Creation of the Primarchs They were created in a secret underground laboratory on Luna under the tightest security.

According to Ingethel the Ascended, the Primarchs were created by the Emperor with the aid of forbidden sciences and arcane lore derived from the Warp .[14a] However, the Gods of Chaos somehow managed to spirit them away just prior to their maturation with a great Warp vortex[9a] and it is speculated that they also managed to tamper with the infant Primarchs. Scattered across the galaxy, beyond the Emperor's reach, and all landed on different worlds vastly separated from their Father. The Emperor could sense that the infant Primarchs were alive, but was unable to reach them. Therefore he used their previously collected DNA samples to create the Space Marines. The genetic material of each one of the Pri marchs was used to found a single Space Marine Legion, twenty in total. The new homeworlds of the infant Primarchs and subsequent experiences on those w orlds would influence and mold them to a large extent. There they quickly grew t o adulthood and often rose to power, ruling, leading, and helping the inhabitant s. As the Emperor found them, he was generally pleased by their actions, and qui ckly gave them the leadership of their respective legion. Rediscovery The first Primarch to be found was Horus, who became the Emperor's favourite. Mo st Primarchs somehow recognised the Emperor on sight, and immediately pledged th eir allegiance on the spot. A few, (Leman Russ, Ferrus Manus and Vulkan) only fo llowed him after being bested in contests. Angron refused, and was abducted from his homeworld, something he never really accepted. The last to be found was Alp harius. The overall order of the rediscovery of each Primarch by the Emperor is as follo ws[17] Horus Leman Russ DELETED FROM IMPERIAL RECORDS Ferrus Manus Fulgrim Vulkan Rogal Dorn Roboute Guilliman Magnus the Red Sanguinius Lion El'Jonson Perturabo Mortarion Lorgar Jaghatai Khan Konrad Curze Angron Corax DELETED FROM IMPERIAL RECORDS Alpharius Omegon At the end of the Great Crusade Warmaster Horus fell to Chaos, and eight of his fellow Primarchs followed him against the Emperor, resulting in a full-scale civ il war known as the Horus Heresy. Each Primarch chose his side, loyalists agains t traitors, leading their legions against their former comrades.