Despite their vital importance to the Imperium, the [[Adeptus Astartes]] are not represented among the High Lords. This may have been set up intentionally by [[Roboute Guilliman]] himself as the [[Primarch]] fervently believed that it was the duty of the Space Marines to protect mankind, not rule it.{{Fn|17}} This tradition was broken for a brief period in [[M32]], during the [[War of the Beast]] and [[The Beheading]], when the successive [[Chapter Master]]s of the [[Imperial Fists]] — [[Koorland]] and [[Maximus Thane]] — reigned as Lord Commander of the Imperium (see "History", below).
===Re-organized List of Lords===
The above lists can get confusing because so many parts of the Imperial bureaucracy are represented multiple times. Here are the lists again, organized structurally.
*The [[Inquisitorial Representative]]{{Fn|1}} (High Lord)
*The [[Fabricator-General]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] (High Lord)
*The [[Ecclesiarch]] of the [[Ecclesiarchy|Adeptus Ministorum]] (High Lord)
**The [[Abbess of the Adepta Sororitas|Abbess]] of the [[Adepta Sororitas]] (Potential High Lord)
***The [[Chirurgeon-General]] of the [[Order Hospitaller]]{{Fn|30}} (Lesser Lord)
**[[Cardinal]](s) of the [[Holy Synod of Terra]] (Potential High Lords)
**[[Commandant of the Schola Progenium|Commandant]] of the [[Schola Progenium]]{{Fn|27}} (Lesser Lord)
*The [[Master of the Administratum|Master]] of the [[Administratum]] (High Lord)
**The [[Chancellor of the Estate Imperium|Chancellor]] of the [[Estate Imperium]] (Potential High Lord)
**The [[Lord Commander Militant]] of the [[Imperial Guard]] (Potential High Lord)
**Imperial Fleet
***The [[Speaker for the Chartist Captains|Speaker]] for the [[Merchant Fleet|Chartist Captains]]{{Fn|10}} (Potential High Lord)
***The [[Lord High Admiral of the Imperial Navy|Lord High Admiral]] of the [[Imperial Navy]]{{Fn|6}} (Potential High Lord)
****The [[Lord Commander#Imperial Navy|Lord Commander]] of [[Segmentum Solar]] (Potential High Lord)
***The [[Paternoval Envoy]] of the [[Navis Nobilite]] (High Lord) (On paper, answers to the Master of the Administratum as part of the Imperial Fleet; in practice, nearly immune to Imperial authority.)
****The Consul Pre-Eminus of the [[Navis Nobilite]]{{Fn|38}} (Lesser Lord)
**The [[Grand Master of Assassins|Grand Master]] of the [[Officio Assassinorum]] (High Lord)
*The [[Grand Provost Marshal]] of the [[Adeptus Arbites]] (High Lord)
*The [[Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica|Master]] of the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica]] (High Lord)
*The [[Master of the Astronomican|Master]] of the [[Adeptus Astronomica|Astronomican]] (High Lord)
*The [[Captain-General]] of the [[Adeptus Custodes]] (Potential High Lord)
*Structurally Unknown:
**Mistress Plenary of the [[Catacombs]]{{Fn|26}} (Lesser Lord; the Catacombs are a region on Terra governed by the Mistress Plenary)
**The [[High Lord of the Imperial Chancellery]]{{Fn|30}}(Lesser Lord; nothing is known about the Imperial Chancellery)
**Lord Constable of the [[Synopticon]]{{Fn|26}} (Lesser Lord; nothing is known about the Synopticon)
==History==
