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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}}
Those who came forward to arrest Lorgar were killed by his followers. The Covenant split into two factions, and holy wars of immense proportions erupted known as the Schism Wars,{{Fn|5a}} eventually forcing the entire population of the world to choose a side. This war lasted six years, ending when Lorgar and his supporters stormed the temple at which the Primarch had trained, killing the monks within.{{Fn|1b}} Possibly as part of this conflict, or after it, one in three of Colchis were said to turn against Lorgar, and the first Great Purge was conducted by [[the Brotherhood]], warrior-monks handpicked and indoctrinated by Lorgar, against them.{{Fn|5b}}
Less than a year after the victory of Lorgar's people, a landing craft carrying the [[Emperor]] and [[Magnus the Red]], along with two [[Tactical Squads]] of [[Thousand Sons]] [[Space Marines]] descended from orbit and landed near the temple. Lorgar was said to immediately recognise these people as the ones in his visions, and swore his fealty to his father and creator.{{Fn|1b}}
