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==History==
===Heresy-era===
Graia weathered the [[Age of Strife]] with a substantial capability towards producing [[Titan]] engines and as a result sported a powerful [[Titan Legion]] at the time of the [[Great Crusade]]. When the Imperium arrived they proved unwilling to commit a protracted siege and negotiated a treaty with Graia that granted it control over neighboring systems. The cold, logical Tech-Priests of Graia had their forces join the Crusade thereafter, where they demonstrated tenacity and an ability to achieve tasks deemed impossible. Its power and success garnered resentment from other Forges in the Belt of Iron such as those of [[Valia-Maximal]]. Diplomatic attempts by Graia to foster goodwill and those they had conquered were rarely successful, not least because of the Graian cold stubbornness to admit fault.{{CME}} Graia also developed an outright rivalry with one Forge World in [[Segmentum Solar]], [[Voss]].{{CMEFn|18c}}
During the [[Horus Heresy]], debate raged on Graia as to which side it should join, and the data-looms of the planet ran billions of simulations to predict the best course of action. The simulations predicted quick victory for the [[Emperor]], though this would prove to be disastrous and the world fought bitterly in the [[Cataclysm of Iron]], where they endured a vicious [[Dark Mechanicus]] siege before ultimately prevailing.{{CME}} Meanwhile, forces loyal to Graia across the Galaxy also aided the Emperor's armies. For instance, Graian contingents led by [[Archmagos]] [[Arkai Nomus]] supported the Imperial occupation of [[Cthonia]] and were consequently drawn into the catastrophic [[Siege of Cthonia]].{{Fn|18a}}{{Fn|18b}}{{Fn|18c}}
