Gerasene Host
The Gerasene Host was a Blackshields warband and seem to be the result of rapid, unsanctioned Geneseed hybridisation processes that first appeared in the middle period of the Horus Heresy. The source of the Host's Geneseed is unknown and its warriors appeared unaware of their true lineage. Some Strategio-savants have posited that the Host were created as a living terror weapon, wrought by an unknown hand and released into the galaxy to sow death and destruction to further Horus' cause. One such example was the Treab's World Campaign, where the Gerasene Host - operating independently but in retrospect clearly co-aligned with Death Guard and Emperor's Children - defeated a large force of Loyalists, among them a large contingent of Salamanders.[1]
Heraldry and equipment
The Gerasene Host legionary pictured here wore a Mark V Power Armour of unknown provenance that had never been painted in any Legion colours, thus preserving its unadorned bare metallic grey ceramite.[1]
The markings - typical for the Host and applied by each warrior himself - appear to represent arcane and idiosyncratic glyphs of unknown origin. Most members of the Gerasene Host also wore the "L" sigil on their right shoulder pauldron, again the significance of this marking remains unknown.[1]
Armourial icons (left) and individual markings with unknown significance (right)[1]
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution, pg. 223
