None could predict where or how the primarch would strike, what weapons he would bring to bear or which of his many different forms would fight at his side. Like the hydra he and his XX th Legion had taken as their symbol, Alpharius fought by repeated attacks from multiple and unexpected quarters. Clad in armour forged in the manner of some terrifying beast of ancient Terran myth and armed with a fearsome panoply of weapons of unknown provenance, Alpharius bestrode the battlefield like a figure from legend. However, when the time came to cast off the cloak of misdirection, Alpharius was as awe-inspiring a being as any of his brother primarchs. The primarch of the Alpha Legion shrouded himself in mystery, often moving unseen even amongst the ranks of his own Legion.

Of all the primarchs of the Legiones Astartes, Alpharius was without a doubt the most steeped in mystery, legend, contradiction and deliberate falsification. In truth, Alpharius Omegon was actually a pair of identical twin brothers, one named Alpharius and the other Omegon. Omegon, twin-primarch of the Alpha LegionĪn ancient Remembrancer's illustration of Alpharius, primarch of the Alpha Legion during the Great Crusade, taken from Carpinus' Speculum Historiale.Īlpharius Omegon, also known as the ' Aleph Null,' ' The Hydra,' the ' Threefold Serpent,' ' The Final Configuration' and the ' Last Primarch,' was one of the twenty primarchs created by the Emperor of Mankind in the earliest days of the Imperium of Man, just after the end of the Age of Strife in the 30 th Millennium.

We are Alpha Legion and we take the long view.' We will not suffer the short-sightedness of our brother Legions, nor the averted gaze of the wider Imperium. We will not allow our compact to fracture. We are a union of the alike and the like-minded.

We have many heads but we act as one – one Legion with a single will. It is a time of confusion, and realigned loyalty. ' Before we go, let me say this: I understand the conflict in your hearts, how one may beat for duty while the other bleeds for your Legion brothers who will be sacrificed.

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