Each year, the annual Nine Emperor Gods Festival is celebrated from the first to the ninth day of the ninth lunar month. These gods are believed to be the nine sons of Dou Mu, the Goddess of the ...

and half of them rebelled in a giant civil war called the Horus Heresy. The Heresy was engineered by the Emperor’s most terrible foes: the four Chaos Gods, and their endless hordes of demons ...

Having gained power by force in a bitterly fought civil war, Augustus was aware that he ... part of this strategy involved religion. The Emperor of Rome was already the most powerful man on ...

As the war grew, more factions joined Horus' side ... and keep his strong psychic (Psyker) powers alive. The God Emperor was encased in a gigantic, intimidating Golden Throne.