Few of the other Legions were permitted anywhere near the Sons' last bastion. Who are the Black Legion? The new Warmaster was a master of manipulation and knew just what combination of fear, greed and vanity would sway the minds of both men and daemons. This was to be the zenith of the Sons of Horus' power. The salvation of the Sons of Horus came when one of its greatest captains, Ezekyle Abaddon, returned from his Dark Pilgrimage in time to watch the battle from afar. Includes custom battlefoam for protection and travel. Such was the effectiveness of this tactic that its use was copied by several different Legions, such as the White Scars and Iron Warriors, who field Despoiler Squads of their own. Abaddon was content to give a Black Legion warlord and his warband of Chaos Space Marines the chance to make a name for themselves, allowing them the freedom to strike where and when they would. Chaos Space Marines are basically Imperial Space Marines who have forsaken their oath to the Imperium of Man to serve the Ruinous Powers, which is Heresy. Abaddon the Despoiler, Warmaster of Chaos Undivided. The Black Legion was once one of the 9 First Founding Legions of Space Marines who turned Traitor to the Imperium during the Horus Heresy in the early 31 st Millennium. It is said that Horus grew at the Emperor's side, learning from his father even as they took back the Sol System and forged the alliances between the techno-barbarian nations of Terra and with the Mechanicum of Mars that created the Imperium of Man. Like many of the other Traitor Legions, the Sons of Horus suffered from incessant daemonic attacks during the early years within the Eye of Terror. The Emperor spent much time with His protege, teaching and encouraging him. However, there was much dissension in the ranks of the Primarchs and other parties in the Imperium over the Emperor's decision to withdraw from the campaign and return to Terra as well as to reorganise the political administration of the Imperium under the control of a Council of Terra headed by His regent, Malcador the Sigillite. The formation may summon daemons. Black Legion commanders seek to apply constant pressure on the enemy in a number of lightning fast strikes. Some were comprised almost exclusively of Tactical Squads with a few Support Squads. Iskandar Khayon, Black Legion Sorcerer (former Thousand Sons Librarian, ca. Everywhere, the fires of the Heresy burned out of control; Titans traded blows over the ruined walls of the palace and great warships filled the sky with dazzling lance fire, raining bombardments upon friend and foe alike. It was more common for the first Space Marine Aspirants to be adolescent volunteers from Terra, and later in the Crusade, after the rediscovery of the Primarchs, from Feral or Feudal Worlds discovered along the way. The First Chaplain persuaded the Sons of Horus' Warrior Lodge to allow a group of Davinite shamans to heal Horus. Orbital bombardment and simultaneous mass orbital drops would break the enemy's strength and will to resist. The Luna Wolves also maintained considerable resources in terms of armour and vehicles, with tithed industrial worlds they had brought into Imperial Compliance and good relations with the Mechanicum ensuring a steady supply of munitions and materials for the XVIth Legion, which spent such political coin readily. A Black Legion Chaos Space Marine can possess little or great solidarity with his brother-Astartes. It should have been him. The Black Legion attack with a terrible ferocity. Huron Blackheart, Master of the Red Corsairs 8. Whenever the entirety of the Black Legion is called to battle, it marks the beginning of another one of Abaddon's Black Crusades against the Imperium of Man. Instead of a formal structure, Horus would group companies and individual units together as required for the execution of a particular campaign. He now moved to further consolidate his authority. Responding to the deadly peril, the Imperium had gathered its newly founded Space Marine Chapters and Titan Legions and sent them against the Traitors. Cloaked in the shadow of the Eye of Terror, Uralan was whispered of in daemonic lore as a place where the gods themselves locked away their secrets.