Initially, the Emperor's Children were known as the Third Legion, and their recruits came from the noble families of Holy Terra Europa.
The nobles of Europa at that time selected the most outstanding young members of their families and gave them to the emperor to express their defeat by the Thunder Warriors.
Later apology and respect to the emperor.
Led by the Europa nobles, other noble families also sent their children to fight in the Third Legion.
It is said that this is the origin of the name change of the Third Legion, which means the Emperor's children, and the name was confirmed again after Fulgrim was recovered.
One difference from the early Emperor's Children is that the Third Legion during the Unification War was willing to cooperate with ordinary Imperial troops and even lead them into battle, which was an act worthy of contempt in the eyes of other Legions.
But for this "noble army", leading the "weaker" troops seems to be a matter of course.
Even before the reunification of the Primarch and the Legion, the Third Legion had a reputation for carrying out its missions with efficiency, often exceeding the Emperor's expectations.
During the Great Crusade, the Third Legion was often sent by the Emperor to carry out diplomacy and protect secret ambassadors, and was called the Emperor's Emissary by some.
The Third Legion painted their armor purple to symbolize their mission, and decorated it with thunderbolts and sun patterns.
During a ceremony for a certain planet to surrender to the Emperor, the Emperor and the Third Legion were attacked by rebels. The Space Marines of the Third Legion's XVI unit died trying to protect the Emperor from being severely damaged by a vortex weapon.
The Emperor later awarded the Third Legion the double-headed eagle as a reward for their loyalty.
Although the Third Legion was famous, after regaining the moon and signing a contract with Mars, the Third Legion suffered a disaster: a large number of gene seeds were lost for unknown reasons on the way to the moon, and people later discovered that the Third Legion on Earth The gene seed bank was destroyed and contaminated by the remaining elements of the Lunar Gene Sect.
All this led to an outbreak of blight in the Third Legion, and the organs of the sick soldiers began to shrink and eventually died one by one.
This sad situation was not ended until the Primarch Fulgrim returned to the Legion, but the Legion's numbers had been severely degraded and it must operate under the protection of the Luna Wolves Legion.
It is for this reason that Fulgrim established a close relationship with his brother Horus.
When Horus declared the Heresy, Fulgrim was quickly tempted to join the rebellion and became one of the first rebel Legions. They first attacked the loyalists of the Legion on Isstvaan III.
He carried out a brutal purge, and then participated in the destruction of three loyal legions aboard Istvan V.
The fallen Primarch Folgen himself committed the crime of parricide on Istvan V, beheading his friend and blood brother, the Primarch of the Iron Hands, Ferrus Manus.
The fallen Third Legion soon fell into the arms of the Chaos Evil God Slaanesh. As glorious as the Emperor's Children were in the past, they have fallen so deeply now that many other rebel legions have It's a shame to associate with them.
During the siege of Terra, the Emperor's Children Legion did not participate in the attack on the Imperial Palace. Their targets were Terra's billions of inhabitants.
All kinds of crazy actions occurred in the areas they invaded. When Horus was defeated by the Emperor and the rebels were routed thousands of miles away, the Emperor's Children were the most complete legion to withdraw from the ground.
Their warships were loaded with slaves and headed straight for their new destination, the Eye of Terror.
During this process, the Third Legion also split into many small warbands due to the civil war. However, due to their morbid desire for pleasure and pain, even after splitting, they were still one of the Chaos forces that attacked the empire most frequently.
So when this man said that he was the company commander of the Third Army, the other soldiers except Soshyan subconsciously pulled the trigger.
"Put the gun down."
Soshyan's voice interrupted their desire to attack. Although the soldiers were confused, they still carried out the order.
He looked at the man with a haggard face, as gloomy as a ghost, and asked:
"Captain Saul, can you tell me the last moment in your memory?"
Sol glanced at Soshyan with his dark eyes for a while, and whispered:
"m31,013."
Every time he said these numbers, the man took a breath, as if he was carrying a heavy weight.
After listening to this, Soshyan knew that his guess was indeed confirmed.
"Captain Sol, this is M41, 912."
Sol's eyes suddenly widened, looking at Soshiyang as if he were looking at a monster.
"you……"
He asked tremblingly:
"From ten thousand years in the future?"
"No."
Soshyan shook his head.
"Captain Sol, you are from ten thousand years ago."
After hearing Soshyan's words, Sol's shoulders suddenly slumped down, and the already sparse blood on his face became even thinner, looking like a corpse that had been soaked in formalin for a long time.
"Then Terra must be safe, right?"
"The Heresy of Horus was ended, and he himself was slain by the Emperor himself."
"I knew it would be this structure. From the moment Jialuo successfully escaped, the Warmaster's failure was doomed..."
Suddenly, he raised his head.
"So...where is Fulgrim? What is his ending?"
"He killed his brother, the Primarch Manus, and became a Chaos Daemon, fleeing into the Eye of Terror."
Sol immediately grabbed Soshyan's shoulder.
"He's still alive!?"
"Yes."
Soshyan did not hear any joy or relief from the other party. On the contrary, he felt a strong anger and hatred.
"He should pay for what he did!"
Sol almost squeezed out these words through clenched teeth.
boom----!
At this time, another loud noise came, and the Space Marines felt the huge vibration and looked around.
"What did you do?"
Sol also noticed something strange and asked Soshyan about it.
"We installed melta bombs on the bridge."
"I see."
The tenth company commander of the third legion nodded thoughtfully.
"I have known for a long time that there is its life gate, but I can't find the tool for kunai, and you actually did it..."
"What's going on with this ship?"
"This is not a ship."
Thor shook his head and told everyone a terrible truth.
"It was originally a Carnage-class cruiser, on which the Word Bearers performed evil sacrificial rituals, but they summoned an uncontrollable thing, which became one with the ship, and all life was absorbed by it
It fell off, and now we are inside its body."
"You said that all life has been digested by it, then you are——"
Soshyan's words were more tactful, and Sol immediately pointed to his head.
"It can't digest me. Over the years, it has tried every means to make me surrender, including hallucinations, monsters, and even time stasis, but it can't break through the shield in my heart, let alone extinguish the anger in my heart. I still have a lot
There is a debt to be collected, and I will never die before that."
Bang!!
At this time, the heavy airlock door not far away suddenly made a loud noise, as if something was hitting it.
"It seems like it's really angry."
After taking a glance, Soshyan said to Saul:
"We have a Thunderhawk that can leave here. Captain Thor, do you want to join us?"
The other party did not reply immediately, but directly pulled out the sword on the ground, walked to another door, and pushed it open.