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-->"I will build a car for the great multitude. It will be large enough for the family, but small enough for the individual to run and care for. It will be constructed of the best materials, by the best men to be hired, after the simplest designs that modern engineering can devise. But it will be so low in price that no man making a good salary will be unable to own one – and enjoy with his family the blessing of hours of pleasure in God's great open spaces."

-->"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me. Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them. They will be of iron will and steely muscle. In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed. They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them. They will have tactics, strategies and machines so that no foe can best them in battle. They are my bulwark against the Terror. They are the Defenders of Humanity. They are my SpaceMarines and they shall know no fear."

[[WMG: Warhammer 40k is Real Life, but isn't the distant past or the future.]]

It's the ''Present''. Earth - or at least what we call Earth - is merely incredibly similar to Holy Terra and its sun during its own Second Millennium. This is also why there are so many religions on "Earth", as they are all spun from the same Imperial Cult with varying degrees of Chaos taint, seeing the God-Emperor and the Primarchs through several different lenses. The actual truth - or rather, as close as we presently are aware of - is coming to us through the mouth of Games Workshop, who have access to either historical archives, or a Psyker capable of communicating through the Warp. The reason it uses so many religious references is merely so ''we'' understand what it is, and even then it's probably only somewhat accurate.

"Earth" was, at some distant time in the past, a planet in the Imperium that lost contact during what we know as the Horus Heresy or the Age of Strife. Records were lost, so those of us who were around had to fill in the gaps. We do this with various means - religion, science, et cetera, but so far we've not even begun to recover what we lost when we lost contact with the Imperium.

We've so far not managed to communicate with any of the factions through sheer stroke of luck, and through using the wrong means of communication. Nobody's been in range, either - and if Games Workshop has any degree of accuracy, that may well be for the better. In all likelyhood, if Imperials were to pick us up, we'd better pray to the REAL God-Emperor that they will forgive us!

[[WMG: The Maerorus Temple use Kroot as part of their Genetic modifications to it's members]]

** All but confirmed. And anyway, the Maerorus was a one-off prototype that went horribly wrong, not an actual temple.

** Slaanesh ''doesn't'' have a male or female aspect. It appears in whatever form the viewer finds pleasing. Therefore, it is both and neither at the same time. With neither being distinct from each other. In fact, in older fluff, Slaanesh was described as being a man on one side and a woman on the other. Though nowadays, it is described as being androgynous. That is, a synthesis of male and female. The Eldar referring to Slaanesh as female, yet the Imperium (do they even refer to the gods with masculine or feminine pronouns?) calling it a man may simply be due to one or the other being more aesthetically pleasing to them. Slaaneshi worshipers don't even put separate aspects to Slaanesh on a gender level. They refer to it by whatever pronouns they find pleasing.

[[WMG: Faith is NOT the greatest weapon against the Dark Gods of Chaos: Understanding and Rationality are ]]

In summation, Warhammer 40K is the tale of a once great man who's completely broken down, metaphorically taking the entire universe with him [[DespairEventHorizon to the Neitzchian Abyss.]] In the [[HumansAreFlawed Darkness]] of the Far Future, [[EarnYourHappyEnding There Can Be Peace.]] [[GrayAndGrayMorality There Can Be Respite.]] But for [[TheWoobie The Emperor of Mankind]], '''[[TearJerker There Can Only Be War.]]'''

Whatever galaxy the Nids are coming in from has been completely stripped of all sustainable life. With nothing left to consume, the indigenous hive fleets [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty became locked in a cannibalistic feeding frenzy.]] The invading Hive Fleets are the Nids that decided to get the hell out of Dodge.

* We know that the Space Wolves also took part later in the Rangdan Xenocides. (info from ''Scions of the Emperor (Anthology) - First Legion'')
* All the Primarchs had atleast 1 counterpart with similar abilities (Rogal Dorn - Perturabo, Corvus Corax - Konrad Kurze, Lion El Johnson - Alpharius Omegon, etc.) except Magnus the Red, making it likely that one of the lost Legions was a legion of Psykers similar to the Thousand Sons. The Thousand Sons were known to suffer the mutation of the flesh change, tho it was atleast manageable.

* The Imperium is still a ChurchMilitant with some FantasticRacism, but to the extent of the Middle Ages instead of the stereotype we take for it UpToEleven. The Emperor was already rather racist, and has taken this to new extremes due to his SanitySlippage. The Space Marines are practically Mary Sues because the Emperor isn't modest, especially with all that worship going to his head.

* As each chapter goes, Warhammer 40K is getting suckier and [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy there's nobody you can route for]]([[Administrivia/TropesAreTools whether that's done well is up for you to debate]]) because the Emperor is getting more and more depressed.

* As each chapter goes, Warhammer 40K is getting suckier and [[DarknessInducedAudienceApathy there's nobody you can route for]]([[TropesAreNotBad whether that's done well is up for you to debate]]) because the Emperor is getting more and more depressed.

During the Rangdan Xenocides, both the II and XI Legions were sent to fight alongside the Solar Auxillia. During the war, the XI suffered a Legion wide mutation and caused them to turn upon the XI. Between fighting the Rangdan forces and now an entire legion of mutant/insane Astartes, the II Legion was wiped out, becoming the "Lost Legion". The Space Wolves and Dark Angels were then called in, with the Dark Angels finishing off the Rangdan, while the Space Wolves purged the XI Legion, thus they became the "Purged".

We know they fought in the Rangdan Xenocides, and this is where atleast 1 of the legions was lost. (info in the ''Regimental Standard'' and ''Horus Heresy Book Seven - Inferno'')

We know that atleast 1 of them had a serious mutation. (info from ''Fear to Tread'')
We know that the Space Wolves also took part later in the Rangdan Xenocides. (info from ''Scions of the Emperor (Anthology) - First Legion'')
All the Primarchs had atleast 1 counterpart with similar abilities (Rogal Dorn - Perturabo, Corvus Corax - Konrad Kurze, Lion El Johnson - Alpharius Omegon, etc.) except Magnus the Red, making it likely that one of the lost Legions was a legion of Psykers similar to the Thousand Sons. The Thousand Sons were known to suffer the mutation of the flesh change, tho it was atleast manageable.

Whatever galaxy the Nids are coming in from has been completely stripped of all sustainable life. With nothing left to consume, the indigenous hive fleets [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty became locked in a cannibalistic feeding frenzy.]] The invading Hive Fleets are the Nids that decided to get the hell out of Dodge.

Whatever galaxy the Nids are coming in from has been completely stripped of all sustainable life. With nothing left to consume, the indigenous hive fleets [[NoPartyLikeADonnerParty became locked in a cannibalistic feeding frenzy.]] The invading Hive Fleets are the Nids that drew the conclusion to get the hell out of Dodge.