Games of Warhammer 40,000 set during The Horus Heresy are played using the Battles in the Age of Darkness expansion. As a Loyalist or Traitor you can fight these cataclysmic battles, and fight for the future of mankind. Set in the 31st Millennium in a time known as The Age of Darkness, The Horus Heresy is the galaxy spanning civil war that tore the Imperium of Man apart and pitched brother against brother. The age of knowledge and enlightenment has ended. Suffering and damnationĪwait all should the Emperor fail and the war be lost. The screams of the innocent and the pleas of the righteous resound To enslave mankind to its capricious whims. But his true enemy is Chaos, a primordial force that seeks The Emperor waits for his wayward son to return. Horus musters his armada, Terra itself the object of his wrath. Treachery and betrayal have usurped honourĪnd nobility. War was begun, a conflict that will engulf all mankind in fire.

At Isstvan V, Horus dealt a vicious blow and three loyal Legions were all but destroyed. Thrust into battle against one another, victory is uncertain for either side. Magnificent, superhuman beings, they are the crowning achievement of the Emperor's genetic science. Pre-eminent amongst them, the leaders of their thousands- strong Legions are the primarchs. Some remain loyal to the Emperor, whilst others have sided with the Warmaster. Once, these ultimate warriors fought side by side as brothers, protecting the galaxy and bringing His armies, the mighty and redoubtable Space Marines, are locked in a brutal civil war. His favoured son, Horus, has turned from his father's light and embraced Chaos. The Emperor's glorious vision for humanity is in ruins.

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