The Aeturnus Legion

**The Aeturnus Legion** is a legion of the Imperial Amyrian Army made up of reanimated undead soldiers of the Amyrian Empire. The Legion is the most elite and most feared of the Amyrian Legions.

The Aeturnus Legion is led by **Saturninus the Slain**, a massive man who has been reborn 15 times. Cut down several times and known death more than any man, Saturnius is a fervent patriot of the Empire and an unstoppable force of the Emperor's will. He has seen over 20 Emperors in his long agonizing life and has been close to many, including his loyal friend Mavros the Black.

## Soldiers

To join the Aeturnus Legion is a euphemistic saying that refers to the torturous process in which accompanies being reborn into the Legion. For many of the regular foot soldiers of the Aeturnus Legion arrived there in agony against their will. Becoming a soldier of the Aeturnus Legion is a punishment worse than death befitting those who betray the Emperor. The ranks of the legion are lined with rebels, failed assassins, religious leaders, spies and anyone the Emperor wishes to see suffer. Traitors bent and broken, transformed into loyal legionnaires who will never defy the Empire again thanks to the work of the vicious Aeturnus Necromancers.

## Officers

While the soldiers of the Aeturnus Legion are forced into service as punishment, the Officers of the Aeturnus Legion are reborn for their incredible strength and courage on the battlefield. Whenever a legendary warrior is lost the Emperor ensures they will continue to serve the Empire and their worth is not abandoned. Some officers served in life with undying patriotism for the Empire hoping they would enter the Legion in undeath. Others served with fear they would never leave the legion in life or death.

## Aeturnus Necromancers

The Aeturnus Necromancers, also called the Aeturnus Entomons are a coven of necromancers made up of a genetically modified insectoid race. They have been genetically engineered to naturally produce a highly dangerous neurotoxin that has powerful necromantic abilities. Not many of the species exist, only around 32 are known to serve the Aeturnus legion, but they have an incredibly long lifespan and their origins are a closely guarded secret. The Entomons secrete the neurotoxin from their mandibles onto a pair of two long and sharp needle-like instruments that they then use to deliver the toxin to a corpse being prepared to be raised. The neurotoxin made up of tiny living parasitic entities flood into the corpse restitching any injuries such as torn muscles or broken bones before moving into the brain. After reforming the flesh the parasitic toxin takes control of the victim's brain, or if the brain is absent, biologically constructs a new brain from existing tissue in the body. The parasite then reintroduces the biological processes of life back into the corpse and raises it back from the dead to serve the Aeturnus Legion. The corpse after being resurrected in most cases returns stronger than they were before it died and possesses enhanced reactions and increased natural healing processes. Despite this, the legionnaire's mental capabilities and sense of autonomy have been stripped from it leaving a subservient husk entirely powerless to make its own decisions.

A common and greatly disturbing sight on the battlefield after a large and bloody fight is a wave of Aeturnus Entomons scouring the hordes of bodies with their long piercing needles looking for a slain legionnaire to be called back to serve the empire forevermore reborn as a host for their unholy parasite. Whenever they find a worthy host, they plunge their two needles into the corpse, one through the heart and one through the eye injecting its toxin into the most vital of organs.