vizn3r/warhammer40k-lore huggingface dataset:
Legio Xestobiax - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book Seven: Inferno (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 32, 104-111, 172-174, 178-183Inferno! Vol. 3, "The Spirit of Cogs" by John French, pp. 14-45Divination (Novel) by John French, Ch. 4
Legion (Novel) - Legion (Novel): Legion is the seventh volume in the Horus Heresy series of novels.
Legion (Novel) - Synopsis: A Great War is coming, and it will engulf the Imperium of Man. The Space Marines of the Alpha Legion, the last and most secretive of all the Legiones Astartes brotherhoods, arrive on a heathen world to support the Imperial Army in a pacification campaign against strange and uncanny forces. But what drives the Alpha Legion? Can they be trusted, and what side will they choose when the Great War begins? Loyalties are put to the test, and the cunning schemes of an alien intelligence revealed.
Legion Apothecarion Detachment - Legion Apothecarion Detachment: A  Legion Apothecarion Detachment was a specialised support unit of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.These transhuman healers carried the most sacred trusts of the Legion -- the care of its fallen and the promise of its future.This small detachment consisted of 1 to 3 Apothecaries who served as battlefield healers, tending to the wounded and the maimed and who recovered the sacred gene-seed from slain Astartes.Outside of combat, these Legion Apothecaries were responsible for monitoring the Legion's neophytes for mutation or flaws in their gene-seed and Astartes organ implants and for carrying out the implantation process in their Legion's Aspirants.
Legion Apothecarion Detachment - History: Legion Apothecaries were charged with maintaining the bodily health of their battle-brothers.Serving as battlefield healers it was the Apothecary's task to proffer aid to the wounded, return the injured back to the fray and minister final mercy (the Emperor's Peace) to those in need of it.For those beyond help, they also had the onerous duty of recovering the Legion's gene-seed zygotes for implantation in future generations of Space Marines.These tasks required skill, learning and above all else, courage, for it was one thing to fight an enemy, and quite another to turn from battle and tend to the fallen in the midst of war when all around was a whirlwind of slaughter, heedless of safety.
Legion Apothecarion Detachment - Unit Composition: 1-3 Legion Apothecaries
Legion Apothecarion Detachment - Deployment: Each Apothecary is assigned to one of the following squad types in a Space Marine Legion force during deployment:Legion Tactical SquadLegion Breacher Siege SquadLegion Destroyer SquadLegion Seeker SquadLegion Tactical Support SquadLegion Heavy Support SquadLegion Veteran Tactical SquadLegion Command Squad
Legion Apothecarion Detachment - Wargear: Power ArmourDiagnostor Helmet - Apothecaries often replace their usual helmet with a Diagnostor Helmet, which contains upgraded Auto-senses and readouts to assist with their charge of treating the injured and maintaining their Battle-Brothers’ physical combat readiness.ChainswordBolt PistolFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesNarthecium - The tool of an Apothecary’s trade, a Narthecium contains implements specially designed for Space Marine physiology and for performing first aid without having to remove the patient’s Power Armour. It also comprises various counterseptics, skin patches, transfusions and other compounds engineered for the Space Marines’ physiology, and several stasis tubes for storing recovered gene-seed.Reductor - Retrieval and storage of a fallen Battle-Brother’s gene-seed is so critical that Apothecaries carry a special tool for this operation. While a Reductor is not required for Progenoid removal, it significantly reduces the time. This surgical implement fastens under the wrist. It includes a monomolecular saw for penetrating Power Armour and Ossmodula-enhanced rib cages, and a diamantine-tipped extractor drill.
Legion Apothecarion Detachment - Optional Wargear: Artificer ArmourAugury ScannerCombi-weapon (Any kind)Volkite ChargerPower Sword
Legion Apothecarion Detachment - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 198Forge World - Space Marine Apothecary
Legion Assault Squad - Legion Assault Squad: A Legion Assault Squad was a rapid attack formation of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.These squads were the penultimate forces used by the Legions for close-quarters fighting and guerrilla warfare.
Legion Assault Squad - History: The Legion Assault Squad was the precursor of the present Assault Squads of the Adeptus Astartes still utilised in the late 41st Millennium.During the Great Crusade era, Jump Pack-equipped Legion Assault Squads were rapid attack forces whose wargear was optimised towards close-quarters fighting and hit-and-run tactics.The use of Jump Packs allowed Legion Assault Squads to move with greater speed across the battlefield and impact the enemy line with savage force, leaping past intervening terrain and open defences to engage their adversaries in bloody melee. The needs of even such limited flight systems, however, precluded the use of heavy weaponry or extensive munitions supplies.Jump Pack-equipped Assault Squads were not embraced to the same extent by all of the Legions for reasons of combat doctrine, temperament or simple resource difficulties, with the Raven Guard, Night Lords and World Eaters being among their greatest proponents. Even those Legions with whom Assault Squads did not find particular favour, such as the Death Guard and the Iron Hands, could still field a force of these squads when the tactical need arose.
Legion Assault Squad - Unit Composition: 9-19 Legion Assault Space Marines1 Legion Assault Sergeant
Legion Assault Squad - Wargear: Power ArmourBolt PistolChainsword or Combat BladeFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesJump Pack
Legion Assault Squad - Optional Wargear: Melta BombsCombat ShieldsPower Weapon (Any type)Hand FlamerPlasma Pistol
Legion Assault Squad - Optional Wargear (Sergeant Only): Artificer ArmourHand FlamerPlasma PistolPower Weapon1 or 2 Lightning ClawsThunder HammerPower FistMelta BombsCombat Shield
Legion Assault Squad - Sources: Horus Heresy: Collected Visions (Art Book), pp. 32, 58, 70, 73, 76, 124-125, 128, 142, 174-175, 180, 187, 194, 228, 233, 243, 255, 260, 271, 284, 306-307, 309The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 70, 74, 89, 91, 107, 111, 128, 203The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 106, 142The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 62-63, 68, 87-88, 112, 139, 141The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 84The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 96Forge World - Mk III Assault Squad SetForge World - Mk IV Assault Squad Set
Legion Attack Bike Squadron - Legion Attack Bike Squadron: A Legion Attack Bike Squadron was a specialised unit of the ancient Space Marine Legions employed during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.These mechanised units took to the field aboard larger, often two-man Attack Bikes which had the ability to accommodate a single heavy weapon, providing fire support when accompanying Legion Outrider Squads. It was from these formations that the later Adeptus Astartes Bike Squads were created after the Second Founding in the early 31st Millennium.
Legion Attack Bike Squadron - History: Formed from experienced Space Marines Attack Bike Squads, these units utilised larger, two-man Attack Bikes whose expanded chassis could accommodate a single heavy weapon, making for a formidably armed and swift if somewhat fragile gun platform.Attacks Bikes were often accompanied by Outrider Squads to provide fire support and were also deployed in squadrons as a high-speed strike force to ravage larger, slower enemy units as well as destroying isolated armoured vehicles with concentrated weapons fire.
Legion Attack Bike Squadron - Wargear: Power ArmourBolt PistolChainsword or Combat BladeFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesMelta BombsAttack BikeTwin-linked BoltersHeavy Bolter
Legion Attack Bike Squadron - Attack Bike Optional Wargear: Heavy FlamerAutocannonMulti-Melta
Legion Basilisk - Legion Basilisk: The Legion Basilisk was a common variant of the standard Imperial Army Basilisk Self-Propelled Artillery Tank that was used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras of the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.As cohesive fighting forces able to operate and conquer in any theatre of war, with or without support from the Imperial Army, the Space Marine Legions maintained their own mobile heavy artillery units.The long-range Basilisk, Medusa Siege Tank, and the Deimos Whirlwind were some of the most common artillery units deployed by the Legiones Astartes.These vehicles proved their effectiveness both for protracted bombardments and as defensive weapons against enemy armoured vehicles.The Space Marine Legions made far less use of heavy artillery units such as the Basilisk due in no small part to the fact that static warfare does not suit the character, strengths, or advantages of the Space Marines.However, those Legions who extensively practiced siege craft, most notably the Imperial Fists and Iron Warriors, had far more reliance and trust in the so-called "big guns."The Deimos Whirlwind was the most common type of artillery vehicle used in most of the Legions since it was lighter and built upon the Deimos Rhino chassis and therefore easier to repair and support in the field.In the late 41st Millennium the various Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes no longer make use of long-range artillery tanks, instead using the Whirlwind Multiple Missile Tank almost exclusively as their ranged artillery support.Although no records are known to exist as proof, it is possible that some Chapters still maintain a cache of Legion Basilisks in their armouries, waiting for the day that they may again be of use to the Astartes.
Legion Basilisk - Armament: The Legion Basilisk, like the standard Imperial Army Basilisk, was armed with a single Earthshaker Cannon.The Earthshaker Cannon was a 132 millimetre gun, capable of firing a 38 kilogram shell over 15 kilometres at a velocity of 814 miles per hour and was thus perfect for long-range bombardments.The Legion Basilisk is also armed with a single hull-mounted Heavy Bolter that can be used to engage enemy infantry forces that get too close, but the vehicle could also lower its main cannon to engage closer targets, a tactic rarely employed.The vehicle can be upgraded with a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive System, Extra Armour Plating, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, a Pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolter, a Searchlight, and Smoke Launchers.The Legion Basilisk could replace its Pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolter with a Combi-Weapon, a Heavy Bolter, a Heavy Flamer, a Multi-Melta, or a Havoc Missile Launcher.If the vehicle was a part of a Legion Artillery Tank Squadron it could also serve as a command tank.
Legion Basilisk - Unit Composition: 1-3 Legion Basilisk, Legion Medusa or Deimos Whirlwind tanks (31st Millennium Only)
Legion Basilisk - Wargear: A standard Legion Basilisk is armed and equipped with:Earthshaker CannonHeavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersThe Legion Basilisk can be armed with the following pintle-mounted weaponry:Twin-linked BoltersCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherAny Legion Artillery Tank could be outfitted with the following vehicle equipment:Hunter-Killer Missile LauncherDozer BladeAuxiliary Drive SystemExtra Armour PlatingWhen in a squadron of three, one Legion Artillery Tank can be upgraded to the following:Squadron Command Tank
Legion Basilisk - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The technical specifications of this vehicle have not been publicly released by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Legion Basilisk - Sources: The Horus Heresy: Book One - Betrayal (Forge World Series), pg. 220The Horus Heresy: Book Three - Extermination (Forge World Series), pg. 167The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Crusade Army List, pg. 56The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List, pg. 68Forge World Webstore - Legion Basilisk
Legion Breacher Siege Squad - Legion Breacher Siege Squad: A Legion Breacher Siege Squad was a specialised formation of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.Breacher Siege Squads utilised specialised tactics and wargear for the explicit purpose of acting as a vanguard assault force in the worst combat conditions imaginable and in the direst of war zones, known to the Legions as "Zones Mortalis" for the sheer likelihood of death faced by any who were forced to fight within them.
Legion Breacher Siege Squad - History: The most harzardous and desperate spheres of warfare such as boarding actions amid the cold void of space and the forlorn hope of the first wave of attackers into a breached fortress often proved lethal beyond endurance, even for the warriors of the Legiones Astartes.For this reason, since the early days of the Great Crusade, specialised forms of wargear and tactics had been under continuous development to cope with these "Zones Mortalis." Several of the Legions, such as the Imperial Fists, World Eaters and the Iron Warriors, had even made these bloody modes of warfare their particular concern.Breacher Siege Squads were units of Space Marines equipped with specialised arms and employing specially customised and augmented suits of hardened Power Armour, usually variants of the Mark III Iron Pattern, modified by the Legion's Techmarines to better withstand the rigours of siege warfare, lethal environments and close-quarters boarding actions in space.Breacher Siege Squads often employed heavy ablative shields to resist enemy fire and specialised breaching charges and lascutters to bypass bulkheads and shatter internal strongpoints.The servos and power systems of their armour were often overstrained as a result of these modifications, and required constant extensive maintenance between battles.This deficiency was one of the factors that ultimately led the Mechanicum to undertake the Tactical Dreadnought Armour development project in the last years of the Great Crusade.
Legion Breacher Siege Squad - Unit Composition: 9-19 Legion Breacher Siege Space Marines1 Legion Breacher Siege Sergeant
Legion Breacher Siege Squad - Wargear: Power ArmourBoarding ShieldBolterBolt PistolFrag Grenades Krak Grenades
Legion Breacher Siege Squad - Optional Wargear: Volkite ChargerFlamerMelta GunGraviton GunLascutterNuncio VoxLegion Vexilla (Legion Standard)
Legion Breacher Siege Squad - Optional Wargear (Sergeant Only): Artificer ArmourCombi-weaponPlasma PistolPower WeaponPower FistSingle Lightning ClawThunder HammerOne Breaching ChargeMelta Bombs
Legion Breacher Siege Squad - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 70, 72, 112, 132, 204The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre (Forge World Series)  by Alan Bligh, pp. 76, 99, 122The Horus Heresy - Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series)  by Alan Bligh, pp. 69, 88, 269The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series)  by Alan Bligh, pp. 84, 86, 89, 110Forge World - Legion MK III Breacher SquadForge World - Ultramarines Legion Breacher Siege Squad
Legion Command Squad - Legion Command Squad: A Legion Command Squad was a tactical formation of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.The highly disciplined and worthy warriors of a Legion's Command Squad often accompanied Space Marine commanders and Legion champions serving as both bodyguards and Standard Bearers.
Legion Command Squad - History: In the ancient Legiones Astartes it was a common sight to see senior Astartes commanders and champions accompanied in battle by a squad of elite warriors that served both as a bodyguard for their commander and were entrusted to carry one of the Legion's great standards.On the battlefield this made them a rallying point for the Legion's troops.These chosen Space Marines had access to the finest wargear available to the Legion's rank and file and embodied the Legion's honour in war.
Legion Command Squad - Unit Composition: 2 Space Marine Chosen1 Legion Standard Bearer
Legion Command Squad - Wargear: Artificer ArmourBolterLegion Vexilla and Standard (Legion Standard Bearers Only)Bolt PistolChainsword or combat bladeFrag GrenadesKrak Grenades
Legion Command Squad - Special Option (Terminator Bodyguard): Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour or Cataphractii Pattern Terminator ArmourCombi-bolterPower WeaponHeavy FlamerReaper AutocannonPlasma BlasterPower Fist1 or 2 Lightning ClawsChainfistThunder HammerGrenade Harness
Legion Command Squad - Optional Wargear: Melta BombsCombat ShieldHeavy ChainswordCharnabal SabrePower WeaponPower Fist or Lightning ClawPlasma PistolVolkite ChargerJump PackSpace Marine BikeLegion Jetbike
Legion Consul Praevian - Legion Consul Praevian: A Legion Consul Praevian is a bygone officer rank of the Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. This is one of several specialty ranks that fell under the overall generalised banner of the mid-tier Legion officer rank of consul, formally known as a Legiones Consularis, which was awarded to an individual Astartes who was recognised for their unique talents and hard-won skills.Consul Praevians were the keepers of bound automata of the Legio Cybernetica, those soulless machines sworn to the Legion's service and inducted into their ranks as honourary Legionaries after solar decades of service, a practice that increased as the Horus Heresy inflicted an ever-growing death toll on many Legions' ranks.Initiated into the rites of the Mechanicum to a lesser-degree, these Astartes officers oversaw the maintenance and programming of their robotic charges, and ensured that loyalty to the Legion and its traditions were embraced in their own logic.On the field of battle they marched at the forefront of the inducted maniples, guiding them in the correct prosecution of war and acting as examples of true sons of the Legion.Often chosen from amongst the ranks of those veterans whose injuries had required extensive augmetic rebuild that left them ill-suited for other, more specialised combat roles, these warriors were solitary individuals, given to brooding and keeping to the company of their own iron brothers.It was rare in most Legions for these warriors to advance higher up the chain of command, and some Legions used the rank as a dumping ground for those deemed unfit for other duties. Others, most notably the Iron Hands and Salamanders, considered it an honour to serve with such unique avatars of the Machine God's craft.
Legion Consul Praevian - Wargear: Power Armour (Any Firstborn pattern)Cortex ControllerCortex Designator
Legion Consul Praevian - Notable Legion Consul Praevians: Nârik Dreygur - Nârik Dreygur was a former Strategios-Minor and respected field commander of the Iron Warriors Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. He was struck down during the Drop Site Massacre at Isstvan V, and lost whatever fleeting favour he had with his iron-willed Primarch Perturabo. Rebuilt with extensive cybernetics, he became a member of the Legion's warrior-society of the Apolakron. As a Consul-Praevian, he commanded a maniple of Battle-Automata on the fields of battle. Shunned by his primarch and brethren, he quickly came to favour the company of his unliving charges, who showed him more loyalty than those he called "brothers." During the Horus Heresy, upon the world of Epsilon-Stranivar IX, it was the loyalty of these automata that kept him alive to exact revenge upon the Alpha Legion that had abandoned him. Yet through all of these dire events, he remained loyal to his Legion until the Battle of Mezoa, where on the basalt plains before the roaring Forge Spires, the Salamanders Dreadnought Cassian Dracos, the Dragon Revenant, tore down his unflagging loyalty and indestructible determination through some unknown artifice, replacing it with a savage new purpose to serve the Emperor once more. Nârik Dreygur was to become a close confidant of the Iron Dragon, rarely seen except in his presence, a silent and brooding warrior who would serve as Cassian Dracos' right hand throughout the wars of the Horus Heresy.
Legion Consul Praevian - Sources: The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, p. 39, 41-44, 232, 253Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Second Edition - Liber Astartes (Specialty Game), pg. 115Warhammer: The Horus Heresy Second Edition - Liber Hereticus (Specialty Game), pg. 115Warhammer Community - God-Machines and Angels (30 Nov 18)Warhammer Webstore - Legion Praevian
Legion Delegatus - Legion Delegatus: A Legion Delegatus is a bygone officer rank of the Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy who served as a delegated command officer of a special task force of a Legion raised to undertake a specific and strategically important mission.Legion Delegatus is one of several specialty ranks that fell under the generalised banner of the mid-tier Legion officer rank of consul, formally known as a Legiones Consularis in High Gothic, which was awarded to an individual Astartes who was recognised for their unique talents and hard-won skills.A mid-ranking Legion officer, such as a centurion, was often granted this rank and title and tasked with specific missions by a Legion's High Command and formally deputised to act in all matters with the full weight of their commander's authority.As such, they could mobilise the Legion's resources to the full, deploy its assets and, if performing a mission of vital strategic worth, assemble a strike force of chosen warriors.
Legion Delegatus - Notable Legion Delegatus: Azael Konenos - Azael was a Consul-Delegatus of the Emperor's Children during Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. At the time of the Horus Heresy he commanded Battlegroup Jewel Shard from his command vessel, the Avenger-class Grand Cruiser Ravisher. Following the events upon the Crone World of Iydris within the Eye of Terror, where his primarch Fulgrim achieved apotheosis as a Daemon Prince of Slaanesh, Azael followed Lord Commander Eidolon into further debauchery, self-mutilation and the sadism which now consumed much of the corrupted III Legion. He later took part in the harrowing of the White Scars' fleet, and in the Battle of the Kalium Gate and the Battle of Catallus, where he was offered as a sacrifice by his own Apothecary Von Kalda and was subsequently possessed by the Keeper of Secrets known as Manushya-Rakshasi. The vile Greater Daemon would go on to possess the crew of the Emperor's Children Legionaries aboard the vessel Proudheart. Manushya-Rakshasi would ultimately be slain by Primarch Jaghatai Khan. Azael's fate is unknown.Autilon Skorr - Known as the "King-Killer," and the "Hydra's Headsman," Autilon Skorr was a Consul-Delegatus of the Alpha Legion during the 30th and early 31st Millennium, and was listed on the roll of honour of the Great Crusade's War Council no less than seven times before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, for he was frequently dispatched by his Legion's high command to demand the Imperial Compliance of newly discovered worlds in the name of the Imperium. After the outbreak of the Heresy, he furthered the Warmaster Horus' campaign of "Dark Compliance" by many bloody-handed deeds. At Epsilon-Stranivar IX, the Shattered Legions would be all that stood between Skorr and greater victories.Argonis - Argonis was a Consul Delegatus of the Sons of Horus Legion during the Horus Heresy. He was frequently despatched by Horus as an emissary to leaders of other worlds, demanding fealty to the Warmaster in Dark Compliance or offering destruction if that demand was not heeded. Argonis was also the herald despatched to Tallarn, inquiring into the activities of the Iron Warriors on that world and bringing about the submission of Perturabo to Horus and the retreat of the IV Legion from that world.
Legion Destroyer Squad - Legion Destroyer Squad: A Legion Destroyer Squad was a special weapons formation of the ancient Space Marine Legions that saw action during the Unification Wars, the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.Considered dishonourable by some of the Legions who made little use of them or eschewed their use altogether, the Destroyers were equipped with and expert in the use of otherwise proscribed and forbidden weaponry that made use of technology developed during the Age of Strife.Though none could deny the effectiveness of such foul weapons of mass destruction, the Astartes who composed Destroyer cadres were often shunned by other Legionaries as being somehow morally or dishonourably tainted.
Legion Destroyer Squad - Origins: The origins of the Destroyer Squads lay in the conduct of the Unification Wars on Terra in the late 30th Millennium, but surprisingly not with the forces of the Emperor but with the armies of His techno-barbarian enemies. Considered dishonourable by some Space Marine Legions who refused their use outright, the Destroyers were equipped with and expert in the use of otherwise proscribed and forbidden weaponry, including certain weapons of mass destruction like alchemical and tactical nuclear weapons.Alongside certain factions of the Mechanicum, only Astartes Destroyer Squads were sanctioned to use such forbidden weapons within the forces of the Imperium by the Emperor's command. Radiation-based weapons, bio-alchemical munitions and the burning horror of Phospex were amongst the components that comprised the Destroyers' dark arsenal -- weapons which irrevocably tainted the ground on which they were used. During the long nightmare of the Age of Strife, such weapons of mass destruction rendered many once life-sustaining Human colonies uninhabitable charnel houses.Destroyers were marked by their fire-blackened and chem-scalded power armour. These Space Marines were often shunned and deemed somehow tainted by their fellow battle-brothers in many Legions. This was because Destroyers were considered only a necessary evil of the Great Crusade, although the effectiveness of their relic-weapons in wiping out particularly difficult foes could not be denied.The drawbacks of using such deadly weaponry was the inevitable physical toll it took on a Legionary's body. Despite their genetically-enhanced Astartes physiology, Destroyer Squad Space Marines often displayed the physical affects of long-term use and proximity to such toxic weaponry, including: radiation-induced cellular degeneration, abnormally pale skin that displayed unhealthy lightning-storms of veins and blood-bruises staining the flesh, yellowed-jaundiced eyes, and aggressive and rare forms of cancer which often resulted in the replacement of the affected organs with augmetic replacements.
Legion Destroyer Squad - Death Guard Affinity for Weapons of Mass Destruction: It is of note that the Death Guard Legion under their Primarch Mortarion quickly became associated with the use of alchemical and radiation weaponry to a greater extent than any other Legion, further darkening the Death Guard's reputation with their battle-brothers. Simply put, the use of toxic gas, crawl-burning Phosphex and contaminated rad-shells did not rankle their Legion's honour as it did for some, while Mortarion himself was a master of such weapons and student of the most horrific arts of war, and had no compunction in their use against any foe that threatened Humanity.Furthermore, the Death Guard's Astartes physiology, based on Mortarion's genome, were engineered to be even more resilient to toxic environments than the Space Marines of other Legions. This led the XIV Legion to be more and more frequently deployed into battle in war zones where hellish and lethal conditions were present, and in which they would then excel.This in turn resulted in a kind of self-fulfilling fate for the Death Guard, as they were ever more associated with the most nightmarish of wars and in them the use of the most terrible weapons. A timbre of horror and charnel taint seemed to adhere to the Death Guard then, long before the Horus Heresy began, and they came to be to some extent shunned and suspected by their fellow Legions in a way the Dusk Raiders had never been.
Legion Destroyer Squad - Unit Composition: 4-9 Legion Destroyers1 Legion Destroyer Squad Sergeant
Legion Destroyer Squad - Destroyer Squad Space Marines: Power Armour (Any Firstborn pattern) or Artificer Armour2 Bolt PistolsChainsword or Combat BladeFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesRad Grenades
Legion Destroyer Squad - Optional Wargear (for Destroyer Squad Sergeant): Power WeaponPower FistLightning ClawThunder Hammer3 Phosphex Bombs
Legion Destroyer Squad - Optional Wargear: Melta BombsJump PacksMissile Launcher equipped with Suspensor WebRad MissilesVolkite SerpentaHand FlamerPlasma Pistol
Legion Destroyer Squad - Sources: The Horus Heresy Book One: Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 55, 70, 92, 195The Horus Heresy Book Three: Extermination (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 63, 88, 112, 118, 139The Horus Heresy Book Four: Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 152-153The Horus Heresy Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 20, 41, 81, 85, 95, 105, 112, 242, 247The Horus Heresy Book Eight: Malevolence (Forge World Series) by Neil Wylie and Anuj Malhotra, pp. 23, 124, 146, 151, 208The Horus Heresy Book Nine: Crusade (Forge World Series), pp. 36, 104-105, 167The Horus Heresy - Exemplary Battles of the Age of Darkenss: The Battle of Perditus Umbral-51 (Supplement), pp. 3, 7Forge World - Mk IV Destroyer SquadForge World - Mk IV Destroyer Squad with Jump PacksWarhammer Community - Black Library Celebration 2022: Meet Dominion Zephon, the Bringer of Sorrow (16 Feb 2022)
Legion Esoterist - Legion Esoterist: An Esoterist is a bygone officer rank of the Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy who was tasked with delving into forbidden psychic lore to battle the Neverborn (Chaos Daemons) which resided within the Immaterium.This is one of several specialty ranks that fell under the generalised banner of the mid-tier Legion officer rank of consul, formally known as a Legiones Consularis, which was awarded to an individual Astartes who was recognised for their unique talents and hard-won skills.
Legion Esoterist - Role: The Legion Esoterists were a late creation among many of the armies embroiled in the Horus Heresy. No matter how fiercely the Emperor sought to suppress the Primordial Truth of Chaos, there were always those willing to explore the Immaterium's secrets -- whether to ward off its eldritch denizens, or harness their unnatural power. The Traitors quickly embraced these mind-expanding secrets, spread by robed conjurers through the rituals of the Warrior Lodges -- but as the Heresy progressed, even Loyalist psykers drank deep from wells of outlawed knowledge.Desperate to overcome the Warmaster Horus' strange new powers and Daemonic allies, gifted lore-seekers and ex-Librarians defied the Edicts of Nikaea with or without the blessings of their primarchs, and delved into the forbidden lore that saw common use on the battlefields of that dark age.Some Esoterists studied the Warp with the sole intent of discovering the weakness of those entities that dwelled within. They were dedicated wholly to the study of the Warp and its denizens, seeing them as tools for the prosecution of war, unburdened by loyalty or purpose. If they could chain them to the cause of their master, then they would gladly sacrifice their sanity in pursuit of victory.In battle, Loyalist Esoterists deployed their arcane learnings to weaken Chaos-corrupted foes such as the Gal Vorbak of the Word Bearers or other Possessed and other beings of the Warp, while Traitor Esoterists gained the ability to conjure forth hordes of Daemonic allies to do their bidding.Esoterists mastered the sealing of ætheric energy and investigated any method of repelling the foul entities that spilt from that realm, no matter how strange or ritualistic such arcane tricks might be. Though those Legion battle-psykers who had received real training might scoff at their dubious rites, few could deny their effectiveness in battle against the forces of Chaos.
Legion Esoterist - Esoterist Psychic Disciplines: Seal the Veil - Some Esoterists studied the Warp with the sole intent of discovering the weakness of those entities that dwelled within. This discipline allowed the Esoterist to seal away the power of the Warp from realspace, banishing Daemonic entities and eliminating other baleful influences of the Empyrean upon reality.Breach the Veil - This discipline allowed an Esoterist through arcane rituals to breach the boundary between realspace and the Immaterium to summon and bind the Daemonic inhabitants of that realm to the service of their masters, regardless of the great threat to their sanity -- and very souls -- such summons represented.Void Darts (Psychic Weapon) - By tearing a series of tiny apertures into reality itself, the Esoterist could unleash the fury of hell itself upon the foe, channelling the power of the Warp for his own purposes.
Legion Esoterist - Unit Composition: 1 Legion Esoterist
Legion Esoterist - Wargear: Power Armour (Any Firstborn pattern)Terminator Armour (Optional) (Any pattern)Psychic HoodForce Weapon (Either Force Sword, Force Axe or Force Stave)An Esoterist may take the following weapon options if he is not wearing Terminator Armour:Psyk-Out GrenadesArchaeotech Pistol
Legion Forge Lord - Legion Forge Lord: Legion Forge Lord is a defunct officer rank of the Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy for an Astartes who served as the most experienced and skillful of a Legion's Techmarines. Masters of the machine and foundry, these warrior-smiths were skilled battle-leaders as much as they were artisans of war, and were often appointed to the command of Legion detachments comprised largely of tanks and armoured vehicles or Battle-Automata, as well as serving as stewards to a Legion's Dreadnoughts.Forge Lord is one of several specialty ranks that fell under the generalised banner of the mid-tier Legion officer rank of consul, formally known as a Legiones Consularis in High Gothic, which was awarded to an individual Astartes who was recognised for their unique talents and hard-won skills.
Legion Forge Lord - Unit Composition: 1 Legion Forge Lord3-9 Thallax (1 Thallax Cohort)4 Servo-Automata
Legion Forge Lord - Forge Lord: Artificer Armour (Any Firstborn pattern)Servo-ArmBolt PistolPower AxeFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesRhino (Dedicated Transport)
Legion Forge Lord - Optional Wargear (Forge Lord): Nuncio VoxAuspexMaster-Crafted BolterCombi-weapon (Any type)Volkite ChargerPlasma PistolGraviton GunMelta BombsConversion Beamer (As replacement for servo-arm)Rad GrenadesThunder Hammer (As replacement for Power Axe)Cyber Familiar
Legion Forge Lord - Servo-Automata: ChainswordBolter
Legion Forge Lord - Optional Wargear: LascutterPower FistFlamerRotor Cannon
Legion Forge Lord - Thallax Cohort: Close Combat Weapon (Any type)Lightning GunLorica ThallaxIncunabulan Jet PackFrag Grenade
Legion Forge Lord - Thallax Cohort Optional Wargear: Melta BombsChain BayonetOne Thallax out of every three in the unit, one Thallax may exchange their lightning gun for one of the following:Multi-LaserIrrad-cleanserPhased Plasma-fusilMulti-MeltaPhoton Thruster
Legion Heavy Support Squad - Legion Heavy Support Squad: A Legion Heavy Support Squad was a heavy support unit of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. Heavy Support Squads provided Legion infantry forces with mobile heavy firepower against enemy ground troops or armoured vehicles in withering hails of fire.
Legion Heavy Support Squad - History: The Legion Heavy Support Squad was the precursor of the present Devastator Squads of the Adeptus Astartes still utilised in the late 41st Millennium. During the Great Crusade Heavy Support Squads were formed to provide a mobile platform of heavy firepower when needed against enemy troops or to smash armoured vehicles.Although tanks and field artillery outranged and outgunned Heavy Support Squads in most cases, as well as being heavily protected by armour plate, Heavy Support Squads possessed the flexibility of the infantryman, which allowed them to disperse in terrain, climb to heights to attain a better vantage point and fields of fire, and go where a main battle tank or even a Dreadnought could not.
Legion Heavy Support Squad - Unit Composition: 4-9 Legion Space Marines1 Legion Sergeant
Legion Heavy Support Squad - Wargear: Power ArmourHeavy BolterBolt PistolFrag GrenadesKrak Grenades
Legion Heavy Support Squad - Optional Wargear: Hardened ArmourHeavy FlamerMissile Launcher (armed with Frag and Krak Missiles)Flak MissileMulti-MeltaPlasma CannonVolkite CulverinLascannon
Legion Heavy Support Squad - Optional Wargear (Sergeant Only): Artificer ArmourNuncio VoxChainsword or Combat BladeAugury ScannerMelta BombsBolterCombi-weaponBolt PistolPlasma PistolPower WeaponPower Fist
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron - Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron: A Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron was a specialised fast attack unit of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.These strike units utilised powerful jet engine propelled anti-gravity hovercraft known as Jetbikes as mounts, performing reconnaissance and hunter-seeker missions. By the time of the late 41st Millennium, this archaic Jetbike technology is virtually extinct within the Imperium of Man.
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron - History: Imperial Jetbikes are a nearly extinct form of archeotech that dates back to the earliest days of the Imperium of Man. During this bygone era, any Space Marine Legions as well as other Imperial military forces, such as the Legio Custodes and the Sisters of Silence, also fielded Jetbikes.These gravity-impellor assisted, jet engine-propelled hovercraft were more akin to compact aircraft than ground bikes and were able to maintain great speeds for extended periods of low-altitude flight.Their lift-strength was sufficient not only to carry a heavily armoured Space Marine and his wargear aloft, but also to transport a variety of heavy weapons mounts and stocks of ammunition, giving the Sky Hunters extremely potent firepower.The Jetbike patterns in service with the Legiones Astartes were modifications of designs which considerably predated the existence of the Imperium and given the materials required to make and maintain them, the demand for them by the Legions always outstripped the available supply from the Mechanicum.
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron - Unit Composition: 3-10 Legion Space Marine Sky Hunters
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron - Wargear: Power ArmourBolt PistolChainsword or Combat BladeFrag GrenadesKrak GrenadesSpace Marine Jetbike with Heavy Bolter
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron - Optional Wargear: Multi-MeltaVolkite ChargerPlasma Cannon
Legion Jetbike Sky Hunter Squadron - Optional Wargear (Sky Hunter Sergeant Only): Hand FlamerPlasma PistolPower WeaponPower FistSingle Lightning ClawMelta Bombs
Legion Land Speeder Squad - Legion Land Speeder Squad: A Legion Land Speeder Squad was a specialised fast attack unit of the ancient Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras in the late 30th and early 31st Millennia. Land Speeders were a mainstay of the early Space Marine Legions and were often utilised for high-speed reconnaissance, tank-hunting and close air support on the battlefield.
Legion Land Speeder Squad - History: During the Great Crusade the Land Speeder was a mainstay of most Space Marine Legion armouries. These high-speed reconnaissance and rapid attack skimmers utilised anti-gravity technology to achieve extraordinary battlefield mobility and speed. As lightly armoured two-man craft, they required the kind of skill and reflexes to operate at peak performance that only a Space Marine could bring to bear, and relied more on their extreme manoeuvrability and speed for survival than durability.Land Speeder squadrons provided a Space Marine force with a flexible core of rapidly deployable firepower and made for highly able tank-hunters and close air support units. As a result, mixed formations of Land Speeders were often called upon to operate as a rapid reaction force, held in reserve to quickly intercept enemy counter-attacks. Striking fast and hard they were particularly apt to fight delaying actions whilst the rest of a Space Marine force moved into attack positions or redeployed, and were able to use their speed to retreat successfully if needed from the very teeth of a foe.
Legion Land Speeder Squad - Unit Composition: 1-5 Space Marine Land Speeders
Legion Land Speeder Squad - Wargear: Power Armour (For Astartes)Land SpeederHeavy Bolter (For Astartes gunner)
Legion Land Speeder Squad - Optional Wargear: Heavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherPlasma CannonGraviton Gun2 Hunter-Killer Missiles
Legion Master - Legion Master: A Legion Master, sometimes known as a Lord Commander, was a title granted to the commanding officer of one of the Legiones Astartes during the early years of the Great Crusade.Originally, this post was held by an ordinary Space Marine Legionary in the absence of their missing primarchs, who had been mysteriously spirited away from the Emperor's gene-labs on Terra by the Ruinous Powers in the days before the start of the Great Crusade.In the absence of the Legion's primarch, command of a Space Marine Legion was given to a select few -- Veteran Astartes warriors who were chosen for their tactical acumen, steadfast dedication and loyalty to the Emperor of Mankind and His Great Crusade as well as their unmatched personal combat prowess among their battle-brothers.Prior to the rediscovery of the primarchs, the Legion Masters represented the highest echelon attainable within a Space Marine Legion.As the Great Crusade progressed and the missing primarchs were eventually found, the Astartes gene-sires would then assume command of their respective Legions, replacing the Legion Master as overall commander of the force.
Legion Medusa - Legion Medusa: The Legion Medusa was a common variant of the standard Imperial Army Medusa Self-Propelled Siege-Mortar Tank that was used by the Space Marine Legions during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras of the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.As cohesive fighting forces able to operate and conquer in any theatre of war, with or without support from the Imperial Army, the Space Marine Legions maintained their own mobile heavy artillery units.The long-range Legion Basilisk, Medusa Siege Mortar, and the Deimos Whirlwind were some of the most common artillery units used by the Legiones Astartes. These vehicles proved their effectiveness both for protracted bombardments and as defensive weapons against enemy armoured vehicles.The Space Marine Legions made far less use of heavy artillery units such as the Medusa due in no small part to the fact that static warfare does not suit the character, strengths, or advantages of the Space Marines.However, those Legions who extensively practiced siegecraft, most notably the Imperial Fists and Iron Warriors, had far more reliance and trust in the so-called "big guns."The Deimos Whirlwind was the most common type of artillery vehicle used in most of the Legions since it was lighter and built upon the Deimos Rhino chassis and therefore easier to repair and support in the field.In the 41st Millennium the various Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes no longer make use of long-range artillery tanks. Instead they use the Whirlwind Multiple Missile Tank almost exclusively as their ranged artillery support vehicle.It is possible that some Chapters still maintain a cache of Legion Medusas in their armouries, waiting for the day that they may again be of use to the Astartes.
Legion Medusa - Armament: The Legion Medusa, like the standard Imperial Army Medusa Self-Propelled Siege-Mortar Tank, was armed with a single Medusa Siege Gun]].The weapon fires a heavier shell than the Earthshaker Cannon used by the Legion Basilisk at a lower velocity over a much shorter distance. The heavy shell has excellent destructive capabilities, but the Medusa cannot match the Earthshaker for its longer range and so is less useful for harassing fire and counter-battery fire missions.Instead, it is primarily used to destroy enemy fortifications, such as bunkers, pillboxes, walls and trenches. The Legion Medusa is also armed with a single hull-mounted Heavy Bolter that can be used to engage enemy infantry forces that get too close, but the Medusa could also lower its main cannon to fire upon closer targets, though this tactic was rarely employed.The siege weapon could fire several different types of shell, depending on what would be most effective against the target. The vehicle could be upgraded with a Dozer Blade, an Auxiliary Drive System, Extra Armour Plating, a Hunter-Killer Missile Launcher, a Pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolter, a Searchlight, and Smoke Launchers.The Legion Medusa could replace its Pintle-mounted twin-linked Bolter with a Combi-Weapon, a Heavy Bolter, a Heavy Flamer, a Multi-Melta, or a Havoc Missile Launcher.If the vehicle was a part of a Legion Artillery Tank Squadron it could also serve as a command tank.
Legion Medusa - Unit Composition: 1-3 Legion Medusa, Legion Basilisk or Deimos Whirlwind tanks (31st Millennium Only)
Legion Medusa - Wargear: A standard Legion Medusa is armed and equipped with:Medusa Siege GunHeavy BolterSearchlightSmoke LaunchersThe Legion Medusa can be armed with the following pintle-mounted weaponry:Twin-linked BoltersCombi-WeaponHeavy BolterHeavy FlamerMulti-MeltaHavoc Missile LauncherAny Legion Artillery Tank could be outfitted with the following vehicle equipment:Hunter-Killer Missile LauncherDozer BladeAuxiliary Drive SystemExtra Armour PlatingWhen in a squadron of three, one Legion Artillery Tank can be upgraded to the following:Squadron Command Tank
Legion Medusa - Adeptus Mechanicus Technical Specifications: The technical specifications of this vehicle have not been publicly released by the Adeptus Mechanicus.
Legion Medusa - Sources: The Horus Heresy: Book One - Betrayal (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 220The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Crusade Army List, pg. 56The Horus Heresy: Legiones Astartes - Age of Darkness Army List, pg. 68Forge World Webstore - Legion Medusa
Legion Mortifactor - Legion Mortifactor: Legion Mortifactor is a defunct officer rank of the Space Marine Legions used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy for an Astartes Legion Techmarine who was specifically tasked with caring for their Legion's Dreadnoughts. Legion Mortifactor is one of several specialty ranks that fell under the generalised banner of the mid-tier Legion officer rank of consul, formally known as a Legiones Consularis in High Gothic, which was awarded to an individual Astartes who was recognised for their unique talents and hard-won skills.A specialised subset of Techmarines, Legion Mortifactors were ultimately responsible for the Legion's honoured Dreadnoughts, the furious Ancients entombed within cyborganic sarcophagi slumbering in the Legions' sepulchres.The Mortifactors showed a near-fanatical devotion to their charges, in some cases going so far as to contravene the tenets of the Cult Mechanicus adopted by the Legion's Forge Lords. Mortifactors' primary duties included the protection during slumber and rousing during war of their Legion's complement of Dreadnoughts, and when necessary, extended to the automated control of those Dreadnoughts too long asleep or too choleric to be considered wholly sane.
Legion Mortifactor - Unit Composition: 1 Legion MortifactorLegion Dreadnought talon, Legion Contemptor Dreadnought talon or Legion Contemptor-Cortus Dreadnought talon (2-5 Dreadnoughts of the relevant pattern)
Legion Mortifactor - Wargear: Power Armour (Any Firstborn pattern)Servo-ArmCorposant Stave