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==History==
The [[Treaty of Olympus]] between the [[Martian Synod|Martian Parliament]] and the [[Emperor]] imposed several restrictions upon the [[Mechanicum]]’s practices, labelling much of the knowledge possessed by the [[Forge World]]s as ‘heretechnica’ – a heresy against the Emperor in his authority as an avatar of the [[Omnissiah]]. There were many such forbidden heretechnical sciences and technologies.{{Fn|1}}
The [[Dark Mechanicum]] was a coalition of [[Magi]] which saw these restrictions as shackles placed upon the ambition, imagination, curiosity and righteousness of purpose of the entire Mechanicum. They rejected the notion of the Emperor embodying the Machine God’s purpose, and cast off the fetters placed upon them, continuing their research into forbidden lore. Dark deeds and unspeakable experiments simmered and festered within the Mechanicum, carefully hidden from the Imperium’s eyes until the conclusion of the [[Great Crusade]], during which time the Warmaster [[Horus]] sent his emissaries to many Magi who felt themselves oppressed by the Emperor’s dictates. The Warmaster offered an open hand of friendship and promised to sweep aside the Emperor’s restrictions.{{Fn|1}}
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