L-XVI-5286
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The Sons of Horus Legion | ||
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The Ashen Falcons | ||
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Overview
The XXI Company of the XVI Legion Astartes is a strike force attached to the 954th Expeditionary fleet, its Captain serving as senior officer and leader of the entire fleet. This assignment has been ongoing for over a century, thought the company has returned to its parent legion from time to time for refit, replenishment of numbers, and particularly important campaigns (the most recent being the Ullanor Campaign). The Company is particularly noted for its use of 'Hammer and Anvil' tactics, holding the enemy at a single point with the heavier elements of its forces while striking from alternative angles with the faster sections of the company.
Officers of the XXI Company
- Marik Vilaris - Captain of 21st Company, Sons of Horus
- Kaleb Tamur - Equerry to Captain Vilaris
- Eran Akkad - Herald of the XXI Company
- Namdar Surin - Company Champion
- Ezio Foscari - Master of Signal
- Dietrich Schultz - Primus Medicae
- Kamran Suranus - Forge Lord
History
One of the earliest Companies of the XVI Legion Astartes, the 21st was founded on Terra before the Great Crusade began in earnest, recruited from amongst some of the harshest of societies. Members of the company fought in the First Pacification of Luna which gave the Legion its original name, distinguishing themselves through the self-sufficient nature of its members and their efficacy at completing their objectives. When the Legion was reunited with their Primarch early in the crusade the 21st were among those who helped bring Cthonia to compliance, inducting new recruits from several of the Cthonian gangs before the crusade moved on. The majority of these new inductees came from the large gang known as the Myrmidia, the gang's independent skill and loyal nature meshing with the Terran born Legionaries quite effectively.
Over the next two centuries the 21st Company would strike out into the galaxy independent from the rest of the Legion, returning every so often to fight at the side of the their Primarch or spend time re-equipping, training new recruits, and assisting other expeditions. Within the first forty years of the Great Crusade the Company would fall under the command of Marik Vilaris, a Cthonian native who would retain control of the 21st Company throughout the Crusade and the Heresy to follow it.
Combat Reports for L-XVI-5286
Campaigns
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Battles
| Battle Name | Date | Planet | Battle Outcome | Battle Summary |
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| Hunting the Warboss | 312.007.M31 | Oligos | Loyalist |
The Situation Now having a secure landing zone on Oligos, the elements of the XXI Company under the Company Herald call in further reinforcements to the system. Repairing the damage done in ..→ |
| The 21st Makes Planetfall | 277.007.M31 | Oligos | Loyalist |
Caught out in the far reaches of the Ultima Segmentum and tipped off about the Heresy due to traitorous elements in their midst the 954th Expeditionary force requires resupply to continue their ..→ |
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