War Council
The War Council was an Imperial institution formed before the Great Crusade to organise and shape the course of the Crusade and the Imperial Military, but its remit extended to managing the Imperium as a whole.[1] After the formation of Council of Terra to manage civilian affairs, the War Council was reorganized under Warmaster Horus to only manage military affairs and to secure the new Imperium. A new War Council under Malcador the Sigillite was convened on Terra following the outbreak of the Horus Heresy.[5]
Presumably, it was disbanded along with the Council of Terra during the reformations of Roboute Guilliman.[2]
Members of the War Council
Great Crusade
The War Council expanded with the discovery of each of the Primarchs, and the signing of the Treaty of Mars, allying the Martian Mechanicum with the Imperium of Man.[1]
- The Emperor of Mankind, Head of the Council
- Malcador the Sigillite, First Lord of Terra
- Constantin Valdor, Captain-General of the Legio Custodes
- Kelbor-Hal, Fabricator-General of Mars
- Horus Lupercal of Sons of Horus (appointed Warmaster after the Ullanor Crusade)
- The Primarchs of the Space Marine Legions:
- Lion El'Jonson of the Dark Angels
- Fulgrim of the Emperor's Children
- Perturabo of the Iron Warriors
- Jaghatai Khan of the White Scars
- Leman Russ of the Space Wolves
- Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists
- Konrad Curze of the Night Lords
- Sanguinius of the Blood Angels
- Ferrus Manus of the Iron Hands
- Angron of the World Eaters
- Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines
- Mortarion of the Death Guard
- Magnus the Red of the Thousand Sons
- Lorgar Aurelian of the Word Bearers
- Vulkan of the Salamanders
- Corvus Corax of the Raven Guard
- Alpharius Omegon of the Alpha Legion
First Solar Conclave
Named by the Imperium's chroniclers as the War Council meeting took place in the Sol System, aboard the Imperial Fists' Phalanx, and the Crusade had entered a new phase that marked its maturity and relentless momentum. It is also notable as being the first War Council meeting that the Primarch Lion El'Jonson attended, after being rediscovered by the Imperium. Those in attendance included[8]:
- Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists
- Lion El'Jonson of the Dark Angels
- Fulgrim of the Emperor's Children
- Roboute Guilliman of the Ultramarines
- Horus Lupercal of Luna Wolves
- Ferrus Manus of the Iron Hands
- Morn, the Matriarch of War (organization unknown)
- Terragaaz (organization unknown)
- Zahalume (organization unknown)
Horus Heresy: Terran War Council
With the primarchs scattered across the galaxy, many of their loyalties unknown, a new War Council was convened on Terra during the Horus Heresy:[5]
- Malcador the Sigillite — Imperial Regent,[5] Grand Master of Assassins[6]
- Rogal Dorn — Praetorian of Terra, Primarch of the Imperial Fists[5]
- Trimejia Diadanei — Fabricator Locum of Mars (representing Fabricator-General Zagreus Kane)[5]
- Constantin Valdor — Captain-General of the Legio Custodes[5]
- Kaeria Casryn — Oblivion Knight of the Silent Sisterhood (representing Commander Jenetia Krole)[5]
- Haldane Ma'lon & Tabor Ludovicia — The two Lord Commander Militants of the Imperial Army.
- Diocletian Coros — Prefect of the Legio Custodes (representing Tribune Ra Endymion)[5]
- Simion Pentasian — Master of the Administratum[7]
- Harr Rantal — Grand Provost Marshal of the Adeptus Arbites[7]
See Also
Sources
- 1: Horus Heresy: Visions of War, [Needs Citation]
- 2: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition), [Needs Citation]
- 3: Galaxy in Flames (Novel)
- 4: Collected Visions pgs. 262–263
- 5: Master of Mankind (Novel), Chapter Three
- 6: Nemesis (Novel), Chapter Two
- 7: The Binary Succession (Audio Drama)
- 8: Sigismund: The Eternal Crusader (Novel), Chapter 5