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== History ==
{{Spoiler|source=Horus Heresy series}}
Officially, there were no secret societies within the [[Adeptus Astartes]], not least because the [[Emperorof Mankind]] disapproved of them, feeling that they were dangerously close to the cults that he had outlawed after the adoption of the [[Imperial Truth]].{{Fn|1a}} Nevertheless, according to [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Serghar TarghostTargost]], the Lodge Master for the [[Luna Wolves]], some form of these fraternities had existed in almost every Legion for thousands of years, since before the [[Unification Wars]].{{Fn|1b}}
Approximately sixty years before the war with the [[Interex]], the [[Luna Wolves]] and the [[Word Bearers]] participated in a joint undertaking to subjugate the world of [[Davin]], ruled by a fierce warrior society organized into a series of quasi-religious cults, each of them centred around the veneration of "totem" animals. The Davinites were fierce enemies, worthy of the Legions' admiration, and the [[Space Marines]] could not help but adopt their customs. Before long, similar lodges could be found in the other Legions, forming tight-knit fellowships between "elite" warriors.{{Fn|1a}}
The lodges also fostered the appearance of traitor elements within those Legions that remained loyal as a whole during the war, such as the [[White Scars]].{{Fn|3b}}
== Aftermath ==
In [[M41]], ten thousand years after the Heresy, the formation of secret brotherhoods between self-appointed "elite" soldiers was still regarded as a warning sign of [[Chaos]] corruption. [[Commissar]] [[Ciaphas Cain]] made a point of lecturing his students at the [[Schola Progenium]] about it, the better for them to spot, and hopefully head off, the development of [[Traitor Guard]] units.{{Fn|4}}
