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Legio Kulisaetai - Relief of Xiloci II: As expected, the battle within the Findari Spoil proved to be the catalyst for all-out war across the Belt of Iron. No longer constrained by a desire to maintain the pretence of continued allegiance to the Emperor, Kalibrax moved to expand its Forge Empire.In doing so they called upon those they knew shared their new loyalties, assembling a large fleet in preparation for the invasion of the Ny'Drinah sub-sector, a region within the Belt of Iron capable of producing a significant supply of resources to feed the ceaseless hunger of several Forge Worlds.Motivated by a need for an ever-increasing quantity of materiel to fuel the war effort, the forces of Urdesh and Kalibrax, led by their respective Titan Legions, fell upon the sub-sector.The initial conquest proved swift, with the sub-sector largely devoid of forces capable of resisting the might of a Titan Legion. In quick order, five of the systems within the sub-sector fell to the Traitors, with the remaining two, including the sub-sector's capital, heavily besieged and in desperate need of reinforcements.Initial attempts to reinforce the sub-sector proved a failure, as disparate groups of Loyalist forces, mustered upon both Atar-Median and Arachnus, failed to gain ground against the invading Traitors.It was only through the staunch resistance of the defenders of the Xiloci'ny System that enough time was given for Graia, homeworld of the Legio Astraman, to muster a force capable of turning back the tide of Traitors.The first blow to the Traitors came in the Uridoci'ny System, when the relief fleet from Graia engaged in a methodical conquest of the worlds within it, their efforts doing much to embolden those who resisted across the sub-sector.The ultimate goal for the Loyalists proved to be Xiloci II, the planetary capital of the sub-sector and the main bastion of resistance against the Traitor advance. It was to Xiloci II that the Loyalists committed most of their forces, advancing upon the vast web of siege works constructed around each of the planet's hive cities that had yet to fall.In an effort to isolate the Traitors, the Loyalist forces split into three detachments, enacting simultaneous assaults upon multiple hive cities to prevent nearby Traitors from reinforcing their allies elsewhere on the planet.No single battle defined the war that unfolded upon Xiloci II, for dozens of hive cities were contested by the Traitors and each assault upon their entrenched positions proved gruelling, both sides heavily punished in the unfolding conflict, as described below.
Legio Kulisaetai - Legion Combat Doctrine: Mercy and compassion were not virtues that are known to the Legio Kulisaetai and the horrors of the galaxy were nothing compared to the suffering they could inflict.Upon the field of battle, the Legio Kulisaetai would advance slowly towards their foe's defences, unleashing a torrent of firepower between each step. When the Legio Kulisaetai marches, little can hope to stop them and all is crushed beneath their tread.Many princeps of this feared Legio were known for being merciless warriors with a history of atrocity that struck fear into the heart of all but the sternest warriors.Primarily this was due to the fact that many of these princeps formerly served in the Legio Mortis before being integrated into the Gatekeepers, and they were standard centuries old even before the start of the Horus Heresy.The Legio Kulisaetai favoured defensive loadouts on its Warlord Titans. Records indicate that few Legio Kulisaetai battlegroups went to war without one or more Warlord Titans.Indeed, the Gatekeepers' tactics often revolved around a group of Battle Titans securing a position, acting as a central point around which faster battlegroup elements would intercept threats.The use of both mid-ranged and long-ranged weapons ensured that few foes made it close without suffering significant damage, thus reducing the danger of close-quarters warfare.The Gatekeepers also showed a preference for the employment of Warbringer Nemesis Titans during both offensive and defensive actions. Great Crusade martial records indicate that the Legio Kulisaetai possessed only three Warbringers, but estimates taken during the Horus Heresy point to at least a dozen within the ranks of the Titan Legion.This discrepancy was explained when the wreck of the Indurated Bulwark was salvaged by tech-priests of Atar-Median from the ruins of Malhanr.Assessment of the god-engine's origins suggest the Indurated Bulwark once bore the name Iron Valour, having belonged to the Legio Astraman. Several other instances point towards a dedicated effort by the Legio Kulisaetai to capture Warbringer Nemesis Titans and turn them against Loyalist forces.Warhound Titans were few in number within the ranks of the Legio Kulisaetai. Given that the Gatekeepers held a preference for attritional warfare, Scout Titans were mostly utilised to observe enemy deposition, direct the movements of Gatekeepers Titans and funnel the enemy into the guns of heavier god-engines.A greater burden of command was often placed upon the princeps of Legio Kulisaetai Warhounds, who would use their speed to relay tactical assessment and updated battleplans to their larger brethren.
Legio Kulisaetai - Legion Specific Wargear: Accelerated Autoloaders - The Legio Kulisaetai believed they were created to eradicate their foes so the Omnissiah could rebuild upon their ashes. To this end they made frequent use of modified Titan-grade missile launchers with heavily automated ammunition loaders that could unleash a tempest of missiles upon a chosen target.
Legio Kulisaetai - Notable Titans: Sanctificeteur Filium (Warlord-class Titan) - This Warlord Titan served during both the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.Indurated Bulwark (Warbringer Nemesis-class Titan) - This Warbringer Nemesis Titan served both during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy where it was brought down by Loyalist forces. Upon the recovery of the wreck of the Indurated Bulwark by tech-priests of Atar-Median, it was discovered that this Titan was in fact, formerly known as the Iron Valour, having been captured and re-purposed by the Gatekeepers to use against Loyalist forces.Amrok (Warhound-class Titan) - Named after a mythical wolf from ancient Terran lore as referenced in the archives of Kalibrax, the Amrok served during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.
Legio Kulisaetai - Notable Personnel: No known notable personnel listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Kulisaetai - Legion Colours: The Legio Kulisaetai possesses a halved colour scheme consisting of white and red, with secondary black on their god-engines' head. The Titans of this Legio are trimmed in shimmering gold.
Legio Kulisaetai - Legion Badge: The Legio badge of the Legio Kulisaetai takes the form of a stylised gold portcullis -- a heavy vertically-closing gate typically found in Medieval fortifications, consisting of a latticed grille made of metal.Two crossed keys are centered above it, which represent the keys to Kalibrax, as held by it's Legio Kulisaetai sentinels, their traditional gatekeepers.The portucullis is crowned with a half-cog symbol, indicating this Titan Legion's ties to the ancient Mechanicum.
Legio Kulisaetai - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Crucible of Retribution (Specialty Game), pp. 6-7, 13, 18, 21-23, 25, 28, 30, 48-51, 70-73Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Rulebook (Specialty Game), pg. 16The Horus Heresy Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, "Age of Betrayal", pg.  31Warhammer Commuity - Crucible of Retribution: The Story (23 Oct 2020)Warhammer Community - Crucible of Retribution - Titan Tactics (22 Oct 2020)Warhammer Community - Coming Soon: Crucible of Retribution (29 Sept 2020)
Legio Kydianos - Legio Kydianos: The Legio Kydianos ("Death Cry") was originally one of the two Titan Legions of the Collegia Titanica that was sworn to serve the Forge World of Xana II.It eventually became a Traitor Titan Legion of the Dark Mechanicum that repudiated its oaths to the Emperor of Mankind and followed the Warmaster Horus into the service of the Ruinous Powers during the Horus Heresy.
Legio Kydianos - Legion History: The Legio Kydianos was one of two Titan Legions, the other being the Legio Vulturum, created from the Titan forces that served Xana II during the Age of Strife.It was created on the order of the Imperium after Xana II was brought back into contact with the Mechanicum of Mars during the Great Crusade.The Legion's first campaign for the Imperium were the Rangdan Xenocides, where it fought alongside its counterpart.
Legio Kydianos - Notable Campaigns: Rangdan Xenocides (ca. 860s-890s.M30) - Following their inclusion in the nascent Imperium of Man, the military forces of Xana II, including the Legio Kydianos, hurled themselves and broke their greater strength in countless battles against the vicious Rangdan xenos on the edge of the Halo Stars near the northern borders of the Imperium, becoming shattered remnants of their former selves, but earning much honour in doing so. More importantly, weapons and arms poured forth from Xana II and were shipped directly to the Segmentum-wide battle lines of the war, providing much needed respite and fresh strength to beleaguered Imperial forces, helping to slowly turn the tide of defeat into first stalemate and eventually victory. It was a victory Xana II was in no small part bled dry to achieve.
Legio Kydianos - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Kydianos - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Kydianos - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Kydianos are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Kydianos - Legion Badge: The badge of the Legio Kydianos is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrimae - Legio Lacrimae: The Legio Lacrimae was a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica. At some point, they became lost during the Great Crusade, though the exact circumstances of their destruction are not known.
Legio Lacrimae - Notable Campaigns: Route of Megronia (Unknown Date.M30) While fighting alongside the Thousand Sons Legion during the latter part of the Great Crusade, the Legio Lacrimae were saved by the Thousand Sons when they drove back a force of countless Orks that threatened their crippled Titans during the reversals of the Route of Megorania. In gratitude for their assistance, the Legio Lacrimae swore oaths of perpetual kinship with the Thousand Sons.
Legio Lacrimae - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrimae - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrimae - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Lacrimae are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrimae - Legion Badge: The badge of the Legio Lacrimae is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrymea - Legio Lacrymea: Legio LacrymeaHarbingers of GriefTraitor Titan LegionRuinous PowersDuring the doomed First Margin Crusade into the northern Halo Stars in the 39th Millennium, it shamefully betrayed the Imperium of Man and repudiated its oaths to the Emperor to serve the Ruinous Powers, joining the ranks of the infamous Traitor Titan Legions.
Legio Lacrymea - Notable Campaigns: First Margin Crusade (Unknown.M39) - The Legio Lacrymea took part in this doomed Imperial Crusade into the northern Halo Stars in the 39th Millennium, where it turned their backs on the Imperium to serve the Chaos Gods.
Legio Lacrymea - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrymea - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrymea - Legion Colours: This Traitor Titan Legion's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Lacrymea - Legion Badge: This Traitor Titan Legion's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Laniaskara - Legio Laniaskara: The Legio Laniaskara ("Impalers") is a Traitor Titan Legion of the Dark Mechanicum. It once hailed from the Forge World of Valia-Maximal.As wardens of this world, the principal role of the Legio Laniaskara was the eradication of the gigantic beasts that made their homes beneath the caustic seas of the Forge World.Such conflicts were often fought in the confines of undersea caves, leading the Impalers to favour direct and brutal tactics. These were further refined during the Great Crusade with Legio Laniaskara maniples tearing through enemy fortifications with close-ranged weaponry and bullish charges.The Legio participated in the Horus Heresy but disappeared at the conclusion of the campaign known as the Cataclysm of Iron along with all the other inhabitants of their Forge World, their fate unknown.
Legio Laniaskara - Horus Heresy: Given the continued enmity between Valia-Maximal and Graia, it is notable that a declaration of support for the Warmaster Horus was quickly issued from the former mere days after news reached the Forge World of Graia's continued loyalty to Terra as civil war engulfed the Human-settled galaxy.Conflicts between the two Forge Worlds were infrequent during the opening years of the Horus Heresy, although neither was averse to directly assailing the territory of the other.Importantly, Valia-Maximal was quick to seize any world that had once given fealty to its lords, establishing a ring of iron around the Forge World as it expanded its sphere of influence.In the scope of the wider war, Valia-Maximal was not idle in its support of allies outside the Belt of Iron, dispatching a steady supply of fleets bearing materiel to warzones within the Ultima Segmentum.Such supply runs often ran afoul of opposing fleets bearing no obvious designations or marks of allegiance, though whether such fleets were sent by those loyal to the Emperor or were nothing more than opportunistic brigands remains unclear.
Legio Laniaskara - Legion Combat Doctrine: Beneath the caustic seas of their homeworld, Impalers Titans were often forced to fight their prey face to face, leading to a culture of direct conflict far beyond that of most other Titan Legions.Subtlety was not a concept that existed within the minds of those who served the Legio Laniaskara. Instead, the Impalers brought the fight to their foe, hunting them down wherever they might hide.Contrary to the prescribed dictates of the Collegia Titanica, the use of close-quarters armaments, such as Titan-grade chainfists and Arioch power claws, was the norm amongst the Titans of the Legio Laniaskara.A favoured tactic of the Impalers was to unleash a spearhead of Reaver Titans armed with short-range weapons upon enemy fortifications, battering down the walls and shattering all attempts to counter-attack.Another tactic utilised by the Impalers was to employ both Ferrox and Venator Light Maniples in urban environments on various industrial worlds, like they did during the Siege of Graia.The Impalers would have their Warhounds disperse through the streets of the urban sprawl and herd Loyalist god-engines into the path of Laniaskara Reaver Titans. Failing that, the Warhounds would cripple their foe before leaving them immobile amongst the debris as easy pickings at battle's end.It was noted that the princeps of the Legio Laniaskara had no pity for weaklings -- unworthy foes were swiftly crushed underfoot with little thought given to honour or mercy.Having long studied the blows needed to slay a Titan, many of their princeps believed other god-engines to be the ultimate foe to face. The Warmaster Horus' betrayal had given them the opportunity to put such knowledge to the test.In battle, the princeps of this Legio were often consumed by rage and heedless of their own pain.
Legio Laniaskara - Legion Specific Wargear: Mordantised Ceramite - The most notable achievement of Valia-Maximal was their specialised knowledge in the development of treated ceramite alloy plating that proved highly resistant to plasma burns and corrosive substances.
Legio Laniaskara - Notable Titans: Blood Drenched (Warlord-class Titan) - Blood Drenched was a Warlord Titan that fought during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.Blood of Valia (Reaver-class Titan) - Blood of Valia was a Reaver Battle Titan that fought during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Typical of the Impalers, the Blood of Valia favoured close-combat weapons, including a Titan-grade Chainfist and Melta Cannon.Esurient Beast (Warhound-class Titan) - Esurient Beast was a Warhound Scout Titan that fought during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. The Esurient Beast took part in the Siege of Graia, playing a significant role alongside other Warhound Titans in the urban environments of the Forge World, where they would disperse through the streets and herd Loyalist engines into the path of the Impalers' Reaver Battle Titans.
Legio Laniaskara - Notable Personnel: Magos Dominus-Alpha Hieroneyum - Overall commander of the defensive clades of the Traitor Forge World of Valia-Maximal during the Horus Heresy.
Legio Laniaskara - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Laniaskara are primarily red, the colour of spilled blood, and teal with the surface of their god-engines being trimmed in silver.
Legio Laniaskara - Kill Markings: The Impalers placed particular emphasis on displaying their kills and trophies, measuring the success of each engine against their kin.This was often done through the use of multiple honour banners, as could often be seen with a secondary banner hanging from a Titan's weapon arm.The kill markings made note of the death caused with the individual weapon and, while rarely worn into battle, were updated by a Titan's crew personally, and proudly displayed upon the god-engine between battles.
Legio Laniaskara - Legion Badge: The badge of the Legio Laniaskara is a blood red skull impaled by a spear, pointing upwards, with blood dripping down from the grim trophy.Impalers Titans often bore designs that paid direct homage to the ancient tribes that once inhabited the surface of Valia-Maximal.Many princeps of the Legio Laniaskara could directly trace their heritage back to these tribes and the traditions of the Titan Legion bore many similarities to the rituals their ancestors once practiced.
Legio Laniaskara - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Crucible of Retribution (Specialty Game), pp. 6, 12, 14, 21-23, 26, 28, 30, 35, 38, 44-47, 74The Horus Heresy - Book Six: Retribution (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, "Age of Betrayal", pg. 31Warhammer Community - Crucible of Retribution: The Story (23 Oct 2020)
Legio Lysanda - Legio Lysanda: The Legio Lysanda ("Sentinels of the Edge") is a Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica, one of the military arms of the Adeptus Mechanicus.During the Great Crusade this particular Legio was often tasked with guarding the dangerous frontiers of the Imperium, watching over newly Compliant worlds until expeditionary fleets pushed the Imperium's boundaries further outwards.In this task they excelled, for their patience was legendary and their princeps were often devoid of the thirst for glory shown by more aggressive Titan Legions.The Legio Lysanda's personnel perceive trophies of war gifted to them as the highest honour and display them proudly upon their Titans to show dedication to the Imperium.
Legio Lysanda - Horus Heresy: More so than most Titan Legions, save those that served the Warmaster Horus and felt the touch of unholy pacts with the entities of the Warp, the Horus Heresy wrought significant changes upon Legio Lysanda. The onset of this war, mired in treachery and uncertain loyalties, saw the Sentinels of the Edge facing threats not from outside of the Imperium, as they had once, but inward, against the worlds they had sworn to protect.In solar decades of service, dozens of worlds had once held the Legio Lysanda as their protectors and many now burned with the fires of war. This alone was enough to scour away any notion of serenity within the minds of many of the Titan Legion's princeps, who soon became little more than husks that thirsted for vengeance, vowing never to rest until justice for those fallen worlds was achieved.Worse still were those worlds that wholeheartedly turned against the Imperium, undoing the years of service the Legio Lysanda had offered to them and the lives spent in their protection.Often, it fell to the Legio Lysanda to return to these worlds bringing the Emperor's justice. The fires of cities they had once watched over were forever seared in the minds of many princeps, the memory forever twisting the soul of the Titan Legion into one of vengeance instead of peace.
Legio Lysanda - Legion Combat Doctrine: Before a newly-promoted Legio Lysanda princeps could ascend to command a Titan, they were required to sit in silent contemplation for seven solar days to ensure only those with true inner peace ascended to the role. Many Legio Lysanda princeps spent time between conflicts alone in their god-engines, embracing the silence a sleeping Titan offers to better rouse it in times of war.However, with the betrayal of the Warmaster Horus and his cohorts, the personnel of the Legio Lysanda -- once famous for their calm -- irrevocably changed. The horrors of the Horus Heresy twisted their princeps until they were filled with anger beyond measure.Despite this, surprisingly, some of their princeps were untroubled by the horrors of the galaxy, believing that only through opposition of them without fear could they truly be defeated. Many fought at the fore of any battle, setting an example for all who followed.
Legio Lysanda - Notable Personnel: Princeps Tesarius Solomere Krane - Solomere Krane was a princeps tesarius of the Legio Lysanda during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. He commanded the Reaver-class Titan Purantum Bellos and took part in several notable battles during the Crusade of Iron.Princeps Raynal Hess (KIA) - Princeps of the Warlord-class Titan Astra Obsurus and commander of a Lysanda Myrmidon maniple, Hess was a veteran of the Eastern Fringe and the wars against the xenos. He sacrificed himself during the Battle of Ulixis.Princeps Maxamillien Delantyr (KIA) - Princeps of the Warhound-class Titan Ardentor. Killed during the Battle of Armatura.Moderatus Primus Ellas Hyle (KIA) - A moderatus of the Warhound-class Titan Ardentor. Killed during the Battle of Armatura.Moderatus Secundus Kei Adaras (KIA) - A moderatus of the Warhound-class Titan Ardentor. Killed during the Battle of Armatura.
Legio Lysanda - Legion Specific Wargear: Mantle of Responsibility - The personnel of the Legio Lysanda perceive trophies of war gifted to them as the highest honour and display them proudly upon their Titans to show their dedication to the Imperium.
Legio Lysanda - Space Marines: Ultramarines
Legio Lysanda - Legion Strength: Given that the Legio Lysanda was rarely assembled together for war, an exact count of their numbers is all but impossible to determine. What can be determined is based on the known worlds they garrisoned in the years prior to the outbreak of the Horus Heresy which placed the Legio Lysanda as a Tertius-grade Titan Legion, capable of fielding at least 53 god-engines, with an estimated upwards maximum of 72.Owing to the relative youth of the Titan Legion at the time, the Legio Lysanda was unable to call upon rarer classes of Titan, relying almost exclusively upon Warlord, Reaver and Warhound-class Titans.Nevertheless, the chaotic nature of the Horus Heresy, combined with the prevalence of scavenging enacted by many Titan Legions, may have lent opportunity for the Legio Lysanda to acquire Titan classes outside their pre-Heresy allocation.
Legio Lysanda - Legion Colours: The Titans of the Legio Lysanda are primarily white with black and gold trim. Often, they paint checkered patterns on various parts of their god-engines.
Legio Lysanda - Legion Badge: The Legio Lysanda badge is an aquamarine twelve-pointed star, with a small, white open circle centred within it, on a field of black.
Legio Lysanda - Aegis Etchings: The worlds to which the Legio Lysanda were assigned held great value to the princeps of the god-engines tasked with watching over them. Indeed, many of the Legio's princeps were recorded to have regularly integrated themselves into the local culture, forming bonds with its rulers and walking amongst its people.In some ways, the Sentinels of the Edge served in a capacity similar to, although far less influential than, that of an Iterator of the Great Crusade. When it came time for the Titan Legion to depart from a planet, the crew of each god-engine would personally carve a memento known as an "aegis etching" into the carapace of their Titan that marked the world they had protected.Each held meaning to the individual crew, with the most seasoned Titans bearing a tapestry of its deeds engraved on its carapace.Numerous recovered pict-captures of Legio Lysanda god-engines taken during the Horus Heresy show that many of the Legio's Titans bore such mementos that had been deliberately defaced; cross-references with the worlds they represented show that all such planets had either sided with Horus or were brought low by his wrath.
Legio Lysanda - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy - Loyalist Legios (Specialty Game), pp. 156-161Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy - Shadow and Iron (Specialty Game), pp. 8-11, 13-15, 20, 28-30, 59, 61, 66, 70-71Betrayer (Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Chs. 5, 6
Legio Magna - Legio Magna: Legio MagnaTraitor Titan LegionDark MechanicumEmperor of MankindWarmasterHorusRuinous PowersHorus HeresyThere is very little information in Imperial records about this obscure Titan Legion, though it is suspected to have been founded before the Age of the Imperium, during the Age of Strife.The Legio Magna 's homeworld was located in the Ultima Segmentum, where it originally hailed from the Forge World of Estaban VII.  During the Horus Heresy, the Legio Magna was supported by House Morbidia.It is assumed that this Legion was either destroyed at the end of the Heresy or was driven towards the Eye of Terror along with the rest of the forces of Chaos. If it survived the Heresy, its current whereabouts and activities are unknown.
Legio Magna - Legion History: During the Great Crusade, the Flaming Skulls were a minor Titan Legion from the Forge World of Estaban VII, known to campaign alongside both the XVIth (Sons of Horus) and XVIIth (Word Bearers) Space Marine Legions.Their ties with the Warmaster Horus ensured they were amongst the first to march in his name, emerging from the forge cities of Mars clad in bone and accompanied by sinister howls as they laid waste to the Imperium.
Legio Magna - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Magna - Knight Houses: House AtraxHouse MorbidiaHouse Oroborn
Legio Magna - Space Marines: World EatersDeath GuardThousand SonsEmperor's Children
Legio Magna - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Magna are red, orange and black.
Legio Magna - Legion Badge: The Legio Magna's badge is a flaming, horned skull centered in front of an orange sun on a field of black. Below the skull is a red letter "V", and below that are three skulls lined up besides one another in a v-shaped pattern.
Legio Magna - Canon Conflict: The Traitor Flaming Skulls Legion are revealed in Imperial Armour Volume One to be the Legio Magna.The Legio Magna, however, appears in several other sources as fighting on the side of the Imperium -- they are mentioned to have taken part in the Angevin Crusade, defended the world of Orask from a Tyranid splinter fleet, and, most recently, participated in the Third War for Armageddon.It is unknown if part of this Legio remained loyal during the Horus Heresy and has survived into the 41st Millenium maintaining its old name, or whether this simply is a mistake on the part of Games Workshop.
Legio Magna - Sources: Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Rulebook (Specialty Game), pp. 17, 74Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: Titandeath (Specialty Game), pg. 95Adeptus Titanicus - The Horus Heresy: The Defence of Ryza (Specialty Game), pg. 38The Horus Heresy - Book Four: Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 99Horus Heresy: Collected Visions, pg. 356Imperial Armour Volume One, pg. 8Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition, pg. 22Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 150Imperial Armour Apocalypse II, pg. 79Mechanicum (Novel) by Graham McNeillWarhammer 40,000 Rulebook (6th Edition), pg. 193White Dwarf 108 (UK), " 'Eavy Metal", pg. 76Codex Titanicus (1st Edition) Titan Legion Colour SchemesCitadel Journal 13, "Abominatus, Despoiler of Worlds Chaos Titan" by Adrian Wood & Gav Thorpe, pp. 41-44Dark Heresy Timeline by Alan Bligh, pg. 2Third War for Armageddon Worldwide Campaign - The Netherian Peninsula Sector NewsWarhammer Community - The Titan Legions of Ryza (20 July 2020)Warhammer Community - The Defence of Ryza: Your First Look (31 Mar 2020)
Legio Maledictis - Legio Maledictis: The Legio Maledictis, also spelled Legio Maledictus, is a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica.
Legio Maledictis - Notable Campaigns=: Assault on the Crythe Cluster (Unknown Date.M41) - Whilst many Titans of the Legio Maledictis were off-world assisting various campaigns, the Forces of Chaos under the command of Abaddon the Despoiler assaulted the worlds of the Crythe Cluster, intending to strip it of resources and manpower and to make the Forge World of Crythe Prime a staging area for further campaigns. Several outlying worlds of the Cluster fell to the forces of Chaos but the timely arrival of an Imperial relief fleet containing elements of the Blood Angels , Flesh Tearers and Sons of Guilliman Chapters interrupted the assault on Crythe Prime and brought an end to that campaign.
Legio Maledictis - Notable Titans: Hunter in the Grey - A Warhound-class Titan built on Alaris III, this God-engine was destroyed by the 1st Claw of the 10th Company of the Night Lords in battle on Crythe Prime.
Legio Maledictis - Notable Personnel: Arjuran Hollison - The Princeps of Hunter in the Grey was a scion of the Mechanicum elite on Crythe Prime. He died with his God-machine during the assault on his homeworld.Ganelon - He was the Moderati Primus of Hunter in the Grey and perished in that God-machine.
Legio Maledictis - Legion Colours: The Legio Maledictis colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Maledictis - Legion Badge: The badge of the Legio Maledictis is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Manus Flameaus - Legio Manus Flameaus: The Legio Manus Flameaus is a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica, one of the military arms of the Adeptus Mechanicus.There is very little information in Imperial records about this obscure Titan Legion, and it is unknown when it was founded and from what Forge World it hails.
Legio Manus Flameaus - Notable Campaigns: Jarix V Campaign (Unknown Date) - The Legio Manus Flameaus is credited with taking part in this little-known Imperial campaign, where "Indomitus" Battle Group of the Legion's war engines battled against the Aeldari, destroying a number of that enigmatic race's graceful xenos Titans and -- presumably -- successfully driving them off world. Armed with an array of weaponry the Battle Group fired off its Vortex and Barrage missiles as soon as they could, damaging the Holo-Fields on some of the Phantom Titans. The Vortex field forced many of the Eldar grav vehicles to leave the safety of the ruins or be destroyed, denying them the cover they needed to make pop-up attacks. Once the Eldar were exposed, the Titans unleashed volleys from their other weapons. The Indomitus Ambitus was equipped to attack the Eldar Phantom Titans. The barrages from its Multiple Rocket Launcher were able to destroy their Holo-Field generators before it dealt killing blows with its Turbo-Laser Destructor and Gatling Blaster.
Legio Manus Flameaus - Notable Titans: Indomitus Prime - A Reaver-class Titan that is known to have participated in the Jarix V Campaign.Indomitus Fautor - A Reaver-class Titan that is known to have participated in the Jarix V Campaign.Indomitus Ambitus - A Reaver-class Titan that is known to have participated in the Jarix V Campaign.
Legio Manus Flameaus - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records
Legio Manus Flameaus - Legion Colours: The colours of the Legio Manus Flameaus are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Manus Flameaus - Legion Badge: The Legion badge of the Legio Manus Flameaus is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Metalica - Legio Metalica: The Legio Metalica ("Iron Skulls") is one of the oldest and most esteemed Titan Legions within the Collegia Titanica, one of the military arms of the Adeptus Mechanicus. It is believed that the Legio Metalica was founded before the Age of the Imperium, during the Age of Strife.The Iron Skulls are veterans of centuries of conflict, predating even the Unification Wars of Terra and the Great Crusade.During the Horus Heresy, at least part of the Legion turned to Chaos and the service of the Warmaster Horus at the Battle of Cruciatus Primus and still serves as a Traitor Titan Legion.The Iron Skulls' home Forge World of Metalica lies within the Ultima Segmentum, situated in one of the most dangerous parts of the galaxy, near the Ork Empire of Charadon. They live in a constant state of readiness as they are always threatened by war.
Legio Metalica - Horus Heresy: By the time of the Triumph of Ullanor, the Legio Metalica had amassed a degree of renown not dissimilar to the reputations of the three Titan Legions of the Triad Ferrum Morgulus, the original Titan Orders raised on Mars.Driven by a desire to possess the strength wielded by Metalica, emissaries of the Warmaster Horus were dispatched in an attempt to sway the allegiance of the Forge World to his cause. The fate of these emissaries remains unknown, for records indicate that conflict erupted soon after they were sent and no evidence exists as to their arrival at Metalica.Irrespective of the fate of the Warmaster's emissaries, the allegiance of Metalica was called into question on numerous occasions during the early years of the Horus Heresy; the most notable occurrence involving conflict between the Legio Metalica and the Legio Pallidus Mor, with the latter reporting treachery by the Iron Skulls.According to those few princeps who survived the resulting conflict, the Pale Scythes claimed that a battlegroup of Iron Skulls had attempted to sway them to turn against the Emperor. When the Legio Pallidus Mors denied such an offer, it was met with violence, and from that day forth, the Pale Scythes harboured distrust towards the Legio Metalica, even after it was revealed that the wayward Iron Skulls had been corrupted by the machinations of the Legio Vulturum.Further scattered reports of turncoat Iron Skulls battlegroups were reported elsewhere in the galaxy and the Loyalist strength of the Legio Metalica tasked themselves with the extermination of such Traitors.The fractious nature of the Legio Metalica's loyalty did much to stain the once-impeccable reputation of the Titan Legion, leading to the collapse of the Iron Skulls' diplomatic strategists organisation, for few trusted the Titan Legion enough to share tactical secrets lest it be used against their own.
Legio Metalica - Notable Titan Battle Groups: Legio Metalica "Hades V" Battle Group - This Warlord-class Titan Battle Group was deployed in the defence of Hades Hive during the Second War for Armageddon when Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Thraka invaded Armageddon. The Custodire Pius and Custodire Invidia were armed with support weapons, enabling them to pound their foes from the greatest possible distance. Since their main objective was to keep the Ork Gargants from unleashing shots into the structure of Hades Hive, their weapon loadouts were configured to keep the Gargants at arms length. Custodire Faex, with its shorter-ranged weapons, was prepared to engage the Ork Gargants if any of them managed to survive the long-range wall of fire set up by the other two Titans. This weapons loadout enabled the Battle Group to destroy many Gargants before receiving seriou return fire, but once several Gargants closed in, their superior number of short ranged weapons smashed aside the Battle Group. The Titans of the "Hades V" Battle Group were armed with a large number of weapons that could destroy buildings, ensuring that valuable cover was denied to the Orks and Gargants, who were forced to advance in the open.Legio Metalica "Casus Belli" Battle Group - Battle Group Casus Belli was the Legio Metalica's most sizeable off-world force during the dark days of the Noctis Aeterna. Operating well over demi-legio strength and led by one of the most powerful Titans in service within the Collegia Titanica, the Imperator-class Casus Belli, this battle group was tasked with the reclamation of the Adeptus Mechanicus world of Nicomedua. Compromised of six Warlords, four Reavers, three Warhounds and a pair of Warrior-class Titans, the battle group proved capable of conquering whole worlds but suffered severely during the campaign remembered as the Subjugation of Nicomedua.
Legio Metalica - Notable Personnel: High Princeps VanKessen - Supreme commander of the Legio during the Charadon Campaign of the Era Indomitus in which the Legio Metalica sought to defend its homeworld from an invasion by the Nurglite forces of Typhus the Traveller.Princeps Senioris Kurtiz Mannheim - Mannheim was a princeps senioris of the Legio Metalica and its acting commander during the Second War for Armageddon following the death of its Grand Master. Kurtiz Mannheim had been ordered by the inept Overlord Herman von Strab to perform the impossible task of stemming the massive greenskinned tide of Orks from overrunning the planet. Unable to betray his oath of loyalty to the Emperor, Mannheim climbed aboard his Titan Steel Hammer and led his battle group to their inevitable destruction. After his Titan suffered severe damage, Mannheim ordered his war machine to be taken into the centre of the Ork forces before his Titan's Plasma Reactor melted down. When the reactor detonated, a half dozen Gargants were destroyed, delivering a powerful blow to the greenskin horde. At the end of the campaign Princeps Senioris Mannheim was posthumously awarded the Emperor's Star for his bravery and loyalty to the Imperium. To this day he remains a shining example of the dutiful warrior to all in the Imperium.Princeps Senioris Ulrichit Larzend - Larzend commanded the Warlord Titan Custodire Invidiawas during the Great Crusade. He was attached to the 183rd Expeditionary Fleet where his maniple of Titans became separated during one of its redeployments. The maniple's transport ships eventually reached the borders of the Saraninent Conglomerate, which was a Human enclave that had not been discovered by the Imperium. The Conglomerate had long been preyed upon by xenos pirates and Larzend led his maniple in defending its worlds from the xenos. After 10 standard years of doing so, Larzend's maniple was able to reestablish contact with the 183rd Expeditionary Fleet and the Saraninent Conglomerate eagerly joined the Imperium. Larzend was honored for his service under such extreme conditions and was granted the title "Warden of Saraninent" by the Legio Metalica. To this day, monuments to the Legio Metalica exist across all of the Conglomerate's worlds and each one is dedicated to Larzend and his maniple.Princeps GauvanosPrinceps Kadashi - Kadashi fought on the planet of Amethal during the Diamor Campaign alongside Blood Angels forces.
Legio Metalica - Legion Traits: The Legio Metalica remains one of the oldest and most esteemed Titan Legions, possessing a long and storied history of service stretching all the way back to the Great Crusade.Their innumerable victories are owed to the skill of the Legio's princeps in seizing the perfect moment to capitalise on.Formed from metal and little else, the world of Metalica is a sterile planet where its inhabitants can go about their business in complete order. This rigid sense of duty carries over to the machine spirits of all things forged upon the planet.In battle, the Legio Metallica's princeps always press forward to conquer their foe, no matter the oddds arrayed against them.Seeing battle acros countless worlds, the Legio's princeps often have decades of experience to draw upon when directing their troop.Though the majesty of the god-engines cannot be matched, the princeps are aware of the value of their smaller allies and bestow their guidance upon them where possible.
Legio Metalica - Legion Strength: The operational strength of the Legio Metalica is attested to have stood at 159 god-engines following the Triumph of Ullanor. As befitting a Titan Legion of its standing, the Legio Metalica was noted to contain several super-heavy Battle Titan types amongst its ranks as well as an extensive number of Warlord-class Battle Titans.All recorded data concurs with the standard force disposition of a Primus (Maxis)-grade Titan Legion though minor equipment variations are referenced in several assessments of the Legio Metalica's strength.In particular, many reports referred to the Iron Skulls' preference for the auditory enhancement of each god-engine's Laud Hailers, resulting in an amplified sound unleashed by a Legio Metalica Titan each time it fired a weapon.The exact reason behind such a modification is not recorded within the databases of the Legio Metalica, though assessments of the most ancient Titans of the Legio show such modifications were retrospectively added, while Titans less than five standard centuries old by the time of the Horus Heresy had such enhancements added during construction.The specialised Skitarii support regiments employed by the Legio Metalica, of which three were in active use during the Horus Heresy, seemingly drew a measure of inspiration from the modified sound of the Legio's warhorns, while opposing forces found such a cacophony highly disorientating.It is presumed that such auditory barrages were fashioned to serve a role similar in fashion to that of a war-cry, albeit one on a gargantuan scale.
Legio Metalica - Knight Houses: House KrastHouse RavenHouse LakarHouse Vornherr
Legio Metalica - Legion Colours: The Legio Metalica's colours are red, black, white and yellow.
Legio Metalica - Legion Badge: The Legio Metalica's badge at the time of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy was a skull and crossbones with the skull centred within a laurel wreath and a High Gothic letter "M" centred on the skull.By the 41st Millennium, the icon of the Legio was portrayed as a metallic silver skull centered within a circular silver cog, sometimes with a High Gothic letter "M" centred on the skull.
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Legio Metallum Armaturum - Legio Metallum Armaturum: Legio Metallum ArmaturumTraitor Titan LegionRuinous Powers
Legio Metallum Armaturum - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Metallum Armaturum - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Metallum Armaturum - Legion Colours: This Traitor Titan Legion's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Metallum Armaturum - Legion Badge: This Traitor Titan Legion's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Morbus - Legio Morbus: Legio MorbusTraitor Titan LegionRuinous PowersThe Legio Morbus was once a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Collegia Titanica who spat on their oaths of fealty and instead pledged their undying loyalty to the Plague God Nurgle.
Legio Morbus - Notable Campaigns: War of Slime and Metal (Unknown Date.M42) - The Forge World of Metalica is besieged by the Plaguehosts of Nurgle, the 3rd and 7th Plague Companies of the Death Guard, other Chaos Space Marines, the corrupted Titans of the Legio Morbus, and no fewer than seven fallen Knight houses. Only the arrival of the entire House Raven staved off defeat, and only with the aid of a war fleet from Deimos was the attack finally broken and the daemons banished.
Legio Morbus - Notable Titans: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Morbus - Notable Personnel: None listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Morbus - Legion Colours: This Traitor Titan Legion's colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Morbus - Legion Badge: This Traitor Titan Legion's badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Legio Mordaxis - Legio Mordaxis: The Legio Mordaxis ("Deathdealers")  is a Traitor Titan Legion of the Dark Mechanicum. Throughout the Great Crusade the Deathdealers were closely associated with the Word Bearers Legion, a partnership that ultimately led to their corruption by Chaos.In the year preceding the start of the Horus Heresy, the Dark Apostles of the Word Bearers infested the god-engines of the Deathdealers with a deadly techno-toxin which made their very presence corrupting and decaying to all those around them.
Legio Mordaxis - Legion History: The Legio Mordaxis was once a Loyalist Titan Legion of the Adeptus Titanicus, created some time before the tumultuous Age of Strife. Hailing from a highly toxic world, during this troubled era the Legio weathered the constant Warp Storms and ravages of the deadly environment of their homeworld beneath the protective barriers of environmentally sealed manufactoria.They only emerged to eradicate those who would dare encroach upon their homeworld, wiping out any threat that dared assail it.Once they were rediscovered by the Imperial expeditionary fleets of the Great Crusade and brought into the Imperial fold, the Legio Mordaxis deployed alongside several Legions of the Legiones Astartes, most notably the Word Bearers, at the forward edge of the Great Crusade.The Legio Mordaxis had once been pure and loyal soldiers in the Emperor's armies during the Great Crusade. On the eve of the Horus Heresy, they were brought low by a malevolent machine plague devised by the Dark Mechanicum and unleashed by the Dark Apostles of the Word Bearers.This techno-virus infected the Legion's princeps, stripping them of their will and individuality until they remained little more than puppets slaved to the will of their Titans' corrupted Machine Spirits (artificial intelligences).Horgoth Nyr, the princeps maximus of the Legio Infernus ("Fire Masters") callously exploited the weaknesses of his allies, and manipulated the Legio Mordaxis and others into sending a measure of their strength to aid the Traitor primarchs, so that he might engage in the true business of bringing the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar to their knees in the course of the Heresy.Accurate records of the actions of Legio Mordaxis Titans following their declaration for the cause of the Warmaster Horus remain elusive, for their very presence corrupted any machines they came into contact with.Testimonies extracted from Solar Auxilia detachments after the Siege of Castra Tanagra speak of a Deathdealers Titan bearing the weathered colours of the Legio Mordaxis, one of which matched the description of the Reaver-class Titan Irkalla.Once honoured for its past deeds during the assault upon the Fortress of the Illucidian Barons, the god-engine that walked upon Talassar was profoundly different, each step ponderous and heavy, as if weighed down by the corruption that had taken root within it.