Legio Vulturum
Colour Scheme | Legion Info | Symbol | |
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Name: | Legio Vulturum | ||
Alternative name: | Gore Crows[3] | ||
Affiliation: | Chaos[2] | ||
Founded: | Great Crusade | ||
Forge World: | Xana II[2] | ||
Colours: | Light beige, black[2] | ||
Strength: | 77 Titans (Pre-Heresy)[7] | ||
Motto: | Unknown | ||
Arch Enemies: | Unknown |
The Legio Vulturum, known as the Gore Crows, are a Traitor Titan Legion. Originally sworn to Xana, they defected to the forces of Horus during the Horus Heresy.[1] Little is known of them beyond their merciless nature, and that their Titans are often outfitted with experimental technology.[2]
History
Pre-Heresy
Founded upon Xana during the Great Crusade, the Titans of the Legio Vulturum nonetheless included many ancient engines dating back to the Age of Strife. Like its patron world, its history is mysterious and contradictory, and many within the Mechanicum became baffled as to how such a well-supplied and powerful Forge World could in such a distant party of the Galaxy. Xana initially resisted assimilation to the Imperium, but as war was about to erupt the Rangdan Xenocides erupted. Faced with the vicious Rangdan, ties between Xana and the Imperium were quickly cemented and the Forge World became host to two separate Legions: the Legio Vulturum and the Legio Kydianos.[7]
Of the two, the Legio Vulturum became the more active during the Great Crusade. Like Xana, it gained a dark and sinister reputation and became known for its merciless tactics. Upon the battlefield, its Princeps exerted a measure of independence often bordering on insubordination and often formed their own force, committing to battlefields judged worthy of their might. The Legion took part in the brutal Rangdan Xenocides and their experiences in the campaign did much to turn the Gore Crows into a force of merciless killers that reveled in unleashing their might upon those they deemed weak.[5] Its Titan became the basis for many Xana's experimental weapons, including esoteric beam devices, explosive munitions that tore through fortifications, and Void Shields capable of turn aside entire bombardments only to fail in response to the briefest broadside.[7]
Heresy/Post-Heresy
The Legio Vulturum betrayed the Imperium during the Horus Heresy, siding with the Traitors.[3][5][7] The Legio is known to have fought in the Ruin of Maerdan[3], the Traitor invasion of Ryza and the Battle of Beta-Garmon.[5][7]
It survived the Horus Heresy. In early M42, Legio Vulturum fought in the Arks of Omen Campaign, serving as part of Daemon Prince Ughalax's battlegroup and battling the Farsight Enclaves and Orks on Arthas Moloch.[6a][6b]
Known Titans
- Night of One Billion Teeth — Warmaster Iconoclast Titan.[4]
- Sanguinem Innocentiae — Warlord Battle Titan. The last traitor titan to be destroyed during the Defence of Ryza, though only after destroying three loyalists.[5]
- Umbra Dolor — Warbringer Nemesis Titan. Fought in the Defence of Ryza.[5]
- Avarice of Night — Warhound Scout Titan. Equipped with an Ursus Claw.[5]
See also
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution, pg. 61
- 2: Warhammer Community: The Titan Legions of Ryza (posted 7/20/2020) (last accessed 7/20/2020)
- 3: Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy Rulebook, pg. 15
- 4: Warhammer Community: These Iconoclast Warbringer Titans are so Beautiful You Might Even Forget to Run Away (Posted on 04/11/2021) (Last accessed on 4 November 2021)
- 5: Adeptus Titanicus: The Defence of Ryza, pgs. 43-45
- 6: Arks of Omen: Farsight:
- 7: Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios, pgs. 128-133