Legio Tempestus
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Name: | Legio Tempestus |  |
| Alternative name: | The Stormlords, The Thunder Raptors | ||
| Affiliation: | Imperium, Chaos counterpart also exists | ||
| Founded: | M30 | ||
| Forge World: | Mars (former) Estaban III (former) Orestes (current) | ||
| Colours: | Silver/Blue[8b][8c] | ||
| Strength: | ~170 Titans (Pre-Heresy)[8a] | ||
The Legio Tempestus are a loyalist Titan Legion from Mars (later Orestes[2]) who have served mankind since the time of the Great Crusade. A traitor branch of the Legio also exists and fought at the Siege of Terra.[6][7]
History
The Legio Tempestus was founded on Mars before the Great Crusade and is known as one of the Triad Ferrum Morgulus, or the 3 Martian Legions founded during the Age of Strife alongside the Legio Mortis and the Legio Ignatum. During this time the Legion laid claim to the Tharsis region of Mars, where they constructed rings of impregnable fortifications atop solidified lava ridges. In its earliest history the Legio is known to have clashed over territory with the Legio Mortis.[8a]
The Legion gained fame in many battles alongside the forces of the Roboute Guilliman and the 12th Expeditionary Fleet. They gained the nickname of The Stormlords after the Legion's master Indias Cavalerio earned it for his skill in planetary assault during the Epsiloid Binary Cluster Wars.[1a][1b] After several bloody decades on the Crusade, the Legion needed refitting and replenishment and settled on the worlds of Estaban III and Orestes Colonia. Meanwhile Cavalerio returned to Mars with Titans that needed the most refitting. Over time, a rift began to form with the Legion elements on Mars and those in the Estaban and Orestes Systems under the control of Princeps Maximus Karania. During the civil war within the Mechanicum during the Horus Heresy the Legio rallied in support of the Magma City, governed by the loyalist Adept Koriel Zeth. Cavalerio remained true to the Imperium, but Maximus Karania revealed his treachery and became fascinated with the occult during his rule of traitorous Tempestus forces back on Estaban.[3]
Eventually, the loyal elements of the Legio Tempestus found its doom during the battles on Mars when overwhelming forces of the Legio Mortis attacked the Magma City. The Senior Princeps Cavalerio led his Legio against the Imperator-class Titan Aquila Ignis, destroying all its retinue of lesser titans only to be annihilated immediately after by the sheer firepower of the immense titan.[1] The loyalist elements of Tempestus died blissfully unaware that the bulk of their compatriots off-world under Princeps Maximus Karania sided with Warmaster Horus.[5] The traitor Element of the Legio Tempestus took part in the assault on the Imperial Palace during the Siege of Terra.[6][7]
A small portion of the loyalist Legio survived, those assigned to Mars but absent when traitors took the world. They were used as the basis to refound the Legio after the Heresy. In their earliest days, they clashed with the traitor elements under Karania who sought to hunt them down for their insolence. the small Legio Tempestus was the first line of defense against Chaos Titans on the Forge World Orestes during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade in 779.M41.[2] Meanwhile, traitor elements under Karania came to instead focus on wars with their old foes, the Legio Mortis.[8a]
Assets
Titans
Warmaster Iconoclast Class
- Ceraunthanato - Or "Deadly Storm". Hurriedly created by Maximus Karania on Estaban III during the Horus Heresy. Laid siege to Terra.[8a][8c]
Warlord Class
- Cullador Braxas — Participated in the defense of Orestes during the Horus Heresy. Piloted by Princeps Lenix Devo.[3]
- Czetherrtihor — Bound with nine daemons by the Thousand Sons to guard Sortiarius.[4]
- Deus Tempestus — Ancient Titan which fought in the Schism of Mars. Piloted by Legion Master Indias Cavalerio after the destruction of the Victorix Magna.[1]
- Nicomach Ignix — Participated in the defense of Orestes during the Horus Heresy. Piloted by Princeps Valen Lustig.[3]
- Orestes Magnificat — Participated in the defense of Orestes during the Horus Heresy. Piloted by Princeps Rufus Joslin.[3]
- Tantamount Stridex — Participated in the defense of Orestes during the Horus Heresy. Piloted by Princeps Theron.[3]
- Tharsis Hastatus — Fought in the Schism of Mars. Piloted by Princeps Vlad Suzak.[3]
- Victorix Magna — Fought in the Schism of Mars. Piloted by Legion Master Indias Cavalerio.[1]
- Thunderlord Lyxades - Destroyed in the Sangua Terran War.[10]
Reaver Class
- Arcadia Fortis — Fought in the Schism of Mars. Piloted by Princeps Jan Mordant.[1]
- Hand of Dominance — Destroyed by the 74th Strike Wing of the Space Wolves Legion during the conflict on Balmordan in 006.M31.[9]
- Metallus Cebrenia — Fought in the Schism of Mars. Piloted by Princeps Kel Sharaq.[1]
- Odrysian — Fought in the Manachean War.[8b]
- Raxvalian — Fought in the Manachean War.[3]
- Jogozh - Destroyed in the Sangua Terran War.[10]
- Cerulean Stride - Destroyed in the Sangua Terran War.[10]
Warhound Class
- Astrus Lux — Fought in the Schism of Mars.[1]
- Durasi — Fought in the Manachean War.[3]
- Raptoria — Fought in the Schism of Mars.[1]
- Scorillion — Fought in the Manachean War.[3]
- Vulpus Rex — Fought in the Schism of Mars
Personnel
- Princeps Indias Cavalerio — Legion Master
- Princeps Maximus Karania
- Princeps Horaxii S'Taeffan Drentor LI - Killed in the Nachmund Rift War.[10]
Notes
The Legio Tempestus and Legio Tempestor are possibly different names for the same Titan Legion.
See also
Sources
- 1: Mechanicum (Novel), [Needs Citation]
- 2: Titanicus (Novel), [Needs Citation]
- 3: The Horus Heresy Book Four - Conquest, pgs. 138–143
- 4: Ahriman: Unchanged (Novel), Chapter VIII: Unleashed
- 5: Adeptus Titanicus: The Horus Heresy Rulebook, pgs. 14–15
- 6: Saturnine (Novel), Part 1 Chapter 1
- 7: White Dwarf 267 (UK), pg. 25
- 8: Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios:
- 9: Horus Heresy: Aeronautica Imperialis, pg. 79
- 10: Crusade: Nachmund Gauntlet, pgs. 42-45
