Warzone The Dark Legion History: Let us begin with the discovery of the Steel Tablet on Pluto. It was the Imperial Conquistadors that discovered and disturbed the Steel Tablet thus releasing the Dark Symmetry into the universe of mankind. But this cannot be seen as an accident, this was no chance discovery. Besides the natural curiosity of man there was something else at work, a hidden force acting on the Conquistadors like the lure of a serpent. When the doomed Conquistador touched the Steel Tablet it was like the toiling of a mighty bell, a resonance going out into the void but it was also a sign, an omen declaring that the fruit of man's soul was ripe. Swollen by greed, ambition and betrayal the human race had finally proved itself a worthy sacrifice to the Dark Soul. The Dark Symmetry spread throughout our reality warping it to the purpose of the Dark Soul and rendering a large part of human technology so maliciously unreliable that to use it was to court disaster.

The Dark Symmetry was only the vanguard, the precursor of the arrival of the Dark Legion itself. In much the same way as mankind altered entire worlds to accommodate his presence, so the Dark Symmetry worked upon the reality of mankind to accommodate the presence of the Dark Soul.

Some fifty years later, when the planet Nero was discovered its significance was not recognized, though many were filled with an unreasonable sense of foreboding by its sudden appearance and disturbing presence. The first recorded awareness of the Dark Soul's existence came from the speeches of a young political and religious activist by the name of Nathaniel Durand. He was the first person to bring the imminent threat of the Dark Legion to public attention. But it wasn't until some fifty years after his inauguration as Cardinal of the Brotherhood that the Dark Legion launched its first massive assault.

The physical presence of the Dark Legion was released into the solar system after the ever-inquisitive Imperial Conquistadors broke the First Seal of Repulsion on the planet Nero. In the year 51 Y.C. the Dark Legion launched a massive attack across the solar system raising up a host of Dark Citadels and bringing new levels of terror to the battlefields of mankind.

It was only the Cardinal's vision and strength of faith that saved mankind from complete annihilation. Leading a combined human force he defeated the Dark Legion during the Venusian Crusade and their presence began to withdraw from the solar system. A brief show of strength by Algeroth's Nepharite Overlord Saladin on Mars, reminded humanity that the Dark Legion was not completely vanquished but had simply retreated, biding their time before the next and final assault on the soul of mankind.

Now after almost twelve hundred years of physical absence they have returned. The Dark Legion is back to finish the task they began so long ago and as the forces of mankind struggle in the grip of the Second Corporate Wars there seems little hope that they shall survive this the ultimate attempt of their worlds, their lives, their very soul.

The Brotherhood Military: There are five faces of the Dark Soul and between them they command the demonic forces known as the Dark Legion. There is evidence of rivalry and conflict between the Dark Apostles whose appetite for destruction knows no bounds. Although they often combine their forces in attacking human strongholds their minions have been known to battle each other with equal ferocity.

Serving each of the Apostles as the lieutenants and commanders of their armies are the Nepharites, the mightiest of which are known as Neparite Overlords. All Nepharites are unique. They mirror the nature of the Apostle they serve but, whichever that may be, they remain a most terrifying adversary. They are powerful demons, both physically strong and well versed in the ways of the Dark Symmetry.

Under the trall of the Nepharites are a whole host of abominations, These creatures of Darkness do not possess the identity of self in the way members of a human corporation might. They are simple vessels of the Dark Soul's spite.

The military might of the Dark Legion is vast and terrible. Their armies swarm out of the Dark Citadels in seemingly inexhaustible numbers. The human forces of the corporations find themselves faced with demonci visions from hell. But worse than this they face their own fallen comrades in the perverted form of the mindless Undead Legionnaires, the cruel and stupid Necromutants and Centurions who have been warped and made evil but still possess some vestige of foul intellect.

Among the massed forces of the Dark Legion are further divisions formed around the nature of the Dark Apostles who each favour particular abominations to fight in the ranks of their armies.

IIian, First Mistress of the Dark Soul: The Templars of IIian are almost human in appearance but appearances can be deceiving. These powerfully muscled soldiers of evil are semi-mechanical beings, torn from their original plane of existence and sent to fight humankind against whom their appetite for death can be sated.

The Nepharites of IIian make no pretence of hiding their mastery of the Dark Symmetry. They delight in drawing on powerful elemental forces and unleashing them with vicious venom at the cowering forces of mankind. Lightening bolts and blasts of freezing energy rupture and burn the flesh of those who stand against her.

Algeroth, Apostle of War and Master of the Dark technology: Algeroth rains chaos and destruction upon any field of battle that feels his presence. In his ranks you will find many of the violent apparitions that the Dark Legion has to offer. The steel-fleshed Razides and the unearthly Ezoghouls that tear into battle knowing no fear. The fearful Nepharite Overlord Alakhai is infamous as he was the first such creature to be seen by human eyes and Saladin, who contested Mars and branded the planet with the symobol of his master and the planet's two moons with the symbols of Semai and Muawijhe so that none should forget the power of the Dark Legion.

Muawijhe, Lord of Insanity: His is the domain of the mind and the Screaming Legionaires are testimony to the depths of torment at his command. Then there are the Zenithian Soulslayers whose very appearance is enough to drive a man insane. These towering diabolic creatures wield the Dark Symmetry even as they wield their vicious ripping claws. Not only can the Nepharites of Muawijhe summon visions of terror inot the minds of men but, by manipulation of the Dark Symmetry, they can draw nightmarish creatures through the diminished membranes that exist between the many planes of existence.

Semai, The Betrayer, The Speaker of Lies: The Heretics of Semai are possessed of the most depraved minds imaginable. The insidious mind of Semai is a powerful force of evil. He preys on the fears of the weak-willed, seeding their minds with false promises of safety. He is known as the Betrayer, for those who fall victim to his powerful visions turn against their friends and comrades, giving themselves over to the Dark Legion as the shadow of treachery claims them. The Nepharites of Semai follow their master's lead in terms of deception. They often resemble humans, and they use this likeness to infilitrate human ranks and carry out their task, to turn people against their own and to slay them if they refuse to be turned.

Demnogonis, Prince of Pestilence: Demnogonis looks upon the wounds in human flesh as fertile ground in which to plant his wasting seeds of rot. Within his ranks you will find the Blessed Legionnaires, corpses from the stinking earth, raised up and animated by the power of Dark Symmetry. The legions of Demnogonis wield weapons that cause disease and the dreaded Curators dress the wounds of the injured with parasitic balms and devices designed by the withered hand of Necrotechnology.