Brother Heinrich Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Just curious, when did the traitor legions finally quit Istvaan V? How long did they bother trying to hunt down every last remaining loyalist? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daemon2027 Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Seems to be differnt for each Legion. I belive it is said that some elements, utrusted, or unflavoured by thier Primarch, were lest behind to hunt. Angon seems to have led the World Eaters around himself for a while, I guess they left after Corax escaped, I think he really wanted to kill himself a brother! As for the others we aren't really given an exact time. I think the Alph Legion left straight away for Paramar. I think the Mechanicum stayed to salvage as much as they could. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/#findComment-4008193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relict Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 Most of the Traitor Legions quit the fields of Isstvan V just after Horus's grand proclamation of a new age. The only Legion that remained in its entirety was the 12th. The other Legions left behind detachments that roamed the wastelands hunting for Loyalist stragglers. Extermination mentions that the Iron Warriors left behind several armored columns (the largest three were destroyed by Corax and the Raven Guards). The Word Bearers and Sons of Horus likewise had hunter-killer cadres. One of the short stories mentions the Salamanders ambushing and destroying a Night Lords patrol. The only Loyalist Legion that survived the Dropsite Massacre with sufficient numbers and organization was the Raven Guard. Corax led them on a 98-day survive-and-evade action that culminated in their rescue just before they were finally cornered by the World Eaters. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/#findComment-4008198 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iron Hands Fanatic Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 The only Loyalist Legion that survived the Dropsite Massacre with sufficient numbers and organization was the Raven Guard. Corax led them on a 98-day survive-and-evade action that culminated in their rescue just before they were finally cornered by the World Eaters. On the surface anyway - half to 2/3 of the Iron Hands fleet managed to quit the system, which might have pulled some of the Traitor presence away from Isstvan V in pursuit pretty quickly after the Massacre. It's notable that the Iron Warriors forces which remained were pretty much just left to die by their Primarch, with no vessels left as a means of extraction. However, there was a large Dark Mechanicum presence after most of the Traitors quit Isstvan V, as the spoils of victory left by 2 whole dead Legions were a pretty significant resource. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/#findComment-4008338 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relict Posted April 14, 2015 Share Posted April 14, 2015 I've always had issues with that, regarding the Iron Warriors left on the surface to die by their Primarch. Why? Perturabo was a logical individual for the most part (with occasional bouts of terrifying rage). The forces left behind were described as relatively small but well-provided for. Why waste such resources (not just the Legionaries themselves but also their equipment and vehicles) for such a pointless exercise? If these were indeed men who had been condemned, why not expend them on some suicidal action after Isstvan V? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/#findComment-4008397 Share on other sites More sharing options...
blackoption Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 I've always had issues with that, regarding the Iron Warriors left on the surface to die by their Primarch. Why? Perturabo was a logical individual for the most part (with occasional bouts of terrifying rage). The forces left behind were described as relatively small but well-provided for. Why waste such resources (not just the Legionaries themselves but also their equipment and vehicles) for such a pointless exercise? If these were indeed men who had been condemned, why not expend them on some suicidal action after Isstvan V? Perturabo was a logical individual, but he considered his legionaries to be resources. He left the ones behind he considered defective or unworthy. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/#findComment-4008455 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jarl Kjaran Coldheart Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 Perturabo was a tool. no other way around it. WLK Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/#findComment-4008511 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ordo Machinum Posted April 15, 2015 Share Posted April 15, 2015 If these were indeed men who had been condemned, why not expend them on some suicidal action after Isstvan V? ...because he was already expending them on Isstvan V? They were not worth the risk of betrayal or simple failure from them. This was how he wished to discard them. I was playing with an idea for the XIth Primarch and his desire not to have his geneseed shared. Essentially none could ever be worthy. He even considered his brother Primarchs a waste and a threat to him. Then I think... this could almost fit Perturabo, minus the Legion-genocide. Well, most of it anyway. Maybe I'll have to have a closer look at the IVth... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/306130-istvaan-v-questions/#findComment-4008541 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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