The Entombed

Summary of Legion VI

Auxillary Shock Troops. The Entombed suffer from a fault in their geneseed which makes it incredibly difficult to reclaim genetic stock from the fallen. Every battlefield loss is a permanent loss for the legion.

Legion Tactics

To compensate for their difficulty in recouping losses, The Entombed have opted to wear much heavier armour. The legion consists almost entirely of Terminators, Centurions, and Dreadnoughts. Apothecaries have prominent leadership roles, and every squad of Terminators is lead by an Apothecary in terminator armour called an Undertaker. The Entombed field a unique Ossuary Pattern Dreadnought, with thicker armour and armed with the Demolisher Cannons usually seen on Vindicators. The Primarch of The Entombed, Golgothos, is interred in one such Dreadnought.

The Entombed lack the numbers to fight conflicts on their own, and so their commander Erebos chooses to use them as supplementary forces. Other legions who require shock troops will petition The Entombed for aid, and Erebos will attach battalions to their forces, granting them direct command of his men. Erebos is extremely mindful of losses, however, and will not commit his men if there is substantial risk to them. Few enemies can survive a battalion of deep striking terminators and ossuary dreadnoughts, and The Entombed are also extremely skilled at defending entrenched positions.

Legion Equipment

Legion Doctrine

The Entombed believe mankind to be a race of gods, sent to the galaxy to purge it of unworthy xenos and blasphemous witches. They put a great emphesis on respecting the dead, and their Fortress Monestary also serves as a great catacomb, where the bones of fallen Entombed are interred. After a battle, every fallen brother receives a formal funeral ritual, each of which takes several days. This reverence for the dead often frustrates more pragmatic allies, who continue to fight while The Entombed perform their last rites.

In Golgothos' absence, The Entombed are lead by Erebos, Lord of the Grave. He is the Chief Apothecary of The Entombed, charged with overseeing the medical needs of the entire legion. Every death weighs heavily on Erebos, and he does not take risks lightly. Erebos' second in command is High Chaplain Mausolos, a zealot who shares Golgothos' belief that humans are gods sent to purge the galaxy of xenos and witches. Mausolos claims a skull from the corpse of every xeno he kills, grinds it into a powder, and uses that powder to make a paint for his armour. This paint gives his armour a terrifying bone white hue, and those who know the source of its color look upon him with despair. The Entombed do not have a Chief Librarian, or any Librarians, believing The Emperor himself to be the only legitimate psyker. Instead of Sargeants, The Entombed field apothecaries called Undertakers, each in command of a squad of Terminators.

Golgothos, Primarch of The Entombed

Appearance

Before his internment, Golgothos had bone white skin, and a bald head. He was stout and wide compared with the other primarchs, a barrel of a man with fists that could crush a man's skull. After the Hektor Heresy, Golgothos was interred in an Ossuary Pattern Dreadnought. His Dreadnought is massive, dull grey with white details, and it has a massive metal skull on the front. Flanking the decorative skull, on either side, are recesses with the skulls of fallen entombed veterans stacked within. On one side of the dreadnought, where an arm should be, is a massive Demolisher Cannon, capable of leveling entire buildings. On the other side is a mighty power fist, which has crushed Golgothos' hated foes many times.

Youth

Golgothos' pod crashed into the caves of an Ork-populated world called Sepulchra. He spent the first 30 years of his life in complete isolation, believing himself to be the only one of his kind. Golgothos hunted Orks for sport, with a power fist he found in an ancient catacomb. He came to believe he was a god, the last of his kind, sent to punish the Orks for their impurity.

The Coming of The Emperor

Golgothos' was cornered by an Ork Warboss named Skullgub and his meganobz, and in an act of desperation called out to the gods. At that very moment, The Emperor's drop pod crashed through the caverns and crushed Skullgub to a pulp.

The Heresy

Golgothos was infuriated by the betrayal of Hektor. The thought of in-fighting among the gods when there were so many xenos to purge threw him into a fury, and so he committed every single marine under his command to Istvaan V. This proved to be his undoing, as a bombardment of chemical weapons by the Life Bringers completely destroyed 8 of his 10 companies. After Istvaan V, Golgothos and his legion were forced to return to their homeworld, unable to continue the war.

Post-Heresy

Golgothos swore bloody vengeance against Johannes Vrach, primarch of the Life Bringers. After the destruction of Rai, the Life Bringer homeworld, Golgothos gathered 100 of his venerable dreadnoughts and charged into the Eye of Terror. Golgothos and his men travel from world to world, constantly chasing after Johannes. Golgothos and Johannes have fought numerous times, usually resulting in grievous wounds to Johannes, but the master apothecary always manages to survive.