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===Sol System===
====Terra====
Terra and the rest of the Solar System was surrounded by terrible Warp storms, isolating the human homeworld for several thousand years. Control of the Solar System shifted constantly between Terra and Mars during the first half of the Age of Strife. By the 28th Millennium almost all traces of civilisation on Earth were long gone; instead, techno-barbarians battled one another over the scraps of the ancient culture. Little information remains from this dark time, but it is known that warlords such as [[Dalmoth Kyn]] of [[Hy Brasil]], [[Kalagann]] of [[Ursh]], [[Cardinal Tang]] of the [[Yndonesic Bloc]], "the half-mad half-genius" [[Narthan Dume]] of the [[Panpacific Empire]], and [[Daival Shan]], or [[Venal]] ruled during this age. {{Fn|8}} Other known nations include [[Freinc]], [[Jermani]], [[Gyptus]], [[Merica]], the [[Nordafrik Conclaves]], the [[Terrawatt Clan]], and [[Albyon]]. Another race mentioned are the "[[Nordyc]]" people.{{cite this}}
Terra became a battleground fought over by warlords and [[techno-barbarian]] hordes. This only ended as a great warlord, later to be known as the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]], used the first genetically modified humans - little more than a unified force of techno-barbarians - to conquer the planet. Founding the Imperium, he set about creating his [[Primarch]]s who would lead his forces in the [[Great Crusade]]. Unfortunately all of them were somehow spirited away by the [[Gods of Chaos|Chaos Gods]] that, although unable to destroy the infant Primarchs, still managed to scatter them around the galaxy. Retaining the Primarchs DNA samples to continue production of genetically engineered warriors, in the [[Wars of Unification]] the Emperor used these early [[Space Marines]] known as the [[Thunder Warriors]] to conquer and unify Terra at last.{{Fn|6}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]] Chapter 17
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]] - ''The Jourmal of Keeper Cripias''
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Saturnine (Novel)]], Part 2 - Chapter 4
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