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The seeds of their ill-repute can be traced back to the unusual circumstances of their creation. In the early years of the [[Great Crusade]] they were pledged to the [[Forge World]] of [[Phaeton]], the second most productive Forge World during the Crusade that was nonetheless fiercely independent. Coming into near conflict with [[Mars]] over its insistence to maintain near autonomy, Phaeton settled the conflict by agreeing to submit and give a third of its forces to the Red Planet. However the Phaeton's simply loaded this tribute onto Explorator vessels and shot them seemingly at random into the void. These ships eventually settled on [[Atar-Median]], and the Legio Atarus became one of the younger Titan Legions to be established. But because of their ties to the old Phaeton-Mars dispute, the Firebrands were frequently distrusted by the Martian Priesthood.{{Fn|2b}}
The Legion itself took part in the [[Great Crusade]] and took part in the famous [[War in the Shedim Drifts]].{{Fn|2b}} It later fought alongside the [[Iron Hands]], [[Ultramarines]], [[Emperor's Children]], and [[Imperial Army]] in the [[Fall of the Lords of Gardinaal]]. Despite their history of mistrust by the Imperium, the Legion stayed loyal to the Emperor in the [[Horus Heresy]] and suffered grievous losses during the [[Drop Site Massacre]].{{Fn|2a}} It saw further fighting in the Heresy in the [[Battle of Tralsak]], [[Cataclysm of Iron]], and [[Second Battle of Paramar]]. At the start of the Heresy, the Legon had some 100-130 Titans (mostly [[Reaver Titan|Reaver]]s, [[Nightgaunt Titan|Nightgaunts]], and [[Carnivore Titan|Carnivore]]s) and was known to possess a highly-respected armored support battalion of [[Skitarii]] known as the '''Brotherhood of Axxos'''. {{Fn|7}} However by the [[Siege of Terra]] it only was able to provide a single Titan to the world's defense.{{Fn|10}}
In late [[M41]], its [[Titan]]s were in the forces of the [[Explorator Fleet]]s that successfully [[The Battle of Vesh'yo|invaded]] the [[Tau Empire]] [[Sept World]] [[Vesh'yo]].{{Fn|3}} Elements of the Firebrands later appeared to aid [[Ultramar]] in the [[Plague Wars]].{{Fn|4}}
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Crucible of Retribution]] pg.37
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Loyalist Legios]], pgs. 68-73
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] Chapter 7
[[Category:Imperial Titan Legions]]
[[Category:The Great Crusade]]
