Sons of Horus / Luna Wolves
Allegiance
traitor
Pre-Heresy Ranks
- Legionary
- Sergeant
- Centurion
- Captain such as Garviel Loken
- First Captain Ezekyle Abaddon as commander of the Justaerin
- Praetor
- Warmaster Horus as warlord
- Champion
- Chaplain
- Librarian
- Techmarine
- Apothecary
- elites Justaerin, Catulan Reavers and Reaver Attack Squads
- Equerry Maloghurst
- members of the Mournival.
Post-Heresy Ranks
- Chaos Space Marine
- Chosen
- Aspiring Champion
- Champion and Exalted Champion
- Chaos Lord
- Abaddon as Warmaster of Chaos
- Sorcerer and Sorcerer Lord
- Warpsmith
- Dark Apostle in mixed forces
- Terminator champions and Bringers of Despair
- Daemon Prince.
Companies & Units
- Companies, especially the 1st Company with Justaerin and Catulan Reavers
- larger formations as chapters and cohorts
- squad level Tactical, Assault and Reaver Attack Squads
- post-Heresy Black Legion warbands.
Homeworld(s)
Cthonia, a heavily undermined mining/hive world near Terra dominated by gang culture; after the Heresy various Daemon Worlds (e.g. Maeleum) and fleet‑based strongholds such as the Vengeful Spirit serve as their bases.
Combat Doctrine(s)
- A spearhead Legion centred on orbital strikes, teleport assaults, armoured spearheads and decapitation strikes against enemy command structures. High proportion of elite troops (Justaerin, Reavers) for fast, hard blows at the heart of the foe.
Epochs & Role
In the Great Crusade the Emperor’s favoured spearhead Legion, leading campaigns such as Ullanor; afterwards they adopt the name Sons of Horus and Horus is named Warmaster. In the Heresy they are the core Traitor Legion, behind the Isstvan III/V massacres and the Siege of Terra. During the Scouring they retreat into the Eye of Terror, fight the Legion Wars and are largely refounded as the Black Legion under Abaddon, with only a few Sons of Horus remnants surviving. In M41/M42 the XVI Legion effectively exists as the Black Legion plus a handful of remnant warbands.
Successor Chapters / Warbands (Overview)
- The Black Legion as primary successor and largest Chaos Legion
- smaller Sons of Horus remnant warbands (‘Thrice‑Cursed Traitors’) that retain the old name and heraldry.