#rangdan xenocides

[autisticbritishcowboy]

Ok so here's an idea the rangdan well actually the grey aliens who came to terror and abducted people back in the days of ancient Earth. Over they were an independent alien race and they came over to humanity and abducted them because they were thinking about colonizing terror or they were a Dynasty of necrons that didn't go to sleep and were able to regain their flesh and blood forms but were mutated in the process and to becoming grey aliens

[bispectral-poltergayst]

i have three 3 lost primarchs:

- homeless man (died in the rangdan xenocides because of a stupid brotherly bet with lion el johnson that got him and his legion annihilated)

- twelve year old boy (blank whose legion was made specifically to deal with the eye of terror and they ended up merging with a shard of the void dragon)

- hooker (leader of alien version of ultramar that got nuked to shit and she got beheaded, still so mad she tries to rip leman russ apart in the warp daily)

and that’s it

(this is a reference to the ‘i got three looks’ meme)

(please ask me about them)

[teh-tj]

The 2nd and 11th primarchs: My theory

In the Warhammer 40k universe, there are eighteen (plus one) primarchs, each numbered in order of when the Emperor found them. They're totally expunged from the record but from what little we know about them

-They were killed by Leman Rus and/or Lion El-Jonson

-They participated in the Rangdan Xenocides

-Their legions were subsumed into the Ultramarines

-They're called the LOST primarchs

This is what Rogal Dorn said about them.

"The second and eleventh plinths had been vacant for a long time. No one ever spoke of those two absent brothers. Their separate tragedies had seemed like aberrations. Had they, in fact, been warnings that no one had heeded?"

Remember, Rogal is a very stern figure. Very blunt, known for not liking to talk. We know that whatever happened to them was tragic, and Rogal seems saddened by their disappearance. This leads me to believe that whatever happened wasn't intentional. When the living primarchs reflect on the heretical primarchs, they usually do so in anger and disgust. Yet on the rare occasion II and XI are mentioned it's often through a neutral turn. Let's also remember that the two primarchs most likely responsible for killing the primarchs were Leman and Lion, who are both considered the loyal executioners of the Emperor. Of all the primarchs, they're the ones the Emperor would most trust with a secret plan to execute plans other primarchs like Guilliman or Vulcan may object to. Their legions were also subsumed into the Ultramarines; this suggests two things, their legions lost their loyalty to their primarchs and their legions weren't tainted by their primarch's actions. We also know that the primarchs were originally on the Emperor's side, since they're suggested to have participated in the great crusade.

Horus had this exchange with XI's geneseed when he recieved a lucid vision of the past.

"He stopped by the tank with XI stenciled upon it ... feeling the untapped glories that might have lain ahead for what grew within, but knowing that they would never come to pass."

This suggests that Horus felt as if XI had potential. However, in the book "Deliverance Lost" it's revealed that Corvus Corax never met them.

(Emperor) "You and your brothers were taken from me by denizens of the Warp before you were ready."

"Brothers?" Corvus was excited by the prospect, pushing aside the questions that the Emperor's answer had prompted. Though he had made many friends amongst the prisoners of Lycaeus, always Corvus had been aware of his otherness, and when they had started to call him Saviour any hope of normal relationships had ended. That there were others like him filled Corvus with hope again.

"Yes, you have brothers," said the Emperor, smiling at His son's delight.

"Seventeen of them. You are the primarchs, my finest creations."

"Seventeen?" Corvus asked, confused."I remember that I was number nineteen. How can that be so?"

The Emperor's expression grew bleak, filled with deep sorrow. He looked away as he replied.

"The other two." He said. "That is a conversation for another day."

This means they were expunged after Horus was discovered, but before Corvus was.

Here's my theory. I think during the great crusade they might have fallen ill to some sort of disease. I think if they had an organized heresy or rebellion, they wouldn't have been lost. Horus and the traitor primarchs aren't lost to those in the know. I also think the Emperor killing them over a disease would explain why he'd hide it from later primarchs, because a part of the deal is practical immortality and if a primarch thinks too much about his mortality he may act selfishly. This would also explain why their legions didn't fall, simply after a period of quarantine certain legionaries were assimilated into the Ultramarines. This may be a stretch, but I think the way Horus mourned them is closer to when someone you know prematurely dies of cancer rather than when someone dies in an accident or of natural causes. This is why the Emperor had to send his most ruthless primarchs to kill them. Of the brothers, Leman and Lion are the most trustworthy and eager to please the Emperor. Can you imagine Vulcan or Roboute killing a cancer patient? In contrast, can't you imagine Lion or Leman doing it with no expectation? It's why all the primarchs, regardless of affiliation, were sad about it. When someone dies prematurely, it allows you to reflect on them biasly and lets you fill in the blanks for all the unknowns. Meanwhile, if they somehow maliciously attacked the other legions they'd be more reviled. There's even a history of the Emperor killing sickly creations, namely the Thunder Warriors. This may have helped radicalize Horus, between the Thunder Warriors and the Lost Primarchs, it becomes clear that immortality is impossible and that the Emperor will throw you away when it's convenient.

I think this even drives into one of the deeper themes on 40k, that being neglect and cynicism. The Emperor is a cynic who'd get rid of his marines the second he finds a suitable replacement. Horus himself says as much. The primaries who knew them are deeply troubled by their "disappearance" because they know how easily it could happen to them. I think this is why the pimarchs who remained loyal did it out of love for the Imperium, and the ones who fell to Chaos (except Fulgrim who just fell because snake pussy had him acting strange) mostly did it out of spite and self-aggrandizement. 40k is a series of stories of how neglect and narcissism drags humanity away from its potential greatness. The Emperor, in this case, killing two of his sons because he didn't want to shatter the illusion of immortality from his other sons.

[frogblast-the-ventcore]

"Launch Initiated"

- 222nd Solar Auxiliary Cohort "Hell Divers"

- Rangdan Xenocides

Art by WolfdawgArt

[ilisteria]

What did your Primarch OCs do to get purged and if I may ask a follow up question, which (if any) of their brothers was sent to do it?

All the best -Morgan.

Est-ce que je rêve?

An OC ask???

I'm just assuming that Primarch OCs as a category also includes the shitpost Crayon Eaters one, so Tipirius is here as the only non-serious purge.

Ioúdas(2nd)

So under normal circumstances, he wouldn't have needed to be purged because he ultimately was loyal to the Imperium. It was entirely down to a single artificially induced gene flaw that was causing his legion and himself to exhibit DNA unravelling during the Rangdan Xenocides, and he was paranoid that this was the remnant will of Zebu (his home planet, a living world) trying to come back into existence by utilizing their biomass.

Initially he and his legion were going to be executed the traditional way by Leman (+ SWs) and their spirits separated from the will of Zebu posthumously by Magnus, but he begged the Emperor to let him be the only one who actually faced the executioner's blade since he didn't want to them to witness their own slow slaughter via Space Wolves. In the end, the brothers who were present for his execution via Leman are the suggested canonical witnesses. Magnus too purely because I imagined that he would've thought it undignified for one of his brother-friends to die without a friend present.

Would Magnus have known he was going to be the second executioner? Probably not.

Celephaïs(11th)

He fucked around with genes and found out. Again, under normal circumstances, he probably could've gotten away with the genetic experiments on his own legion, but the mutations were discovered by another legion's apothecaries in the aftermath of a skirmish during the Xenocides and the brother (Lion?) who those apothecaries belonged to probably did the report. Said brother likely thought that it was just a random mutation and didn't expect an actual execution to come out of it.

As per usual, it came to Leman to do the actual execution and Space Wolves to do the purge. The Lion probably sent some members of his own legion as well just out of disgust that a "loyal" brother dared to defile the Emperor's will and genecraft.

Tipirius(shitpost 2nd)

His planet stopped making Dandelion Yellow crayons and Big E got mad because that was his second favourite flavour of crayon.

Executed personally by Big E and his legion purged by the Custodes because no one had to know that Big E ate crayons.

[tlatia-the-radiant]

Tlatia froze. She'd braced for a skeleton—prepared for it. A welcome surprise though it was, it was still a surprise to see her father in the flesh once more. Real flesh, not corpse-flesh.

She took a moment to gather herself and her thoughts. There were so many things she wanted to say and she'd rehearsed many of them for a very long time. This, however...

"So you're prepared to admit that you're a genocidal, warmongering tyrant that didn't care, or maybe didn't even realize, that every culture we obliterated was just as rich and beautiful a tapestry as our own, just woven in a different language?" Tlatia's words held even more venom than she reserved for the Captain-General. "If that's the case, then feel free. I've known it for eleven thousand years, but by all means—I'd love to hear it from your mouth."

The alarms once sounded again.

+MOIRAIDES HAVE BEEN SPOTTED+

The three ships stood alone, no fleet, only Aetropas, Clotis, and Lakesis. They kept a safe distance but were facing the fleet of the dawn legion.

@askthecaptiangeneral

Tlatia wasn't on the command deck, which meant that Celaya didn't hesitate for even a half-second.

"Alert Condition One across the fleet. All ships of the line, come about to the port-side and prepare weapons; Lances and void shields to full power. Repensum Est Canicula, take the space between the Eternal Wellspring and Pax Nova. All fighters launch; CAP line is at one hundred kilometres from nearest allied vessel. And someone send a runner for Lady Tlatia!"

The Dawn Legion fleet pivoted left, bringing their broadside cannons to bear on the three warships lingering in space so far away. Fighters launched and began circling their carriers. The entire fleet was coiled like a spring, ready to pounce at a moment's notice.

[adeptvsastartes]

You parse through the many Imperial Archives, some dating as far back as prior to the Horus Heresy, some to the present day of the 41st Millennium.

These records looked to have once been deleted. How they were restored was a mystery. You look through these once-lost records, and note that it did not seem to be written by any Imperial or Inquisitorial official.

AURELIUS AUGUSTUS.

--

Aurelius Augustus was the Primarch of the now-forgotten Second Legion dubbed the Stars Repentant, considered one of the lost Primarchs alongside the Eleventh Primarch and their Legion, as well as the unofficial Warmaster prior to what it would eventually become with Horus. A powerful psyker similar to some of his kin, Aurelius specialized in divination and used the very stars to peer into the future.

Considered a god by his very own Legion, his Astartes worshipped him as a merciful saint due to how he would assist them in 'redemption' (in truth, simply treating them with kindness and decency) in secret. However, despite this worship going against the very ideals of the God-Emperor and His desire for no religion within His Imperium, these Astartes were fiercely loyal to Him and His Imperium, determined to assist Mankind by any means necessary and make up for the sins of their predecessors, the warlords that dared to go against the God-Emperor.

While many details and records of Aurelius have long since been removed from Imperial Archives, some have been restored.

One such remaining archive involves how the God-Emperor found His son upon the planet of Iskaarre III on the empire-continent of Valero and brought him to meet his Legion, originally dubbed the Repentant at the time. Made up of His enemies' kin, it was once a penal legion meant to punish those who would dare oppose Him-- however, the psycho-indoctrination often meant to have them forget their pasts was ineffective, leading to hysteria amongst the penal Astartes. It was not until Aurelius arrived that they finally calmed. Aurelius had looked upon his sons with pity and sympathy. He knelt before them, he embraced them, and asked the God-Emperor to allow them to be pardoned as his first action as Primarch. The God-Emperor, despite the reason for this penal legion existing, agreed to His son's request as His gift for being able to reunite with His second son.

Another archive details the Rangdan Xenocides, and the possibility that the once-Warmaster had used his power to attempt to make trade deals with the Rangda. This, as well as many other ideals deemed against the Imperium (some rumors being that he may have supported abominable intelligence), would lead to the excommunication of Aurelius and his Legion, as well as the complete eradication of his galaxy-spanning empire of Valero at the hands of the Space Wolves and Leman Russ.

While many deemed him missing and long forgotten, as his statues and archives were all erased, in truth he operated quite a bit during the Horus Heresy. He operated on behalf of the Imperium, striking at Chaos from within the shadows. However, with the pain from the eradication of their home, the abandonment from their cousin-legions and the excommunication from the Imperium they were so loyal to, Astartes began to succumb to Chaos. Aurelius, seeing the pain his sons were in, believed that the last act of mercy he could do for his sons was to lead one more battle against Chaos. This would lead to the disappearance of many of his officers within his Legion, the deaths of almost all of them, and Aurelius himself supposedly dead.

However, there are rumors that the Primarch may still survive to this very day, left as a battery for his own mobile star-fortress-- the Ursa Major-- within its depths. However, these rumors come from adventurers and smugglers. Certainly, the Primarch could not be alive after ten thousand standard years... right?

icon from "The Emperor Awakens" by Mootslol.

[requiem-of-the-ii-and-xi]

The II and the XI

Legion/Chapter Name: Stone Crushers, formerly Stone Smashers

Allegiances: Renegade - the Purged

Founding: First Founding

Legion Progenitor: Ambulans Murum, II Primarch

Gene-seed Flaws/Mutations/Traits: 15% chance of gene-seed mutation

Underdeveloped Betcher's Gland: For some reason or another, the Batcher's Gland in the Stone Crushers does not fully develop, and results in a Space Marine's saliva to be reduced in effectiveness; where a regular Astartes' saliva might corrode through an object within an hour, it would take two or three hours for a member of the Stone Crushers to do the same. Missing Catalepsean Node: It was determined some time after the first Stone Crushers underwent their initial campaigns that a defect in their Catalepsean Node would result in the Astarte falling into a catatonic state upon it's activation. For this reason, it was decided that future members of the Stone Crushers would not be implanted with this organ. Only the oldest of the legion still maintain theirs. Sus-an Interference: The Sus-an Membrane within the Stone Crushers have an odd interaction with their Hypno and Chemical therapies, resulting in difficulty forming long-term memories among many affected Marines. This flaw is not considered severe enough to justify the removal of the organ, but the Legion's apothecaries keep extensive records on the Legion's Marines and their activities.

Successors of: N/A

Successor Chapters: None

Founder: An Murum, II Primarch

Legion Strength: 131,000

Homeworld: Thanatos, a civilized world in the Zanar System on the fringe of the Segmentum Ultima

Legion Beliefs: In many regards, the Stone Crushers fell apart when their Primarch chose to flee the Imperium. Those that were left behind were swiftly absorbed, either submitting themselves into the ranks of the traitor legions, or becoming the first Blackshields. Those that fled with their Primarch never saw him the same way again.

Legion Demeanor: ?

Doctrines: ?

Colors:

Heraldry:

Notable Ships:

Midnight Ride: A Gloriana-Class Battleship which stands as the flagship of the Stone Crushers, and An Murum's personal vessel. Much of it's offensive and defensive capacities have been stripped down and removed in favor of acting as a massive Fleet Tender rather than a combat vessel. Undead Nightmare: An Oberon-Class Battleship... Final Victory: A Victory-Class Battleship... Helping Hand: An Exorcist-Class Grand Cruiser... Life in Twilight: A Cobra-Class Destroyer... Midnight Twinkle: A Ramilles-Class Star Fort...

Notable Figures:

Primus Medicae Marcus Valens Forge Lord Serverus Alaric Commander Deponens De Imperator An Murum

Unique Units:

Molentis Terminators Scaléppo Sabtours Torrent Geyser Siege Tank Waterfall

Notable Events:

Rediscovery of the Primarch Roll at Rangdan Xenocides:

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Legion/Chapter Name: God Breakers, formerly Knights of the Empyrean

Allegiances: Traitor - the Forgotten

Founding: First Founding

Legion Progenitor: Dago Tsos, XI Primarch

Gene-seed Flaws/Mutations/Traits: 50%

Hyperactive Larraman's Organ: The Larraman's Organ within the God Breakers produces both excessive amounts of, and exceptionally-sized, Larraman Cells. Many of these cells, when injury is sustained, spill out not only creating scar tissue over the wound, but a near-permanent section of reinforced flesh just under the Black Carapace. While this may not do much to resist heavy armaments, it can provide a near-immunity to most small arms fire. Maladaptive Progenoid Glands: Simply put, in many initiates, the Progenoid Glands just don't take. Often the initiate will die, or the legion will be forced to resort to extensive physical reconstruction to prevent the body from rejecting the all-important organ. Those that do take, however, tend to have their psychologies shifted, becoming more rigidly obedient, unquestioning, and dogmatic, even beyond that of traditional Astartes.

Successors of: N/A

Successor Chapters: None

Founder: Dago Tsos, XI Primarch

Legion Strength: 58,000

Homeworld: Corbus, a Hive World in the Nian System on the border of the Segmentum Obscurus, Segmentum Solar, and Segmentum Pacificus

Legion Beliefs: Few legions fell to Chaos as fervently as the Word Bearers did, yet the God Breakers would certainly rival that fanaticism. As their Primarch began to be convinced he, himself, was a god, so too was his legion, swiftly falling to Chaos under his own name.

Legion Demeanor: ?

Doctrines: ?

Colors:

Heraldry:

Notable Ships:

Cravis Supercarrier: A Gloriana-Class Battleship which stands as the flagship of the Stone Crushers, and Dago Tsos's personal vessel. It was far larger than many other Gloriana-Class Battleships, but had almost all of it's offensive capacities removed and refitted with hangar space, allowing it to carry and deploy more fighter and bombers than can be reasonably handled. Freedom Through Blood: A Vanquisher-Class Battleship... Echo of Achievement: An Exorcist-Class Grand Cruiser... Winter Sun: An Avenger-Class Grand Cruiser... Gate to Infinity: An Executor-Class Grand Cruiser... Black Star: An Iconoclast-Class Destroyer...

Notable Figures:

Mandator-Endecamon Dominus Theodrix First Chaplain Sariel Valeran Champion Pitus Valthrion Dago Tsos Hykarie Reignlord

Unique Units:

Mandator Caste Witchhunter Cadre Warmaker Terminators Star Raptors

Notable Events:

Rediscovery of the Primarch Roll at Rangandan Xenocides: Stance at Nikea: Vehemently against the use of psykers and openly favored the censure of Magnus. Role in the Heresy

[cursed-40k-thoughts]

What was the most difficult conquest or victory of the Great Crusade?

The Rangdan Xenocides, easily. It was a series of absolute meat grinder campaigns versus the Rangda species that went for half a century. The Rangda were so technologically adept and martially vicious that it took the presence of over a dozen titan legions and the Emperor to actually win. Their soldiery were able to match and kill space marines, and they countered the Imperium's masses of infantry with their own extensive slave armies. Easily the Crusade's biggest "fuck around and find out" moment when it was doing the whole expansion thing.

The Ullanor Crusade versus the Ork super Waaagh was definitely bigger in terms of the number of forces involved, but it also much more of a straight up slugfest, with lots of "Hoorah Imperium" stuff. The Xenocides were just bad. The Imperium almost lost, and it didn't gain a whole lot out of it save for the absence of Rangda, because the conflicts destroyed a shitload of planets. A lot of the accounts of the Xenocides were straight up destroyed for... reasons. Something something aliens/heresy/Imperium got the shit kicked out of it, etc.

[doolallymagpie]

saw the paintings by the guy who wanted to get topped by a witch so bad and got An Idea

very much wanted to keep his traditional subject material, and led to a few “huge lady surrounded by vague, possibly armored figures” images

corrupted depictions of the Lycian Primarch, perhaps? the images distorted by whatever process ripped her from memory like a picture from a book?

[theironwarsmith]

+++Accessing Ordo Xenos personnel datafile 07813454M30-42+++

+++Datafile accessed+++

Name: [REDACTED]

Alias: Byzant, Decimus Tiberius

D.o.B: [REDACTED]

Rank: Lord Inquisitor

Specialisation: Slaugth (including their constructs and [REDACTED])

+++Higher security clearance entered+++

+++Pending...+++

+++Security clearance Omega-Epsilon accepted, references to the Rangdan Xenocides and other Xenoforms no longer redacted for this user+++

+++Any Further information that is omitted from this file is in accordance with His will, ratified by His Holy Inquisition+++

Summarisation of experience [gathered over interviews performed by both the Ordo Chronos and Ordo Xenos]

A former remembrancer, specialisation in pict-capture, of the Great Crusade, Decimus was born of Holy Terra in the early years of the Great Crusade.

It was in his mid-20s that his skills with pict-capture was noticed by the Imperial Remembrancer Order and sent out with the [REDACTED] 617th Expeditionary Fleet. Taking numerous images of compliance, victory and life in the Expeditionary Fleets [Said images were confiscated by Ordo Chronos, due to said images containing sensitive information].

It was 871.M30 when the ship, [REDACTED] (Now called the Aurora, a Dictatus-class Grand Cruiser assigned to Rogue Trader Vigalatus), entered the warp for the last time with the 617th Expeditionary Fleet. They had been assigned to the what is now called the First Rangdan Xenocide, the fleet was enter and attack one of the worlds captured by this species, as they had done previously.

Decimus had been injured, severely, in a prior engagement with these Xenos but did not divulge information regarding the events that happened only to say that this is where he had extensive bionics had come from. But he did state that he was documenting the atrocities committed by the Rangdan as well as the high levels of destruction done by the Legionnaires in driving this foe from the worlds.

From what we gather, all biological life had to be expunged lest a corruption spread [Ordo Xenos adepts theorise a form of contagion spread on a microscopic level that was engineered by the Slaugth].

As their journey through the warp started, the ship was separated from the rest of the fleet and, what felt like a day to him, was over ten thousand years in real-time when the ship emerged.

The Ordo Chronos had be[REDACTED]. The Astartes of the [REDACTED] on board the ship were [REDACTED], which is unknown to the crew. The vast majority of Imperial citizens on board were reassigned for re-education on St. Horton's Stand [re: Penal Colony/Death World, Segmentum Pacificus]. However, Decimus and a few others of the now defunct Imperial Remembrancer Order were interviewed for possible transition to the Inquisition's Holy Ordos. [4 out of 17 were eligible for transition. Those went to the Ordos Xenos, Hereticus and Sicarius, the rest went for re-education as per the rest of the crew].

Decimus was brought up-to-date on Imperial Policies and Beliefs by the Ordo Chronos before been passed to the Ordo Xenos along high reaching lines as Lord Inquisitor [REDACTED] of the Ordo Chronos provided a strong recommendation to Lord Inquisitor Glavinus of the Ordo Xenos due to Decimus's knowledge of and prior experience with the Slaugth. Glavinus accepted and began mentoring Decimus.

Decimus's insight into the Slaugth comes from personal experience during the Great Crusade and Glavinus' later training, as well information he had obtained from [REDACTED], a Legiones Astartes Centurion that he once had a friendship with. This has provided him with a greater understanding of the species and the threat they represent should their numbers become that high again.

Since becoming a member of the Inquisition, Decimus has shown great tenacity in hunting down and destroying the Slaugth. Using his knowledge and skill, as well as those of his retinue and personal guard, he has disposed of twenty-two Slaugth cells across the edge of the Imperium, particularly in the galactic North-east. He has also ascertained the fate of the Sable Griffons chapter in their home system of Advex-Mors, although why he was there is unknown, which ended the mystery that had lasted for millennia.

On a side-note, he has established a rapport with the Dark Angels chapter. This is likely due to their involvement, as a Legion, in the Rangdan Xenocides so he may have attempted to gain further information regarding their tactics and weaponry from them. He also found two Astartes of unknown origin, however he remains silent as to how these individuals came to be in his retinue.

His investigations seem to be comprising of venturing out into the Halo Stars, traveling to the various worlds that were involved in the Rangdan Xenocides and seemingly tracking the path that the 617th Expeditionary Fleet took. What this latter part has to do with the Slaugth threat i[REDACTED]

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[lordsofmedrengard]

12 Cenobites spanking 50 Justaerin is unlikely at best, even if the Cenobites take the free thunder hammers and buy the nastiest combinations of Hekatonystika and Hexgrammaton, and the Justaerin keep their not-Instant-Death-causing power axes instead of upgrading to power fists and combi-meltas. Never mind the dozens of other dead SoH

For the longest time, I just assumed the Cenobites had 2 Wounds like Justaerin, Firedrakes and Red Butchers, but no. Even the Sekhmet terminators of the Thousand Sons get 2 Wounds (and this on top of their psychic abilities), so it really boggles my mind why FW didn’t just go balls deep and slap a higher cost on them, make them buy the hammers, and give them 2 Wounds (or maybe Toughness 5) to compensate and to really hammer home how unbelievably tough the Cenobites apparently are.

[bispectral-poltergayst]

OC Posting Time!

I’ve been brainwormed over the Rangdan Xenocides for a while, so this is my OC for that era, Sareth. She’s a young psyker who was formerly one of the Rangda’s human slaves, being rescued by one of the few living 2nd Legion Astartes, Osian, after the loss of the 2nd Primarch and the Legion’s splintering during the first Rangdan Xenocide war. Sareth was able to hold back the infection of one of the mind control parasites inside Osian, allowing the duo to get from Torrash (the Rangda’s closest thing to a capital city) to Imperial territory so Osian could deliver the news of just how screwed the 2nd Legion had gotten before he finally dropped dead. Sareth was taken into Imperial custody, growing up to become a sanctioned psyker who was able to help create the best methods to remove Rangda mind control from their human slaves.

[relax-and-read-on]

can you write some headcannons about the primarchs reacting to the reapearence of one of the lost primarchs, which is basically a clone of the emperor, but not an asshole like the original?

God I guess I'm in an emotional mood today?!?!

While I don't HC the missing primarch as being empy clones, I will give my own personal HC for who they are in general :))

First of all: they were found, had their legions created, and were used until fairly late in the great crusade. Canonly, they even participated in the Great Crusade until the Rangdan Xenocides. As such, I have created what I Imagine as two full OC and a Timeline. So! Let's start with the two OC!!

The II (or the Forgotten) -- Xaxe -- The Red Tide

Xaxe was send to probably what amounted to one of the worst planet in the galaxy. It was a hellhole where, during the age of strife, the entire atmosphere had caught fire due to conflicts. The survivors went underground, and developed a complex system of subterranean city and bunker. The biggest thing they had to ration was water, and as such, they had to work incredibly hard to preserve the very little water they had.

Being a random child of no one, Xaxe was... Not the most accepted into this hyper strict, caste like society. It was actully how he got his name. Xaxe, an ant. It wasn't necesarly cruel- anyone in his positions was treated the same way, and most died. It was a detached existence, removed from emotions. Even as a toddler, he had to work and be part of this system, or die. But he was a primarch, and eventually, found his way at the top of his society, ruling it with the same detached way he had been treated.

The emperor came, and was quite surprised by his very simple, calm demeanor. The society continued as it always had, even with the extra water coming in from the imperium. They would stay incredibly frugal people. His sons became famous for tunneling, and for their slow, unstoppable march. An army of ants, using every last drop of resource they could gather, unfeeling.

The XI (or the Purged) -- Emberto Del Mare -- The Stellar Winds

Imagine a planet that is one giant archipelago, with sunny calm shallow seas and a ton of tiny semi aquatic city state, with a tropical venetian aesthetic. Everyone owned a boat, and trade was booming on this small blue planet, who had technology up to the golden age of sailing. Emberto fell on it and was, literally, found at sea by merchant, and spend the first few years of his life without ever touching ground.

His true love was the wind and water, and very quickly, people realised he had strange ability, almost like he could direct the underwater currents or the air flow. He was actually a psyker, and using his ability to become the best captain of his planet. He was full of emotions, as changing as the sea he so clearly loved. He may have had a temper, but joy and laughter always came again, just like the sun after a storm.

He was stunned, at first, when the Emperor came. But then... He realised that spaceship where A Thing. And he lost his fucking mind. It was sailing without limit, going everywhere at a dizzying speed, it was the joy of solar wind and gliding amongst comet, and he never wanted to go back. His sons shared said love, and they became absolute expert of void warfare, of skirmish, hit and run tactic and and small aircraft.

What happened to them

While incredibly different, the two brothers had a strange affections for one another, admiring in the other what quality they didn't have. They also worked exceptionally well together, as their warfare style was complementary. So, when they encountered a space fairing xenos empire, it was logical to send those two legions, even if the Stellar Winds were smaller and specialised.

They did not knew that the aliens were also psyker.

It took a long time, for the Imperium to learn that two entire legions had been decimated, and that their primarch were missing. The Emperor himself went, and brough with him the Imperial Fist, the Ultramarine, and the Dark Angel. What he found was... Horrifying.

The aliens had captured the two brothers. Emberto, being a young, inexperienced psyker... Had been a perfect victime. He was dragged into their den, experimented upon, twisted beyond recognitions. Him and his sons, now all meat puppets were fighting for the xenos. As for Xaxe... For all his apparent uncaring attitude and lack of emotions...

He could never bring himself to hurt any of his brothers, or their sons.

He was found deep in the Rangdan empire. Him, and his sons, strapped to experiment table, splayed opens and being relentlessly worked on, in the hope to make them fight. They never did. Until the bitter end, they stayed true to their unchanging nature.

It's not know, who found them, and who had to put each down. Some say that Russ himself came all the way to do it. Other say it was Lion, who killed his brain dead brother, and his mind controlled ones. Some whisper that it was Angron, freshly found and without attachment, who did the job.

At the end of the day, the Rangdan were dead, and the two legions with it. No one know exactly why they were erased from history, or the details of the entire campaign.

All that is know is that it was a direct order from the Emperor. And no one was about to question a Grieving Father.

[stylishscreech]

**40K LORE DUMP**

The Slaugth are a uniquely sinister and cryptic species of xeno from beyond the Halo Stars, whose long term motivations and true origins remain inscrutable to mankind. They are known to act as raiders, emerging from uncharted interstellar gulfs to predate humans in remote settlements before vanishing. The Slaugth could be described as colonial organisms, each being a roughly humanoid shaped conglomerate of worms, held together by a viscous and deadly necrotic mucus. They can replenish their bodies if pieces are blown off or severed, and will endure extreme levels of physical trauma before truly dying. They use their unique physiologies to infiltrate human societies and hide amongst them, using advanced masks and other disguises to pass unnoticed. Many have a preference for coats or cloaks as the folds of a robe would conceal the shifting, inhuman shape underneath. The Slaugth appear to be few in number, and deliberately avoid open conflict unless absolutely necessary, preferring to pick off unaware, isolated victims. This is not to imply weakness, as anyone unfortunate enough to face a Slaugth head on without some sort of heavy armor will find themselves drowning in a deluge of worms and acid. They have no interest in acquiring resources or territory, and only appear to be motivated by nothing but hunger for living flesh, particularly mammals. Despite their base desires, the Slaugth display multiple indicators of true intelligent thought. They seem to understand the fundamentals of human nature, and will often use fear and greed to manipulate humans to give them an advantage. A favorite tactic of the Slaugth is to infiltrate a governing body or trading coalition (either themselves or through proxy agents they’ve intimidated into service) and use their influence to plunge entire sectors into anarchy, where the Slaugth can then abduct and feed freely amidst the chaos without scrutiny. The Slaugth are also starfaring, and their ships are capable of traveling near undetected in populated space. They also utilize a revolting marriage of vat grown tissues and esoteric xenos tech to create a range of semi sentient constructs (Not so unlike Imperial servitors, though it would be heresy to say so) including Vassal organisms grown from fungus, Harvesters (pictured) for storing human brain matter akin to some Tyranid bioforms, and the mysterious “Murder Minds”. These are presumably another battle construct, with the only records of their deployment dating back to the Rangdan Xenocides. It is unknown exactly what relationship the Slaugth had with the Rangdan (trade partner, subservient species etc.) but they have been known to barter technology for living cargo with anyone unscrupulous enough to do business with them. The reported Slaugth presence in the Milky Way is small, but there has been uneasy speculation about a potential Slaugth Empire far beyond charted space. One has to wonder how many catastrophes were orchestrated by these aliens, and just how many of them are patiently living amongst us now.

[ilisteria]

IInd Legion - The August Voyage

Primarch: Ioúdas of Zebu

Named after Judas Thaddeus, not Judas Iscariot.

Not a psyker.

Weapons were a pair of javelins called the Twin Heralds of the Interstice and a power lance called Soothsayer's Illuminator.

Home planet of Zebu (as in Beelzebub but the cow is fitting) was a living organism and subsequently exterminatus'd after.

Highly contemplative Primarch but often doubted himself, he was known for being eerily perceptive and having a strong intuition but typically ended up with his thoughts spiraling into the worst case scenario.

Quite down to earth when it came to talking to his Astartes, he thought of them more as brothers than sons and often spent his downtime during travel hosting discussion circles with them.

Kind of underwhelming compared to the other Primarchs but was within Magnus' friend circle (minus Lorgar). Admired Guilliman but rarely got the chance to speak to him.

Suspicious of Horus because of a conversation about plans for the end of the Great Crusade, he never got the feeling that Horus actually wanted it end because of a noncommittal answer.

Wasn't intended to have a severe gene flaw, it was being on Zebu that condemned him via a genetic marker being planted into his DNA and slowly unravelling it over time.

His execution was more of a suicide and being forgotten was forgiveness for a crime he didn't commit.

His death took out his entire legion with him via the psychic link created by the genetic marker of Zebu, he essentially assimilated the consciousness of every Astartes to make sure that they didn't become biomass that could be possessed by the remaining traces of Zebu's consciousness in the middle of the Rangdan Xenocides

(Uncertain) Maybe comes back in the 40k era via respawning in the warp Lucius-style for no discernible reason.

The August Voyage "Between life and death, blood and bone;The heavenly bodies and the unyielding eternity-Our only purpose is to go forth.We pursue and we persist, naught to regret-Ever forwards, never back."

Colours were ivory, black, and tarnished gold. When outside of armour, they wore white and red robes as well as jewelry made of bones from Zebu.

Legion Flagship was the Anabasis.

Last First Captain was Lahmis, (named after Lahmi, brother of Goliath) a psyker.

A legion similar in purpose to the White Scars, typically being deployed to the opposite side of the galaxy's fringe regions and occasionally venturing into deep space as assassins against budding Xenos civilizations.

Exclusively recruited people with traceable Zebuai lineage. Existing Astartes from before Zebu was discovered underwent gene therapy to receive some Zebuai traits including the genetic marker.

They were primarily scouts and mappers with a minimal combat experience compared to the White Scars. The legion's ships were built mostly for long, silent travel at the cost of combat capabilities, so in the situations where they came across a significant threat, they were expected to flee and mark off the sector as hostile for later attacks.

Their default gene trait was meant to be incredible adaptability, but the genetic marker of Zebu led to this trait's potency being diminished and caused pain whenever the natural mutations were switched on and off.

Legion had a collective conscious rather than employing vox comms.

The marker also caused a thin film of acidic fluid to secrete from their pores at all times rather than sweat, and this fluid exclusively consumed biological material.

The Primarch himself didn't secrete the fluid so before long battle campaigns or whenever the legion was to travel to or from Terra, tradition dictated that everyone would scrape the film off of themselves to dump into a vat and the Primarch to smear it onto himself as a sign of humility and equality.

Everyone had to wear synthetic fibres because of the film.

In order to protect their hair they typically used clay or shaved their heads outright. A substitute paste made of corpse starch, resin, and water that hardened into a shell the film couldn't chew through was used when clay wasn't on hand.

They knew of their fate, the legion consciousness assimilation was voluntary.

Other posts of the fan legions and Primarchs:

Deepwater Sentinels

Primarch art

Shitpost