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According to the record-keeping of the Hrud, they were an ancient race that predated the time when [[Human|Mankind]] became the masters of space and their tribes have been living a parasitic existence for longer than what was known to humans.^1-p80 The [[Imperium]] of Man first encountered the Hrud as far back as the era of the [[Great Crusade]] and during the early era the noisome warrens of these aliens were cleansed by the [[Emperor]] according to the [[Liber Historica Vangelia]].^5-p4 During this time, the [[Iron Warriors]] [[Adeptus Astartes]] were in the midst of a cleansing of Hrud warrens on Gugann.^12-p34 After the formation of the [[Inquisition]], it became an institution that became the first to become aware of emergent menaces to the Imperium which they have proven with [[Necron]] awakenings, the arrival of the [[Tyranid]] hive fleets and the advent of Hrud Migrations along with other similar events.^14-p26 Numerous Hrud infestations are known to had plagued the region of the [[Maelstrom]] alongside more than twenty [[Ork]] empires and countless human pirate strongholds.^5-p7 At some point, the Hrud are known to had infested [[Mortenken's World]] until they were driven from the holy city by the hands of [[Daenyathos]] who was a legendary philosopher soldier of the [[Soul Drinkers]].²² Around seven hundred and thirty years ago, the Ultramarines battled the Hrud in the Battle of Ortecha IX which saw Battle Brother Olfric perish though he would be avenged by his comrades that ate the heart of his killer.³

In 101.[[M40]], a Hrud migration forced an Ork Freeboota Klan from the Edge Void to desperately send their forces at the world of [[Haakonath]] where they engaged the [[Star Phantoms]] [[Chapter]]. The Space Marine forces fought against the Ork attackers and eliminated them thus believing that they had achieved a victory in the defence of their homeworld. However, the Hrud threat began to manifest with a vast temporal-warp rift that was surging into the star system from the outer void. At its vanguard came the massive Hrud migration force that were trapped within the rifts event horizon. Despite putting up a valiant defence, the Star Phantoms ended fighting a lost cause as every Hrud-thing that coalesced from the shadows which was struck down was replaced by another dozen misshapen forms that distorted space with their very presence. The presence of the Hrud had notable impacts on Haakonath that forced the Astartes to evacuvate their homeworld and they remain one of only a handful of Chapters who survived a full-scale Hrud migration alone.^12-p35 A number of Hrud were present on [[Es'Tau]] and were encountered by the [[Last Chancers]] when they infiltrated the [[Tau Empire]] as mercenaries.²

*²²: [[The Bleeding Chalice (Novel)]] by [[Ben Counter]]

*²³: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg.170

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