To honor the Prosperine Spireguard

To honor the Prosperine Spireguard, so that the brave soldiers of Prospero will never be forgotten.

Here we have an account of Kasper Hawser, also known as Ahmad Ibn Rustah, skjald of Tra, the Third Great Company of the Rout - that's Space Wolves, the 6th Legion, for those of you who speak low Gothic.

And his account shall serve as a testament to the courageous men of the Prosperine Spireguard who valiantly fought against the invading Space Wolves when the Sixth Legion descended upon Propsero to raze it under the misguidance of the Traitor, Horus Lupercal.

...the Prosperine Spireguard. Their noble and well-appointed regiments were the domestic defence forces. They were as finely drilled and effective as any elite division of the Imperial Army.

They looked too civilized and decorative to bear the brunt of the Wolves' assault...

They did not run away. Let us agree on their courage and make it part of this acccount. They met the Sixth Astartes, the most efficient and ruthless killing machine in the entire arsenal of the Imperium, and did not give ground. They faced demented, barbarian giants that looked like feral caricatures of Astartes, and did not break. They had been ordered to defend Tizca, and they did not falter from that order.

Let us not forget the brave men who fought for Prospero - mortals, mere mortals who are often overlooked in the big picture where people focus on the more revered Astartes - the battles between the Thousand Sons and the Space Wolves. These mere mortals stood against the Space Wolves and held the line, even for a few moments. They are the pride of any Imperial Army.

Even if they have been replaced by Tzaangors, I will leave this account here to make sure they are never forgotten. It matters not that most of the Prospero Spireguard have been wiped out during the Battle of the Fang when they were sent en masse to assault the Space Wolves' homeworld of Fenris, abandoned by their Thousand Sons masters and eradicated by the Imperium's executioners. I am sure they remained, they survived and they retrained new elements of Prosperine Spireguard back in the Planet of Sorcerers. Or so I hope.

Perhaps one day the Adeptus Mechanicus will recover Standard Template Constructs of terraforming technology and restore Prospero to the height of prosperity. Magnus will see the light once more and turn from Chaos, swearing loyalty to his father again. His Thousand Sons shall follow, and join the ranks of the loyalists.

...okay...scratch that. That's way too absurd. Anyway, Prospero stands!