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Redemption Crusades
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
The Redemption Crusades were a series of Crusades lasting from 131.M39[1] until circa 500.M41.[2]
In each of the Segmentae of the Imperium, a great hero emerged. Warriors comparable to the Primarchs, the five heroes led Crusades on all fronts that pushed the borders of the Imperium to their furthest reach in five hundred years. However, fifty years after the crusades' start the five heroes vanished without a trace. Ecclesiarch Inovian III would later declare them to be Saints who had returned to the Emperor's side.[1]
Despite the heroes' disappearance, the crusades lasted into M41.[2]
Known battles
- 483.M41: Imperial reconquest of Telos IV system - Imperial forces, including the Cadian 6th Armoured, retake the system from renegades, with especially heavy fighting on Shan's World.[2]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer 40,000 6th Edition Rulebook, pg. 171
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara, pg. 74