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Research indicated that the initial settlers of Tanith belonged to a human gene-stock branch called the Magmeta, an ethnic strand with multiple genomic markers suggesting it originated from the [[Terra]] regions of [[Albia]] and [[Europa (Terra)|Europa]].{{Fn|7}}
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===The Old Days===
Research indicates that the initial settlers of Tanith belonged to a human gene-stock branch called the Magmeta, an ethnic strand with multiple genomic markers suggesting it originated from the [[Terra]]n regions of [[Albia]] and [[Europa (Terra)|Europa]].{{Fn|7}}
At one point, Tanith was a [[Feudal World]] ruled over by the [[Huhlhwch Dynasty]]. The Huhlhwch were overthrown, however, and replaced with a system of democratically-run city-states. The planet's ancient legends attribute this to a sect of wood-warriors known as the [[Nalsheen]].{{Fn|6b}}
On his deathbed, [[Warmaster]] [[Slaydo]], commander of the [[Sabbat Worlds Crusade]], bestowed upon [[Ibram Gaunt]] — a [[commissar]] who had fought with distinction at [[Balhaut]] — the rank of [[Colonel-Commissar]] and dispatched him to Tanith to raise three regiments for the Crusade.{{Fn|1d}}{{Fn|3a}} Gaunt himself initially regarded Tanith as an excellent world for this new raising, having dutifully paid its Tithes over the years and lacking any sort of complicated martial traditions.{{Fn|2}}
However, in the wake of [[Battle of Balhaut|their defeat at [[Balhaut]], a splinter fleet of [[Chaos]] slipped past the picket set up by the [[Imperial Navy]], thanks to the newly-appointed Warmaster [[Macaroth]]'s change of tactics.{{Fn|1d}}{{Fn|3a}} This small fleet attacked and conquered six [[system]]s before [[The Circudus Offensive|being defeated]], one of which was [[Tanith System|Tanith]].{{Fn|3a}}
On the day of the Founding, the Chaos armada bombarded Tanith from orbit, and deployed ground troops to kill vital Imperial personnel before burning Tanith and its forests with the fleet's firepower. [[Colonel-Commissar]] [[Ibram Gaunt]] was one of the last people to leave the planet before its demise, and was saved by a youth called [[Brin Milo]], whom he took with him in gratitude.{{Fn|1b}}{{Fn|3a}} Milo later confirms that he was the only civilian to leave Tanith alive, being too young to join the Guard.{{Fn|3f}}
