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==Overview==
The most feared branch of the Hexagrammaton, the Dreadwing was called in when the total annihilation of the enemy was necessary. Its members were masters of massacres, purges, and the deployment of [[Exterminatus]]-class weaponry. They also specialized in using terror as a weapon. The Dreadwing was an evolution of the earlier [[Host of Bone]], maintaining many of its Scandinavian ceremonies and titles despite the influx of recruits from [[Caliban]]. Its members were known to be grim but capable of safely operating some of the most dangerous technologies in the Imperium. Its ranks included most of the Legion's [[Destroyer Squad|Destroyers]] and [[Interemptor]]s but also a large number of [[Techmarine]]s and [[Apothecaries]]. In its sealed vaults rested the least stable Legion [[Dreadnought]]s, those whose minds had eroded to the point of savageness.{{Fn|4}} Its leader was known as '''Dreadbringer'''.{{Fn|2a}}
The Dreadwing also utilized mass armored assaults of [[Land Raiders]], [[Spartan Assault Carrier]]s, [[Mastodon]]s, [[Whirlwind]]s{{Fn|2}}, [[Vindicator]]s{{Fn|2}}, [[Arquitor Bombard]]s{{Fn|3}} and [[Fellglaive]]s with advanced [[Vortex Weapon|Warp]] weaponry. They employed weapons of mass destruction such as [[Phosphex]] and [[Vortex Weapon]]s.{{Fn|2}} The advanced weaponry of the Dreadwing was designed by the [[Emperor]]'s own armorers.{{Fn|2}} As the [[Horus Heresy]] ground on, [[Lion El'Jonson]] also allowed the Dreadwing to utilize Marines with psychic abilities in defiance of the [[Council of Nikaea]].{{Fn|4}}
