![]() Unfortunately, this drew some disparaging views of the IV – whispers that they were a “workhorse” Legion, or “unimaginative”, suited more for attritional warfare than anything more glorious. This was a style of war which was prevalent in the Unification Wars, and the new Legion brought it to the stars. What this meant was that, regardless of the part of the Legion which engaged in a battlezone, their tactics and approach to battle remained unchanged: “the Legion was wont to overcome any obstacles or difficulties they faced with relentless and meticulously applied force of arms alone.” Before long, the IV were a large fighting force split across several Expeditionary Fleets during the early Crusade the largest of which was the 8th fleet, which won a stunning string of victories and Compliances.Īs the fleets pushed outwards, observers noted that the IV lost their Terran culture, but retained the rigid organisation and doctrine of their formations – even allowing for the scattered nature of the Legion among several fleets. ![]() ![]() The IV continued to grow in size, benefitting from the temporary misfortune of other Legions in receiving additional recruits, such as the III, who had problems with their gene seed and were unable to process their initiates for a time. In these final clashes of Unification in Terra and the Solar System, the IV acquitted themselves well, earning battle honours in the Cydo-Tyre Orbital and Ice Station Echo, with particular praise awarded on the new Legion after the punishing Venusian campaign against the War Witches. This gene stock proved to mesh well with the ascension process for new Astartes, meaning the Legion swelled their ranks rapidly, and ended up in early active service alongside the Dark Angels and White Scars in battles on Terra. They took much of their early intake from the gun-tribes and Tek-enclaves of Sek-Amrak. ![]() The Iron Warriors were founded, as with the other Legions, on Terra at the end of the Unification Wars. When the Heresy came, it sadly did not take much to send the bitter IV to the side of treachery. However, Perturabo always stood apart from his brothers and, along with his Legion, held a long simmering grudge for their perceived treatment during the Crusade as “ expendable”. ![]()
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