Fanon Timeline

                          The Emperor's light is fading, yet Mankind shall not pass quietly into damnation.

7th century, M41
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774.M41            Taggarath, the Seer of Corrinto, proclaims the approach of the End Times. He prophesies a time of

unprecedented upheaval, in which even the light of the Emperor is swallowed in darkness. Taggarath is swiftly

executed for heresy.

745.M41            The Tyranids enter the galaxy and the Tyranic Wars begin. Hive Fleet Behemoth destroys the Imperium-held

Tyran, and Thandros systems. Later that year, Hive Fleet Behemoth descends upon the realm of Ultramar,

laying waste to several planets and decimating the Ultramarines. The threat of Hive Fleet Behemoth is finally

ended under the guns of two entire Imperial battlefleets. Imperial commanders across the Ultima Segmentum

look at their borders with increasing unease.

757.M41            First recorded incidence of the Zombie Plague occurs on Hydra Minoris. Quarentine is imposed, trapping 23

billion uninfected Imperial citizens alongside a rising tide of the undead.

766.M41            Several Imperial listening posts in the Catachan and Ryza systems are attacked by the Eldar pirates under the

command of Prince Yriel.

783.M41            Eldrad Ulthran, Farseer of Ulthwé, forsees an Imperial explorator fleet unwittingly awakening a Necron Tomb

complex on the dead world of Maedrax. Striking swiftly, the Eldar destroy the Imperial ships before decending

on Maedrax to purge the Necron presence. As the Eldar withdraw, they are brought into conflict with the Space

Marines of the Blood Angels Chapter dispatched to investigate the disapearance of the explorator fleet.

795.M41          An uprising in the Krandor system is put down by the Cadian 23rd.

797.M41          The Siege of Zalathras. Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines, holds the gate alone against the

greenskin horde for a night and a day.

8th century, M41
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