Editing Scions of Europa (section)

=History=

No warriors were so at home on the battlefield as the Scions of Europa.  From their first battles in the ancient Hives of Merica, the gene-sons of Kleisthenes would know their place as warriors, nothing more and nothing less.  Their matchless courage, prowess, and versatility would see them exalted as a standard to which all other Space Marines aspired - but the same qualities would see their own line driven to the brink of extinction.

==Beginnings: the Sacred Band==
During the [[Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)|Unification Wars]], the best of the first Space Marines were gathered up in the '''Sacred Band''' under the leadership of Hektor Cincinnatus.  This temporary formation was intended to help develop bonds between the nascent Legions.  The Seventh Squad of the Sacred Band was led by '''Nikomedes'''.  He was born in the hives of Terra to a patrician family.  Nikomedes was slow to learn as a child, but his apparent difficulties were in fact the consequence of a great mind struggling to deal with the narrowness of his education.  As a superb young athlete, he was put forward for selection into the Adeptus Astartes and although the standards were demanding he easily passed them.  The process of becoming a Space Marine brought forth the outstanding qualities of his character - his fierce, probing intellect, indomitable courage, and coolness of temper.  Nikomedes' stock was high enough that he was selected as one of Hektor's Lieutenants in the Sacred Band, and he would lead masterfully from the front throughout that campaign.


==Disposition on the Eve of the Heresy==
Numeration: The VIIth Legion

Primogentor: Kleisthenes

Cognomen (prior): Lunar Lions, The Gauntlet, The Invincible Seventh

Observed Strategic Tendencies: Shock assaults, deep strikes, rapid redeployment

Noteworthy domains: None.

Allegiance: Fidelitas Constantus

''"Let other men build, love, make works of art and beauty.  Let other men rule, judge, make peace and prosperity.  War is enough for us."''

'''Themistocles, Equerry of the Seventh Legion'''