Legio Victorum
Colour Scheme | Legion Info | Symbol | |
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Name: | Legio Victorum | ||
Alternative name: | Foe Slayers (Legio Victorum I) Foe Hammers (Legio Victorum II) Foe Breakers (Legio Victorum III) | ||
Affiliation: | Imperium (Legio Victorum III, some elements of I) Dark Mechanicum (Legio Victorum II, some elements of I) | ||
Founded: | Pre-Great Crusade[3] | ||
Forge World: | Triplex Phall | ||
Colours: | Blue/Yellow/Black | ||
Strength: | 200 Titans by the end of the Great Crusade | ||
Motto: | For the alien, nothing.[6] |
The Legio Victorum are a Titan Legion.[1][3]
Contents
History
The Legio Victorum's origins are in the Age of Strife where the first Legion built Galatia a petty empire, battling both Humans and Xenos and earning the name Foe Slayers for the dead in their wake. As it conquered nearby Phall and Thule, the Legion grew in size and power. The Legio Victorum II was created from veterans around the Apocalypse Titan Apex Maxis at Phall while the Legio Victorum III was created on Thule from the most orthodox and militant Tech-Priests of the Triplex. Eventually, the Legio grew into the greatest force in the Eastern Fringe. This dominance lasted until the coming of the Great Crusade and the for the first time the Legio was humbled.[7c]
The Legio Victorum II would bind its fate to that of Warmaster Horus and became composed almost wholly of Battle Titans, in particular the Warbringer-Nemesis class. It was used by Horus for the utter destruction of the foe and had a rivalry of sorts with the Legio Mortis. Horus used the Legio Victorum II's former servitude to the Legio Victorum I as a way to bind them to his cause and over time it became the most powerful element within the Legion fielding over 100 Titans. By contrast the Legio Victorum I remained on the Eastern Fringe and maintained its position on Galatia fighting as a defensive force. They became experts of fighting in urban environments without causing massive collateral damage and became known as stalwart defenders of the Imperium that was nonetheless beset by internal intrigue and plots by its Princeps and Tech-Adepts. Lastly, the Legio Victorum III was nearly forgotten and languished in obscurity upon tiny Thule. They typically saw action as dedicated raiders and reconnaissance-in-force often without any support. They only could field a few Reavers and Warlords and consisted largely of Warhounds.[7c]
Elements of the Legio participated in the Compliance of Isstvan III, fighting alongside the Titans of the Legio Adamantus, the Space Marines of the Raven Guard Legion and Imperial Army soldiers of the Therion Cohort.[3]
At the outbreak of the Horus Heresy the Legio Victorum II sided with the traitors while the Legio Victorum I & III remained loyal. The Legio Victorum II attacked its allies on Thule during the Thramas Crusade.[7a] Elements of the Legio Victorum II also fought against loyalists in the Battle of Tralsak[4]. The Legio Victorum II and III were both largely destroyed in the Heresy but some elements from both did survive the conflict. The Legio Victorum I was split between loyalist and traitor allegiances and entirely destroyed. After the war the surviving loyal engines from I and III were merged into simply Legio Victorum.[7c]
Many millennia later the Legion is known to have fought in the Orphean War[2] and the Third War for Armageddon.[5][6]
Known Titans
- Apex Maxis - Apocalypse Titan, Legio Victorum II. Later captured in the Thramas Crusade and given over to the Legio Victorum III where it was renamed Somnus Perpetua.[7c]
- Somnus Eterna - Reaver Titan, Legio Victorum III.[7c]
- Glory of Phall - Warlord Titan, Legio Victorum II.[7c]
- Sagax Lanio - Warbringer Nemesis Titan, Legio Victorum I, served with the Night Lords in the Thramas Crusade. Later part with the traitors at the Siege of Terra.[7c]
See also
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy, pg. 8
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus, pg. 40
- 3: Deliverance Lost (Novel), Chapter One
- 4: Adeptus Titanicus (2018) Rulebook, pg. 16
- 5: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 32 - Force Dispositions in the Third Armageddon War
- 6: Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: The Legio Victorum (archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 10th July 2020)
- 7: The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade
Uncited
- Codex: Titanicus (2nd Edition), [Needs Citation]
- White Dwarf 109 (UK) (January 1989)