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===Youth===
[[Image:YoungFulgrim.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A younger Fulgrim{{Fn|26}}]]
[[Tullea]], [[Corrin]], and Sullax were labourers of the resource-poor world of [[Chemos]] sent to investigate a meteorite impact. Sent without transport, the three had to take shelter from a wire-storm in an abandoned factory. When they reached the impact site, they didn't find a fallen satellite or spacecraft, they found an ever-shifting mass of light. Sullax was wary, but Corrin felt that it was harmless. Corrin watched the light take shape and it touched his mind, learning everything he did, before it took the shape of a perfectly-formed baby boy. Sullax wanted to kill the child, seeing it as a burden on their resources, but the child had entranced Corrin and refused. Tullea shot Sullax and neither of them felt any guilt over killing him to save the perfect baby. Noticing that a stream of pure water had formed where the baby had landed, Corrin decided to name the child after the water-bringer of Chemos's creation myth, Fulgrim.{{Fn|55a}}
Fulgrim spent his early years as a humble factory worker, but soon became a legend in his own right. At half the age of his fellow workers, he was able to fulfill his obligations to the continual running of the fortress-factory of Callax with ease. He quickly grew to understand the technology he had to work with and began to modify it, increasing efficiency dramatically. By the time he was fifteen years of age, Fulgrim had risen from the rank of worker to become one of the executives ruling the settlement. Learning of the gradual deterioration of both Callax and all the other settlements of Chemos, Fulgrim decided that he would save his world.{{Cite This}}
However, in the months afterward Fulgrim was able to regain his body by unknown means, trapping the daemon's essence in the same painting he had been trapped in.{{Fn|4d}} This was only revealed to his Legion when a group of captains led by [[Lucius (Emperor's Children)|Lucius]] realised what had happened to their Primarch{{Fn|4a}} and took Fulgrim captive{{Fn|4b}}; he allowed them to do this to prove he was no longer possessed, as they tried to make the daemon release its hold over him through extreme torture.{{Fn|4c}} Fulgrim revealed that he had forced the daemon out and had been himself for some time, and had chosen to devote himself to Slaanesh fully and of his own free will for reasons he did not deign to explain.{{Fn|4d}}
[[Image:Fulgrim-apotheosis.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Fulgrim transforms into a Daemon Prince{{Fn|5l}}]]
====Daemonhood====
Fulgrim soon joined forces with [[Perturabo]], Primarch of the [[Iron Warriors]], on the world of [[Hydra Cordatus]]. Promising the Lord of Iron perfection, the two embarked on a quest to tip the balance of the rebellion in Horus's favor by journeying into the [[Eye of Terror]] and retrieving a weapon known as the '''Angel Exterminatus'''. {{Fn|5b}} Shortly before they were to leave, Fulgrim was hit by a direct headshot from the vengeful ''[[Sisypheum]]'' crew member [[Nykona Sharrowkyn]]. {{Fn|5c}} Fulgrim survived the wound, however, thanks to the efforts of [[Fabius Bile]]. {{Fn|5d}} After a brief boarding battle with the ''Sisypheum'' that saw the ship escape yet again{{Fn|5e}}, the two Primarchs arrived in the Eye and quickly landed on the [[Crone World]] of [[Iydris]]. {{Fn|5f}} Entering an ancient [[Eldar]] citadel known as the ''Amon ny'shak Kaelis'', the Emperor's Children and Iron Warriors [[Battle of Iydris|had to contend]] with an army of [[Wraithguard]] and [[Wraithlord]]s that had awoken from their slumber. {{Fn|5g}} At the height of the vicious battle, Fulgrim attempted to betray his brother and slip away, but was pursued by Perturabo. {{Fn|5h}} Both soon arrived in a massive spherical chamber, and Fulgrim revealed to his brother that there was no Angel Exterminatus, but rather he was destined to become such a weapon on this world. Furious, Perturabo attempted to attack Fulgrim, but was drained of his power when Fulgrim activated the ''Maugetar'' stone that Perturabo had previously received under the guise of a gift. {{Fn|5i}} Now with the Iron Warriors Primarch's power in hand, Fulgrim revealed the purpose of his plan: to achieve ''Apotheosis'', better known as [[Daemon Prince|Daemonhood]].{{Fn|55j}}
However, just as Fulgrim was about to complete his ritual and achieve Daemonhood, Perturabo gathered enough strength to charge at his brother but they were interrupted by an ambush of [[Salamanders]], [[Iron Hands]], and [[Raven Guard]] who had been stalking the traitor fleet in search of vengeance since the [[Drop Site Massacre]]. One of the loyalist Astartes during the battle shattered the ''Maugetar stone'', freeing some of Perturabo's energy and giving him the ability to strike down Fulgrim with his [[Thunder Hammer]]. {{Fn|5k}} However, Perturabo only managed to destroy the Primarchs mortal skin and was reborn as a Daemon Prince of [[Slaanesh]]. Now a massive but elegant serpentine creature, Fulgrim told his brother that they would meet again then vanished in a burst of [[Warp]] energy along with his Emperor's Children.{{Fn|55l}} Fulgrim next appeared answering [[Horus]]' s summons in the [[Battle of Dwell]], where he was tasked to lead the Emperor's Children to the [[Halikarnaxes Stars]]. Before he could depart, Fulgrim survived another Iron Hands assassination attempt, this time by [[Shadrak Meduson]] and a trio of [[Fire Raptor]]s. Fulgrim displayed his potent new abilities in the fight, destroying one of the loyalist aircraft with his psychic powers. Afterwards Fulgrim was tasked by Horus to secretly corrupt the [[Knight House]] of [[House Devine|Devine]] in preparations for the [[Battle of Molech]].{{Fn|9}} Following these tasks, Fulgrim largely vanished as he became more concerned with the matters of the [[Warp]] and his Legion disintegrated into various warbands. However, Horus and [[Eidolon]] were both confident that he would ultimately return when they reached [[Terra]].{{Fn|10}} In 012.M31, his followers summoned Fulgrim during the [[Pale Stars campaign (Horus Heresy)|Pale Stars campaign]] so that he could amuse himself in witnessing horribly mutated [[Inductii]] battle [[Salamanders]]. After taking some enjoyment in personally killing the local Salamanders commander, [[Brant Hesioth]], Fulgrim vanished in a supernova-like explosion.{{Fn|28}}
After Horus issued his muster for the traitor primarch's to gather at [[Ullanor]] in preparation for the march to Terra, Fulgrim still could not be found. Thus [[Lorgar]] volunteered to find Fulgrim and bring him back to Horus's war effort. By accessing the [[Webway]], Lorgar and his entourage eventually arrived inside the [[Eye of Terror]] and then the [[Palace of Slaanesh]] itself. Inside, they found Fulgrim engaged in debauchery and degeneracy with his new consort, [[N'Kari]]. Fulgrim refused Lorgar's demand to come to Ullanor with him, stating that he simply did not care about the war anymore. Lorgar refused to back down, and the two sides came to battle. As Fulgrim was about to strike Lorgar, the [[Dark Apostle]] [[Zardu Layak]] uttered the secret [[True Name]] of Fulgrim's newly elevated Daemonic form. Fulgrim was bound to the will of Layak, and forced to come with Lorgar. With a cry across the Warp, Fulgrim gathered the Emperor's Children back to himself and by the time the Word Bearers reached Ullanor, the Legion was whole once more.{{Fn|16}}
**{{endn|4c}}: ch. 13
**{{endn|4d}}: ch. 14
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Angel Exterminatus (Novel)]] :**{{endn|5a}}: ''Theogonies – III''**{{endn|5b}}: ch. 5**{{endn|5c}}: ch. 6**{{Cite thisendn|5d}}: ch. 7**{{endn|5e}}: ch. 16**{{endn|5f}}: ch. 18**{{endn|5g}}: ch. 21**{{endn|5h}}: ch. 22**{{endn|5i}}: ch. 23**{{endn|5j}}: ch. 25**{{endn|5k}}: ch. 26**{{endn|5l}}: ch. 27
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal]] {{Cite this}}
**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 258
