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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' were was a massive [[Chaos Space Marine]] Warband that was commanded by the [[Death Guard]] [[Chaos Lord|Sorcerer Lord]] [[Thagus Daravek]] during the [[Legion Wars]].{{Fn|1a}}
Though initially composed of Daravek's own [[Death Guard]] forces, as the Warband grew in size and influence it began to accept members and Warbands from the other [[Traitor Legion]]s within the [[Eye of Terror]]. Soon the Legion Host was the most massive Warband taking part in the Legion Wars and were only rivaled in size by the [[Black Legion]]. This eventually caused Daravek and Abaddon to become rivals as the two Lords sought to become the new [[Warmaster]] of [[Chaos]] and succeed the [[Primarch]] [[Horus Lupercal]]{{Fn|1a}}. This conflict came to a head, when Abaddon and the Black Legion escaped from the Eye of Terror{{Fn|1b}}, to obtain the [[Daemon]] sword [[Drach'nyen]]{{Fn|1c}}, and Daravek led the Legion Host in pursuit of them{{Fn|1d}}, as he also coveted the sword{{Fn|1c}}. When the Legion Host caught up with the Black Legion, Abaddon's Warband was fighting the [[Black Templars]] [[Chapter]] within the [[Cadian Gate]] and Daravek ordered his Warband to attack his rival's fleet{{Fn|1d}}. This began the [[First Battle of Cadia]], but the Legion Host's attack did not go as planned though, as many of the Black Legion's ships escaped from the battle and Daravek himself was killed by the [[Sorcerer]] [[Iskandar Khayon|Khayon]]{{Fn|1e}}. After the Sorcerer Lord's death, the Legion Host separated into groups of ships and fled into the Warp. These groups then preyed upon the unsuspecting [[Imperium]] worlds of [[Segmentum Obscurus]] during the [[First Black Crusade]], though some would eventually join their former enemies and become a part of the Black Legion.{{Fn|1f}}