Editing Legio Canem (section)

==History==

The ancient forbears of the Legio set up shop on the world of Cairéal, in a system neighboring [[Alessia]]'s.  Always warlike for an outpost of the Mechanicum, Cairéal fell under the sway of its Titan Legion after a series of wars with hostile Xenos.  The Titan lords hold an iron grip over their system and those neighboring it, including the Crannorga system. The Titans were used not only to wage war, but to intimidate their less advanced neighbors. This perhaps explains the powerful legend on Alessia of the "Thunder Kings", which were believed to be agents of the gods. Eventually, inspired by the rebellion of Crannorga under Over-Judge Silas Thurmann, the menials and workers of Cairéal rose up against their Titan masters. After centuries of fighting, the two warring sides signed the "Pact of the Leash and Collar" which balanced power between the Titan Legion and the civilian population of the two factions.

Shortly after the Primarch [[Brennus]] unified Alessia and defeated the technocrats of the Black Sky Islands, the Magos Malleus began to send out expeditions to the worlds once used for harvesting laborers.  Brennus was at first distrustful of another technocrat, but when the Magos gifted him with advanced technology and instructed him in the use of plunder from the Black Sky Islands, they forged a relationship. Towns and cities began to appear again on Alessia shortly before the coming of the Emperor. Brennus's outstanding qualities put him at the head of the new alliance and the pact forged would last into the Great Crusade. Serving as a Primarch's personal titan legion allows the Canem to make repairs to some of their most dilapidated titans. 

Being reconnected the the wider Mechanicum caused some difficulty for Cairéal. The Xiphoi did not believe in a literal interpretation of the Omnissiah, and looked on The Emperor as a mortal representation of a legend rather than a god. The Tyranus believed at first that The Emperor was a prophet of the Omnissiah, but gradually lost faith in him during the course of the Great Crusade.