Legio Mordaxis
| Colour Scheme | Legion Info | Symbol | |
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Name: | Legio Mordaxis |  |
| Alternative name: | The Deathdealers[3a] | ||
| Affiliation: | Word Bearers[2b] | ||
| Founded: | Pre-Imperium[3a] | ||
| Forge World: | Micarlan[3a] | ||
| Colours: | Purple, Black, Gold[2c][2d] | ||
| Strength: | 54 Titans (Pre-Heresy)[3a] | ||
The Legio Mordaxis is a traitor Titan Legion.[1]
Contents
Overview
Haling from a Forge World cloaked in toxic atmosphere, the Deathdealers weathered the Age of Strife in sealed manufactoria upon Micarlan, emerging to eradicate all who trespassed on their domain.[2b] Micarlan's toxicity had been unleashed by unknown Xenos drawn into conflict long ago, and upon defeating these creatures the Mordaxis came to battle a nearby Ork empire. They undertook many attempts to colonize worlds outside Mordaxis, all meeting failure at the hands of Greenskins and other Xenos. It was only with the coming of the Great Crusade that Micarlan was freed from war, instead eagerly joining the Imperium and embarking on the Crusade.[3a]
The Legion became one of little note or repute, lacking the wealth and patronage of greater Titan Legions. Throughout this time they became closely associated with the Word Bearers. This partnership proved to be their eventual corruption, for in the time before the Horus Heresy they were slowly corrupted by Lorgar. During the Heresy itself they declared for the traitors and infected their engines with techno-toxins. Their Princeps exist in a world of constant torment, linked into their engines ravaged by disease. This forges them into lumbering behemoths immune to pain.[2b][3a]
During the Heresy they battled loyalist forces in the Crusade of Iron and Shadow Crusade.[2b] A Legio Mordaxis Titan, Daughter of Torment, delivered Horus Lupercal's terms to the loyalist defenders of the Eternity Gate during the Siege of Terra before being beheaded by Sanguinius.[4]
Notable Titans
- Noctis Sanguinia - Warlord Titan, destroyed by the Sons of Konor during the Purging of Haverlund.[2a]
- Sin-eater - Warlord Titan. Badly mutated by the powers of Chaos and took part in the invasion of Zarathusa Secundus.[2c][3b]
- Irkalla - Reaver Titan. Took part in the Siege of Casta Tanagra and leader the invasion of Talassar.[2d][3c]
- Daughter of Torment - Reaver Titan. Delivered Horus Lupercal's terms to the defenders of the Eternity Gate during the Siege of Terra. Beheaded by Sanguinius.[4]
Notes
Despite having a three-headed symbol similar to the Death Guard, using toxic weaponry, and being dubbed Harbingers of Decay, the Legio Mordaxis have yet to be explicitly stated to be followers of Nurgle.
See also
Sources
- 1: The Purge (Novella), pgs. 44–45
- 2: Adeptus Titanicus: Shadow and Iron:
- 3: Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios:
- 4: Echoes of Eternity (Novel), Chapter 26
