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  • 2 weeks later...
Lupercal is actually Horus' surname, as revealed by the Cabal in "Legion"

Actually I don't think so. I think this is a case of using a title as a extension of the name. An example (non-40k related) would be "Eragon Shadeslayer" from the Eragon series. Or like the Orks such as 'Wazrak Skullcrusher.'

they also had a particular battle cry wherein they would shout "Kill for the Living, Kill for the Dead"

that was more between brothers before battle the an actual war cry like before loken goes off to the wisperheads in horus rising sediare says that to him

They also occasionally used "In the Name of the Ship!" didn't they?

 

 

If I was a marine my battle cry would surely be "Let's fu#$%" this "#$%#ers!" or "The last to trash those #$"ards is a <DELETED BY THE INQUISITION>!" or something like that. It's more manly :)

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Horus' battle barge was the Vengeful Spirit, so when the marines of the 16th Legion were feeling choleric (ie, pissed-off), they would describe their emotional state by saying, as As7_K noted, that they "felt the hand of the ship upon them."

 

Without a doubt, the battle cry of the Luna Wolves was, "Lupercal!"

When they were renamed the Sons of Horus, it became, "For the Warmaster!"

 

"Kill for the living; Kill for the dead," was a solemn oath between battle brothers, not really a battle cry.

 

The 16th also made a big deal of swearing "oaths of moment" before going into battle. Often they would write the oaths themselves, but occasionally a superior would write an oath to a subordinate, charging them to accomplish great deeds in the performance of their duties to the emperor. These oaths would be forsworn upon a bolter, a sword, or some other weapon, and in the presence of a witness, a second. A big deal to the Wolves, but also not a battle cry.

 

If the legion's wearing white, it's "Lupercal." If they're wearing metallic seafoam-green, it's "For the Warmaster." And if they've scratched the Eye of Horus off their seafoam-green because they think Horus is a big a-hole, it's "For the Emperor!"

 

All of which, I know, is what everyone has said before me...but now at least I've contributed to the noise!

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