Legio Audax - Notable Campaigns: Isstvan III Atrocity (ca. 007.M31) - The campaign known in later times as the Isstvan III Atrocity began when the Imperial Planetary Governor of Isstvan III, Vardus Praal, was corrupted by the Chaos God Slaanesh whose cultists had long been active on that world. In 205.M31, Praal declared his world to be independent from the Imperium. Unaware of the change in Horus' loyalties after his corruption by Chaos on the world of Davin, the Council of Terra charged the Warmaster with the retaking of that world, primarily its capital, the Choral City. When the Imperium finally gathered its forces, the Sons of Horus, Death Guard, Emperor's Children and the World Eaters Legions arrived in the Istvaan System, mustering in orbit above the doomed planet. Under the guise of putting down the Istvaanian rebellion against Imperial Compliance, Horus hatched the plan by which he would destroy all the remaining Loyalist elements of the Legions under his command. He purposely gathered those Astartes who were not loyal to him and used them in the assault on the non-Compliant world. With elements of the Legio Mortis, the Legio Audax and the Legio Vulpa Titan Legion in support, the invasion of Istvaan III then began in earnest. The Ember Wolves are known to have taken part in the final attack on the Precentor's Palace alongside the Titans of the Death's Heads, but little mention of their other actions during the campaign are currently present in Imperial records.Shadow Crusade (007-008.M31) - In the wake of the Battle of Calth, the Word Bearers and the World Eaters Legions launched the Shadow Crusade against the Realm of Ultramar in the hopes of keep the Ultramarines tied down and unable to aid the defence of Terra from the assault of the Warmaster. This campaign saw Titans fighting alongside Space Marine Legions from both sides.Battle of Armatura (ca. 007.M31) - During the Battle of Armatura, Legio Audax Warhound-class Titans stalked Legio Lysanda Titans at the behest of the World Eaters.Battle of Nuceria (ca. 008.M31) - The Legio Audax found themselves following the Word Bearers and World Eaters upon Nuceria, homeworld of the Primarch Angron. Enraged by the lies that had been told about him over the last century by the ruling class of his former homeworld, namely that he had cowardly fled the world and let his former army of gladiators be massacred in his stead, Angron ordered his Legion to kill everyone in the planet's capital city of Desh'ea, the masters of which had once claimed to own him. Then they were to kill everyone on the planet. At the height of the final battle against the last city on Nuceria, Word Bearers Primarch Lorgar was confronted by his wrathful brother Roboute Guilliman, who had been chasing him and the XII Legion since the destruction of Calth. Guilliman and the Ultramarines failed to defeat the Traitors and the world of Nuceria was utterly devastated as Angron achieved apotheosis with the aid of Lorgar, and was transformed into a Daemon Prince of Khorne.Crusade of Iron (008-010.M31) - In response to the Traitor Legions' assault across the Five Hundred Worlds of Ultramar during the Battle of Calth and the Shadow Crusade, the Loyalists within the region declared the Crusade of Iron. Spearheaded by the Titans of the Legio Praesagius, they led their allies from the Legio Oberon, Legio Lysanda and dozens of Imperial Knight households to isolate the Traitor forces and slaughter them piecemeal. The Legio Audax, alongside their allies from the Legio Infernus and Legio Mordaxis, took part in a number of notable campaigns against the Loyalists during this particular crusade.Doom at Bormina (ca. 008.M31) - As this campaign unfolded in the southern region of Ultramar, the Legio Praesagius had its first taste of battle since the battle for the city of Ithraca on Calth. In the rain-drenched warrens of the macro-jungles, the Loyalists faced the Legio Audax's wolf packs, the close tangle of the world favouring the smaller Titans of the Ember Wolves. Here House Orhlacc shone, its Nobles bringing the battle to the Ember Wolves in the green hell of Bormina, their Knights able to dart among the roots of the great jungle trees and go places even the savage Legio Audax's Warhounds could not follow.Ambush on Espandor - War for the Agri-Sprawl (ca. 008.M31) - In the wake of the conflict on Ulixis during the Crusade of Iron, the Loyalists sought to press the advantage, working to divide the Traitors in order to more efficiently dismantle their strength. When word reached the Legio Praesagius of a gathering invasion intended to seize the Agri-world of Espandor, the Loyalists laid plans to intercept the Traitor efforts, focusing their forces on the Boreaus Agri-sprawl, a heavily developed area containing a maze of feed-towers and macro-granaries that would serve to negate the numerical advantage of the Traitors. Though only a handful of Titans from the Legio Praesagius could be mustered, they were supported by several maniples from the Legio Oberon, alongside dedicated companies of both Titan Killer infantry and super-heavy tanks. Amongst their number stood the Psi-Titan Occedentalis-Damysus, the Warlord-Sinister Titan lending its support to Princeps Ultima Dae Vergos' forces for reasons known only to its Preceptor-Intendant. Having marshalled their forces, the Loyalists hoped to spring a devastating ambush on the approaching Traitor force, consisting of Titans drawn from both the Legio Audax and the Legio Suturvora. Though Vergos had constructed her plan with meticulous detail, she could not account for the powers to which the Traitors now bowed. The Occedentalis-Damysus, tasked with striking the opening blow against the Traitors, found its talent stifled by the forces the Traitors employed. With the Psi-Titan brought low by packs of Legio Audax Warhounds hiding amongst the very buildings Vergos sought to use against the Traitors, the Loyalists were forced onto the back foot. In an effort to secure victory, Vergos ordered her forces into the city in order to limit the numerical advantage of the Traitors, drawing them into a bitter, close-quarters fight. Amid the devastating crossfire, the protective storm-coils surrounding Boreaus were hit repeatedly, dozens toppling in flames. Without the coils to hold it back, the storm raced in to cover the city. In the gloom, rain and flashing lightning, the two sides met with a mighty crash, like gods of old fighting over the fate of Mankind. Filled with battle rage, Vergos bulled her way toward the Traitors' commander -- Princeps Tesarius Orcan Rex, and his Warbringer Titan God Hammer -- leaving savaged enemies in her wake, and destroyed God Hammer by squeezing its head into scrap with its power claw. Her rage receding, Vergos realised that, despite the death of Orcan, her force was still badly outmatched. Vox messengers were coming in from orbit, the Loyalist fleet was heavily engaged and calling for retreat, and reluctantly Vergos had to comply. Yet someone had to stay and cover the withdrawal -- and for this task the Legio Oberon stepped forward. Its Titans accepted their fate willingly to save Dae Vergos and the remaining True Messengers. For their princeps it was a chance to repay a debt owed since the battle at Ithraca on Calth, where they could not save their allies from the Traitors' surprise assault on the voidport. As the Legio Praesagius drop-craft made for orbit and their waiting fleet, the last communication from the surface was from the Legio Oberon maniples striding into the teeth of the enemy's guns, their vox blaring with a single repeated phrase: "For Ithraca!"Gutting of the Night Hives of StyrusBattle of Drooth IIDestruction of Bodt (008.M31) - Seized by the World Eaters Legion during their early days, the world of Bodt was the principal fiefdom of the XIIth Legion. This arid volcanic world served as the primary recruitment and training grounds for the legion. Following the shattering of the Loyalist Legions at the Drop Site Massacre of Isstvan V, several remaining independent battlegroups waged their own wars of reciprocity against the hated Traitors. One such element was led by Iron Father Autek Mor of the Iron Hands Legion. This bellicose and ferocious commander held a sinister reputation within his own Legion, with no love lost between the Iron Father and his Primarch Ferrus Manus. Leading a mixed Imperial strike force, Autek Mor's forces succeeded in crashing Bodt's lone moon into the doomed planet, causing a total extermination event that eradicated all life upon Bodt's surface, including a demi-Legio detachment of the Legio Audax.Last Stand on Absolom (Unknown Date.M31) - Having clashed repeatedly with the Legio Audax, the Legio Castigatra retreated to the world of Absolom in the Gorgonopsii Maestrale region of space. As the Horus Heresy raged across the galaxy, this world soon fell prey invading forces of the Dark Mechanicum, who proceeded to turn the planet into a battleground. Loyalist Mechanicum forces stood defiantly against the Traitor forces, with Titans from the Legio Catigatra, Skitarii and Taghmata forces fought against the traitor Titans of the Legio Audax and traitor Ordo Reductor. During the height of the battle, the Loyalist Legio Castigatra Warmonger-class Titan Tantorus Magnificat led an assault through a Traitor-occupied hive city. During the fierce fighting that followed, Princeps Balthus Voltemand of the Legio Audax and his Warhound Titans brought down the larger Titan through the use of his Legion's dishonourable wolf pack tactics. The pack harpooned the larger Titan with their dreaded Ursus Claws and pulled it to the ground, like a pack of hyenas assaulting a lion. After the Warmonger Titan was brought down, a Traitor Thallax cohort boarded the fallen Titan with the intent to capture it intact. However, the Loyalist crew refused to let the Traitors have their prize, and instead, overloaded their plasma reactor, which caused the larger Titan to suffer a catastrophic meltdown and massive explosion, which wiped out the remaining Legio Audax forces in the immediate area. As a result of the Ember Wolves' actions during the fierce fighting for this strategically insignificant world, the Legio Castigatra suffered heavy casualties.War Within the Webway (010.M31) - When the forces of the Warmaster Horus gained access to the Aeldari Webway, several contingents of mortal Chaos forces were deployed in support of the Warmaster's daemonic allies in a great push to attack Terra directly. Supporting an unidentified second Titan Legion, several Warhound Scout Titans of the Legio Audax fought within the confines of the Webway before sacrificing themselves in order to break the wall of the Impossible City during the Siege of Calastar.Battle of Belisaar Alpha (Unknown Date.M31)Battle of Phendrick's World (Unknown Date.M31)