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Imperium Crusades in the Xilo Universe, also known as the Imperium Invasion of the Xilo Universe, the Holy Xiloan Crusades, the Imperium Genocide of Xilo, and the Dark Times, was the name of the conflict raged by the Imperium of Man against the Xilo Universe, particularly against the Xilo Galactic Republic, Vitiate's Sith Empire, Xilo Hutt Cartel, the Eternal Empire of Zakuul and numerous other independent factions of the Xilo version of the Skyriver Galaxy in a campaign of genocide, eidocide and other assorted atrocities that still scares the Xilo Skyriver Galaxy to this day, which lasted from 1853 to 1874 NE.
The Invasion is infamous within Alliance circles with many debating rather or not they should have stopped them from invading the Xilo Universe, as this conflict ultimately led to the factions of the Xilo Universe largely joining the Axis of Empires, with expectations in the form of the Xilo Hutt Cartel, which joined the Horde, and Eternal Empire which remained independent. But the simple fact is that this invasion helped to drag the Xilo Galaxy into the First Multiverse War and eventually lead to two separate civil wars within the two Xilo powers that also ended up joining the Alliance in turn.
History[]
Cultists plots[]
As the Crusades continued, unknowns to any, darker cults that worship the Entities took advantage and brought some to their sides and converted many to their cubes to carry out the war: Sith and Space marines influenced by The Vanquisher being the most to gain more followers. Most of these cultists infiltrated within societies to start uprising and riots within their own governments.
Invasion[]
Liberation of Taris[]
Despite the advantage in numbers, the Republic found themselves taking monstrous casualties due to the Sisters of Battle, Arco-Flagellants, Imperial Guard, and Titan reinforcements, which slowly began halting and pushing back their advance.
However, despite this, the Republic's victory on Taris was as pyrrhic as they came.
End[]
Eventually, debates within the High Lords of Terra, and with added incentive by the Alliance's more pragmatic leaders, started and then sent a message to the Imperial forces occupying the Xilo Galaxy to begin a slow but bloody retreat.
However, some elements went rouge, causing mass genocide on a number of civilian worlds that had sided with the Republic. Many Combine and Republic forces encountered the butchered men, women, and children all mutilated.
The victims were then tortured to death, regardless of age and gender. The few survivors depicted, among others: disemboweling, eyes gouged out, sawing in half, cutting off limbs, scalping, burning alive, flaying; babies were impaled on bayonets or picket fences; pregnant women were bayoneted in the belly. Not only that but the worlds were forcefully mined dry of resources, resulting in the deaths of millions of forced civilian labor. The methods were purposefully savage as the Imperium wished to make the victory for their opponents to be as pyrrhic as possible.
Aftermath[]
Despite the Empire and the Republic of the Xilo verse gaining victory, even if it was pyrrhic, it had came with a price of the invasion that should never have happened, even to the God-Emperor, some centuries after the conflict and finally regaining a physical form again, who learned of the true atrocities his forces committed and caused the factions to join the Axis as a result. This led to the High Lords of Terra and several high ranking Imperium officers to punish those responsible for the damage and in turn caused the Alliance as a whole to keep a close eye on the factions similar to the Imperium in ideology which have joined forces with, past, present or future, to prevent another such incident. This invasion would be known as the Dark Times for the Alliance and one of the darkest chapters of their collective history and a sin that the Alliance has a hard time redeeming themselves and the reputation of the Inquisitors for starting this unnecessary war because of their xenophobia.
Not only that but it would also cause fear and distrust of the Imperium to the rest of the other factions in the wider Mulitverse, including their own allies and compatriots within the Alliance.
Those that refused to relinquish control of the annexed planets during the crusade were considered war criminals and granted the Alliance forces the authority to arrest or execute by the High Lords of Terra's permission and give back those planets to their respective governments as a gesture of good faith or at least by other factions' hope to diminish any hostilities for the time being.
People Involved[]
Xilo Forces[]
Xilo Galactic Republic[]
Vitiate's Sith Empire[]
Xilo Hutt Cartel[]
Eternal Empire of Zakuul[]
Imperium of Man[]
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