Editing Gaspard Lumey (section)

===The Great Crusade===

[[File:Johannes Vrach.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Johannes Vrach]], Gaspard Lumey's brother and friend]]
The voyage back to Holy Terra was not direct.  The Emperor had also heard word of another of his warrior sons on the planet '''Rai''', and plotted a circuitous route to investigate.  To have found Gaspard Lumey was wondrous, and adding [[Johannes Vrach]] to the ranks of the crusading Primarchs at the same time appeared to be a miracle.  Thus the year 850.M30 was for decades referred to as "the year of fortune".

Vrach and Lumey spent a great deal of time in one another's company.  The two were grappling with the implications of the Imperium's technology at the same time and had notes to compare.  Moreover, the two had similar outlooks on the world, seeing science and reason as liberating forces in humanity's difficult history.  If their characters were different, they were not so gravely at odds to prevent a friendship striking up, and the Emperor's whole Crusade Fleet was infected by the Primarchs' spirit of optimism.

Although comforted by Johannes' friendship, Lumey found humanity's cradle a difficult place.  The world was full of the relics of its ancient culture but housed a population still numbed by millennia of war.  Worse, the welcoming atmosphere of the Crusade Fleet was replaced with the polite disdain of the [[Sacred Band]], who viewed Lumey's legion as a failure and his genetics as suspect.  And there was some truth to the charge, as the Fifth Legion numbered only a few hundred warriors with no great victories to their name.  Far from the hopes of immediately launching new campaigns of liberation alongside his new-found brother, Lumey would have to set about forging his Legion before taking it into battle.

After the initial visit, the Primarch made a point of avoiding his birth world, hardly ever visiting the Solar System unless it was strictly necessary.  However, he would remain close to Johannes for decades, exchanging letters during the years they spent apart and always eager to speak to his brother when their paths crossed.

[[File:Antoineantonelle.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sketch of the primarch's equerry and friend, Antoine Antonelle]]
Perhaps surprisingly, Gaspard Lumey was pleased by the efforts of the Fifth's former commanding officer, [[Antoine Antonelle]], and retained him as the Legion's second-in-command.  Relocating the Fifth Legion to Ciban IV was a fairly trivial task, although the planet's limited infrastructure dictated that the Legion's fleet base itself at nearby '''Kerstes VI'''.  Even as the squadrons of his Space Marines travelled to Ciban IV, Lumey set to work laying the framework for a massive intake of new aspirants, taking advantage of Ciban IV's large, healthy, well-educated population.  Jean-Davide d'Orléans was tapped to establish the [[Ciban Chasseurs]] as the Fifth's powerful and loyal auxiliary force.

====Early successes: Markia and Al-Sherar====

Though Gaspard Lumey would become infamous for scouring planets that spurned the Emperor's offer of universal human brotherhood, his first acquisition of new worlds for the Imperium was accomplished without a shot being fired.  In the first months after he was rediscovered by the Emperor and granted a Legion, the Primarch had little in the way of military affairs to occupy his time.  He had undertaken a study of the Imperial way of war and its weaponry, but such matters were not overly difficult and in any case required a certain amount of time to mull over before drawing firm conclusions.  He had also met with his new "Equerry", Antoine Antonelle and judged him a competent man more than able to supervise the transfer of the Fifth's rather modest forces to Ciban IV and the establishment of recruiting centres there.  Rather than simply find busywork or interfere with Antonelle's work, Lumey decided to personally investigate the reports of a small alliance of worlds to the Galactic South-East, supposedly similar in culture and ethics to his own homeworld.

When he arrived on the water world of '''Kouralia''', Lumey made little secret of his origin or purpose for being there.  But he did not immediately demand that [[the Markian Pact]] submit to the Imperium.  Instead he requested permission to travel the worlds of the Pact and speak to ordinary people there, assessing their culture and making clear his own views of the Galaxy.  The Primarch also pledged to avoid any military installations and refrain from espionage.  After a short delay, he was granted travel papers.  The Markians were extremely courteous to Gaspard Lumey.  He was not only given the right to travel.  He was invited to cultural and scientific events, and given many opportunities to lecture both to elite and general audiences.  As he journeyed around the worlds of the Pact, Lumey was greatly impressed by their sophistication and outlook.  He wound up his tour by giving a speech to a joint session of the representatives of the Markian Pact.

The Primarch began with an apology, explaining that it was necessary to tell the representatives much that they already knew so that the basis on which he would make his proposal could be understood.  He then spoke at considerable length on the achievements of the Pact, especially in uplifting the lot of the ordinary citizen.  Lumey rounded out this section of his address by remarking that the kind of society that the Markians had established was what he understood as the goal of the Imperial Truth.  He then made two extraordinary requests.  Firstly, Lumey asked to be granted citizenship of the Markian Pact on the basis that he cherished their liberties and culture and would unhesitatingly fight to protect them.  Secondly, he proposed that the Pact accede to peaceful annexation by the Imperium, that it might best take part in the great task of uniting and uplifting the human race.  The Assembly, greatly impressed by the Primarch, granted his first request unanimously and the second by a considerable majority, then gave three cheers for "Citizen Gaspard" and three more for the future of mankind.

Next, the Primarch set his sights on the worlds of the Al-Sherar sector.  Lumey led the Fifth Legion's few Astartes alongside new Demi-Brigades of mortal soldiers raised from Ciban IV and the Markian Pact in the [[Pacification of the Chwiorydd Hardd]], eliminating an outpost of Xenos slavers.  This act would lead to a [[Al-Sherar Sector War|sector-wide war]] against the Amatteir species, beginning with the invasion of Lumey's homeworld.  The Primarch led his young force of Space Marines in a three-month defensive campaign, but he attributed the Fifth Legion's victory at Ciban IV to the stubborn resistance of the native population.  If this was humility, no amount of modesty could downplay Lumey's audacious counter-offensive and rapid destruction of the Amatteir Empire.

====Winged Victory====
[[File:Space marine by badluckart-d5hcblm.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Then-captain Jeanne d'Orléans during the [[Pacification of the Harakien Sector]]]]
These early victories set the stage for the Fifth Legion to explode into the [[Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy)|Great Crusade]].  Their new recruits were determined to make up for lost time and arms from the Forge World [[Al-Sherar]] made good the Legion's years of deprivation.  The steady increase in the Fifth Legion's haul of worlds each year did not attract much attention and those who had raised eyebrows at the upstarts' success smiled when the ravages of WAAAGH! Rok'Ed led to lean years from 897 to 899.M30.  All shortfalls were made good, however, in 900.M30, when the Gaspard Lumey launched a campaign of enormous sophistication and seized a thousand sectors in a single year.  [[Roman Albrecht]], Primarch of the [[Steel Marshals]], captured the moment with his tribute to ''"Gaspard Lumey's men, moving like winged victory through the stars."''  The name would stick to them until the end of the Great Crusade - but others did not receive Fifth Legion's victories in such good humour.

Although the Fifth would continue to accumulate great victories throughout the second century of the Great Crusade, they rarely received praise.  [[Hektor Cincinnatus]] and his praetorians from the '''Sacred Band''' took a dim view of the upstart Legion and did their best to keep Lumey from receiving new resources from the wealthy Segmentum Solar.  To some extent, shortages were made good due to the generosity of Roman Albrecht and the liberated worlds of the [[Al-Sherar Sector]], but the Fifth were usually the last Legion to receive advanced new equipment.  Gaspard Lumey's relationships with most of the Primarchs became increasingly terse - and actively hostile when it came to [[the Voidwatcher]].  Lumey cannot be absolved of blame for the hostile atmosphere, as he rarely treated his brothers as equals and was prone to speaking out on their faults when it would have been wiser to stay silent.  Yet these character flaws were less grating among those who did not expect to be seen as a peer to the Primarch.  Lumey inspired great loyalty among his Space Marines and auxilia alike, and had a keen eye for talented commanders.  [[Fabrice Diallo]] had already won his reputation and duly enjoyed the confidence of the Primarch.  Others came into their own during the hard campaigns of the Great Crusade, such as; '''Augustin Carron''', [[Rogue Traders (Hektor Heresy)|Rogue Trader]] [[Visant Le Gall]], the remarkable Ciban Chasseur, '''Jeanne d'Orléans''', and the White Knight [[Lord of Bones|Abdul Al-Sherar]].

====Razor and Scalpel====
[[File:AubreyTheGrey.jpg|thumb|right|200px|[[Aubrey The Grey]]]]
Despite the unusual circumstances involved, the discovery of Aubrey the Grey in 901.M30 was celebrated by all of his brother Primarchs.  Publicly noting Gaspard Lumey's recent successes, the Emperor chose to dispatch Aubrey to learn from the master of the Fifth Legion.  As is common in politics, a good reason is rarely the real reason.  The Emperor hoped that the the Cibanese loathing for Xenos would wash away the unfortunate circumstances of the Primarch's upbringing.  More practically, the association resulted in Aubrey penning several works discussing the military history and methods of the Tarellians.  These texts would help to safeguard the Imperium against alien perfidy.

Unfortunately, the Emperor's hopes were in vain.  Aubrey was a polite and popular guest among the Fifth Legion, but he took horror stories of the Amatteir and the Orks in his stride.  The Primarch of the Sixteenth Legion noted that Lumey did not judge all men by the worst of their number and argued that judging every ''species'' of aliens by the most vicious was an even worse habit.  Aubrey also noted that his brother had greatly strengthened the Imperium by harnessing the strength of his homeworld for the Great Crusade, and argued that his own Lazarus could surely contribute to the Emperor's plans if properly guided.  This position was reasonable, and convincing.  By the end of Aubrey's apprenticeship with the Fifth Legion, Gaspard Lumey backed his brother in calling for an Edict of Toleration.  This decree would permit the leaders of Expedition Fleets to designate non-belligerent alien realms as "Xenos Amicus", fit for trade rather than extermination.

It must be noted that this power was rarely used, and essentially ignored by Legions other than the [[Eternal Zealots]], allowing Aubrey to bring the Tarellians into the orbit of the Imperium and host Gaspard Lumey on Lazarus in 904.M30.  As was his habit, Lumey kept a journal of his six week stay on Lazarus and later published several essays on Lazarine art.  He was particularly taken by the architecture of Aubrey's homeworld, comparing the Tarellian's graceful style favourably with what he had seen in other parts of the Galaxy.  On his departure, Lumey admitted that he was not anxious to return but reminded Aubrey that humanity's homeworld hadn't made a favourable impression either.

The tragic circumstances that led to Lumey's return to Lazarus are well-known but must be summarised here.  Despite Aubrey's generosity, the Tarellians staged a massive uprising, destroying Sixteenth Legion facilities and carrying out atrocities against humans within their space.  Even as news of the uprising spread across the Imperium, Tarellian warships spread their venom into nearby Imperial worlds.  The War Council forbade Aubrey from attempting to negotiate, annulled the Edict of Tolerance, and commanded Gaspard Lumey to lead a reprisal.  Aubrey was instructed to join Lumey's 25th Expedition Fleet "as an observer".  What Aubrey the Grey observed has been variously described in poetic language such as the Burning of Lazarus or the Crusade of Intolerance, but Gaspard Lumey simply referred to it as the Tarellian Xenocide.  Thanks to the information that Aubrey had provided in happier days, the 25th Expedition Fleet could exploit the weaknesses of their alien enemies while minimising their strengths, leading to a campaign more of slaughter than conflict.  By the end, the elegant spires that Lumey had once admired were torn down by his gene-sons as Lazarus became a monument to the price of betraying the Imperium.

Aubrey obediently watched the destruction, then tearfully demanded a duel with Gaspard Lumey.  Whether the Primarch hoped to die at his brother's hand or exact vengeance is unknown, but Lumey's acrid retort is infamous.  He reminded Aubrey that the Tarellian tradition he was invoking had not only led to terrible misfortune but just been destroyed, and therefore dismissed the challenge as unworthy even of refusal.  Understandably, this reply infuriated Aubrey the Grey, but he had enough self-control to only spit in Lumey's face and stalk back to his quarters.  The two would not exchange another word for decades.

====The late crusade: on the brink of crisis====
[[File:Darius Cyaxares.jpg|thumb|200px|right|[[Shakya Vardhana]], master of the Eyes of the Emperor]]
While absent from the struggle with the Orks of Ullanor and the Triumph at their capital world, Lumey won the Imperium an immense prize.  The '''Core Worlds Confederation''' had long been the "second state" of humanity in the [[Galaxy (Hektor Heresy)|Galaxy]], spanning many rich systems and formidably armed.  Their rulers had not bowed to threats of force or supplications of reason and remained independent for decades.  But with the assistance of [[Shakya Vardhana]] and his [[Eyes of the Emperor]], the Fifth Legion raced through the [[Core Worlds Campaign]], winning a tremendous bounty of men and industry to the Great Crusade.  To Hektor, still selling the lives of his battle brothers, the news came as a smack in the face.

Still flush with the prestige of the Core Worlds Campaign, Gaspard Lumey travelled to the [[Council of Nikaea (Hektor Heresy)|Council of Nikaea]].  Initially intending to support Shakya Vardhana's policy of moderation, Lumey was provoked by the Voidwatcher and swung sharply to an anti-psyker position in order to humble his rival.  The only long-term success of this policy was the warmth with which [[Arelex Orannis]] received Lumey's turn of position.  While the Black Augurs were disgraced at Nikaea, their master would avenge himself the next year by calling for an investigation of the Core Worlds Campaign.  Lumey found himself answering an interrogation by warlords he had alienated in past years, but he was largely unconcerned with their accusations.  Shakya Vardhana, acting more as counsel for the defence than fellow accused, was left to plead a case while Lumey limited himself to matter of fact answers.  In the end, no wrong-doing was discovered.  Hektor Cincinnatus, speaking on behalf of the War Council as a whole, pronounced that the destruction wrought by the Fifth Legion "regrettable" and dispatched Lumey's entire force to the thinly-populated fringe of the Galaxy.

If Lumey saw this as a punishment - and in his writings he claimed that he did not - the blow may have been lessened by Aubrey the Grey attempting a reconciliation after the investigation.  Aubrey apologised for his heated behaviour at Lazarus and explained that he had come to see the righteousness of acting for part of a greater goal than one's own personal preferences.  Before Lumey could reply, the Primarch of the Eternal Zealots added that he did not expect to be forgiven on the spot, but hoped that the two could make use of the Fifth Legion's exile to work out their differences in letters, so that they might embrace one another as brothers when they saw one another again.