File:Warhammer 40,000- Grim Dark Lore Part 31 – The Age of Rebirth

With the end of the Horus Heresy, Roboute Guilliman takes command of the Imperium as its new Lord Commander and reshapes its institutions with an eye on preventing any further opportunities for civil war.

The Second Founding of the Space Marines is decreed, splitting all of the remaining nine Loyalist Legions into many different Chapters, while the Imperial Army is divided up between the Astra Militarum and the Imperial Navy.

The Astra Militarum is reshaped to serve as the Imperium’s primary military force while the Space Marines take on the role of planetary assault. Guilliman’s Codex Astartes becomes the cornerstone of the culture and military tactics of the newborn Adeptus Astartes.

Guilliman establishes the Senatorum Imperialis at the Imperium's head, while new institutions such as the Inquisition and the Grey Knights become the Imperium’s most potent and most secret weapons against the forces of Chaos.

The era ends with the disappearance or death of most of the remaining Loyalist Primarchs and the near-mortal wounding of Guilliman by the Daemon Primarch Fulgrim of the Emperor’s Children at the Battle of Thessala. For the next 10,000 years, Humanity would truly face the darkness of the galaxy without the aid of any of its legendary heroes…

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Age of Rebirth: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Time_of_Rebirth Great Scouring: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Great_Scouring Roboute Guilliman: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Roboute_Guilliman Ultramarines: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Ultramarines Chaos Cult: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Chaos_Cult Eye of Terror: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Eye_of_Terror Adeptus Astartes: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Space_Marines Second Founding: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Second_Founding Codex Astartes: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Codex_Astartes Astra Militarum: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Astra_Militarum Imperial Navy: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Imperial_Navy Adeptus Terra: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Adeptus_Terra Adeptus Mechanicus: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Adeptus_Mechanicus Senatorum Imperialis: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/High_Lords_of_Terra Inquisition: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Inquisition Inquisitors: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Inquisitor Knights-Errant: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Knights-Errant Titan (Moon): https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Titan_(Moon) Grey Knights: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Grey_Knights Lion El’Jonson: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Lion_El'Jonson Fallen Angels: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Fallen_Angels Luther: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Luther Caliban: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Caliban Jaghatai Khan: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Jaghatai_Khan Leman Russ: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Leman_Russ Corvus Corax: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Corvus_Corax Vulkan: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Vulkan Rogal Dorn: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Rogal_Dorn First Black Crusade: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/1st_Black_Crusade Fulgrim: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Fulgrim Emperor’s Children: https://warhammer40k.fandom.com/wiki/Emperor's_Children