Legio Damicium - Origins: Little is known of the early history of the Legio Damicium, other than that it was created during the tumultuous era known as the Age of Strife to defend their home Forge World of Urdesh from the predations of xenos raiders and other threats.By the time the Explorator fleets of Mars rediscovered this long-lost colony of the Omnissiah during the Great Crusade, much knowledge had been lost during the previous millennia, including Urdesh's ability to replenish the depleted number of god-engines of the Legio Damicium. No reason for such a loss is reported within the Forge World's archives; manufacturing logs indicate that the last Legio Damicium Titan to walk from the forge-fanes of Urdesh, a Warlord Battle Titan bearing the name Somnium Ultimus, was constructed nearly a standard millennium before the arrival of the Great Crusade to the Forge World.No further god-engines are recorded to have been born upon Urdesh and, with each passing solar decade, the ranks of the Legio Damicium dwindled, xenos invasion and pirate raids taking their toll upon the Titan Legion.However, this planet proved to be of great interest to the Imperium's cause, for it still possessed the knowledge required to produce vast numbers of arms for the forces of the Imperial Army. The world accepted Imperial Compliance and peacefully assimilated into the Imperium proper, after being offered a chance to replenish the numbers of the Legio Damicium.During this time, the Unbroken Lords were a depleted Titan Legion unable to replenish their numbers without aid sent from Mars or other beneficent Forge Worlds. By the time Urdesh would be brought into the Imperial fold, the vast majority of Legio Damicium Titans bore names that alluded to the gradual march to extinction the Legio was suffering. This ritual continued even after fresh supplies of god-engines were gifted to the Legio Damicium, for the Titan Legion still lacked the knowledge necessary to construct its own Titans; to its princeps, this was delaying the inevitable rather than being a cure for their woes.Sitting as it did on the border between the Segmentum Pacificus and Segmentum Solar, Urdesh was quickly brought into the Imperial fold, contacted by Mechanicum Explorator fleets dispatched in the vanguard of the Great Crusade. Of particular interest to the Imperium's dignitaries was Urdesh's capacity to produce vast numbers of arms and war machines frequently utilised by the Imperial Army.When delegates from Mars first noted the dilapidated state of the Legio Damicium -- numbering as it did by that time less than 30 god-engines, many of which were battered by warfare and held together by patchwork repairs -- an offer of supply was extended to Urdesh. The Martian Mechanicum were quick to capitalise on the magi of Urdesh's desire to swell the numbers of their Titan Legion, offering the Forge World regular shipments of newly manufactured Titans in return for their loyalty, an offer that was eagerly accepted.Mars saw Urdesh as a perfect vessel through which they could expand their power within the Segmentum Pacificus and expended much effort in securing the loyalty of the Forge World. In return for dedication to the Imperium, oaths of fealty to Mars, and the considerable prowess of its forge-fanes, Urdesh would receive the patronage of the Red Plant and regular shipments of newly forged god-engines to replenish the decaying strength of the Legio Damicium.For the ruling bodies of Urdesh, who had already observed the marshalled strength of the Legio Mortis, such an offer proved irrefutable.In the solar decades that followed, the promises of Mars were kept and the strength of the Legio Damicium grew to numbers not seen since the Forge World's founding, a circumstance which led the Titan Legion to bestow the name of "Unbroken Lords" upon itself. Despite this, discontent grew amongst the Titan Legion's ranks due to the refusal of Mars and other notable Forge Worlds to supply the knowledge necessary for Urdesh to construct its own god-engines, knowledge its tech-wrights desperately wished for.After a solar decade of rebuilding, the Legio Damicium proved capable of fielding dozens of Titans where only a handful had stood previously. Relying purely on external support to replenish casualties lost on the battlefields of the Great Crusade, the servants of Urdesh regularly found themselves bowing and scraping to other Mechanicum enclaves. Failure to do so resulted in delayed shipments or a reduced number of god-engines, depriving the Legio Damicium of its promised Titans. Though such circumstances were held up as accidents that were subsequently corrected, the reliance Urdesh had on others to maintain its Titan Legion became increasingly intolerable.Their reliance upon others bred envy within the hearts of the Legio Damicium's princeps, who often looked upon more prosperous Titan Legions as weak, for they did not stand upon the precipice of extinction.Those of the Legio Damicium were aware that the continued existence of their Legio was determined by reliance on the generosity of others, leading many amongst their number to nurture bitterness towards more prominent Titan Legions.Though possessing a Titan Legion, Urdesh represented only a minor force within the Belt of Iron when compared to most Forge Worlds of similar size. This deficiency in military might can be largely attributed to the reliance of  the Legio Damicium on external support, with petitions for access to the knowledge necessary for the production of their own Titans repeatedly refused by their allies within the Belt of Iron.