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Just curious to see what everyones favorite legion actually is.

If you have seen me post (or even look at my name smile.png ) then you will know i am part of the XIIIth.

Also, as a side note, I must say i LOVE the respect you guys give for the ultramarines (30k) In every single other forum (i censored.gif you not) people have always hated on the Ultramarines to look cool and be funny, but here, you guys actually seem to ask people not to bring them down, which I appreciate alot!

also, special thanks to fire golem and LetsYouDown for sending me pictures of Mk II marines with praetor helms! Lets just say they looked amazing and now I got them ordered!

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The funny thing is that, as I work my way through the game books and listen to the audiobooks, I find things to love about all of the Legions. I never thought I'd care that much about the Death Guard before The Flight of the Eisenstein, but Garro and the other point of view characters sold me on their fortitude.

 

However, the easiest answer is the Iron Tenth, closely followed by the Thousand Sons.

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It'll always be the Death Guard for me. Something about their grim determination to succeed and their "ends justify the means" attitude consistently draws me back. I really love the story in HH1 where the Death Guard come in to liberate a world, but when they're done the population is just as terrified of them as their previous overlords. They just kind of go "Congratulations, you're free!," as the ravaged populace is left with an irradiated wasteland.

 

The way Mortarion is depicted with this paranoid, controlling nature interests me a lot too. He's made the wrong choice and the walls are closing in around him, eventually leading him to an utterly despair-induced fall where he makes the choice to become what he's always hated. Daemonology was pretty decent and gives me hope this'll be handled with at least a little grace.

 

Honorable mentions go to the Iron Hands for a lot of the same reasons as the DG, the Word Bearers for having an amazing line from FW and being really fun to play, and the Sons of Horus for their savage, angular aesthetic and that lovely sea green.

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Word Bearers, thought that's mostly for aesthetic reasons as well as my personal propensity to want to play the bad guys.  Specifically I like the Argel Tal character and the goal of seeking the truth....though many other parts of the legion are repulsive.

 

From the forums around here I've come to like the Imperial Fists, really appreciating their desire to get :cuss done in the most practical manner, with less of the over the top nobility of the Ultramarines (though HH books on the UM certainly improve their image).

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Gotta be the Thousand Sons.  Nothing comes near them, between the awesome characters (Ahriman is probably the coolest character in the heresy, Argel Tal a close second), the awesome Egyptian style, and the great way they've been portrayed.  I'm not as much a fan of Magnus, but as far as the legionaries go, the Thousand Sons take it away.

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The Thousand Sons are the favorite for me. I've always enjoyed their character of the warrior-intellectual, their history and aesthetic and I love the way they are described to fight. Moving in from orbit in preordained flight patterns that divine where the next AA she'll will be and dodge accordingly, slaying scores of enemies with not only bolter and chainsword but also the power of the warp, and crafting perfect battle plans with precognition the equal of any legion. They also have excellent characters and a Primarch who was not only a warrior, but a scholar who was smart enough to know when he had been played.

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Second favorite is Sons of Horus. I really like their culture, the way they all had a tribal, yet sophisticated, society amongst themselves. They had the barbarity and prowess equal of the Space Wolves but the tactical acumen of the Dark Angels. They rose to heights above all others and plunged the Galaxy into war, something no other could have achieved.

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3rd favorite is the Word Bearers. They possessed the zeal equal to any Ecclesiarch bur back up their faith with deeds and in doing so they are rewarded with unimaginable power.

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I think all of them, pre-Primarch discovery, are the stuff of legends that will never be topped. Personally, I've become enamored with the VIII before the discovery of Nostramo and their poisonous ilk, but I really like the way the loyalist Death Guard and Sons of Horus are portrayed.

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All hail the Glorious VII we have SIGISMUND and Polux is no flake either. When the legions got together on terra to decide who was the best legion I'm pretty sure they all agreed it was them yellow boys for sure. In fact the emperor was so confident after seeing SIGISMUND spank so much tail he just went to take a nap and was like "You got this bro...peace"
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I love the Death Guard. They were my first 40K army (obviously Chaos). When FW released the HH supplement, at first I was bound and determined to do any Legion but Death Guard, but they reeled me in. Their Pre-Heresy history both as the Dusk Raiders (Albia being the only enemy the Emperor was forced to ally with instead of simply conquer), or post-Mortarion's discovery, they embodied a relentlessness that has to be admired. Championing for the weak, feeling no fear in the face of certain Death, and having the conviction to finish the fight, even if it meant damning themselves via the use of otherwise banned weaponry. It makes their fall that much more tragic.

 

Runners up are VIII, XVI, and XX. I am really itching to start a Night Lords force, even if it's small. Sons of Horus would be perfect for an allied contingent for my XIVth (as they're the only Battle Brothers), and that narrative gives good modeling ideas. Alpha Legion simply because I love the idea of black ops Astartes, and they have one of the most compelling storylines in the HH.

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The only legion I don't like now is the Dark Angels, and I'm sure when FW get round to doing them I'll end up liking them as much as all the others. I've seriously considered doing every other legion, including ones that never interested me at all before like the Iron Hands, Imperial Fists, Salamanders, Death Guard.

 

Oh I don't like the Emperors Children either but I really like the way they look, enough to balance it out.

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Denial of Godhood? Denial of Humanities only path to Ascension? Down that dark path of ignorance is only stagnation and defeat.

 

Let my Volkite illuminate you brother.

 

You claim to worship beings that represent chaos and disorder. These beings have evenly divided their power, ordered their ranks into tiers, hold power in mathematical numerology, and designate basic level promotion through manifestation of naturally occurring psychic powers.

 

This is logic. This is order. This is the opposite of everything you claim to be devouted to.

 

Your 'Gods' are a lie, and you are deceived.

 

Turn away. Heed the Imperial Truth.

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