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*'''???.[[M30]]''' - [[Terra]] - Pacification of the [[Boeotian Lowlands]].{{Fn|2}}
*'''???.[[M30]]''' - The [[Kamenka Troika]] - Extermination of [[Orks|Greenskin]] infestation. Loss of 873 Astartes; Legion reorganised as a result. {{Fn|3h}}
*'''???.[[M31]]''' - [[Aghoru|28-16/Aghoru]] - Compliance Action. Compliance achieved by diplomacy; [[Battle of the Mountain|secondary combat]] against [[Tzeentch|apparent warp corruption]].{{Fn|33k}}*'''???.[[M31]]''' - [[Ark Reach Cluster]] - Compliance Action. [[Battle of Shrike|Compliance achieved]] in concert with forces of the [[Space Wolves]] and the [[Word Bearers]]. The return of the flesh-change occurred at the conclusion of this campaign.{{Fn|33l}}
====The Horus Heresy====
*'''005.[[M31]]''' - The [[Burning of Prospero]]; defence of the legion homeworld against the Space Wolves; defeated.{{Fn|33e}}
*'''???.[[M31]]''' - The [[Battle of Yarant]]; Legion elements ally with Traitor forces in an attempt to exterminate the Space Wolves; defeated.{{Fn|34}}
*'''014.[[M31]]''' - The [[Siege of the Emperor's Palace]]. Took part in the Chaos grand assault; defeated.{{Fn|1}}
==Geneseed==
[[Image:TAFlesh.jpg|thumb|right|170px|A member of the Thousand Sons overcome by the Flesh-Change]]
As befits the genic offspring of such a colossal psychic mutant as Magnus, the [[geneseed]] of the Thousand Sons appeared to ensure the development of psychic ability. It also appeared to bring with it an unavoidable fate of physical de-evolution, but it is unknown exactly what influence Tzeentch had on the development of the Thousand Sons and their geneseed and from what point this influence began. The '''Flesh-Change''' as this de-evolution was known, was a major threat to the Legion that manifested when its members used their psychic abilities. When overcome by the Flesh-Change, a member of the Thousand Sons would rapidly mutate into a hideous beast resembling a [[Chaos Spawn]]. Due to its psychic nature, the Flesh-Change was contagious and epidemics of it were a constant terror among the Legion. Magnus and others within the Thousand Sons worked diligently to find a cure for the Flesh-Change, and it is implied that Magnus may have gained the aid of Tzeentch to suppress it. However ultimately, no cure could be found and during the Great Crusade the Thousand Sons suffered a slow death from its gene-seed flaw.{{Fn|3}}
Regardless, when the Rubric of Ahriman took hold of the legion, most of their geneseed was destroyed. The only viable sources now known of are the surviving sorcerers of the Thousand Sons, powerful [[psykers]] who are so invested of the powers of the [[warp]] that the condition of their geneseed and the effects it would have upon someone implanted with it can only be guessed at.{{Fn|1}}
Every legion venerated their primarch in some regard, but to the Thousand Sons Magnus was their literal saviour. With his arrival they were not only (apparently) saved from the horrors of physical degredation but also presented with the person who could teach them how to master their developing psychic abilities. Drawing from his experiences on Prospero, Magnus instituted his [[Cults of the Thousand Sons|Cult system]] within his legion, five teaching institutions that would allow his warrior-scholars to expand their knowledge, principally from him, at his position as master of all the cults; the rank of ''Magus''. From this position atop a pyramidal teaching structure Magnus was able to direct and control his legion's psychic and philosophical development; as the most knowledgeable, powerful and as their genetic forefather and saviour, all Thousand Sons looked to him for example and guidance.{{Fn|3f}}
All members of the legion were cult members and outside their military rankings, would most likely associate with their fellow cult members in their own headquarters pyramids in Tizca. These cults, in tandem with Magnus' more direct teachings, promulgated the methods of control the Thousand Sons developed over their powers and came to be an essential factor of the marines' existences. {{Fn|3f}} The status of the formalized cult system after the Burning of Prospero is unknown.{{Fn|3}}
==Recruitment==
[[Image:TSVN.jpg|thumb|right|195px|The Thousand Sons battle [[Necrons]]]]
Like all of the Legiones Astartes the Thousand Sons were initially made up of [[Terran]] marines. In the aftermath of Magnus' deal with Tzeentch to save their lives, only around a thousand of them were left. For the rest of the Crusade, the Thousand Sons recruited from Prospero, a planet of only limited population (although many of them were psychically active). As a result the Thousand Sons were never a large legion.{{Fn|33m}}
How the Thousand Sons currently maintain their numbers is unknown, although they have been observed carrying out an apparent resurrection ritual at least once. On this occasion the spirits of deceased Thousand Sons were summoned from the warp into mortal bodies (whether living or dead making no particular difference), bodies which then transformed themselves into reborn Thousand Sons.{{Fn|10b}}
**{{Endn|3j}}: Chapter Thirty-One
**{{Endn|3k}}: Chapters Eight to Ten
**{{Endn|3l}}: Chapters Eleven to Thirteen
**{{Endn|3m}}: Chapter One
*{{Endn|4}}:[[Space Wolf (Novel)|Space Wolf]] by [[William King]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: Chapter Seventeen
