1st Legion

The 1st Legion is a Military Organization apart of the **Helios Imperium Military**.

## History

The 1st Legion was originally created as Household Troops for **House Arcturius**, and served their purpose for the entirety of the war with the **Kingdom of the Black Sea**; unable to march out and rally themselves against the seaborne threat, the 1st Legion rapidly became a defensively minded and focused fighting force. Defending the shores of the **Kingdom of Catania** gave them an uncanny ability to set up defenses, and this helped shape the very same doctrines that their future brother legions would come to learn and know.

Although they fought numerous smaller skirmishes and battles against the Black Sea threat, their mettle was truly tested in the battles against the Beast Tribes; initially as a smaller force they fought in the **Battle of the Western Plains**, engaging as a smaller host, commanded by their Head, Marcus. Although they held their flank, the greater Catanian forces were defeated and routed. Yet the 1st Legion survived, bloodied, but not beaten, and with it they grew and became stronger and more experienced due to it.

A little over a year later, the 1st Legion's numbers had swelled greatly, and they were considered an army all their own, and when the time came, they were called to proper battle by their Lord, to engage against the Beast Tribes in the **Battle of Ravenyard**; there, they proved their worth, and earned their Cognomen; The Shield. They defended the left flank, albeit with less forces than the center and right flank, but defended they did, and held they did, beating back the force that was attempting to flank them. Although bloodied, they were victorious, and returned to Ravenyard as blooded veterans.

After the Black Sea was defeated, the 1st Legion spent much of it's time training new recruits, and readying for the expedition to the new lands. Helping to form the very backbone of the Imperium Army. Although it was peacetime, the Legion was vital in providing it's manpower towards building infrastructure and helping to keep the peace among the citizens of the newly founded **Helios Imperium**.

## Stations

**Helios** - The primary Headquarters for the 1st Legion.

## Organization & Doctrine

As the 1st Legion was the Template that all other Legions are based on, their ranks remain identical to the standard presented by the **Helios Imperium Military**.

### Doctrine

The Doctrine of the 1st Legion is simple; hold the line, and rain death upon your foes. The 1st Legion embodies their cognomen, presenting a wall of steel and flesh that holds against all but the most powerful of foes, whilst their superior firepower of artillery and other ranged weaponry batters down their enemies.

## Battles & Wars

* **Battle of the Western Plains -** The 1st Legion in it's infancy was deployed on one of the flanks, and while they held in some way, the rest of the army was defeated. The 1st Legion lived and rebuilt.
* **Battle of Ravenyard -** The 1st Legion was given command of the left flank, as a fully fledged military force. They held, and defeated the forces that attacked them.
* **Battle of the Bloody Plains -** The first engagement during the **Phadosian War**, the 1st Legion engaged a large raiding party of Beast Tribe forces, and decisively defeated them with some losses.