongside his genetically-engineered slave soldiers known as the Udug Hul. The Udug Hul's bodies possessed poisoned blood and had a physical strength greater than 10 un-enhanced Human warriors, which made them the terrors of the Upper Asiatic Basin.This strength allowed the Udug Hul to long resist the advance of the Emperor's armies, until in 668.M30 when He led the newborn I Legion of the Legiones Astartes against them and their Great King. Though the Udug Hal numbered 200,000 gene-forged warriors at that time and faced merely 10,000 Astartes of the I Legion, as well as contingents of four other early Space Marine Legions, the Udug Hul were utterly defeated at the Battle of Samerkend. At the that battle's end, the few surviving Udug Hul were left scattered and leaderless, as the Great King of Akkad had been killed as well.
Unification Wars - Albia (British Isles): Albia, sometimes called "Old Albia," was a techno-barbarian state of Old Earth during the Unification Wars. Bordering Northern Atlan and known for its ancient warlike clans, the regions of Albia consisted of towering, soot-blackened castram-cities.Evidence suggests that Albia is located in the area of the British Isles. Albia was described as bordering Northern Atlan (potentially referring to the North Atlantic Basin) and engaged in frequent wars with the Pan-Pacific Empire, itself far across the ancient Atlantic basin, though by this time the Atlantic Ocean had dried up. Furthermore, Albia was noted to have contained "towering soot-blackened castram-cities," which, although most likely ubiquitous across Terra in this period, evokes imagery of the smog-choked industrial cities of Victorian Britain. Albia was also said to have made use of "Ironside Clan" soldiers in their wars against the Emperor. However, most conclusively, it was said that the great dramaturges, "Shakespire" (William Shakespeare) and "Marlowe" (Christopher Marlowe) hailed from Old Albia, providing clear evidence that Old Albia was indeed some portion of the British Isles.Albia is known to have clashed frequently with the Pan-Pacific Empire when it was under the rule of the Unspeakable King and was aided by the forces of the Emperor in this conflict. However, the Albians eventually refused to kneel before the Emperor and met His Thunder Warriors with their own proto-Dreadnoughts and armored Ironside Clan soldiers.In battle after battle, the Albians managed to hold back the Emperor's forces but only at a staggering cost to the defenders. As a result, this techno-barbarian state presented a considerable challenge for the forces of the Emperor during the Unification Wars, so much so that the Emperor, impressed by the determined, brutal resistance of the state's defenders, decided to end the fighting and take Albia through negotiations.Admitting the martial temper and indomitable spirit of His foe, the Emperor called for a ceasefire and sought a diplomatic solution. The Emperor appeared before the Albian clan lords unarmed and clothed in white and crimson, speaking of His vision for a unified Humanity. He offered the Albians glory among the stars and redemption. To the shock of many, the warlords of Albia, seeing the Emperor as different from past tyrants, accepted His terms and soon became one of the most zealous supporters of Unification.Once Albia was under His sovereignty the Emperor saw the Albians as suitable gene-recruits for the nascent XIVth Legion (the Dusk Raiders). Indeed, such was the suitability of the warriors of these ancient clans for induction into the ranks of the Space Marines that recruits drawn from their castram-cities and Ironside Clans were also incorporated into the ranks of the First Founding VIIIth and Xth Legions, the Night Lords and the Iron Hands, respectively.However, these Legions made use of Albian recruits to a lesser degree than the XIVth Legion, who were by blood and culture shaped by the traditions of the warlords of Albia as well as the hand of the Emperor.
Unification Wars - Albyon (British Isles): Albyon was a polity on Old Earth during the Age of Strife and the Unification Wars, presumably located in what had once been the British Isles, and was known in ancient times as Albion. It may have been a reference to the techno-barbarian state of Albia, also located in the British Isles, under a different name.Its ruler, the tyrannical Uilleam the Red, was defeated by the Emperor's forces and imprisoned in the dungeon of Khangba Marwu in the Himalazian (Himalayan) Mountains.
Unification Wars - Atlan: Atlan was a techno-barbarian state ruled by a monarch known as the "Ur-queen," who was slain by the Legio Custodes during one of the battles of the Unification Wars.
Unification Wars - Boeotia: Boeotia was an area of Terra mentioned in ancient Imperial records as having held out against full Unification for a considerable time. While the government of Boeotia tacitly recognised the Emperor's dominance over the rest of Terra, the ruling monarchy of Boeotia used all manner of diplomacy in order to avoid losing power and its independence.In a show of great patience and benevolence, the Emperor allowed the ruling dynasty of Boeotia -- the Yeselti -- to carry on in a semi-autonomous state for over 150 standard years, with the intention that they would integrate themselves into the government of Imperial Terra at their own speed and with as much dignity as possible.Instead, House Yeselti clung to their independence until the Imperial Army was forced to invade the province and the Thousand Sons Space Marine Legion was ordered to crush the rebellious state. Boeotia was known both for the presence of a relatively heavy concentration of industry within its borders and the existence of an ancient buried shrine to the gods of an earlier age.
Unification Wars - Britonnica (British Isles): Britonnica was a small island state located in what was once known as the British Isles. It may have been a reference to the techno-barbarian state of Albia under a different name.
Unification Wars - Europa (South Central Europe): Europa was a powerful techno-barbarian state composed of the territory of much of south-central Continental Europa, including the Mediterranean Sea lands. It should not be confused with the continent of Europa, which was home to many more techno-barbarian states like Franc and Jermani during this period than just the one that shared its name.
Unification Wars - Franc (France): The lands of Franc were based in the territory of Western Europa, largely in the region of the ancient nation-state once called France. The people of Franc were known as the Frank, a fractious people before the Unification that did not take kindly to invaders.Havuleq D'agross was the last independent ruler of the Franc, leading a rebellion against Imperial rule and killing the Emperor's appointed territorial governor. His rebellion began in the city of Avelroi, but rapidly spread until he could muster a force of 50,000 rebels, which was largely composed of unskilled militia.They eventually fought the Emperor's forces at the Battle of Gaduare, a line of high hills by the ruins of Gaduare Bastion. There, they were wiped out by a force of less than 5,000 Imperial troops, including an early generation of Space Marines from the Dusk Raiders Legion (the name of the Death Guard Legion before the rediscovery of the Primarch Mortarion).
Unification Wars - Gyptus (Egypt): Gyptus was a small techno-barbarian state located in the northeastern portion of the continent of Afrik (North Africa) in the territory of the ancient nation of Egypt.
Unification Wars - Himalazia (Himalayan Mountains): Himalazia was the name given to the towering mountains of what had been known in ancient times as the Himalayan-Tibetan Plateau, the greatest mountain range on Old Earth. Located well above twenty-thousand feet, the air here was too thin for any unaugmented Humans to breathe without mechanical aid. This isolated, frigid place had been chosen by the ancient order known as the Sigillites as the place where they had delved their great, hidden fortress complex. Within its subterranean chambers the Sigillites sought to preserve what they could of Humankind's once rich technological and cultural heritage throughout the long centuries of anarchy that marked the Age of Strife on Terra.It was from here that the last of their number, Malcador the Sigillite, went out into the wider world in the late 29th Millennium and discovered the man who would one day be known as the Emperor of Mankind. Seeking to aid the Emperor in His great work of reuniting Humanity and bringing an end to the lawlessness and horrors of Old Night, Malcador offered the Sigillite's fortress to the Emperor as the place from which He could begin His grand quest.The great mountains of Himalazia served as the Emperor's original base on Terra from which the Unifications Wars would be launched. Deep beneath these mountains, in the former Sigillite complex which would be greatly expanded and would one day be called the Imperial Dungeons, the Emperor established a vast number of gene-laboratories and other areas for scientific and technological research. It was here that the Emperor and the scientists and technicians He gathered who comprised the Imperium's Biotechnical Division created the primarchs and then the gene-seed of the Space Marine Legions.Eventually, late in the Unification Wars, the entire chain of great peaks was transformed over the course of solar decades into the massive fortress and Imperial capital city known as the Imperial Palace. This construction required the deployment of advanced terraforming techniques, including the use of atmospheric processors, to transform the plateau's climate so that it was warm enough and oxygen-rich enough for normal Humans to survive there.
Unification Wars - Hy Brasil (Brazil): Hy Brasil was a powerful techno-barbarian state centred in the former territory of ancient Brazil on the continent of Sud Merica (South America). Hy Brasil was considered the most powerful of all the Sud Merican cantons. During the Unification Wars it was ruled by the despot Dalmoth Kyn, "one of the last tyrants to hold out against the Emperor's forces." Once he was defeated by the Imperial Army, rule of Hy Brasil passed to Lord Pherom Sichar, a direct descendant of Kyn. Through the direct intervention of Malcador the Sigillite, it was determined that Sichar would never have a seat on the Council of Terra that preceded the establishment of the Senatorum Imperialis as the rulers of a united Terra and the Imperium.Hy Brasil was ruled from the Planalto, a massive hive city cluster or conurbation. Its government was based in the hive city of Sao Paol. The hives of the Planalto drew their power from a series of massive Plasma Reactors buried in the heart of the main conurbation, whose heat exchange processes meant that the reactor district was caked in thick sheet-ice all year round, forming a gigantic frost park 30 kilometres square. This area was known as the "Winter Fields" and was used for recreation by local inhabitants.Although controlled by the Lord of Hy Brasil, the area (at least following the Unification) also possessed a bicameral parliament. The parliament was divided into upper and lower chambers and was located at the Parliament House on the edge of the Winter Fields in Sao Paol. The building was described as "a splendid structure built from filaments of silvered steel and pylons of a pale stone."The military forces of Hy Brasil were known as "the Dracos" and were allowed to maintain their existence even after the establishment of the Imperial government. The Dracos were known to wear green scaled armour. Elements drawn from the Dracos may well have made up the regiment called the "Ouranti Draks," an Imperial Army regiment that campaigned with the Word Bearers Legion during the Great Crusade. They are described as "swarthy-skinned fighters exclusively recruited from the desiccated jungle regions of Sud Merica" and wore scaled cloaks and reptilian-styled helmets.
Unification Wars - Jermani (Germany): Jermani was a small techno-barbarian state composed of the territory of the ancient central Europan nation of Germany.
Unification Wars - Maulland Sen Confederacy: The Maulland Sen Confederacy was a techno-barbarian state based in Nordyc (Scandinavia) that unwittingly served the Dark Gods of Chaos by engaging in cannibalistic Human sacrifice and forbidden genetic manipulation. The state was crushed by the forces of the Custodian Guard and the Thunder Warriors in the Battle of Maulland Sen. Its ruler, the Tyrant-Prophet of Maulland Sen, was said to have been beheaded by a Custodian in the aftermath of the campaign's climactic "Battle of the Red Frost."Other accounts from the period claim that this priest-king of Maulland Sen was executed by the Emperor personally for his crimes.
Unification Wars - Merica (North America): Merica was a massive and powerful techno-barbarian state composed of the hive cities located on the Nord Merican continent (North America).
Unification Wars - Nordafrik Conclaves (North Africa): The Nordafrik Conclaves were comprised of the territory of much of the northern portion of the continent of Afrik (Africa) and thrived during the Age of Strife.The Chronicles of Ursh, an ancient volume dating back to the millennia before the Unification Wars, describes the long and brutal conflict fought between the Nordafrik Conclaves and the state of Ursh (Central Asia). The Conclave was eventually defeated by their erstwhile rivals.The Chronicles also described the use of the dark powers of the Warp by both sides.
Unification Wars - Nordyc (Scandinavia): Nordyc was a techno-barbarian state located in the northern lands of the continent of Europa in what had once been a region called Scandinavia. According to detailed extant records preserved in the Trans-Nordyc Akashic archives, a few thousand proto-Astartes of the newly created Thunder Legion and a companion guard of thirty Custodians bearing Guardian Spears, clad in augment-armour and personally led by the Emperor Himself, participated in the assault against the formidable Maullan Sen Confederacy.Despite being outnumbered seven-to-one and suffering several thousand casualties, the Emperor's forces ultimately triumphed over the horde of genetically-altered warriors, witch-marked men and zealots that followed the Priest-King of Maulland Sen. The Priest-King was captured by the Custodians, and after the battle the Emperor carried out his execution and held aloft his severed head to the baying cheers of His Thunder Warriors.In the aftermath of this campaign's climactic ending, it came to be known as the "Battle of the Red Frost." Crushing the last resistance within this region, Nordyc was soon brought into Imperial Compliance.