Iron Forged

The Iron Forged are a Successor Legion of the Honorable and Compassionate Salamanders created during the 6th Founding, the largest and the newest which started in Late M39 and ended into 715.M41. Known as the 'Kindling' the founding was made to counter the coming of the Tyranids and the Awakening of the Necrons along side many others

The Legion was formed to Combat Aggressive attacks from the Traitors that swore allegiance to Chaos. The Legion also Acts as Support for the other loyalist legions if its ever needed. The Iron Forged are known for their use of heavily reinforced armor valuing Protection at the Cost of Mobility.

Legion History
The Iron Forged are the (insert legion number here) Legion created during the 6th Founding in 252.M41 to be a defensive force for planets under attack and to act as support for attacking Legions whenever called.

Legion Home World
The Home World of the Iron Forged is Stilix. A Death World rich in deposits of Iron whose landscape is filled by mountains and plenty of small oceans filled by rust. The planet is near the end of its system being the 3rd furthest planet. It is located in Segmentum Tempestus.

The Planet has a medium size population of humans who established 6 towns each of around 15 million individuals from which the legion recruits from. The natives of the planet are known to be educated in several domains such as blacksmithing, hunting in groups and performing several medical procedures that don't request surgery.

Culture
The Culture of the Planet relies on teamwork. For many generations the populace survived only through working together, everyone having a job he must do or else all will break down which gave the people a sense of trust between one another which migrated into the legion. The Planet also has a cult of the dead. Those that perish in war are given every 10 years a blood sacrifice by making a cut on a arm and letting the blood flow on top of the grave which symbolizes the blood spilled by the dead. Its supposed to act as a offering for when the people may be in danger, The Spirits of the dead may fight once again to protect them.

Fortress-Monastery
The Fortress-Monastery of the legion is known as the Grey Bastion. The Monastery was built inside of a Mountain that was wasted of its resources when the gear was made for the legion before its creation. The halls of the Monastery are filled by the helmets of fallen marines as a sign of respect for those fallen. The Entrance is on the ground level, guarded by 10 Terminators at all times. The rooms created for the 4 specialists Headquarters: The Reclusium, The Apothecarion, The Librarium and The Technicarium. The outside of the Fortress-Monastery is filled by weapon platforms and defensive spikes.

Specialist Ranks & Formation
The Legion has many ranks in order to manage easier groups of marines and to break squads whenever needed to efficiently win a battle. The Ranks as follows (Descending):

Standard Ranking
 * Legion Master
 * General
 * Colonel
 * Commander
 * Captain
 * Lieutenant
 * Major
 * Sergeant
 * Corporal
 * Battle-Brother

Specialist Ranks
 * Head Specialist
 * Major Specialist
 * Minor Specialist
 * Standard Specialist
 * Enlisted Specialist

Vehicle Ranks
 * Vehicle Crew Commander
 * Vehicle Crew 2nd in Command
 * Vehicle Crew Sergeant
 * Vehicle Crew Corporal
 * Vehicle Crew Marine

Legion Recruitment
The Iron Forged recruit from their Home World of Stilix and planets similar to it from nearby Solar Systems. The Recruitment is done in 3 phases. Each phase takes care of the Aspirants qualities in order to be integrated into the legion. During these 3 phases the Field Police overwatch all of the Aspirants Actions

The First phase surrounds the part in which Aspirants are gathered, tested and then brought to the Fortress Monastery where they would start their trials at the Chance of becoming a Neophyte. The Chapter gathers all possible Aspirants from around the nearby solar systems in bulks. Only those that look suitable at first glance are brought. The gathered aspirants are checked for any signs of mutation or taint, Those that don't make the cut are transformed into servitors or executed depending on how strong the mutation or taint is. The Remaining individuals are then sent to the Home World of the Legion where the second Phase starts
 * 1st Phase:

The 2nd phase relies upon the Legions recruitment tasks for the Aspirants to earn their place. The Aspirants are released onto the planet to do various tasks for the populace like hunting, repairing or aiding in the constructions of Prosthetic's. The Legion uses this tasks as a way to find the Aspirants true nature.
 * 2nd Phase:

The Last phase refers to the induction of the Aspirants into the scout groups of the legion who act as fast response units and rescue teams for high ranking Astartes lost on the battlefield. Each squad after its final day before joining the main force of the legion is reviewed by the Field Officer that was tasked with the watching of said squad and many others.
 * 3rd Phase:

Legion Gene-Seed
The Gene-Seed of the Iron Forged like many of the 6th Founding is mutated. From many studies done on their gene-seed it was found 2 genetic deviations, one of which resembling ones found in the Salamanders one. Apart from having 2 mutations the gene-seed is pure having no taint upon it.

1st Mutations: The Legions eyes are covered in their entirety by a shade of blue. This mutation being is similar to their Primogenitors red eyes.

2nd Mutation: The bones of the Legionnaires are thicker then that of the average Marine by 5% making them more Resilient but slower when moving.

Legion Combat Doctrine
The Combat doctrine of the Legion is spread between 2 Categories, Defensive and Offensive:

Defensive: For defensive combat the Legion prefers to create a long network of underground tunnels from which the Astartes go from nest to nest in order to flank the attackers.

Another Tactic for defensive combat is vehicle charges through weak lines of infantry to lower the number of attackers for easier charges to break the enemy lines.

Offensive: The most used offensive tactic used by the legion is that of vehicle drops from the sky in groups of 5 around the enemy lines alongside waves of many 5 man squads deployed to act as distractions from the vehicles.

Another Offensive tactic used is that of the Testudo. A wave of shields that form like the Carapace of the now extinct animal known as the Turtle. It is used to take many blows without damaging the marines inside. Sometimes it is used to confuse the enemy into thinking that a wave of vehicles is coming towards them from afar.

Legion Colours
The Main color of the legion is a Dark shade of Iron. Trimming and Company numbers are Silver. The Secondary color used for the shoulder pad insets, knee pads and lenses is Azure (a shade of blue)

Allies

 * Imperium Of Man

Enemies

 * The Nova Terra Regency