Brutal, ruthless and unwavering but also honourable, and once loyal beyond question, the history of the Luna Wolves is the history of the ambition of the Imperium itself, and the flaws that broke its founder's dreams of unification and glory for all Mankind asunder. Yet the character of any Legion was an echo of their Primarch, one can see the flaws of the father in the pride of his sons. The Luna Wolves stood with the Emperor from the beginning of the Great Crusade until the Emperor's return to Terra following the triumph of the Ullanor Crusade and the elevation of Horus to the esteemed rank of Warmaster and commander-in-chief of all the Emperor's vast armies. The Emperor fought alongside all of the Primarchs, and led all of the Legions at different times, but Horus and the Luna Wolves stood beside him for many of his greatest victories.

The position of Horus as the Emperor's favoured son undoubtedly enhanced their triumphs. Spread across hundreds of Expeditionary Fleets and on countless battlefields, the Luna Wolves broke the enemies of the Imperium and pushed the Great Crusade forwards. After the Emperor discovered the Legion's Primarch Horus on the world of Cthonia, and gave him command of the Luna Wolves, Horus went on to lead the XVI th Legion in earning thousands of battle honours over the span of the 200 standard years of the Great Crusade.įew other Legions could match their achievements and of those that could few could rival the XVI th Legion for the brightness with which their victories shone. The Luna Wolves were the XVI th Space Marine Legion raised by the Emperor of Mankind on Terra at the dawn of the Great Crusade in the late 30 th Millennium.

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