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[simison]

By the way, it's spelled Cognomen, without the first N. And yes, 20-30 cm should be enough to make the Bears Polux/Mor-sized.

 

Hm, where did that slip in? Anyway, fixed.

 

Crimson Lions(due to boarding actions they tend to be larger overall than most legionaires as they need the muscle)

 

 

If we assume that most space marines around 2m then perhaps 20-30cm?(which would make them 6ft 7-8ish I think)

 

Fixed.

[Demus Ragnok]

30 cm is about 11 inches that works.

 

Marines average 7-8 foot (even though I can't find the references right now)

[simison]

The Berserkers of Uran

Numeration: The VII^th Legion
Primogenitor: Raktra Akarro
Congnomen (Prior): Eden's Shepherds
Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

 

Even prior to the onset of the Insurrection, the Berserkers were a divisive and hateful assembly. The battle-axe of the Crusade, the Berserkers' combination of massed assaults at near-legion strength and absolute ignorance of the concept of "collateral damage" made even members of their own Legion hate them. Members of the Legion's pre-reunification forces, named Eden's Shepherds, split from Raktra's rule many years prior to the Berserker's betrayal of the Imperium. This in itself put the Berserkers on the very edge of Imperial tolerance, but the public execution of their appointed Chaplains and participation in Icarion's assaults against Imperial worlds forced the Warmaster himself to demand their destruction. Few foes are more dangerous than the Legions, and fewer still more than a Legion that can see every last weakness you possess.

 

The Harbingers

Numeration: The I^st Legion

Primogenitor: Icarion the Stormlord

Congnomen (Prior): The Lighting Bearers

Allegiance: Traitoris Maximus

 

The greatest of the Emperor's Space Marine Legions, the Harbingers were once the standard by which all Legions were judged by. Led by the Emperor's favoured son, Icarion guided his Legion to uncountable honours and glories with his mastery of divination. Although a Legion of psykers, the Lightning Bearers were viewed as heroes throughout the Imperium as they battled their enemies with prescient grace and wisdom. Now, they epitomize the face of betrayal. Re-naming his Legion from the Lightning Bearers to the Harbingers, Icarion has declared the Emperor to be a tyrant hiding a darker nature and intends to free the galaxy from his rule, uniting ten Legions to his banner. 

 

Space Wolves

Numeration: The II^nd Legion

Primogenitor: Leman Russ

Congnomen (Prior): None

Allegiance: Fidelitas Sine Recursu

 

Wearing cloaks of wolf pelts and barbaric ferocity, the Space Wolves were amongst the fiercest warriors to serve in the Great Crusade. Nicknamed the 'Executioners', they were the Emperor's judgement given form. Their loyalty was shaped into a bloody axe that cut down all who dared to oppose the Emperor, whether xeno, mutant, or human. The II^nd Legion was composed of a tribe of warriors, ever hungry for battle to add to their own growing sagas. Alas, the Wolf King and his cubs would never see the end of the Great Crusade when disaster necessitated erasure...

 

 

Crimson Lions

Numeration: The III^rd Legion

Primogenitor: Hectarion Mycenor

Congnomen (Prior): The Blood Wolves

Allegiance: Fidelitas Sine Recursu

 

Warriors of rage yet of shields, the Crimson Lions stand tall among their cousins, both literally and metaphorically. For when the Crimson Lions appear on the battlefield, it is always with a roar, always advancing behind their shield walls. Yet, within their Primarch's empire of Mycenae, the Crimson Lions have shown the discipline and patience necessary for administration. Each Crimson Lion marches forward into battle with the history of his service on his skin as they add tattoos to represent their growing records of service with their veterans covered from head to toe in red pictograms. At the head of this legion of clans is Hectarion, a Primarch of warrior's prowess and berserker's rage. 

 

[Okay, everyone should be here in this thread, and I fixed the Space Wolves' and the Crimson Lions' allegiance ratings.]

[simison]

Godslayers

Numeration: The VIII^th Legion
Primogenitor: Koschei Kharkovic
Cognomen (Prior): None
Allegiance: Traitoris Perdita

 

Few legions have begun so brightly, only to fall to such disgusting depths. The Godslayers were once counted among the most faithful of legions, eager to embrace the lost colonies of Mankind in fellowship, while brutally destroying their enemies. Although they share many similar traits to their Pariah cousins, the true name of the Godslayers is that they are a particular breed of psykers, known as Warp Suppressants. Incapable of manifesting any power or spell, the Godslayers have a unique power to nullifying the sorcery of warp-craft. Thus, the Godslayers have fought many such foul magicks threatening the common Man, commanded by their idealistic Primarch, Koschei. In the end, it would not prevent their damnation.

[simison]

Warbringers

Numeration: The IX^th Legion
Primogenitor: Kozja Darzalas
Cognomen (Prior): Steel Guard, "Stalwart Ninth"
Allegiance: ???

 

Space Marines convinced of their own superiority over the common Man, the Warbringers see their responsibility as greater than simple weapons of war. Instead, they believe they represent the first step above, and that they must guide humanity in both war and peace. Build on top of this inherent sense of superiority is a war record filled with battlefield honours and glories to impress even the highest ranks of nobility. When the Warbringers go to war, it is rarely alone as they are often supported by the Imperial Army and auxiliary units. Always, the Warbringers command as they advance toward the enemy while commanding their lessers. It is this legion that would earn the Emperor's judgement at Baal for their forbidden work in genetics. It would be this legion that would side with Icarion only for their road to take an unexpected turn deep in the Insurrection.

 

[Okay, for the Reformist faction and Jackel, what allegiance titles do they get?]

[Sigismund229]

Non Perduxit? Means un guided

[Black Cohort]

What do the different allegiances mean? It makes things harder for new people to follow without a quick thing explaining the options.

[simison]

Fire Keepers

Numeration: The X^th Legion
Primogenitor: Niklaas
Cognomen (Prior): None
Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

 

The Fire Keepers are the renowned siege specialists among the Legions. No keep nor stronghold has ever withstood the methodical discipline of the Fire Keepers, while their own redoubts are some of the strongest fortresses throughout the galaxy. This unrelenting discipline does not hide the heart of artisans. Many intricate weapons of war were created in the shops of the Fire Keepers. Although loyal to the Imperium, the relationship between the legion and the Emperor has always been a mixed one. For though the Fire Keepers have fought with duty and honour throughout the Great Crusade, like their gene-sire, Niklaas, they distrust the witch and the psyker. To be a Fire Keeper psyker is to be condemned to a life of distrust and confinement. The Insurrection would provide the spark that would temper the Fire Keepers in the forge of war.

[simison]

What do the different allegiances mean? It makes things harder for new people to follow without a quick thing explaining the options.

 

Fidelitas Totalis = Loyalist who demonstrated exceptional service to the Imperium. 

Fidelitas Constantus = Loyalist, standard

Fidelitas Sine Recursus = Loyalist, absolute devotion to the Emperor, for good or for ill

[Fidelitas Sincere(?)] = Loyalist, Splintered (We haven't given this to one of the legions)

 

Traitoris Maximus = Traitor, the architects of the Insurrection

Traitoris Perdita = Traitor, Standard

 

And that's all of the canon rulebook ones we know of. Wait, there's a unique one for the Thousand Sons, but I don't know it off the top of my head.

 

Non Perduxit? Means un guided

 

I think that fits the Jackels very well, but not the Reformists.

[Skalpynock]

Split loyalty is Fidelitas Scindere. Which I think could go to the Serpents.

 

Thousand Sons are Excoriate, which means "Got burned".

[simison]

Split loyalty is Fidelitas Scindere. Which I think could go to the Serpents.

 

Thousand Sons are Excoriate, which means "Got burned".

 

The Serpents suffer a huge split? 

 

How big of a split are the Void Eagles looking at?

[bluntblade]

 

Warbringers

Numeration: The IX^th Legion

Primogenitor: Kozja Darzalas

Cognomen (Prior): Steel Guard, "Stalwart Ninth"

Allegiance: ???

Space Marines convinced of their own superiority over the common Man, the Warbringers see their responsibility as greater than simple weapons of war. Instead, they believe they represent the first step above, and that they must guide humanity in both war and peace. Build on top of this inherent sense of superiority is a war record filled with battlefield honours and glories to impress even the highest ranks of nobility. When the Warbringers go to war, it is rarely alone as they are often supported by the Imperial Army and auxiliary units. Always, the Warbringers command as they advance toward the enemy while commanding their lessers. It is this legion that would earn the Emperor's judgement at Baal for their forbidden work in genetics. It would be this legion that would side with Icarion only for their road to take an unexpected turn deep in the Insurrection.

[Okay, for the Reformist faction and Jackel, what allegiance titles do they get?]

I suggest you alter "command... whilst commanding."

 

 

Split loyalty is Fidelitas Scindere. Which I think could go to the Serpents.

Thousand Sons are Excoriate, which means "Got burned".

 

 

The Serpents suffer a huge split? 

 

How big of a split are the Void Eagles looking at?

If my memory serves, the whole Morning Stars demi-Legion, who'd been independent for decades, sided with Icarion.

[Skalpynock]

 

Split loyalty is Fidelitas Scindere. Which I think could go to the Serpents.

 

Thousand Sons are Excoriate, which means "Got burned".

 

The Serpents suffer a huge split? 

 

How big of a split are the Void Eagles looking at?

 

Around 1/9 go full traitor, around 1/9 go Blackshield, taking into account everything we're looking at 33% non-loyalists. (Decided to go against Blunt's idea of a demi-legion, will explain in the proper thread once I've sobered up). I'll have to re-check on Squig's thread, but I think the Serpents have a 40/60 traitor/loyalist split .

[simison]

Yikes. The scales are even more severe at the start of the Insurrection. 

[bluntblade]

With The Drowned and Eagle Warriors doing serious gene-meddling/cloning, we need to think seriously about how Alex will avert a curb-stomp.

[Sigismund229]

With The Drowned and Eagle Warriors doing serious gene-meddling/cloning, we need to think seriously about how Alex will avert a curb-stomp.

Blood, grit and determination.

 

And some dubious alliances and the hiring of xenos mercenaries en masse

[Kelborn]

As this thread is about artists and I actually don't know where to put it elsewhere... I want to share with you something Slaine69 did for me. :)

 

 

The dramatis personae of my own chapter, the Storm Riders!  :D

[MikhalLeNoir]

We all know thst these are in the broverse a follow up order of the wardens of light who wanted to honour the Vth and the sacrifice of the warmaster and therefore took the name of the cognomen of the Vth^^

 

So the pic is at the perfect place

[AlphariusOmegon108]

Damn.... Really thinking about some art for my legion too...

[Kelborn]

Normally I wouldn't do something like this as most of the prices are very frightening.

 

Thankfully, Mikhal showed us these two ones who are relatively cheaper. I couldn't say no anymore.

 

I want to have something to show besides letters and words. As I'm not into collecting and painting, this is what's left for me. ;)

[simison]

As this thread is about artists and I actually don't know where to put it elsewhere... I want to share with you something Slaine69 did for me.

 

It was the right call, I wanted to have a thread to put all the art where it would not get buried (like the General Discussion thread). Later, I intend to modify the first post so we have the names of artists, their prices, and an example as a guide to what our options are.

[simison]

[back to the Reformists' allegiance title, how about Socius Sollicitus? It, according to Google, means 'uneasy ally', which they will represent to the Imperium.]

 

Thousand Sons

Numeration: The XI^th Legion
Primogenitor: Magnus
Cognomen (Prior): None
Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

 

A legion of powerful psykers, it would be that same power that would doom them to oblivion. Before their destruction, they had served in the Unification Wars with the same dedication and exemplary service as the rest of the Legions. Their fate changed when the Thousand Sons developed widespread use of psychic disciplines. For a brief, shining moment, the Thousand Sons wielded their ethereal powers against the enemies of the Imperium in glorious display. Much like ancient Ikaris, the Legion enjoyed their time of ascension only to fall into the abyss. Inflicted with a horrific, flesh-change, it seemed to be their doom to wait in the reserves of the Legiones Astartes and merely watch while their cousins scored victory after victory for Mankind. Hope returned to them with the discovery of their Primarch, the One-Eyed King Magnus. Magnus would prove to be a false hope, for Prospero would be their tomb. 

 

Wardens of Light

Numeration: The XII^th Legion
Primogenitor: Gwalchavad
Cognomen (Prior): Apostles of War
Allegiance: Fidelitas Tenebrae

 

The Wardens of Light represent an exotic arm of the Legiones Astartes. For every Warden is a Pariah of varying strength, whose powers are contained by a masque capable of restraining their nature. With this tool, the Wardens of Light have turned their natures into a surgical weapon, emulating their ways of war. Moving with expert precision, the Wardens of Light seek to overwhelm their enemies with unearthly skill as they initiate complex military maneuvers to strike their enemies from several angles, collapsing the enemy's resistance. With an unusual streak of pacifism, Gwalchavad is a forgiving soul, attempting to integrate the lost colonies of Man as bloodlessly as possible. Fate, in turn, would not spare this idealistic soul from the cruelty of a brother's dagger. 

[MikhalLeNoir]

Didn't we talk about their warfare style in an emailconversation? I get some infos together after my kids are in bed

[simison]

Didn't we talk about their warfare style in an emailconversation? I get some infos together after my kids are in bed

 

[if we did, that message was deleted.]

 

Eagle Warriors

Numeration: The XIII^th Legion

Primogenitor: Alexos Travier

Cognomen (Prior): None

Allegiance: Traitoris Maximus

 

Damned above all other Legions, the history of the Eagle Warriors is a dark chapter among the famed Legiones Astartes. Their damnation began with the discovery of their Primarch, Alexos. While other Legions rejoiced to be reunited with their gene-sire, the Eagle Warriors inherited a broken man who was but a shadow of his brothers with rumors whispering of the Emperor personally disciplining the failings of Alexos. Whatever failing Alexos was guilty of, it lingered deep within spirit. Instead of redemption, Alexos learned nothing and his dark heart would corrupt his own sons, as murmurs of foul rituals were conducted within the Legion's Serpent Lodges. On the Day of Revelation, the Eagle Warriors' would reveal the full extent of their inhumanity to the galaxy. 

[MikhalLeNoir]

those kids never want to sleep.... well, I realized now why I hadn't put something of the broverse wardens on the thread: I had it on my smartphone and I had this datacrash....well, I just brainstormed and put all down again, don't knw if I was missing something. What I know, is, that there are a lot of mistakes and I tend to talk to myself in written form^^

Good thing is: I didn't delete the messages, so I was able to pur something from it^^

 

I also put it into the intropost of my Bro-Wardens of Light -Thread for future references

 

 

First^^: Not all Wardens of Light are Pariahs. We have 2 Sources of Genmaterial from Gwal. The one on Terra, unaltered and with a passive Pariahgene embedded, and the one harvested from Gwalchavad, after he is found. The Droppod was damaged while Gwal was in the Warp and the creatures of the immaterium feasted on his soul. The Pariah gene in Gwal was meant to be a insurance for the emperor, should the powers of the warp turn against him. And as they tormented the infant primarch, it was activated and his gestation capsule was thrown out of the warp, centuries before he was even born.

So what does this mean for his sons?

Well, every neophyte starts the same, they get the progenoids from terran origin, but when the black carapace is to be inserted, they have to choose: Either take one from the awakened geneseed, and become a pariah, or take one from terra and become a normal marine.

And Gwalchavad let them choose.

But if you choose the awakened form, you can’t be able to reach a very high pariah lv. Mostly you stay on the pariah tertius. Just like a vaccination, the vaccine gives you some form of protection, but most of the time you would grow stronger if you defeat the illness with your own merits. Same goes for the pariah powers of the Wardens of Light. The strongest pariahs were those, who awakened that by themselves. Scorpion. Guiare Amalasan. But in order to awaken it, you have to die. Sounds easy^^ After the Warden awakes his pariah trait, he has to choose which branch he will follow: Comheadair or Luth (Rumors has it, that the Luth look out for promising candidates and try to kill them. Even abduction and torment are whispered)

 

Thanks to the masks, the Wardens of Light are able to control their pariah powers and don#t influence their allies. For example: While the Grave Stalkers are the claymore, chopping everything to pieces in their way, the Wardens of Light are the Katana, fast, and deadly, but able to cut with surgical precission, cutting only what they want. Both forms are deadly for a psyker^^

If enemies happen to utilize many psykers, then it is a safe bet, that wardens of light are called upon, to neutralize that danger.

So: The Legion is organized like a tree:

 

Gwal is the Root, and the Chamberlains of Light are the trunk. From here we have different branches spreading out, forming a tree. Every Company consists of different branches.

 

So heavy weaponsupport attack the enemy lines, fast attack (jetbikes) on the flanks, and assault troops (I'm guessing assault squads would fit this role) jumping over and stabbing alot of stuff while blocking the advance of the enemies troops. Very complex assault strategies because of that they need extra commanding structure to organize the assault.

Goal: Surround and outmaneuver the enemy as fast as possible and reduce the unnecessary killing to a minimum.

Before they enter the battle, they meditate and cleans their thoughts of all lust for bloodshed. Fight their nature and become more than the simple weapon they were created to be.

On the battlefield, the wardens, especially their Assaultteams are a sight to behold, with their Dual Sabers or Ellbowblade, they move with surgical precision, no movement wasted, they flow through the air in their golden armor, and often the normal humans are awstrucked seeing them fight at their side. (Sigismund had it perfectly described in his stories).

Swords are a seldom sight, as the caerbannog wardens despise them for their only purpose: To kill, but under the terran wardens, some swords are still visible.

 

The Wardens of Light resemble the pure good in the grim dark Galaxy. Open minded, relaxed but focused (Take a shaolin monk) Opposed to other brethren they try to save lives, fight only if necessary and there is no other way: Similar to Jagathai Khan in Canonverse, Gwal give the planets they have to conquer a choice, but where the Khan gives only one, the Wardens follow the way of Three: They give 3 chances to surrender, and only if 3 attempts to convince the enemy failed, they go full out war, but even then they try to spare the population.

You could describe them as Paladins of Humanity, a shining example of the goodness in this world, which fights against the ever growing darkness. // redundant, I know

Wardens and their Primarch:

At first, the former apostles were vary, when they encountered their primarch, as but he was able to win their trust ( in broverse, the time before Gwal was found was not so big, and the Legion Master Guaire, became himself a pariah and an outcast, as pariahness was something the apostles couldn#t really understand, and he made a big mistake in underestimating the orcs). Every single one of them inherited will of the primarch, and although their ways might be sometimes different, their goal is the same: Bring the light back to humanity and link the worlds to the imperium.

Every one of them is absolute loyal to their master  (but being loyal doesn’t mean, to stand aside and watch the galaxy burn, so they split later[book 3 I guess…hey…a galaxy burning means it is a lot of light out there…..check] -> sometimes being loyal means to question their master and choose another path.

For Gwal, the wardens are his kids,and he mourns every death warden, memories the name, writing down the names on [Caerbannog]avalon in the tower of silence. Every death is a stain for him

 

Wardens and Xenos: Gwalchavad was teached by the elder who served the laughing god, and on caerbannog, the population still remembers the tales of the eldar, who brought them light, when all lights went out ( The humans landed on a the skyisles of caerbannog (once a maiden world) after their ships were damaged and without the help of the eldar, they would have starved to death. Over the millennia the eldar vanished and only the servants of the laughing god remained to wander the isles and tell tales of the past and preach a way of understanding[ with slaaneesh birth even they vanished, but that is another story]

Because of that, the Caerbannog Wardens have a deep respect for the eldar and other xenos, as their past shows, that different species without knowing each other an coexist. The Terrans are not so fond of them, but they accept the view of their brothers [there is no charismatic leader like Guaire in the Canonverse to convince them that the way of their brothers is wrong]

 

 

Hope that helps.

 

Hehe, while writing this few lines and concept, I rerembered, why I created the Wardens the way they are. After playing Night Lords for nearly 20 years and beeing a bad boy in the game, most of the hobby, I wanted to create something totally different (and as I will never play any xenos, although I kinda like Sisters of Battle) I decided to create a pure lawful good Legion^^(okay, with a few dark traits, but sometimes you must become the darkness to bring the light^^)

Well, that for my motivation, by the way: A motivationintro, why we started all this, could be nice too.