As mentioned, I have no idea how Ryza fared during the Horus Heresy. There was little mention of Ryza, if at all, appart from snippets that illustrated that it existed. Ryza was known as the second most influential Forge World, after Mars, and we all know it remained firmly in Loyalist hands for the last ten thousand years, surviving the current Ork Waaaghs! that plagued it, and even seeing them off. But during the Horus Heresy? Dunno. By the time Belisarius Cawl and his buddy arrived in Ryza after fleeing from the Traitor Dark Mechanicum, it was already safely in Loyalist hands. Huh.
Apparently Ryza was one of the targets that the evil Horus Lupercal set his sights on during his march to Terra, as along with Roboute Guilliman and his Ultramarines, they would flank the Traitor fleet and attack them while they were laying the siege on Terra.
The Dark Mechanicum, led by Kelbor Hal, also has their reasons for wanting to seize Ryza. Their plasma technologies were in high demand, and the Dark Mechanicum sought to combine these mastery of plasma weapons with their daemon engines to assault the Throneworld.
Well, seeing as the Forge World of Draconis IV owes much to Ryza, stealing Tech-priests and plasma technology from Ryza itself, you can be sure that they are sending much of their Cybernetica Legions and Skitarii maniples, alongside Knights of House Yato and the Titans of Legio Draconis (Dark Dragons), to fight the Dark Mechanicum and Traitor Knight Houses and Titan Legions. They will be doing so alongside Legio Crucius (Warmongers), Legio Honorum (Death Bolts) and Legio Osedax (The Cockatrices), as well as Knight Houses Taranis, Zavora and Sidus.
Yay, so add House Yato and Legio Draconis (Dark Dragons) to the list! Japanese Imperial Knights and Titan Legion for the win!
Also, we have something called Ryza Secundus, which is an orbital station.
I think the Traitors claimed this one. Oh dear.
We also have traitors infiltrating the refugees on Ryza, and boom! Betrayal galore, and the Traitors of Horus's forces seized a spaceport and began landing their Dark Mechanicum armies to invade Ryza. Damn it. We Loyalists just can't catch a break, can we? SIGH.
This is then followed by all out war on the surface of Ryza itself. Well, we all know the Loyalists won on Ryza...the question is, how much damage did the damned Traitors do to Ryza? Was Ryza crippled after winning the invasion to the point where we didn't have enough forces left to send to Holy Terra and Sacred Mars, alongside Guilliman's Ultramarines fleet? That would suck. Well, we still have Draconian forces flying toward Terra. The Knights of House Yato and the Titans of Legio Draconis will not stop until we help retake Mars and successfully defend Terra!
That would be cool...I can already envision some story forming in my head. Whether I'll bother writing it is another story. Speaking of which, I have a Crusade planned for my Knights of House Yato. Heh. It starts off with my protagonist in his Knight Preceptor suit, and he acquires military forces along the way - in the form of other Knights (like Armigers). I'm also thinking of making a Custom Household! More on this after I get the damned rulebook and Crusade journal. Heh.
Anyway, for now, we'll focus on defending Ryza!
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