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Name: Legio Crucius
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Alternative name: Warmongers[1]
Affiliation: Imperium[1]
Founded: Possibly pre-Great Crusade
Forge World: Ryza[1]
Colours: Black & White
Strength: 152 Titans (pre-Heresy) (potentially inaccurate)[7]

The Legio Crucius (Low Gothic: Warmongers) are a Titan Legion based on the Forge World of Ryza.[1]


Overview

The Legio Crucius are known as planners and forward thinkers, renowned even among the logical Mechanicum. Long before the Horus Heresy, they were one of the first Legions to study Titan vs. Titan combat.[6c] They are also one of the most well-equipped Titan Legions and maintain a garrison on several Forge Worlds and Adeptus Mechanicus outposts allied to Ryza, including Angstrom in the Maelstrom Zone. They have a long-standing reputation as savage city-breakers and world burners.[8]

History

Age of Strife & Great Crusade

Founded on the mighty world of Ryza, the Legio Crucius weathered the Age of Strife under a Cult Mechanicus sect known as the Omnissiah Igvita or "Life Blood of the Omnissiah". This orientated Ryza towards the belief that plasma was the lifeblood of the Omnissiah, and through its usage the people of Ryza were given a measure of his power. As such, over time the Legio Crucius came to wield large amounts of plasma technology. Due to some tension between Ryza and Mars before the Horus Heresy over issues of the former's growing power and hoarding of plasma technology, the Legio Crucius was strengthened in preparation for conflict. This proved to be fortuitous due to the outbreak of the Heresy.[7]

Horus Heresy

At the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, the Legio Crucius fielded some 152 Titans, though this may be misleading as they may have concealed their true strength. It found itself based in a series of heavily fortified and well-prepared outposts on the road to Ryza. This proved to be essential to their victory in the Defence of Ryza campaign.[7]

The Legion was part of the loyalist defences at the Battle of Molech.[6a] Its stronghold on Molech was the Iron Fist Mountain, situated at the rear of the planet's capital, Lupercalia.[6b] During this battle, Legio Crucius Titans were deployed to the coastal city of Leosta alongside the Knights of Houses Indra and Kaushik and to the capital Lupercalia alongside the Legio Gryphonicus, with a smaller force kept as tactical reserves in Iron Fist Mountain. By the time Lupercalia fell and the battle was won by the Traitor forces loyal to Horus Lupercal the Legio had suffered heavy losses, including the Imperator Titan Paragon of Terra.[6a]

Maniples of the Legio Crucius fought alongside maniples of Legio Destructor and Legio Ignatum during the Siege of Travo'anor.[10]

Post-Heresy

Badab War

Due to their allegiance with Angstrom, the Legio Crucius fought in the later stages of the Badab War. Fifteen Titans were deployed in three full maniples on Badab during the siege, commanded by High Princeps Cadmon Krom. Their primary task was to lay waste to the heavy defence points in Badab Primaris's hive cities and industrial areas, as well as crush any pockets of heavy resistance encountered along the way. Despite heavy resistance the Legio lost only three Titans, two of which were recovered during the chaotic retreat from the planet.[8]

Other Conflicts


Assets

Titans

Imperator Class

Warlord Class

Reaver Class

Warhound Class

Personnel


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