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Twelfth Company (Emperor's Children)

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Twelfth Company
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Origin: Emperor's Children
Leader: Radiant King (Former)
Base of operations: Fleet-based (Former)
Colours: Purple, black, gold
Specialty: Unknown
Chaos Dedication: Slaanesh
Strength: Unknown

The Twelfth Company (or 12th Millennial)[1] is a Company of the Emperor's Children that now acts as a Chaos Space Marine warband.


Overview

Originally part of the Emperor's Children Legion under the command of the Captain Kasperos Telmar, the 12th company was corrupted by the forces of Slaanesh and fought for Horus during the Horus Heresy. Following the Battle of Harmony and the shattering of the Emperor's Children, the 12th became its own independent warband still under the command of Telmar, now a corrupted entity known as the Radiant King. Serving as one of the largest Emperor's Children warbands to operate outside of the Eye of Terror on a regular basis, the 12th assaulted the Eldar Craftworld of Lugganath in M34. During the fighting, Telmar was killed shortly before he could transform into a Daemon Prince. Most of the remaining warband chose to die on Lugganath in their orgy of excess instead of retreating with Fabius Bile around 100 Chaos Space Marines accompanied the Chief Apothecary and were absorbed into Fabius' Consortium. Years later, the surviving 12th Warriors proved troublesome for Fabius, and during one of his surgeries attempted a coup against him.[2]

Much of the 12th sided with Flavius Alkenex and his warriors during their attempt to assassinate Bile. When Bile's clone of Fulgrim intervened aboard the Vesalius, most of the treacherous members of the 12th either died or were overcome with awe at the Primarch's reappearance. Many more died in the meantime at the hands of Necrons on Solemnace. In the aftermath, Bile placed Savona in control of whatever small amounts of the 12th remained.[2d]

Members

The inner circle of the Radiant King was known as the Joybound. Its members at the of assault on Lugganath were:[1a]

Fleet

The 12th's fleet consisted of at least five major vessels by the time of The Shattering, though by the time of the assault it had greatly grown in size thanks to allied Cultists, Pirates, and other affiliated warbands.[1a] Known vessels included:

See also

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