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The '''Age of Strife''', aka the '''Old Night''', was a destructive, anarchic and regressive time period prior to the forming of the [[Imperium]]. It followed the [[Dark Age of Technology]], which by all accounts was an age of great prosperity. The Age of Strife lasted from roughly [[M23]] to [[M30]].<sup>2</sup>
==History==
There were two causes leading to the end of the Age of Technology and the beginning of the Age of Strife: the first was the sudden appearance of [[psyker]]s on every human world. The second was the massive and persistent [[Warp]] storms erupting around the Sol System and other parts of the [[galaxy]].
==Sol System==
===Earth===
Earth and the rest of the Solar System was surrounded by terrible Warp storms, isolating the human homeworld for several thousand years. Control of the Solar System shifted constantly between Earth and Mars during the first half of the Age of Strife. By the 28th Millennium almost all traces of civilisation on Earth were long gone; instead, techno-barbarians battled one another over the scraps of the ancient culture. Little information remains from this dark time, but it is known that warlords such as [[Dalmoth Kyn]] of [[Hy Brasil]] (South America), [[Kalagann]] of [[Ursh]] (northern Asia/Russia), [[Cardinal Tang]] of the [[Yndonesic Bloc]] in southeast Asia, "the half-mad half-genius" [[Narthan Dume]] of the [[Panpacific Empire]], and [[Daival Shan]] ruled during this age. Other known nations include [[Freinc]], [[Jermani]], [[Gyptus]], [[Merica]], the [[Nordafrik Conclaves]], the [[Terrawatt Clan]], and [[Albyon]]. Another race mentioned are the "[[Nordyc]]" people.<ref>McNeill, Graham. "The Last Church." Tales of Heresy. Black Library, 2009. </ref>
Terra became a battleground fought over by warlords and [[techno-barbarian]] hordes. This only ended as a great warlord, later to be known as the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]], used the first genetically modified humans - little more than a unified force of techno-barbarians - to conquer the planet. Founding the Imperium, he set about creating his [[Primarch]]s who would lead his forces in the [[Great Crusade]]. Unfortunately all of them were somehow spirited away by the [[Gods of Chaos|Chaos Gods]], who although unable to destroy the infant Primarchs still managed to scatter them around the galaxy. The Emperor used the previously collected DNA samples from his Primarchs to create twenty [[Space Marine Legion]]s.
