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At some point before recorded history, the Emperor became a king and organised his own armies with the Perpetual that would become known as [[Ollanius Persson]] as his [[Warmaster]]. Seeking to protect and guide Humanity, the two friends besieged a tower in East Phoenicia built by the Cult that would become known as the [[Cognitae]]. After their forces succeeded in capturing the tower, they discovered it covered in [[Enuncia]] and bleeding in the corrupting power of the Warp. Ollanius demanded the tower destroyed, while the Emperor wished to preserve the knowledge it held within in order to better protect against Chaos in the future. Disillusioned with the Emperor, Ollanius stabbed his king with a dagger and then uttered a line of Enuncia to destroy the tower and escape.{{Fn|36}}
The immortal being who would become known as the Emperor proceeded to haunt the history of Humanity as a ghost, watching, waiting and occasionally influencing.{{Fn|3c}} Living secretly amongst mankind, he developed his abilities until his psychic might allowed him to gain knowledge of not only his own world, but of the dangers beyond it. Aware then of the vast predations awaiting Humanity, the being that would become known as the Emperor resolved to guide and protect Humanity. The Emperor took many forms during this time, both male and female. Some were brutal conquerors, some [[Wikipedia:Matthew 5:5|became meek to inherit the Earth]].{{Fn|38g}} One identity of the Emperor during this time was [[Wikipedia:Alexander the Great|Alexander the Great]], and in an account given by [[Horus]] it is said that he wept before the [[Wikipedia:Alexandria Hyphasis|River Hyphasis ]] when he thought there were no more worlds to conquer. Not long after, he discovered what would be named the [[Golden Throne]].{{Fn|38f}}
During the [[Dark Age of Technology]] [[Alivia Sureka]] traveled with the man who would become the Emperor to the planet [[Molech]], where there was a gateway into the realm of [[Chaos]]. The Emperor entered the Gateway, and there made a bargain with the [[Gods of Chaos|Dark Gods]] and emerged wielding a measure of their power, including the ability to create the Primarchs. However for some reason, the Emperor did not keep his end of the bargain to spread Chaos to Humanity, and he became anathema to the Ruinous Powers. The Emperor was able to clone the energies with which he was imbued, giving them to his [[Primarch]]s{{Fn|11}} after combining his own genetic material with that of Erda's.{{Fn|30}}
