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The '''Council of Terra''' was an Imperial institution created in early [[M31]]{{Fn|1}} and lasting until [[Roboute Guilliman]] reformed the Imperium.{{Fn|2}}
 
The '''Council of Terra''' was an Imperial institution created in early [[M31]]{{Fn|1}} and lasting until [[Roboute Guilliman]] reformed the Imperium.{{Fn|2}}
  
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**[[Zagreus Kane]] (represented by ambassador [[Vethorel]])
 
**[[Zagreus Kane]] (represented by ambassador [[Vethorel]])
 
*[[Captain-General]] [[Constantin Valdor]] of the [[Custodian Guard]]
 
*[[Captain-General]] [[Constantin Valdor]] of the [[Custodian Guard]]
*[[Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica]] - [[Nemo Zhi-Meng]]
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*[[Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica]] [[Nemo Zhi-Meng]]
 
*[[Master of the Administratum]]{{Fn|1}} [[Simion Pentasian]]{{fn|6}}
 
*[[Master of the Administratum]]{{Fn|1}} [[Simion Pentasian]]{{fn|6}}
*[[Paternoval Envoy]] of the [[Navis Nobilite]]{{Fn|4}}
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*[[Paternoval Envoy]] [[Bolam Haardiker]] of the [[Navis Nobilite]]{{Fn|4}}
*The two [[Lord Commander Militant]]s of the [[Imperial Army]]{{Fn|5}} - [[Tabor Ludovicia]] and [[Haldane Ma'lon]]
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*The two [[Lord Commander Militant]]s of the [[Imperial Army]]{{Fn|5}} [[Tabor Ludovicia]] and [[Haldane Ma'lon]]. By the time of the [[Siege of Terra]] the Imperial Army was represented by a single Lord Commander Militant [[Adreen]]{{Fn|8}}
*[[Grand Provost Marshal]] [[Har Rantall]] of the [[Adeptus Arbites]]{{fn|6}}
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*[[Grand Provost Marshal]] [[Adeptus Arbites]] - [[Harr Rantal]] {{fn|6}}
*[[Cohran Hursula]] - [[Master of the Astronomican]]
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*[[Master of the Astronomican]] - [[Cohran Hursula]]
*[[Ossian (High Lord of Terra)|Ossian]] - [[Chancellor of the Estate Imperium]]
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*[[Chancellor of the Estate Imperium]] - [[Ossian (High Lord of Terra)|Ossian]]
*[[Bolam Haardiker]] - [[Paternoval Envoy]]
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*[[Speaker for the Chartist Captains]] - [[Kelsi Demidov]]
*[[Kelsi Demidov]] - [[Speaker for the Chartist Captains]]
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*[[Chirurgeon-General]] of the [[Orders Hospitaller]] - [[Sidat Yaseen Tharcher]]{{Fn|7}}
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*[[High Lord of the Imperial Chancellery]] - [[Jemm Marison]]{{Fn|8}}
  
 
==Controversy==
 
==Controversy==
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==Sources==
 
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Horus Heresy: Visions of War]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Horus Heresy: Visions of War]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|3}}: [[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]], by [[Graham McNeill]], {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|3}}: [[False Gods (Novel)|False Gods]], by [[Graham McNeill]], {{Cite This}}
*{{Endn|4}}: [[ Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 403
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*{{Endn|4}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 403
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]] Chapter 18
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[A Thousand Sons (Novel)]] Chapter 18
 
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Binary Succession (Audio Drama)]]
 
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Binary Succession (Audio Drama)]]
 
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*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Last Council (Short Story)]]
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*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Lost and the Damned (Novel)]] - Chapter 23
 
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
 
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
 
[[Category:Imperium]]
 
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Latest revision as of 11:52, 11 January 2020

The Council of Terra was an Imperial institution created in early M31[1] and lasting until Roboute Guilliman reformed the Imperium.[2]

Overview

Created by the Emperor shortly after the Ullanor Crusade, the Council was created as the governing body of the Imperium whilst the Emperor worked in the vaults of his palace: to attend to matters of state and would aim to create and uphold Imperial Law throughout the newly conquered Imperium, including the controversial Imperial Tithe.[1] The council had no military authority, which instead fell to the War Council under Warmaster Horus.

It was superseded by the Council of High Lords after the Horus Heresy.[2]

Members of the Council of Terra

Controversy

The Council of Terra attracted controversy during its time; from its inception, the Primarchs were deeply unhappy about being denied a place on the Council, after their position on the War Council which had been ruling the Imperium for the majority of the Great Crusade. This contributed to the feelings of abandonment in the Imperial military.[1]

The Imperial Tithe faced staunch opposition from the Warmaster himself, who felt it would cause unrest and even rebellion in some newly compliant or unstable areas of the Imperium.[3]

The Council was again beset by controversy during the Horus Heresy when Fabricator-General Kane and Mechanicum ambassador Vethorel attempted to give the loyalist Mechanicus a formal seat on the council. Many thought of this as a Mechanicus power-grab, but after a show of force by the Legio Ignatum and a threat by the Collegia Titanica to abandon Terra if their demands weren't meant, the Council of Terra relented.[6]

Sources