What is the age of Apostasy?

The Age of Apostasy was a second period of interstellar civil war that consumed the Imperium of Man in the early 36th Millennium.
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How long did the age of strife last?

The Age of Strife, also sometimes referred to as "Old Night" based on the name for the era on Terra in older Imperial histories, is the name for the chaotic and highly fragmented period of Human history that began roughly in the 25th Millennium A.D. and ended in the 30th Millennium with the birth of the Imperium of Man ...
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Who is GOGE Vandire?

Goge Vandire was the former Ecclesiarch and Master of Administratum during the Age of Apostasy. He gained his position through threats and assassination, and lead the Imperium during the period known as the "Reign of Blood."
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How many high lords of Terra are there?

The total number of High Lords is said to be twelve, leaving three non-permanent openings. These positions are most often filled from among the following powerful Imperial leaders: Lord Commander of the Segmentum Solar.
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Who are the adeptus custodes?

The Adeptus Custodes are the guardians of the Imperial Palace and the Golden Throne, as well as being the personal bodyguard to the Emperor. A small elite of three hundred Custodes, known as the Companions, form the Emperor's personal bodyguard and never leave his side.
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Are custodes stronger than Astartes?

The Custodes is an elite cadre of genetically-engineered transhuman warriors who are even more potent in combat than the Adeptus Astartes.
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What did the Emperor say to roboute Guilliman?

What did the emperor say to Roboute? After the long pilgrimage Guiliman enters the inner sanctum and is alone with the emperor for some time. After some time in the sanctum imperalis Roboute comes out and only says that he had "received all the enlightenment that he required."
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What happened Kelbor Hal?

Two Terran centuries passed after the signing of the Treaty of Mars, and Kelbor-Hal rose to a position of much prominence within the Mechanicum. He became the Fabricator-General of Mars, the master of the Red Planet's mightiest forge city, Olympus Mons.
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What is the adeptus Terra?

The Adeptus Terra, also known as the "Priesthood of Earth," is the central bureaucratic governmental organisation of the Imperium of Man and not really an agency in and of itself.
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What is a high lord?

High Lord (feminine High Lady) was the title of the head of one of the noble houses of the Tapani sector. Originally, the heads of the Houses were kings of feuding states, until Shey Tapani, High Lord of House Melantha, became Emperor of the Tapani sector, and the kings became High Lords. Advertisement.
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Did the Eldar cause the age of strife?

[40k] The birth of Slaanesh and Age of Strife were caused by a psychic arms race between the Eldar and Humanity. Summary: The Emperor originally planned for DAOT humanity to psychically ascend, triggering a secret psyker arms race that led to grimdark.
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What is the golden age of technology?

According to aeon.com, although our generation is said to live in the “golden age” of advancement, in America at least, that time period spanned from about 1945 to 1971.
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What happened to Magnus the red?

In the end, Magnus led his XVth Legion to the banner of Horus and fought on the Arch-heretic's side during the Great Betrayal of the Horus Heresy. He survived those events and ascended to the position of a Daemon Prince of Tzeentch as a reward for his service to the Changer of Ways.
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What astartes means?

: the Phoenician goddess of fertility and of sexual love.
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What happened to the dark mechanicus?

He later openly supported the Dark Mechanicum forces during the Schism of Mars. Following the end of the Heresy, his ultimate fate is unknown.
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What was in the vaults of Moravec?

The Vaults of Moravec were a depository of forbidden knowledge and techno-arcana located on the Mechanicum's holy world of Mars in the Segmentum Solar.
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What is the Proteus protocol?

The Proteus Protocol is a semi-mythical type of technology that it is forbidden to research in the Imperium. This ancient heretical technology consists of transferring not only the engramatic knowledge and memory of an organic brain but also the personality and will of the user.
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Does the Emperor love Guilliman?

The Emperor loves no one man, thought Guilliman. He cannot afford affection - that is the honest practical for the impossible task that faces the Master of Mankind. He did not love His sons, He does not love men, but He does love mankind.
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How do the Eldar view the Emperor?

Some Eldar believe their race is still superior and can survive and thrive again, and these are more likely to take a dim view of the Emperor, but there were and are many that see the Emperor as a potent weapon against Chaos, so whilst they may not like him, they certainly don't think he's a fool or weakling.
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Does roboute Guilliman Hate the Imperium?

His Goals. Guilliman ultimately wants nothing less than to destroy the Imperium as it exists and rebuild it anew. He hates this fallen, dark Imperium, and wishes to restore it to the glory of the pre-Heresy Days.
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Are the adeptus custodes immortal?

As to the custodes, as stated they are biologically immortal with the end of there lives only coming at the end of an enemy blade. They do however "age". Their reaction time will dip from beyond compare to still better than anyone else in the galexy.
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How many custodes would it take to beat a primarch?

Three to Five custodes should work on the primarchs... But like they said above, it all depends on whos against them for well you know, each primarch has his own quirks and techniques unique to them.
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Are Primaris stronger than custodes?

Custodes. Primaris are better then standard marines but they are just bigger space marines at the end of the day. Albeit faster and stronger.
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Who was the first Primarch to chaos?

He was the first Primarch of the Space Marine Legions to fall to the corruption of Chaos before the Horus Heresy and it was he who ordered the corruption of the Warmaster Horus. He and his large Traitor Legion of Word Bearers Heretic Astartes can today be found on the Daemon World of Sicarus within the Eye of Terror.
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Who is the tallest primarch?

Horus is described as being 3.5 metres tall (loken as 2.5, but abaddon and torgaddon were both taller with the latter being the tallest).
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