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{{SpaceMarinesPortal}}The '''Legion of the Damned''' are a legendary and mysterious force of [[Adeptus Astartes]]. Pale and gaunt [[Space Marines]] plated in black [[power armour]] adorned with death imagery, they unexpectedly appear from nowhere to help [[Imperial]] forces in times of great need. The truth behind their origin is currently unknown for certain, but [[Inquisitorial]] investigations have drawn a link between them and the lost [[Fire Hawks]] [[Chapter]].{{Fn|2}}
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===The Damned Legion===
In the year 963.[[M41]] the Fire Hawks were sent to the [[Crows World]] [[subsector]] against [[Eldar]] pirates. The entire chapter-fleet, including the chapter's mobile space-fortress [[Raptorus Rex]]{{Fn|1}}, made a successful warp jump from the Piraeus system 120 light years to Crows World. The five ships, over eight hundred brethren, and two thousand other personnel expected to reach Crows World within no more than 12 hours. They never arrived.{{cite this}}
====Other Notable Sightings{{Fn|4b}}====
*006.[[M40]] - — The [[Pyrocataclysm of Vilidad Prime]]*343.[[M41]] - — The [[Battle of Ghodba]]*852.[[M41]] - — Aiding the [[Invaders]] in their assault on [[Idharae]]*922.[[M41]] - — The [[Battle of Andraxas]]*940.[[M41]] - — They saved the [[Iron Snakes]] from [[Tau]] forces during the [[Timeaon Deliverance]].*967.[[M41]] - — [[Battle of Thersuis]]*999.[[M41]] - — The Legion of the Damned appeared to aid the [[Imperial Fists]] at the [[Battle of the Phalanx]].*999.[[M41]] - — The Legion of the Damned appear to aid [[Sven Bloodhowl]] and his Firehowlers as they attempt to destroy the power interchanger on the [[Blackstone Fortress]] ''Will of Eternity'', during the [[13th Black Crusade|Fall of Cadia]].{{Fn|7}}*~999.[[M41]] - — The [[Terran Crusade]]*~999.[[M41]] - — [[The Blackness]]. As the Imperium is devastated by the [[Great Rift]], the Legion of the Damned appeared on [[Baal]], [[Armageddon]], [[Antagonis]], and a hundred more planets to fight the Forces of Chaos.{{Fn|6}}
==Organization and Combat Doctrine==
*[[Space Marine Forces (List)]]
==Sources==
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 99 (UK)]], ''Index Astartes: Legion of the Damned'' by [[Rick Priestley]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [http://web.archive.org/web/20050415090216/uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/cursed/2/ Games Works hop Online - Founding 21] ''(accessed 2007.02.19)''
*{{Endn|3}}: [[White Dwarf 195 (UK)]], ''Legion of the Damned: Veteran Sergeant Centurius'', by [[Ian Pickstock]]
*4: [[Codex: Legion of the Damned]] (E-Book)
**{{Endn|4a}}: ''The Hunt for the Truth''
**{{Endn|4b}}: ''A Legion Lost''
*{{Endn|5}}: [[How to Paint Space Marines]], pg. 85
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]] pg.50
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia]] pg. 52
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*[http://www.specialist-games.com/battlefleetgothic/rulebook.asp To Cleanse The Stars] by Andy Chambers and Matt Keefe. ''(accessed 2007.02.19)''
*[[Index Astartes I]] – — The Cursed Founding.
*[[Chapter Approved 2003]]
*[[White Dwarf #223 (US)]]
*[[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]], pg. 95
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