The — Fourth Legion

Warsmith Valerius stood on a ridge overlooking the shining white walls of the fortress. Behind him, thousands of his Legionaries—armored in hazard-striped iron—silently checked their ordnance. There was no shouting, no bloodlust, only the cold, systematic preparation of war. The Iron Warriors did not fight for glory; they fought for the sake of breaking what others deemed unbreakable.

"Record this," Valerius told his sergeant. "Bastion 4-Alpha fell in four days. The Fists are efficient, but the Iron Warriors are inevitable."

"They have had eighteen months to fortify this position," whispered his second-in-command, Berossus, over the vox-channel. The Fourth Legion

"Iron Without!" roared his Legionaries as they advanced, not running, but walking in a relentless, iron wall. The Imperial Fists fired from the breaches, but the IVth Legion simply ignored the casualties. They were used to taking suicide missions, forced by their primarch, Perturabo, to excel in hopeless situations.

The planet of Tallarn was already a ruined landscape, but the city of still held, defended by the loyalist Imperial Fists. To the Iron Warriors, the IVth Legion, this wasn't just a tactical goal; it was a personal insult. Warsmith Valerius stood on a ridge overlooking the

On the fourth day, the firing ceased. The silence was heavier than the noise. Then, Valerius gave the order. "Iron Within."

The loyalist commander lay broken. Valerius looked down, his helmet displaying endless data streams of heat signatures and structural failures. He didn't feel pride—only the bitter resignation of his Legion's existence. They were the architects of devastation, the ones the Emperor used for the "dirty work", and now, they were the bringers of that same bitter justice to their own brothers. The Iron Warriors did not fight for glory;

The Fourth Legion didn't celebrate. They simply packed their artillery and began moving towards the next fortress, another, more difficult challenge, for they were the masters of iron and the servants of a war that would never end.