Editing Scions of Europa (section)

=Culture=
''I am Brother Komnenus, warrior of the Emperor's Great Crusade, defender of the Imperium of Man, gene-son of the Primarch Kleisthenes.  In recognition of your youthful courage, I claim you as my Adoptatus.  Arise, my son!''

- vox-recording from the aftermath of the Battle of Deminar, 883.M30


Unfettered by the traditions of their Primarch's homeworld, the Scions of Europa would stay true to the heritage of Terra and the "Grey Legions" of the [[Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)|Unification Wars]].  The sons of Kleisthenes never see themselves as anything other than humanity's soldiers, blessed and cursed to fight and die so that others may know peace.

Each Scion maintained a small household within the Expeditionary Fleet.  His chief civilian responsibility was the raising of his ''Adoptati'', the young boys that the Marine intended to sponsor for the Legion's Aspirant Trial.  Presenting a promising Aspirant was considered an honourable achievement, and seeing one of his Adoptati sworn into the Legion was a moment of great pride for a Scion of Europa.

Due to the demands of a Scion's training, much of the care of his person, panoply, and Adoptati was undertaken by mortal servants known as ''Armigers''.  These men were typically failed Aspirants, frequently drawn from the Marine's own Adoptati.  Newly-inducted Battle Brothers were typically gifted a handful of servants by their sponsor.  

The senior servant of a Scion of Europa was known as the ''Scutarius''.  He was an honoured figure entrusted with ensuring his master's panoply was fit for war.  The Scutarius also maintained order among the other servants.  Unless disabled by war or age, he was also expected to supervise the martial training of the Armigers and lead them in battle.

Cases of Armigers actually engaging in combat were relatively rare.  The Scions deployed regiments of [[Imperial Army (Hektor Heresy)|Imperial Army]] auxilia to supplement their strength when necessary.  However, the households of the Legionaries constituted a valuable security force for the warships of Kleisthenes' Expeditionary Fleets.


==Recruitment and Training==
Although he honoured Europa in renaming his Legion, Kleisthenes did not look to his homeworld for recruits to Seventh.  Instead, he taught his sons to find their Adoptati on the battlefields of the [[Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy)|Great Crusade]] and rear them for the Aspirant Trial.  The ''Neophytes'' who passed this trial would receive the gene-seed aboard the mighty warships of the Scions' fleets.  Rather than a long period of formal training, newly-inducted Scions of Europa gained much of their experience on the battlefield, joining the Legion's squads as soon as they had recovered from the gene-seed.  Even Neophytes part-way through the process of becoming Space Marines were expected to take military duty aboard Kleisthenes' warships, though these youths were usually kept to the task of manning the guns.


==Notable Domains==
Spurning landholding, the Scions devoted themselves entirely to the tasks of the Great Crusade.  Kleisthenes decreed that a school of government be established on Europa for the purpose of training administrators, but the graduates of his academy were mortals.


==Notable Members==
During the Siege of Terra, the Scions of Europa were represented in the Crusader Host by '''Commander Leonidas''' of the III Chapter, veteran of the Valenor Crusade and of the infamous Scourging of Helgrim.