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The Emperor was born in the [[Wikipedia:8th millennium BC|8th millennium BC]], in central [[Wikipedia:Anatolia|Anatolia]] and although born to normal human parents, he is the first and greatest psyker. He was also immortal and as he aged he gradually remembered his thousands of past lives. For thousands of years he guided and watched humanity develop. During the [[Dark Age of Technology]] he was a facilitator of many of the most important inventions. Although the Emperor was powerless to prevent the [[Age of Strife]], towards its end he took a more direct hand in leading mankind. Becoming a warlord of the techno-barbarian warriors of Earth, he conquered the warring factions and united Terra.
With the assistance of the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars, the Emperor created the first Space Marines and the fleets of interstellar ships that would carry his armies across galactic space, to begin the [[Great Crusade ]] that would unify mankind into one Imperium. The Emperor also created the Primarchs from whom the Space Marines' gene-seed was developed. The Chaos gods, however, sought to thwart his plan. The Primarchs were sucked into the warp, and scattered across the galaxy. During the [[Great Crusade ]] all of the [[Primarchs ]] were found and united with their Space Marine Legion. However the Emperor's most trusted servant, the [[Primarch ]] [[Horus]], fell to Chaos and betrayed the Emperor, and along with half of the Space Marine Legions. This started a massive civil war for control of humanity, which became known as the Horus Heresy. Though the Emperor defeated Horus, he was all but destroyed in the battle; only the life-supporting Golden Throne has sustained his living corpse.
;Star Child Theory
