Magnus the Red
Primarch of the Thousand Sons, whose sorcery brings the Space Wolves to Prospero.
Magnus the Red is the Primarch of the Thousand Sons, the 15th Space Marine Legion. His story is told in A Thousand Sons, which takes place mainly before the Heresy begins.
Lore & Background
Reprimanded by the Emperor for dabbling in sorcery, Magnus and his Legion secretly keep studying forbidden subjects. Around the time of Horus's corruption he learns through sorcery of his brother's coming betrayal. The enraged Emperor orders Leman Russ and the Space Wolves to Prospero, the Thousand Sons' home world, to bring Magnus and his Legion to Terra to account for themselves. His intrusion into the webway near Terra leaves it infested by daemonic entities.
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