Legion XX: The Anvilus Guard
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| Numeration | XX |
| Primogenitor | Kirenn Lokkan |
| Cognomen | The Emperor's Hammerers (Informal) |
| Observed Strategic Tendencies | Extensive use of siegecraft and extreme firepower. Overwhelming, mass assaults. Known to be ruthless, rarely take prisoners of war. |
| Noteworthy Domains | The Taros system |
| Allegiance | Loyalist |
| Colours | Burnished silver with black trim |
| “True victory is to crush your foes utterly, to shatter their armoured legions and run down their fleeing troops as they scatter. Pursue them into their lairs and burn them out. And when that is done, put the ruins to the torch." -Attributed to Kirenn Lokkan | |
The Anvilus Guard are the XXth of the Emperor's Space Marine Legions. They were created with a singular purpose: Annihilation. Tasked with campaigns deemed too time-consuming or resource heavy for conventional legions, the Anvilus Guard deploy en mass to crush their foes in the Emperor's name. They are the ultimate symbol of the Emperor's wrath, engaging whole civilisations and pocket empires that the Emperor deems worthy only of consigning to the pages of history. The Anvilus Guard are siege specialists, whether it is upon a single battlefield or across an entire solar system. Once the Anvilus Guard deploys its battlelines and siege trenches there is no escape for their enemies.
The Primarch of the Anvilus Guard, Kirenn Lokkan, is not known for his mercy. Once he has a target in his sights, he will single-mindedly pursue the utter destruction of that foe, with no quarter asked or given. That said, when the Anvilus Guard arrive at the foes gates Lokkan (or one of his senior officers, if he is not present) will always give his opponents one chance, and one chance only, to lay down their arms and surrender, before a single shovel has hit the ground. If the offer is accepted, then he will allow his foes to retreat from the world the Emperor has claimed for His new Imperium. If the offer is refused, there will not be another, and the siege will only end one way: with the destruction of the foe and death to every single man, woman or child who dare to oppose the Emperor's Will. The Anvilus Guard are not known to take any prisoners of war after such refusal.
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History
Early history
Following the Unification Wars the Emperor set out from Terra on His Great Crusade, taking with him His 20 Space Marine Legions. One of these, The Anvilus Guard, quickly showed a natural aptitude for attritional warfare, and made frequent use of grinding, siege-like tactics. Using these to His advantage, they became the Emperor's first choice when it came to assaults on heavily fortified postions or entrenched opponents. The legion quickly adapted and lerned the fine arts of siege warfare, and made frequent use of siege warfare, heavy artillery, and massed Super-Heavy formations. They became apt at grinding their opponents down in sieges that would sometimes last years. Once the foe was beaten and their walls crumbling around them, only them would the legion deign to strike, with what would always be a first and last assault - and it would do so with a massed escalade across multiple breaches, with many hundreds of Astartes storming each shattered section of rubble in unison.
The discovery of the Primarch
When the Anvilus Guard descended upon the Taros system, an initially hostile cluster of five populated, heavily fortified planets that defied the Emperor's offer of compliance, they found that their opponents were canny indeed - every attempt to create a proper battlefront and enclose their foes' many citadels was met with defeat. The occupants of the Taros system seemed to just KNOW siege warfare, with many feints, counter-attacks and fake fortresses that repeatedly caught the Astartes completely off guard. After several months failing to even pin down their wily foe, the Emperor Himself brought fresh forces to the system. With His guidance, only then did the Taros system begin to crack, but the cost was high. Many thousands of Imperial Army and Astartes died in the struggles to take the system.
When at last the fortified capital city of Taros III itself was biesieged, the Emperor spoke personally to the Fortress' defenders across the field of trench lines, praising them for such a tenacious and masterful defence, and offering them survival if they would but offer Him fealty. As soon as He saw the Taros Siege Commander step upon the walls of the city, however, the Emperor stopped mid-speech - and laughed. He had found one of His lost sons.
Legion Organisation
The Anvilus Guard broadly follow standarde Legionnaires Astartes organisation, with the exception that all of their formations are known as 'Siegehosts', and are typically much larger than standard, with emphasis on massed infantry and artillery, with the bulk of their armoured legions being Super-Heavy tank squadrons.
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