The Primarchs on the Legions, Volume IV
1. (The Lion)
âWell, they are certainly effective. And exceptional. And by thunder, Perturabo would have you know it.â
2.(Redacted)
âIf PTSD were a Legion. They are equal parts bitterness and love of duty. Pray the bitterness does not seize primacy.â
3. (Fulgrim):
âAll the stubbornness of the Thespian Hoplites at Thermopylae without the panache. And like the Thespians, they are often doomed to be forgotten.â
5.(Khan)
âToo many tanks. To little initiative.â
6.(Russ)
âIf I were to say I fear but one of the Legions, it would be the Fourth. Against them, even the strongest foes fall in ranks and columns.â
7.(Rogal Dorn) âMy brother has often bragged that his Legion could hold a quarter inch of ground against an invasion fleet if so directed . And, do you know something? I believe him. As do I believe he would waste their lives, especially the Olympians, were -HE- so directed.â
8.(Konrad Curze)
âThey smell of oil, rust, and graveyard loam. But they get the job done.â
9. (Sanguinius)
âNot an inch of gilt. Or lace. Or whimsy. Brutally efficient.â
10.(Ferrus Manus)
âThey are, for the most part, hardbitten men. Not without their merits as individuals, but men beaten in to a sort of collective that values the phalanx over the fire team and sees the legion itself as an apex hunter whose weaker parts must be excised, from time to time. Begin command of a Legion with a decimation order, and this is the result. I am not so certain this is a good thing.â
11.(Redacted)
âCranky bastards, like my brother. But when you can get them to loosen up, they are just as human as any other man. Some day all sons must come home from burying their dead amongst wine dark stars. And I wonder what will happen then.â
12. (Angron)
âThey rely too much on artillery, too little on cold steel. â
13.(Gulliman)
âExceptional logisticians, which of course is understandable given their father. I know of few Terminator companies who excel in the siege as they do.â
14.(Mortarion)
âOne would think that Hellenes would have a better sense of humor. They certainly excel in tragedy and drama⊠If you listen carefully, you can almost hear the sound of the whining over the sound of the bolter fire.â
15.(Magnus)
âGood soldiers. Well read. A bit boring.â
16.(Horus)
âBetter that they adorn themselves in nothing but cold ceramite and iron. They would, otherwise, never be able to scrub themselves clean. And I do not speak here of mud.â
17.(Lorgar)
âHis lack of faith reflects poorly upon themâŠâ
18.(Vulkan)
âThey are passionate men forced to do dispassionate things. I like the average man among them very much, but I fear the tragedy he could become.â
19.(Corvus Corax)
âTheyâll just give any Legionary a gun and stick him in a hole these days, it would seem. Poor bastards.â
20.(Alpharius Omegon)
âTheir father is unworthy of them.â
- from âHistoria Milites Imperialisâ (M31)










