Founding



The Founding is the name given to the event of which the Emperor of Mankind formulated the 20 Astarte Legions which would spearhead his liberation of all humanity. The founding happened following the Age of Strife and at the closing of the Unification Wars which formulated the Imperium of Man on Terra. The legions used the gene-seed of the Primarchs who were engineered from the emperor's genetic code within his laboratories in the imperial palace beneath the himalazian mountains. Despite the primarch's separation following the actions of the Ruinous Powers across the milky way galaxy, Their genetic samples were maintained and used for the genetic material to create the first Astartes. Originally formed from the Terran-born soldiers of the emperor himself, following the reunions with each legion's respective primarch. The legion would then take on recruits from the primarch's respective homeworld and use it as their base of operations during the remainder of the Great Crusade.