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Nova Terra is the capital world of the Nova Terra Regency. Nova Terra lies in the heart of the Viridis Sector and is also the prime recruiting world of a multitude of Space Marine Legions, known as the Nova Terra Legiones Astartes (more commonly known as the 'Ur-Legions'), namely the Iron Talons, Eternal Legion, and Night Lords.

Notable Places
Arches Of The Legions - This is a memorial raised to all the legions that have been raised for Nova Terra.

The Pillars Of Memories - A memorial that is dedicated to all those who have died for the Nova Terran Regency. The largest and most ornate of these pillars are dedicated to the legions who have died to a man.

Fortress Of Eternal Shadows- The Eternal Legion`s fortress-monastery.

Nova Palatium - The Nova Terran palace building that sits in the capital city.

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The Imperius Ravagers, known also as the 'Executioners', are a Third Founding Successor Legion of the stalwart Imperial Fists Legion, created in the wake of the dark times of the Nova Terra Interregnum, sometime during the early 33rd Millennium. This was a period of extreme unrest and civil strife, when the Imperium of Man had been split in twain. The Ur-Council of Nova Terra no longer recognised the rule of the High Lords of Terra and had seceded from the Imperium of Man, forming their own empire in the Segmentum Pacificus. This period of divided rule would last for nine standard centuries.

The Imperius Ravagers were Founded as a replacement for the traitorous XIIth Legion (World Eaters), created to help bring a bloody and swift conclusion to the rebellious Nova Terrans. The Imperius Ravagers quickly garnered a reputation as a highly aggressive force, its warriors hot-blooded and savage. They served as a spearhead of shock troops, mounting direct annihilation assaults on enemy forces, both in open battle and fortified positions, and able to carry the attack despite their then relatively small numbers by sheer courage and the fury of the violence they could unleash.

Since that bygone era, the Imperius Ravagers have often been compared to little better than a force of ill-disciplined primitives and gore-splattered headhunters, little better than the renegades they enjoy slaughtering. Yet, the 'Executioners' have a high degree of blood-bought wisdom and possess a certain deliberate cunning that has enabled them to attain a record of unwavering success in their service to the Imperium during some of the darkest periods in its history.

Legion History
The Imperius Ravagers are an ancient and proud Space Marine Legion whose origins are found in the chaotic centuries following the Horus Heresy during the tumultuous 33rd Millennium, and the era of the 'twin-empires' of the Nova Terra Interregnum, when the Ur-Council of Nova Terra seceded from the Imperium of Man and declared the whole Segmentum Pacficus independent of Imperial rule. To compound the secession of the Segmentum Pacifcus, two Space Marine Legions, the feral Space Wolves and the stoic Iron Hands joined the rebellious Ur-Council of Nova Terra. The two Primarchs are later followed by a number of Legion Masters as well, who also join the Secessionist's cause. In response, the High Lords of Terra call for a new Founding to take place. The Third Founding, known also as the 'Numroi Founding', takes place in 098.M33.

Utilising accelerated gene-culturing techniques not used since the First Great Crusade, four Space Marine Legions were created in record time - the Silver Horde, Shadowlords, Impalers and the Imperius Ravagers. The latter Legion were proud scions of the Imperial Fists Legion. Their patriarch and first Legion Master was one of Primarch Rogal Dorn's most ruthless captains, Fafnir Rann. The initial intake of Imperius Ravagers were taken from the civilised world of Charon, located at the southern edge of the Segmentum Tempestus. Aside from an unbreakable sense of honour and unparalleled skill at arms, they shared little in common with their forebears' culture and traditions.

These few 3rd Founding Legions were created to be massive, hosting hundreds of thousands of Legionaries within their ranks. But the shortcuts taken in their creation would have unforeseen flaws. These particular Legions came to be characterised as being battle-hardened, and particularly bloody-handed and unforgiving. The primary purpose of their creation was to help bring the Nova Terra Interregnum to a brutal and swift conclusion. The conflict that ensued over the next eight centuries, threatened to tear apart all that the Imperium of Man had rebuilt following the Age of Darkness of the Horus Heresy. Not since those dark days, had Legion been pitted against Legion. Several of the Legions that had gone over to the Secessionist cause were annihilated by the rampaging Loyalist Legions.

Notable Imperius Ravagers

 * Fafnir Rann - The patriarch and first Legatus Praetore (Legion Master) of the Imperius Ravagers, Fafnir Rann was one of Primarch Rogal Dorn's most ruthless captains within the Imperial Fists Legion.
 * Thanatos Cronius - The current Legatus Praetore of the Imperius Ravagers in the 41st Millennium
 * Decimus Furius - Decimus Furius serves as the current Equerry to the Legatus Praetore as well as the Merarch (Chapter Master) of the elite 1st Chapter of the Imperius Ravagers.

Legion Colours
The Imperius Ravagers primarily wear dark grey power armour. Insets of both shoulder pauldrons are silver in colour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard is also dark grey in colour. Of further note is their distinctive helmets, which is of the distinctive 'Lorica' sub-type, an idiosyncratic variant of the widely used Mark VII 'Aquila' pattern produced by the artificers of the Imperius Ravagers. The faceplates of these helmets have a very distinct appearance as they are crafted in the typical Charopósian style. These helmets are also adorned with the Imperius Ravagers' trademark red dyed horse hair longitudinal crests, which go from front-to-back. Officers can be identified by their unique horizontal crests that go from ear-to-ear and are dyed black and red. The battle-brothers of this Chapter are also known for wearing their tell-tale balteus - a plate-covered belt - which has four heavy strips of leather and studs embedded along its length. These leather strips also hang from the outer edge of their shoulder pauldrons as well, in the traditional Charopósian fashion. On the right shoulder pauldron is a black, open-faced squad specialty symbol (Tactical, Assault, Devastator and Veteran) which identifies an individual's assigned role. The Power Armour worn by the Astartes of this Chapter typically bears syncretic Charopósian iconography, worn on one of the shoulder pauldrons, poleyn (knee guard) or weapon, which supposedly denotes rank and battlefield record. Many of these symbols have meanings hidden from outsiders to the Chapter, though it is believed that the numeration and colouration of the "lambda" Helikan-glyph markings common to the Imeprius Ravagers' heraldry refer to attested "kills" against worthy opponents in single combat, likely in increasing order of magnitude.

Legion Badge
The Imperius Ravagers Legion badge is an ebon coloured Imperialis - a skull and laurel - centred upon a field of silver, and capped with a pair of crossed executioner axes. This ancient symbol was commonly used by the ancient Space Marine Legions, especially the Imperius Ravagers' Progenitors, the Imperial Fists, to denote a battle honour for triumph in Zone Mortalis operations. This is a variant icon of their first Legion Master Fafnir Rann. During the Horus Heresy, those Legionaries who served under him often utilised Rann's personal heraldry on the boarding shields of Legion Breacher Siege Squads.

Nova Terra Regency
The Imperius Ravagers have nothing but contempt and malice for what they consider to be their most bitter of enemies. They believe the upstart Nova Terra Regency should be wiped out piecemeal, as they are an affront to the will of the God-Emperor, and are no better than oath-breaking cowards who deserve no quarter for their treacherous actions. Any chance they get, the Imperius Ravagers launch deadly lightning assaults against the various Nova Terra Regency's border worlds near the Segmentum Solar to make their mark, bringing to the traitorous worlds the brutal order of the Imperium, if only for a short while.

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"Fear everlasting!"

- Motto of the Eternal Legion The Eternal Legion is a First Founding Legion for the Nova Terra Regency and is descended from the infamous Night Lords Space Marine Legion. The Eternal Legion was founded with the intent of defending the newly born Nova Imperium and supplementing the Night Lords legion.

The Eternal Legion is a unique legion of space marines. They are aloof, and an enigmatic Astartes Legion who give off an air of fear and repulsion. In fact, many look upon this legion and see them as nothing less than a band of terrorist and who bring nothing but ill fortune. Many venerable Space Marine Legions shun the company of this Legion for this reason. However, in the rare instances that the Eternal Legion does work with other Space Marine Legions it is often in tangent with those that complement their deliberate and devastating assaults. The entire legion operates under a great veil of secrecy, making it difficult to track their movements and current combat deployments, and even the overall strength of their legion. It is often said that there are anywhere between 50-150,000 legionaries, making it one of the smaller Second Founding Legions, however, this is only guessed at because the Eternal Legion is constantly on the move persecuting xenos, the Forces of Chaos, and the false Imperium with utmost zeal.

The Eternal Legion was founded on the Emperor's original ideals, and the ideals that pushed the Great Crusade across the Milky Way. The Eternal Legion fiercely believe that the Emperor is not a god, but still see and acknowledge that he is their patriarch and leader. They also follow the original ideals of Konrad Curze when he ruled over Nostromo. When they conquer a planet they will treat the populace fairly, but will, without hesitation, ruthlessly kill and terrorize the populace if there is even a hint of rebellion. They utilize fear with the utmost precision and effectiveness that is as almost as perfect at their Primarch. They also are devout followers of the Emperor's original values and ideals and will stop at nothing to uphold them. They have been known to tear down churches and shrines to the Emperor with a zeal that rivals even that of the Imperial Heralds.

Legion History
The Eternal Legion was founded during the Siege of Terra as an ad-hoc legion know as The Repentant which was comprised of mostly Night Lords, and other Loyalist elements from the Traitor Legions.This is also the first recorded and noted appearance of the Dread Master. The Repentant fought the traitor legions zealously for years up to the Siege of Terra. After the end of the Siege of Terra and the beginning of the reformation of the Imperium, the nascent Legion petitioned the High Lords of Terra and Rogal Dorn himself to keep the legion alive. After fierce deliberation between the High Lords and Rogal Dorn, the Repentant were allowed to stay together. Following this decision every single legionary expunged his heraldry, his past and tore the mark of their respective legions from their armor and took on a new name to expunge their respective past.

Shortly after the Horus Heresy began, Konrad Curze left Imperial space, burdened by everything that he had done. He was adrift in space for over two thousand years being plagued by dark visions of what would pass in the future. He was a broken man who detested himself for everything that had come to pass and for what he had done. Most of his legion saw him as a weak and worthless leader, and slowly but surely, they started leaving him. With every passing day another ship would drop out of the fleet formation, taking more and more of his Night Lords. He stood and watched them leave and did nothing to stop them. He hated everything about his legion, to him they were vile murderers and monsters just as he was. He spent more and more time in his quarters as the visions grew worse, as he foresaw the darkest possible futures come to pass. Curze saw his father's empire drawn asunder. He saw his sons - his Night Lords - become the very monsters that he fought to destroy. He saw his brothers die, the men who he thought that hated him, but in all reality, just misunderstood what he was - perish in the darkest ways. The great Night Haunter was tormented endlessly, day and night. Until the day he received the first vision that was different than anything he has ever seen. The vision he received was that of a brighter future that could restore everything that he and the fallen Primarchs undone.

Legion Gene Seed
The gene-seed of the Eternal Legion, like their progenitors, seems surprisingly pure, bearing the least evidence of mutation. The only notable physical abnormality is their jet black eyes and pale skin that is reminiscent of the Night Lords.

Notable Battles

 * Siege of Terra -
 * Subjugation of Vethos -
 * Halo Stars Crusade-
 * Defense of Macharia-

Legion Organisation
The Eternal Legion is a completely autonomous legion. The legion master has the last say on all the matters but the Primarch can override any and all decisions but rarely does so. The legion is split into roughly 10 Cohorts and each Cohort is broken down into multiple centuries and broken down further into Demi-centuries. The entire legion is overseen by the Dread Master, and their Primarch Konrad Curze, next each cohort is overseen by the Doom Bringers which are equivalent in rank to a chapter master. Next comes the Centurions who are in charge of their individual centuries and answer to the Doom Bringer. Next follows the Vetanus Servanus who are in charge of the Demi-centuries. The demi-centuries are comprised of the typical battle brothers. The last three centuries are comprised of scout marines and are known Tenebris Compania.

Speciality Ranks

 * The Death Wardens - The Death Wardens are the elite cadre of the Eternal Legion who serve as its Honour Guard. These elite warriors are the most feared of any Legionary, having served the Legion for many centuries with their exceptionally courageous service. The Death Wardens are the most taciturn and solemn individuals in repose, but also among the most ferocious and unyielding of its warriors in battle. They prowl the battlefield as silent as a grave cutting down all who stand before them and the Dread Master.
 * Black Wraiths - The Black Wraiths are an elite formation of specialist scouts whose abilities for ambush, infiltration and sabotage borders on the supernatural. They also possessed superlative skills in creating conditions of all-consuming chaos amongst the enemy's ranks through the assassination of key officers and assets. The Black Wraiths are considered unparalleled masters of this form of silent warfare amongst the Ur-Legions, which is only surpassed by the Raven Guard Legion themselves.
 * Raptors - The Raptors of the Eternal Legion descend from their infamous father legion the Night Lords. The Raptors use  Jump Packs which are more sophisticated and efficient than the ones commonly used by the Space Marines of the Imperium. They are considerably lighter and less bulky, and have a stronger thrust which allows for slightly longer and higher jumps to be performed. The Raptors of the Eternal Legion are just as ruthless and unforgiving as the original Raptors of the Night Lords.
 * Terror Marine - The Terror Marines are a specialist formation that serves alongside the Black Wraiths. These specialist Space Marines are known to go above and beyond what even the Night Lords and Eternal Legion would do. They record the sounds of battle and the screaming of dying men, and then replay them in the midst of enemy troops in order to wear them down psychologically. Terror Marine squads have also have been known to hijack vox channels and play these horrific recordings endlessly with the intent of instilling fear in the hearts of their foes, often times causing them to throw down their arms and surrender.

Legion Combat Doctrine
The Eternal legion shares the same combat doctrine that the Night Lords have been using since their founding. They try to instill unrelenting terror into the enemy forces in hopes of stopping a battle before it commences. The preliminary Assault forces consist of Terror Marines and Black Wraiths that wreck havoc amongst the enemy As a Cohort starts to break orbit above a planet. There is no warning given by the orbiting cohort

Legion Recruitment
The Eternal Legion recruits from all over the galaxy regardless if they are from the Imperium of Man or the Nova Terran Regency.

Notable Eternal Legion Members

 * The Dread Master - The Dread Master is the current Legion Master of the Eternal Legion and is one of the oldest living Legion Masters of the Nova Terra Regency. He is renowned throughout the entire galaxy by both friend and foe alike, striking terror in the hearts of all who stand before him, and inspiring allies and causing them to go above and beyond many acts of valor. An ancient veteran of both the latter years of the Unification Wars and the First Great Crusade, the original name of this fearsome warrior has long been lost to the midsts of time. Extant records indicates that this may be due to the fact that upon assuming the mantle of 'Dread Master', all traces of one's previous life is wiped away. The Dread Master has long been a figure of dread, as he had already entered into the legends of the Legiones Astrates long before the Horus Heresy. Whatever the truth to the many rumors about this killer's unsavory reputation, none could dispute his ruthless efficiency or long tally of victories. When the Horus Heresy ended, and the High Lords decreed that new Legions would be created from existing gene-stock, The Dread Master was unanimously chosen by his nascent Legion's warriors to lead them in battle. He was one of the few candidates selected for the nascent 'Project Homo Sapiens Novus', where he underwent the arduous process of having his gene-seed boasted to a level far superior to an average Astartes - but less than a Primarch - making him almost as comparable as the Emperor's own elite Legio Custodes. Since that bygone era, the Dread Master continued to lead his Legion in the ongoing Second Great Crusade, until the events of the Nova Terra Interregnum, which occurred in the 33rd Millennium. He willfully led his Legion to the side of the Secessionist cause, and fought against his former brother-Legions for the next eight centuries, until the conflict finally ended in an uneasy cease-fire and the Secessionist pocket empire was formally recognised as the Nova Terra Regency. Since that long ago age, the ancient Dread Master has continued to lead his Legion in the defence of Nova Impirator against threats both internal and external.
 * Corvosa Medici - 

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"We are the protectors of the Emperor and his great vision. We will never falter in protecting them!"

- High Marshall Xander

The Storm Legion is a Second Founding Successor Legion created from Ultramarines genetic stock. They were created alongside other such vaunted Legions as the Angels Cimmerian, Avenging Hawks, Black Templars, Raptors of Vulkan, Soul Drinkers, Thunder Lords, and Wolf Brothers. Like their fellow successors, the Storm Legion is notable for their closeness with their progenitors, many of their first command cadre and veteran Legionaries having been drawn directly from the Ultramarines themselves. Like other Legions of the Second Founding, the Storm Legion was noted for their long, honored legacy and stalwart dedication to the Second Great Crusade and the conquest and recapturing of lost glories of the original First Great Crusade.

The Storm Legion continued to faithfully serve the Imperium of Man for nearly a millennium, until the time of 'twin-empire', when the Imperium was torn in-half, when the entirety of the Segmentum Pacificus declared independence from the Imperium proper, and formed their own pocket empire, which would later come to be known as the Nova Terra Regency. After nearly eight centuries of strife and attritional warfare, an uneasy cease-fire was called between the two warring factions. Since that time, the Storm Legion has served as one of the elite transhuman military force of Nova Terra's Ur-Legions, defending the sovereign borders of the Nova Terra Regency from both internal and external threats.

Legion History
The Storm Legion was a Successor Legion created as a part of the massive Second Founding in 091.M32. Descended from the venerable Ultramarine genestock at the end of the Horus Heresy. This legion was created along side the Avenging Hawks Space Marine Legion as a way to try and boost the losses suffered during the events of the Horus Heresy. The Storm Legion was founded to replace the traitorous XIVth Legion (Death Guard), and brought honour and glory to their designated Legion number over the next millennia of faithful service. As the Ultramarine stock suffered the least out of the rest of the Space Marine Legions, it was used most prominently during the reconstruction of the Imperium. Thus, the Storm Legion continued to faithfully serve the Imperium of Man for the next millennium, until the tumultuous period of history known as the Nova Terra Interregnum occurred in the early years of the 33rd Millennium.

Nova Terra Interregnum
Beginning in 075.M33, the Ur-Council of Nova Terra declared independence from the rule of the High Lords of Terra, and declared the whole Segmentum Pacificus independent of Imperial rule. They had grown disenfranchised with the burgeoning Imperial state religion, in the form of the religious organisation known as the Ecclesiarchy, that zealously promoted the worship of the Emperor of Mankind as the one, true God of Humanity. To compound the secession of the Segmentum Pacificus, two First Founding Space Marine Legions, the feral Space Wolves and the stoic Iron Hands, joined the rebellious Ur-Council of Nova Terra. The two Primarchs were later followed by a number of Legion Masters, including the Storm Legion's, who also joined the Secessionist's cause. The Storm Legion was once counted as one of the most loyal legions that had served the Imperium of Man. Many Imperial Scholars debate to this day the reason the Storm Legion seceded from the Imperium but the one aspect that is agreed upon is that the Ecclesiarchy is the biggest cause of this once loyal and venerable legion turning traitor.

Legion Recruitment
The Storm Legion primarily recruits from the feral world of Proxima Minor but will recruit from almost anywhere. The Storm Legion will watch a potential recruit from a distance and will cause many obstacles and hardships to befall him to test his resolve. In many cases, the Watcher will start to isolate the potential recruit and see how much stress he can endure before he breaks. There have been documented cases of The Watcher whisking the recruit away and dropping him into the wild or environments that they are completely unfamiliar with caring little if he lives or dies only that he has a will to live. Once the potential aspirant is deemed acceptable he is taken to the primary Fortress Monastery simply known as The Bastion. Once there the recruits are given their permeant bunks and the long training begins.

A Life of An Aspirant 

Legion Organization
The Storm Legion is Comprised of 20 Chapters that act in unison with each other. Within each chapter there are 10,000 space marines that form ten Companies that are 1,000 space marines strong. However the 14th Chapter is comprised of scouts that are often seconded to the other chapters with in the Storm Legion or even close allies of this legion. Within the Storm Legion there are multiple troops that fulfill a very specific niche.

The Watchers- The Watcher is very unique space marine in the aspect that he is fully enhanced but does not done the traditional power armor of a space marine, instead of power amour they wear a cloak that has a deep swirling grey that constantly changes in the endless shades of grey. They act as the primary recruiters for the Storm Legion but also can act as scouts and subterfuge agents when they are behind enemy lines.

Storm Bringers-

Storm Shields-

Notable Campaigns
Siege of Peridosa-

Legion Gene-Seed
The Storm Legions gene-seed has very few mutations, however the most prominent of these mutations, is with age a Storm Legionary`s eyes start to change into a deep dark storm cloud grey. The next mutation that is rife among the feared Storm Legion is found only among the most ancient of the legion. It is currently unknown where these mutations come from. Either the Ultramarine's stock has become defective, or with age the gene-seed begins to deteriorate.

Legion Combat Doctrine
The Storm Legion has a broad range of combat specialties that makes them useful in many situations.

Legion Beliefs
The Storm Legion zealously belives in the Imperial Truth and will go to any length to make sure that its ideals are upheld, for this matter the Storm Legion often serves alongside the Eternal Legion, one of the few legions that will willingly do so without hesitation.

Notable Storm Legionaries
High Marshal Xander-

Praetor Merithis-

Marshal Erebus-

Legion Relics
Helm of Robute-

The Tattered Standard- The Tattered Standerd is an Ancient Relic that has existed since the start of the Horus Heresy. This standard

Legion Fleet

 * The Vengeful Fist (Unknown Class, Flagship) -
 * The Emperor's Wrath (Unknown Class, Capital Ship) -

Allies
The Storm Legion works closely with the Eternal Legion

Enemies
Amongst the myriad of foes that plague the Nova Terra Regency the most hated are the Legiones Astartes of the Imperium of Man - primarily the Ultramarines and their Successors, as the Storm Legion sees them as weak and unworthy of their title as inheritors of Guilliman.

By the Storm Legion
Feel free to add your own "We left the Imperium not because we are traitors, but because they are. They have strayed further from the truth than can ever be imagined. What would our father think of the state the Imperium is currently in? The Emperor is not a God but the pinnacle of humanity. Yes we may be called traitors by the corrupt Ecclesiarchy, but we have never strayed from the laws and the ideals laid down by our Primarch Guilliman or the Emperor. No my brothers, we have simply gotten tired of the lawlessness and the broken ideals of the Imperium. Today we join the Nova Terran Secessionist. Today we turn our backs on the Imperium that turned their backs on everything that countless Astartes, Primarchs and the Emperor himself died for!"

- High Marshal Xander, ca. M33

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The Iron Talons are a ferocious Space Marine Legion created from the gene-stock of the White Scars Legion during the 3rd Founding, known also as the 'Numroi Founding', in 098.M33. They were initially created by the Imperium of Man as a part of a new generation of Legiones Astartes to help fight against the burgeoning pocket empire of Nova Terra, which had formed when the Ur-Counvil on Nova Terra decided to declare independence from the rule of the High Lords of Terra, and declared the whole Segementum Pacificus independent of Imperial rule. But the shortcuts taken in the creation of many of these 3rd Founding Legions would have unforeseen flaws, as many of them came to be characterised as being battle-hardened, and particularly bloody-handed and unforgiving. Sharing their forefather's battle lust and aggressive style of lightning warfare, the Iron Talons soon garnered a troublesome reputation. Though they quickly won multiple great victories in the Imperium's name, questions began to surface regarding the stability of their gene-seed, and concerns began to grow surrounding the sheer savagery of their conduct in battle.

After nearly two and a half centuries of constant attrition, the Iron Talons became bitter and resentful of their Terran overlords, as they felt they had been constantly used as cannon-fodder to fight at the forefront of multiple thankless suppression campaigns which demanded their might to secure victory, but which carried little renown. They had obediently followed the orders of the High Lords of Terra and willingly went where they were ordered to go to fight and die as it must. Going on without respite or fanfare, the Iron Talons' formerly great strength in numbers was bled through attrition. To compound matters further, in their eyes, their fellow Legions outpaced them in glory. A subtle wedge had been driven between the Iron Talons and its brother Legions, creating a fracture that continued to worsen over time.

Eventually, the Iron Talons openly declared for the Secessionist cause, and turned their considerable talents of high-mobility warfare and shock assault tactics, towards their once erstwhile allies. Soon, the Iron Talons reaped a fearful tally against many Imperial worlds that lay along the borders where the Segmentum Solar lay adjacent to the Segmentum Pacificus. They slaughtered their way through several Imperial worlds and orbital defence platforms with ease, but were slowed considerably when they ran up against other Imperial Space Marine Legions. But the attacks continued despite the Imperial forces best efforts to halt their rampage. The Iron Talons launched several sub-groups to attack multiple targets along the thinly stretch Imperial lines. All were dispatched with the same ruthless efficiency that marked every one of the Iron Talons' actions. But eventually, their hubris nearly saw the destruction of over half their Legion during the Battle of Tanith in 735.M33. They were finished as an effective combat unit, and were forced to pull back to the capital world of Nova Terra in order to rebuild their Legion over the next two centuries.

Following the end of the conflict and formal recognition of the empire of the Nova Terra Regency in 975.M33, the Iron Talons became a part of the Ur-Legions - the Space Marine Legions of Nova Terra's military forces. Formally recognised as the VIth Legion, the Iron Talons have continued to defend the realms of Nova Imperitor.

Legion History
Beginning in 075.M33, the Ur-Council of Nova Terra declared independence from the rule of the High Lords of Terra, and declared the whole Segementum Pacificus independent of Imperial rule. They had grown disenfranchised with the burgeoning Imperial state religion, in the form of the religious organisation known as the Ecclesiarchy, that zealously promoted the worship of the Emperor of Mankind as the one, true God of Humanity. As the power of the Ecclesiarchy waxed strong, the Ur-Council of Nova Terra foresaw the dangers of having a religious organisation possess so much power and influence over the citizens of the Imperium. They felt that the Imperium had lost its way and no longer followed the tenants of the Emperor's enlightened philosophy of the Imperial Truth. The Imperium of Man no longer upheld the core values of reason, science and secular progress. Instead, they had fallen back on the old ideas of religion, superstition and faith. To compound the secession of the Segmentum Pacifucs, two Space Marine Legions, the feral Space Wolves and the stoic Iron Hands, joined the rebellious Ur-Council of Nova Terra.

To combat this threat, the High Lords of Terra declared that the 3rd Founding would take place in 098.M33. Utilising accelerated gene-culturing techniques not used since the First Great Crusade, three Space Marine Legions were created in record time. These few Legions were created to be massive, hosting hundreds of thousands of Legionaries within their ranks. But the shortcuts taken in their creation would have unforeseen flaws. The Iron Talons, like many of their fellow 'Numroi Founding' Legions, would come to be characterised by their bloody-handed and inherently aggressive. The Iron Talons quickly garnered a reputation for being highly aggressive force, its warriors hot-blooded and savage. When they were unleashed in battle, the Iron Talons performed their duties with an almost gleeful savagery, tearing apart their foes without mercy or falter, heedless of the risk and uncaring for their own losses.

Throughout the conflict, the Iron Talons were increasingly used to fight often inglorious but vital campaigns of murderous attrition and drawn-out bloodshed, and they became relied upon both for their martial power and their reliability in following orders to the letter. But over time, a discord was bred by ill use and slights both real and imagined which, as time went on, was given outward sign by a marked distance and growing distrust between the Iron Talons Legion and the Imperium it served. As the conflict dragged on for many centuries, soon the independent nature of the Iron Talons began to slowly manifest, as they grew to resent the shackles placed upon them by their Terran masters, and over time, began to garner sympathy for the Secessionist cause.

Nearly two and a half centuries later, the feelings of resentment and bitterness that festered within the Legion's hearts, bore bitter fruit, as the Iron Talons boldly declared their new allegiance to their Nova Terran masters and turned against those they once called brother. In the fighting that ensued, the Iron Talons turned their savagery against the forces of the Imperium and reaped a fearful tally. But in the end, they were nearly destroyed by their own hubris and stubborn pride, as they were set upon by multiple Imperial Space Marine Legions in a brutal final campaign, during the Battle of Tanith in 735.M33. After this bitter defeat, the Iron Talons were forced to pull back to the capital world of Nova Terra in order to lick their wounds and gather their strength. With the loss of over half of their Legion, the Iron Talons were left largely inoperable as a combat unit and was forced to spend the next two centuries recruiting new members and rebuilding itself.

By 975.M33, an uneasy stalemate was reached, and the Imperium formerly recognised the separate pocket empire which came to be known as the Nova Terra Regency. The Iron Talons officially became a part of Nova Terra's Ur-Legions, formally recognised as the VIth Legion, and have gone on to serve as one of its many stalwart protectors of their new sovereign domain.

Legion Colours
The Iron Talons predominately wear black colour Power Armour. The Imperialis, when worn on the chest plate, as well as the arms, are silver in colour. The yellow coloured squad specialty symbol -- (Tactical, Assault, Devastator, or Veteran) -- is indicated on the right shoulder guard. A black coloured Roman numeral centred on the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number. This fearsome Legion is noted for appearing barbarous-looking as they have a morbid tendency to drape their enemies' flayed skin on their battle plate.

Legion Badge
The Iron Talons' Legion badge is a stylised metallic silver raptor's talons, outstretched to grasp its prey, centered upon a black coloured roundlet, on a field of yellow

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