Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-24405075-20150318130307/@comment-8881468-20150327071747

Tip one: continuity... the HH series mentions the annihilation of legions in several books, as I have pointed out. I can still gather up more evidence if needs be but the simple fact that they would destroy information arcs that have been built over 20 odd publications to paint a pictufe of the situation, that is more than unlikely.

As we see in Scars, the potential marine knew for which Legion he did tryouts, being reassigned made caused problems. Legionaries know their Legion, culture tactics and so on. Aside from outside visibility, their methods would make them stand out. suspicions arise, why are the sons of xyz among us? More than one way to disrupt a unit. Let us not even talk about apothecary difficulties.

It actually has been written that Mortarion f.e. decreed for the DG to be only from Barbarus. It is in book four of the Hh series.