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The '''High Lords''' collectively form the '''Senate Council of the High Lords of Terra''' also know known as the '''Senatorum Imperialis'''.
The High Lords are the twelve most powerful officials which represent the most powerful organizations of the Imperium. Officially, they rely upon the [[Emperor]]'s guidance to inspire their actions. It is they who make the most far-reaching decisions, and who try to direct the overall strategies of the Imperial military. Some Imperial organizations are so important, influential, and powerful that it would be unthinkable for their leaders not to be a High Lord.
==The High Lords ==
The following nine offices are almost always represented as High Lords:
*The [[Master of the Administratum|Master]] of the [[Administratum]]*The '''[[Inquisition|Inquisitorial ]] Representative'''<sup>a</sup>
*The [[Ecclesiarch]] of the [[Adeptus Ministorum]]
*The [[Fabricator-General]] of the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]]
*The [[Grand Provost Marshal]] of the [[Adeptus Arbites]]
*The [[Paternoval Envoy]] of the [[Navigator]]s
*The [[Master of the Astronomican|Master]] of the [[Adeptus Astronomica|Astronomican]]
*The [[Grand Master of Assassins|Grand Master]] of the [[Officio Assassinorum]]
*The Master of the [[Adeptus Astra Telepathica]]
==Notes==
<sup>a</sup>: The Inquisitorial Representative is an [[Inquisitor]] sent to speak on behalf of the [[Inquisition]].
==History==
The High Lords of Terra succeeded the [[Council of Terra]] as the main executive body of the Imperium as the beginning of the reformations initiated by [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]], who joined the Council as [[Lord Commander#Roboute Guilliman|Lord Commander of the Imperium]], commanding the entirety of the Imperial armed forces. In early M32, the rise of the Imperial Creed and the Cult of the Saviour Emperor in the Imperium meant that the Ecclesiarch of the Adeptus Ministorum was granted a seat, which soon became permanent.
In M36, Goge Vandire, Master of the Administratum, performed a coup and became the Ecclesiarch of the Adeptus Ministorum, holding a dual role. During his [[Reign of Blood]], the High Lords were powerless to act. When Fabricator-General Gastaph Hediatrix demanded that the High Lords to account for themselves and execute Vandire, Goge dissolved the High Lords and declared the [[Adeptus Astartes]] and Mechanicus as traitors. Before long, Goge was killed, and the High Lords returned to power.
==Sources==
*[[Codex Imperialis]]
