Alpha Legion - Notable Alpha Legionaries: Alpharius - Alpharius was one of the twenty primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind in the earliest days of the Imperium of Man, just after the end of the Age of Strife in the 30th Millennium. In truth, Alpharius and his brother Omegon were actually a pair of identical twin brothers. This greatest of secret of the Alpha Legion's primarch was apparently told to no one outside the XXth Legion, and it has always been thus. Alpharius was without a doubt the most steeped in mystery, legend, contradiction and deliberate falsification of all the primarchs. The primarch of the Alpha Legion shrouded himself in mystery, often moving unseen even amongst the ranks of his own Legion, appearing as just another line Astartes. However, when the time came to cast off the cloak of misdirection, Alpharius was as awe-inspiring a being as any of his other brother primarchs. Due to the Alpha Legion's trademark secrecy extends to the records of their primarch. There is little recorded information on his biographical background or where his homeworld originates. Following the tragic events of the Horus Heresy, the Alpha Legion did not retreat to the Eye of Terror like the other Traitor Legions; instead they moved on into the galactic east, following new objectives of their own devising. Upon the world of Eskrador, Alpharius would meet his fate. Alpharius wanted to demonstrate the superiority of the flexible, multitudinous and unexpected military strategies of his Legion over the notoriously precise, methodical and perhaps even tactically moribund Ultramarines. Both primarchs met in combat and Alpharius was supposedly killed. Even though they had lost their primarch, the Alpha Legion managed to soundly beat the Ultramarines, who proceeded to bombard their foes' position from orbit. It should be noted, however, that Alpharius' death is still considered suspect even by the Ultramarines, and he may still be alive. On the other hand, it is possible that "Alpharius" did indeed die and his twin "Omegon" took sole command of the Alpha Legion as the new Alpharius.Omegon - Primarch of the Alpha Legion and also commander of the Effrit Stealth Squad. Large portions of Omegon's Power Armour and wargear were painted black and darkened. Omegon often operated under various disguises to keep secret the existence of the Alpha Legion's twin-primarchs. Following the death of "Alpharius" upon the world of Eskrador at the hands of Roboute Guilliman, Omegon may have assumed the reigns of the Alpha Legion. His current fate is unknown.Ingo Pech - First Captain of the Alpha Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy era, Ingo Pech, like the majority of the Legionaries within the Alpha Legion, possessed strong physical similarities to his Primarch Alpharius, with a shaved head but gold-flecked brown eyes. Though he was physically smaller than some of the other Legionaries, he was quite strong.(Ma)Thias Herzog - Second Captain of the Alpha Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras, Thias Herzog also possessed physical characteristics nearly identical to his Primarch Alpharius. He was older than his peer First Captain Pech by twenty standard years. His bald scalp suggested that his hair was of a darker natural color, and that he shaved his head to resemble his primarch and fellow captain. Herzog possessed blue eyes like his primarch's.Armillus Dynat - Harrowmaster Armillus Dynat, known as the "Griefbringer" and "Instar-Nine", was a formidable strategist with a penchant for unorthodox and highly intricate attack plans often designed to pull apart and maim enemy fortifications before a killing blow was delivered, Armillus was also a master of integrated fast-armour and close air-support tactics. Armillus Dynat is thought to have been a theatre commander during the notorious Tesstra Campaign and the mastermind behind the Oanessi Genocide and the Harrowing of Callista Mundus.Autilon Skorr - Known as the "King-Killer" and the "Hydra's Headsman", Autilon Skorr was a Consul-Delegatus of the Alpha Legion, and was listed on the roll of honour of the Great Crusade's Council of War 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 Compliance of newly discovered worlds in the name of the Imperium. After the outbreak of the Heresy, he furthered the Warmaster's 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.Sheed Ranko - Sheed Ranko was the master of the Alpha Legion's Lernaean Terminator Squads during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras, and was an especially large Astartes, who doubled well for both Omegon and Lord Alpharius in diplomatic circumstances. He was a loyal Legionary who was known to accept any mission with the utmost secrecy. During the Horus Heresy, Sheed was assigned by the Primarch Omegon to destroy a secret Alpha Legion watch station, called the Tenebrae, as he believed that it was leaking intelligence to the Alpha Legion's enemies. Before the operation began, Sheed drank some of the Primarch's own blood, and took on the physical appearance of Omegan, and even gained some of his memories. In a one-way suicide mission, Sheed successfully infiltrated the hidden base posing as the Primarch Omegon, and managed to successfully destroy the facility.Chaitin - Chaitin was a Legate within the XXth Legion for the later part of the Great Crusade and early years of the Horus Heresy. Legate Chaitin is known for having refused to follow his twin-primarchs into treachery, upholding his vows to the Imperium and having successfully dodged any pursuit for several years until the point one of the twin-primarchs themselves had to hunt him down. Chaitin was assassinated by an infiltrated Alpha Legionary, posing as the Iron Hands Septus Thoic, aboard the Sisypheum, who was loyal to Alpharius. He died on the Death World of Eirene Septimus.Exodus - None can say whether Exodus is a single individual or one of several supremely skilled assassins operating at the behest of the uppermost echelons of the Alpha Legion. Whatever the truth, the Legionary known as Exodus ranked amongst the most skilled killers outside of the Assassin Clades of the Officio Assassinorum during the Great Crusade. His skill-at-arms was born of the convergence of the will, physiology and conditioning of a Space Marine with the fieldcraft and panoply of arms and wargear of an assassin. So adept was Exodus that he was said to rival even the marksmen of Clade Vindicare in his ability to insinuate himself into position and deliver the killing shot at the pivotal moment in a campaign. Some histories claim that as many as a dozen worlds were brought into Imperial Compliance with only a single shot having been fired by Exodus, who could achieve with one round what the expenditure of billions of rounds, charges and shells might never bring about.Dartarion Varix - As Strike Commander of the Alpha Legion, Dartarion Varix was one of the XXth Legion most trusted officers. As leader of the Legion's elite Third Harrow of the First Host, Varix was a master of infiltration and an extremely efficient tactician. During the Horus Heresy, Varix was tasked with a top-secret mission: to infiltrate Terra in preparation for the Warmaster's final offensive. However the ship upon which Varix intended to clandestinely enter the Segmentum Solar -- the Mechanicum ark-freighter Omnissiax -- was diverted to another world, the Battle Group of Legio Perennia Titans it was carrying being called upon to crush the open rebellion on the world of Callista Mundi. Unable to attain his primary objective, Strike Commander Varix then proceeded to take control of the Omnissiax and its precious cargo which would prove decisive in the following Harrowing of Callista Mundi.Ursinius Echion - Ursinius was a Librarian of the Alpha Legion during the Great Crusade and early years of the Horus Heresy, who still retained his position within the Legion's Librarius, despite the Emperor's Decree Absolute laid down during the Council of Nikaea, which forbid the Legiones Astartes the use of such psykers within their ranks. Sometime during the early years of the Heresy he was interviewed by Primarch Omegon in regards to the status of the secret Alpha Legion asteroid bases of Tenebrae Station. The Alpha Legion made use of this facility to help manipulate the Warp through the use of a pylon array, which they utilised to keep the White Scars Legion both contained and ignorant of Chondax. During the conversation, Sheed Ranko was hidden from Echion's sight in the shadows, secretly observing the conversation. Following the Librarian's dismissal, Sheed Ranko helped formulate a plan to neutralise a suspected security leak by destroying the facility. Afterwards, Ursinius was executed by Omegon for his failure in prevent the leak from occurring in the first place.Ancient Archontas Origo - Very little is known of the warrior referred to in the archives of the Logistica Corpus as the "Archontas" of an unknown chapter of the Alpha Legion, and it is considered unlikely that "Origo" is even a personal name. According to some extant early Great Crusade archives, at least a dozen different warriors of the old XXth Legion bore that name, every one of them falling in combat during the early or mid Crusade eras to be interred within the armoured sarcophagus of a number of different marks of Dreadnought armour, from early Furibundus to later mark Castra Ferrum. The last known individual to bear this name, was interred within a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought. Archontas Origo's Dreadnought armour was equipped with a pair of power claws with inset flamers, making him a fearsome prospect for any but the most accomplished of melee fighters. He also mounted a Cyclone Missile Launcher, a weapon often utilised to break down the coherency of enemy formations prior to an attack, a broad category of tactic the Alpha Legion were noted as being especially adept at implementing. This ancient's ultimate fate is unknown.Ancient Nehalen, "The Interitus" (Deceased) - Renowned among the Alpha Legion for his exploits as a member of the Legion's Destroyer cadre in days long since passed, Nehalen earned for himself the title "Interitus" for his brutal methods -- the fear of his deployment to a war zone a more potent deterrent than a full company of lesser warriors. Following a cataclysmic encounter with the Fra'al, Nehalen was confined to the metal shell of a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought, a transition that barred him from the infiltration missions that had once been his specialty and kindled in him a cold fury and appetite for open slaughter that exceeded his fellows. On Mezoa he served in Autillion Skorr's bodyguard of enforcers, delivering many of the suicidal edicts of the Alpha Legion commander to the Iron Warriors under his command. He was to meet his final end in combat with Cassian Dracos, the Dragon Revenant, who finally ended his cruel existence in a brawl that levelled an entire sub-section of the Mezoan forge-fane.Arkos the Faithless, the Scion of Alpharius - Arkos the Faithless was a Captain of the Alpha Legion who turned Traitor along with the rest of his Legion during the Horus Heresy. Arkos is a Chaos Lord of the Alpha Legion and leader of the Alpha Legion warband known as The Faithless that intervened to support the forces of Chaos during the Siege of Vraks. Following the defeat of the Chaotic forces on Vraks, the Faithless were destroyed and Arkos was taken prisoner by the Dark Angels Chapter of Loyalist Space Marines.Bale (Deceased) - Bale was the Chaos Lord who led an Alpha Legion warband to the Imperial Civilised World of Tartarus to find the ancient Chaotic artefact known as the Maledictum that met resistance from Captain Gabriel Angelos and the Blood Ravens' 3rd Company. Bale was slain by his own lieutenant, the Chaos Sorcerer Sindri Myr, who harboured his own ambition to use the Maledictum to become a Daemon Prince.Arkturion - Arkturion, a notable Warpsmith of the Alpha Legion, has grown particularly notorious for his campaigns of deception and terror against both the Imperium and the Severan Dominate within the Spinward Front of the Calixis Sector, raising nightmarish Daemon Engines to obliterate his foes.Firaeveus Carron (Deceased) - Firaeveus Carron was a Chaos Lord who led an Alpha Legion warband. Though its members were dedicated to Chaos Undivided, Carron himself was a Chaos Champion of Khorne. Firaeveus Carron led the Forces of Chaos' invasion of the Imperial Kaurava System during the 41st Millennium after a Warp Rift opened in the system through the will of the Chaos Gods. Carron and his warband were ultimately defeated by the Imperial forces defending Kaurava, although it is unknown in the Imperial records which of the three Imperial factions present in the system defeated him -- the 252nd Conservator Regiment of the Imperial Guard, the Blood Ravens Chapter or the Adepta Sororitas of the Order of the Sacred Rose.Dynat Crowbane - Following the tragic events of the Horus Heresy, during the unending bloodshed of the Great Scouring, the Traitor Chaos Warlord Dynat Mal, known as "Crowbane" for his ambush and slaughter of Raven Guard forces during the Battle of Lyx, fled to the Mandragoran Stars and gathered to him a coterie of Renegades, diabolists and Traitors thousands strong. Imperial forces sent in pursuit were repeatedly out-manoeuvred and cut apart piecemeal as Dynat's forces, now known as "The Shadowed Ones", employ guerrilla tactics and dark forces to extend their mastery over the region. After the vital Imperial outpost station at the world of Amarah in what is now the Orpheus Sector of the Segmentum Tempestus had been attacked and destroyed, its entire population slaughtered and stockpiles plundered, any Imperial claim to the region was effectively severed. This sundered realm, caught beyond the light of the Imperium at the edges of the Veiled Region, became known as the Dark Marches and is benighted by ignorance and discord, and is shrouded from human sight.Roek Ghulclaw - Roek Ghulclaw was a Chaos Lord who led the Chaos Cult known as The Guns of Freedom. He had unknowingly infiltrated the Word Bearers Warmaster Davroth's chosen council so subtly that none suspected his true allegiance, which ultimately was the Alpha Legion. General Andol of the Guns of Freedom was but one of Roek's pawns and informants seeded throughout the sector. He took part in the invasion of Makenna VII. With the arrival of Davroth's fleet, The Guns of Freedom led those loyal to the cause in rebellion. Though they believed they were overthrowing an unjust dictator, in reality they were merely pawns, for their commander General Andol was one of the Alpha Legion's many agents upon this world.Phocron - Phocron was the name of supposed Chaos Lord of the Alpha Legion, who was held responsible for the death of entire worlds through callous acts of sabotage, terrorism and inciting war, undertaken by his vast network of Chaos Cultists and human operatives. He was pursued for over a century by an Ordo Hereticus Inquisitor who was obsessed with capturing the elusive Chaos Lord. When he finally tracked the traitor down to the derelict space hulk Hyrdra's Eye the true perfidy of the Alpha Legion was revealed -- the name "Phocron" was an alias assumed by multiple Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marines, for there never was a true Phocron that existed. It was merely a cover used to help organise cultists and agents across the Imperium as a symbol to rally behind. Since the identity of Phocron had been compromised, the Alpha Legion was going to discard it anyways. Even worse, the Inquisitor noticed that one of the Alpha Legionaries face had been surgically altered to match his own, indicating that the Inquisitor would be the new identity that had been chosen to replace "Phocron".Jaghathra Vrax (KIA) - Vrax was an Alpha Legion warlord who for solar decades operated out of a fortress in the Black Mountains upon the world of Ghorvenfal. A noted bladesman, he plagued surrounding systems with piratical raids, evading the Imperium's clumsy reprisals with ease. However Vrax eventually overreached himself. Having discovered that the Kabal of the Black Heart planned to raid the Imperial factory world of Melidrantis, he elected to use the Dark Eldar as pawns in his own schemes. At the battle's height they struck, catching both the Kabalites and their beleaguered Cadian foes by surprise and exacting a heavy toll upon them both. Vrax' forces escaped with a huge stockpile of weaponry and left the Black Heart to retreat empty-handed. Such an insult could not be allowed to stand, and so, Asdrubael Vect spared no effort in tracking down Vrax and his warband. Lelith Hesperax herself, joined the Dark Eldar forces arrayed for the attack against Vrax' forces. In a surprise attack, the Alpha Legionaries were caught within their own mountain fortress, and quickly overwhelmed. The surviving Chaos Space Marines watched on, helplessly, as Vrax faced Hesperax in single combat. He was quickly overwhelmed by the Wych's speed and superlative skills with a blade, and had both hands, then both arms truncated. Only one Alpha Legionary left the fortress alive that day, and his limbless form still howls its endless agony above the Onyx Gate of Vect's palace to this day.Varus Hos (KIA) - Varus Hos was a Chaos Lord of the warband known as the Perfidious Host who fought in an unnamed campaign against the White Scars Brotherhood led by Hamiclar Vort, a past Master of the Hunt. Though the open stages of the battle went initially well for the Chaos warband, the implacable White Scars recovered quickly from their losses and launched a lightning counter-attack. As the battle neared its end and the White Scars were on the verge of claiming victory, Varus launched an unexpected assault on the White Scars Captain, intent on depriving his enemies of their leadership. As the two commanders fought with their forces fighting and dying around them, Hamiclar was able to overcome Valur and slew the Chaos Lord. With their leadership deprived, the White Scars quickly destroyed the Perfidious Host wholesale.Sindri Myr (KIA)- Sindri Myr was a Chaos Sorcerer who accompanied an Alpha Legion warband to the Imperial Civilised World of Tartarus to find the ancient Chaotic artefact known as the Maledictum that met resistance from Captain Gabriel Angelos and the Blood Ravens' 3rd Company. Sindri slew his own commander, the Chaos Lord Bale, and eventually used the power of the Maledictum to ascend to become a Daemon Prince. However, he enjoyed this loft status for only a few moments before he was slain by the Blood Ravens' hero, Captain Gabriel Angelos.Hekastis Nul (KIA) - Hekastis Nul was a Dark Apostle and member of the Alpha Legion. A fervent worshiper of the Chaos Gods, Nul served under Chaos Lord Vykus Skayle and helped summon Daemons across the world of Valdrmani during the Siege of the Fenris System. However, Nul was eventually slain by Wolf Lord Sven Bloodhowl.Nullus (KIA) - Chaos Champion and lieutenant to the Daemon Prince Kernax Voldorius who was slain by the White Scars during the Hunt for Voldorius upon the world of Quintus.Vykus Skayle (KIA) - Skayle was a Chaos Lord of the Alpha Legion who commanded a warband known as the Daggerfangs. He was a master of intrigue and manipulation, but differs amongst many of his Alpha Legion brethren, as he was a fervent worshipper of the Ruinous Powers. Because of his devotion and fervent faith, Skayle had been granted superior strength and speed by the Chaos Gods. In battle, he made use of his enhanced abilities, fighting with a pair of daemonic blades. Alongside the Daemon Prince Tzen'char, Skayle was one of the chief architects of the daemonic incursions that culminated in the Siege of the Fenris System. While fighting across the Fenris System he was eventually slain by Wolf Lord Harald Deathwolf.Kernax Voldorius (KIA) - Kernax Voldorius was an infamous Daemon Prince of the Alpha Legion who was hunted for decades by the White Scars Space Marine Chapter and its Captain of the 3rd Brotherhood, Kor'sarro Khan. After more than a decade on the hunt, in 865.M41 Kor'sarro Khan drove Voldorius from his foremost stronghold on the Hive World of Modanna to the world of Quintus, where Kor'sarro and the 3rd Brotherhood of the White Scars formed an alliance with Captain Kayvaan Shrike of the Raven Guard Chapter's 3rd Company, who also sought to dislodge the Alpha Legion's grip on that benighted planet. Together, the two Astartes officers and their companies ultimately ran the Daemon Prince to ground and slew him once and for all. Kor'sarro Khan took Voldorius' head back to the White Scars homeworld of Chogoris (officially known to the Administratum as Mundus Planus) where it was set on a pike on the road to the White Scars' Fortress-Monastery, so that all who saw it might know that no foe of the Chapter ever truly escapes the Emperor's justice.