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'''Goge Vandire''' was the trigger to the [[Age of Apostasy]] that nearly tore the [[Imperium]] apart. He was became known as a megalomanic, and was at the end, almost completly insane. He achieved his first reached the important position as of [[High Lords of Terra|High Lord]] of the [[Administratum]] by the use of assassination and threats, and then used later manipulated the [[Ecclesiarch]] [[Paulis III]] to secure control of over the [[Ecclesiarchy]], by declairing him . Vandire later declared Paulis a heretic and executing murdered him, while taking his assuming this position as well.
In later years, he became more and more paranoid and increasingly easily angered, as well as turning into a drooling fool. He At the end he was then killed executed by members of Dominica, the [[Adeptus Custodes]] or from leader his own bodyguard of the [[Adepta Sororitas|Brides of the Emperor]].
==Early Life==
''You have committed the ultimate heresy. Not only have you turned your back on the Emperor and stepped from his light, you have profaned his name and almost destroyed everything he has striven to build. You have perverted and twisted the path he has laid for Mankind to tread. As your own decrees have stated, there can be no mercy for such a crime, no pity for such a criminal. I renounce your lordship, you walk in the darkness and cannot be allowed to live. Your sentence has been long overdue and it is now time for you to die.''
Vandire's response to these charges was simply, a feverishly "I don't have time to die... I'm too busy!" , and Dominica then executed him on the spot with her own [[Power Sword]], cutting his Rosarius in half and singlehandedly ending his bloody reign.
==Vandire's legacy==
While Vandire's so-called "Reign of Blood" had ended with his execution, the Age of Apostasy continued for a time afterward. Vandire was found to have meticulously kept records of every deed done in his name, and every word that he uttered. The Fabricator General who had led the invasion of the Ecclesiarchal palace insisted that every co-conspirator be brought up on charges, and many Imperial organizations took the initiative, purging their own ranks of those who had profited from Vandire's reign. New High Lords were chosen from among those officials who had joined the opposition against Vandire.
Sebastian Thor eventually became the new Ecclesiarch, and brought great reforms to the organization which finally ended the Age of Apostasy. He permanently moved the much of the organization to Ophelia VII, as a sort of dual capital along with Terra. This would prevent another incidence of a High Lord taking control of the Ecclesiarchy, and aid in dissemination of Ecclesiarchal dogma. Dioceses were cut diminished into smaller areas, so that a single Cardinal would not have control over a very large area, but and also to increase increasing the overall number of Cardinals, something which would further dilute power.
One notable change was the Decree Passive of the High Lords, which declared that the Ecclesiarchy could have no "men under arms". Thor complied with this, and all military functions of the Ecclesiarchy were disbanded, except for one - the Daughters of the Emperor remained, but were renamed the Orders Militant of the [[Adepta Sororitas]] (aka Sisters of Battle). As "women under arms", they did not violate the decree; while the spirit of the decree may not have been followed, Thor believed that the Ecclesiarchy should have some military force of their own, so that it would not be completely reliant upon other Imperial military forces for its own defense.
