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Legio Suturvora - Fires of Ithraca: The Legion's first act in the Traitors' service was to strike down their former comrades of the Legio Praesagius at the muster at Calth, a gathering of force which the machinations of Horus all too easily arranged for the Legio's presence at.The death-struggle that was to follow for the Legio during the wider Battle of Calth itself became known as the Battle for Ithraca after the Calthian city where they were deployed.As that battlefield became subject to the influence of the maddening shadow of the Warp, the Legio Suturvora was to succumb to a mindless barbarity it had never known, even in its worst excesses.The price for this descent into the maelstrom was to be near-crippling losses and a retreat from Calth's surface with less than half of its forces intact. Disabused and enraged, the Legio's survivors had nevertheless chained themselves to the Traitors' cause and there was now no going back.Worse still, their losses made them even more dependent on the favour of new masters so far as they were from Mars. The seeds of bitterness and hatred against the Imperium had been yet further sown.
Legio Suturvora - Legion Strength: The early Imperium's Divisio Militaris records extant for the latter years of the Great Crusade rated the Legio Suturvora as a fully operational Titan Legion of the second or Secundus-grade, with an estimated 100-130 god-engines in active service at the outbreak of the Heresy.The principal strength of the Fire Masters lay in a core of Mars and Lucius Pattern Warlord Titans around 70 strong, and crews of veteran calibre with particular expertise in urban warfare.Expanding on this core, the Legion also fielded a sizable force of Warhound Scout Titans to serve as its outriders and reconnaissance units, and it relied on a detachment comprised of at least eight Nemesis-class fire-support Battle Titans and two Imperator Titans as its most powerful strategic reserve in heavy engagements.Medium-class Battle Titans, such as the Reaver, were in the minority in the Legion, and were almost invariably its most ancient god-engines, dating back to its days on Mars before the Great Crusade.Although originally largely impoverished in terms of battlefield support units, the Legio Suturvora was further augmented as the Great Crusade progressed, with several dedicated regiments of mechanised Skitarii and two sub-covenants of the Legio Cybernetica indentured to its service.These support forces, however, also suffered severely during the disastrous battle at Ithraca on Calth, the survivors being amalgamated into a single composite force which became known as the Fraxanii or "Burned Ones."
Legio Suturvora - Notable Personnel: Princeps Maximus Horgoth Nyr - Horgoth Nyr served as the princeps maximus of the Fire Masters Legio when it sided with the Warmaster Horus' cause during the Horus Heresy. He took part in the Battle of Calth and the infamous battle for the city of Ithraca, where he led his Titan Legion in the near destruction of the Legio Praesagius. Nyr would later join the Shadow Crusade being spearheaded by the Word Bearers and World Eaters Traitor Legions, and ravage the Five Hundred Worlds in fire and blood. However, when word finally reached the True Messengers' home world of Gantz, the Legio's senior most Princeps, Dae Vergos, declared the Crusade of Iron, to seek vengeance against Nyr and his hated Titan Legion. For period of two years, Nyr maintained a bitter rivalry with Vergos, which came to an epic climax upon the world of Drooth II. When Vargos finally engaged in a fateful duel, she willingly sacrificed herself in order to ensure the destruction of Nyr.Princeps Tesarius Orcan Rex - Princeps of the Warbringer-Nemesis Titan God Hammer, he was as pitiless a leader as Horgoth Nyr. He led the Fire Masters during the Ambush on Espandor and was subsequently destroyed.Princeps Sarleigh Aule - Princeps of the Reaver-class Titan Calvara, lead Battle Titan of War Maniple Mazzakim.Princeps Tyhe - Princeps Tyhe was the princeps of the Warhound Scout Titan Denola. One of the few Princeps that had taken faith in Lorgar's new teachings, Princeps Tyhe notoriously disregarded the commands of his superiors to concentrate on causing havoc amongst the civilians, displaying an intolerable cruelty in doing so.
Legio Suturvora - Knight Houses: House ÆrthegnHouse Mordred
Legio Suturvora - Space Marines: Word BearersWorld Eaters
Legio Suturvora - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Suturvora Titan Legion is sable outlined in brass, as well as some white, and fringed with flame iconography in homage to their cognomen.
Legio Suturvora - Legion Badge: The iconography of the Fire Masters Legion is a white hexagon-outline with a sable coloured trident in its centre, and an orange flame burning from it, on a field of sable, framed with orange coloured flame iconography.
Legio Suturvora - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus (1st Edition), pg. 32Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy Rulebook (Specialty Game), "Selected Notable Engine-Wars of the Age of Darkness" & "The Betrayal at Calth: The Wrech of the Arutan", pp. 15, 70-71Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Shadow and Iron (Specialty Game), pp. 8-12, 14-15, 18, 31-33, 66-68Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Titandeath (Specialty Game), pg. 95Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Traitor Legios (Specialty Game), pp. 88-93Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition), pg. 16Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War: Part 1, pg. 116Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze (Specialty Game), "Forces of Chaos: Heretic Astartes", pg. 73The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 38, 51, 55-56, 59, 61, 65, 117, 146-149White Dwarf 108 (UK), "'Eavy Metal: Adeptus Titanicus Titans & Banners," pg. 76White Dwarf 110 (UK), "Adeptus Titanicus", pg. 41White Dwarf 26 (October 2018), "The Ultimate Guide to the Titan Legions"Honour to the Dead (Audio) by Gav ThorpeLegacies of Betrayal (Anthology), "Honour to the Dead" (Short Story) by Gav Thorpe, pp. 212-246The Laurel of Defiance (Short Story) by Guy HaleyPharos (Novel) by Guy HaleyTitandeath (Novel) Ch. 13, by Guy HaleyThe Horus Heresy: Legions (Video Game)Warhammer Community: See What Happened When We Gave the Warmaster Titan to 4 Fantastic Painters (23 Apr 2021)Warhammer Community: Shadow and Iron: Crusades of Vengeance (05 Feb 2020)
Legio Tempestor - Legio Tempestor: Legio TempestorStormlordsThunder RaptorsTraitor Titan LegionDark MechanicumEmperor of MankindWarmasterHorusRuinous PowersHorus HeresyIt is the portion of the Loyalist Legio Tempestus that turned to Chaos during the Horus Heresy and now remains apart from its Loyalist brethren, who are referred to under their original name. The Traitor portion of the Legio Tempestus began to be referred to as the Legio Tempestor to set it apart from its Loyalist faction in certain archives after 008.M31.One third of the fabled "Triad Ferrum Morgulus," the Legio Tempestus was founded alongside the Legio Mortis and Legio Ignatum in the distant Age of Strife on Mars.During the Great Crusade the Legio fought for solar decades at the leading edge of the Imperium's expansion alongside the most celebrated of the Legiones Astartes. Countless worlds were brought to Imperial Compliance and numerous xenos empires cast down for which the Legio became so well known, earning it the epithet "Stormlords."Later, however, the loyalties of the Legio Tempestus would be cast in doubt and the shadows of treachery attain its name.For while their lord and his retainers fought valiantly against the Traitors during the Martian civil war during the opening days of the Horus Heresy, others in their ranks, who had spent years on the dark frontier fighting under the flag of Horus, would be counted amongst the most dedicated of the Warmaster's treacherous forces during the wars of the Heresy.During the Heresy, there were major elements within the Legio that declared their allegiance for Warmaster Horus and his cause. Many elements, including those left on Mars during the Schism of Mars, and those elements of the Legion serving further afield, refused to submit and share the betrayal of the traitorous senior Princeps Maximus Karania, who took control of the Legion following the death of the Order's former lord.These Loyalist elements would ultimately break away and form their own Legion, retaining the name Legio Tempestus.At the end of the Heresy the Legio Tempestor were present during the Siege of Terra, but when the Warmaster fell, they were driven towards the Eye of Terror along with the rest of the forces of Chaos.There they remain, trapped in servitude to the Chaos Gods, fighting the Long War against the Corpse Emperor that began ten millennia before.The Legio Tempestor's current whereabouts are unknown.
Legio Tempestor - Legion History: The Legio Tempestus is a Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica, its towering god-engines counted amongst the mightiest and most accomplished of the Emperor's crusading hosts in the years before the Horus Heresy.One third of the fabled "Triad Ferrum Morgulus," the Legio Tempestus was founded alongside the Legio Mortis and Legio Ignatum in the distant Age of Strife on Mars.Throughout the blood-soaked insanity of that age, the Legio Tempestus stood firm against all foes, from machine-mutant abominations rising from the waste-strewn oxide deserts to rival Titan Orders marching from their own strongholds to battle. Their home fortress, cut from the red basalt of Ascraeus Mons, in the Ascraeus Chasmataone, one of the mightiest of Mars' many volcanoes, remained inviolate.Concentric rings of impregnable fortifications rose atop each of the solidified lava ridges surrounding the fortress, whilst below, Tempestus god-engines walked from towering armoured gates and scoured the surrounding plains of the tides of degenerate tech-savagery that broke continuously against them.Much of the anarchy that befell Mars during the long Age of Strife is lost to history or sealed away in forgotten data-crypts beneath the industrial wastes -- with the treachery revealed in the opening years of the 31st Millennium, few can imagine a complete history will ever be composed. It is known, however, that the region claimed and defended by the Legio Tempestus bordered that of the Legio Mortis -- the Death's Heads -- and on countless occasions the two Titan Orders came to blows over territorial rights and access to the priceless caches of archaeotech to be found beneath the rust runes of the Tharsis region.Their mighty fortress was located in close proximity to Ascraeus Mons, at Pavonis Mons. The engines of these ancient Orders battled across the oxide deserts until, at length, the region was divided by the Tempest Line.To cross this line in the red sand was to unequivocally declare war, an act that the Legio Mortis initiated on many more occasions than Tempestus if rumour was to be believed, and though both Orders shared a common enemy in the Cy-Carnivora and other phantasms of Old Night that plagued Mars throughout the age, a deep and mutual loathing developed between them that would later bear bitter fruit.
Legio Tempestor - Horus Heresy: The events that unfolded on Mars decades after Cavalerio's return to the Red Planet formed a crucial fulcrum in the Warmaster Horus' conspiracy to unmake that which the Emperor had built during the Great Crusade. When the Schism of Mars tore the Mechanicum in two, the entire planet was consumed by war.Ancient forges that had endured the long millennia of Old Night were cast down and the great fanes of All-Knowledge were lost for all time. So too was the Legio Tempestus, for Cavalerio and his princeps fell in the defence of Magma City, standing defiant to the last against the god-engines of the Legio Mortis, whose betrayal of the Imperium was at last revealed.The heroic deeds performed in that final battle will never be fully honoured, for most who witnessed them perished themselves as Magma City sank into the Red Planet's savage fiery mantle.After the tragedy on Mars, there remained only a scattered handful of Loyalist Legio Tempestus Titan maniples and detachments who had not been present on the Red Planet, free and in the Imperium's service, but left leaderless and bereft, and soon to face the double blow of the news that their distant brothers had themselves turned Traitor.
Legio Tempestor - Notable Campaigns: Epsiloid Binary Cluster Campaign (Unknown Date.M31) - A campaign conducted by the Legio Tempestus alongside Primarch Roboute Guilliman's forces during the Great Crusade against the Orks. The Legion suffered the loss of 6 Titans in the course of fighting, as well as many wounded, including the already battle-scarred Victorix Magna, the towering war machine of The Stormlord himself. Because of the injuries his war engine sustained, Princeps Senioris Cavalerio was forced to return to Mars for repairs, leaving the bulk of his Titan Legion under the command of Princeps Maximus Karania.Battle of Manachea (ca. 008.M31) - The Battle of Manachea was an early campaign conducted by the Traitor forces of Warmaster Horus against the Manachean Commonwealth, an independent dominion formed as a self-governing sub-sector within the Cyclops Cluster. Considered the lynchpin of the Coronid Deeps, it was also the principal axis of Imperial power based in the northern Imperium. The two systems of Manachea -- principally the Hive World of Manachea Vysidae, which in terms of population and industry the equal of any of the great hive worlds of the Segmentum Solar, and Port Maw which, while still under partial construction and expansion, were one of the most powerful Imperialis Armada bases in the northern Imperium. With the help of the Black Magos of the Dark Mechanicum Forge World of Cyclothrathe, the Traitors had secretly undermined the defences of the Manachean Commonwealth. In a surprise attack, the Death Guard Legion, alongside Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio Tempestus, attacked Manachea, while the Sons of Horus launched a dual-pronged attack -- a speartip assault on Port Maw and a simultaneous assault alongside their Death Guard allies on Manachea. Within a span of eleven days of brutal fighting, Manachea and everything on it, belonged to the Warmaster.Siege of Terra (ca. 014.M31) - The Legio Tempestor took part in numerous engagements during the dark days of the Horus Heresy, but its most notable action occurred when it took part in the Siege of Terra and the assault on the Imperial Palace.
Legio Tempestor - Legion Strength: At the outset of the Heresy, the demi-Legio under the command of the Traitor Maximus Karania that followed him into treachery was able to field between 80-120 Titans of various patterns over time, most of them of the Warlord, Reaver and Jackal Pattern Warhound classes. Furthermore, the forges of Estaban III after the Traitors laid claim to them were able to produce new Warlord-class Titans in limited numbers to further bolster Karania's forces.During the Great Crusade era, while fielding some of the rare Maines and Carnivore-class Titans amongst its god-engines, the Legio could also draw on several of the most powerful sub-patterns of the Warlord-class Titan such as the Nightgaunt and the mighty Nemesis.Most of these older patterns including the Nightgaunts, Nemesis and Imperator-class god-engines are, however, now believed to have been destroyed on Mars at the outset of the Horus Heresy during the battles of the Schism of Mars, with the exception of the Nemesis Pattern Warlord of which no traces can be found within the Imperial archives. Therefore, the latter god-engine may be ranked amongst those of this Titan Order's forces still unaccounted for beyond the Imperium's ravaged borders.These losses ensured the Traitor Tempestus ranked as a Secundus-grade Titan Legion during the Horus Heresy. In a desire to supplement his forces and hold proof of the Stormlords' ancient lineage, Maximus Karania commissioned the Tech-priests of Estaban III to complete several projects, giving them information previously denied to the Forge World in exchange.This flurry of activity saw the hurried creation of the Warmaster Iconoclast-class Heavy Battle Titan Ceraunthanato or "The Deadly Storm" which was amongst the Traitor Tempestus god-engines that lay siege to Terra.As the Horus Heresy unfolded and the Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio Tempestus joined the massed hosts of the Traitors, still more elements were drawn to their banner. Freeblade Knights from a score of houses and more swore service to the Tempestus, most obscuring their erstwhile colours in favour of darker heraldry.Later, an entire household of Chaos Knights, fleeing the wrath of their staunchly Imperial liege, bent the knee to the Traitor Stormlords. These demonstrated the extent of their allegiance by incorporating the heraldry of the Titan Legion into their own and submitting themselves to their new chain of command.This process is believed to have been begun in the aftermath of the assault on Hive Ilium at Manachea, where several of the Stormlords' Titans were laid low by the Loyalists of House Vyronii, revealing a vulnerability to such war machines which the Traitor Stormlords strove to counter by acquiring allied Knights of their own.The Traitor Stormlords' current martial strength in the 41st Millennium is unknown.
Legio Tempestor - Notable Titans: Ceraunthanato - A Warmaster Iconoclast-class Heavy Battle Titan and war engine of the Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio Tempestus during the Horus Heresy. When the elements of the the Legio Tempestus under command of the Princeps Maximus Karania sided with the Warmaster Horus, the Titan Legion commissioned the production of numerous new god-engines. One such god-engine was Ceraunthanato, a name that roughly translates as "The Deadly Storm." The forging of this Iconoclast served three purposes. The first was to begin replenishing the ancient god-engines lost on Mars when the Loyalist Legio Tempestus elements were annihilated. The Iconoclast also served as a political statement, supporting Karania's claims that the Legio Tempestus was not diminished by the split in its ranks. Finally Karania intended the Ceraunthanato to be his personal throne from which he would lay siege to the walls of the Imperial Palace itself. Later reports place this Iconoclast on Terra during the planetary siege, though no confirmation exists a to whether it was piloted by Karania or one of his favoured subordinates.Odrysian - Mars Pattern Reaver-class Titan and war engine of the Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio Tempestus during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. This Titan served as the war engine of Princeps Nero Cotys, who was killed during the Battle of Hive Ilium during the Fall of Manachea in the opening years of the Heresy. The Odrysian is pictured above shortly before leading the Ferrox maniple Teros Epsilon in an attack on Hive Ilium during the Manachea planetary assault. Odrysian and its supporting god-engines (the Reaver Raxvalian and the Warhounds Scorillion and Durasi) were tasked with breaking the massed armour of the hive city's Solar Auxilia defenders in support of a Traitor offensive. Initial battlefield reports show the maniple claimed over three dozen confirmed armour kills before dense urban terrain hampered its movement, leading to Odrysian being disabled due to massed firepower. Legio Tempestus records report that Princeps Nero Cotys and Moderatus Titus Teres were killed in action, while Odrysian was recovered following Ilium's fall and restored in time to see battle once more during the Great Scouring.Raxvalian - Mars Pattern Reaver-class Titan and war engine of the Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio Tempestus during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. This Titan led War Maniple "Telos Epsilon" during the Battle of Ilium during the Fall of Manachea.Durasi - Warhound-class Titan and war engine of the Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio Tempestus during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. Took part as part of War Maniple "Telos Epsilon" during the Battle of Ilium during the Fall of Manachea.Scorillion - Warhound-class Titan and war engine of Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio Tempestus during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. Took part as part of War Maniple "Telos Epsilon" during the Battle of Ilium during the Fall of Manachea.
Legio Tempestor - Notable Personnel: Princeps Maximus Karania - After the division of the Legion into two commands, control of the Titan Order's expeditionary force was invested in the senior Princeps Maximus Karania. As time progressed, Karania moved to purge his princeps cadre according to the patterns revealed to him by the doctrines of cataclysmic teleology, ensuring that only those inducted into the discipline's innermost secrets remained within his demi-Legio, but he was careful to keep such apostasy shrouded from outsiders, although it had not escaped the attention of the Warmaster's agents, who worked upon it to secure Karania to their cause. Following the death of the Stormlord at the beginning of the Schism of Mars, Karania received word from Mars that he was now the de facto master of the Tempestus loyal to the Traitors' cause. Maximus Karania pronounced that his allied Forge World of Estaban III would henceforth and for all time enjoy the full protection of the Legion in return for the bounty of its mighty foundries. Karania would lead his Traitor Tempestus along many dark and winding paths never before travelled by any Legio of the Collegia Titanicus.
Legio Tempestor - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Tempestor, which were chosen after the betrayal during the Horus Heresy to set the Traitoris Perdita elements of the Legio apart from their Loyalist counterparts, were dark blue, light blue and grey which are painted in a unique camouflage pattern.Sometimes black and white checkered patterns are painted on the legs, arms or weapons of their war machines. Blue and white are also sometimes substituted.
Legio Tempestor - Legion Badge: The Legio Tempestus' Legion badge is a large eagle, wings elevated, centred on a white circle, outlined in black, centred on a field of cobalt blue.Lightning bolts, reminiscent of the Unification War-era lightning heraldry of the Emperor Himself, the Raptor Imperialis, were prominently displayed, radiating from beneath and above the eagle. The Traitor elements of the Legio Tempestus maintained this heraldry but would often display the Eye of Horus somewhere on their honour banners to denote their loyalty to the Warmaster Horus during the Horus Heresy.The Legio Tempestor's badge in the wake of the Horus Heresy is a lightning bolt centered on a white circle, outlined in red. The field behind the central symbol is quartered in a dark blue, black and white checkered pattern.
Legio Tempestor - Canon Conflict: The Traitor Stormlords are revealed in Imperial Armour Volume One to be the Legio Tempestor. The Legio Tempestor, however, is mentioned to have taken part in the Third War for Armageddon on the side of the Imperium and is said to have fought there upon the Plains of Anthrand and along the South Primus Front alongside the Legio Victorum and the Legio Ignatum.Recent canon has revealed that a part of this Titan Legion remained loyal during the Horus Heresy and has survived into the 41st Millennium maintaining its old name of Legio Tempestus but in some sources this name is often interchangeable with the name Tempestor as well. This can at times only add to the confusion.
Legio Tempestor - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Rulebook (Speciality Game), pp. 7, 14-17, 68-69, 92Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Titandeath (Specialty Game), pp. 91-95Adeptus Titanicus - The Defence of Ryza (Specialty Game), pg. 83Adeptus Titanicus - Loyalist Legios (Specialty Game), pp. 8, 19, 21-22, 104, 117, 173Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Traitor Legios (Specialty Game), pp. 18-23Horus Heresy: Collected Visions, pg. 356Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy, pg. 8The Horus Heresy - Book Four: Conquest (Imperial Armour), pp. 138-143Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (6th Edition), pg. 193Codex Titanicus (1st Edition) Titan Legion Colour SchemesThird War for Armageddon Worldwide Campaign - Legio Ignatum
Legio Tempestus - Legio Tempestus: The Legio Tempestus ("Stormlords") ("Thunder Raptors") is one of the oldest and most esteemed Titan Legions of the Collegia Titanica, one of the military arms of the Adeptus Mechanicus.One third of the fabled "Triad Ferrum Morgulus," the Legio Tempestus (or Legio Tempestor as some archives after 008.M31 termed the Traitor elements of this Titan Order) was founded alongside the Legio Mortis and Legio Ignatum as the first three Titan Legions ever raised in the distant Age of Strife on Mars.During the Great Crusade the Legion fought for solar decades at the leading edge of the Imperium's expansion alongside the most celebrated of the Legiones Astartes. Countless worlds were brought to Imperial Compliance and numerous xenos empires cast down for which the Legio became well known, earning it the epithet "Stormlords."Later, however, the loyalties of the Legio Tempestus would be cast in doubt and the shadows of treachery taint its name.For while their lord and his retainers fought valiantly against the Traitors during the Martian civil war in the opening days of the Horus Heresy, others in their ranks, who had spent years on the dark frontier fighting under the flag of Horus, would be counted amongst the most dedicated of the Warmaster Horus' treacherous forces during the wars of the Heresy.During the Horus Heresy, there were major elements within the Legio that declared their allegiance for Horus and his cause. These Traitor elements are usually now called the Legio Tempestor to distinguish them from those members of the original Legio who remained loyal to the Emperor.Many elements, including those left on Mars during the Schism of Mars, and those elements of the Legio serving further afield, refused to submit and share the betrayal of the traitorous senior Princeps Maximus Karania, who took control of the Legio following the death of its former lord.Following the end of the Heresy, the Loyalist members of the Legio Tempestus seem to have reconstituted their Legio and made their home on the Forge World of Orestes in the Segmentum Pacificus.The Orestean faction of the Mechanicus is noted for its theological distinction between the notions of the Omnissiah and the Emperor, a belief that was shared by the personnel of the Legio Tempestus.
Legio Tempestus - Origins: The Legio Tempestus is a Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica, its towering god-engines counted amongst the mightiest and most accomplished of the Emperor's crusading hosts in the years before the Horus Heresy. One third of the fabled "Triad Ferrum Morgulus," the Legio Tempestus was founded alongside the Legio Mortis and Legio Ignatum in the distant Age of Strife on Mars.Throughout the blood-soaked insanity of that age, the Legio Tempestus stood firm against all foes, from machine-mutant abominations rising from the waste-strewn oxide deserts to rival Titan Orders marching from their own strongholds to battle.Much of the Legio Tempestus' history is lost within the anarchy that befell Mars during the Age of Strife or sealed away in forgotten data-crypts beneath the industrial waste. It is known, however, that the Titan Legion laid claim to the Tharsis region of the Red Planet, carving their fortress from the red basalt of Ascraeus Mons, one of the mightiest of Mars' many volcanoes. Around this, the Titan Legion constructed concentric rings of impregnable fortifications atop solidified lava ridges,  whilst below, Tempestus god-engines walked from towering armoured gates and scoured the surrounding plains of the tides of degenerate tech-savagery that broke continuously against them. It was from this steadfast fortress that Tempestus god-engines marched to scour the surrounding plains of degenerate tech-savages.The region claimed and defended by the Legio Tempestus bordered that of the Legio Mortis and, on countless occasions, the two Titan Orders came to blows over territorial rights and access to priceless caches of archaeotech found beneath the rust dunes. Though both Titan Legions shared a common enemy in the Cy-carnivora, and other phantasms of Old Night that plagued Mars throughout the age, a deep and mutual loathing developed between them that would later bear truly bitter fruit.The mighty fortress of the Legio Mortis was located in close proximity to Ascraeus Mons, at Pavonis Mons. The god-engines of these ancient Titan Orders battled across the oxide deserts until, at length, the region was divided by the so-called "Tempest Line."To cross this line in the red sand was to unequivocally declare war, an act that the Legio Mortis initiated on many more occasions than Tempestus if rumour was to be believed, and though both Titan Orders shared a common enemy in the Cy-carnivora and other phantasms of Old Night that plagued Mars throughout the age, a deep and mutual loathing developed between them that would later bear bitter fruit.Yet much of the anarchy that befell Mars during the long Age of Strife is lost to history or sealed away in forgotten data-crypts beneath the industrial wastes -- with the treachery revealed in the opening years of the 31st Millennium, few can imagine a complete history will ever be composed.
Legio Tempestus - Legion Combat Doctrine: During the Great Crusade the Legio Tempestus was split in two, a portion garrisoning Mars while the larger formation served in the expeditionary fleets under Horus, and eventually joined his rebellion.Despite this schism, the two mismatched halves still fought in a similar manner, favouring rapid deployments from orbital dropships and attacking with the fury of the storm.It is the creed of the Legio Tempestus that the manner of their death is as important as anything they do in life. Crews will fight on to the bitter end, obtaining firing solutions and stoking the reactor even as their Titan comes apart around them.Princeps of the Legio Tempestus have ever been known for their wrath and zeal both on the field of battle and away from it, and this trait has been passed on to their god-engines' Machine Spirits (artificial intelligences) through the technological sorcery of the MIU manifold.
Legio Tempestus - Legion Specific Wargear: Chasmata Pattern Laser Destructors - All of the Turbo-Laser Destructors and Laser Blasters that are carried by a Legio Tempestus Titan can be upgraded with Chasmata Pattern focussing technology.
Legio Tempestus - Knight Houses: House Malinax (Traitor)House Turbidos (Traitor)House Taranis (Martian division) (Loyalist)House Vornherr (Loyalist)Numerous Freeblade associations
Legio Tempestus - Space Marines: Death Guard (Traitor)Emperor's Children (Traitor)Sons of Horus (Traitor)Thousand Sons (Traitor)World Eaters (Traitor)
Legio Tempestus - Legion Colours: The Legio Tempestus' Legion colours are cobalt blue and silver.
Legio Tempestus - Legion Badge: The Legio Tempestus' Legion badge is a large eagle, wings elevated, centred on a white circle, outlined in black, centred on a field of cobalt blue.Lightning bolts, reminiscent of the Unification War-era lightning heraldry of the Emperor Himself, the Raptor Imperialis, are prominently displayed, radiating from beneath and above the eagle.The Traitor elements of the Legio Tempestus would often display the Eye of Horus somewhere on their honour banners to denote their loyalty to the Warmaster Horus during the Horus Heresy.
Legio Tempestus - Canon Conflict: The novel Mechanicum indicates that the Legio Tempestus uses the title "princeps maximus" for a senior princeps, and "princeps senioris" for a grand master of the Legio.However, the novel Titanicus indicates instead that the Legio uses the titles "first princeps" and "princeps maximus" for the senior princeps and grand master respectively -- exactly like the Legio Invicta.It is possible that the Legio changed its nomenclature in the ten millenia between the events depicted in these two novels, although it is also plausible that the author used the nomenclature of the Legio Invicta for clarity's sake -- especially as the Legio's officers are never addressed by rank in a conversation.
Legio Tempestus - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Rulebook (Speciality Game), pp. 7, 14-17, 68-69, 92Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Titandeath (Specialty Game), pp. 91-95Adeptus Titanicus - The Defence of Ryza (Specialty Game), pg. 83Adeptus Titanicus - Loyalist Legios (Specialty Game), pp. 8, 19, 21-22, 104, 117, 173Adeptus Titanicus - Traitor Legios (Specialty Game), pp. 18-23Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter (RPG), pg. 35Horus Heresy: Collected Visions (Art Book), pp. 354-357Horus Heresy Rulebook (1993), "The Battle for Earth," pp. 12-16Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy, pg. 8Imperial Armour Volume One - Second Edition, "Principal Forge Worlds of the Imperium," pg. 10The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 122-131The Horus Heresy - Book Four: Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 21-63, 138-143The Horus Heresy: Collected Visions, "The Siege of Terra," pp. 354-357Warhammer 40,000: Rulebook (6th Edition), "Force Dispositions in the Third War for Armageddon," pg. 193White Dwarf Oct 2018, "The Ultimate Guide to the Titan Legions," pp. 94-101White Dwarf 268 (UK), "Assault on Holy Terra," pp. 22-28White Dwarf 161 (UK), "Horus Heresy," pp. 37-42The Crimson King (Novel) by Graham McNeillMechanicum (Novel) by Graham McNeillTitanicus (Novel) by Dan AbnettAhriman: Unchanged (Novel), Chapter 8: Unleashed by John FrenchGames Workshop Online Store - Adeptus Titanicus: Legio Tempestus Transfer SheetWarhammer Community - Legio Tempestus, House Taranis & an Imperator Titan! (25 Mar 2020)Warhammer Community - Warhammer Fest UK 2019: Live Blog (10 May 2019)Warhammer Community - Adeptus Titanicus Part 6: The Titan Legions (14 Aug 2018)
Legio Tenerii - Legio Tenerii: The Legio Tenerii is a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica. This Titan Legion originally hailed from the notable Forge World of Mars.Soon after the signing of the Treaty of Mars, both the Legio Tenerii and Legio Suturvora were ordered to quit Mars and enter the service of the Great Crusade in perpetuity until its work of liberation was complete.
Legio Tenerii - Notable Campaigns: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Tenerii - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Tenerii - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Tenerii - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Tenerii are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Tenerii - Legion Badge: The Legion badge of the Legio Tenerii is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Thanataris - Legio Thanataris: The Legio Thanataris is a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica.
Legio Thanataris - Notable Campaigns: Damocles Gulf Crusade (742.M41) - The Legio Thanataris has taken part in the Damocles Gulf Crusade and is known to have fought on the surface of the major Tau world of Dal'yth Prime.
Legio Thanataris - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Thanataris - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Thanataris - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Thanataris are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Thanataris - Legion Badge: The Legion badge of the Legio Thanataris is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Tritonis - Legio Tritonis: The Legio Tritonis ("Dark Tide") was the first Blackshield Legio, a Titan Legion that fought only for itself and neither for the Imperium of Man nor for the Traitors of Chaos during the Horus Heresy.Hailing from the Forge World of Arachnus, during the middle years of the galaxy-wide civil war of the Horus Heresy, the planet and its two neighboring moons became engulfed in internecine conflict.Seeking to overthrow their perceived oppressors, which happened to include both the Emperor and the Warmaster Horus, this conflict eventually resulted in the rebellious elements having uncontested control of both Arachnus and its moon Iktomia, though battle still raged on the other moon, Nizkara, led by the fierce resistance of a handful of Legio Venator Titans.Arachnus declared itself an independent state and fought both Loyalist and Traitor alike during the Heresy. Originally formed from the secessionist faction of the Loyalist Legio Venator, Arachnus' newly founded Titan Legion renamed themselves the Legio Tritonis in homage to the three celestial bodies of their homne system -- Arachnus and its two moons, Iktomia and Nizkara.Others would come to know them by another name, calling them "Dark Tide" for the widespread destruction they brought down upon any who opposed them before they were finally purged from Arachnus by a Loyalist assault led by their own kin of the Legio Venator.
Legio Tritonis - Arachnus and the Legio Custodes: Given the barely concealed anti-Imperial sentiments of many amongst the ruling powers of Arachnus, it is ironic that much of the Forge World's prominence was built upon its role in supplying the Emperor's own Legio Custodes. Arachnus' expertise in laser technology soon saw them become a favoured supplier of the Custodes, with Arachnus Blaze Cannons and Arachnus Storm Cannons seeing frequent use on the heavier support elements of the Legio Custodes.Alongside this, Arachnus gained further renown for the loyal service elements of the Legio Venator gave within the expeditionary fleets of the Great Crusade, with many of its princeps noted for heroism and self-sacrifice. Combined, these two factors were seen by many amongst the Imperium as evidence of a societal shift amongst the once fiercely-resistant people of Arachnus, with the Forge World slowly transitioning into firm subjects of the Imperium. As history proved, this assessment was woefully ignorant.
Legio Tritonis - Legion Combat Doctrine: Iktomia, the first moon of Arachnus, had long ago altered its production capacity in favour of Warlord Titans, which were better suited to fight the mega-arachnids that once plagued Arachnus.During the Horus Heresy, this era of blood conflict was seen as a way to enact vengeance against the Imperium who had shackled their world to a distant overlord.In battle, a vanguard of Arachnus tech-cadres would accompany the Legio Tritonis to battle, deploying esoteric devices that could temporarily shroud a portion of the battlefield in impenetrable darkness. Thus, earning their aptly named moniker "Dark Tide" -- both for the use of this mysterious technology and their penchant for massive destruction.As many of their princeps possessed solar decades or even Terran centuries of service to their former Titan Legion, many princeps within the Legio Tritonis were natural leaders, able to quickly react to their foes and adapt a battleplan to counter any change in fortunes.Many Dark Tide princeps were highly respected on their homeworld and had an army of retainers, tech-priests and strategists that would gladly follow them into battle.These princeps viewed damage to their Titans as the greatest insult a foe could give and would strive to ensure the perpetrator was torn apart in return.
Legio Tritonis - Legion Specific Wargear: Radiative Warheads - Uncaring of the damage done to the planets they conquered, the Legio Tritonis quickly implemented the use of warheads that contained a radiation-heavy payload that placed great strain upon void shields.
Legio Tritonis - Notable Titans: Bellator Libertas (Warmaster-class Heavy Battle Titan) - The Bellator Libertas. depicted above, was a rare example of a Warmaster Heavy Battle Titan utilised by the Legio Tritonis during the Horus Heresy. The veil of secrecy which surrounded the existence of the Warmaster Titans means it is impossible to verify if Bellator Libertas, which roughly translates to "A Warrior's Freedom," was renamed following the foundation of the Legio Tritonis; the practice of renaming Dark Tide god-engines proved popular following Arachnus' declaration of independence from Imperium and Warmaster alike. Regardless, Bellator Libertas was utilised by Arachnus as a constant deterrent for dissent upon planets the Forge World's armies conquered during the Cataclysm of Iron. Collated testimonies from survivors of numerous invasions by Legio Tritonis forces indicate that the Warmaster Titan would emerge in the final moment of conflict. The Titan Legio would then unleash its might upon a city or military fortification, broadcasting the complete destruction of its target across the planet in question. Few retained the will for rebellion upon watching a single god-engine kill tens of thousands over the course of solar minutes, with surrender to the forces of Arachnus quickly following.Chainbreaker (Warlord-class Titan) - The Warlord Titan Chainbreaker, depicted above in propaganda distributed across the Forge Empire of Arachnus during the Cataclysm of Iron, originally bore the name Sonus est Omnissiah and had served under the banner of the Legio Venator since the 28th Millennium. Like many Legio Tritonis god-engines, Chainbreaker was titled anew following the foundation of the new Titan Legion, shedding its old identity in a public act of renewal.
Legio Tritonis - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Tritonis - Legion Strength: Estimates of the strength of the Legio Tritonis following the seccession of Arachnus from the Imperium are based upon comparisons of the surviving strength of the Legio Venator during the Horus Heresy against records collected before the Ullanor Crusade. While exact numbers are impossible to verify, records utilise the predictions of the Legio Venator in their assessment of the Dark Tide, placing the latter's strength between 50-90 god-engines during the Cataclysm of Iron, which would rank it as a Legio of the Secundus or Tertius-prime-grade.Suspected numbers vary widely thanks to Arachnus' efforts in siphoning resources from the Imperium and the Warmaster prior to its declaration of independence. Having maintained wardenship of Arachnus, the Legio Tritonis also retained control of ancient god-engines previously available to the Legio Venator, allowing it to field rarer patterns such as several Nemesis Titans and two known Imperator Titans.
Legio Tritonis - Legion Colours: This rebellious Titan Legion's colours are primarily grey with dark green painted on their god-engines' massive shoulder plates and portions of the Titan's head.Dark green and grey iconography was often used, as well as green chevrons painted upon Titans' lower legs.
Legio Tritonis - Legion Badge: This Titan Legion's badge is a black trident crowned by an Iron Halo and centred upon a red circlet surrounded by a field of black.
Legio Tritonis - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Traitor Legios (Specialty Game), pp. 156-161Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Crucible of Retribution (Specialty Game), pp. 6, 26-27, 30, 52-53The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, "Notable Engine-Wars of the Age of Darkness", pg. 16Warhammer Community - Crucible of Retribution - Titanic Tactics (22 Oct 2020)Warhammer Community - Coming Soon: Crucible of Retribution (29 Sept 2020)
Legio Ulricon - Legio Ulricon: The Legio Ulricon, also called the Legio Ulicon, was a Traitor Titan Legion of the Dark Mechanicum that repudiated its oaths to the Emperor of Mankind and followed the Warmaster Horus into the service of the Ruinous Powers during the Horus Heresy.The Legio Ulricon was known to have fought alongside the Night Lords Legion in the Thramas Crusade of the Horus Heresy, keeping the Dark Angels Legion at bay for over three standard years, so as to delay their deployment in support of the Loyalist cause on Terra.They were utterly devastated in a carefully coordinated ambush by the Dark Angels, who proceeded to destroy the Legio Ulricon's flagship, spilling its cargo of wrecked Titans into the void.It is unknown if any remaining elements of the Legion took part in the final campaign of the Warmaster's rebellion during the Siege of Terra or whether they were destroyed outright by the Dark Angels' assault.
Legio Ulricon - Notable Campaigns: Thramas Crusade (ca. 005-008.M31) - During the opening days of the Horus Heresy, the Warmaster Horus sent Night Haunter and his Night Lords Legion and their allies, including the Legio Ulricon, on a campaign of genocide against the Imperial strongholds of Heroldar and Thramas in the Aegis Sub-sector of the Eastern Fringes, thus protecting Horus' flank and delaying the Dark Angels Legion from reinforcing the Loyalists on Terra. This bitterly contested campaign dragged on for nearly three standard years, until the Dark Angels successfully broke the back of the Night Lords Legion and their allies in a meticulously executed ambush in space while the Traitors were in transit. During this engagement, the Legio Ulricon suffered the loss of their flagship along with dozens of Titan war engines, which tumbled out into the void after the Legio Ulricon's flagship was badly damaged.Scouring of Arten's World (Unknown Date.M31) - The Legio Ulricon, supported by Knight Banner Zholon-Kuthos of the traitorous House Makabius, won its darkest honour in this campaign, slaying three times their own number of Knights of House Vornherr.
Legio Ulricon - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ulricon - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ulricon - Legion Colours: This Traitor Titan Legion's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ulricon - Legion Badge: This Traitor Titan Legion's badge is not listed in current Imperial records
Legio Ulricon - Canon Conflict: In the 2018 rulebook for the Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy specialty game, the Legio Ulricon is instead referred to as the Legio Ulicon.
Legio Ultima - Legio Ultima: The Legio Ultima is a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica, one of the military arms of the Adeptus Mechanicus.There is a distinct possibility that this Legion may be one of two classified Titan Legions that personally serve the Fabricator-General of the Adeptus Mechanicus on Mars. The Legion's current status remains unknown.
Legio Ultima - Notable Campaigns: War of the Beast (544.M32) - The Legio Ultima are one of several different Imperial military factions that took part in the defence of the Imperium when they were attacked by the massive Ork WAAAGH! of the infamous Warlord, known only as The Beast. When the world of Ullanor was determined to be where The Beast's forces originated from, the Legio Ultima took part in the Second Invasion of Ullanor as a part of the Imperial strike force to invade the Orks capital world in order to slay The Beast, but ultimately were unsuccessful. Following this campaign, the current status of the Legio Ultima is unknown.
Legio Ultima - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ultima - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ultima - Legion Colours: The Legio Ultima's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ultima - Legion Badge: The badge of the Legio Ultima is a clenched armoured fist with two criss-crossing lightning bolts behind it. Behind the central symbol is the Cog Mechanicum symbol of the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Legio Ursa - Legio Ursa: The Legio Ursa is a Traitor Titan Legion that fell to Chaos. It was among the forces of Chaos under the command of the Warmaster Horus that took part in the Siege of Terra at the end of the Horus Heresy.
Legio Ursa - Legion Colours: The Legio Ursa's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ursa - Legion Badge: The Legio Ursa's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Ursa - Trivia: Ursa means "bear" in Latin.