Editing The Justicars (section)

==Uriel Salazar==

''Get men to think less about themselves and more about their brothers. Involve them in a cause, a crusade against a hated enemy. Make them see their survival as tied to the success of the army as a whole. Do that, and they will never fail you.'' <br/>

- Uriel Salazar

[[File:Uriel starikov.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Uriel Salazar, Primarch of the Thirteenth Legion]]


It has been theorised that the sacrifice of the Thirteenth at Messonia was at the command of the Emperor, for just five years later the Legion would be meet with their Primarch and gain access to the vast manpower reserves of his home world [[Tiberia]].  Fresh genetic material from [[Uriel Salazar]] invigorated the Legion physically, but his moral presence was even more significant.  Uriel's selfless dedication to the Imperium and its peoples, his great humility, and his tremendous self-discipline made him the embodiment of the Thirteenth's principles.  More than just a leader or a father, he was his gene-sons' ideal.  The Primarch's first command was to set aside the name "Guardian Angels".  Uriel explained to his men that such a moniker was boastful and unfitting for their mission.  In place of that grand title, he styled the Thirteenth as ''"The humble fellow-soldiers of the Emperor and His justice"'', but they would be more commonly known as '''The Justicars'''.

Uriel never officially re-based his Legion to Tiberia and always hailed Ancient Terra as the cradle of the Justicars.  However, in reality the Thirteenth moved much of their recruiting and training infrastructure to the Primarch's home world very early on.  The Fifth Expedition Fleet officially rejoined the Great Crusade in 820.M30 under Uriel's command, but it would not embark on major campaigns again until 823.M30, as Uriel brought with him a sweeping reforms to the legion and its methods that required extensive training and acclimation.  Other Expedition Fleets, at first commanded by Cadigan's veterans, soon followed in the footsteps of the Fifth Fleet, and in quick succession the Justicars won many firm victories for the Imperium under their own banner.  Almost as important were the many independent "Compliance Groups" that went to the aid of other Imperial forces confronted by Sorcerers and Psykers.  The skills of the Unification Wars had not been forgotten by the Thirteenth Legion, and small dedicated formations of the legion hunted witches and corruption all across the galaxy. Their talents were also used to great effect in the fight against psychically-potent Xenos, such as the Eldar.

The legion quickly made a name for itself, racking up brilliant victories and earning great respect for their humble and dutiful nature. This run didn't last 3 decades before problems arose. When Uriel had formed the intelligence framework for the legions networks, various formations within the legion pooled their knowledge. The Armorium was one of these formations, and Mars was not happy to hear about its Techmarines sharing their secrets. The legion had been under intense scrutiny from Mars, who had lowered the legions priority on its supply lists. Fate had not had enough with the Justicars yet though, and through a cruel twist a secret cache was discovered in a Justicar voidship by a lowly Munitorum official during one of the regularly-irregular supply stops. Inside the cache were hundreds of mismatched artefacts, all undisclosed by the Justicars. The fury of Mars was relentless and they seized the artefacts in a tense standoff and then left, petitioning the Emperor himself to redress the issue harshly. The artefacts were a strange collection with no obvious common traits save their psychically shielded housing and having been kept from Mars. The legion offered no explanation for the secreted away artefacts, though Uriel was recorded as meeting with the Emperor personally over the matter. After the meeting, judgement had been passed: The legion would find and turn over a complete STC device it had located to the Mechanicum, and the legion was to bring several recalcitrant forgeworlds into compliance with Mars.
The Mechancium were unhappy with the judgement, but their greed placated them enough to accept the judgement begrudgingly. The Justicars delivered, but relations never normalised between the two, and the legion found itself all but cut off from Mechanicum support

As the Great Crusade began to reach the fringes of the Astronomican's light, the Astartes's mission slowly changed.  The Space Marines were too few to hold and expand the vast frontiers of the young Imperium alone.  Human warriors of the enormous [[Imperial Army (Hektor Heresy)|Imperial Army]] formerly kept in support roles, were now committed to the spearheads of the Crusade in ever-increasing numbers.  The Justicars adapted to these changes exceptionally well, having long made use of the Imperial Army in its campaigns. But despite their best efforts, the Justicars felt the increased pressures upon them to fulfil their mandate; Insurrections flared up across the entirety of the Imperium, often led by powerful sorcerers.  To combat the threats within the Imperium, Uriel began to break up his Expeditionary Fleets into ever more '''Compliance Groups''', spread thinly throughout the Galaxy.  Although their lack of force concentration robbed the Justicars of the laurels won by other Legions at the end of the Great Crusade, they gladly gave up honour for duty. 

Yet for every witch-led rebellion that the Justicars put down, more sprang up elsewhere.  Uriel Salazar became obsessed with understanding the patterns underlying these revolts, believing that if he could discover a logical progression to such events he could better deploy his far-flung forces. Uriel is even recorded as having been party to private discussions with the Emperor and Malcador the Sigilite around this time, apparently seeking guidance, though the truth of what they spoke of is lost to us. However, for all the nobility of his purpose, Uriel's great focus led him into darkness.  The logic that he worked to understand was the unfathomable intelligence of the Chaos God Tzeentch, the Changer of Ways.  Every new insight twisted the Primarch's great mind towards the path of Chaos, the very foe which he was created to defeat.  When [[Aubrey The Grey]] came to claim the Thirteenth for the Traitors, Uriel agreed to join with the Arch-Traitor and solemnly pledged his men to Hektor's cause with the words he had once used to affirm his loyalty to the Emperor:

''He wills it''.