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== History ==
===The Great Crusade===
During the [[Great Crusade]], various chroniclers and recorders had been accompanying Imperial forces as individuals, but their records were piecemeal and irregular. Following the victory at Ullanor, it was decided that a more formal and authoritative celebration of mankind's reunification was needed.{{Fn|1}} The Order of Remembrancers was ratified by the Council of Terra following a petition by [[Solomon Voss]], with the aid of [[Askarid Sha]], directly to the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] with the goal of forming an order of people to be the Imperium's memory of its foundation and reflect the truth of the Great Crusade.{{Fn|17}} The remembrancers were recruited from all levels of Terran society and from the societies of other key Imperial worlds, based on the merit of their creative gifts. Almost 4.3 million remembrancers were sent abroad in the first months following the ratification of the bill, assigned to join all the key expedition fleets active in the expanding Imperium.{{Fn|1}}
It is not known what happened to the records they made during the Great Crusade, except that by the [[41st Millennium]] they had been either entirely destroyed or otherwise concealed.{{Cite This}}
===Post Heresy===
The occupation of Remembrancer continues to serve at least into [[M41]] and possibly into the [[Era Indomitus]], at least one is known to serve in the [[Inquisition]].{{Fn|23}}
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|quote = "The Planet [[Cronus]], beset on all sides by tides of war. This once quiet colony became a savage battlefield. Seven armies clashed on this one world each refusing to back down. Each convinced it was in the right. A dark crusade had begun. It could only end with the total victory of one of these factions and the total defeat of all others.”
|source= — [[Remembrancer]] [[Theta-Scion]] of the [[Inquisition]]{{Fn|23}}
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===Known Remembrancers===
