With the rubric, the legion was effectively destroyed and scattered throughout the Eye of Terror as fragmented warbands. Only the most psychically gifted in the legion were spared from turning into Rubric Marines and it was left to them to herd their now mostly empty-minded brothers. In a sense, he was successful in one fell swoop, most of the legion was turned to dust, Space Marines transformed into dust-filled living automata encased within their now-sealed astartes armour. Determined to save his brothers from the flesh-change and blinded by hubris, he wove a grand ritual known as the Rubric of Ahriman that would halt the mutations that had so long afflicted his legion. With the legion once again succumbing to mutation, its final death blow would come from within, dealt by Ahzek Ahriman, Chief Librarian of the Thousand Sons.
Magnus the Daemon Primarch Credit: Robert “TheChirurgeon” Jones Magnus would be transformed into a Daemon Prince and once again the flesh-change would plague the sons of Magnus. Retreating into the Eye of Terror, the legion embraced Tzeentch and the worship of Chaos. But the destruction of their homeworld turned the legion to nominally join Horus’ traitors, though they had almost no participation in the heresy itself save for joining the final battle on Terra. Burning of Prospero Credit: Games Workshopĭespite the Edict of Nikea, Magnus and his legion had remained staunchly loyal up to this point. Horus then manipulated the Space Wolves into instead attacking and destroying the world of Prospero. This proved to be his undoing: the Emperor was furious at the clear violation of his edict and formed a sanction fleet to return Magnus to Terra and hold him to account. Shortly after the Edict of Nikea, Magnus learned through the Warp of Horus’ treachery and sought to psychically warn the Emperor. While this affected most legions to some degree, it was effectively a repudiation of the entire fifteenth legion and forced them to withdraw to their homeworld. Sadly, this would not last the suspicion and derision of their fellow Astartes would come to a head and lead to the Council of Nikea, which resulted in the Emperor’s decree that the legions would no longer employ Psykers. As part of the Great Crusade, the sons of Magnus saw great success in bringing worlds into compliance through their mastery of psychic warfare and adept diplomacy.
Magnus stabilized the gene-seed of his legion and for some time, it looked as though the Thousand Sons had a bright future. Their unique gift also brought with it the curse of the flesh change, degenerative mutations that afflicted many in the legion and caused their numbers to dwindle rapidly until the arrival of their Primarch, Magnus the Red. This was a point of friction with several other Legions who looked upon psykers with suspicion or disgust. The XV Legion was uniquely composed almost entirely of psykers and their mastery of the psychic arts was unparalleled.
Tizca, capital city of Prospero Credit: Games Workshop The fifteenth Legion of Space Marines, the Thousand Sons were pre-eminent warriors and scholars who claimed the world of Prospero as their own, where they built grand cities and libraries, and sought to understand the truths of the Universe. The Thousand Sons Who Are The Thousand Sons?Īh, the tragic tale of the Thousand Sons.
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