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'''Humans''' are one of the primary races in the [[galaxy]], and the one whose point of view the vast majority of the background is written from. In [[M41]] the majority of humans are part of the [[Imperium of Man]], although other human civilisations are known to exist.

==Human Civilisations==

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===The Lost and the Damned===

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The next greatest concentration of humans exist as the Lost and the Damned, and reside primarily, though not exclusively, in the [[Eye of Terror]]. Not a coherent civilisation as such, they exist as part of a diverse and infinite collection of warbands and hosts under the leadership of [[Champion of Chaos|Chaos Champions]]. Due to the nature of the [[Warp]], some of these humans are the original Imperial subjects who sided with the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] during the [[Horus Heresy]], though their number has been greatly supplemented by more recent humans who have turned to [[Chaos]], or slaves captured as part of the many raids out of the Eye.

===Tau Empire===

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Less xenophobic than the Imperium, the [[Tau]] Empire has no qualms in letting other races join it. Whilst few in number, some humans have done so and exist within the Empire where they are known as [[Gue'vesa Auxiliaries|Gue'vesa]]{{Fn|1}}. These humans for the most part are descendants of [[Imperial Guard]] troops who were abandoned in Tau space during the [[Damocles Crusade]], however it is not unheard of for Imperial planets to want to secede from the Imperium to join the Tau Empire{{Fn|2}}.

===Independent Civilisations===

Other human civilisations are extremely rare. This is mostly due to the fact that the Imperium considers itself to have an automatic right to rule all of humanity, and ruthlessly suppresses any attempt to secede from it. Similarly, any lost colonies that are rediscovered from the Dark Age of Technology are also incorporated into the Imperium whether they want to be or not. Despite this, a few independent human civilisations have been known to exist, such as the [[Interex]], [[Diasporex]], [[Auretian Technocracy]], [[Gordian League]], and [[Adrantis Five]].

====Lost Colonies====

When the Age of Strife descended on the galaxy, the majority of human colonies were cut off from Terra and forced to survive on their own. In some cases this meant that they devolved into considerably more primitive societies as the knowledge to create and maintain technology was lost. The [[Great Crusade]] reunited many thousands of lost colonies back into the Imperium, yet every now and then changes in the warp mean that new colonies are discovered. Whilst nobody can know for sure how many, there are almost certainly more colonies still cut off from the rest of humanity, waiting to be discovered.

====Rebellious Systems====

The Imperium keeps a tight grip over its planets, yet every now and then planets or groups of planets do attempt to secede from the Imperium. This may be the result of the [[Planetary Governor]] believing he can get away with independence, or it may be the result of revolution that deposes those in power. Many of these successions are orchestrated by the powers of [[Chaos]], and the humans that are part of it should be counted as the Lost and the Damned, however there are also occasions when a planet decides it wants to be independent of the Imperium through its own volition, such as the case of the [[Severan Dominate]]. Regardless of the cause, these independent realms rarely last long as they are swiftly and brutally subjugated back into the Imperium.