Legio Hephaesto
The Legio Hephaesto was a Titan Legion, that served the Forge World Hephaesto.[1a]
| Legion Info | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Legio Hephaesto |
| Alternative name: | Unknown |
| Affiliation: | Imperium |
| Founded: | Unknown |
| Forge World: | Hephaesto |
| Colours: | Unknown |
| Strength: | Unclear |
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Brutal Kunnin' (Novel) |
History
The Legio has a history going back at least 8,000 years and some of its Titans, like the Reaver Titan Telum Purgatio, took part in the Great Crusade. By M42 Legio Hephaesto numbered at 4 Titans, which were led by the 80 centuries year old Warlord Titan Lux Annihilatus, which had a storied history. Among its many accomplishments were spearheading the liberation of the Tyrem Stars from the forces of Chaos, where it destroyed the enemy Warlord Burning Hammer. It also fought the Eldar on Gavaro Secundus and aided in defeating the Tau on Jurillo. It was there, however, that the Lux Annihilatus was ambushed, by three Railgun equipped Tau Battlesuits as the Warlord and its Princep, Arlost Vass, eagerly chased after the fleeing Xenos. Though the Legio was able to destroy the Battlesuits, the Lux Annihilatus was heavily damaged and this signaled the end of Lux Annihilatus' battle group's part in the battle. This was because, through some quirk of their Machine Spirits, several Titans of Legio Hephaesto would only go to battle if they were led by the Lux Annihilatus. With the damaged Warlord being unable to, Lux Annihilatus' battle group had to be sent back to their Forge World to undergo repairs. They were then stationed within Hephaesto's Primary Forge, Node Primus, as the Lun Annihilatus was being worked upon, and were there when their Forge World was invaded by Orks. By then the Warlord had been repaired and the local Legio forces were eager to go to battle against the Orks[1a] of the Tekwaaagh! and the Freebooter Badrukk.[1b]
Hephaesto's commanding Tech-Priest Dominus, Ronrul Illutar, had at first refused to deploy the Legio's local battle group, though, as he had wanted to know the Orks' total capabilities beforehand[1b]. However when the Dominus' ineptness led to Node Primus' outer walls being breached by the Xenos, he immediately deployed the Titans[1c]. Once unleashed, the Legio eagerly began easily killing the invading Ork hordes. Their appearance, though, led[1a] the Tekwaaagh!'s Mek-Boss, Da Meklord, to teleport his Mega Gargant right in front of the Legio. The massive machine was similar in size to the Imperator Titan Casus Belli and even towered above the Lux Annihilatus. The Mega Gargant's first attacks easily destroyed the Warhound Castus and forced the surviving Legio to evade its fire. Due to the Mega Gargant's size, the Titans were able to dance around its weapon fire, while whittling down the Ork machine's powerful shields. It was the commanding Princep, Arlost Vass', hope that if the Legio could wear down the Mega Gargant's shields, then the Titans had a chance to tear the Ork machine apart piece by piece[1a]. This strategy worked for awhile, until the Nob Ufthak Blackhawk sought to aid Da Meklord by attacking the Titans. Using a Shokkjump Dragsta's Shokk technology, Blackhawk and a small number of his followers were able to Warp onto one of the Lux Annihilatus' shoulders. From there, Blackhawk led an attack into the Warlord's head and the Orks slaughtered Princep Vass and his crew. With the Princep dead, the Lux Annihilatus stopped moving and this allowed the Mega Gargant to destroy the Reaver Telum Purgatio. The Ork machine then used its Lifta-Droppa to pick up the Warhound Pollaxus and throw it at the un-moving Lux Annihilatus. The impact destroyed the Pollaxus and caused the Warlord to topple to the ground[1d], where it later exploded. With the Lux Annihilatus' death,[1e] all Legio Hephaesto elements on the planet had been destroyed.[1f]
Known Titans
- Lux Annihilatus - Mars-Alpha-pattern Warlord Titan.[1a] Destroyed during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1e]
- Telum Purgatio - Reaver Titan.[1a] Destroyed during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1d]
- Castus - Warhound Titan.[1a] Destroyed during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1a]
- Pollaxus - Warhound Titan.[1a] Destroyed during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1d]
Known Princeps
- Arlost Vass - Princep of the Lux Annihilatus[1a]. KIA during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1d]
- Karla Praxis - Princep of the Telum Purgatio.[1a] KIA during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1d]
- Wretham Horle - Princep of the Castus.[1a] KIA during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1a]
- Jumahid Sudi - Princep of the Pollaxus.[1a] KIA during Ork invasion of Hephaesto.[1d]
