Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-6078851-20130130174042/@comment-5131965-20130315032951

Hi guys. I have my own new theory on the primarchs, except mine centralise on the 'Lost' Primarchs.

I believe that the 2nd legion was never disbanded, not destroyed. My personal belief is that the Primarch of the 2nd legion commited an atrocity, for which he was punished by being exiled from the Imperium.

If you look at some of the oldest legions (legions I-V) they are some of the least numerous; their geneseeds more experimental, than the others. The 1st legion, or the 'First' as they like to style themselves, are the Dark Angels, whose geneseed is increadebly pure and results in dogmatically loyal warriors, a bunch of gloomy bastards if you ask me.

Then look at the 3rd Legion, the 'Emperors Children', who reputably were the most 'perfect' legion; their geneseed although superior, was more prone to mutation, and found dificulty finding the 'perfect' specimen for which to implant the geneseed in.

The 4th Legion, are the Iron Warriors, one of the toughest, most depressingly perfect Legions; famous for being the space marine equivelent of the Death Korps of Krieg, The Iron warriors geneseed produced resilient troops, but they often suffered from paranoia, and depression, and also some 'sherlock Holmes' s.

The 5th legion is the White scars, where we find dogmatically loyal warriors, whose failing is their 'need for speed'. a reasonably pure geneseed, but often reckless and cunning.

I believe that the Deathwatches 'Black Shields' as a rank originate from the 2nd legion, whom I believe were the Black Shields themselves; their geneseed, like many of the early legions, would have been dificult to produce numerous numbers of Legion intiates, so they accepted legionarries from the other Legions, thus inspiring Deathwatches Blackshield status. This Legion, if exiled, would likely have been forced into the Halo stars, to pacify the region there, as it was at that time an unkown region of the void. this would additionally explain why the Halo stars are so desolate of life, and filled with ruins of Alien civilisations, as the Legions of the Great Crusade did in their time, ready to await colonists that may never come...