Host of Blades

The Host of Blades was one of the Hosts of the First Legion of the Legiones Astartes.^[1]

Overview

Symbol of the Host of Blades^[1]

The core of the Legion as its numbers grew and it took to the field as a true army, the Host of Blades were the infantry cohorts that formed the ranks and held against the assault of the foe, the gun line that threw back their warriors and the bold columns that shattered their lines. They were masters of the close order infantry tactics that were the crux of the early Legiones Astartes order of battle, formed around the primacy of the Legion Tactical squad and the principal agent in the development of the first volumes of the Principia Bellicosa.^[1]

In time, the Host would be reorganised into the six Wings of the Hexagrammaton.^[1]

Sources

• 1: The Horus Heresy Book Nine - Crusade, pg. 87