Theoge
The Theoge is the name of an informal organisation that existed amongst the ranks of Mankind.[1c]
History
Their origins are traced to Terra and they had existed for generations before the Great Crusade. The religious beliefs of this group centered on the Emperor who they believed was a god-like deity when he walked on the turbulent Earth and in that era there were many who secretly worshipped Him. When the Emperor took his crusade to the stars, the beliefs of the Theoge accompanied into space.[1h]
Despite this being the case, the Eurotas Rogue Trader family claimed that they predated the Theoge and had attempted to spread the message of the God-Emperor onboard their ships.[1f]
However, with the formation of the Imperium, the Imperial Truth was declared which outlawed religious practices and forced the Theoge to become an underground cult that was forbidden under Imperial law.[1a]
Its membership consisted of ordinary souls who made up the ranks of the Theoge.[1d] Despite being forbidden, the cult distributed their teachings through pamphlets containing pages of dense text full of a florid language and terms that were not understood by outsiders.[1b] As such, in this era, the group was considered religionist throwbacks to prehistoric times.[1e]
Members of the organisation are considered part of the Imperial Cult though they referred to themselves as the Theoge.[1g]
They maintained close ties with the Void Baron of the Eurotas family who possessed a Warrant of Trade written in the blood of the Emperor. Thus, it was considered a holy relic of the Imperial Cult and the original Warrant was hidden by the Theoge on Dagonet whilst a copy remained in the Eurotas family.[1f]
For much of its later history, the Theoge lived isolated lives where they were ignored at best and decried at worst with many seeing them as deluded fools. Their beliefs were, however, given form after the Lectitio Divinitatus was published, with their numbers swelling in believers by the time of the outbreak of the Horus Heresy. In this time, their faith held no boundaries and their numbers consisted from the lowliest hiver child to the men who walked in the palaces of Terra.[1h]
Sources
- 1: Nemesis (Novel) by James Swallow
- 1a: [Needs Citation], pg. 30
- 1b: [Needs Citation], pg. 33
- 1c: [Needs Citation], pg. 58
- 1d: [Needs Citation], pg. 68
- 1e: [Needs Citation], pg. 137
- 1f: [Needs Citation], pgs. 164-167
- 1g: [Needs Citation], pg. 177
- 1h: [Needs Citation], pgs. 179-180
Uncited
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- [Needs Citation], pg. 70
- [Needs Citation], pg. 228
