++ IMPERIAL ARCHIVE — REF.CHRONO.M42 ++
From the Great Crusade to the Era Indomitus, explore the events that have forged the destiny of the Imperium of Mankind.
8 eras visible
Humanity's golden age of scientific advancement and interstellar colonization, before the fall.
Discovery of Warp travel enables interstellar expansion
Standard Template Constructs (STCs) allow rapid colonization
Men of Iron AI rebellion devastates human civilization
Humanity reaches the peak of its technological power
The collapse of human civilization as Warp storms isolate colonies and darkness descends upon the galaxy.
Warp storms sever interstellar communication
Psykers emerge in increasing numbers across human worlds
The Emperor begins unifying Terra
Alien races prey upon isolated human colonies
The Emperor conquers Terra and creates the Primarchs, laying the foundation for the Great Crusade.
The Emperor defeats the techno-barbarian warlords of Terra
Creation of the twenty Primarchs through genetic engineering
The Primarchs are scattered across the galaxy by Chaos
Thunder Warriors are replaced by the Space Marine Legions
The Emperor of Mankind emerges from the shadows to unify Terra and launch the Great Crusade, gathering the tribes of humanity under his banner.
Unification of Terra under the Emperor's rule
Creation of the 20 Space Marine Legions
Rediscovery of the Primarchs scattered across the galaxy
Expansion of the Imperium to millions of worlds
Establishment of the Imperial Webway (failed)
The Council of Nikaea bans the use of psychic powers
Compliance campaigns bring thousands of worlds into the Imperium
The Warmaster Horus, corrupted by Chaos, rebels against the Emperor. Half of the Astartes Legions betray the Imperium.
Isstvan III Atrocity
Drop Site Massacre at Isstvan V
Battle of Calth between Word Bearers and Ultramarines
Siege of Terra and final battle
Death of Horus at the Emperor's hands
Interment of the Emperor upon the Golden Throne
Sanguinius slain by Horus aboard the Vengeful Spirit
The loyalists drive the traitors into the Eye of Terror, reshaping the Imperium's military structure forever.
Traitor Legions are driven into the Eye of Terror
Roboute Guilliman writes the Codex Astartes
The Space Marine Legions are broken into Chapters
The Imperium Secundus is dissolved
Ten thousand years of constant war as the Imperium struggles to survive against countless threats.
Founding of the Inquisition and successor Chapters
Abaddon's First Black Crusade
Age of Apostasy
First contact with the Tyranids
Wars against the awakening Necrons
The War of the Beast threatens Terra itself
Abaddon launches thirteen Black Crusades over ten millennia
The return of Roboute Guilliman and the opening of the Great Rift mark a new era of conflict and hope.
Opening of the Cicatrix Maledictum
Resurrection of Roboute Guilliman
Launch of the Indomitus Crusade
Introduction of Primaris Marines
Plague War in Ultramar