Aebroran Highlanders

The Aebroran Highlanders are a regiment of the Imperial Army from the death world of Aebrora who's regiments work closely to that of the Rune Warrior Adeptus Astartes, acting as their auxiliaries and fire support. They are noteworthy for their determination in the face of adversity and stubbornness to admit defeat, much like their Astarte kinsmen.

Despite being merely an auxiliary force, as believe by the Rune Warrior combat doctrine, they believed fighting side-by-side directly with their "mortal" kinsmen would bring great honour to their forefathers and glory to the most simple of humans within the Imperium of Mankind

The Primarch's Discovery
When the Primarch known as Robaert MacRigh of the Vth space marine legion was discovered on the world of Aebrora, which was the primary planet of the Cale System at the galactic southern edge of what would be known as the Segmentum Solar during the first 3 decades after beginning the Great Crusade. It was decided that the Vth legion would be returned to him so that he would lead them from his own expeditionary fleet, however, when the legion eventually arrived within the cale system, Robaert noticed their numbered had dwindled by almost 5000 after the costly battles the legion had been deployed in.

It was decided that the Vth legion was to embrace the ideology adopted by their primarch following his time growing up on the planet, adopting the religion, ideology and traditions of the Aebrorans and that their base of operations would be established on the planet surface, with its denizens also being potential candidates for new initiatives of the legion, which at this stage in their reformation were known as Rune Warriors.

Trivia/Inspiration

 * The Highlanders look and name is inspired from the uniforms of the Gordon Highlanders of the British Army, who were a Scottish front line regiment between 1881 to 1994 and noted for the fact they wore tarten kilts into battle.