Justaerin
The Justaerin were the Terminator elite of the Luna Wolves and later the Sons of Horus.[1]
Overview
These black-armored Terminators were the pride of their legion, tasked with being the 'tip of the spear' of assaults where the fighting was hardest. Making up the prestigious 1st Company, they were usually directed at destroying the heart of an opposing target or conducting a decapitation strike of enemy command-and-control. These warriors were the favored of Horus, and under the direct command of First Captain Ezekyle Abaddon.[1] The name Justerin is itself derived from a powerful gang on Cthonia in the days before the Imperium.[9]
The Justaerin suffered heavy losses during the Battle for Terra, after a large number of them were destroyed by Loyalists, in Abaddon's failed attempt to attack the Saturnine Gate.[7] Following Horus' defeat at the hands of the Emperor, the remaining Justaerin sane enough to still obey commands were led by Hellas Sycar and evacuated the Sol System under Abaddon's command.[12]
Since the end of the Heresy, the Justaerin have been replaced within the Black Legion by the Bringers of Despair.[4] The Justaerin, or at least their remnants, still serve as part of the Black Legion's Terminator elite.[5]
Known Justaerin
- First Captain Ezekyle Abaddon - Commander[2]
- Captain Falkus Kibre[3]
- Captain Hellas Sycar - Commander after Kibre's apparent death in the Siege of Terra.[10]
- Ekron Fal
- Trastevere[6]
- Urran Gauk[7]
- Arbras Haax
- Volkus Goraddin[11]
Images
See also
Sources
- 1: The Horus Heresy Book One - Betrayal, pg. 245
- 2: Forge World Justaerin Terminators (last accessed 23 May 2015)
- 3: Horus Rising (Novel), Part 1, Chapter 2
- 4: Black Legion - A Codex: Chaos Space Marines Supplement (E-Book), pg. 20
- 5: Soul Hunter (Novel), Chapter 7
- 6: Sons of the Selenar (Novella), Chapter 10
- 7: Saturnine (Novel), Part 3 Chapter 3-4
- 8: Warhawk (Novel) - Chapter 7
- 9: White Dwarf 470, pg. 105
- 10: The End and the Death: Volume I (Novel) - 4:ix
- 11: White Dwarf 481, pgs. 120-121 - The Fate of Barbarus Part 2
- 12: The End and the Death: Volume III (Novel) - Fragments (Agonal) - ii
