Leod Baldwin
Leod Baldwin was a member of the Imperial Fists Legion, who took part in the Horus Heresy's Siege of Terra.[1a]
History
He would be among the Imperial forces that were outside of the Imperial Palace's Eternity Gate, when it was closed near the end of the Siege. Afterwards, Baldwin commanded a heavy weapons fire-team, within the Imperial Fists that were led by Captain Fafnir Rann. While they continued to hold their own against the Traitors, the Captain's forces were nearly killed after a surprise attack by a Daemon, disrupted Rann's battle plans. His efforts to hold a position against an oncoming horde were lost because of this and the Captain's forces were only saved due to an intervention by Commander Archamus II. With the aid of the much larger Imperial force, of Imperial Fists and Blood Angels, the horde was defeated and Rann's forces then joined with the Commander's.[1a]
Further battles were fought, but during one at the Imperial Palace's Delphine Viaduct, Archamus II's forces bombarded the Traitors and caused them to retreat. This allowed the Imperials to gain new territory near the Viaduct and they secured it, as they waited for the Traitors to return. Captain Fafnir Rann though, sought to further expand their new territory by securing the ruins of the Hasgard Gate. It was among the areas struck by the Imperials' bombardment and with Archamus' permission, Rann led his forces to claim the Gate. He would be joined by the forces of the Blood Angel Zephon and White Scar Namahi, who aided the Captain's forces in reaching the area. While the surface of the Hasgard Gate was clear of foes, the auspex of the White Scars' scouts, had detected several in the bunkers that lay beneath its surface. To clear them out would require close combat work, so Rann chose to send a small force to cleanse the area. The Captain, Zephon and Namahi would each go and also chose two members of their Legions to join them. Baldwin and Val Tarchos were selected by Rann[1b] and though it was a tough fight, the Hasgard Gate's bunkers were successfully cleansed[1c]. Their forces then secured it and then prepared for the Traitors to attack the Gate.[1d]
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