Battle of Luhman
The Battle of Luhman was a battle fought by the Imperial Fists and the Luna Wolves during the Great Crusade.[1]
Overview
Fought barely a decade after the Emperor had left the Sol system, after his return to Cthonia of old, but before Horus had been formally granted command of his Legion, the Battle for Luhman has long been forgotten by all but the most dedicated historians. Here the forces of the VIIth and XVIth Legions pitted their strength against a clade of lost humanity that had turned to the blackest arts of genetic sorcery to survive Old Night, an offshoot of Mankind so changed that they no longer resembled anything remotely human. No extant record holds an image of the inhabitants of Luhman, though the few remaining battle reports speak of huge empty eyes that could see even in lightless caverns, pitch-black hide that blades could not pierce, and claws that could rend ceramite. So fierce were they that the recorded casualties for the fighting to cleanse Luhman are far more numerous than those of the battle itself.[1]
Among the Astartes that took part in the battle, there was Maral Lupus, Praetor of the XVIth Legion who fell in combat and a young Lieutenant Imran Adarus of the VIIth, who carried forth Maral's body in the aftermath and swore to him that he would always stand for the honour of both his own Legion and that of the XVIth.[1]
