Dragon Lords

> "*You are Dragon Lords. I can promise you no glory, no parades or no adoration! I promise you service in the name of The Imperium. I Do not send you to die in my name, my sons. You will fight and die for the Emperor. What I promise you is that we will fight and die together and I will lead every charge myself.*"
> ― Camelous, The Invictii, Primarch of the 19th legion
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## The Dragon Lords

### **Allegiance**

Imperium of Man(Fidelitas Constantus) (later edited to 'Fidelitas Sans Recursu')

### **Legion Homeworld**

Pax (Abadoned) Selindra (A moon orbiting Lucius)

## Legion History

### The Great Crusade

Early during the great crusade the Dragon Lords were known as the Pricipae. Dispite their very small initial number, the legion started to grow while they accumulated significant victories. This was in no small part due to Mordred the First Principae, the Master of the Legion. Mordred ensured that the usage of psychic power weren't reckless and is credited as one of the finest military minds at that time.

#### **Renunion**

The early reunion with Camelous was a joyous event to the 19th legion. There a minority that held concern how the primarch and the previous Master of legion would agree, however these concern was quickly dashed when it became clear that the Primarch was very much on the same page as Mordred. Indeed Camelous is qouted with saying that should he fall in battle, he could rest easily knowing Mordred would step up to take his place.

#### **Fall of Abuh-ruhn'rah**

The first major engagement for the newly named Dragon Lords was the conquest of the system local known as Abuh-ruhn'rah. The system was cut off by a warp storm that killed any astropath or navigators tryingto enter. Camelous and his sons mannaged to create an opening and while few accounts exsist of the battle, it remains bitter memory. The storm was caused by an Alien not dissimilar to the Alien of Pax. However the creature had control was not alone and the Dragon Lords waged a brutal and the scale of psychic powers left many marines dead.

#### **Battle for Lucius**

During the conquest of Segmentum Obscuris, the Dragon Lords came across the remains of a faction known as the Machine Cult of Lucius. The mechanicum was initally overjoyed, by the grace of the omnisiah it seemed the a pattern of worship of the Machine God had an underlying truth that reaffirmed its correctness. The initial excitement passed quickly, when the Mechanicum realised that while several star system was under Control of Lucius and the Forgeworld itself was told to be a craftmanship from the dark ages, it was backed up by a massive military and an enormous titan legion; Legio Astorum.

Lucius was currently enganged in fighting a large Ork WAAAGH and the Mechanicum elements made a plan. The Dragon Lords was to stay put and wait for the arrival of the Star Guardians and further reinforcement, while the Lucians would continiue the fighting. That was it was deemed Lucians would be depleted and the Imperium could use the Legions as leverage to force the Lucians to join the imperium, if not, the two legions would take the planet Lucius itself.

The plan was sent to Mars and to the Star Guardians, by the Mechanicum elements immidately, without running it past the Camelous. While this would many other places have seen as a breach of protocol, the Mechanicum elements of the Dragon Lords had had free reigns and counted on the legion's full support on every occation so far. In this case however Camelous rejected the plan, and against the suggestion of his advisors committed his forces to the war in aid of this unknown faction. It seemed like a huge gamble to the Mechanicum Elements attached to the fleet, weakening their own forces while ensuring that the Lucians had less casualties. Still the Dragon Lords had been close allies of the Mechanicum so the Titan legions and auxillary mechanicum elements commited their full force, well knowing that the Star Guardians was on their way.

The choice to commit early proved to be a wise one, as the number of Orks proved much larger and it took the combined forces to repel ork invaders - had the legion not committed, everything might have been lost. And it nearly was, during the battle for planet Lucius itself, the work warboss manage to teleport into the planets and accidently distrupt the housing of the sun inside the forgeworld. Camelous himself made a desperate rush into the inferno and in the last moment saved used his power to prevent total destrucion. But it nearly cost the primarch his life and the accounts of how the primarch's armor that had been fitted against melta weapons, simply melted away haunts the legions.

With the planet of Lucius defended and the ork fleet borken, it had become clear to the Lucians that they would never be able to resist the might of the imperium. There was voices of concern that integrating into the Mechanicum fully would take away all control of their worlds. Eventually an accord was reached, The Lucians would join the imperium, but rather than fully becoming under the control of Mars the planet respond would come directly under the rulership of the man who had saved it, but they would fulfill the obligations and the forgeworld would serve the imperium. Camelous was unconcius and therefore unable to take part in the negotiations, but the agreement was signed even as he hovered between life and death.

Shortly after the Star Guardians arrived, and Shaaa was unpleased that Camelous had chosen to act on his own rather than obey the Mechanicum's plan. Shaaa had even before the message from the Mechanicum been hunting for the fabled forgeworld,in Shaaa's mind this was to be HIS price to claim for the Mechanicum, not something for his psyker brother to rule . However the anger quickly vanished as he was told how badly injured his brother had been. Ultimately Camelous's action had saved the price, and Shaaa grudingly forge him an armor of which there would few equals, forged from the highest quality Luciun, the very substance the planet he almost died protecting was named after.

The Star Guardians would chase down and crush the remaining Orks in systemm and Shaaa ordered his forces to leave once Camelous woke up.

#### **Lordship over Lucius**

With Camelous ascending to lordship over Lucius the Imperial gained a forgeworld second only to Mars. This would prove an enormous boon to the crusade as a whole, as countless vehicles, guns and other material were churned out form the forgeworld. In addtion the esteemed Legio Astorum joined the Crusade.

The decision to make Camelous Lord of Lucius directly had been motivated by many things. Chiefly the fear of losing any independance and having little say in the Mars dominated Mechanicum. Camelous was considered to be a better alternative as he was expected to an absentee ruler and he had been gaining many friends among the Lucians military during the time war. The Lucians hoped that one day lucius would grow to rival mars in power and productivity, and thus political influence.

The Dragon Lords had not been with a world to call their home since the start of the Crusade, now they would made their home on the moon Selindra, orbiting Lucius itself. This in turn meant that resources would start to flow into the system and Lucius in turn would grow larger and ever expand their production capabilities. Something that Camelous would continiues work to support.

Lucius as a forgeworld would produce a staggering array of material such as super heavy baneblade varriants. Camelous would shortly after his ascention ensure that the titan works in perticular were greatly expanded. Eventually large orbital docks were created to enable the production of large navy warships.

### Challange at Xintar

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Hellion Line disaster

Nikaea

'Death' at Dagonet

#### Event ... (etc)

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### The Antarus Apostasy

#### Return to the imperium

Triumphant return

War planning

Countdown to Oblivion

The Solar war

- Opening Salvo

- Necalli Emerges

- Furious Abyss

SIege of Terra

Covering the retreat

## Legion Organisation

### Great Crusade and Early Apostasy

#### Specialist Ranks and Formations

Equipment
The XIXth legion, predictably, made extensive use of force weaponry of all types, favouring the psychically charged weapons above any other melee weapons, but they also boasted a balanced and standardised armoury in other ways as well, holding nothing back in pursuit of victory. They also boasted two pieces of entirely unique wargear, though small in number owing to their difficult production. The first was the Dragon Glaive, a two-handed power weapon geared for cutting its ways through hordes or threatening the heaviest of armour, while the other was the Frag Cannon, the weapon serving as infantry-borne artillery pieces that are capable of laying down a hail of alien horde-shattering shells at short range.

**Dragon Glaives**

Dragon glavies are a twohanded weapon meant to carve through hordes with and ease and pierce the heaviest armor. They are incredibly expensive to make and difficult to master. They came both in a force and power variant and during the Apostasy, they would reap a fearsome toll of traitors.

**Man Portable Fragcannon**

Manportable Fragcannons were a staple of the Dragon Lords since Lucius. They are hard hitting and can either cut through hordes or shoot through the heaviest of armors. Later these weapons would be made available to the newly created Deathwatch as well.

**Luciun ammonition**

Luciun is a very expensive material, however it can range greatly in quality. Low quality is often a side effect of creating higher quality of Luciun but is unsuited for many contruction as it eventually become brittle over time and break. This low quality are still one of the finest materials available for creating armor piercing rounds and shells, and have a significantly higher armor piercing potential than more common forms of ammunition.

**Pandora Pattern Stormbird**

Early during the crusade the Dragon Lords would often make rapid advances, crush their foes and get into position where firesupport was difficult to bring along. While psychic powers and heavy hitting weaponry made this a smaller problem under many circumstance, there were exceptions, namely titans. To counter this, Dragon Lords needed a gunship that could outpreform even the Thunderhawk. While the legion used Sokar Stormbird, these were also used in transpotation meaning they would have to fulfill double roles. The Legion would adopt the Pandora Pattern Stormbird, which unlike the Sokar was a dedicated gunship. It brought the additional advantage of better targeting solutions to aid the marines and being an overall tougher and faster ship.

## Pax Primaris

Located near Terra, the planet of Pax was a veritable paradise world
seemingly crafted in the Dark Age of Technology, specifically crafted ecosystems of staggering scale allowing for plants, especially crops, to
 flourish and grow in record time, and to much greater size than on
other worlds. Even the wildlife was docile, engineered to be easy to
catch and plentiful to eat. Pax could easily feed dozens of worlds on
its own, but there were rumours in its few surviving records from that
time that its purpose was not to feed mere worlds, but a far grander creation, though whatever it was, its name has been lost to time.

 Despite its perfection however, it was not spared from the ravages of
Old Night, engulfed by warp storms that blew out of nowhere. The world's
 relatively small population soon broke down into numerous warring
states, vying for dominance with low Imperial level technology, warriors
 marching to war in flak armour and bearing las-weaponry. Even the
Knight suits, long the planets ultimate protectors, were of little use
in those days, the knowledge to repair them even partially lost, leading
 to them becoming inoperational, instead stationed to stand watch over
mausoleums of the noble families who once rode within them.

During Camelous’s conquest of the would all but the largest kingdom
joined him willingly or were conquered in short order. However, faced
with a battle that could tear apart all he had built his enemies offered
 Camelous a deal. They would sign a peace deal and offer Camelous their
daughter’s hand in marriage. While Camelous had realized he was special
and as a primarch, had no real interest in having a wife, nonetheless
accepted the deal planning on how to turn it to an advantage. The
princess he was expected to marry was furious, as her ambition to become
 a ruler seemed unlikely and in response she promised her husband to
make his life a living hell. In this fierce woman Camelous saw an
opportunity to finish his work, and won her over to his side by telling
her everything about his arrival and that he knew he would leave the
planet – for her to rule. At their wedding Camelous would denounce his
bride’s parents and kill them at the wedding, his army ambushing his
enemies in an unprovoked attack, cutting them down and leaving Camelous
the supreme king of the planet. When the Emperor arrived the planet
welcomed him as a long lost hero and ruler – for it had been foretold
that the heir of the ancient human confederation would return to unite
humanity. Camelous would leave and his wife would ultimately become the
supreme ruler of the planet.

 Pax would lose its paradise nature as the world was turned into the largest agri world the Imperium would ever know, churning out unprecedented amounts of food that were then shipped across the galaxy. Many Paxians also travelled the stars, joining the Emperor’s Great Crusade or plying the stars as traders and
merchants. The nobility, and the knight suits they failed to maintain,
were likewise changed, losing much of the entrenched power they had held on their world when they stood alone, even as the Mechanicum brought
the ancient armoured suits back into life to serve in this new and greatest of wars.

Ultimately Pax was not be a planet suited for recruitment for Astartes Legionaries, and the Dragon Lords would leave it behind, recruiting from other worlds as they visited, few other
legions casting as wide a net as they did on the worlds, and no other
recruiting from their secondary claims, those of the Black Ships themselves.

## Legion Geneseed

Psychic power

Indoctrination

Eversleep

## Notable Dragon Lords

### Pre-Apostasy

**First Principae Mordred**

Apart from the Camelous, no other legionary within the legion had gathered so much fame during the crusade as Mordred, who led the legion prior to rediscovery with their primarch.

As a rule, members of the 19th leave their old life behind as their past is completely forgotten, Mordred is somewhat of an exception as a couple of sources describing him prior to joining the legion.

Mordred was the young son of a techno barbarian warlord from Albion, known only as the Marquis, who had a reputation of being the stout defender of Albion. Rumour has it that his father had used old Archeotech in an attempt to create or enhance Mordred to become the perfect son. Another tells that he was simply born a prodigy.

When the Emperor’s Thunder warriors came to the shores of Albion, Mordred’s Father lands were the first to be hit, and he led his own gene warriors against them and died in the first campaign, leaving his son to take up the mantle of leadership. Though no age was given, all sources state that Mordred was a young child at this point, and managed to push back the Thunder Warriors on several occasions, through the use of clever strategies and inspiring men. Mordred however realised that while he had several small victories he could not win the war, and under the banner of surrender knelt before the emperor and offered his kingdom, his armies and his land to the Emperor. This provided the Emperor the perfect platform to take the country. When the Emperor’s forces landed again on Albion Mordred revealed his new allegiance, there would be no brutal landing awaiting the Emperor’s forces only supplies, allies and all the strategic information they could have hoped for. While fighting would go on for much longer, with a safe landing and Mordred’s betrayal the Emperor's victory was clear. As a reward the Emperor allowed him to be inducted as one of the first – or possibly the first – member of what would become the 17th legion, as the Emperor had been greatly impressed by the kid’s tactical skills.

After the unification Mordred’s story is well documented, he was put in charge of the 17th legion when the Emperor set out on the crusade and was largely considered one of the best commanders in the imperium. Mordred’s past had been lost to him, but his mastery of strategy, planning, combat had returned to him tenfold and his legion couldn’t have asked for a better commander. It was a popular saying that only thing outshining Mordred’s personal combat skill was his strategic and tactical mastery. His victories were so numerous that the Emperor himself allowed Mordred to wear the Aquilla on his chest. Some worried that once their primarch returned there would be disagreements between the two. Yet when Camelous returned and took overall command, Mordred had introduced him to the legion and the two had become close friends. Camelous’s trust in Mordred’s abilities and application were clear to all.

With the finest first commander and the legion being reunited with their primarch for a time things were looking very well for the 17th legion. Deceive victories piling up one after the other in the following decades. But it did not last.

No Xenos horror, act of treachery or lucky hit had been able to take down Mordred, but what no outside force could, the legion’s geneseed did. Mordred had fallen to the Eversleep, gone was the flawless commander and strategist, now all that was left was a soldier.

**Gabriel the Protégé**

While marines would commonly be chosen for their roles based on their skills, with Gabriel it was different. He was chosen early to be groomed for command for a very specific reason: To become the replacement for the former master of the legion, Mordred whom had fallen prone to the eversleep. Yet to be molded as the eventual replacement for legion’s greatest hero. Meant he would forever be compared to a height none could reach. This did not prevent him from becoming an excellent praetor, great warrior or a powerful psyker, he just never became what he replaced. Initially one of Camelous’ most outspoken supporters, he was eventually kicked out from the Primarch’s inner council for exactly that reason – Camelous had no need for people that agreed with his every idea or command. yet still Gabriel would eventually become a strong willed and extremely resourceful commander.

### Post Apostasy

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## Legion Fleet

### Notable Vessels

**Furiar Imperator** - **Gloriana-class Battleship** - Regarded as the largest of the Gloriana-class Battleships, the Furiar imperator is built upon the wreck of an old Ark Mechanicum wealing acnient archeotechweapons ideal for frontal changes into enemy formations. The ship would serve the legion well throughout the crusade and through much of the Apostacy. Yet after over a century of endless war it would eventually find its end during a battle in the frontier wars.

## Legion Relics

* **The Dragon's Wisdom** - Books written by the primarch about use psychic powers, knowledge, training and new apocalyptic types of power.