#Vulkan just enjoys the brotherly bonding

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Konrad is being dressed up by Fulgrim while Vulkan (amused and curious) and Roboute (worried and nervous) watch.

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More 11th Legion Head Canon.

Some of you seem to dig this. So, more of my notes. Feel free to use any of this. Just, maybe credit me if you do, in some way?:)

The Blind King, his relationships with the other Primarchs

1. Lion El’Johnson

Typical sibling rivalry here. Mutual respect, but some genuine dislike. The Lion felt that Aenon was too rash, too aggressive, at times; Aenon thought that the Lion was “far too sensible a man and far too good a knight to behave like a foppish nobleman, and yet he often does.”

2. Attali, the Grey Lady

He regarded her as his “little sister” and he was one of the few she allowed to use such a nickname. They saw each other as two sides of the same coin, and corresponded frequently. At the time of Rangdan, a company of the 2nd Legion were attached to the Eleventh. These comprised most of 2nd Legion’s survivors after the death of Attalli and the core of her Legion’s successors. The Second and Eleventh were closely linked throughout their service.

3. Fulgrim

The two shared a love of the study of antiquities. Aenon saw Fulgrim as a deeply troubled soul, and believed he deliberately swallowed away the severe trauma that his duties inflicted on him. The Emperor’s Children served alongside the Eleventh during the campaign against abhuman-witch cults of the Carcosa system, and treated the Eleventh as battle brothers.

4. Perturarbo

Aenon was present at Perturarbo’s discovery and initially enjoyed talking with his brother. They might have grown closer, but the Blind King soon learned of Perturarbo’s early decimation of the Fourth Legion. He came to hate him for it. Perturarbo did not approve of the Eleventh’s style of warfare.

5. The Khan

As Jaghatai and the Eleventh often traveled far from the rest of the Imperium, they only served together once (against the Nephilim), but they did speak to each other whenever possible and a legionary exchange program sometimes saw elements of “the lonely legions” operating alongside each other. There was a genuine brotherly bond here.

6. Leman Russ

According to the official sources, Russ was second of the primarchs to be found and was present at discovery of both lost legions - one being the fourth Primarch discovered, the other much later. I have always liked that idea.

The Russ was present at Aenon’s discovery and the two came like each other quite a lot, being from similar cultures and with equally difficult burdens. The Russ rarely worked alongside others, but he did regard the Eleventh and their Primarch quite fondly. Russ was one of Aenon’s closest siblings and allies, in part because Aenon regarded him as the man he was, rather than the barbarian image he cultivated. It was Leman Russ who delivered The Blind King’s instructions, directly from Terra, to censure the Second Legion.

7. Rogal Dorn

The two had a fair rapport, but were not particularly close. Dorn respected the Eleventh Legion and their primarch, but felt uneasy regarding their unorthodox methodologies and gene-seed. “He is a good man” Aenon once said of Dorn, “but he laughs too little.”

8. Konrad Curze

The Blind King had deep sympathy for Curze and understood the dark necessity of his mission. He disapproved of the methods used by the Night Lords, but could not help but sympathize with them. At Ullanor, Aenon even saw Curze laugh. Once, when Curze confided in him, Aenon promised that “despite our differences, you will always be my brother. You will always have a home with us.” Curze never forgot it.

9. Sanguinius

A generally warm rapport. Very few disliked Sanguinius, and the Blind King was no exception. The two corresponded, and the Eleventh served alongside the Ninth more than once.

10. Ferrus Manus

A rather cold relationship. The philosophy of weakness in the flesh repelled Aenon, who had come to believe that all beings had potential worth.

12. Angron

Rare interactions.”He could have been the best of us. A tragedy.” Shabran Darr and a small contingent of World Eaters fought alongside the Eleventh during their campaign against one of many Aeldari Witch Cults. The Eleventh Primarch came to like them, but never understood Angron.

13. Roboute Gulliman

Friendly. Both regretted not coming to know each other better. They shared a passion for games of strategy, and ancient philosophy. In one of the few prolonged periods of time they spent together, the two spent several hours playing Regicide and an ancient Terran game taught to Aenon by the Khan - Shatar (Mongolian Chess.) Gulliman took in several Eleventh Legion survivors after Rangdan.

14. Mortarion

Cold civility, The two disliked each other, and rarely interacted. Aenon regarded Mortarion as an arrogant man “who knows he knows better than you and will not desist in saying it.” Mortarion called him a “warrior poet” - this was not a compliment when it came from the Reaper.

15. Magnus the Red

Complex. The two got on fine, and shared interests, but often disagreed on matters of philosophy (albeit very civilly.) Aenon quietly respected Magnus, in part because of his kindness toward Attali. “He is often wrong. But so am I. I think we can say that with a smile on both our faces.”

16. Horus

Neutrality. While the Blind King and his legion held the Luna Wolves in high regard, Aenon had little taste for politics and felt that Horus was often too eager to accept power, a trait he, the Russ, and the Khan found off-putting.

17. Lorgar

Neutrality. The Blind King’s legion worked closely with the Imperial Heralds before the coming of Lorgar. He was unsettled by what they became after. Unlike Attali, who had a warm spot for Lorgar, Aenon was uncomfortable with overt displays of religious belief (despite himself having his own, private beliefs.)

18. Vulkan

The third of Aenon’s truly good friends amongst the remaining primarchs. The two had much in common spiritually and philosophically. The Lord of Drakes was a standard to aspire to by Aenon’s reckoning. The Eleventh Legion regarded the Salamanders as Sworn Brothers. “He (Vulkan) is one of the few of our kind who truly understands and shares my belief that we are ultimately the sons of humanity and, ultimately, meant to befriend and protect them.”

As the Horus Heresy canon seems to be, at present, opposed to the idea that the lost primarchs knew Alpharius or Corax (and I suppose nobody knew Omegon) I haven’t got anything formal. I’d like to think that Corax would have been a friend, and Alpharius a man “too enamored of secrets to see the truth.”

Like the Khan, Russ, and Vulkan I suspect the Blind King would have been less than enamored of Malcador. The Khan calls the Imperial Truth “a great injustice” in one of his books, and I suspect Aenon would agree.

Hope this is interesting to some of you!:)