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	=Culture=		=Culture=
	~~==Pre-Heresy==~~
	The culture of the VIIth legion is one forged in the crucible of the Rau-Khan worlds. The Rau-Khan worlds were hives of crime an mercantile violence built upon long forgotten foundations of warrior honor and artistic pursuits. The full history of this corporate dynasty can be seen in the marines of the VII legion, from their Primarch to a marine in a squad.		The culture of the VIIth legion is one forged in the crucible of the Rau-Khan worlds. The Rau-Khan worlds were hives of crime an mercantile violence built upon long forgotten foundations of warrior honor and artistic pursuits. The full history of this corporate dynasty can be seen in the marines of the VII legion, from their Primarch to a marine in a squad.

	The upper echelons tend to honor the ancient warrior and monastic traditions of their worlds, modeling themselves as knights or scholarly monks well versed in philosophical thought and martial excellence. This was common in the Rau-Khan worlds when they were still a corporate empire, leaders would don ceremonial garb when they convened. As one observes the descending ranks, the veneer of ancient wonder falls away into the technicolor ranks mirroring the gangs of the Rau-Khan worlds. Surprisingly, amongst this rabble rank is everything. To disrespect someone above you is to encite a beating, or worse. However marines on the same level, or below, are free to drink, fight, and gamble amongst eachother freely. Relationships with higher ranks tend to be uncomfortably formal, or exceedingly familial.		The upper echelons tend to honor the ancient warrior and monastic traditions of their worlds, modeling themselves as knights or scholarly monks well versed in philosophical thought and martial excellence. This was common in the Rau-Khan worlds when they were still a corporate empire, leaders would don ceremonial garb when they convened. As one observes the descending ranks, the veneer of ancient wonder falls away into the technicolor ranks mirroring the gangs of the Rau-Khan worlds. Surprisingly, amongst this rabble rank is everything. To disrespect someone above you is to encite a beating, or worse. However marines on the same level, or below, are free to drink, fight, and gamble amongst eachother freely. Relationships with higher ranks tend to be uncomfortably formal, or exceedingly familial.

	~~==Post Heresy==~~

	==Recruitment and Training==		==Recruitment and Training==

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	The upper echelons tend to honor the ancient warrior and monastic traditions of their worlds, modeling themselves as knights or scholarly monks well versed in philosophical thought and martial excellence. This was common in the Rau-Khan worlds when they were still a corporate empire, leaders would don ceremonial garb when they convened. As one observes the descending ranks, the veneer of ancient wonder falls away into the technicolor ranks mirroring the gangs of the Rau-Khan worlds. Surprisingly, amongst this rabble rank is everything. To disrespect someone above you is to encite a beating, or worse. However marines on the same level, or below, are free to drink, fight, and gamble amongst eachother freely. Relationships with higher ranks tend to be uncomfortably formal, or exceedingly familial.		The upper echelons tend to honor the ancient warrior and monastic traditions of their worlds, modeling themselves as knights or scholarly monks well versed in philosophical thought and martial excellence. This was common in the Rau-Khan worlds when they were still a corporate empire, leaders would don ceremonial garb when they convened. As one observes the descending ranks, the veneer of ancient wonder falls away into the technicolor ranks mirroring the gangs of the Rau-Khan worlds. Surprisingly, amongst this rabble rank is everything. To disrespect someone above you is to encite a beating, or worse. However marines on the same level, or below, are free to drink, fight, and gamble amongst eachother freely. Relationships with higher ranks tend to be uncomfortably formal, or exceedingly familial.

			==Post Heresy==

	==Recruitment and Training==		==Recruitment and Training==

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	The culture of the VIIth legion is one forged in the crucible of the Rau-Khan worlds. The Rau-Khan worlds were hives of crime an mercantile violence built upon long forgotten foundations of warrior honor and artistic pursuits. The full history of this corporate dynasty can be seen in the marines of the VII legion, from their Primarch to a marine in a squad.		The culture of the VIIth legion is one forged in the crucible of the Rau-Khan worlds. The Rau-Khan worlds were hives of crime an mercantile violence built upon long forgotten foundations of warrior honor and artistic pursuits. The full history of this corporate dynasty can be seen in the marines of the VII legion, from their Primarch to a marine in a squad.

	The upper echelons tend to honor the ancient warrior and monastic traditions of their worlds, modeling themselves as knights or scholarly monks well versed in philosophical thought and martial excellence. This was common in the Rau-Khan worlds when they were still a corporate empire, leaders would don ceremonial garb when they convened. As one observes the descending ranks, ~~they too~~		The upper echelons tend to honor the ancient warrior and monastic traditions of their worlds, modeling themselves as knights or scholarly monks well versed in philosophical thought and martial excellence. This was common in the Rau-Khan worlds when they were still a corporate empire, leaders would don ceremonial garb when they convened. As one observes the descending ranks, the veneer of ancient wonder falls away into the technicolor ranks mirroring the gangs of the Rau-Khan worlds. Surprisingly, amongst this rabble rank is everything. To disrespect someone above you is to encite a beating, or worse. However marines on the same level, or below, are free to drink, fight, and gamble amongst eachother freely. Relationships with higher ranks tend to be uncomfortably formal, or exceedingly familial.

	==Recruitment and Training==		==Recruitment and Training==

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	=Culture=		=Culture=
			==Pre-Heresy==
			The culture of the VIIth legion is one forged in the crucible of the Rau-Khan worlds. The Rau-Khan worlds were hives of crime an mercantile violence built upon long forgotten foundations of warrior honor and artistic pursuits. The full history of this corporate dynasty can be seen in the marines of the VII legion, from their Primarch to a marine in a squad.

			The upper echelons tend to honor the ancient warrior and monastic traditions of their worlds, modeling themselves as knights or scholarly monks well versed in philosophical thought and martial excellence. This was common in the Rau-Khan worlds when they were still a corporate empire, leaders would don ceremonial garb when they convened. As one observes the descending ranks, they too

	==Recruitment and Training==		==Recruitment and Training==

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	{{See also\|Zan Shin}}		{{See also\|Zan Shin}}

	While many other traitor legions bear tragic tales of falls from grace and corruption due to the faults of their flawed yet mythic Primarchs, the fall of the VIIth legion is neither tragic nor shocking. The VIIth legion was perhaps always destined to buck against just leaders and the cause of the ~~THE WHAT, CAL?~~, the tragedy was entirely their Primarch's failure to save the legion from their baser nature.		While many other traitor legions bear tragic tales of falls from grace and corruption due to the faults of their flawed yet mythic Primarchs, the fall of the VIIth legion is neither tragic nor shocking. The VIIth legion was perhaps always destined to buck against just leaders and the cause of the greater good, the tragedy was entirely their Primarch's failure to save the legion from their baser nature.

	==The Unification Wars==		==The Unification Wars==

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	{{/tg/-Heresy-Head}}		{{/tg/-Heresy-Head}}

	'''The Dreameaters''', or the '''Tiger Lords''' as they where known before the discovery of their Primarch, were a Traitor [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)\|Space Marine Legion]] led by the mutant Primarch [[Zan Shin]]. The legion was infamous for being composed of misfits and thugs, a stigma that remained even after a long series of reforms ~~inacted~~ by their Primarch. It was not the treachery of their Primarch that ~~drug~~ the VIIth into the heresy but rather that of the legion as a whole, the upper echelons of the Legion betraying their Primarch at the start of the Heresy. The Dreameaters are noteworthy for their unorthodox interpretation of "stealth" ~~prefering~~ to create a titanic smokescreen of psychoactive fogs and hallucinogenic ~~vapours~~ to conduct extravagant feints and harrying assaults within, as well as provide a distraction for flanking or infiltrating units.		'''The Dreameaters''', or the '''Tiger Lords''' as they where known before the discovery of their Primarch, were a Traitor [[Legiones Astartes (Hektor Heresy)\|Space Marine Legion]] led by the mutant Primarch [[Zan Shin]]. The legion was infamous for being composed of misfits and thugs, a stigma that remained even after a long series of reforms enacted by their Primarch. It was not the treachery of their Primarch that dragged the VIIth into the heresy but rather that of the legion as a whole, the upper echelons of the Legion betraying their Primarch at the start of the Heresy. The Dreameaters are noteworthy for their unorthodox interpretation of "stealth" preferring to create a titanic smokescreen of psychoactive fogs and hallucinogenic vapors to conduct extravagant feints and harrying assaults within, as well as provide a distraction for flanking or infiltrating units.

	=History of the Seventh Legion=		=History of the Seventh Legion=
	{{See also\|Zan Shin}}		{{See also\|Zan Shin}}

	While many other traitor legions bear tragic tales of falls from grace and corruption due to the faults of their flawed yet mythic Primarchs, the fall of the VIIth legion is neither tragic nor shocking. The VIIth legion was perhaps always destined to buck against just leaders and the cause of the ~~greater good~~, the tragedy entirely ~~that of~~ their Primarch's failure to save the legion from their baser nature.		While many other traitor legions bear tragic tales of falls from grace and corruption due to the faults of their flawed yet mythic Primarchs, the fall of the VIIth legion is neither tragic nor shocking. The VIIth legion was perhaps always destined to buck against just leaders and the cause of the THE WHAT, CAL?, the tragedy was entirely their Primarch's failure to save the legion from their baser nature.

	==The Unification Wars==		==The Unification Wars==
	{{See also\|Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)}}		{{See also\|Unification Wars (Hektor Heresy)}}

	The VIIth were marked as misfits and thugs from the beginning, the warriors of the Seventh Squad were rebellious and inquisitive, rarely following an order outside the battlefield without a barrage of questions, only half of which weren't jests or jabs at their commander. However the interesting thing about the the Seventh Squad, is that this cocksure and quipping nature was nearly absent of the Marines in command positions of the squad. Instead the Squad Commander, Jhen Kai'Ro, and the other team leaders, brothers Kanak and Tanan Ogúdae, were stern and ~~humourless~~, at least when compared to their subordinates.		The VIIth were marked as misfits and thugs from the beginning, the warriors of the Seventh Squad were rebellious and inquisitive, rarely following an order outside the battlefield without a barrage of questions, only half of which weren't jests or jabs at their commander. However the interesting thing about the the Seventh Squad, is that this cocksure and quipping nature was nearly absent of the Marines in command positions of the squad. Instead the Squad Commander, Jhen Kai'Ro, and the other team leaders, brothers Kanak and Tanan Ogúdae, were stern and humorless, at least when compared to their subordinates.

	The squad command still had a tendency for ~~overclarification~~, but where otherwise a far cry from their fellow squad mates. [[Hektor Cincinnatus]], curious at this personality dissonance, once shuffled the unit composition to see if Kai'ro and the Ogúdae Brothers were simply outliers or if their was some other force behind this noticable difference in professionalism. Remarkably the newfound leaders, while inexperienced, quickly adopted the grim mannerisms of their former leadership. It was revealed later, once the composition was returned to normal, that the marines of the Seventh Squad were simply miserable in command positions, but the seventh squad only really respected ~~eachother~~ and only they knew how to police their rowdy behavior without enticing a retort.		The squad command still had a tendency for over clarification, but where otherwise a far cry from their fellow squad mates. [[Hektor Cincinnatus]], curious at this personality dissonance, once shuffled the unit composition to see if Kai'ro and the Ogúdae Brothers were simply outliers or if their was some other force behind this noticable difference in professionalism. Remarkably the newfound leaders, while inexperienced, quickly adopted the grim mannerisms of their former leadership. It was revealed later, once the composition was returned to normal, that the marines of the Seventh Squad were simply miserable in command positions, but the seventh squad only really respected ea chother and only they knew how to police their rowdy behavior without enticing a retort.

	In battle the Seventh Squad was famous, or perhaps infamous, for lateral thinking in the heat of battle and utilizing unorthodox, even underhanded, methods to turn the tides of battle. Nimble minds may be intrinsic to their geneseed, but the methods that only fed their reputation as a ring of unruly thugs were a direct result of being put consistently in the front lines, some would say in an attempt to stamp out disrespectful warriors. Often the squad would be sent into suspected ambush sites or choke points, forcing Jhen Kai'Ro to become extremely proficient at adapting to the battlefield to deny the enemy Astartes blood.		In battle the Seventh Squad was famous, or perhaps infamous, for lateral thinking in the heat of battle and utilizing unorthodox, even underhanded, methods to turn the tides of battle. Nimble minds may be intrinsic to their geneseed, but the methods that only fed their reputation as a ring of unruly thugs were a direct result of being put consistently in the front lines, some would say in an attempt to stamp out disrespectful warriors. Often the squad would be sent into suspected ambush sites or choke points, forcing Jhen Kai'Ro to become extremely proficient at adapting to the battlefield to deny the enemy Astartes blood.

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	*'''The Battle of Ba'al-Timur''' Their skill was tested again in the battle grounds of Ba'al-Timur,some of the most aggressive and desperate fighting the Seventh Sqaud had seen thus far. The Marshlands of Ba'al-Timur led into sunken urban sprawls, vast webs of hive hidden by ancient ruins and murky waters, shrouded by thick, rolling mists. Gone where the tight passageways of the north, Ba'al-Timur was a fetid killing field. Infantry engagements were often short and deadly, punctuated with long stretches of tense silence. The locals, lacking the infrastructure to engage in normal battles, utilized deadly insurgent tactics, using their environment to stage improvised bombs and hit and run attacks, slowly whittling away at the Imperial force. The Astartes were unaccustomed to this kind of asymmetrical warfare and these guerilla tactics, forcing them to reconsider their tactical approach. Once again the Seventh was put in the vanguard, partly as punishment for their insubordination in Fildelphii, partly to see if they could create some unorthodox solution to the theater once more. The Seventh, deprived of high value infrastructure to exploit was forced to find other targets of interest to utilize, since a mere war of attrition would be ineffective against this savage people. The solution presented itself in the Ogúdae twins. The twins were renowned for their connection that seemed to edge on supernatural, a constant mental, perhaps even spiritual, connection. This link allowed them to coordinate their teams, making them excellent team leaders. However, as the Seventh Squad took more prisoners the twins found that they could extend this empathetic link to others, but when reaching out ot brought horrific pain to the subject. The twins, eager to utilize this ability to bring glory to the squad, became adept interrogators, stripping intelligence from captured techno-barbarians even without using their arcane mental abilities. Using this intelligence the Seventh adopted the tactics of the enemy, which suited them very well. They used the roiling seaside fog as moving concealment and the sunken remnants of civilization as cover. The hunters became the hunted as the Seventh became increasingly familiar with the terrain, and as they were divorced from the main force they where able to use their smaller numbers to catch the insurgents unawares. Eventually they where able to pinpoint the locations of the hidden insurgent strongholds. However, instead of taking them out themselves, the Kai'Ro simply gave the coordinates and moved on. The Seventh Squad had long accepted their place as pariahs and misfits, glory was not to be theirs. But the hunt...to see the fear, and sweet irony, in the eyes of the enemy as they came out from the mists to find their supposedly secret places...that was their realm. To strip the knowledge from the enemy, and use it torment the enemy, that is all the glory they needed.		*'''The Battle of Ba'al-Timur''' Their skill was tested again in the battle grounds of Ba'al-Timur,some of the most aggressive and desperate fighting the Seventh Sqaud had seen thus far. The Marshlands of Ba'al-Timur led into sunken urban sprawls, vast webs of hive hidden by ancient ruins and murky waters, shrouded by thick, rolling mists. Gone where the tight passageways of the north, Ba'al-Timur was a fetid killing field. Infantry engagements were often short and deadly, punctuated with long stretches of tense silence. The locals, lacking the infrastructure to engage in normal battles, utilized deadly insurgent tactics, using their environment to stage improvised bombs and hit and run attacks, slowly whittling away at the Imperial force. The Astartes were unaccustomed to this kind of asymmetrical warfare and these guerilla tactics, forcing them to reconsider their tactical approach. Once again the Seventh was put in the vanguard, partly as punishment for their insubordination in Fildelphii, partly to see if they could create some unorthodox solution to the theater once more. The Seventh, deprived of high value infrastructure to exploit was forced to find other targets of interest to utilize, since a mere war of attrition would be ineffective against this savage people. The solution presented itself in the Ogúdae twins. The twins were renowned for their connection that seemed to edge on supernatural, a constant mental, perhaps even spiritual, connection. This link allowed them to coordinate their teams, making them excellent team leaders. However, as the Seventh Squad took more prisoners the twins found that they could extend this empathetic link to others, but when reaching out ot brought horrific pain to the subject. The twins, eager to utilize this ability to bring glory to the squad, became adept interrogators, stripping intelligence from captured techno-barbarians even without using their arcane mental abilities. Using this intelligence the Seventh adopted the tactics of the enemy, which suited them very well. They used the roiling seaside fog as moving concealment and the sunken remnants of civilization as cover. The hunters became the hunted as the Seventh became increasingly familiar with the terrain, and as they were divorced from the main force they where able to use their smaller numbers to catch the insurgents unawares. Eventually they where able to pinpoint the locations of the hidden insurgent strongholds. However, instead of taking them out themselves, the Kai'Ro simply gave the coordinates and moved on. The Seventh Squad had long accepted their place as pariahs and misfits, glory was not to be theirs. But the hunt...to see the fear, and sweet irony, in the eyes of the enemy as they came out from the mists to find their supposedly secret places...that was their realm. To strip the knowledge from the enemy, and use it torment the enemy, that is all the glory they needed.

	*'''The Decimation of Dæcee''' One of their final battles along the Eastern front was at an ancient Merican centre of political thought, now a blasted pit dominated by roving bands of mutants. There was little to salvage from the ruins of Dæcee, and so Hektor did order a great purge of the wastes. The Seventh was instrumental in this cleansing, jumping at the opportunity to fight a fresh foe and separate themselves from the other Astartes, who they found stuffy and boring. The horrible mutants that claimed the waste offered little proper resistance,the Merican waste lit by fire and automatic fire, the sickly sky choked by the smoke of the slaughter. In the bloody week that followed the collected Astartes washed the ashes of Merica with scarlet mutant blood, Jhen Kai'Ro himself often put in charge of flushing out mutants from their burrows and warrens. It was here that something awoke in the squad once more,a deep, grotesque pride in the bloody work they did, hunting down their prey and finishing them. It wasnt enough to stalk their prey in silence, the Marines of the squad howled and offered horrific peals of laughter in the dark tunnels, toying with their quarry. ~~However bloodlust wasn't~~ the ~~only thing~~ that the Seventh ~~discovered in~~ the ~~pit~~ of ~~Dæcee~~. The ~~squad leader~~, ~~Rush Thil'Kanon~~, ~~discovered~~ the ~~remains of~~ a ~~great Merican archive~~ in a ~~Mutant den. There~~ he found ~~many elder texts and manuscripts~~ of a ~~Merica long past~~. He ~~took a few~~, as ~~little more than trophies~~ to ~~ogle at~~, but ~~these withered tomes would be instrumental~~ in the ~~genesis~~ of the ~~philosophy~~ of the ~~legion later~~ on.		*'''The Decimation of Dæcee''' One of their final battles along the Eastern front was at an ancient Merican centre of political thought, now a blasted pit dominated by roving bands of mutants. There was little to salvage from the ruins of Dæcee, and so Hektor did order a great purge of the wastes. The Seventh was instrumental in this cleansing, jumping at the opportunity to fight a fresh foe and separate themselves from the other Astartes, who they found stuffy and boring. The horrible mutants that claimed the waste offered little proper resistance,the Merican waste lit by fire and automatic fire, the sickly sky choked by the smoke of the slaughter. In the bloody week that followed the collected Astartes washed the ashes of Merica with scarlet mutant blood, Jhen Kai'Ro himself often put in charge of flushing out mutants from their burrows and warrens. It was here that something awoke in the squad once more,a deep, grotesque pride in the bloody work they did, hunting down their prey and finishing them. It wasnt enough to stalk their prey in silence, the Marines of the squad howled and offered horrific peals of laughter in the dark tunnels, toying with their quarry. The Seventh took the lead in Dæcee, flushing out the mutant burrows and interrogating those that had intelligence enough for speech, or simply stripping the minds of those who were not. The Seventh found a certain measure of companionship as well with those few marines that could take a joke and approach the apocalyptic landscape with genuine humour. This highlight of the Merican campaign would not last for the Seventh however. Alpha Team, led by Kanak Ogúdae, led the last assault on the collected Dæceean mutants, rushing into the ancient tunnels. The tunnels soon proved too ancient to be turned into a battle ground, as they collapsed almost immediately after the battle began. Alpha team was separated from the rest of the unit, and began to fight for their very lives in those dark depths, out numbered and stranded. The squad had eventually found a way back to the surface as they fought through the mutant horde, but they found their way blocked by a mutant horror serval times larger than any man or Astartes. Kanak, in a desperate bid to see his men to safety reached out with his psychic talent, touching the creature's mind, and he found that he could sieze the feeble mind of the Behemoth, taking it like a puppet. He commanded his men to retreat to the surface, as he used the hulking creature as a a distraction. They made to argue, but Kanak's broken focus brought the enraged creature back to the present, forcing them to flee the dark of the mutant hive, leaving behind their extra ammunition and explosives. Kanak made a bold lost stand, using the creature like righteous hammer, staving back the disgusting hordes. Eventually the beast was overcome, and Kanaks own mind was in tatters, unable to fully cope with siezing the monster's body for so long. In his last act of defiance he primmed all the grenades that he had and took the mutants clambering at his armour with him to hell. His psychic death scream nearly killed his brother, who was immediately filled with unholy fury and found the mutant hive and the site of his brother's sacrifice. Without Kanak's death, Tanan and the greater Imperial force would never have found the great mutant nest. From that point on Tanan bore the title of Wraith, as without his brother, he was already dead.

			*'''Pacification of Luna''' The climax of their career in the Sacred Band was on Luna, where they stormed the opened gates of the moon alongside Hektor Cincinnatus himself. The Seventh Squad had come a long way from being treated like substandard soldiers, instead respected for their unorthodox minds and cutting wit. While he has apprehensive in having the Seventh Squad in a frontal assault and siege, Hektor took the advice of his tactical advisors and included them in the assaulting force. The battle was some of the most ferocious fighting the Seventh Sqaud ever saw in the Unification Wars, finally pitted against a well trained and well equiped force. The Seventh proved their worth, Tanan the Wraith proving to become a competent and wrathful psyker, and Kai'Ro a skilled swordsman. The new Alpha Team leader, Zhang Sakano, also proved to be skilled at leading assaults meant to break the morale of the enemy, utilizing flanks and the terrain to appear from seemingly nowhere after taunting the enemy for quite sometime. The Seventh also proved proficient at flushing out bunkers and finding ways about defensive positions without wasting energy on a proper and more destructive siege. As Luna was one, so was the respect of Hektor, who commended the squad on their cleverness and zeal in battle.

	*'''Pacification of Luna''' The climax of their career in the Sacred Band was on Luna, where they stormed the opened gates of the moon alongside Hektor Cincinnatus himself.		At the close of the Unification Wars he Seventh had garnered a reputation for breaking the pride of the enemy, using intelligence to expose tactical weaknesses and stalk the enemy, laughing and howling. While they were undeniably a rowdy bunch, and hard to get along with if their was a lack of respect on either side, they could prove to be exceedingly loyal to individuals that they respected, and if nothing else the rouges provided entertainment when they where bored if nothing else. The Seventh did not win the hearts of all, however, some of the more professional or zealous Astartes still saw them ass little more than insane sadists, who fought only to torment the enemy with their haunting warcries and sickening methods. Their preference to separate from larger battleforces did little to engender trust in more suspicious individuals. The Seventh themselves cared little, as they now had the favor of Hektor Cincinnatus, and the faith in many others that if left to their own devices, they will see any battle won.

	At the close of the Unification Wars he Seventh had garnered a reputation for ~~ruthless efficiency and wanton destruction in~~ the ~~face~~ of ~~an assured victory~~, and ~~mad fatalism~~ and ~~reckless determination in the face of defeat~~. ~~However~~ their ~~cleverness in the east~~, ~~at Fildelphii~~ and ~~Ba'al-Timur~~ did not ~~go unnoticed in~~ the ~~eyes~~ of ~~those who valued a sharp mind over bloodthirsty brawn. In the eyes of those marines~~, ~~the descendants~~ of the ~~Seventh had potential to be~~ more than ~~wild dogs of war~~ to ~~be fed~~ to ~~the heat of battle~~. ~~Either way the~~ Seventh ~~was proud to have proven~~ themselves, ~~and to have won~~ the favor of Hektor and their ~~fellow marines~~.

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	===Notable Campaigns===		===Notable Campaigns===
	{{See also\|Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy)}}		{{See also\|Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy)}}


	=Culture=		=Culture=

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	*'''The Battle of Ba'al-Timur''' Their skill was tested again in the battle grounds of Ba'al-Timur,some of the most aggressive and desperate fighting the Seventh Sqaud had seen thus far. The Marshlands of Ba'al-Timur led into sunken urban sprawls, vast webs of hive hidden by ancient ruins and murky waters, shrouded by thick, rolling mists. Gone where the tight passageways of the north, Ba'al-Timur was a fetid killing field. Infantry engagements were often short and deadly, punctuated with long stretches of tense silence. The locals, lacking the infrastructure to engage in normal battles, utilized deadly insurgent tactics, using their environment to stage improvised bombs and hit and run attacks, slowly whittling away at the Imperial force. The Astartes were unaccustomed to this kind of asymmetrical warfare and these guerilla tactics, forcing them to reconsider their tactical approach. Once again the Seventh was put in the vanguard, partly as punishment for their insubordination in Fildelphii, partly to see if they could create some unorthodox solution to the theater once more. The Seventh, deprived of high value infrastructure to exploit was forced to find other targets of interest to utilize, since a mere war of attrition would be ineffective against this savage people. The solution presented itself in the Ogúdae twins. The twins were renowned for their connection that seemed to edge on supernatural, a constant mental, perhaps even spiritual, connection. This link allowed them to coordinate their teams, making them excellent team leaders. However, as the Seventh Squad took more prisoners the twins found that they could extend this empathetic link to others, but when reaching out ot brought horrific pain to the subject. The twins, eager to utilize this ability to bring glory to the squad, became adept interrogators, stripping intelligence from captured techno-barbarians even without using their arcane mental abilities. Using this intelligence the Seventh adopted the tactics of the enemy, which suited them very well. They used the roiling seaside fog as moving concealment and the sunken remnants of civilization as cover. The hunters became the hunted as the Seventh became increasingly familiar with the terrain, and as they were divorced from the main force they where able to use their smaller numbers to catch the insurgents unawares. Eventually they where able to pinpoint the locations of the hidden insurgent strongholds. However, instead of taking them out themselves, the Kai'Ro simply gave the coordinates and moved on. The Seventh Squad had long accepted their place as pariahs and misfits, glory was not to be theirs. But the hunt...to see the fear, and sweet irony, in the eyes of the enemy as they came out from the mists to find their supposedly secret places...that was their realm. To strip the knowledge from the enemy, and use it torment the enemy, that is all the glory they needed.		*'''The Battle of Ba'al-Timur''' Their skill was tested again in the battle grounds of Ba'al-Timur,some of the most aggressive and desperate fighting the Seventh Sqaud had seen thus far. The Marshlands of Ba'al-Timur led into sunken urban sprawls, vast webs of hive hidden by ancient ruins and murky waters, shrouded by thick, rolling mists. Gone where the tight passageways of the north, Ba'al-Timur was a fetid killing field. Infantry engagements were often short and deadly, punctuated with long stretches of tense silence. The locals, lacking the infrastructure to engage in normal battles, utilized deadly insurgent tactics, using their environment to stage improvised bombs and hit and run attacks, slowly whittling away at the Imperial force. The Astartes were unaccustomed to this kind of asymmetrical warfare and these guerilla tactics, forcing them to reconsider their tactical approach. Once again the Seventh was put in the vanguard, partly as punishment for their insubordination in Fildelphii, partly to see if they could create some unorthodox solution to the theater once more. The Seventh, deprived of high value infrastructure to exploit was forced to find other targets of interest to utilize, since a mere war of attrition would be ineffective against this savage people. The solution presented itself in the Ogúdae twins. The twins were renowned for their connection that seemed to edge on supernatural, a constant mental, perhaps even spiritual, connection. This link allowed them to coordinate their teams, making them excellent team leaders. However, as the Seventh Squad took more prisoners the twins found that they could extend this empathetic link to others, but when reaching out ot brought horrific pain to the subject. The twins, eager to utilize this ability to bring glory to the squad, became adept interrogators, stripping intelligence from captured techno-barbarians even without using their arcane mental abilities. Using this intelligence the Seventh adopted the tactics of the enemy, which suited them very well. They used the roiling seaside fog as moving concealment and the sunken remnants of civilization as cover. The hunters became the hunted as the Seventh became increasingly familiar with the terrain, and as they were divorced from the main force they where able to use their smaller numbers to catch the insurgents unawares. Eventually they where able to pinpoint the locations of the hidden insurgent strongholds. However, instead of taking them out themselves, the Kai'Ro simply gave the coordinates and moved on. The Seventh Squad had long accepted their place as pariahs and misfits, glory was not to be theirs. But the hunt...to see the fear, and sweet irony, in the eyes of the enemy as they came out from the mists to find their supposedly secret places...that was their realm. To strip the knowledge from the enemy, and use it torment the enemy, that is all the glory they needed.

	*'''The Decimation of Dæcee''' One of their final battles along the Eastern front was at an ancient Merican centre of political thought, now a blasted pit dominated by roving bands of mutants. There was little to salvage from the ruins of Dæcee, and so Hektor did order a great purge of the wastes. The Seventh was instrumental in this cleansing. ~~They purged with firebombs~~ and automatic fire, the ~~Merican waste lit~~ by slaughter. In the bloody week that followed the collected Astartes washed the ashes of Merica with scarlet mutant blood, ~~the seventh~~ often put in charge of flushing out mutants from their burrows and warrens. It was here that something ~~awoken~~ in the squad, a ~~certain visceral joy that came with the hunt and war. A~~ deep, grotesque pride in the bloody work they did, ~~equal parts inspiring~~ and ~~unnerving~~. However bloodlust wasn't the only thing that the Seventh discovered in the pit of Dæcee. The squad leader, Rush Thil'Kanon, discovered the remains of a great Merican archive in a Mutant den. There he found many elder texts and manuscripts of a Merica long past. He took a few, as little more than trophies to ogle at, but these withered tomes would be instrumental in the genesis of the philosophy of the legion later on.		*'''The Decimation of Dæcee''' One of their final battles along the Eastern front was at an ancient Merican centre of political thought, now a blasted pit dominated by roving bands of mutants. There was little to salvage from the ruins of Dæcee, and so Hektor did order a great purge of the wastes. The Seventh was instrumental in this cleansing, jumping at the opportunity to fight a fresh foe and separate themselves from the other Astartes, who they found stuffy and boring. The horrible mutants that claimed the waste offered little proper resistance,the Merican waste lit by fire and automatic fire, the sickly sky choked by the smoke of the slaughter. In the bloody week that followed the collected Astartes washed the ashes of Merica with scarlet mutant blood, Jhen Kai'Ro himself often put in charge of flushing out mutants from their burrows and warrens. It was here that something awoke in the squad once more,a deep, grotesque pride in the bloody work they did, hunting down their prey and finishing them. It wasnt enough to stalk their prey in silence, the Marines of the squad howled and offered horrific peals of laughter in the dark tunnels, toying with their quarry. However bloodlust wasn't the only thing that the Seventh discovered in the pit of Dæcee. The squad leader, Rush Thil'Kanon, discovered the remains of a great Merican archive in a Mutant den. There he found many elder texts and manuscripts of a Merica long past. He took a few, as little more than trophies to ogle at, but these withered tomes would be instrumental in the genesis of the philosophy of the legion later on.


			*'''Pacification of Luna''' The climax of their career in the Sacred Band was on Luna, where they stormed the opened gates of the moon alongside Hektor Cincinnatus himself.

	*'''Pacification of Luna''' The climax of their career was on Luna, where against the wishes of Hektor, they part of the assaulting force. Indignant at Hekotor's reluctance in the Lunar Campaign and eager to prove themselves to the other astartes the Seventh Squad abandoned their tactical acumen in favor of a glorious charge, a tactic that has proven successful in other squads, in an attempt to break the defensive line. While they did indeed crack the Lunar defenses they incurred heavy casualties, Rush Thil'Kanon himself being interred within a Dreadnought sarcophagus after the battle. Despite their heavy losses, the Seventh continued to fight with greater ferocity like mad savages, a skill no doubt learnt from the conquest of Eastern Merica. The battle, while successful, was a lesson in hubris for the Seventh amd it tempered the still living veterans wisdom in the waging of war.
	At the close of the Unification Wars he Seventh had garnered a reputation for ruthless efficiency and wanton destruction in the face of an assured victory, and mad fatalism and reckless determination in the face of defeat. However their cleverness in the east, at Fildelphii and Ba'al-Timur did not go unnoticed in the eyes of those who valued a sharp mind over bloodthirsty brawn. In the eyes of those marines, the descendants of the Seventh had potential to be more than wild dogs of war to be fed to the heat of battle. Either way the Seventh was proud to have proven themselves, and to have won the favor of Hektor and their fellow marines.		At the close of the Unification Wars he Seventh had garnered a reputation for ruthless efficiency and wanton destruction in the face of an assured victory, and mad fatalism and reckless determination in the face of defeat. However their cleverness in the east, at Fildelphii and Ba'al-Timur did not go unnoticed in the eyes of those who valued a sharp mind over bloodthirsty brawn. In the eyes of those marines, the descendants of the Seventh had potential to be more than wild dogs of war to be fed to the heat of battle. Either way the Seventh was proud to have proven themselves, and to have won the favor of Hektor and their fellow marines.