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M29 Terra: Pre-Heresy & Crusades

By Rob Baer | May 13th, 2015 | Categories: Horus Heresy, Warhammer 40k, Warhammer 40k Lore

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Love the Heresy books and it’s quirky names for regions of Terra? You have to see this map.

This is where it all began, the Emperor’s crusade to unify the planet. Checkout the empires that stood in His way.

Remember a lot of the ocean floor has dried up by this point.

Via quantumbranching-

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Wonder where your chapter is from in all this mess? The 512th Cadian has you covered too.

Where do the First Terran Legion recruits come from

 

This is an identification chart I created for everyone’s amusement, it concerns the origins of the first Terran recruits to the original founding Space Marine Legions.
When I did research for this piece I was very surprised to find that the original recruits for the Raven Guard were from Mongolia (which you’d expect this for say the White Scars, but currently in-fluff a lot of the central 40k chapters Terran origins are still a ‘mystery’) but even more surprised at the hidden gem of the Iron Hands of Texas, i.e. Sollus Stellax Bloc is cod latin-Imperial Gothic for the Lone Star State (Solo Stellar).
Other amusing tidbits include the conflation Old Albia as being both the British Isles AND Albania (purely for that double-headed eagle motif), and that the Word Bearers / Imperial Heralds are probably the most racially and culturally-diverse Legion recruiting from an ever-growing list of ‘defeated enemies of the Emperor’. No wonder they’re so highly treacherous! 🙂
Lastly in terms of geographically corresponding the real-world locations with the Terran Unification Wars fluff I relied on a map of Terra circa Unification Wars (late 29th Millenium) created on deviantart by ‘Quantumbranching’ that greatly assisted my research, do check it out!
Pretty neat stuff, I always wondered what/where some of those empires were. It’s really cool to see them on a map, and how they correlate over to the first chapter’s stock.
Kudos to The 512th Cadian for his sweet cataloging skillz

About the Author: Rob Baer

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Rob Baer

Job Title: Managing Editor

Founded Spikey Bits in 2009

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About Rob Baer: Founder, Publisher, & Managing Editor of Spikey Bits, the leading tabletop gaming news website focused on the hobby side of wargaming and miniatures.

Rob also co-founded and currently hosts the Long War Podcast, which has over 350 episodes and focuses on tabletop miniatures gaming, specializing in Warhammer 40k. and spent six years writing for Bell of Lost Souls. 

Every year, along with his co-hosts, he helps host the Long War 40k Doubles Tournament at Adepticon and the Long War 40k Doubles at Las Vegas Open, which attracts over 350 players from around the world.

Rob has won many Warhammer 40k Tournaments over the years, including multiple first-place finishes in Warhammer 40k Grand Tournaments over the years and even winning 1st place at the Adepticon 40k Team Tournament.

With over 30 years of experience in retail and distribution, Rob knows all the products and exactly which ones are the best. As a member of GAMA (Game Manufacturers Association), he advocates for gaming stores and manufacturers in these difficult times, always looking for the next big thing to feature for the miniatures hobby, helping everyone to provide the value consumers want.

While he’s played every edition of Warhammer 40k and Warhammer Fantasy (since 5th Edition) and has been hobbying on miniatures since the 1980s, Titans of all sizes will always be his favorite! It’s even rumored that his hobby vault rivals the Solemnance Galleries, containing rulebooks filled with lore from editions long past, ancient packs of black-bordered Magic Cards, and models made of both pewter and resin.

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