Chosen of Hecate

Titan Marchers
Battle Cry	"March! Onward!" and "For the Titan Lord!"
Number	XVII
Founding	First Founding
Successor Chapters	Moon Raiders, Guardians Reforged, Honorable Cyclones, Diamond Smiths, Iron Ancients
Primarch	Raj Vokar
Homeworld	Manaan
Strength	103,000
Specialty	Titanicus support operations. Heavy ordnance. Siege. Execution of Exterminati.
Allegiance	Loyalist
Colours	Blaze Orange, Azure Blue

This page is part of the Warmasters Triumvirate, a fan re-working of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe. See the Warmasters Triumvirate page for more information on the Alternate Universe.

The Titan Marchers were XVIIth Legiones Astartes. Led by Raj Vokar. They would crush the enemies of mankind with heavy weaponry and the collossal might of the Titan warmachines. During the Brotherwar that followed the Great Crusade they would remain loyal to humanity, at the cost of their beloved gene-sire. They are still proud defenders of humanity deep into the 41st millenium, even after splintering into many different successor chapters.

History

The Great Crusade

When the Titan Marchers rejoined the Great Crusade after their reunion with their gene-sire, their role would be different from before. Instead of taking to a specific front and pushing the borders of the Imperium like most legions, the Titan Marchers became a support legion that attached itself to other fleets. This meant that over the course of the Great Crusade the Titan Marchers fought alongside their cousins from the other Legiones Astartes more than any other. This allowed them to build many strong relationships with their cousins, particularly the Silver Blades, Chosen of Hecate and Sentinels. Entire chapters of the XVIIth legion would be attached to the expedition fleets of other Primarchs, as a sign of unity and trust.

Over the course of the Great Crusade the Titan Marchers faced many of the terrifying horrors that skulked the galaxy, from the savage Orks to the mysterious and devious Eldar. They also faced the onslaught of the Rangdan Xenocides, crushed the Gykon, killed countless Hrud and brought down numerous non-compliant human cultures.

The Titan Marchers were notably absent from the Council of Nikaea. The legion had excused itself, as it had no psykers among it's ranks, and considered itself unfit to make a decision on the matter. Ultimately, the Emperor of Mankind decided in favor of banning the use of psychic powers in the Astartes legions.

A Titan Marcher during the Great Crusade

The Titan Marchers were present during the Ullanor Campaign. Here Raj would first field his greatest creation: Apocalypse-class Super Battle Titan Apocalyptican. Assigned to the same prong of the campaign as Deshain Kane and the Emperor, the Marchers would follow behind the speartip of Custodes and Gunslingers, lead by their respective primogenitors. Cut off from reinforcements, and with the rest of the speartip slain, Deshain Kane, in an unprecedented act of selfish insolence, decided not to save the Emperor from the brutal Warboss Urlakk Urg. When Raj and his sons came to rescue the Emperor and Deshain, they found the Lone Gun defending his incapacitated father. He told them that the Emperor had come to his rescue and paid the price for it. Raj, while outraged, believed his famously honest brother, and retired from the campaign along with his legion in order to safely escort the Emperor back to Terra.

While Malcador the Sigillite declared the Warmasters Triumvirate, which placed the Great Crusade in the hands of Jon-Frederic Aristide, Je'She of the Watch and Marduk Engur, Raj began reinforcing the defences of the Imperial Palace. Many chapters of Titan Marchers joined Raj on Terra during his time of mourning, while others continued the Crusade alongside other fleets, taking out their grief on the enemies of mankind. During this time, Raj was declared Praetorian of Terra.

A second devastating blow against the legion's morale would come a short fifteen years later. Malcador the Sigillite detected the warp echoes of a powerful and dark spell being cast on the planet Miletus, homeworld of the Chosen of Hecate, children of Lambach Kropor. Warmaster Je'She reluctantly sent two of Lambach's closest brothers, Linares of the Silver Blades and Raj Vokar, to bring Lambach back to Terra. The Titan Marchers' 30th chapter, informally known as the Iron Ancients, had been attached to Lambach's personal expedition fleet for over a century. Raj hoped that through them he could make Lambach and the Chosen see reason. This turned out to be untrue however, as when Lambach refused to return to Terra, fighting broke out across the Chosen's homeworld of Miletus. The Iron Ancients, refusing to open fire upon the legion that they had crusaded alongside of for decades, fled with the traitors as they abandoned Miletus.

Brotherwar

The Warmasters Triumvirate was originally envisioned as a way to continue the Great Crusade, while ensuring that the power of the Astartes legions would not be abused. It proved impossible to prevent conflict however, as Warmaster Aristide came into conflict with Warmaster Je'She. Malcador the Sigillite, Regent of Terra, had begun transitioning power over the Imperium from the Astartes legions to the Council of Terra. Aristide fundamentally disagreed with this decision, believing that humanity should be ruled by those best suited for leadership. To him, this meant that the Primarchs and Astartes should ultimately be placed in charge of the Imperium. In defiance of Malcador's decrees, Aristide put down several planetary governors in the Ultima Segmentum and openly declared himself in favor of Astartes governance. In order to prevent further hostilities, Malcador called for a summit on the world of New Hope. Warmaster Je'She, who was in favor of mortal rule, brought the Silver Blades and Titan Marchers with him.

After several days of negotiation between the two Warmasters, with Warmaster Engur overlooking the Summit, Malcador's ship finally arrived in system. To everyone's horror most of the ship's crew was dead, including the Regent of Terra himself. Conflicting reports from the survivors quickly lead to fingers being pointed between the pro-Mortal and pro-Astartes groups. Before long accustations lead to open conflict. The Brotherwar had begun.

The Titan Marchers, along with the Silver Blades and Sentinels, fought against the pro-Astartes Ussaran Liberators, Iron Guard and Emperor's Dragoons for several days. Before long the "neutral" forces of the Soaring Host, Smoke Stalkers and Leviathan Host also joined the fray. Countless marines died in the first days of the Brotherwar. The fighting on New Hope continued until the arrival of Valorn Adras and his Pale Hounds broke the stalemate. The loyalist forces quickly fled from the system, but were cut off from one another.

The Titan Marchers found themselves in a crisis of resolve. This third blow against their morale caused some of the Titan Marchers to call for a return to Manaan, where they could wait out the conflict. Others called for an immediate return to Terra, to return to their posts and to guard the wall. Raj ultimately settled on a third option: to bring the Titan Lord's fury to all enemies of the Imperium, both the traitors and the deserters.

During this time it also became apparent that several more chapters of Marchers had fallen to the Ruinous Powers, specifically those that had been attached to the fleets of the traitor legions. Those who had been attached to the separatist legions quickly returned to the Imperial fold. rra.

After nearly a decade of constant fighting, they ultimately decided to return to Terra. On Terra, the Astartes of the XVIIth quickly took back their posts on the walls of the Imperial Palace. When the Siege of Terra finally came, they would be among the first to enter the fray. When the Siege reached it's climax the full force of present Titan Marchers defended the Eternity Gate, lead by Raj Vokar himself. The Marchers of Manaan stood in the shadow of the Apocalyptican for days, until the traitorous Gunslinger Primarch Deshain Kane burst through their ranks and managed to infiltrate the Apocalyptican. He executed Raj in his command throne and brought down the Super Battle Titan from the inside, it's explosion killing thousands of marines, loyalists and traitors both.

On the burnt and broken remnants of the battlefield, Deshain Kane ascended into daemonhood. Linares the Blademaster arrived on the scene in order to fight the newly ascended Daemon Primarch and avenge his beloved brother. The Blademaster received unexpected aid from the equally traitorous Lambach Kropor, who had never wanted to Raj to die. After the burning form of Deshain Kane was banished to the warp, Lambach Kropor took Raj's corpse back with him. Linares knew he would be unable to stop him.

Post-Brotherwar

After Marduk Engur had been slain by the combined effort Linares, Pacha the Earthquake and Warmaster Je'She, the Brotherwar had ended. This allowed the Titan Marchers to focus on rebuilding. Taarush Amin, Chapter Master of the legion's second chapter, was unanimously elected to the position of Legion Master.

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