Lore
This great schism split the Imperium of Man into two factions and plunged the empire into this civil war for 9 years
Fall of Horus to the Ruinous Powers and Horus Heresy / Age of Darkness
The Adeptus Mechanicus originate from this red industrial planet
Mars
The largest coherent fighting force in the galaxy and serves as the Imperium of Man's primary military force
Astra Militarum / Imperial Guard
This legion of the space marines is the largest and often draws themes from the Roman Empire
Ultramarines
This Immaterium-based realm is used for faster-than-light travel but is also home to the gods of Chaos.
The Warp
How many primarchs were there
Bonus: How many confirmed alive
20
8
The supernatural entity worshipped by the tech-priests and other servants of the Adeptus Mechanicus
The Machine God/The Omnissiah/Deus Mechanicus
This secret organization exists outside the standard administration of the Imperium and is their primary intelligence service, hunting down any and threats to its survival.
The Inquisition
Though not technically space marines, these genetically modified humans are the pinnacle of humanity, and serve at the emperors bodyguards.
Adeptus Custodes
These are the 4 chaos gods of 40k and what they represent
Khorne (war, rage, and bloodshed), Nurgle (disease, decay, and despair), Tzeentch (magic, change, and ambition), and Slaanesh (pleasure, excess, and pain)
This is the time of great turmoil that followed the Dark age of Technology, and preceded the Imperium of Man
The Age of Strife
This is the leader/high priest of the Adeptus Mechanicus
Fabricator-General/Master Fabricator
In the absence of the Emperor this group of powerful people ran the Imperium
The High Lords of Terra
Developed over the course of 10,000 years by Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl, this new breed of astartes warriors were made to be more powerful than their predecessors
Primaris Space Marines
This phenomenon occurs when too much Warp energy erupts in realspace, usually due to massive death or psychic trauma.
Rift / Warp Swarm
This race was effectively the first major empire in the universe.
The Necrons
This is a guarded repository of pre-Imperial AI, lost archeotech, powerful weapons, and dangerous secrets from the Dark Age of Technology.
Vaults of Moravec
This is what the two heads of the Imperial Aquila represent.
One looks to the past for tradition and lessons, the other looks to the future with hope in the Emperor’s vision.
The original space marine armor is believed to be this old dark age of technology equipment
mining and industrial exo-suits
The Nine Traitor Legions fled into this region of the galaxy after the Horus Heresy.
The Eye of Terror
This is all that there is known about the 2nd and 11th Primarchs.
All records of these two Primarchs were deliberately purged
This secret binary language used by Adeptus Mechanicus and its tech-priests, has remained undecipherable for 10,000 years.
Lingua-technis / Techna-Lingua
This powerful psyker and scholar who served as the Imperial Regent when the Emperor was away, was declared a Hero by the Emperor of Mankind.
Malcador the Sigillite
The Emperor's ultimate vision for the Space Marines
The Emperor saw the Space Marines as temporary instruments, his plan was to eventually phase them out
This title refers to the theoretical fusion or full awakening of all four Chaos Gods into a singular catastrophic force.
The Fifth Chaos God