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==History==
The original High Lords were bureaucrats of the [[Emperor]] who followed in his armies wake during the [[Unification Wars]] to build the foundations of his new empire. These earliest bureaucrats were known as the '''Magisters Temporal''', and as the Emperor's realm expanded were reorganized reorganised into the '''Lords Civilian'''. The four greatest Lords Civilian became known as the '''High Lords Civilian'''. The four original High Lords were the [[Master of the Administratum]], [[Chancellor of the Estate Imperium]], [[Grand Provost Marshal]], and the [[Lord Commander Militant|Lord Commander Militant of the Imperial Armies]].{{Fn|33}}
Following the Unification Wars and the commencement of the [[Great Crusade]], the High Lords served on the '''[[Council of Terra]]'''. These consisted of key individuals to the Emperor's rule and was originally staffed by the [[Fabricator-General]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], the [[Paternova]] of the [[Navis Nobilite]], the [[Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica|Master of the Astra Telepathica]], and Regent [[Malcador the Sigillite]]. Military matters were outside of the jurisdiction of this council, instead vested in [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]].{{Fn|17}} Following the [[Horus Heresy]], the temporary [[Grand Council of Reconstruction]] ruled the Imperium in the chaotic aftermath of the [[Great Scouring]]. Its formation saw the non-Astartes High Lords, fearful of another Heresy, gain much power and act as a political counterweight against the Primarchs, who had dominated earlier Imperial politics.{{Fn|44a}}
The High Lords are known to have issued an edict to ratify the creation of the [[Sons of Medusa]] in 011.[[M37]]{{fn|22}} and often issue orders directly to the [[Minotaurs]]. In 0266999.[[M41]] they issued the Orphean Decree, dissolving the [[Orpheus Sector]] and charging the Minotaurs with the [[Exterminatus]] of its worlds.{{fn|20}}
In the closing days of the 41st Millennium, the reborn [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]] returned to Terra and again declared himself [[Lord Commander of the Imperium]]. He pledged to appropriately deal with the High Lords and promised to reorganize reorganise and rearm the Imperium to face the coming threats. Soon after taking power five{{Fn|25}} of the High Lords were removed and replaced by Guilliman.{{Fn|24}} Guilliman oversaw a general purge of Imperial bureaucracy known as the [[Primarch's Scourge]].{{Fn|29}}
==Notable High Lords==
===014.M31: The Great Scouring===
Following the reforms of [[Roboute Guilliman]] after the Heresy and during the [[Great Scouring]], the Council of Terra was formally reorganized reorganised into both the temporary [[Grand Council of Reconstruction]] and the permanent Senatorum Imperialis. The Senatorum ruled more equally alongside the remaining loyal Primarchs during this period{{Fn|44a}} thanks to the efforts of those fearful of another Heresy, such as [[Khalid Hassan]] and the [[Chosen of Malcador]].{{Fn|44b}}
*[[Simion Pentasian]] - [[Master of the Administratum]]{{Fn|44a}}
===M42: Indomitus Crusade===
[[Image:HighLords10th.jpg|thumb|right|300px|High Lords alongside [[Captain-General]] [[Trajann Valoris]] and [[Lord Commander Solar]] [[Arcadian Leontus]]{{Fn|39}}]]
Following the reorganization reorganisation of the Imperium upon the resurrection of [[Roboute Guilliman]], the High Lords were dissolved.{{Fn|26a}} Guilliman declared himself [[Lord Commander of the Imperium]], Imperial Regent, and [[Lord Militant]] of the Senatorium Imperialis. However sometime later during the [[Indomitus Crusade]], the High Twelve had been restored with Guilliman serving as their head. By this point, he had replaced five previous members of the High Twelve as well as hundreds of lesser Lords.{{Fn|25a}} Guilliman's general purge of the Imperial bureaucracy became known as the [[Primarch's Scourge]].{{Fn|29}}
Many of the High Lords continued to oppose Guilliman, longing for a return to the [[Imperium Eterna]]. This culminated in a coup by the [[Hexarchy]] led by the ex-Master of the Administratum [[Irthu Haemotalion]] which in the end was foiled by [[Grand Master of Assassins]] [[Fadix]].{{Fn|34a}}
