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The man who would later become known as the Emperor first appeared openly as one of the many warlords struggling for control of Terra during the latter part of the [[Age of Strife]]. He was at this point just another Terran warlord, but he met [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]] who convinced him to take the title of ''Emperor''.{{Fn|19}} He was once known as the Master of the Lines in a mountainous region of Terra.{{Fn|24b}} There he would seek out individuals whose genetics he could use in his [[Thunder Warrior]] project, as well as offering services of gene-editing at regional fairs to correct genetic mutations in couples planning to bear children.{{Fn|24b}} It was during this time he met [[Amar Astarte]], with whom he and [[Erda]]{{Fn|30}} worked closely on the [[Primarch Project]].{{Fn|29a}} He also met [[Ezekiel Sedayne]] in the [[Alapi]] mountains,{{Fn|24b}} who would later develop the [[Black Carapace]] for the successors of the Thunder Warriors: The [[Legio Astartes]].{{Fn|24a}} The Emperor undertook a series of campaigns against all the other warlords on the planet that would later be termed the [[Unification Wars]]. During these wars the Emperor employed several military formations - such as the Thunder Warriors and [[Geno Five-Two Chiliad]] — that consisted of genetically altered/engineered warriors, who played a significant role in his eventual victory. With this victory, the planet and population of Terra were at last unified under one rule; that of the Emperor. With this achievement behind him, the Emperor then set in motion his plans to take his purpose of uniting and guarding mankind out into the stars, to unify with the bastions of Humanity scattered across the [[Galaxy]]. This undertaking would become known as the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|4}} The prospect of the Great Crusade and the bitter fate of the Primarchs horrified Erda, who viewed the creations as her sons.{{Fn|30}} The Emperor also seemed to have more distant plans to continue his crusades to extend his dominion to other galaxies, after Humanity became enlightened to the nature of the warp and evolved into a species of powerful psykers.{{Fn|34a}}
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===Rise of the Emperor===
[[Image:Emperor (John Blanche).jpg|thumb|right|220px|The Emperor of Mankind{{Fn|52}}]]
The man who would later become known as the Emperor first appeared openly as one of the many warlords struggling for control of Terra during the latter part of the [[Age of Strife]]. He was at this point just another Terran warlord, but he met [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]] who convinced him to take the title of ''Emperor''.{{Fn|19}} He was once known as the Master of the Lines in a mountainous region of Terra.{{Fn|24b}} There he would seek out individuals whose genetics he could use in his [[Thunder Warrior]] project, as well as offering services of gene-editing at regional fairs to correct genetic mutations in couples planning to bear children.{{Fn|24b}} It was during this time he met [[Amar Astarte]], with whom he and [[Erda]]{{Fn|30}} worked closely on the [[Primarch Project]].{{Fn|29a}} He also met [[Ezekiel Sedayne]] in the [[Alapi]] mountains,{{Fn|24b}} who would later develop the [[Black Carapace]] for the successors of the Thunder Warriors: The [[Legio Astartes]].{{Fn|24a}} The Emperor undertook a series of campaigns against all the other warlords on the planet that would later be termed the [[Unification Wars]]. During these wars the Emperor employed several military formations - such as the Thunder Warriors and [[Geno Five-Two Chiliad]] — that consisted of genetically altered/engineered warriors, who played a significant role in his eventual victory. With this victory, the planet and population of Terra were at last unified under one rule; that of the Emperor. With this achievement behind him, the Emperor then set in motion his plans to take his purpose of uniting and guarding mankind out into the stars, to unify with the bastions of Humanity scattered across the [[Galaxy]]. This undertaking would become known as the [[Great Crusade]].{{Fn|4}} The prospect of the Great Crusade and the bitter fate of the Primarchs horrified Erda, who viewed the creations as her sons.{{Fn|30}} The Emperor also seemed to have more distant plans to continue his crusades to extend his dominion to other galaxies, after Humanity became enlightened to the nature of the warp and evolved into a species of powerful psykers.{{Fn|34a}}
[[Image:The Emperor.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The Emperor of Mankind{{Fn|5c}}]]
The Emperor prepared extensively for the Great Crusade; he created the special [[astrotelepath]] corps to link his eventual dominion together, and built the [[Astronomican]], a supremely powerful signal device powered by the Emperor's own psychic might that would allow simplified and safer travel through the Warp. Chief amongst his designs, however, was the creation of superhuman warriors, the logical extension of the gene-troopers already under his command. He had first undertaken the [[Primarch Project]], the creation of twenty infants from his own genetic code, designed to mature into powerful generals for his armies. However, this plan went awry with the intervention of the Chaos Powers. Other sources state that the Emperor's longtime collegue and fellow [[Perpetual]] Erda cast the Primarchs into the Warp to deny the Emperor his plans for them.{{Fn|30}} While accounts vary as to exactly what happened, the end of the tale is always the same; the [[Primarch]]s were cast into the Warp and thought lost.{{Fn|4}} During the tumultuous event, the Emperor's gene-lab was devastated by the forces that scattered the Primarchs. He held up the collapsing underground roof with his psychic power until the vaults workers and data could be safely evacuated.{{Fn|29b}} Afterwards, Malcador and [[Constantin Valdor]] believed the Primarchs dead or corrupted. However, the Emperor sensed their echoes in the [[Warp]] and knew they were still alive. Malcador was surprised that the Emperor began to refer to the lost Primarchs as his "sons", something Valdor saw as an "ebb" in his attempts to suppress his human emotions.{{Fn|29a}}
*{{Endn|50}}: [[Ashes of the Imperium (Novel)]] - Chapter 11
*{{Endn|51}}: [[Galaxy in Flames (Novel)]], Chapter Eleven
*{{Endn|52}}: [[Visions of Heresy (2018)]], pg. 12
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