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Factually inaccurate and Accentuate The Negative. They only fulfil 1 to 4 (depending on how generous you want to be and which edition you are using - they no longer have Creative Sterility as of 8th) of the 13 Tolkienesque orc criteria.
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* OurOrcsAreDifferent: The humans of the Imperium fit every attribute mentioned in the page for Tolkien-style Orcs. They're [[CrapsackWorld near-universally cruel]] and [[AbsoluteXenophobe hostile to other races]], act as expendable {{mooks}} who are inferior per-man to most other factions but compensate with [[ZergRush numbers]], are usually [[FacelessMooks helmeted]] to boot, are [[ExtremeOmnivore extreme omnivores]] by necessity to the point of being cannibalistic (see corpse-starch), use relatively primitive mass-produced technology with [[CreativeSterility no ability]] to advance or even reproduce their highest-end gear, worship a sorcerous EvilOverlord who doubles as their WarGod, create stronger soldiers via genetic manipulation to bolster their otherwise pathetic rank-and-file, have physiologically distinct subpopulations from environmental factions and selective breeding that are used for different battlefield roles (abhumans), have a generally [[TheAestheticsOfTechnology crude and brutal]] aesthetic (less so than the Orks, more so than the Eldar or Tau), live in an oppressive ultra-authoritarian society (with their most common dwellings being {{Mordor}}-esque, overindustrialized, overpolluted [[WretchedHive hive cities]]), are often produced artificially (clones and artificial wombs being popular in hive cities), define their culture almost entirely via war, and are short compared to the other sapient races (besides the T'au). They'd be a textbook example of Tolkien-style Orcs if they just didn't carry the name "human", though the parallel still fits considering that Tolkien's Orcs were [[WasOnceAMan implied to be corrupted Men themselves]].
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* ObviouslyEvil: In this case "Obviously Morally Grey" The Imperium's use of grim cyborgs, skulls, and intimidatingly large architecture makes it clear they are not about being nice people.
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* ObviouslyEvil: In this case "Obviously Morally Grey" The Imperium's use of grim cyborgs, skulls, and intimidatingly large architecture makes it clear they are not about being nice people.
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* OurOrcsAreDifferent: The humans of the Imperium fit every attribute mentioned in the page for Tolkien-style Orcs. They're [[CrapsackWorld near-universally cruel]] and [[AbsoluteXenophobe hostile to other races]], act as expendable {{mooks}} who are inferior per-man to most other factions but compensate with [[ZergRush numbers]], are usually [[FacelessMooks helmeted]] to boot, are [[ExtremeOmnivore extreme omnivores]] by necessity to the point of being cannibalistic (see corpse-starch), use relatively primitive mass-produced technology with [[CreativeSterility no ability]] to advance or even reproduce their highest-end gear, worship a sorcerous EvilOverlord who doubles as their WarGod, create stronger soldiers via genetic manipulation to bolster their otherwise pathetic rank-and-file, have physiologically distinct subpopulations from environmental factions and selective breeding that are used for different battlefield roles (abhumans), have a generally [[TheAestheticsOfTechnology crude and brutal]] aesthetic (less so than the Orks, more so than the Eldar or Tau), live in an oppressive ultra-authoritarian society (with their most common dwellings being {{Mordor}}-esque, overindustrialized, overpolluted [[WretchedHive hive cities]]), are often produced artificially (clones and artificial wombs being popular in hive cities), define their culture almost entirely via war, and are short compared to the other sapient races (besides the T'au). They'd be a textbook example of Tolkien-style Orcs if they just didn't carry the name "human", though the parallel still fits considering that Tolkien's Orcs were [[WasOnceAMan implied to be corrupted Men themselves]].
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* AlternativeCalendar: Prior to the catastrophic events at the end of the 41st Millennium, the standard calendar used by the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Administratum]] of the Imperium was an interesting case that used a version of the Anno Domini/Gregorian calendar but presented it in a different way to the one used in real life. Due to the unpredictable effect that the Warp has on linear time, the official Imperial calendar incorporated a check number to indicate how reliable a date was with a 0 or 1 indicating that the date was certain while a 9 indicated that it is a date that had been approximated. With the opening of the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Cicatrix Maledictum, the Great Rift]], doing irreparable damage to the fabric of space-time, however, even this flexible system broke down so the resurrected Lord Commander of the Imperium, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman decreed that there could no longer be a unified chronology across the entire galaxy, and that each part of the Imperium should develop their own local calendar with the opening of the Great Rift[[note]]and the beginning of the 8th Edition of the game[[/note]] used as year 0.
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* AlternativeCalendar: Prior to the catastrophic events at the end of the 41st Millennium, the standard calendar used by the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat Administratum]] of the Imperium was an interesting case that used a version of the Anno Domini/Gregorian calendar but presented it in a different way to the one used in real life. Due to the unpredictable effect that the Warp has on linear time, the official Imperial calendar incorporated a check number to indicate how reliable a date was with a 0 or 1 indicating that the date was certain while a 9 indicated that it is a date that had been approximated. With the opening of the [[NegativeSpaceWedgie Cicatrix Maledictum, the Great Rift]], doing irreparable damage to the fabric of space-time, however, even this flexible system broke down so the resurrected Lord Commander of the Imperium, the Primarch Roboute Guilliman decreed that there could no longer be a unified chronology across the entire galaxy, and that each part of the Imperium should develop their own local calendar with the opening of the Great Rift[[note]]and the beginning of the 8th Edition of the game[[/note]] used as year 0.0, though since it occurred just as the calender turned from 999.M41 (40999 Gregorian) to 000.M42 (41000 Gregorian) out of universe years can still be tracked.
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removing these superfluous banners
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!!The Imperium of Man
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* MutantDraftBoard: Psykers (people with psychic powers) are one of the most useful resources the Imperium can get its hands on. Local governements often round up Psykers to be taken away in Black Ships. From there, the Inquisition, Adeptus Astra Telepathica or any organisation that could use powerful and sane psykers take their pick before the leftovers are used to fuel the Golden Throne.
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* Ban on A.I.: After humanity invented artificial intelligence and was plunged into the Age of Strife because of the Men of Iron, the Imperium has kept alive the species wide ban on developing artificial intelligence. The Imperium despises the idea so much that A.I. actually stands for "Abominable Intelligence" and even the members of the Adeptus Mechanicus view this technology as heretical. That said, the relatively simple machine spirits within the Imperium's every computer are actually accepted.
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* ClassifiedInformation: The Imperium keeps many secret from its citizens. The Inquisition is the most well-known organization in this regard as Inquisitors often study heretical subject that are too dangerous for the common Imperial to learn. Where the temples of the Officio Assassinorum is also a well-guarded secret. Even the Adeptus Custodes have classified knowledge of their own, as they guard forgotten parts of the Imperial Palace and whatever is kept there.
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* ClassifiedInformation: The Imperium keeps many secret from its citizens. The Inquisition is the most well-known organization in this regard as Inquisitors often study heretical subject subjects that are too dangerous for the common Imperial citizen to learn. Where The locations of the temples of the Officio Assassinorum is are also a well-guarded secret. Even the Adeptus Custodes have classified knowledge of their own, as they guard forgotten parts of the Imperial Palace and whatever is kept there.
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* ClassifiedInformation: The Imperium keeps many secret from its citizens. The Inquisition is the most well-known organization in this regard as Inquisitors often study heretical subject that are too dangerous for the common Imperial to learn. Where the temples of the Officio Assassinorum is also a well-guarded secret. Even the Adeptus Custodes have classified knowledge of their own, as they guard forgotten parts of the Imperial Palace and whatever is kept there.
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1. just specifying that we're dealing with entire factions of the Inquisition and entire states-within-states for Rogue Traders, not just individuals, 2. they believe it, it's usually not actually true.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: While the Imperium is, as a whole, a repressive VillainProtagonist with the extermination of TheHeretic, the [[MugglePower mutant]], and the [[AbsoluteXenophobe alien]] as standard policy, the sheer scope and size of the setting, the focus on OrderVersusChaos and the [[DependingOnTheWriter number of different writers]] there have been over the years, there are many individual and organisations in the lore that fall on the lighter side of the BlackAndGrayMorality of the setting, although even these will typically fall somewhere between AntiHero and PragmaticHero to WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar. Planetary Governors who honestly work towards to provide the best conditions for their populous, Rogue Traders and Inquisitors who are accepting of xenos, military commanders who don't throw away the lives of their men all exist within the Imperium, they are just outnumbered by those who [[NecessarilyEvil believe the ends justify any means]].
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* TokenGoodTeammate: While the Imperium is, as a whole, a repressive VillainProtagonist with the extermination of TheHeretic, the [[MugglePower mutant]], and the [[AbsoluteXenophobe alien]] as standard policy, the sheer scope and size of the setting, the focus on OrderVersusChaos and the [[DependingOnTheWriter number of different writers]] there have been over the years, there are many individual and organisations in the lore that fall on the lighter side of the BlackAndGrayMorality of the setting, although even these will typically fall somewhere between AntiHero and PragmaticHero to WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar. Planetary Governors who honestly work towards to provide the best conditions for their populous, Rogue Traders Trader empires and Inquisitors Inquisitor cells who are accepting of xenos, and military commanders who don't throw away the lives of their men all exist within the Imperium, they are just outnumbered by those who [[NecessarilyEvil [[KnightTemplar believe the ends justify any means]].
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* VillainProtagonist: In most Works the Imperium would be one of the most despicable foes that a hero could face, and is noted in the {{sourcebook}}s themselves as the "cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable", [[DownplayedTrope but, due to]] the CrapsackWorld nature universe, the setting's focus on OrderVersusChaos over [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Good vs. Evil]] and the the fact that MostWritersAreHuman, characters from the faction make up the majority of viewpoint characters.
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* VillainProtagonist: In most Works works the Imperium would be one of the most despicable foes that a hero could face, and is noted in the {{sourcebook}}s themselves as the "cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable", [[DownplayedTrope but, due to]] the CrapsackWorld nature universe, the setting's focus on OrderVersusChaos over [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Good vs. Evil]] and the the fact that MostWritersAreHuman, characters from the faction make up the majority of viewpoint characters.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: While the Imperium is, as a whole, a repressive VillainProtagonist with the extermination of TheHeretic, the [[MugglePower mutant]], and the [[AbsoluteXenophobe alien]] as standard policy, the sheer scope and size of the setting, the focus on OrderVersusChaos and the [[DependingOnTheWriter number of different writers]] there have been over the years, there are many individual and organisations in the lore that fall on the lighter side of the BlackAndGrayMorality of the setting, although even these will typically fall somewhere between AntiHero and PragmaticHero to WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar. Planetary Governors who honestly work towards to provide the best conditions for their populous, Rogue Traders and Inquisitors who are accepting of xenos, military commanders who don't throw away the lives of their men all exist within the Imperium, they are just outnumbered by those who [[NecessarilyEvil. believe the ends justify any means]].
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* TokenGoodTeammate: While the Imperium is, as a whole, a repressive VillainProtagonist with the extermination of TheHeretic, the [[MugglePower mutant]], and the [[AbsoluteXenophobe alien]] as standard policy, the sheer scope and size of the setting, the focus on OrderVersusChaos and the [[DependingOnTheWriter number of different writers]] there have been over the years, there are many individual and organisations in the lore that fall on the lighter side of the BlackAndGrayMorality of the setting, although even these will typically fall somewhere between AntiHero and PragmaticHero to WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar. Planetary Governors who honestly work towards to provide the best conditions for their populous, Rogue Traders and Inquisitors who are accepting of xenos, military commanders who don't throw away the lives of their men all exist within the Imperium, they are just outnumbered by those who [[NecessarilyEvil. [[NecessarilyEvil believe the ends justify any means]].
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* TokenGoodTeammate: The Imperium overall is extremely oppressive of its citizens, routinely slaughtering them in the billions for reasons ranging from "lived near a rebel" to "we wanted to thin out that Hive City", and keeping trillions of them as slaves (the servitors alone number in at least the hundreds of billions, being noted in the 7th Edition Rulebook to comprise nearly the entire population on many worlds, including all Forge Worlds). It treats aliens even ''worse'', being devoted to their eradication in a way that makes them appear identical to Tyranids and Orks to anyone non-human. All that said, some parts of the Imperium count as Token Good Teammates on a faction level, having better living standards for citizens and treating aliens much better. Due to the extreme dysfunction of the Imperium (with multiple codices noting that some of its worlds could go ''millennia'' without direct contact with the main body of the Imperium), they're usually allowed to get away with subverting official policy this way.
** The most notable example in the Imperium are the so-called "diplomat Rogue Traders" discussed in the ''Rogue Trader'' and ''Dark Heresy'' sourcebooks. Ruling their own human empires as effective viceroys, they actively engage in friendly relations with alien civilizations (both uncontacted fringe empires and established contacts, like the Craftworld Eldar) while advocating for the rest of the Imperium to do the same. The standard of living on their worlds is also described as relatively decent, at least compared to the [[WretchedHive Hive Worlds]] where the bulk of Imperial citizens reside. It's even said that some diplomat Rogue Traders count aliens among their "trusted companions" and have gone to ''war'' with the Imperium itself to protect alien civilizations (albeit, mostly for pragmatic reasons; those trade deals are pretty profitable). If you find a relatively tolerant human character in one of the novels, like the one in ''Star of Damocles'' who openly argued with an Inquisitor that he should be allowed to vassalize the Tau ("I have seen few intelligent species better to us dead than alive"), or Roboute Surcouf from ''Literature/ForgesOfMars'' who lived among Eldar for a year and then worked with them to save the universe, it's often a diplomat Rogue Trader.
** Xenos Hybris is a radical faction of the Inqusition that says that the Imperium should abandon its policy of extermination of aliens, believing that humanity has much to learn from alien civilizations and much to gain from long term cooperation. It doesn't have much influence outside of the Calixis Sector.
** The Grey Knights don't engage in the extermination wars of most Space Marine chapters, spend almost all their time fighting daemons, and maintain cordial relations with the Necrons and Craftworld Eldar, trading with the former and going out of their way to rescue Eldar Soul Stones to return them to the latter. They're still ''very'' brutal when they need to be, though, so this is a relative label.
** Hundreds of worlds at the fringes of the Imperium are noted to engage in regular contact and coexistence with aliens and non-Imperium humans, mostly because the central Imperium lacks the ability to stop them. They're usually as loyal to the Imperium as any core world, but progressive contact with aliens who ''don't'' want to eat their face and non-Imperium humans who ''aren't'' daemon-worshipers tends to chip at their belief in the Imperium's genocidal policy. As noted in the Tau codices, scores of these worlds ended up willingly joining the Tau Empire in the Timbra Sector when they realized that they could have much better lives there than in the Imperium.
** The most notable example in the Imperium are the so-called "diplomat Rogue Traders" discussed in the ''Rogue Trader'' and ''Dark Heresy'' sourcebooks. Ruling their own human empires as effective viceroys, they actively engage in friendly relations with alien civilizations (both uncontacted fringe empires and established contacts, like the Craftworld Eldar) while advocating for the rest of the Imperium to do the same. The standard of living on their worlds is also described as relatively decent, at least compared to the [[WretchedHive Hive Worlds]] where the bulk of Imperial citizens reside. It's even said that some diplomat Rogue Traders count aliens among their "trusted companions" and have gone to ''war'' with the Imperium itself to protect alien civilizations (albeit, mostly for pragmatic reasons; those trade deals are pretty profitable). If you find a relatively tolerant human character in one of the novels, like the one in ''Star of Damocles'' who openly argued with an Inquisitor that he should be allowed to vassalize the Tau ("I have seen few intelligent species better to us dead than alive"), or Roboute Surcouf from ''Literature/ForgesOfMars'' who lived among Eldar for a year and then worked with them to save the universe, it's often a diplomat Rogue Trader.
** Xenos Hybris is a radical faction of the Inqusition that says that the Imperium should abandon its policy of extermination of aliens, believing that humanity has much to learn from alien civilizations and much to gain from long term cooperation. It doesn't have much influence outside of the Calixis Sector.
** The Grey Knights don't engage in the extermination wars of most Space Marine chapters, spend almost all their time fighting daemons, and maintain cordial relations with the Necrons and Craftworld Eldar, trading with the former and going out of their way to rescue Eldar Soul Stones to return them to the latter. They're still ''very'' brutal when they need to be, though, so this is a relative label.
** Hundreds of worlds at the fringes of the Imperium are noted to engage in regular contact and coexistence with aliens and non-Imperium humans, mostly because the central Imperium lacks the ability to stop them. They're usually as loyal to the Imperium as any core world, but progressive contact with aliens who ''don't'' want to eat their face and non-Imperium humans who ''aren't'' daemon-worshipers tends to chip at their belief in the Imperium's genocidal policy. As noted in the Tau codices, scores of these worlds ended up willingly joining the Tau Empire in the Timbra Sector when they realized that they could have much better lives there than in the Imperium.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: The Imperium overall is extremely oppressive of its citizens, routinely slaughtering them in the billions for reasons ranging from "lived near a rebel" to "we wanted to thin out that Hive City", and keeping trillions of them as slaves (the servitors alone number in at least the hundreds of billions, being noted in the 7th Edition Rulebook to comprise nearly the entire population on many worlds, including all Forge Worlds). It treats aliens even ''worse'', being devoted to their eradication in a way that makes them appear identical to Tyranids and Orks to anyone non-human. All that said, some parts of While the Imperium count is, as Token Good Teammates on a faction level, having better living standards for citizens and treating aliens much better. Due to the extreme dysfunction of the Imperium (with multiple codices noting that some of its worlds could go ''millennia'' without direct contact whole, a repressive VillainProtagonist with the main body of the Imperium), they're usually allowed to get away with subverting official policy this way.
** The most notable example in the Imperium are the so-called "diplomat Rogue Traders" discussed in the ''Rogue Trader'' and ''Dark Heresy'' sourcebooks. Ruling their own human empires as effective viceroys, they actively engage in friendly relations with alien civilizations (both uncontacted fringe empires and established contacts, like the Craftworld Eldar) while advocating for the rest of the Imperium to do the same. The standard of living on their worlds is also described as relatively decent, at least compared to the [[WretchedHive Hive Worlds]] where the bulk of Imperial citizens reside. It's even said that some diplomat Rogue Traders count aliens among their "trusted companions" and have gone to ''war'' with the Imperium itself to protect alien civilizations (albeit, mostly for pragmatic reasons; those trade deals are pretty profitable). If you find a relatively tolerant human character in one of the novels, like the one in ''Star of Damocles'' who openly argued with an Inquisitor that he should be allowed to vassalize the Tau ("I have seen few intelligent species better to us dead than alive"), or Roboute Surcouf from ''Literature/ForgesOfMars'' who lived among Eldar for a year and then worked with them to save the universe, it's often a diplomat Rogue Trader.
** Xenos Hybris is a radical faction of the Inqusition that says that the Imperium should abandon its policy of extermination of aliens, believing that humanity has much to learn from alien civilizations and much to gain from long term cooperation. It doesn't have much influence outside of the Calixis Sector.
** The Grey Knights don't engage inthe extermination wars of most Space Marine chapters, spend almost all TheHeretic, the [[MugglePower mutant]], and the [[AbsoluteXenophobe alien]] as standard policy, the sheer scope and size of the setting, the focus on OrderVersusChaos and the [[DependingOnTheWriter number of different writers]] there have been over the years, there are many individual and organisations in the lore that fall on the lighter side of the BlackAndGrayMorality of the setting, although even these will typically fall somewhere between AntiHero and PragmaticHero to WellIntentionedExtremist and KnightTemplar. Planetary Governors who honestly work towards to provide the best conditions for their time fighting daemons, populous, Rogue Traders and maintain cordial relations with Inquisitors who are accepting of xenos, military commanders who don't throw away the Necrons and Craftworld Eldar, trading with the former and going out lives of their way to rescue Eldar Soul Stones to return them to men all exist within the latter. They're still ''very'' brutal when Imperium, they need to be, though, so this is a relative label.
** Hundreds of worlds atare just outnumbered by those who [[NecessarilyEvil. believe the fringes of the Imperium are noted to engage in regular contact and coexistence with aliens and non-Imperium humans, mostly because the central Imperium lacks the ability to stop them. They're usually as loyal to the Imperium as ends justify any core world, but progressive contact with aliens who ''don't'' want to eat their face and non-Imperium humans who ''aren't'' daemon-worshipers tends to chip at their belief in the Imperium's genocidal policy. As noted in the Tau codices, scores of these worlds ended up willingly joining the Tau Empire in the Timbra Sector when they realized that they could have much better lives there than in the Imperium.means]].
** The most notable example in the Imperium are the so-called "diplomat Rogue Traders" discussed in the ''Rogue Trader'' and ''Dark Heresy'' sourcebooks. Ruling their own human empires as effective viceroys, they actively engage in friendly relations with alien civilizations (both uncontacted fringe empires and established contacts, like the Craftworld Eldar) while advocating for the rest of the Imperium to do the same. The standard of living on their worlds is also described as relatively decent, at least compared to the [[WretchedHive Hive Worlds]] where the bulk of Imperial citizens reside. It's even said that some diplomat Rogue Traders count aliens among their "trusted companions" and have gone to ''war'' with the Imperium itself to protect alien civilizations (albeit, mostly for pragmatic reasons; those trade deals are pretty profitable). If you find a relatively tolerant human character in one of the novels, like the one in ''Star of Damocles'' who openly argued with an Inquisitor that he should be allowed to vassalize the Tau ("I have seen few intelligent species better to us dead than alive"), or Roboute Surcouf from ''Literature/ForgesOfMars'' who lived among Eldar for a year and then worked with them to save the universe, it's often a diplomat Rogue Trader.
** Xenos Hybris is a radical faction of the Inqusition that says that the Imperium should abandon its policy of extermination of aliens, believing that humanity has much to learn from alien civilizations and much to gain from long term cooperation. It doesn't have much influence outside of the Calixis Sector.
** The Grey Knights don't engage in
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* VillainProtagonist: The Imperium gets the most focus on the tabletop and [[MostWritersAreHuman comprise the majority of protagonists in the novels and games]], despite being the "cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable."
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* VillainProtagonist: The In most Works the Imperium gets would be one of the most focus on the tabletop despicable foes that a hero could face, and [[MostWritersAreHuman comprise the majority of protagonists is noted in the novels and games]], despite being {{sourcebook}}s themselves as the "cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable."imaginable", [[DownplayedTrope but, due to]] the CrapsackWorld nature universe, the setting's focus on OrderVersusChaos over [[BlackAndWhiteMorality Good vs. Evil]] and the the fact that MostWritersAreHuman, characters from the faction make up the majority of viewpoint characters.
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* TokenGoodTeammate: The Imperium overall is extremely oppressive of its citizens, routinely slaughtering them in the billions for reasons ranging from "lived near a rebel" to "we wanted to thin out that Hive City", and keeping trillions of them as slaves (the servitors alone number in at least the hundreds of billions, being noted in the 7th Edition Rulebook to comprise nearly the entire population on many worlds, including all Forge Worlds). It treats aliens even ''worse'', being devoted to their eradication in a way that makes them appear identical to Tyranids and Orks to anyone non-human. All that said, some parts of the Imperium count as Token Good Teammates on a faction level, having better living standards for citizens and treating aliens much better. Due to the extreme dysfunction of the Imperium (with multiple codices noting that some of its worlds could go ''millennia'' without direct contact with the main body of the Imperium), they're usually allowed to get away with subverting official policy this way.
** The most notable example in the Imperium are the so-called "diplomat Rogue Traders" discussed in the ''Rogue Trader'' and ''Dark Heresy'' sourcebooks. Ruling their own human empires as effective viceroys, they actively engage in friendly relations with alien civilizations (both uncontacted fringe empires and established contacts, like the Craftworld Eldar) while advocating for the rest of the Imperium to do the same. The standard of living on their worlds is also described as relatively decent, at least compared to the [[WretchedHive Hive Worlds]] where the bulk of Imperial citizens reside. It's even said that some diplomat Rogue Traders count aliens among their "trusted companions" and have gone to ''war'' with the Imperium itself to protect alien civilizations (albeit, mostly for pragmatic reasons; those trade deals are pretty profitable). If you find a relatively tolerant human character in one of the novels, like the one in ''Star of Damocles'' who openly argued with an Inquisitor that he should be allowed to vassalize the Tau ("I have seen few intelligent species better to us dead than alive"), or Roboute Surcouf from ''Literature/ForgesOfMars'' who lived among Eldar for a year and then worked with them to save the universe, it's often a diplomat Rogue Trader.
** Xenos Hybris is a radical faction of the Inqusition that says that the Imperium should abandon its policy of extermination of aliens, believing that humanity has much to learn from alien civilizations and much to gain from long term cooperation. It doesn't have much influence outside of the Calixis Sector.
** The Grey Knights don't engage in the extermination wars of most Space Marine chapters, spend almost all their time fighting daemons, and maintain cordial relations with the Necrons and Craftworld Eldar, trading with the former and going out of their way to rescue Eldar Soul Stones to return them to the latter. They're still ''very'' brutal when they need to be, though, so this is a relative label.
** Hundreds of worlds at the fringes of the Imperium are noted to engage in regular contact and coexistence with aliens and non-Imperium humans, mostly because the central Imperium lacks the ability to stop them. They're usually as loyal to the Imperium as any core world, but progressive contact with aliens who ''don't'' want to eat their face and non-Imperium humans who ''aren't'' daemon-worshipers tends to chip at their belief in the Imperium's genocidal policy. As noted in the Tau codices, scores of these worlds ended up willingly joining the Tau Empire in the Timbra Sector when they realized that they could have much better lives there than in the Imperium.
** The most notable example in the Imperium are the so-called "diplomat Rogue Traders" discussed in the ''Rogue Trader'' and ''Dark Heresy'' sourcebooks. Ruling their own human empires as effective viceroys, they actively engage in friendly relations with alien civilizations (both uncontacted fringe empires and established contacts, like the Craftworld Eldar) while advocating for the rest of the Imperium to do the same. The standard of living on their worlds is also described as relatively decent, at least compared to the [[WretchedHive Hive Worlds]] where the bulk of Imperial citizens reside. It's even said that some diplomat Rogue Traders count aliens among their "trusted companions" and have gone to ''war'' with the Imperium itself to protect alien civilizations (albeit, mostly for pragmatic reasons; those trade deals are pretty profitable). If you find a relatively tolerant human character in one of the novels, like the one in ''Star of Damocles'' who openly argued with an Inquisitor that he should be allowed to vassalize the Tau ("I have seen few intelligent species better to us dead than alive"), or Roboute Surcouf from ''Literature/ForgesOfMars'' who lived among Eldar for a year and then worked with them to save the universe, it's often a diplomat Rogue Trader.
** Xenos Hybris is a radical faction of the Inqusition that says that the Imperium should abandon its policy of extermination of aliens, believing that humanity has much to learn from alien civilizations and much to gain from long term cooperation. It doesn't have much influence outside of the Calixis Sector.
** The Grey Knights don't engage in the extermination wars of most Space Marine chapters, spend almost all their time fighting daemons, and maintain cordial relations with the Necrons and Craftworld Eldar, trading with the former and going out of their way to rescue Eldar Soul Stones to return them to the latter. They're still ''very'' brutal when they need to be, though, so this is a relative label.
** Hundreds of worlds at the fringes of the Imperium are noted to engage in regular contact and coexistence with aliens and non-Imperium humans, mostly because the central Imperium lacks the ability to stop them. They're usually as loyal to the Imperium as any core world, but progressive contact with aliens who ''don't'' want to eat their face and non-Imperium humans who ''aren't'' daemon-worshipers tends to chip at their belief in the Imperium's genocidal policy. As noted in the Tau codices, scores of these worlds ended up willingly joining the Tau Empire in the Timbra Sector when they realized that they could have much better lives there than in the Imperium.
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* VillainProtagonist: The Imperium gets the most focus on the tabletop and [[MostWritersAreHuman comprise the majority of protagonists in the novels and games]], despite being the "cruelest and most bloody regime imaginable."
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[[Characters/Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos Forces of Chaos]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosGods Chaos Gods]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosPrimarchs Chaos Primarchs]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosMarines Heretic Astartes]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000XenoRaces Xeno Races]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Eldar Aeldari]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000CraftworldEldar Asuryani]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000DarkEldar Drukhari]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Necrons Necrons]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Orks Orks]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000TauEmpire T'au Empire]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]]]]-]]]
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* ScrewYouElves: The Imperium routinely ignores the Eldar's warnings, and rather than [[CantArgueWithElves arguing]], just shoots them. Sometimes this is [[IWarnedYou to their detriment]].
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* ScrewYouElves: The Imperium routinely ignores the Eldar's warnings, warnings of the Aeldari, and rather than [[CantArgueWithElves arguing]], just shoots them. Sometimes this is [[IWarnedYou to their detriment]].
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* ScrewYouElves: The Imperium routinely ignores the Eldar's warnings, and rather than [[CantArgueWithElves arguing]], just shoots them. Sometimes this is [[IWarnedYou to their detriment]].
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: The Imperium of Man is described in the background material and FlavorText as the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable, yet it comes across as one of the less evil factions in the [[CrapsackWorld setting]] due to many of the others being dedicated to the corruption, subjugation and/or [[OmnicidalManiac destruction]] of all life in the galaxy.
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* ALighterShadeOfBlack: The Imperium of Man is described in the background material and FlavorText as the cruellest and most bloody regime imaginable, yet it comes across as one of the less evil factions in the [[CrapsackWorld setting]] due to many of the others being dedicated to the corruption, subjugation and/or [[OmnicidalManiac destruction]] of all life in the galaxy. On a more specific level, some of the Imperium sub-factions can be outright heroic, while others are nigh-indistinguishable from Chaos legions from the perspective of anyone but a pure-blooded loyalist human (and even that often doesn't save you).
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* MoralityKitchenSink: While generally morally black, the exact morality of the Imperium depends heavily on both [[DependingOnTheWriter the writer]] and which specific sub-faction you're dealing with, considering the vast and decentralized nature of the polity.
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%% * AllCrimesAreEqual: Citizens of the Imperium may find themselves condemned to death or forced life conscription for crimes as heinous as dumping rubbish on the streets, failing to return a book to a public library or making unauthorized use of a photocopying machine.
%% * AllCrimesAreEqual: Citizens of the Imperium may find themselves condemned to death or forced life conscription for crimes as heinous as dumping rubbish on the streets, failing to return a book to a public library or making unauthorized use of a photocopying machine.
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* BadassBureaucrat: The Officio Logisticarum was founded by Roboute Guilliman specifically to cut through the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat bureaucracy of the Administratum]]. The resurrected Lord Commander of the Imperium new that his efforts to bring order to the Imperium after the disastrous events surrounding the opening of the Great Rift would fail without an efficient logistical corps and granted the new organisation specifically to handle the bureaucracy of the Indomitus Crusade, able to demand any records they required and requisition entire regiments for their own ends.
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* BadassBureaucrat: The Officio Logisticarum was founded by Roboute Guilliman specifically to cut through the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat bloated, labyrinthine bureaucracy of the Administratum]]. The resurrected Lord Commander of the Imperium new knew that his efforts to bring order to the Imperium after the disastrous events surrounding the opening of the Great Rift would fail without an efficient logistical corps corps, and granted created the new organisation specifically to handle the bureaucracy of the Indomitus Crusade, able to demand any records they required and requisition entire regiments for their own ends.
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* BadassBureaucrat: The Officio Logisticarum was founded by Roboute Guilliman specifically to cut through the [[ObstructiveBureaucrat bureaucracy of the Administratum]]. The resurrected Lord Commander of the Imperium new that his efforts to bring order to the Imperium after the disastrous events surrounding the opening of the Great Rift would fail without an efficient logistical corps and granted the new organisation specifically to handle the bureaucracy of the Indomitus Crusade, able to demand any records they required and requisition entire regiments for their own ends.
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* EvilIsAngular: Given the EvilVsEvil nature of the setting, humanity is not the worst offender, but even so, they favour boxy shapes due to ease of production. The biggest cities, the 'hives', are also more or less triangular mountains full of people, and the gothic architecture is very angular in design.
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* EvilIsAngular: Given the EvilVsEvil nature of the setting, humanity is not the worst offender, but even so, they favour boxy shapes due to ease of production. The biggest cities, the 'hives', are also more or less triangular mountains full of people, and the gothic architecture is very angular in design.
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'''Imperium of Man''' ([[Characters/Warhammer40000ImperialFounders Founders]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Astartes Adeptus Astartes]] [[[Characters/Warhammer40000AstartesChapters Astartes Chapters]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000AstartesCharacters Astartes Characters]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000PrimarisSpaceMarines Primaris Marines]]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ImperialGuard Astra Militarum]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Sororitas Adepta Sororitas]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Inquisition Inquisition]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Mechanicus Mechanicus]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000CurrentImperialFactions Other factions]])\\
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'''Imperium of Man''' ([[Characters/Warhammer40000ImperialFounders Founders]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Astartes Adeptus Astartes]] [[[Characters/Warhammer40000AstartesChapters Astartes Chapters]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000AstartesCharacters Astartes Characters]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000PrimarisSpaceMarines Primaris Marines]]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ImperialGuard Astra Militarum]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Sororitas Adepta Sororitas]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Inquisition Inquisition]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Mechanicus Mechanicus]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000CurrentImperialFactions Other factions]]) | factions]])\\
[[Characters/Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos Forces of Chaos]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosGods Chaos Gods]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosMarines Heretic Astartes]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000XenoRaces Xeno Races]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Eldar Aeldari]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000CraftworldEldar Asuryani]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000DarkEldar Drukhari]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Necrons Necrons]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Orks Orks]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000TauEmpire T'au Empire]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]]]]-]]]
[[Characters/Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos Forces of Chaos]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosGods Chaos Gods]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosMarines Heretic Astartes]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000XenoRaces Xeno Races]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Eldar Aeldari]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000CraftworldEldar Asuryani]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000DarkEldar Drukhari]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Necrons Necrons]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Orks Orks]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000TauEmpire T'au Empire]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]]]]-]]]
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'''Imperium of Man''' ([[Characters/Warhammer40000ImperialFounders Founders]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Astartes Adeptus Astartes]] [[[Characters/Warhammer40000AstartesChapters Astartes Chapters]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000AstartesCharacters Astartes Characters]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000PrimarisSpaceMarines Primaris Marines]]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ImperialGuard Astra Militarum]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Sororitas Adepta Sororitas]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Inquisition Inquisition]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000Mechanicus Mechanicus]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000CurrentImperialFactions Other factions]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000ForcesOfChaos Forces of Chaos]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosGods Chaos Gods]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000ChaosMarines Heretic Astartes]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000XenoRaces Xeno Races]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Eldar Aeldari]] ([[Characters/Warhammer40000CraftworldEldar Asuryani]], [[Characters/Warhammer40000DarkEldar Drukhari]]) | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Necrons Necrons]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Orks Orks]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000TauEmpire T'au Empire]] | [[Characters/Warhammer40000Tyranids Tyranids]]]]-]]]
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* CommonTongue: Imperial or Low Gothic, which is used for everyday conversation (and is translated into English for the sake of convenience).
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* CommonTongue: Imperial or Low Gothic, which Gothic is used the term for the everyday conversation (and language used by Imperial citizens and is [[TranslationConvention translated into English for the sake of convenience).convenience]]. How much Low Gothic varies from planet to planet tends to vary with the source material with some simply having differences in pronunciation and slang, while others making it so that it is almost impossible for two citizens from different parts of the Imperium to communicate without an lot of work and/or an interpreter. Some particularly isolated or primitive planets will also have their own local language that is spoken in addition to, or instead of, Low Gothic.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Imperium is struggling in a [[ForeverWar constant]] HopelessWar for their own survival against everything else. Played with in weird ways in terms of lore, however. The Imperium was 600,000 words strong after its largest campaigns during the Great Crusade, but at the time of the arrival of the Tyranids, it had well over a million star systems under its control. However, even though it was larger, its government was on the verge of total collapse.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Imperium is struggling in a [[ForeverWar constant]] HopelessWar for their own survival against everything else. Played with in weird ways in terms of lore, however. The Imperium was 600,000 words worlds strong after its largest campaigns during the Great Crusade, but at the time of the arrival of the Tyranids, it had well over a million star systems under its control. However, even though it was larger, its government was on the verge of total collapse.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Imperium is struggling in a [[ForeverWar constant]] HopelessWar for their own survival against everything else. In 10,000 years it's still smaller than it was pre-Heresy.
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* VestigialEmpire: The Imperium is struggling in a [[ForeverWar constant]] HopelessWar for their own survival against everything else. In 10,000 years it's still smaller than Played with in weird ways in terms of lore, however. The Imperium was 600,000 words strong after its largest campaigns during the Great Crusade, but at the time of the arrival of the Tyranids, it had well over a million star systems under its control. However, even though it was pre-Heresy. larger, its government was on the verge of total collapse.
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* BlingOfWar: Imperial military design tends to vary from the rugged and practical to highly ornate and ostentatious depending on the planet of origin. Having said this, the equipment used by the upper echelons of worlds on the front-line will often augment their more utilitarian equipment with elaborate gothic flourishes and decorated with precious metals. The forces of the Segmentum Solar, and the Sol System in particular, meanwhile tend to be heavily gilded with ostentatious designs due to their proximity to Holy Terra.
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* BlingOfWar: Imperial military design tends to vary from the rugged and practical to highly ornate and ostentatious depending on the planet of origin. Having said this, the equipment used by the upper echelons of worlds on the front-line will often augment their more utilitarian equipment with elaborate gothic flourishes and decorated decorate them with precious metals. The forces of the Segmentum Solar, and the Sol System in particular, meanwhile tend to be heavily gilded with ostentatious designs due to their proximity to Holy Terra.
