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Hi I am going to start reading the novels that are written about Warhammer 40k. I was wondering if there is a novel written about the Legion of the Damned?
Thanks

I doubt it. They are supposed to be mysterious & little known about.

Nope.
I've never heard of any.

they're the type who as you would say "tap and gap" except for they turn up shoot you up and bugger off unless the writer was doing it from a birds eye view the protaginists might not even know the legion is even on the battlefield (and remember kids history is written by the victor and if he doesn't know he was helped he WILL take all the credit lol)

It just feels wrong to me, the idea of a book written about a group so mysterious and dark. The unknown is what makes them appealing. Each person could just write their own fluff for a unit like this. I in particular envision a cruiser suddenly appearing in orbit above a battle that is being fought, and suddenly they show up. Are they spirits? Are they the last handful of survivors of a ruined chapter? Are they two midgets, one atop the others shoulders in Power Armor? Who knows?

OK, let's ask it this way. Do the Legion of the Damned make an appearance in any of the 40K novels?

gatorsfan wrote:OK, let's ask it this way. Do the Legion of the Damned make an appearance in any of the 40K novels?

not so far only white dwarf articles and codex snipets

ZombieKoolaid wrote:It just feels wrong to me, the idea of a book written about a group so mysterious and dark. The unknown is what makes them appealing. Each person could just write their own fluff for a unit like this. I in particular envision a cruiser suddenly appearing in orbit above a battle that is being fought, and suddenly they show up. Are they spirits? Are they the last handful of survivors of a ruined chapter? Are they two midgets, one atop the others shoulders in Power Armor? Who knows?

The Legion of the Damned are the remnants of the Fire Hawks chapter. They were lost in the warp and re-appeared as spirits, fighting "For the Emperor beyond the point of death" as they inscribed on their Fire Hawks chapter banner. They now go around fighting for the Imperium.

Not to be confused with the Flame Falcons, who all burst into flames on the battlefields, and were nearly wiped out by the grey knights after it was shown that the flames did not harm the Flame Falcons marines, but only their enemies, and this was deemed dangerous/warp-like. They also appear on various battlefields, still blazing, fighting for the Imperium. They however are not spirits, and are not covered in bone/death armor.

ph34r wrote:

ZombieKoolaid wrote:It just feels wrong to me, the idea of a book written about a group so mysterious and dark. The unknown is what makes them appealing. Each person could just write their own fluff for a unit like this. I in particular envision a cruiser suddenly appearing in orbit above a battle that is being fought, and suddenly they show up. Are they spirits? Are they the last handful of survivors of a ruined chapter? Are they two midgets, one atop the others shoulders in Power Armor? Who knows?

The Legion of the Damned are the remnants of the Fire Hawks chapter. They were lost in the warp and re-appeared as spirits, fighting "For the Emperor beyond the point of death" as they inscribed on their Fire Hawks chapter banner. They now go around fighting for the Imperium.

Not to be confused with the Flame Falcons, who all burst into flames on the battlefields, and were nearly wiped out by the grey knights after it was shown that the flames did not harm the Flame Falcons marines, but only their enemies, and this was deemed dangerous/warp-like. They also appear on various battlefields, still blazing, fighting for the Imperium. They however are not spirits, and are not covered in bone/death armor.

I wonder if the Flame Falcons hold a grudge towards the Grey Knights? or do they understand they where only pointed in there direction and told to purge

They would probably be mad at the inquisition, not the GK. They still fight for the Imperium overall.

Remnants of the FireHawks.....
Errr where did you get this?

When did their history become set?
Weren't the Damned around from before the inception of the Hawks???

There is no direct fluff for them in the form of a novel/book.
They have "appeared" in several codices and WDs, aswell as numerous graphic novels in small doses.
There has never been more than a couple of pages of the guys showing up and then disapearing again...

I will PM you if I ever come across anything..

hasn't it been specifically stated that they are the remnants of the firehawks?

I thought they were the remains of the traitor SM's that were still loyal to the imperium.

Yes, they have been directly linked to the fire hawks, in the WD issue they were introduced IIRC. I think that this has seince been ret-conned.

i cant believe my ears!

'The unknown is what makes them appealing'

this sir is DD! you are banished!

LOTD are indeed fire hawks


if you are looking for good 40k books i normally have a look at the cover, a cover will usually tell you if its a good one

MOMUS wrote:


if you are looking for good 40k books i normally have a look at the cover, a cover will usually tell you if its a good one

so if no bobbies no good huh?

I can't believe that..
the FH are the Damned....



@sniperjolly

What's the WD issue number so I can trace down all the copies to verify their contents and then expunge them?

one does not need to believe to be ignorant lol

@ crazykiwi

yes, i do particularly like BOBBIES splashed all over my literature.

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So, anyone got the WD issue number for where it states FH are the Damned???

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Legion_of_the_Damned
Should be in there.

Cheers..
It's the references at the bottom of that wiki I'm really really interested in.

Thanks for the point of reference LiberatedObject..

I think that is old fluff. In The January 2010 white dwarf they state: "yet they are not of any chapter under the emperor's sun" pg 39 unless the firehawks aren't under the emperor's sun they aren't the same. It also states "Some believe the Legion to be the survivors of the long lost Fire Hawks" and "Others consider the Legion to be an extension of the Emperor's superhuman will" or "time-lost saviours" or "even the vengeful and immortal spirits of Space Marines slain in the Imperiums many Wars" on pg 44 it states "we didn't want to reveal who or what is actually under the armor- if there is anything at all!" Why would they do that if they are firehawks. And Lexicanum is good, but not official.

Well, I know that Lexicanum is unofficial, but it has to get its info from somewhere.
As for the recent WD reference, I had been picking them up from my FLGS, and they haven't gotten any past November. But the Firehawks theory is also mentioned amongst the superstitions of the Imperium. It is true that nobody knows for sure, but it is the most reasonable.
As for the superstitious bits, such as inhuman extension of the Emperor's will, it doesn't count out Firehawks. A chapter goes into the warp and is lost. Emperor takes advantage of this by influencing the warp or whatever he can do and sends them where needed.
All in all, it is true that nothing is certain about LotD, but it is that way with much of 40k fluff, what with the changes and "mysteries.

I recall there was one bit of fluff where it was the said that the LotD was seen on the battlefield. When the Inquisition rushed there to find out what was going on, they found the damaged Fire Hawk chapter banner and iconography had be respectfully furled and left behind. That would indicate that they were once FH and knew that the chapter as it had stood was disbanded.

Isn't there also a place of honour on Terra where the banners of those lost are displayed?

I have been playing a legion of the damned army since 2nd edition and they have never been definitively linked to anything. it's always been best guess explanations

leigion of the damned story:

We suffering masta.
Ok. I'm sorry.
We leaving masta.
Ok, I'll see you.
We reely leaving masta.
You'll be back.

7,000 years later.

Masta?
Masta is dead.
Masta! -masochises-
Serve the masta in deaff.
For the mastarar!

And that is how the leigon of the damned was born.

Don't ask.

no books that I know of.