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*The 20 incubation capsules drifted through the [[warp]] for decades or even centuries, until finally coming to rest on [[human]]-inhabited worlds throughout the galaxy,{{Fn|4}} "where they were variously adopted by human parents."{{Fn|7}}
**The only exception to this is the Primarch [[Konrad Curze]], who survived utterly alone (and whose background, in any case, was only described in later material).
*In the listings of the 20 Legions in Imperial records, Legions II and XI are stated as having "all records expunged from the library". Earlier background (''Codex Imperialis'' and second edition's Ultramarines Codex) less ambivalently states that the records for these two Legions were ''deleted following the Heresy''. Considering that the Traitor Legions are simply listed as ''excommunicate traitoris'' but still included in these same lists would mean that the records were deleted deliberately and for a reason only known by those who perpetrated the action.
*The Emperor met each Primarch in turn, and each Primarch had risen to a position of authority within the cultures in which they had found themselves.{{Fn|1}}
*20 Legions took part in the [[Great Crusade]], each led by their own Primarch.{{Fn|8}}
===A Crimson Fist===
In the short story [[A Crimson Fist]], Sigisumund Sigismund looks at the shrouded statues of the Traitor Primarchs, and says that they are traitors and should be torn down. This could be a hint saying that the two missing statues were torn down because the unknown Primarch(s) were traitors as well. But using information from [[Betrayer]], this would mean they were traitorous before the Heresy.
===The First Heretic===
===Fabius Bile: Clonelord===
In the novel [[Fabius Bile: Clonelord (Novel)|Fabius Bile: Clonelord]], when the expedition of [[Emperor's Children]] led by [[Fabius Bile]] venture ventures into the [[Eastern Fringe]] finally locates the Necron device, known only as the "[[Ymga Monolith]]", two Legionares Legionnaires of the [[Emperor's Children]] mention the missing Primarchs: {{QuoteBox|quote ="Fulgrim made mention of it,once. Apparently one of the two Forgotten Ones was said to have led an expedition to its black heart, in the early centuries of the Great Crusade. Though why he was out this far, and what he might've found, was never recorded." He frowned. "Probably for the best. The galaxy has devils enough without letting out whatever resides there."."{{Fn|38}}
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