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Fragments of records from the [[Age of Strife]] reproduced by the historian [[Carpinus]] in the [[Speculum Historiale]], describe a caste of priests called the Covenant who rebuilt the planet's shattered society on the promise that a great leader would come one day to deliver them from darkness.{{Fn|1a}}
The [[Primarch]] [[Lorgar]] later landed on Colchis and was inducted into the Covenant's largest temple. Studying within uner his spiritual adviser [[Kor Phaeron]], Lorgar quickly became a devout preacher, his skill in oratory and the power of his charisma winning him many followers. However, as Lorgar grew in standing amongst the people, members of the Covenant began to grow jealous of his popularity.{{Fn|1a}}
Lorgar's youth was plagued by visions of a mighty warrior in gleaming bronze armour coming to Colchis, a cyclopean giant in blue robes standing beside him. At one point, the visions reached such intensity that Lorgar claimed that the prophesied return of Colchis' god was soon to occur. He began to preach this news to the people of Colchis, causing disruptions to the rule of the Covenant as people converted to his beliefs. Lorgar's enemies in the Covenant saw this as the opportunity they had been waiting for to remove the threat that Lorgar was to the status quo, declaring him a [[heretic]].{{Fn|1a}}
