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Lion El'Jonson - Imperium Secundus: With the torrential Ruinstorm raging, blocking out the light of the Astronomican and causing Warp travel to be all but impossible, the Imperium was effectively cut in half during much of the Horus Heresy following the Battle of Calth. The Dark Angels came to the realisation that they were unable to return to Terra to assist in its defence, even with the use of the Tuchulcha Engine.Miraculously, they managed to lock onto the beacon of the strange alien device known as the Pharos, on the world of Sotha, which guided the Ist Legion fleet safely through the Warp and to the Realm of Ultramar's capital world of Macragge.There, they were greeted by Roboute Guilliman and Sanguinius, whose Blood Angels Legion was also guided to the Realm of Ultramar by the Pharos.The three primarchs were instrumental in the foundation of the "Imperium Secundus" as a means of continuing the fight against the Traitors and securing the Emperor's great work. Guilliman proclaimed Sanguinius as the rightful heir to the Emperor and declared him the new ruler of Imperium Secundus.Lion El'Jonson was made the Lord Protector of this new empire of Humanity and supreme commander over all its military forces, a title that was similar to that of Warmaster. Unfortunately, the foundation of Imperium Secundus was marred when Curze escaped from the Invincible Reason and rampaged across Macragge, intent on spreading as much terror and chaos as he could.Eventually, both Guilliman and the Lion confronted the cornered Curze. Their attempts to kill him were unsuccessful as the Night Lords primarch had laid a cunning trap. He brought down an entire chapel upon the two primarchs through the use of planted explosives and fled the scene.Guilliman and the Lion were only saved through the direct intervention of the Loyalist Iron Warriors Warsmith Barabas Dantioch, who was communicating with Guilliman at the time of the attack through a portal that was opened by the Pharos. On instinct, the Warsmith reached through the portal and pulled the two primarchs to safety on Sotha.
Lion El'Jonson - Battle of Zepath: Feeling directly responsible for the Night Haunter's rampage on Macragge, the Lion continued to obsessively hunt his wayward former brother for the next two Terran years. In 011.M31, El'Jonson eventually was able to trace a slim lead on Curze's whereabouts to the Zepath System, which had since fallen to the Word Bearers and World Eaters forces during their Shadow Crusade.Farith Redloss, the Lieutenant-elect of the Dark Angels' Dreadwing, was charged with leading the hunt for Konrad Curze upon the world of Zepath. The Dark Angels quickly uncovered the horrors perpetrated by the Word Bearers for their dark rituals on that planet.Eventually, the Dark Angels took part in multiple engagements against the forces of both Traitor Legions, which culminated in the capital city of Numentis. The Traitor forces were utterly annihilated by the victorious Dark Angels and the world was left in the care of its surviving population.Meanwhile, another detachment of Dark Angels under Captain Ormand reinforced the Space Wolves against the Alpha Legion at the Alaxxes Nebula while another under Corswain was tasked by the Lion with hunting down Calas Typhon following the Battle of Perditus.
Lion El'Jonson - Passage of the Angels and the Crusade of Vengeance: At some point before or during the Siege of Terra, the Astronomican went dark for the Dark Angels fleet. Fearing that Terra had fallen to Horus, El'Jonson became nihilistic and instead of moving towards Terra pledged himself to vengeance through the destruction of as much of the Traitors' territory as he could. Using the rationalization of attacking the traitor homeworlds in hopes of drawing reinforcements away from Terra to his troops, El'Jonson oversaw the destruction of Chemos and Barbarus in a spiteful purge dubbed the "Passage of the Angels." Without the Astronomican, the Dark Angels continued to rely on the Tuchulcha Engine for guidance through the Warp.The Lion eventually ordered the Dark Angels fleet to head to Deliverance, the homeworld of the Raven Guard Legion where Corvus Corax and Leman Russ of the Space Wolves Legion were currently mustering their forces. The Lion was quick to question Corax's absence from the major fronts of the war, but his wrath was quickly extinguished by Russ, who pointed out that the Space Wolves' own survival was still an asset of great worth even if Terra remained beyond their reach.Russ declared he would join El'Jonson's so-called "Crusade of Vengeance," including with Space Wolves warriors equipped with the new suits of Mark VI Corvus Power Armour produced on Kiavahr. Yet Corax was cautious to commit his badly mauled Legion to what he saw as a needlessly spiteful waste of resources for a purely emotional gain, and only assigned a small expeditionary force of the Raven Guard to accompany the Space Wolves and the Dark Angels.Eventually, the Dark Angels made course for Terra on the Lion's command, but arrived too late to influence the outcome of the Siege of Terra or prevent the Emperor from being mortally wounded by Horus and interred on the Golden Throne.
Lion El'Jonson - Return to Caliban: El'Jonson, wracked with grief over the inability of his Dark Angels to reach Terra in time to prevent the fall of the Emperor during the Siege of Terra at the end of the Horus Heresy, returned to Caliban soon after the end of the siege for the first time in many standard years to reinforce his Dark Angels and recover from the shock of the Heresy. Caliban had long been cut off from the main body of the Legion due to the effects of the Ruinstorm and the other tempests that had roiled the Immaterium during the worst days of the Horus Heresy.When the Dark Angels' voidships arrived in Calibanite orbit, they were fired upon by a savage salvo of defensive fire from the surface. The fleet pulled back and the Lion tried to find out what was happening. He learned from a passing merchant ship that Luther had poisoned the minds of the Space Marine garrison on the world and taken control. It could only be seen by El'Jonson as the taint of Chaos once more woking its corruption, now upon the soul of his oldest friend and former mentor. The Lion's fury was let loose and the planet suffered. He ordered a systematic orbital bombardment of the planet, to rid the world of Chaos for all time.The planet burned and its defences were whittled down to nothing. Jonson led his forces personally against the defenders who had taken refuge in The Order's fortress-monastery. The Lion found Luther and saw him to be completely corrupted by Chaos, and almost nothing of his old friend had survived.Luther, now a Chaos Champion, had been elevated to a strength equal to that of the primarch through the "gifts" of the Chaos Gods and the two met in a combat the likes of which would not be seen again. They levelled the monastery around them but the planet was also taking a heavy toll. The sustained bombardment began to crack the surface of the planet's crust, the Dark Angels in orbit unable to see the damage they were wreaking upon their homeworld.
Lion El'Jonson - Final Battle: The battle between Luther and the Lion was titanic, but ended with a psychic attack which appeared to mortally wound El'Jonson. Luther then realised what he had done in his jealousy and anger, as if a veil of deceit had suddenly been lifted from in front of his eyes. He fell to the floor, unwilling to fight any more, but it was too late for El'Jonson.The enraged Ruinous Powers of Chaos realised they had lost control of yet another of their pawns, and sent a massive Warp storm to wrack the surface of the planet. It then broke apart under the strain, destroyed all but for the monastery of The Order which had been protected by potent defensive force fields.The rest of the Dark Angels who had been converted by Luther to the worship of Chaos were sucked into the Warp and scattered across the galaxy. From that time forward they were named the "Fallen Angels" or simply "the Fallen." The Fallen Angels were scattered throughout space and time, and Caliban tore itself apart under the strain of the Ruinous Powers' assault.When the Dark Angels descended to what remained of Caliban, now little more than an asteroid upon which stood The Order's fortress-monastery, they searched the ruins and found Luther mumbling that El'Jonson had been taken by the Watchers in the Dark and would return one day and forgive Luther for his sins. The Dark Angels could not find any trace of their primarch.The rest of the Dark Angels who had been converted by Luther to the worship of Chaos were sucked into the Warp and scattered across the galaxy. From that time forward they were named the "Fallen Angels" or simply "the Fallen."
Lion El'Jonson - Fate of the Lion: During his duel with Luther on Caliban, Lion El'Jonson suffered a severe psychic blow which left him mortally wounded. He was then briefly pulled into the raging Warp vortex. Luther survived the contest, but proved mentally unhinged and was taken prisoner by the Dark Angels.He was placed into a stasis cell deep within the bowels of The Rock (the remains of The Order's mightiest fortress-monastery and all that was left of their world Caliban), to contemplate his crimes against the Chapter's primarch, his continued existence a secret known only to each successive Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels, whose cell can only be accessed through the use of the Sword of Secrets, the Chapter artefact which is the mark of the Supreme Grand Master's office.El'Jonson, who had been briefly spirited away into the Warp during the destruction of Caliban, eventually emerged and was taken into a hidden and unreachable chamber deep within the heart of The Rock by the Watchers in the Dark and also placed into a dreamless sleep to keep him alive. This is a secret known only to the Emperor of Mankind Himself who, despite His living death, still sees all upon the Golden Throne.Even the Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels was not privy to this last and greatest secret of the Dark Angels. Yet, some amongst the Dark Angels long whispered that one day the Lion would return to lead one final crusade intended to achieve the Dark Angels' greatest victory for Mankind and finally bring justice and redemption to the remaining Fallen Angels. None knew that this legend had more truth to it than they realised, or that their lost primarch long slept peacefully at the heart of their own fortress-monastery.
Lion El'Jonson - Awakening: In the Era Indomitus, during the Arks of Omen Campaign, Lion El'Jonson awoke at last from his ten-thousand-year long sleep within the very heart of The Rock. While his brother primarch Roboute Guilliman's forté lies in matters of command and administration -- a task he accomplishes with aplomb -- Lion El'Jonson was ever a warrior, a hunter and killer, first and foremost. Now awakened into a galaxy of darkness and insanity, he strides between the stars on a mission of vengeance.Yet, somehow, long before his return reached the ears of the wider galaxy, the Lion's legend had begun to spread from planet to planet within Imperial space -- disconnected worlds united by a mysterious figure who stalked from mist-wreathed passageways to cut down fearsome monsters like chaff. Some knew him as the "Cowled Giant" or the "Unforgiving Knight," or even mistakenly as the "Emperor Incarnate," and his arrival was always heralded by an apparition of ancient forests fading from the aether.The true nature of this empyric travel is known only to the primarch himself, but as he lay slumbering beneath The Rock his dreams often returned to the Calibanite forests of his youth. Could he have been borne in his restless sleep to other worlds by the ghosts of that same arboreal realm, slain in the destruction of Caliban? He's certainly not telling, but the practical applications of this ability to appear as if from nowhere through the Warp are not lost on him.
Lion El'Jonson - Great Crusade and Horus Heresy: Leonine Panopoly - The Lion wore a suit of Artificer Armour made to his exacting specifications known as the Lion Panopoly.Lion Helm - The Lion Helm is a sacred object of the Dark Angels Chapter. It is said to have been worn by Primarch Lion El'Jonson and at present takes the form of a winged Mark VII Aquila Power Armour helmet. The helm is carried by a Watcher in the Dark. Built into the helmet is a protective force field which can be activated even when the helm is not being worn. The Lion Helm is currently worn by Supreme Grand Master Azrael.Lion Sword - The Lion Sword is the great sword of the primarch of the Dark Angels, Lion El'Jonson. The sword was broken in antiquity and lost. It is now rumoured to be carried by the mysterious Fallen Angel Cypher who seeks to reforge it and present it to the Emperor, obtaining absolution and forgiveness for all of the Fallen who wish it.Wolf Blade - The Lion sometimes chose to wield a great, two-handed chainsword known as an Eviscerator that he named the Wolf Blade.
Lion El'Jonson - 41st Millennium (Era Indomitus): Artificer ArmourFealty - This great, primarch-sized Power Sword crafted in the traditional style of the arming swords of the knights of lost Caliban greatly enhances the Lion's ability to engage in mass butchery.Emperor's Shield - What truly marks Lion El'Jonson out as a warrior of truly singular provenance isn't even his sword, but rather the Emperor's Shield. This auramite shield was once wielded by the Emperor Himself, and aside from its indomitable protective powers it reflects the force of any incoming attacks right back at the Lion's foe with a sonorous boom.
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Lion El'Jonson - Lord of the First (Novella) - Lion El'Jonson - Lord of the First (Novella): Lion EL'Jonson - Lord of the First is the thirteenth novella in the Horus Heresy - Primarchs series. The novella was released on October 27, 2020.
Lion El'Jonson - Lord of the First (Novella) - Synopsis: Each primarch is an exemplary being, derived from the Emperor's own genetic stock to embody a facet of His personality. Their powers are unfathomable, but only one of them is the First. Lion El'Jonson is the paragon of what it is to be a primarch. His Legion, pre-eminent for most of their long history, typify the virtues of temperance, pride, and martial excellency that the Lion embodies. They are the Emperor's last line and final sanction. They are His Dark Angels.Now, while the Emperor gathers His mightiest sons for an assault on Ullanor Prime, the Lord of the First instead draws his Legion to the farthest reaches of the known galaxy, seeking to subdue a single rebellious world. Is this but another example of the Lion's infamous pride, or is there more afoot amidst that graveyard of empires that is the Ghoul Stars, more than the Lion will share even with his own sons?
Lion Guard - Lion Guard: The Lion Guard is a paramilitary force comprised of normal Humans drawn from the worlds of the Lion's Protectorate in the Imperium Nihilus and which acts to defend the protectorate from future Chaos and xenos assaults. It is under the command of Primarch Lion El'Jonson of the Dark Angels and is modelled on the mortal forces he once commanded on Caliban during the time of his hunt for that lost world's Great Beasts.In the wake of the Lion's awakening in the Era Indomitus and his journeys into the Dark Imperium through the sub-realm of the Immaterium known as Mirror-Caliban, the Lion and his allies among The Risen saved many worlds from the forces of Chaos.On those worlds that chose to accept the Lion's protection and join his protectorate, men and women were organised into a defence force to help defend their world from future incursions.
Lion Helm - Lion Helm: The Lion Helm is an ancient and revered artefact that takes the form of an angelic-winged helm, said to have once been worn by the Dark Angels' Primarch Lion El'Jonson during the bygone days of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy over ten thousand standard years ago.It is now the primary badge of office of the current Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels. As with all heirlooms connected to the mighty Primarch of the Dark Angels, it is attended by the mysterious Watchers in the Dark, one of the strange race of creatures which inhabit the Chapter's mobile fortress-monastery, known as the The Rock.The helm generates a powerful force field that has protected the Supreme Grand Master since the days when the Dark Angels were still a Space Marine Legion, in a similar way that an Iron Halo would. To don that winged helmet is to take up the mantle of the Lion and lead the Dark Angels to victory, or die in the attempt.
Lion Warriors - Lion Warriors: The Lion Warriors is a Codex Astartes-compliant Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin and Founding. Nothing else is known about the Chapter in Imperial records.
Lion Warriors - Chapter Colours: The Lion Warriors primarily wear mustard yellow Power Armour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard, as well as the shoulder plates are black. The shoulder plate trim is mustard yellow. The mustard yellow squad specialty symbol -- Tactical, Devastator, Assault or Veteran -- is located on the right shoulder plate. A black Gothic numeral is stenciled in the centre of the squad specialty symbol, indicating squad number. The colour of the left knee guard indicates company number in accordance with the Codex Astates -- i.e. White (1st Company), Yellow (2nd Company), Red (3rd Company), Green (4th Company), etc.
Lion Warriors - Chapter Badge: The Lion Warriors' Chapter badge is a stylised mustard yellow profile of a lion's head on a field of black.
Lions Azure - Lions Azure: Lions AzureSpace MarineChapterFoundingWardens of the PhilaeDuring the Era Indomitus, the Torchbearers' Gladius Ad Umbra Fleet could not locate the Chapter they had been designated to reinforce with Primaris Space Marines, the Lions Azure, in the Afqal Sub-sector.But they did unexpectedly contact the Wardens of the Philae Chapter. The Wardens' history over the last three standard millennia so closely matched the fleet's records of the Lions Azure that the commander could not be certain if they were one and the same or not.
Lions Azure - Chapter Colours: The Lions Azure's Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Lions Azure - Chapter Badge: The Lions Azure's Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Lions Defiant - Lions Defiant: Lions DefiantCodex AstartesSpace MarineChapterFoundingImperial
Lions Defiant - Notable Campaigns: The Night of a Thousand Rebellions (992.999.M41) - Carefully seeded and stoked by Chaos forces, hundreds of uprisings all broke out on a single night across Segmentum Pacificus which became known as the Night of a Thousand Rebellions. Unrest raced like wildfire, consuming many outlying planets, but also supposedly secure worlds like Enceladus, Darkhold, and Minisotira. Imperial worlds thought impervious to unrest were beset by mass violence. Even the homeworld of the Lions Defiant Space Marine Chapter was lost to the anarchy caused by the coordinated activity of secret cults and frenetic agitators. Contact was lost with large swathes of the Segmentum as Chaos Space Marine forces moved in to take advantage of the discord they had orchestrated.
Lions Defiant - Chapter Colours: The Lions Defiant's Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Lions Defiant - Chapter Badge: The Lions Defiant's Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Lions Sable - Lions Sable: Lions SableSpace MarineChapterSecond FoundingDark AngelsDuring the unspoken period of Imperial history known as the Forgotten Wars (580.M31-632.M32), the Lions Sable were completely annihilated during a disastrous campaign into the Eye of Terror whilst in pursuit of the notorious Fallen Angel known as Cypher.The Chapter's subsequent fate and entire history was deliberately destroyed by the Dark Angels.Ironically, by the 33rd Millennium, when the sacred document known as the Apocrypha of Davio was written in an attempt to list all of the known Second Founding Chapters, the name Lions Sable had already been lost.
Lions Sable - Chapter History: Across the Imperium, it is no longer known exactly how many Successor Chapters were made from the extant Space Marine Legions. Although many of those newly created organisations still exist, some have since been destroyed, and others have lost their records and history over ages of war and turmoil.This is a convenience which the Dark Angels have taken advantage of, for by claiming their records were damaged in a plasma reactor overload as they outfitted The Rock, they could veil a fraction of their past. It was another lie, for the Dark Angels destroyed those records themselves.The Dark Angels are aware of the scrutiny they are under for the close relationship shared by their many Chapters, but there is another matter that they wish to keep from being uncovered: the loss of the last of the Second Founding Chapter created from the Dark Angels gene-seed, the ill-fated Lions Sable.Of that time, the Unforgiven do not speak. It was one of their first encounters with the one who was named Cypher, and the history of the long campaign that is referred to as the Forgotten Wars is known only to the highest of the Chapter's Inner Circle.It was only at the end of this gruelling series of hunts and battles that many came to the realisation that Cypher was something more dangerous than just another of their Fallen brethren.
Lions Sable - Assault of Brigia: Acting upon the information extracted from the recently captured Fallen known as Brother Sytrx, the Dark Angels and Angels of Vengeance accomplished much, deploying strike teams ranging in size from a few squads to a full company or more. This allowed them to continue their secret missions while still fulfilling all obligations assigned by the High Lords of Terra.However, the chase for Cypher stretched from standard years into solar decades, until it came to a grinding halt when the trail led to the densely populated world of Brigia. It had been determined that the commander of the Planetary Defence Force -- Grand Captain Tylius -- was most probably one of their Fallen brethren.He had certainly been in recent contact with Cypher. As if he had been forewarned that he was being hunted, the Grand Captain was wary. He remained within Brigia's most formidable fortress system, an entire army acting as his personal bodyguard.With his forces spread thin across the Gothic Sector, Purson, the Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels, gathered all the Unforgiven within range. The Angels of Redemption and the Lions Sable answered the summons. Well-timed Drop Pod assaults swiftly deployed troops and bunker-busting Dreadnoughts. Lance strikes from Land Speeder formations kept the foes on the ramparts down and eliminated key bunker-mounted gun turrets. With precision timing and deadly accuracy, the Unforgiven made headway through the outermost defences, working their way inwards.They were poised for the second phase of the operation -- a final attack on the central keep where Grand Captain Tylius was hidden -- when the unexpected happened. A new target of opportunity appeared on the battlefield -- Cypher. His appearance in the trench line immediately drew in Purson's Terminator reserves, as they teleported in an attempt to surround their quarry.Grand Captain Tylius was a cunning tactician, however, and he chose this moment to release his hitherto unsuspected reserve force. A large formation of Chaos Terminators from the Alpha Legion teleported to aid his fortress defence, while mobs of cultists were called up from the nearby population centres.The war that erupted over the fortified bunkers was intense, prolonged and destructive. The clash of Terminators was at first evenly matched, but the Unforgiven were driven by righteous fury, and in the end that proved decisive. Eventually, the last squad of debased enemies was taken out by a single, well-placed burst of energy from a Land Speeder Vengeance's Plasma Storm Battery.Only then could the Unforgiven return to the pursuit of Cypher and the final stronghold assault to pry out Tylius. Both ventures proved too late -- for Cypher and Tylius had made good their escape.
Lions Sable - Notable Campaigns: The Forgotten Wars (580.M31-632.M32) - The Dark Angels, along with their Successor Chapters the Lions Sable, Angels of Vengeance and the Angels of Redemption embarked on the trail of multiple Fallen. The clues led them through the Segmentum Obscurus and deep into the Gothic Sector and eventually into the Eye of Terror itself. In hindsight it is easy to see that the Ruinous Powers baited the Dark Angels. Only the Dark Angels' irrepressible resolve allowed them to escape, and they paid a high price in casualties. The Lions Sable Chapter was completely annihilated. The truth of how it was lost was covered up by the Dark Angels, and by the time of the 33rd Millennium, it was already forgotten.
Lions Sable - Recruiting Worlds: Although there are many Unforgiven recruiting worlds -- the full number of which is known only to the Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels -- the majority of them are Feudal Worlds, much like Caliban was. Over time some recruiting worlds have been lost -- either permanently, such as Grymmport, or for a short period, like the Plainsworld -- but new sites are constantly added.Upon some of these recruitment worlds, the Dark Angels have built fortress-monasteries -- large, well-defended complexes where hopeful Initiates can compete for the honour of being selected.Other planets have smaller outposts, ranging from a Fortress of Redemption to a mere statue, in front of which ceremonies might take place. The most feral of these planets have nothing but legends of visitors from the sky appearing at regular intervals.At need, some established recruiting worlds have been given over to Successor Chapters, or vice versa, and much work is done to ensure that any records held by the Adeptus Administratum are soon lost.For instance, Nachtwald was originally the main homeworld of the Lions Sable, but after their destruction it passed into the control of the Angels of Vengeance, and has since been used primarily by the Angels of Absolution.
Lions Sable - Chapter Fleet: Fury of Caliban (Strike Cruiser) - The Fury of Caliban was a strike cruiser of the Lions Sable's Chapter fleet.
Lions Sable - Chapter Colours: The Lions Sable's Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Lions Sable - Chapter Badge: The Lions Sable's Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Liquifier Gun - Liquifier Gun: A Liquifier Gun is a Drukhari weapon which sprays a huge amount of potent acid that melts through flesh and armour alike.Minions of the feared Haemonculi like Wracks usually have Liquifier Guns implanted within their bodies from which they can fire their own acid-like blood onto their foes.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 1st Combine Replenishment Battalion: The 1st Combine Replenishment Battalion is most likely an ad hoc regiment comprised of multiple badly mauled regiments that were merged into one battle-effective, combat-ready regiment. The 1st Combine Replenishment Battalion took part in the defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems during the 13th Black Crusade against the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 3rd Devash: The 3rd Devash is a regiment of the Imperial Guard that hails from the Imperial world of Devash. The 3rd Devash were sent in support of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, a massive Imperial Crusade fought over the course of more than 23 standard years between 755.M41 and 778.M41, to help retake the Sabbat Worlds Sector located at the rimward edge of the Segmentum Pacificus from the heretical forces of Chaos.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 4th Grey Phantoms: The 4thGrey Phantoms is a regiment of the Imperial Guard raised on an unspecified world. In 999.M41, the Phantoms took part in the valiant defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems during the 13th Black Crusade, against the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 5th Columnus: The 5th Columnus is a Traitor Imperial Guard regiment that fought with the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41. Commanded by the demagogue Colonel Jobe, the 5th Columnus made a push towards the Belis Corona System, but had first to secure a jungle moon that was the sight of an Astropathic way station. Chapter Master Absolon led the Astartes Marines Exemplar Space Marine Chapter in an attempt to retake the way station, but his force was greatly outnumbered by the Traitor Guardsmen. Leading an attempted breakout, the majority of his company managed to escape, but the Chapter Master's Thunderhawk gunship was shot down, exploding as it failed to clear the jungle canopy.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 6th Canadal: The 6th Canadal is an Imperial Guard regiment that hails from the Imperial world of Canadal. They are known to have participated in the Defence of Rogsburg, a city on the world of Tallarn III, during a massive Ork invasion.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 7th Cartigian: The 7th Cartigian is an Imperial Guard regiment that hails from the Imperial world of Cartigia. They took part in an Imperial campaign on the world of Bath Sanctuary alongside the Catachan XVII "the Screaming Devils" Regiment.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 8th Cadian: The 8th Cadian or Cadian VIIIth, known as "The Lord Castellan's Own," is amongst the most illustrious of the Cadian Shock Troops regiments that hail from the Fortress World of Cadia, located in the Segmentum Obscurus. They are famed throughout the Imperium for their skill and discipline, standing on the front line of Cadia's defence against the predations of the forces of Chaos that pour out of the Eye of Terror. The 8th Cadian serves as the personal regiment of Ursarkar E. Creed, the current Lord Castellan of Cadia.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 9th Cardosian: The 9th Cardosian are a regiment of the Imperial Guard that hails from the Imperial world of Cardosia. The regiment was annihilated during Colonel Zurinev's aborted "Grand All-Conquering Raid." The remnants of the 9th Cardosian now a part of an Imperial garrison charged with guarding the Xenthorp System.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 9th Regiment: The 9th Regiment, also known as "The Traitor 9th," is a Traitor Imperial Guard regiment that fought with the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 13th Penal Legion: The 13th Penal Legion, also known as the "Last Chancers," is a special regiment composed of Imperial criminals and convicts. All the men and women of the Last Chancers are hand-picked by the fiercely uncompromising Colonel Schaeffer for the performance of suicide missions on behalf of the Imperium of Mankind throughout the galaxy. The convicts are given a "last chance" by Schaeffer to be forgiven of their crimes in the eyes of the Emperor of Mankind and this is achieved by receiving an Imperial pardon from the Colonel. These pardons are awarded only to those members of the regiment who survive a number of military operations determined by Schaeffer. Colonel Schaeffer personally pardons all those who die during an operation posthumously.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 13th/5th Imperial Army: The 13th/5th Imperial Army, also known as "Hylgar's Hellraisers," was an Imperial Army formation according to obscure but extensive records. Although recorded in Imperial records as an Imperial Guard regiment of the late 41st Millennium active between 975.M41 and 988.M41, many of its elements are in fact highly archaic and more reminiscent of an Imperial Army regiment of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy periods. What is known is that its regimental name designates it as the 13th Imperial Army of the 5th Quadrant, and that it was commanded by Julius Hylgar, a senior member of the Administratum as well as the holder of several other Imperial titles, such as "Cardinal of Kolarne" and "Grand Marnier Militaris." This latter title was one used by the Administratus Militarium, the Administratum's martial branch (a possible antecedent of the current Departmento Munitorum).
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 13th/23rd Tiger Lizards: The 13th/23rd, also known as the "Tiger Lizards," was a regiment of the Imperial Guard. They were known to have fought against the Tyranids under the regimental command of Lieutenant Colonel Uskra, who commented on his regiment's ability to attack in perfect coordination.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 17th/21st Tiger Lizards: The 17th/21st, also known as the "Tiger Lizards," was an Imperial Army formation that existed as early as the 30th Millennium, possibly during the Unification Wars era. Their presence was recorded in the Codicium Arkathalor, a fragmentary record of the Imperial campaigns conducted in the Pandora Sector. The Tiger Lizards were recorded as one of at least two regiments made up of "split" formations, where two wholly individual, but badly mauled regiments were merged into one battle-effective fighting regiment (in this case they were merged with the 61st/320th Orenian).
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 19th Grey Lancers: The 19th Grey Lancers is a regiment of the Imperial Guard raised on an unspecified world. In 999.M41, the Lancers took part in the valiant defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems during the 13th Black Crusade, against the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 24th Grenadiers: The 24th Grenadiers are an Imperial Guard regiment in the late 41st Millennium that also serves as the house guard of the Imperial nobleman, Lord Jerome A. Vicore.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 43rd/65th Heidrun: The 43rd/65th Heidrun is a regiment of the Imperial Guard raised on the world of Heidrun. The regimental name designates it as the 43rd Imperial Army Regiment of the 65th Quadrant, indicating that this particular regiment's origins might lay in the bygone era of the Great Crusade. The 43rd/65th Heidrun took part in the valiant defence of Cadia in 999.M41, during the 13th Black Crusade against the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 55th Arnaud Fast Attack: The 55th Arnaud Fast Attack is a motorised regiment of the Imperial Guard that hails from the Imperial world of Arnaud. The 55th Arnaud took part in in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, a massive Imperial Crusade fought over the course of more than 23 standard years between 755.M41 and 778.M41, to help retake the Sabbat Worlds Sector located at the rimward edge of the Segmentum Pacificus from the heretical forces of Chaos.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 61st/320th Orenian: The 61st/320th Orenian was an Imperial Army formation that existed as early as the 30th Millennium, possibly during the Unification Wars era. Their presence was recorded in the Codicium Arkathalor, a fragmentary record of the Imperial campaigns conducted in the Pandora Sector. The Tiger Lizards were recorded as one of at least two regiments made up of "split" formations, where two wholly individual, but badly mauled regiments were merged into one battle-effective fighting regiment (in this case they merged with the 17th/21st "Tiger Lizards").
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 81st Malfi Light Infantry: The 81st Malfi Light Infantry hail from the fractious Hive World of Malfi in the Calixis Sector, making up the bulk of Imperial Guard forces stationed at Fort Saint Annard. Commanded by Major Barl Felthan, the 81st Malfi is a light, highly mobile infantry force specialising in skirmishing and urban combat.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 85th Vendoland: The 85th Vendoland is an Imperial Guard regiment raised from the Imperial world of Vendoland, located in Sub-sector Aurelia during the events surrounding the invasion of a Tyranid splinter Hive Fleet and an incusion by the forces of Chaos aimed at destroying the Blood Ravens Space Marine Chapter. The 85th is based on the sub-sector capital Hive World Meridian, where they often have to put down food riots. The 85th Vendoland is never seen deploying tanks in support of its units, but the men of the regiment are hardy and the 85th has many Storm Trooper companies, who assisted the Blood Ravens during the battles at Angel Gate and Typhon. The 85th Vendoland emphasises use of the bayonet in close-quarters fighting, and the troops of this regiment are equipped in much the same way as regiments of the Cadian Shock Troops.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 87th Bluebloods: The 87th "Bluebloods" was an Imperial Guard regiment that faced an unfortunate end. Fighting under the command of Captain Anton Mossman, the Bluebloods were extinguished to a man in in 967.M38, when they fought against the Dark Eldar Kabal of the Flayed Skull led by the cruel female Archon Kruellagh. The only survivor was Captain Mossman, who later died at the hands of the Inquisition while undergoing questioning.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 93rd Lost Hope: The 93rd Lost Hope is an Imperial Guard regiment raised from an unspecified world that in 999.M41 took part in the valiant defence of Cadia and its surrounding system during the 13th Black Crusade from the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 122nd Borlean: Prior to the Gothic War in 139.M41, following the scout frigate Ascendance receiving a garbled plea for help from the ageing astropath of the Arx watch station, the 122nd Borlean Imperial Guard Regiment was sent to reinforce the Imperial Guard skeleton garrison on the planet. Arriving four solar months later, the 122nd found the Imperial garrison wiped out, and their investigation, described by Captain Thetis, failed to identify the attackers. The experienced Inquisitor Horst was sent to find those responsible.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 122nd Bushrats: The 122nd Bushrats is a regiment of the Imperial Guard raised on an unknown world. Recently, the Bushrats took part in the defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems against the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler, and his 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 181st Wolfpack: The 181st Wolfpack is a regiment of the Imperial Guard raised on an unspecified world. The 181st Wolfpack took part in the defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems against the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler, and his 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 194th Parsus III Regiment: The 194th Parsus III is an Imperial Guard regiment raised from an unspecified world that took part in the valiant defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems in 999.M41, during the 13th Black Crusade from the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 282nd Light Colonial Guard: The 282nd Light Colonial Guard is an Imperial Guard regiment from an unspecified world that in 999.M41 took part in the valiant defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos during the 13th Black Crusade from the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - 584th Firestarters: The 584th Firestarters are a regiment of the Imperial Guard raised on an unspecified world. In 999.M41, the Firestarters took part in the valiant defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems during the 13th Black Crusade, against the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Abyssian Regiments: The Abyssian Regiments are regiments of the Imperial Guard raised on the world of Abyssia. Recently, the Abyssian IXth Regiment was deployed in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos, commanded by Abaddon the Despoiler during his 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Aegina Prestige: The Aegina Prestige are the elite heavy infantry regiments of the Imperial Guard raised up from the Imperial world of Aegina, located in the Medina Corridor, in the Medina Sub-sector. The Prestige regiments appear resplendent in their armour of wire and carbon-diamond. These resolute and fearless Guardsmen are fiercely methodical, utilising Mortars and heavy weapons fire-teams to funnel the enemy into "murder lanes" in which they march towards the enemy laying down a fan of Lascannon fire that forces the foe to scatter into concentrated groups even easier to pick off. The Aegina Prestige are notable for utilising a small number of Guardsmen who lay down enough sustained fire to convince the enemy that there are actually a higher number of Imperial troops holding the lines.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Aegis Regiments: The Aegis Regiments are the regiments of Imperial Guard raised from the world of Aegis. In 956.M41, the Kieldar Rebellion was utterly crushed by the combined forces of the Aegis, Athanos, Bannan, Birmingham, Cadian, Catachan, Elysia, Harakoni, Jjojos, K'phrani, Loriar, Morax,Mordian, Neocassan, Paragon, Pintax, Rassiosan, Tallarn and Vostroyan regiments.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Afghali Ravagers: The Afghali Ravagers are regiments of the Imperial Guard raised on the world of Afghal. At least two regiments, the 1st and 3rd Afghali Ravagers, took part in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, a massive Imperial Crusade fought over the course of more than 23 standard years between 755.M41 and 778.M41, to help retake the Sabbat Worlds Sector located at the rimward edge of the Segmentum Pacificus from the heretical forces of Chaos.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Agathon Regiments: The Agathon Regiments are regiments of Imperial Guard raised up from the world of Agathon. In 932.M41, Techno Magus Stannum Vir discovered fragments of an STC device on the Agri-World of Jollov. However, a vanguard tendril of the newly emergent Tyranid Hive Fleet Moloch threatened to consume the world before it could be recovered. At the Techpriest's behest a courageous defence of the planet's spaceport ensured. Elements of the Agathon, Catachan, Mordian, Kanak and Molov regiments die to buy enough time for the Adeptus Mechanicus to flee with the invaluable technological relic.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Agripinaa Home Guard: The Agripinaa Home Guard are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the world of Agripinaa. They recently sent four regiments, including the 2nd, 65th and 19th Home Guard regiments as well as the 67th Armoured Rifles regiment in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41. All three Home Guard regiments are currently listed as missing in action.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Al'Arach Regiments: The Al'Arach Regiments are regiments of Imperial Guard raised on the Imperial Cult-dominated world of Al-Arach. There is little information on this regiment in current Imperial records.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Alasia Prime Mobile Infantry: The Alasia Prime Mobile Infantry are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the world of Alasia. They recently sent the 17th Alasia Prime Mobile Infantry in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Alba Highland Militia: The Alba Highland Militia are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the mountainous world of Alba. They recently sent the 4th Alba Highland Militia regiment in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Aldarriss Regiments: The Aldarriss Regiments are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the world of Aldarriss. They recently sent the Aldarriss 1st regiment in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Alderia Royal Guards: The Alderia Royal Guards are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the world of Alderia. They recently sent one regiment of the Alderia Royal Guards in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Alloran Regiments: The Alloran Regiments are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the world of Alloran. They recently sent one regiment of the Alloran 5th regiment in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Amaquan Regiments: The Amaquan Regiments are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the world of Amaquan. They recently sent one regiment of the Amaquan 1st in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Ambrosian Regiements: The Ambrosian Regiments are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the world of Ambrosia. They recently sent the Ambrosian 35th Regiment in support of the Imperial defence of Cadia and its surrounding systems from the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Amerigo Secundus Wolverines: The Amerigo Secundus Wolverines are the regiments of the Imperial Guard that hail from the Imperial world of Amerigo Secundus. The Wolverines are known to have taken part in the campaign to overthrow the Jyokoroi Tyranny in 749.M39, and were exalted for their efforts.
List of Astra Militarum Regiments - Amistel 24th Cavalry: The Amistel 24th Cavalry is a cavalry-mounted Imperial Guard regiment that hails from the Imperial world of Amistel, located in the Agripinaa Sector in the Segmentum Obscurus. The Amistel 24th recently fought against the forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler during the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41.