L-XVI-2548

Sons of Horus 29th Company

L-XVI-2548
Legionary of the 29th Company
Legio	Legio XVI
Legio Name:	The Sons of Horus Legion
Designation:	L-XVI-2548
Cognomen:	The Unblinking Eye
Allegiance:	Traitor
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History

The 29th Company of the Sons of Horus Legion can trace their heritage back to the earliest years of the Great Crusade. Following the pacification of Luna, the XVI expanded their numbers rapidly at the behest of the Emperor. The 29th were forged in these days of heady glory, and were at the forefront of the Great Crusade for nearly two hundred years, spreading the Emperor’s light to worlds beyond number.

As the Legion was moulded anew by the intake of recruits from Cthonia, the traditions of Terra were shrugged off. Highly flexible and fanatically loyal to their Primarch, the 29th favoured rapid tactical drop strikes and rarely deployed to the field of battle en masse. Their battle barge, the Heart of Cthonia, was equipped with archaic teleporter engines powerful enough to warrant the issuing of an unusually high number of tactical dreadnought suits, ensuring that the 29th were always at the heart of any battle they took part in. The 29th Company were the only Astartes attached to the 939th Expedition of the Great Crusade.

By the time of Isstvan III, the Captain of the 29th was Helos Perdiccas, a veteran from Terra given command by Horus himself decades before the triumph at Ullanor. However, the Warmaster chose to not to include him and the other Terran members of the 29th in the great conspiracy that was to set the galaxy ablaze. Perdiccas died alongside billions of others on the blasted surface of Isstvan III, and with him the last link the company had to their Terran nobility was lost forever.

In the aftermath of Isstvan III, the 29th was left leaderless, and rumour spread that an outsider from another company was to be promoted to the captaincy; a source of great shame for the notoriously prideful Cthonians. When the Warmaster summoned the youthful lodge member Apophis Kantarah to Lupercal’s Court, many within the company were perplexed at the possible ramifications.

Kantarah returned from the Vengeful Spirit with the fires of fanaticism burning in his eyes. The 29th had not failed the Warmaster; they had been refined to a point, and now truly were the edge of the spear. As with the rest of their Legion, they had been purged of those not worthy of serving their Primarch. Apophis Kantarah was to lead the 29th into damnation alongside his gene-father.

Now wearing the black of the Warmaster’s chosen elite, Kantarah led the 29th down the left flank of the Urgall Depression on Isstvan V, meeting the charge of the Raven Guard head on. In the wake of the battle, with 17 confirmed kills to his name, Kantarah was officially promoted to Captain of the 29th Company of the Sons of Horus Legion. As the traitors fanned out from Isstvan V, the Heart of Cthonia powered up her warp-engines, determined to set the galaxy ablaze in the name of Horus Lupercal, the true master of mankind.

It is not for nothing that we are named the greatest of our transhuman kind, my kin! We are the scions of Lupercal, the chosen praetorians of the true Emperor of Mankind! These men that face us are no longer your brothers, and were never your equals. By the end of this day their legacy shall be measured in tally markings, etched into our wargear! In the name of the Warmaster and the 29th Company, kill for the living! Kill for the dead! Lupercal! Lupercal! ~ Apophis Kantarah as the treachery of Isstvan V was revealed

Noteworthy Individuals

- Apophis Kantarah: Captain of the 29th Company and Chieftain of the Unblinking Eye. A Cthonic member of the Serpent Lodge formed in the wake of Davin, Apophis is a renowned swordsman with a near unrivalled duelling record. An immensely talented fighter who is known to eschew honour in the pursuit of victory, Kantarah conducts war in the brutal, combined-arms approach of the Cthonic gangs. Youthful and cunning, a fierce temper burns beneath his proud exterior and he has been known to enjoy exercising his trans-human superiority against non-Astartes. Trained by his former commander, Helos Perdiccas, whom he slayed on the shattered marble of Isstvan III in a show of loyalty to his Warmaster. Arrogant and difficult to predict on the field of battle, Apophis Kantarah is fanatically loyal to his Warmaster and a truly lethal warrior.

- Helos Perdiccas (deceased): Former Captain of the 29th Company. A veteran dating back from the Pacification of Luna, he was promoted to leadership of the Company many decades before the Ullanor Triumph. Perdiccas was a staunch believer in the ideals of the Great Crusade and refused to be involved in the lodges, leading to his death at the hands of his student, Apophis Kantarah, in the ruins of all he held dear on Isstvan III.

- Khonsu Ptolemaios – LLine Captain of the 29th Company, Commander of the Unblinking Eye. Second in command to Apophis Kantarah himself, Khonsu is the only Terran member of the company to have been judged worthy of continued service in the name of the Warmaster following Isstvan III. A man of smouldering ambition tempered by great loyalty, he rose to his position by virtue of his unyielding conduct on the battlefield rather than by any strategic flair. Khonsu currently commands Kantarah’s Terminator Elite, the Unblinking Eye cult of the Justaerin, formed of members who have ascended from the 29th to the 1st Company and returned after years of glorious service under the command of Ezekyle Abaddon himself.

- Jorvik the Illuminator – Commander of the Illuminators, Reaver Attack Squad. A young Cthonian inducted shortly before the Gorro Hollowing, he was an ideal legionnaire from the start. Jorvik is a loyal member of the lodge and a ferocious killer perfect for assault duties, having led the Illuminators into countless battles at the behest of Apophis Kantarah.

- Callias Khul'Haren – The 29th Company’s Master of Signal, Callias is the Legionary responsible for the coordination between the various elements of the company and is tasked with the management of orbital and teleportation actions. On the occasions that he deploys to the field himself, the lances of the Heart of Cthonia announce his arrival in apocalyptic fashion.

Combat Reports for L-XVI-2548

Campaigns

Battle for Cambrius Minor
	819.006.M31	Cambrius Minor	Traitor	In the wake of Horus' treachery on Istvaan V, Systems have been declaring outright for either ..→

Inferno Campaign
	047.007.M31	Inferno	Unresolved

Battles

Battle Name	Date	Planet	Battle Outcome	Battle Summary
Battle for Idranos	890.006.M31	Cambrius	Traitor	Idranos was the home of an ancient Mechanicum facility, featuring a powerful distress beacon. The Iron Hands of Captain Daniel Sharrayk knew that the forces of the Warmaster would come, and prepared ..→
Inferno Campaign~Phosphex Reserve Incursion	334.007.M31	Inferno	Unresolved	The Warmaster was not pleased with the progress of the Inferno Campaign. The Loyalists had established a strong foothold on the planet and were rapidly gaining momentum, with multiple key facilities ..→