Anvil Bearers

Anvil Bearers armorial with Legion iconography.

Anvil Bearers Legion appearance.

### Observed Strategic Tendencies

Shock Assault, Close Quarters Drills, Heavy Infantry Tactics, Defence & Fortification Operations

### Allegiance

Imperium of Man
(*Fedelitas Scindere*)

### Colours

Burgundy, Black, White & Sky Blue

The **Anvil Bearers**...

## Legion History

### The Reforger

Had to save his people after Old Night came and they were wiped them out some years after he was found. Creates the first fortress city and proposes the plans for the world. Also discovers how to use Karite and Runes.

When the Primarch that would become Leonfrik, landed on the world, it was to crash through the home of a smith who mined for his own ore. As such, when a capsule with a small infant smashed through his roof, he was more than a little shocked. Taking the child as their own, for him and his wife had not been able to have any of their own, they began to raise him.

Like all primarchs, he excelled in what he was taught, soon able to help his father in the forge and mines, and eventually they were some of the most sought after smiths in the local area. However, this life of hardwork and safety was not to last.

During his sixth year, by which time he was also a head taller than anyone in the town, death came to the planet. A huge shadow came from the skies, a rock that many said was as big as a moon. While nothing happened at first, soon people began to vanish in the night, or as they were out in the forests. Eventually, a hunt was called for and Leonfrik took up arms to keep his father from leaving with the group.

As they went into the forest, they have barely made it past the edge before they were attacked. Red eyes attacked out of trees, killing half the party before they could react. Leonfrik caught his attacker in a vice-like grip and crushed its neck, his instinct taking over without him really thinking. As the creature slowly died, it’s cries causing the others of its kind to look at it, he finally saw who they were fighting. Leonfrik eventally would come to know the creatures as Gremlins, but currently they ended up with the name of Grobi.

* The hunting party were soon escaping from the forest, with Leonfrik covering them, able to spot the attackers as they fell from the trees.
* The village was soon under attack, with hundreds of the grobi streaming out of the forest and overwhelming the defenders.
* Unable to stay, the survivours left their town, making way to a larger town that was walled and holding.
* It was several months after this that people who were known as seers or witches were being taken to the mayors mansion
* During the next attack by the grobi, they discovered why, with those taken being seen again, but changed.
* No longer were they passive, but instead unleashed bolts of lightning and soon were routing the grobi.
* However, when the first exploded, killing over a dozen of the defenders, things took a turn. From where their body was came new creatures that soon were killing worse than the grobi.
* Taking charge, Leonfrik pulled those from his old village, as well any anyone else who would listen and ran for the mountains.
* Several months later they made it, having lost 2 in 10 of their number, and holed up in a cave system in the largest mountain they knew, and also of the world.
* Over time, they crafted halls and defenses, able to hold the narrow opening to their hold.

Others slowly heard about this safe haven and tried to make it there as the world grew more dangerous, with both the grobi numbers increasing and the danger from witches getting worse.

* Some made it and were allowed in, others who harboured witches were turned away or killed if they tried to force their way in.
* During this time, Leonfrik was the person who kept them all together, but also helped with every aspect, from defending to mining, to building.
* It was during these years that Leonfrik discovered a new ore, which he named Karite.
* Able to be crafted into weapons and armour that were stronger than any before, but it took master smiths to do so.
* He also discovered the power of symbols, runes, old protection symbols that seemed to help protect the walls and gate when they were chiseled in.
* Through trials and practice, he was able to harnesh some power and beat it into the runes made from the Karite, increasing their power a hundred-fold.
* But not even master-smiths were able to do what Leonfrik could, so he started to make changes, soon after he was declared King of the Mountain.
* Creating a school at all youths were forced to go through, where their talents and skills were discovered and they were put on the best path for them and the hold.
* Over x years passed, with the hold growing each passing month as they worked round the clock to strengthen it and themselves, until they were eventually discovered.
* Waves of grobi attacked, with each being pushed back through the skill of the holds warriors.

When a witch-lord appeared, wanting to take the hold for its own, Leonfrik met it in combat, its magic unable to harm him through his armour, and its spell unable to halt the passing of his axe through its neck.

* Years passed with others trying to destroy them, which only served to strengthen the hold, until now it was well over 10,000 strong.
* When the Emperor/Someone discovered the world, and heard about this safe haven that was unbreakable, they knew it had to be a lost son.

### Great Crusade

* When discovered, the Primarch and his people were under a massive attack. A warlord had drawn a massive grobi army, in the hopes that he could break the walls and take the hold for himself.
* It was here, that he forced captured witches to open themselves up to their powers, and set off a chain-reaction between them that opened a massive warp rift.
* The battle soon was over, and the Emperor quickly descended to find his son and stop the right from expanding, but it was already too late for the latter.
* Evacuating the Primarch and his people from the planet, there was little that could be done but watch the planet get sucked through the rift.

## Legion Organisation and Structure

### Specialist Units & Formations

* **Iron Hawks** - Under Orithain’s leadership, the 3rd Assault Company became a truly fearsome shock-attack force, whose thunderous arrival could shake the resolve of almost any foe.

## Notable Anvil Bearers

* **Captain of the 3rd Assault Company, Firehand, Lord of the Iron Hawks Jangar Orithain** - Lacking the aptitude for senior command, Orithain was nonetheless famed and infamous far beyond the bounds of his own Legion. An adept and audacious practitioner of jump infantry tactics, he was at the forefront of many a devastating strike and boasted an impressive role of honours stretching from the time of the Manglar Horde.