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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|3b}} Warzones included the [[Ruin of MaedranMaerdan]], [[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|4b}}
====[[Reaver Class]]====
*''[[Aeterno Rex]]'' — Piloted by [[Princeps]] [[Usselus Kine]] during the [[Horus Heresy]]. Destroyed during the [[Ruin of MaedranMaerdan]] by two dozen [[Knight Lancer]]s of [[House Perdaxia]].{{Fn|7b}}{{Fn|7c}}
*''[[Dictatio]]''{{Fn|2}}
*''[[Fidelis Natus]]''{{Fn|7b}}
*''[[Sanctus Venator]]''{{Fn|5}}
*''[[Tempus Prima]]''{{Fn|2}}
*''[[Venator Lux]]'' — Fought in the [[Ruin of MaedranMaerdan]].{{Fn|7c}}
====Other/Unknown Class====
**{{Endn|3a}}: pg. 29
**{{Endn|3b}}: pgs. 160–161
*4: [[Imperial Armour Volume One - Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy]]:
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 8
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 53
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Imperial Armour Update 2002]], pg. 45
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus (8th Edition)]], pg. 23 — ''Gryphonne IV''
*7: [[Adeptus Titanicus (2018)]] Rulebook:
**{{Endn|7a}}: pgs. 14–15
**{{Endn|7b}}: pgs. 56–57
