==Youth==

According to Perturabo himself, he is estimated to have been born around 792.[[M30]].{{Fn|12}} When the primarchs were scattered to the ends of the galaxy, Perturabo landed on a planet named [[Olympia]]. For at least a year, he was alone in the rural regions of Olympia and became a famed wanderer that would slay legendary beasts. However, he was first discovered climbing the mountains below the city state of Lochos with no memory of anything prior.{{Fn|12a}} The guards, having realised this was no normal child, brought him before the [[Tyrant of Lochos|Dammekos]], the '''Tyrant of Lochos'''. Dammekos was intrigued by the child and brought him into his house and treated him as family. Dammekos noticed the boys overwhelming intellect and skill with everything from architecture to the arts to political debate to combat, and he became a wonder with which Lochos secured alliances with other city-states. The young Perturabo, though he knew he was not of this world and was made by design as opposed to nature, was disgusted by the religious Olympians and believed in the cold logic of science and reason.{{Fn|12a}}

Supposedly, Perturabo never trusted the Olympians and refused to return any affection given by Dammekos. Dammekos spent plenty of time with his new son, but never got anything in return. Perturabo shunned his siblings [[Herakon]] and [[Andos]] and only enjoyed the company of his foster sister [[Calliphone]]. Many saw Perturabo as a cold and brooding child but when considered that he had been thrown onto a world with no idea of his origins or purpose, this is perhaps a little harsh. Nonetheless Perturabo took the name not of venerated Olympian heroes as was expected of nobility but rather an ancient title for those with prodigious ability. Perturabo waged wars against rivals for his adopted father, and due to the many warring city-states of Olympia gathered enormous experience in siege warfare. Overseeing the construction of many siege engines once thought technologically impossible on the planet, Perturabo soon scored victory after victory and became known as a merciless bloody-handed warlord.{{Fn|9}} Throughout his life Perturabo was haunted by visions and feelings of a [[Eye of Terror|Great Malestrom]], though he told none of it as he feared it would be seen as a sign of weakness.{{Fn|7}}

*{{Endn|13}}: [[Slaves to Darkness (Novel)]]

*{{Endn|14}}: [[The Solar War (Novel)]]

*{{Endn|15}}: [[The Lost and the Damned (Novel)]] - Chapters 17 & 24

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