The XVI, for their part, embraced their cognomen with relish, using the wolfs-head motif extensively in their iconography and adopting the wearing of gene-modified pelts to mark out status within the Legion. In particular, the Luna Wolves made good diplomats and heralds, bringing the diplomacy of the Imperium in one hand, and its fury in the other. The Emperor made good use of his “wolves” as the Unification Wars ended, sending them to “begin and end wars their enemies did not know they were fighting”, and shatter intractable foes. Their first name came from, as might be guessed, the First Pacification of Luna in the Unification Wars, where they broke the Coriolis Enclaves so thoroughly that even to this day, the number “sixteen” is known as the “ counting of the wolf” in some parts of Terra. They acted like alpha predators, focused on ending fights before they became unnecessary wars of attrition. They loved a fight which was over almost as it began – swift and bloody, with a deadly strike to the core of the enemy to rip the heart from the foe. This Legion drew its recruits from Terra, reportedly from hunter-clans and ruthless tribal folk – whose traditions and culture fuelled an abrasive and aggressive fighting style in the early days of the XVI. The Sons of Horus were once the Luna Wolves. Sadly, like Icarus of old, they flew too close to the sun of their own pride and fell the furthest of all. However, the Sons of Horus were not always a ruthless, broken rabble of traitors – once they were noble, loyal, effective and ambitious, a true beacon of Imperial might and light. Formerly the Luna Wolves, they were renamed in the image of their leader – Horus Lupercal, the arch-Traitor and instigator of the great Heresy. If you have any understanding of the Horus Heresy, you will know about the Sons of Horus.
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