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==History==
The Legion was founded sometime during the [[Age of Strife]] and at the time was the primary tool of power of the pocket empire of [[Gryphonne IV]]. The planet itself had been colonized by [[Tech-priest]]s from [[Mars]]. The legion became one of the largest and most well-equipped of the [[Great Crusade]] alongside the [[Legio Mortis]], [[Legio Destructor]], [[Legio Crucius]] and [[Legio Magna]]. It gained many battle-honours, most notably in the [[Rangdan Genocide]] and [[Ullanor Crusade]]. When the [[Horus Heresy]] broke out, the Legion remained true to the [[Emperor]]. However before the rebellion [[Horus]] had foreseen this decision and scattered the Legion across the [[Galaxy]] under the pretense of their presence being necessary for many smaller campaigns.{{Fn|3}} Warzones included the [[Battle of Molech]] and [[First Battle of Paramar]].
In alongside a battle group of the War Griffons Titans with the [[Gryphonne IV]] [[Skitarii]] forces took part in the [[Castra Campaign]] where with the help of the first batch of newly produced [[Leman Russ Conqueror]]s, they encircled and trapped the traitor besiegers of [[Hive]] [[Castra Septus]], eliminating the traitors within the pocket.{{Fn|4}}