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{{Battle
|Name =Unification Wars
|Image =EmperorwLegions.jpg
|Image caption=The [[Emperor]] leads His armies{{Fn|11a}}
|Conflict =
|Date =Late [[M29]]/early [[M30]] - 712.[[M30]]{{Fn|21}} (several centuries{{Fn|19c}})
|Location =[[Terra]]
|Battles =
|Outcome =Imperial victory
|Combatant1 =[[File:RaptorImperialis.jpg|20px]] [[Imperium of Man]]<br>[[Terrawatt Clan]]{{Fn|8}}
|Combatant2 =Various [[Techno-Barbarian]] nations<br><br>[[Panpacific Empire]]{{Fn|7a}}<br>[[Yndonesic Bloc]]{{Fn|13}}<br>[[Ethnarchy]]{{Fn|7c}}<br>[[Hy Brasil]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Ursh]]{{Fn|12}}<br>[[Albia]]{{Fn|10c}}<br>[[Achaemenid Empire]]{{Fn|3}}<br>[[Boeotia]]{{Fn|23}}<br>[[Akkad]]{{Fn|20}}<br>[[Merica]]{{Fn|9a}}[[Maulland Sen Confederacy]]{{Fn|15}}<br>[[Saragorn Enclave]]{{Fn|7a}}<br>[[Franc]]{{Fn|5}}<br>[[Fall of Orioc|Orioc]]{{Fn|7d}}<br>[[Adedeji]]{{Fn|18}}<br>[[Oxitania]]{{Fn|7b}}
|Commanders1 =[[Emperor of Mankind]]<br>[[Malcador the Sigillite]]{{Fn|19c}}<br>[[Captain-General]] [[Constantin Valdor]]{{Fn|19c}}<br>[[Knight-Commander]] [[Jenetia Krole]]{{Fn|22}}<br>[[Thunder Warrior]] [[Primarch_#Thunder Warriors|Primarch]]s{{Fn|19c}}<br>[[Lord Commander Militant]] [[Kli-San Weia]]{{Fn|19d}}
|Commanders2 =[[Narthan Dume]] (POW){{Fn|9a}}<br>[[Cardinal Tang]] (POW){{Fn|13}}<br>[[Dalmoth Kyn]]{{Fn|2}}<br>[[Unspeakable King]]{{Fn|10c}}<br>[[Kalagann]] (KIA){{Fn|12}}<br>[[Great King of Akkad]] (KIA){{Fn|20}}<br>[[Priest-King of Maulland Sen]] (KIA){{Fn|15}}<br>[[Kadmus]]<br>Priest King of [[Fall of Orioc|Orioc]] (KIA){{Fn|7d}}
|Strength1 =20 [[Legiones Cataegis]] [[Legion]]s{{Fn|19c}}<br>20 [[Legiones Astartes]] Legions{{Fn|8}}<br>[[Imperial Army]] [[Old Hundred]]{{Fn|1a}}<br>[[Adeptus Custodes|Custodian Guard]]{{Fn|19c}}<br>[[Sisters of Silence]]{{Fn|22}}<br>[[Adeptus Arbites]]{{Fn|19d}}
|Strength2 =Vast [[Techno-Barbarian]] armies{{Fn|11b}}<br>Horrors of [[Age of Strife|Old Night]]{{Fn|11b}}
|Casualties1 =Unknown overall, heavy to the [[Thunder Warrior]]s{{Fn|9a}}{{Fn|21}}
|Casualties2 =The enemies of the Emperor are viciously destroyed{{Fn|7a}}
}}
[[Image:RaptorImperialis.jpg|thumb|right|The Emperor's symbol during Unification, the [[Raptor Imperialis]] ]]
The '''Unification Wars''', also known as the '''Wars of Unification''', is the name of an ancient number of conflicts fought at the end of the [[Age of Strife]]. They were spearheaded by the warlord known only as [[The Emperor]] in his attempt at reunifying the shattered tribes and nations of [[Terra]], now ruled largely by [[Techno-Barbarian]] lords. His intentions were to reforge the shattered remnants of Man and create an [[Imperium]] that would bring about a [[Great Crusade]] to bring order to the galaxy.
==Overview==
===Prelude===
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|1111b}}
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 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}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Legion (Novel)]], {{Cite This}}
**{{Endn|1a}}: Part 1, Chapter 1
*{{Endn|2}}: ''[[Blood Games (Short Story)]]''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]], Chapter Twenty-One, pgs. 381-383
**{{Endn|10a}}: pg. 80
**{{Endn|10b}}: pg. 121
**{{Endn|10c}}: pgs. 14-15*{{Endn|11}}: [[Realms of Chaos: The Lost and the Damned]] **{{Endn|11a}}: pg. 173**{{Endn|11b}}: pgs. 175-180
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Horus Rising (Novel)]], Part Two, Six
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)]] pg.410
**{{Endn|19a}}: Chapter 5
**{{Endn|19b}}: Chapter 12
**{{Endn|19c}}: Chapter 8
**{{Endn|19d}}: Chapter 7
*{{Endn|20}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Nine]] pg.84-86
*{{Endn|21}}: [https://thehorusheresy.com/explore-the-galaxy Horusheresy.com Galaxy Timeline] (last accessed 2/6/2022)
*{{Endn|22}}: [[Saturnine (Novel)]] - Part 1, Chapter 3*{{Endn|23}}: [[The Crimson King (Novel)]] - Chapter 17
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