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==History==
===Great Crusade and Horus Heresy===
[[Image:Lunawolveslegion.jpg|thumb|right|300px|The [[Luna Wolves]] during the [[Great Crusade]]{{Fn|28}}{{Fn|34}}]]
The Legiones Astartes were originally created by the [[Emperor]] and his gene-wrights in the closing days of the [[Unification Wars]] and the extinction of their predecessors, the [[Thunder Warrior]]s. The new [[Astartes]] had superior lifespans and discipline to those of the Thunder Warriors, and were intended by the Emperor to spearhead his coming [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|7a}} Each of the twenty Legions were created from [[gene-seed]] derived from a single [[Primarch]], which were themselves maturing deep under the Himalayan Mountains before they were stolen away from the Forces of [[Chaos]].{{Fn|6a}} However, while the Gene-Seed was created by the Emperor, it was perfected and mass-produced by the Gene-Cults of [[Luna]] after they were [[First Pacification of Luna|pacified]] by the early Astartes.{{Fn|18}} The combat debut of the Legiones Astartes occurred towards the end of the [[Unification Wars]] when they fought rebellious [[Thunder Warrior]]s in the [[Palace Coup]].{{Fn|30}}
**{{Endn|27a}}: pg. 30
**{{Endn|27b}}: pgs. 41-119
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Horus Rising False Gods (Novel)]]{{CME}}, cover art
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 8
*{{Endn|30}}: [[Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter 12
*{{Endn|32}}: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]], Chapter 27
*{{Endn|33}}: [[Liber Astartes (3rd Edition)]], pgs. 8-9
*{{Endn|34}}: [[https://web.archive.org/web/20250512120254/https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/Np2r53VX/the-art-of-the-horus-heresy-the-best-covers-collected/ Warhammer-Community: The Art of the Horus Heresy – The Best Covers Collected]] ''archived 12 May 2025, last accessed 13 November 2025. [[https://www.warhammer-community.com/en-gb/articles/Np2r53VX/the-art-of-the-horus-heresy-the-best-covers-collected/|Original Link]]
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