Ascended Lions

One of the more curious groups of oathbreakers is a chapter's worth of Crimson Lions who became 'lost' during the opening stages of the Third Ruin. Their assignment had placed them well behind the Separatist lines when they declared they broke away from the Imperium. In the confusing opening months, they were simply one more body of Imperial Loyalists caught as allegiances and battle lines were declared, countered, and re-declared in rapid succession.

Led by Myrvallen Keene, this small group of Lions were initially labelled as MIA. The truth would be revealed less than a year later when a sergeant from that same company would be captured by the forward wave of the Red Eyes' assault. No longer daubed in the crimson of his parent legion, Sergeant Trahern bore the metallic steel famed among the Monastic Ascendants. He revealed the Lions led by Keene had voluntarily turned their cloaks and served the Separatists.

Although the Red Eyes had seriously debated executing the turncoat, it was decided Trahern would be passed onto general Loyalist command for interrogation and intelligence. In the following weeks, Trahern would be bounced around the various factions forming the Imperial war machine, until Hectarion was able to override Malcador's agents and secure Trahern for himself. During that time, the newly-named Ascended Lions would be spotted in several warzones between the Separatists, mostly the Monastic Ascendants, and the Loyalists, mostly the Crimson Lions.

Given the unusually technologically sophisticated war fought between the Lions and Ascendants, much of the battle recordings and reports were unfortunately casualties due in no small part to the Ascendants specialty in cyber warfare. At this time, all our order can firmly declare is that several more of these renegade Lions were captured, but their final fates unknown. In turn, these Ascended Lions captured their own share of battle-brothers, who's fates are also mysterious.

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