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Formerly these sons of Lion El'Jonson, the fiercest of the
Dark Angels, had stood guard over the Emperor and his palace
on Terra. They were betrayed and sent far away to the outer
reaches of the Imperium, out past the Ghost Stars somewhere
in the Usurus Meridian. They were given a beautiful fortress
called Dementia Crosas, but were left there to rot. They knew
nothing of the Horus Heresy nor of the traitor legions roaming
the galaxy, and they had no clue as to why the Emperor had
sent them there. The truth was that Horus had spread rumors
amongst the Inquisitors and Imperial Missionaries on Terra of
a great betrayal which would be led by these Dark Angels.
Upon hearing these rumors the Emperor quickly dispatched the
Dark Angels to the far off planet of Dementia.
Their orders were to maintain silence until contacted, but
weeks turned into years and years became decades. Finally
Grand Master Magnus ordered Chaplain James and about 200 marines
to take the chapter's only Battle Barge, the Olympus, and go
for help. As the Olympus dropped into the warp the Emperor's
light went dark and the ship's navigators screamed in terror.
The ship was not to be seen by human eyes for another thousand years.
Back at the fortress, Dementia Crosas, the sky darkened as
the Huge Battle Barges of the Blood Angels descended from
the sky. The garrison cheered at what they thought was their
relief but it was a trap. Over 400 Dark Angels were lined up
outside of the Battle Barges as if to leave and then were
massacred. Grand Marshal Magnus was labeled a heretic and
tortured. His lifeless body was hung on a cross outside the
Fortress Dementia Crosas' walls. The Fortresses and surrounding
areas were then turned into an Imperial waste facility the
likes of which the galaxy had never seen. Four thousand
cargo barges came and dropped their rotting, rusting
payloads over Dementia Crosas. A small outpost was left behind
to run the junk yard.
The Battle Barge Olympus shuttered as it came out of the warp.
Servitors quickly began reanimating the space marines from
their hibernation chambers. Amazingly they were right back
where they started from, hovering over the Fortress Dementia
Crosas. There was something horribly wrong though. Their
fortress was a wasteland. The marines quickly overcame the
workers in the junkyard. Chaplain James interrogated a few
of the survivors. His fury was such that some of the prisoners
died from his gaze alone. The foreman of the junk yard however,
had open contempt for these so called traitor marines. His
last words before the Chaplain ripped him in two were,
"You will die like Dogs!" Chaplain James decreed,"If we are
to die like dogs, then from now on we shall be known as the
Dogs of War!" He vowed to spend the rest of his days hunting
down all who betrayed them. Even the Emperor would answer to him.
Short of supplies and vehicles the Dogs of War began combing the
junk yard for spare parts and supplies. One marine was
killed by an incredibly ferocious junk yard dog named Ronin.
Chaplain James had the Apothecaries begin the transformation
process to turn this beast into a lethal space marine. Some
say that Chaplain James offered some of his own gene-seed
but most think that it was probably the gene-seed of Grand
Master Magnus. Either way this dog would be feared by friend
and foe alike and was always seen fighting by the side of it's
master Chaplain James. The Dogs of War are hungry for redemption,
they are ready for WAR!
BATTLE CRY: "WE SEEK JUSTICE"
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