Brotherhood of the Lost

The **Brotherhood of the Lost** is a hobby group that works on Alternate Universe projects where the original 18 Legions and Primarchs have been replaced with a new set of Legions, mostly based off pre-existing Lost Legion projects. By changing these 18 specific organizations and characters, the entire universe is walking a different path than the familiar road of canon. Two separate Alternatve Universes have been created by this group: the Icarion Insurrection and then the Five Ruins.

## The Icarion Insurrection

Yet, what exactly has changed beyond some names and paint schemes? To begin with, the Emperor, affected by visions of the future and past, experiments much more with the mysterious Pariah gene. The result in the Icarion Insurrection are three legions where Pariahs have replaced psykers. These additional defenses against the Warp and its impact upon Humanity has led, not to a Council of Nikaea and a ban against battle-psykers, but to the Prosecution of Baal. With the psyker contained, it is genetic experimentation that divides humanity and the powers that be among the Imperium's elites who argue to what extent to indulge and to restrain. The event is spawned when one Primarch, Kozja Darzalas of the Warbringers, sought to combine the individual gene-seed types into one, overpowered whole.

    Another major change is the Warmaster himself. Stepping into this weighty position is Alexandros Darshan VonSalim of the Halcyon Wardens. Although initially caught off-guard by the promotion, Alexandros maintains his fidelity to the Imperium and to the Throne. It is not through the Warmaster that Chaos strikes against Humanity, but another who is bewitched by their insidious song.

 Instead, it is to the Stormborn, Icarion of the Lightning Bearers, who is persuaded to rebel against the Emperor's creation. It is his name who lends itself to the huge conflict that engulfs the galaxy: the Icarion Insurrection.

These are merely two of many significant changes that can be found in the Brotherhood of the Lost. From different battlefields to new heroes, this is a whole new reality to be explore and to be enjoyed.

## The Five Ruins

The newest and second project by the Brotherhood of the Lost, whilst there are some similarities and legions carried over from the Icarion Insurrection, there are many new legions and the narrative is nearly completely different. The Primarchs get scattered as in canon, a Great Crusade, and then on the eve of the Ullanor Crusade the Emperor is lost in the Warp. From there everything slowly goes to hell, and is a very different kind of Heresy than Horus' in that there is not a single Heresy and push for Terra, but five phases of conflict that become known in Imperial History as the "Ruins". The threats of both Chaos and resurgent xenos crash against the Imperium, the dwindling loyalist Legions fight to preserve what they can.

## Project Presentation

The majority of the members of the Brotherhood of the Lost come from the Bolter and Chainsword forums. We originally started with about 15 members. Since then, some have left the project, while others have taken up the banner. As of now, we have overall 16 regulars. There have been arguments and votes, but all have been peacefully resolved. Legions had to be replaced with the loss of their creators, but now our AU is stable enough that we will never have to do that again.

Our goal is to give rules and stories for each major faction of our project in the form of a rulebook with a mini-anthology of stories. After we have accomplished this, we aim to touch upon some of the critical campaigns that occur in the Five Ruins. Once we have done so, we'll see where we will go next.

We can be reached at several different locations, but our most reliable is through B&C in our **Brotherhood of the Lost sub-forum**. We also maintain a **Discord server**, and have our own wikia.

## Gallery

Loyalists Legions during the Icarion InsurrectionTraitors Legions during the Icarion InsurrectionSuzerains legions during the Icarion InsurrectionGwalchavad , Primarch of the Wardens of Light , facing his daemonic brother , Ixiptatlan of the Eagle Warriors , during the Siege of TerraArchmagos Mortera NagathiirAlexandros Darshan VonSalim , Primarch of the Halcyon Wardens during the Great CrusadeThe Ist legion , once known as the Lightning Bearers, before the Day of RevelationHectarion and Gwalchavad , Primarchs of the Crimson Lions and Wardens of Light , fighting Primarch Raktra of the Berserkers of Uran , during the Siege of Terra
## Videos

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