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By [[M29]], [[Terra]] had been engulfed in the chaos and anarchy of the [[Age of Strife]] by several thousand years. Terra was a violent cauldron divided between city-states, Techno-Barbarian warlords, and various other polities. However as [[Slaanesh]] was close to its birth at the epicenter of the [[Eldar Empire]], the [[Warp Storm]]s plaguing humanity's homeworld becalmed themselves. The [[Emperor]], seeing the time was right to make his move, finally began his campaign to reclaim Earth.{{Fn|11}}
Appearing openly for the first time, The Emperor led his [[Thunder Warriors]], genetically engineered super soldiers created in secret laboratories{{Fn|6}}, in a series of campaigns against all other warlords and [[Techno-barbarian]]s of Old Earth. His forces included not only the Thunder Warriors but also the [[Custodian Guard]], formations that would become the early [[Imperial Army]] including [[Geno Five-Two Chiliad]] and the [[Inferallti Hussars]], and eventually the proto-[[Astartes]]. His forces utilized the advanced weapons of the [[Terrawatt Clan]] after he secured an alliance with them.{{Fn|8}} Thus did the Emperor make his move on the major powers of Terra.{{Cite this}}
===Subduing Terra===
*[[Ursh]] - Ruled over by the tyrant [[Kalagann]], Ursh employed powerful [[psyker]]s in its armies and used their might to unleash dark [[warp]] powers on its enemies. This did not, however, avail him when he faced the forces of the Emperor, who defeated and killed Kalagann.{{Fn|12}}
*[[Ethnarchy]] - The Ethnarchy is known to have commanded formidable forces consisting of genetically modified warriors known as the Ur-Khasis, dangerous weapons from the [[Dark Age of Technology]], and enslaved [[Psyker]]s. The first attempt by Imperial forces to capture the Ethnarchy's strongholds earlier in the war had cost the lives of 20,000 [[Thunder Warrior]]s and a million other casualties. Towards the end of the Unification Wars, the Emperor began his second attempt to topple the Ethnarchy. This time the [[XVIII Legion]] of the [[Legiones Astartes]] was tasked with destroying the subterranean power generators feeding the Ethnarchy's power fields. In the ensuing Assault on the Tempest Galleries, the XVIIIth Legion was victorious and with their force fields down, the Ethnarchy was quickly crushed by the forces of the Emperor.{{Fn|77b}}
*[[Yndonesic Bloc]] - The brutal Ethnarch of the bloc, [[Cardinal Tang]], was defeated by the forces of the Emperor and imprisoned.{{Fn|13}}
===Aftermath===
*{{Main|Great Crusade}}
After securing victory on Terra, the Emperor then set his sights on [[Luna]], [[First Pacification of Luna|occupying it in a quick campaign]].{{Fn|14}} After capturing Luna and winning the allegiance of the [[Mechanicum]] of [[Mars]], the Emperor launched his [[Great Crusade]]. Over the next 200 years, the Emperor spearheaded the Astartes Legions in reconquering much of the Galaxy and finding the lost [[Primarch]]s.{{Fn|77b}}
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==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Legion (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|5}}: ''[[The Last Church (Short Story)]]'' by [[John French]]
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]] by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]], Chapter 17, pgs. 300-301
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]] pg.132
**{{Endn|7a}}: pg.92
**{{Endn|7b}}: pg.132
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Vengeful Spirit (Novel)]] Chapter 4
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Outcast Dead (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
**{{Endn|9a}}: Chapter 10
*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]], pg. 121
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned]] pgpgs.175-180*{{Endn|12}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)]] pg.410
*{{Endn|14}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One]] pgpgs.80-81
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Master of Mankind (Novel)]] Chapter 6
