Editing Loxodontii (section)

===Legion Organization===
The Legion was divided into 10 chapters during the Great Crusade. As was Legion doctrine, they each were highly independent from each other, creating a strong sense of unity within the chapters themselves and thus leading to highly individual characters. After the Brother War, the legion splintered into separate warbands, barely maintaining any sort of meaningful military structure.

====First Chapter====
The first chapter was the most prestigious one, directly accompanying their primarch [[Ashur of Banipal|Ashur]] on his expeditions. The majority of these Astartes was recruited from highly decorated military nobility of the Great Cities of Babylon V, their homeworld. As such, they sought to represent the glory and splendour of the Imperium as the primarch's personal equerries, leading to a high demand in more modern and particularly decorated body armour, which in turn was paid by donations made by the astartes' families in order to display their wealth and prestige. Because of this, the first chapter would employ the famed Mark IV power armour almost exclusively on their Astartes, as well as the majority of [[Terminator]] armour. 

====Second Chapter====
The second chapter's new recruits were drafted from both the urban and rural regions of Babylon V, leading to a very mixed mentality. It was this chapter's internal struggles that led to Ashur push for Stargazers to embrace rural and urban religious motifs and philosophy in order to bridge the gap between those two factions. Because of this, the second chapter is the most religious one, and also one of the least warlike ones as the oratory abilities of this chapter have actually allowed for an exceptionally high amount of worlds brought to compliance without any combat efforts in the Legion. They were, regardless, still very slow and one of the primary arguments against Ashur's rather pacifistic approach. Their oratory skills were crucial in founding warrior lodges amongst the Loxodontii legion, and after their fall to Chaos, the second chapter ceased to exist as an entity, and instead splintered off as preachers and shamans of the Ruinous Powers and the Primordial Truth among all the other chapters. It is rumoured that survivors of the second chapter who did not remain among their Loxodontii brethren have taken residence on various planets, founding cults and fuelling thought rebellions across Imperial and Union space.

====Third Chapter====
The third chapter also accompanied Ashur's expeditions, primarily because they were his preferred genesons even if he never said so out loud. The majority of these Astartes was recruited from the rural tribes of Babylon V and serfs from the Great Cities. They, in turn, were the most like their primarch in that they sought to make peaceful contact, preferring to battle with riot shields and pistols in order to tactically push enemies out of tactical positions. They would receive a large amount of new marks of power armour, however nowhere near as much as the first chapter, and their armour decorations would be made from bronze and bone instead of gold. Because this chapter was the personal lifeguard of Ashur, he would receive the nickname "Lord of Bronze and Bone".

====Fourth Chapter====
Recruited almost exclusively from the nomad tribes of Babylon V, this chapter was particularly wild and boisterous, known to make sport of combat in that they would race each other in a charge and gather trophies from fallen enemies. While initial contact was still established on a diplomatic note, most of the time it was merely a formality for these [[Space Marines]] in the procedure to launch a military strike. Their lust for combat was so renown that they gained the monicker "Mantikhor" from their brothers, equating them to the dreaded beast from their homeworld which is said to hutn and eat humans. Little did they know that these warriors indeed practiced cannibalism before and after combat by butchering legion serfs and abducted enemies. The Stargazer Barabash was with this chapter from the beginning and further pushed these cannibalistic practices in forming the first warrior lodge among the chapters and, by extension, the [[Warmasters Triumvirate|Legiones Astartes]]. They preferred close combat weaponry and often would eschew transports in favour of bikes, jetbikes and even jump packs, the latter two being a rarity among the Loxodontii.

====Fifth Chapter====
The fifth chapter somehow managed to maintain a large number of Terranborn Astartes up until their fall to Chaos, often attributed to their cautiousness. Due to a lack of resources, rumoured to be caused by the greed and high demand of power armour of the fourth chapter, this chapter employed Scouts and covert ops equipment all the more, in turn leading to a comparably low lethality rate. Their resourcefulness would later be rewarded by being gifted some of the highly prestigious Land Speeder transports whose STC schematics were discovered on Babylon V by [[Rahman Keita'mansa]]. In an ironic twist, it was the Terranborn who would indulge the most in the cannibal rituals, presumably in order to appeal to their Babylonian battle brothers.

====Sixth Chapter====
The sixth chapter was the second one to fall to Chaos after Barabash had corrupted the fourth. Out of all the chapters, the sixth was the most militarily drilled one, leading to a strong sense of hierarchy and focus on combat efficiency. Due to their close relations with the fourth, which was known to commission modernised equipment, they would also receive a comparably high amount of Mark IV power armour. As opposed to the fourth's focus on hand-to-hand combat, the sixth focused on fire drills and bolter accuracy. Even after the Hour of the Musth, the sixth maintained something of a military command structure and are to this day one of the most feared Loxodontii warbands.

====Seventh Chapter====
Commissions to this chapter were sparse, in part due to them being send the furthest ahead of other expeditions, and in part because they were unlucky enough to have their commissions intercepted by or redirected to the fourth chapter. As such, their armour was often in disrepair, and ammunition was short. Because of their sorry state, they became exceptionally embittered close combatants, utilising combat knives far more than anything else. During the Brother War, these tormented souls would become the most mutated through their intense worship and sacrifice, making them more beast than man. They were almost annihilated to the last Astartes by [[Isekho the Unseen]] during his murderous hunt.

====Eighth Chapter====
This chapter was largely attributed to being close to legion doctrine, and as such took great care of their armoured transports. They worked very closely with the support troops of the [[Titan Marchers]], leading to a strong exchange in mechanical knowledge and an even stronger sense of bonding with their machinery. During the Brother War, the eighth employed Obliteratorbeasts and their own mutated machines as beasts of war, themselves devolving into barely sapient monsters. The Titan Marchers which accompanied them would turn traitor, as well, and become worshipped by the eighth as great Shamans that could heal the wounded warmachines.

====Ninth Chapter====
The ninth chapter, much like the eigth, were largely in accord with legion doctrine, however they would much prefer flamer and melta weaponry in order to clear the way for their transports which were often modified to double as heavy weapons platforms and thus had less carrying capacity. Like the eighth, they would employ Obliteratorbeasts and warped armour. Like the seventh, they would be almost annihilated by Isekho.

====Tenth Chapter====
This chapter was third to fall to Chaos after the fourth and the sixth, yet only slowly accepted the cannibal traditions. As a chapter, they adhered largely to legion doctrine, employing transports and infantry in tandem. It was them who would often fight in difficult terrain where their track-based vehicles were at a disadvantage. Because of this, they were gifted with the two salvaged Grav-Rhinos which were recovered from Babylon V to allow them some form of mobility, as well as transport options which were heavily modified with anti-gravitational technology. This decreased the rhinos' overall carrying capacity, however it allowed them a much greater mobility, particularly in mountain regions and ruined urban environments. Jumppacks also were unusually often employed, with a mixture of close combat and ranged armament. This chapter was devastated during the Hour of the Musth that shattered the legion, and they did not rejoin the legion for the Siege of Terra, instead turning to piracy and plunder. While nowhere near as ordered like the sixth chapter, they are also not as bestial like the other Loxodontii, instead living their lives as mercenaries.