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During the [[Age of Strife]], they established a proving ground in the [[Sub-sectors]] neighboring [[Anvillus]]. When the world was colonized into a [[Forge World]] centuries later, the local Jindarii tribes became galvanized. They then began enacting frequent raids against Anvillus' [[Mechanicum]] enclave. While its [[Taghmata]] forces defended the Forge World, they stood little chance against the practiced guerilla tactics of the Jindarii's '''Oxalthixduls''' cadres. Not only that, but the [[Xenos]]' advanced weaponry proved effective at shredding the toughest armor Anvillus could produce. In response to these failures, the Forge World created the [[Legio Vulpa]] to protect itself from the Jindarii. Though they were only a Demi-legio and not designed to combat infantry, the [[Titan]]s of Vulpa successfully invaded the Xenos' hunting grounds. The Legio then attacked the Jindarii's temple complexes there, to draw the Xenos out. After a decade of fighting, Legio Vulpa was able to move their war against the Jindarii, away from Anvillus. While this allowed the Forge World to expand Vulpa's ranks, the Jindarii used their cunning and highly adaptable bodies to counter the Legio's threat. After then undergoing a program of experimentation, the Xenos' warriors were turned into gene-wrought constructs, that rivaled the strength and size of a Titan. While the initial Jindarii Titans lacked ranged weaponry, they compensated for this by having stealth and speed that was at odds with their size. The creations of these Xenos Titans, would cause the Jindarii's conflict with Anvillus to last a further 70 years. During this new phase of the war, Legio Vulpa's military minds conceived and published the first edition of its [[Libraxus Tacticae Vulpa]]. It was the Legio's battle bible, which was heavily influenced by the hunting tactics of the Jindarii.{{Fn|1}}
The war's exact conclusion is lost to time, but the last recorded battle, according to [[Anvillus]]' records, occurred on [[Yythe]]. There, 32 of [[Legio Vulpa]]'s [[Titan]]s clashed on the [[Moon]], with the Jindarii's '''Hyzebaru tribe'''. They were led by their '''[[Grand Matriarch of the Hyzebaru Tribe of the Jindarii|Grand Matriarch''']], who had commanded the [[Xenos]]' forces against Anvillus for two decades. She was prepared to face Vulpa, as the heavily modified Matriarch, now stood 43 meters tall and wielded weaponry that could destroy a Titan. This was not enough, however, and the tribe was defeated. The Grand Matriarch herself was killed, though not before she personally destroyed 7 seven of Vulpa's Titans. Soon after Hyzebaru's defeat, the Jindarii near Anvillus withdrew for likely richer and less troublesome hunting grounds. After they left, the [[Forge World]] discovered a two kilometer line of Jindarii skulls, that had been left along one of Yythe's great rivers. Each one was engraved with a stanza written by the Xenos, which, when translated, ended with the line, "Here our greatest blades rest, firm in belief they knew death's art, taught instead by those who stalk beneath its shroud". From that day forward, Vulpa pridefully bore the name of '''Death Stalkers''' as their Legio's alternative name.{{Fn|1}}
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