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L-XXXX-0117
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Legio	Unknown
Legio Name:	Blackshield Company
Designation:	L-XXXX-0117
Cognomen:	Seekers of the Lost Primarch
Allegiance:	Undecided
Owner:	User:Taser Maniac

History

The Truth's Beginning

The Eleventh Legion was once a mighty force of the Emperor's will. Fighting alongside their primarch, crusading to build the Imperium in the Emperor's vision. Forty three years before the events of Istavaan V a calamity forced an immediate Damnatio Memoriae of all mention of the mighty Eleventh Legion's existence. Their Primarch disappeared, and the Astartes were wiped of their memories through sorceries of the warp and indoctrinated into the thirteenth legion. They were given a geneseed cleanser by their abnormally large number of apothecaries who were told was to help with the rampent mutation the developed in their sole batch of geneseed. They had been forced to forget who they were and were told to never question their brothers the Ultramarines. For nearly 5 decades the remnants of the Eleventh fought with purity of purpose and clear conscious. They soon no longer questioned who they were, they had no doubts what their purpose was. They were warriors of the 19th chapter of the Ultramarines Legion, the most dedicated to the Thirteenth Legion and ever eager to prove their skill.

When the Word Bearers began to attack their brothers the Ultramarines. The Nineteenth were the fastest to adapt and took the fewest casualties from the initial assault. This was due in part to the quick thinking of one of the Officers Thadeous Strike. Who quickly organized the chapter into a counter assault force using fast sweeping attacks with several squads of Outriders. The other side of that, several among the Seekers would say, was the natural instinct of the Father's teachings. A fraction of the seals layered over the remaining Eleventh Astartes was released. Allowing the truth of their true natures to escape. As the conflict continued on the Primarch of the Thirteenth Legion contacted Thadeous Strike directly. It was during this interaction between Demi-god and Astartes that the truth of the 19th chapter was revealed.

The primarch told Thadeous Strike that he was once the Chapter Master of the Eleventh Legion who once served his brother dutifully. He said that while he can't tell him everything of the Eleventh Primarch or even of the truth of the Eleventh Legions history. He told him that he would give the once chapter master the chance to collect on the debt he owed the Eleventh Primarch. Roboute Guilliman would unofficially grant the Eleventh Legion to depart from the service of the Ultramarines as Renegades. To go in search of their father and possibly bring the only hope for peace among the legions. Thadeous Strike could also decide to remain with the Ultramarines, Fight against the traitors alongside their brothers and forsaking their past and their father.

For Thadeous Strike the answer was simple. He would claim the debt owed and take his brothers, his true brothers, in search of their father. In the hope that he would have the power to end the civil war. With a nod of approval from the Primarch he said that they might find their first clue in the Golloch Cluster. He also gave Thadeous a final warning that if his legion is ever unfortunate to come across the Eleventh Legion. He would have no choice to declare them Traitor and eradicate them. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Secrets Unveiled

After arriving at Patersworld still bearing the 19th's heraldry. They collected needed supplies with little conflict. Using the lack of confrontation as a chance to restructure his renegade chapter, Thadeous Strike summoned those he trusted most for counsel. First thing discussed was how the counsel of officers would proceed as Thadeous did not wish to hold any secrets nor command their silence. He shared with them the true purpose of their departure from Calath and the consequences if they continue with Thadeous on his quest for the 11th Primarch. While each of the officers where shocked silent, each one declared they would follow their Lord Commander. With the counsel unanimous they declared themselves the Seekers of the Lost Primarch, vowing that each and every breath they take would be in the effort to find their Father and the history of their Legion. They also vowed to never utter a lie or harbor a secret from their brothers thus creating the Counsel of Keepers of Truth.

The once the Counsel finished declaring their vows of truth and brotherhood to each other. They began to remove the heraldry of the Ultramarines and having declared themselves renegade. Painted their armor black never again wishing to be recognized as blindly loyal dogs of the Emperor. As each of those among the counsel felt betrayed by the Emperor for having their memories and honors stripped from them. For them to have been lied too for nearly five decades none among the counsel felt loyal to the Imperium any longer. As he watched the officers in the counsel strip the blue from their armor Thadeous could not help but feel troubled as he thought back to the decades of battle he fought with the Ultramarines of other chapters. How he once called the comrades and even brothers, his chapter had always been excluded due to their abnormally problematic condition of their gene-seed. Yet his still felt the pride of fighting with those once thought of as brother. He still felt the anger of being lied to to such a degree that he did not even see that he had cut his hand and had accidentally spread the blood across the left side of his still blue helmet. When he stared at his helmet halved in blue and red he found himself oddly pleased. He ordered everyone to duplicate this on all their helmets. Stating that to discard their past would be a betrayal to the very thing they wish to rediscover. To completely forget their service in the Ultramarines would be no different then what was done to them, but they could not simply ignore the blood they spilled for an empire that did not trust them with the truth. He declared that the past will define them, that it will lead them through the future and the blue and red would be crowned upon all those that believed this.

At the conclusion of the meeting with his counsel Lord Commander Thadeous Strike began the restructuring of his forces. Distracted by his memory of his announcement he made to the forces under his command he had withdrawn to his quarters. Having first been surprised at the loyalty of the entire chapter, as not a single marine chose to leave once Thadeous revealed to them the truth of their origin. Clad in his black armor holding his blue and red helmet the Lord Commander was held in awe as one thousand Astartes roared their Lord Commander's name. The captains of the ships of the fleet broadcasted their allegiance, declaring Thadeous as the Blade of Truth. He had never realized how highly those he lead though of him. He was fully expecting many of the captains and a few companies of Astartes to leave. He even accepted this and decided he would not begrudge any that chose to return to the imperium. As he sat in at his desk he began to realize how dangerous his first step would be and how disastrous the consequences would be for not only him but the entire Chapter. ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

First Conflict

Having left Patersworld for the planet of Gual in hopes that the Techno-Archivists would have any information that would be of use to the Seekers. Thadeous was surprised to discover that the planet had defected to the Warmaster's faction. Hoping he could strike a bargain he contacted the commander of the Star Port. Declaring that his forces have gone renegade and would be willing to trade their service for a price. Cautious of imperial trickery the Star Port commander only allowed Thadeous to approach with a single small corvette. Also not willing to trust those under the Warmasters command thadeous had a company of Astartes accompany him aboard the ship. Though they would not leave the ship unless ordered they would be close to lend the Lord Commander aid in the case negotiations failed. What neither of the Commanders had anticipated was the forces of the Imperium had already launched an elite strike force to soften the defenses of the Star Port.

During the negotiations Thadeous had promised to aid the relatively stretched forces of the Word Bearers in defending the Star Port in return for standard supplies as well as access to the planets Historical Archives. The Star Port commander saw no issues with this agreement, completely ignoring the planet inhabitants open disdain, but had stated he was interested in what the Renegade Lord was searching for. Worried that revealing his true purpose would bring about the future complications he attempted to avoid the subject. Stating that his business was his own. Which obviously angered the Word Bearer Commander but to the Lord Commanders luck the negotiations were forced to end as reports of Loyalist forces were beginning an assault on the Star Port. With an angry snarl the Word Bearer Commander agreed to Thadeous proposal with one stipulation. Only Thadeous would be allowed access to the Archives.

Quickly taking advantage of the situation Thadeous deploying the battalion that had arrived with him. Lead by Lieutenant Commander Ronan Dalge, a capable if not hot head officer that preferred to fight head on with the enemy. Commanded to engage the the Loyalist forces and to hold them at bay long enough for Thadeous to discover any clues of the 11th Legion. Ronan was eager to engage and was not disappointed as an old comrade revealed themselves to the Lieutenant Commander.

Scipio Ulysses Preator of the Ultramarines 421st company was leading the 13th legions elite forces commanded to aid in the assault of the Starport. Though he did not recognize the the heraldry of the once Ultramarines 19th Chapter gone renegade. He was eager to eliminate any that aligned themselves with the Deamon worshiping Word Bearers. He quickly began to see the that these mysterious black marines were far more resilient that he expected, but the initiative was made and there could be no retreat for the proud Ultramarine Preator. Charging at the forefront of his forces the Preator intended to push through the defenses but was repelled by the surprising strength of black Astartes. Scipio Ulysses was knocked down and would have certainly perished if not for the bravery of his men. Who, despite being push back, charged head first into the melee between the preators body guards and a unit of marauders to retrieve their fallen commander. When Scipio was revived after the retreat he poured over each surviving report of the mysterious black marines. All that he was able to discern was that the black marines were able to shrug off standard weaponry with relative ease and they were stronger than the average Astartes. Finishing his own report and sharing it with as many of the commanders as he could contact. The preator warned that these renegade marines clad in Black armor with helmets split in blue and red bore the numerals Eleven upon their left. __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Combat Reports for L-XXXX-0117

Campaigns

The Second Golloch War
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