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→Heresy: Correction; The Legio wasn’t annihilated at the battle of the Mercury exultant killzone. From the reading the novel Mortis, it only states that Mortis breached their lines which then allowed Dies Irae and its entourage to finally make it...
The Fire Wasps later fought in the [[Horus Heresy]], at the start of which they had some 200 Titans (the most numerous of which were [[Warlord Titan|Warlords]]). It suffered heavy casualties in the opening moves of the [[Schism of Mars]], as the traitorous [[Fabricator-General]] [[Kelbor-Hal]] sought to remove the one true threat to his power on the Red Planet.{{Fn|15}} Essentially broken into detachments charged with exacting revenge against the [[Dark Mechanicum]] and defending the Imperium, the Fire Wasps also fought on [[Paramar V]], the [[Cataclysm of Iron]], the [[War Within the Webway]], and in the system of [[Tallarn]], whose inhabitants courageously fought to resist the Renegade Legions.{{Fn|13}} During the Heresy, the Ignatum's loyalty was nearly their undoing due to their grievous losses.{{Fn|15}}
The Ignatum would go on to serve in the [[Siege of Terra]], utilizing over fifty Titans.{{Fn|16a}} During the battle on Terra, the Legio was led by Princeps Maximus [[Cydon]] aboard the [[Warmonger Class Titan]] ''[[Imperious Prima]]''.{{Fn|4}} In the battle for the Mercury-Exultant Killzone, the Legio Ignatum along with an array of other Loyalist Legios and [[Knight House]]s entered into an apocalyptic battle against the [[Legio Mortis]] led by the ''[[Dies Irae]]''.{{Fn|16a}} Though inflicting heavy losses upon the enemy, the Legio Ignatum was annihilated defensive lines were eventually breached by Legio Mortis and their Princeps Maximus Cydon was killed in battle when the ''Imperious Prima'' was destroyed.{{Fn|16b}}
After the lifting of the siege of the Palace, the Legio took part in the campaigns to track down and punish the heretics.. Also during the Heresy,
Throughout the long and bloody campaigns, the Fire Wasps kept their fierce hatred of the [[Legio Mortis]], their old rivals turned to Chaos. This infamous Traitor Legion battered the walls of the Imperial Palace, and terrorised and systematically exterminated the populations of dozens of hive cities on Paramar and Tallarn. The hatred for the traitor Legio burns in the hearts of the members of the Legio Ignatum and one day old debts must be repaid.{{Cite This}}
[[Image:IgnatumTitans.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Legio Ignatum Titans on [[Terra]] during the [[Horus Heresy]]{{Fn|17}}]]
===Post-Heresy===
====War of the Beast====
