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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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By [[M29]], [[Terra]] had been engulfed in the chaos and anarchy of the [[Age of Strife]] for 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. Sensing the time was right, a being known as [[The Emperor]] 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 utilised 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.{{Fn|8}} One of his earliest major campaigns was against the [[Maulland Sen Confederacy]].{{Fn|19a}}
===Subduing Terra===
