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{{AgesMankind}}
The '''Age of Strife''', aka the also known as '''Old Night''', was a destructive, anarchic and regressive time period prior to the forming of the [[Imperium]]. It followed the [[Dark Age of Technology]], which by all accounts was an age of great prosperity. Depending on sources, the Age of Strife began between [[M23]] and [[M25]]{{Fn|4}} and ended in [[M30]].{{Fn|2}}
==History==
There were multiple factors that led to the end of the Age of Technology and the beginning of the Age of Strife: one of the earliest factors was the revolt of the [[Men of Iron]], which devastated the human race. The Revolt of the Men of Iron heralded the end of the Age of Technology.{{Fn|7}} However first major factor that began the Age of Strife proper was the sudden appearance of [[psyker]]s on every human world. This was compounded by massive and persistent [[Warp]] storms erupting around the Sol System and other parts of the [[galaxy]]. In addition, records report that a great war with [[Iron Men|the machines]] began, with humanity battling vast robotic armies.{{Fn|5}}
Psykers had first appeared within humanity towards the end of the Age of the Technology. While persecuted as witches on many planets, on the most enlightened and progressive worlds, they were at first accepted and allowed to explore and develop their powers. As it happened, uncontrolled psykers proved to be a dangerous threat to [[human]]ity, and many worlds fell under hellish dominance, as the minds of these psykers became the gateways through which Warp entities were able to enter the material universe. Only worlds which had rigorously suppressed psykers survived this fate.{{cite this}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]] pg.167
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]] Chapter 17
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]] - ''The Jourmal of Keeper Cripias''
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