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|Affiliation=[[Chaos]] ([[Khorne]])
|Founded =
|Forge World=Originally [[Anvillus]] (with secondary fortresses on [[Mars]] and [[Yythe]]).{{Fn|7}}
|Colours =Red/gold
|Strength =154 Titans (Pre-Heresy){{Fn|7}}
==History==
===Age of Strife===
The Legio Vulpa was founded upon [[Anvillus]] during the [[Age of Strife]] in order to combat the [[Jindarii]], a race of nomadic bio-mechanical hunters which fielded machines similar to [[Titan]]s. The first [[Princeps]] of the House proved adept in felling the xenos' temple-cities. The final battle of the war saw the Legio conquer the forge-moon of [[Yythe]], located in the third closest star system to Anvillus. During the war it is said the [[Grand Matriarch of the Hyzebaru Tribe of the Jindarii]], who stood 43 meters tall, slew seven Titans before being slain in turn. After the battle a 2km two-kilometre long line of Jindarii skulls were was left along the Moon's greatest river, each one engraved with the stanza ''"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 forth, the Legio Vulpa bore the name of Death Stalkers with pride.{{Fn|7}}
The effect of the war saw the Legio mimic their Jindarii foes, adopting the same cunning, adaptability, and emphasis on stealth and speed over ranged weaponry. These tactics were compiled in the ''[[Libraxus Tacticae Vulpa]]''. In the centuries that followed the Legio proved instrumental in expanding Anvillus' domain.{{Fn|7}}
===Great Crusade===
In the Legio Vulpa's early history they took part in the [[Great Crusade]] and had a secondary fortress on [[Mars]]{{Fn|7}}, where they had a decades -long dispute about ancient territorial rights with their fellow Legio, the [[Death Bolts]].{{Fn|1a}}
During the Great Crusade they levelled the city of [[Biphex]] on [[Dendritica]] instead of allowing negotiations to be given a chance, drawing the ire of the [[Legio Solaria]].{{Fn|3}}
===Horus Heresy===
When [[Schism of Mars|civil war]] erupted on Mars, the Legio Vulpa turned upon the [[Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] and joined those who swore their allegiance to the [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]]. Their [[Dark Mechanicum]] allies dispatched the Death Stalkers to destroy the loyalist Deathbolts and the [[Traitor Titan Legion]] launched a devastating surprise attack on their rival's fortress. The first hour of the battle between the two Legios saw the unprepared Deathbolts lose nineteen of their [[Titan]]s Titans to the Deathstalkers' attack, before the loyalist Legio finally escaped from their grasp.{{Fn|1b}}
Due to the corruption spread by [[Word Bearers]] [[Dark Apostle]] [[Vorrjuk Kraal]], the Death Stalkers became more dedicated to [[Chaos]] and pledged themselves to [[Khorne]]. Blood sacrifice and dark rituals became commonplace. The Legio was one of those that fought for [[Horus]] during the [[Battle of Molech]].{{Fn|4}}
Later, the Legio Vulpa was one of the Legions that took part in the [[Battle of Beta-Garmon]], being stationed primarily on [[Beta-Garmon III]] and [[Theta-Garmon V]]. During the battle , eight Princeps of the Legion 's Princeps were fused with [[Daemon]]s and installed on [[Warlord Titan]]s under the oversight of Dark Mechanicus [[Magos]] [[Ardim Protos]] and Dark Apostle Kraal, creating berserker machines dedicated to [[Khorne]].{{Fn|3}} The Lego Vulpa went on to take part in the [[Siege of Terra]], attacking [[Gorgon Bar]] and facing [[Sanguinius]].{{Fn|6}}
===Post-Heresy===
By the [[M41|41st Millennium]], the Death Stalkers had apparently not been been seen active for an extended period of time, and knowledge of them had been reduced to legends.{{Fn|8}} However, they were seen among the forces of [[Abaddon the Despoiler]] in the [[13th Black Crusade]]{{Fn|2}} and later in the armies of [[Angron]] during the [[Season of Blood]] on [[Armageddon]].{{Fn|9a}}
==Heraldry==
===Titans===
*''[[Tarda Mors]]'' - [[Banelord Titan]].{{Fn|9b}}
*''Iconoclast'' — Warlord Titan.{{Fn|5b}}
*''[[Nuntio Dolores]]'' — [[Warlord Titan]].{{Fn|3}}
*''[[Solemnis Bellus]]'' — Warlord Titan.{{Fn|6}}
*''[[Ultimate Sanction]]'' — Warlord Titan.{{Fn|3}}
*''[[Ars Bellus]]'' — [[Reaver Titan]].{{Fn|3}}*''[[Dust of Ages]]'' — [[Reaver Titan]].{{Fn|3}}
*''[[Immitis Venor]]'' — Reaver Titan.{{Fn|5b}}
*''[[Ithonian Lorga]]'' — [[Warhound Titan]].{{Fn|5b}}
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Adeptus Titanicus: Traitor Legios]], pgs. 58-59
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned]], pg. 138
*{{Endn|9}}: [[Crusade: Armageddon]]:
**{{Endn|9a}}: pg. 17
**{{Endn|9b}}: pg. 40
[[Category:Armageddon Wars]]
[[Category:Black Crusades]]
[[Category:Khorne]]
