Editing Thunder Kings (section)

==Support Formations==
[[File:Aric_Beartooth.png|200px|thumb|Aric Beartooth, a member of the Goffanoi]]

*'''''Gofannoi''''': Psykers among the Thunder Kings are known as "Goffanoi," a title referring to an ancient god of smiths. A common nickname for the members of the order is “Silverhands”, after their practice of painting their right gauntlet silver to resemble that deity. Although all of the marines of Brennus' legion are adept at the art of smithing to some degree (a test of smithcraft being part of the legion's aspirant trials), the Gofannoi are particulary proficient in crafting arms and armor of fell power. Rather than manifesting their powers openly as do the psykers of other legions, the Goffanoi channel their ability into their craft, imbuing the intricate knotwork and animal motifs of their blade, armor, and vehicle adornments with psychic energy. The loops and twists of these interlaced patterns contain words in Alessian script, usually the item's name; the length and formation of the name provides a clue to its power and strength.  These implements may be wielded by non-psykers, and will still function, if to a lesser degree, but in the hands of a psyker they pulse with true power. Brennus himself is a member of the Goffanoi, as he is able to craft and wield these items to their full potential. Individual members of the Silverhands tend to specialize in a particular area of crafting, such as weaponsmithing; they tend to work closely with Techmarines, and often the more skilled among them are capable of crafting power weapons and other advanced items. The Gofannoi rarely if ever use their psychic powers in an overt manner; they prefer to fight among their battle brothers, allowing their ability to flow into their items of power, and those of their allies.


*'''''Filid''''': The Filid are the apothecaries of the Thunder Kings, entrusted with both the mental and physical health of their brothers. Their name is taken from the wandering bards and poets of Alessia, who would compose both heroic songs and poems to exalt a king or tribal leader, and satirical verse to denigrate and demean the enemies of their patron. When Brennus took control of the legion, he reasoned that if the apothecaries were to heal his men, they should know their deeds and sentiments, and so he instructed each apothecary in the Alessian poetic tradition. After the issuance of the Chaplain Edict, the Filid took on this role as well; they were already trusted by their fellows, and so were the best choice to watch over them for signs of sorcery.



*'''''Techmarines''''': Within the Thunder Kings, forgecraft and metalworking were highly respected traditions. This meant that the honor of serving as a Techmarine was nigh incomprable. Though the legion had no particular ties to Mars and it's orthodoxies, Techmarines among the Thunder Kings were highly skilled; the immense pride every legionary took in his smithing ability led to fierce competition between legion Techmarines. They were not nearly as guarded with the secrets of technology as other acolytes of Mars. Techniques and methods of forging even relatively advanced equipment and in depth armor repair were common among even the rank and file of the legion. Most techmarines reasoned that fellow heroes were deserving the trust involved with knowing these secrets-and besides, it would leave for time for them to craft equipment of a truly fell nature. Given Brennus' proclivity for remaining distant from Terra, this attitude did not often come into conflict with Mars.


*'''''Castra''''':  Warfare on Alessia revolved around small skirmish tactics and battles between champions. Clans were based around large villages surrounding ring-walled fortress complexes. When the men of Alessia were uplifted to become Imperial super soldiers, they transferred much of their love of fortresses to their star ships, seeing a mobile armed battle barge as the ultimate fort. The legion did not leave land based fortresses behind them, recognizing the value of a solid bulwark against which an enemy could break. However, the warriors of the Thunder Kings came to prefer not only their ships, but massive star fortresses. A fort in space could not only break an enemy fleet, but serve as the ultimate insurmountable high ground. In charge of the legions fortification building was Conan Maoll, one time member of the Eleventh squad of the Sacred Band. Maoll was rude, unpleasant, and (by Space Marine standards) rather lazy. Brennus recognized that this combination of traits made him the perfect fortress builder; who better to design and maintain structures meant to keep out enemies as efficiently as possible? Maoll did indeed prove to excel at this task, designing a number of mighty star forts that would defend the Imperium well into the 40th millenium; greatest of these was Gatake's Iris, built so efficiently Maoll was able to nap through an entire xenos invasion while losing barely more than a squad's worth of men.


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*'''''Victualary'''''
-the chain of star forts built by the Castra help aid in re-supply
     -supply operations handled mostly by long term members of the Banndaor, supervised by those marines in each clan or tribe with the best talent for logistics
-intelligence is a combined marine/human effort
     -minor skirmishes fought in each system, feeding intelligence back to the legion commanders and used to create a plan to overwhelm the foe
     -long term intelligence not their specialty; intelligence gathering is done on the ground when it is needed, as opposed to before hand.