The massive scientific effort to create the primarchs before the start of the Unification Wars in the 30 th Millennium was known as the Primarch Project. Warhammer 40K Darktide Review - Left To ShredĠ2 December 2022 History Primarch Project Yet for all their gifts, the primarchs were still only men, and in the end their all-too-Human flaws would become the primary obstacle to the realisation of the Emperor's great dream for Mankind. Deprived of the Emperor's care and guidance, each developed a personality uniquely shaped - and sometimes damaged - by the difficult circumstances of their homeworlds. They would bring the Imperial Truth to the rest of the Human-settled galaxy in their father's name, serving as His generals and proconsuls.īut the Chaos Gods intervened to foil their great adversary's plans and the primarchs were sprited away through the Warp to other Human-settled planets of the galaxy. The Emperor intended to raise His sons to be the best military commanders and political leaders in Human history. The primarchs were the Emperor's answer to reclaiming all the lost worlds of Mankind, and welcoming them into His new Imperium. They possessed a potent charisma and martial prowess that made them like the mythical gods of old, untouchable by disease, old age or supposedly the petty failings of lesser men.Įach embodied an aspect of war one was the greatest strategist ever known, another the personification of the terror of war, a third the master of psychic powers, a fourth the greatest practitioner of the arts of fortification, and so on. The primarchs were bred to be perfect generals, warriors and statesmen larger, stronger, faster, and smarter than any normal Human could ever hope to be. Their genomes later served as the genetic templates from which the Emperor crafted His 20 Space Marine Legions. They were intended to be the immortal and superhuman generals and proconsuls who would command the Emperor's Great Crusade to reunite the scattered Human race beneath His leadership. The primarchs were the 20 genetically-engineered transhuman "sons" of the Emperor of Mankind created in the late 30 th Millennium. Nine primarchs of the Emperor witnessing the Triumph of Ullanor in the final days of the Great Crusade from left-to-right: Sanguinius, Mortarion, Magnus, Angron, Jaghatai Khan, Lorgar, Rogal Dorn, Horus and Fulgrim. In those times of darkness, my noble sons will shine the brightest of all." Theirs will be the strength to prevail, not only when victory lies within easy reach, but even when it seems unattainable, when doom settles like a shroud all about.
" They shall be my sons, and in them will live the hopes of a unified Humanity.
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