High Lords of Terra
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The High Lords collectively form the Council of the High Lords of Terra also known as the Senatorum Imperialis.
The High Lords are the twelve most powerful officials which represent the most powerful organizations of the Imperium. Officially, they rely upon the Emperor's guidance to inspire their actions. It is they who make the most far-reaching decisions, and who try to direct the overall strategies of the Imperial military. Some Imperial organizations are so important, influential, and powerful that it would be unthinkable for their leaders not to be a High Lord.
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The High Lords
The following nine offices are almost always represented as High Lords:
- The Master of the Administratum
- The Inquisitorial Representativea
- The Ecclesiarch of the Adeptus Ministorum
- The Fabricator-General of the Adeptus Mechanicus
- The Grand Provost Marshal of the Adeptus Arbites
- The Paternoval Envoy of the Navigators
- The Master of the Astronomican
- The Grand Master of the Officio Assassinorum
- The Master of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica
The remaining three positions are most likely to be filled from among the following powerful leaders:
- Lord Commander of the Segmentum Solar
- Lord Commander Militant of the Imperial Guard
- Cardinal(s) of the Holy Synod of Terra
- The Abbess Sanctorum of the Adepta Sororitas
- Captain-General of the Adeptus Custodes
- Chancellor of the Estate Imperium
- The Speaker for the Chartist Captains
- The Primarchs
Notes
a: The Inquisitorial Representative is an Inquisitor sent to speak on behalf of the Inquisition.
Also the title itself has been given as an honour to incredible members of the Imperium; this does not entitle the Lord to sit on the council permanently as the title is entirely honorific.
Loyalist Primarchs may sit at the council if they return
History
The High Lords of Terra succeeded the Council of Terra as the main executive body of the Imperium as the beginning of the reformations initiated by Primarch Roboute Guilliman, who joined the Council as Lord Commander of the Imperium, commanding the entirety of the Imperial armed forces. In early M32, the rise of the Imperial Creed and the Cult of the Saviour Emperor in the Imperium meant that the Ecclesiarch of the Adeptus Ministorum was granted a seat, which soon became permanent.
In M36, Goge Vandire, Master of the Administratum, performed a coup and became the Ecclesiarch of the Adeptus Ministorum, holding a dual role. During his Reign of Blood, the High Lords were powerless to act. When Fabricator-General Gastaph Hediatrix demanded that the High Lords to account for themselves and execute Vandire, Goge dissolved the High Lords and declared the Adeptus Astartes and Mechanicus as traitors. Before long, Goge was killed, and the High Lords returned to power.
