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Was the gene seed harvested during the Horus Heresy?
It became much more important post-Heresy
TLDR: It's mainly because Chaos Space Marines need to steal Loyalist Marine gene-seed to produce new Marines, their gene-seed is too corrupted to produce new ...
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How can the Astartes be atheist?
This is the Horus Heresy, the 30K - there is no God Emperor and the ruling ideology is the Imperial Truth - rationalistic, atheistic view that Emperor tried to create to starve Chaos Gods from ...
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Why did Magnus join Horus in his Heresy?
He did not really. He was tricked by Tzeentch to do so. From Prospero Burns:
‘The Crimson King was loyal. Misguided, but loyal. So this tragedy need never have happened?’
He couldn't save his ...
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Is this a reference to "Ozymandias", from Shelley?
With a name like "Deliverance Lost," poetic allusions are very much to be expected.
In this particular case, the poem that Corvax finds is the other 1818 poem titled "Ozymandias," ...
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Why were the Ultramarines fighting Salamanders?
They were all Ultramarines in disguise, it was a huge training exercise
The whole point behind Rules of Engagement was Guilliman wanted to test out the Codex in different scenarios, against traitor ...
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Who has killed the most primarchs?
Chaos
No one being has slain more than a single Primarch, but every Primarch death can be attributed directly or indirectly to the forces of Chaos.
For sure, we only know of 4 dead Primarchs.
Ferrus ...
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If The Emperor wanted to reduce humanity's need for the warp why create the 15th?
The Emperor didn't want Magnus and his sons to explore beyond a limited understanding of the warp. Obviously he knew Magnus was psychically gifted, but--and this is the most perplexing thing about 30k-...
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What were the roles of each of the Primarchs?
Note: I am not sure that each Primarch has a defined role after the Great Crusade and the complete unification of the Galaxy as the Imperium of Mankind. Besides being a charismatic leader and a deputy ...
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Did any members of Loyalist Legions turn traitor during the Horus Heresy?
Yes there have been some cases of marines of Loyalist legions that swapped sides, willingly and unwillingly, or even for only a certain amount of time.
Captain Alastor Rushal of the Raven Claw legion....
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Did Games Workshop make a big mistake in the 'Siege of the Imperial Palace' diorama?
Black was always the signature color of some units in the Luna Wolves/Sons of Horus 1st Company (which as was typical for the legions contained their elites). Both the Justaerin Terminators and the ...
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How did forces get into the Webway to fight the Demon incursion during the Horus Heresy
TLDR
Through the Imperial Dungeon.
Longer Version
Most of this is explained in The Master of Mankind. In it several of the characters are led down into the webway from the surface. The journey ...
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Which Primarch has been shown to be the strongest in battle?
It really depends on the battle.
All the Primarchs are better than their peers at something. Pre-Heresy without any warpcraft, in a one-on-one bare hand brawl, Angron would come out on top.
Armed ...
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How did the warrior lodges help to spread the Heresy?
You could say anything during a Warrior Lodge meeting, regardless of rank.
Rank didn't exist during meetings, all Brothers were treated as equals so any Marine was free to express his opinion about ...
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Is the Emperor really related to these people?
If you mean the vision he shared with Ra Endymion in chapter two, then I doubt so.
Within the same vision The Emporer says.
Men had killed each other for geneterations before my birth, but this ...
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What nationality are each of the legions meant to resemble?
There are a few threads on reddit discussing this:
What are the influences of the Space Marine Chapters?
What culture is every space marine chapter based on?
As far as I know, there has never really ...
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What is funny about Kasper Hawser?
Kaspar Hauser (30 April 1812 (?) – 17 December 1833) was a German youth who claimed to have grown up in the total isolation of a darkened cell. Hauser's claims, and his subsequent death by stabbing, ...
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Why "godless empire would fall to the claws of aliens"?
I always assumed it was telling the truth
It's impossible to know if Ingethel was lying or being sincere, we're never directly told if everything it shows Lorgar is real or completely false. It could ...
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If The Emperor wanted to reduce humanity's need for the warp why create the 15th?
Magnus was created to sit atop the golden throne, he and the Emperor are the only beings capable of surviving it. The 15th legion were formed from the geneseed of Magnus, thus they became psykers.
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By the 41st millenium, how many people know the truth of how the Heresy started?
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As you follow the hierarchy/chain of command down less details would be known.
Space Marines likely know a little bit more thanks to the knowledge machines downloading the information into their ...
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Did the Emperor always have the correct legion in system when meeting a new Primarch?
The Emperor was not even present at every discovery:
Like the other Primarchs, Alpharius and his twin brother Omegon were transported from the Emperor's gene-lab beneath the Himalazian (Himalayan) ...
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Why did Mortarion join Horus in his Heresy?
Mortarion is strange in that of the chaos worshiping primarchs (Pertuarbo and Curze never worshiped the pantheon) he joined Horus long before turning to Chaos, where as Fulgrim and magnus had openly ...
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What's the biggest expansion of the Empire of Man before the Horus Heresy?
The largest expansion of humanity took place during M15-M25 the Dark age of Technology. This is when Humanity first discovered warp travel and went out into the galaxy inhabiting and populating ...
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How are Custodes made in the 41st Millennium?
However, now, although the gene-enhancements that create new Custodes
are shrouded in secrecy, the most accomplished bio-alchemists and
chirurgeons of Terra are trusted with their creation, allowing ...
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What happenned to Angron and Corvax between the scattering of the primarch and their discoveries?
Per Deliverance Lost and some other sources, Corvus was raised on the moon Deliverance then leading a rebellion against the enslaver technocrats on the planet below. He managed to wrap up that ...
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Have the Death Guard officially turned to Nurgle in the timeline of the Horus Heresy book series?
The book that will cover this was announced this year.
This has not been covered yet however on 18/08/2018 Games Workshop released a Blog from Warhammer fest.
Link to the blog itself.
In this blog ...
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Was the gene seed harvested during the Horus Heresy?
It was done Pre-Heresy and during it
@Daft 's answer is true, however, I would also like to add in that there was still the harvesting of gene-seed by the Space Marine Legions.
Here is an example from ...
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What is the shortest route through the Horus Heresy series?
Books of the Horus Heresy on Wikimedia, recommended books are highlighted:
Suggested books outlined in red
It is very difficult to give you an answer on which books to read and which to skip as it's ...
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has Corax always been this strong?
below is the statline of the different primarchs along with their point costs, these costs generally correlate with power in combat. as you can see Corvus certainly is not the runt of the litter but ...
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Which Primarch has been shown to be the strongest in battle?
Honestly this answer is quite similar to your previous question
Below is the statline of the different Primarchs along with their point costs, these costs generally correlate with power in combat. As ...
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Why do space marines value their gene-seed surviving?
It is in a bit in the same way, that you would care that your children would live.
[..]cells grow and are stored in the Progenoid organs, much like sperm cells or egg cells are stored in the testes ...
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