Hosts of the First Legion

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The Hosts of the First Legion were specialized formations used by the First Legion during the Unification Wars and Great Crusade.^[1a]

They were the forebears of the Dark Angels' Hexagrammaton Wings and the Emperor is often credited with their creation - a strand of the great plan that He had formed for the first of His Space Marine Legions. The exact number of these Hosts is unknown, as they would rise and fall during the course of the Unification Wars and Great Crusade though at some point over 18 were known. The following list is mainly reconstructed from the records from 753.M30 and contains most of the Hosts that would be reconfigured into the Wings of the Hexagrammaton.^[1a]

Other Hosts would continue to serve within the First Legion throughout the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. These large formations were known to hold whole Chapters underneath them.^[2]

Known Hosts

• Host of Blades^[1a]
• Host of Bone^[1a]
• Host of Crowns^[1a]
• Host of Death^[1c]
• Host of Fire^[1a]
• Host of Iron^[1a]
• Host of Pentacles^[1a]
• Host of Stone^[1a]
• Host of the Void^[1a]
• Host of Wind^[1a]
• 1st Host^[2]
• 3rd Host^[2]

Sources

• 1: The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade
  • 1a: pgs. 86-87
  • 1b: pgs. 83-84
  • 1c: pg. 92
• 2: The Horus Heresy Book Six - Retribution, pg.72-73