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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]].{{Fn|7a}} By the end of the Crusade, the Legio numbered some 176 Titans of various classes, with roughly half of these being [[Reaver Titan|Reavers]]. They also possessed an unusual number of [[Titan-Barque]]s and transports operating under its own fealty and allegiance, which allowed it to operate largely independently when the need arose. This would serve them well in the coming Heresy.{{Fn|9}}
When the [[Horus Heresy]] broke out, the Legion remained true to the [[Emperor of Mankind|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 [[Ruin of Maedran]], [[Battle of Molech]], the [[First Battle of Paramar]], and the [[Battle of Beta-Garmon]]. The Legion took grievous damage during the Beta-Garmon campaign, and could only provide scant forces to the [[Siege of Terra]].{{Fn|10}} Throughout the war, the Legio Gryphonicus built a fierce hatred against the Legio Mortis.{{Fn|7a}}
A battle group of the War Griffons Titans fought alongside the [[Gryphonne IV]] [[Skitarii]] forces that 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}}
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Titandeath (Novel)]], Chapter 23
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Loyalist Legios]], pgs. 28-33
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]] Chapter 17
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