Legio Lysanda - Origins: The founding of the Legio Lysanda was a far cry from the quasi-ritualistic affair that is normally associated with the creation of a new Titan Legion, for it was born not out of desire to seed a new Titan Legion but rather pure necessity.As the Great Crusade pushed ever onwards and the borders of the Imperium expanded, it came into contact with increasing numbers of hostile empires, both xenos and otherwise, that offered a significant threat to the developing Imperium of Man. Given the widespread nature of the expeditionary fleets, it proved impossible for each threat to receive proper attention upon discovery, and in such instances containment became the goal until such time as a suitable force could be assembled.Thus the newest borders of the Imperium, consisting of star systems only recently sworn to the Emperor, faced the persistent threat of invasion from creatures emerging from the darkest recesses of the galaxy to tear down the edifices of Mankind.Mindful that the continued loyalty of newly-Compliant worlds would be impossible should many remain threatened by external foes, edicts were issued demanding the foundation of dedicated forces intended to watch over the boundaries of Imperial space. In the Ultima Segmentum, a Titan Legion, bearing the title Legio Lysanda, was founded as one such force.Formed from Titans gifted by over a dozen Forge Worlds, though primarily the twin Forge Worlds of Konor and Gantz, the Legio Lysanda, or the "Sentinels of the Edge" as they soon became known, were tasked not with maintaining wardenship over a single Forge World but rather with protecting the edge of Imperial space. For this role, only princeps of keen mind and cool humours were chosen to fill the ranks of the Legio Lysanda, for a bellicose and vengeful nature was deemed detrimental to the task at hand.Though only 21 god-engines were assembled for the founding of the Legio Lysanda, the Titan Legion soon proved its worth, throwing back the assembled might of the Yuntari Militia, a xenos-Human alliance of raiders that had long troubled the worlds at the edge of the Imperium's eastern border with assaults upon the mining belts of Danticoh Prime.In the following solar decades, maniples of Legio Lysanda Titans were dispatched to over a dozen Imperial worlds deemed at threat, performing their duty as guardians with resolute efficiency and patience.Each time the Imperium's borders moved outwards, a portion of the Legio Lysanda would depart the worlds they had sheltered for years, redeploying to an expeditionary fleet to aid the Imperial Compliance of a new world from which they would begin the cycle of guardianship once more.In its role as temporary warden, the Legio Lysanda developed a reputation for even-temperament so precise that many who had served alongside the Titan Legion claimed its princeps could not be angered, no matter the trials that faced them. Indeed, it was noted that prospective Titan crew were required to undergo a period of solitude and introspection before being allowed to ascend to command their own god-engines.Within the Legio Lysanda, there appeared little trace of a hunger for glory so prominent in many other Titan Legions and its princeps were instilled with the belief that they served as a counterpoint to the desires and lust for battle that oft-possessed the Machine Spirits (artificial intelligences) of their god-engines. To function within their role, a princeps must forever watch out for a changing in nature, lest they forsake all they had sworn to protect.