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Long ago, when the God-Emperor still walked amongst men, he created legions of the finest warriors man had ever seen; none stronger, none quicker, none smarter and none purer before or since. So great where their numbers and deeds that they conquered world after world, system after system, star after star. These soldiers without skill were the Legio Astartes, the Space Marines; humanity at its highest apex.

But even during the Emperor's glorious Great Crusade, cracks began to show. Quirks and differences in thinking that only divided the legions. Such could have been ignored or remedied if given time, but something sinister sought to infect the cracks and tear the legions asunder: Chaos. Seeping into the pure minds of the Astartes, it proved that nothing was beyond the corrupting grasp and maleficent gaze of the Chaos Gods. And when the War Master was turned to the dark shadows of the Warp, twas only little time until the the curtains were pulled back to reveal a production most vile.

The void was to be set awash in fire and death as the stars themselves cried and weeped. Billions prayed and hoped in watery eyes that this age would be but a passing moment. But their tears would do nothing to quell the largest civil war mankind had ever faced. Countless lives were lost, planets eradicated and wonders destroyed as super humans warred and fought and the galaxy itself shook under the weight of:



–=+=–THE SCHISM OF MAN–=+=–








"They shall be my finest warriors, these men who give of themselves to me.
Like clay I shall mould them, and in the furnace of war forge them.
They will be of iron will and steely muscle.
In great armour shall I clad them and with the mightiest guns will they be armed.
They will be untouched by plague or disease, no sickness will blight them.
They will have tactics, strategies and machines so that no foe can best them in battle.
They are my bulwark against the Terror.
They are the Defenders of Humanity.
They are my Space Marines.
And They Shall Know No Fear."
~ The Emperor of Mankind





++ Introduction ++

Welcome to the Age of Heresy; the era of mankind divided. Inspired by The Grand Crusade and The Grim Crusade (credits to both GMs/authors), the Schism of Man will focus on the Heresy which followed the Great Crusade. Players will be making their own Primarch and Legion to fill in the 18 open slots available. (There are still 2 "lost" legions but they are now the 9th and the 17th).

Something that is very important that you must be clear on is that YOU WILL PICK YOUR SIDES AND ULTIMATE FATES. Basically, OOC everyone will know who will end up traitor and who stays loyalist and what ultimately becomes of them (dies, becomes daemon, fucks off somewhere, etc) but not those in-character. If you say "well that's stupid, what's the point?" then I'd like to direct you to the fact the Horus Heresy book series exists despite the fact we know what is going to happen in the end. I trust that people will be mature enough not only not to metagame but to also have their primarchs interact with one another according and NOT be plotting against each other for no real valid in character reason.

The start of the RP will be post-Ullanor Crusade and only two or three people at most falling to chaos from the get go. The fact that the Warmaster will turn traitor is something I will not be changing. The first event might just be everyone gathering around to decide who will be the Warmaster.


++ RULES ++

• Forum Rules Apply - Just because its the grimdarkness of the 31st millenium doesn't mean you can RP your throwing-people-into-jet-engine fetish or make thinly veiled racist comments. That said, this is 40k 30k so if you do push the line for writing bloody battle scenes or if you're chaos and its part of the job descriptions, just don't go overboard.

• Be Mature - Basically do not godmode/cheat/puppet/metagame/be a dick. Metagaming is especially important not to do considering we already know whose traitor and whose not and what not. Just, be coolio mate and use your common sense.

• My Word is Divine - My word and will as GM is absolute and I tend sugar coat things as well as Rogal Dorn does (so not a lot). You must understand that my goals and desires as a GM is fundamentally different than that of a player's to a certain degree; I still want to write and have fun, but keeping the RP in order is my primary job. The word of my coGM/s is also absolute unless I overrule them. In addition, I reserve the right to break any of my own rules as I see fit. My coGMs will be @Yennefer and @agentmanatee, the latter of which will be playing the role of Warmaster and Arch Heretic.

• Activity & Posting - I'm not going to force any "post X time in Y period or else!" thing, but do try to post regularly especially if you're interacting with someone else. That said, if you say "oh I'll post tomorrow" for two weeks straight, we're going to have to talk. Even if you aren't posting, be active and engaged OOC and what not, even if you just shitpost memes. As for posting quality, this is a "low advanced" meaning that I expect your posts to be neat and readable but not like a 10 page essay since let's all be honest, those can be a bitch to write and read. Just don't do like single paragraph posts and we're good.

• Character Limits - Generally it should be one Primarch/Legion per player, but if the need arises, I will allow players to pick up a "minor" primarch/legion whose there but isn't quite as crucial (Think Iron Hands vs Imperial Fists during the Heresy). That said, if you drop/go silent for a month, I will be giving your Legion over to whoever expresses interest since I can't just preform the old Squattage-ing on them.

• Have Fun! - Seriously, have fun, enjoy reading and writing posts and making characters! We're all here to have some fun, tears, gasps, etc over a rewrite of the Horus Heresy as 40k nerds and fans so enjoy yourself with other fans!


++ INFORMATION ++

This will obvious follow canon for the most part and have a similar time line of major events. This includes most notably, the Warmaster turning traitor, an Istavan V-like battle and a Siege of Terra with a potential for the Burning of <Planet Here> and the Schism of Mars depending on how things play out.

There are a few new concepts that will be present in the SoM, all lifted from the Grim Crusade:





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++ CHARACTER SHEETS ++


Hey kids, here's your Create-A-Primarch area! Come now and you'll also be able to create a legion of killer super human soldiers for free! Seriously though, all CSs should be posted OOC for review. You can use canon characters as a base, but do not copy them out right. Bonus points if you use a non-human character as inspiration. The order which people submit their Legion will be their number unless requested otherwise. I would recommend you write it either "Wikia style" (professional and formal) or "1d4chan style" (informal, more relaxed and casual), although in reality you should aim for a balance of both leaning towards Wikia style to keep things interesting and fun to read.

Ideally Primarchs won’t automatically seem like the side they are on. Like how Magnus was actually an optimist who really wanted humans to progress and for knowledge to be free for all and then got Tzeentch’d. Might take some collaboration if you do it like this.







–=+||+=– THE LEGIONS –=+||+=–





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The Schism of Man is now upon us; mankind is divided.
Will the Galaxy Burn or Does the Emperor Protect?





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I'll of course continue writing up the sheet to the extent needed; I just want to get the post containing everything in quickly before anything else.
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WIP stuff m8



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Not done with Max yet, but this is the rough basis of the Legion itself. Just posting it up so I don't lose it.
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@ClocktowerEchos I was wondering, since I kinda wanted to have a mix of Male and Female Space Marines in my Legion, would it be ok to make Twin (not identical) Primarchs, like Alpharius and Omegon?
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@mattmanganon I would say no to both ideas of having a twin female primarch but less to having the idea of a twin primarch. If you want females, then you will have to have your Primarch/s females, no fraternal twins business going on in this case. If wanted twins, you'd have to be able to play them properly and interestingly.

But either way, if you want your mixed gender legion, you'll have to make a damn good argument like why in the first place and why would the Emperor go through the trouble of making a mixed gender legion in the first place since that is seriously going to complicate things like hormone therapy and gene seed.

tl;dr - If you're going to play twins then actually play them right and not use them as a cop out excuse to have a mixed gender legion.
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@ClocktowerEchos @mattmanganon It also bears mentioning: controlling two Primarchs effectively doubles the personal power at their command. Not the power they get from controlling a Legion of superhumans, obviously, but unless you actively have one fall to Chaos along with a good chunk of their Legion, they're never really going to fight against one another seriously, thus providing them essentially doubled strength when fighting a major enemy champion. Say, another Primarch. Just a thought.
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Anyone want some kind of relationship with a Techmarine Primarch? Friend or Enemy or w/e

Also can i have Knight Titans as part of my legion or attached as part of the Mechanicus?



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@Sophrus I feel like that Talvyrn and Gavlan will either get along wonderfully or hate each other bitterly over Knights

Also, yes, you can have Knights but I wouldn't say have them as a part of your legion as much as you can have them as part of the Mechanicus detachment/auxiliary you have. Talvyrn has his own Knights as more of an Imperial Army supplement since I'm planning for him to be High King of a house.
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OK, that sounds good. Since I'm going chaos I'll leave the idea of besties or enemies up to you.

They will be mechanicus auxiliary then. However they won't be knights in the traditional sense of feudal worlds but rather Skitarii Knight Titans.

Edit: Actually Clock, i think it would be more interesting (story wise) if our Primarch's where good friends fighting on different sides.
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Edit: Actually Clock, i think it would be more interesting (story wise) if our Primarch's where good friends fighting on different sides.


What I was legit thinking
Maybe something like a Fulgrim/Ferrus relationship?

Anyways, @Sophrus@POOHEAD189@Fenris123@BCTheEntity@Yennefer
If you wouldn't mind, could you also put a "Fate" section under your Alignment section for your primarchs? I only just realized I forgot that part. >_<
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Planning to work on my CS tonight. Not much time to spend, but I will be working on it.
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@Sophrus@POOHEAD189@Fenris123@BCTheEntity@Yennefer
Once again, here to bug you guys, don't worry its not something too major.
Just clearing up a bit of the CS guide after talking to Yen that the "Fate" part of your CS isn't set in stone:

Fate: Basically what becomes of them. Do they die in the events of the heresy? Do they live on to see the rebuilding of the Imperium/start of the long war? Where and why do they fuck off to in the search of object X for reason Y that all primarchs seem to love to do. This is more of a "possible predetermined destiny" but it can still change or be altered so take it with a grain of salt.
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So yeah, small update, nothing big, sorry and thank you ^^;
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@ClocktowerEchos Now, regarding the whole fate thing... in 40K canon, Malcador the Sigillite sacrificed himself upon the Golden Throne to keep the Astronomican functional whilst the Emperor fought Horus. But of course, the only reason that was necessary is because Magnus broke the wall keeping all the daemons out of the Emperor's pseudo-Webway, and so far, Oph appears to be the only psyker Primarch... that said, if Ophiuchi manages to break the wall too, I'm wondering if he might wind up sacrificing himself on the Throne instead as a means of redeeming himself, or at least making the offer so Malcador doesn't have to. Then again, I'm not sure if he'd even be powerful enough to do so, since Magnus needed a boost from Tzeentch to do so in the first place, and he was also using Sorcery that Ophiuchi wouldn't even consider as a valid option. So maybe not, after all... I ought to think about that.
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