Editing Arms of Asura (section)

==Geneseed==
During the Great Crusade, the Legion which would become known as the Arms of Asura was known to have a rather peculiar gene seed, which most considered to be of inferior stock. The Catalepsean Node and Sus-an Membranes were known to be particularly prone to mutation when analyzed and tested for purity but during the crusade era these mutations were generally considered to be an unfortunate, but manageable, genetic drift. It is these mutated organs which allowed the Asuran to enter and exit their strange, deep meditative trances where they could seemingly commune with the Warp.

After their fall to Chaos and the omnipresent use of possession and deliberate warp taint combined with their usage of mutant stock has irredeemably damaged the gene-stock of the Arms of Asura. One strange and beneficial mutation, which seem to have been deliberately engineered are in the organs which are designed to sustain the life of the marine: members of the Legion are reported to, especially when saturated with warp energy, to be able to spontaneously regenerate as well as adapt and mutate. Their very flesh is but a canvas for the powers of the warp. The downside to this is that most Arms of Asura cannot produce viable progenoid glands, forcing the Legion to raid the stock of others, which they then warp and infuse with their own genetic stock to imbue these geneseed with their shared legion trait.

Even when not possessed or deliberately altered through their strange alchemy, Asuran are notoriously monstrous. Unnatural skin color, deformed cartilage, glowing eyes and tusks are not uncommon mutations even amongst those Astartes not from heavily mutated stock. Prior to the fall to chaos, these mutations were virtually inexistent.