There existed in the ranks of the Iron Warriors, a series of long-standing warrior societies that existed outside of the Legions military order and command structure, and which were seldom become known to outsiders. By some accounts these were so firmly entrenched they resisted the outside and corrosive influence of Horus' Warrior Lodges, and by other accounts became the vector of the Legion's corruption.

在鋼鐵勇士的部隊(duì)中，存在著一系列（歷史）悠久的戰(zhàn)士團(tuán)體，它們獨(dú)立于軍團(tuán)軍事序列和指揮結(jié)構(gòu)之外，且?guī)缀鯊奈幢煌馊酥獣赃^(guò)。從某些敘述報(bào)告來(lái)看，這些組織極其根深蒂固，以至于（讓第四軍團(tuán)）抵擋住了荷魯斯戰(zhàn)士結(jié)社的腐化性外部影響；但從其他敘述報(bào)告來(lái)看，這些兄弟會(huì)就是（傳播）軍團(tuán)腐化的載體。

The Dodekatheon: The Brethren of?Stone

多徳卡瑟昂分會(huì)：磐巖兄弟會(huì)

The oldest, most numerous and influential of the warrior societies of the IVh Legion, the Brethren of Stone was an order of masons and strategists whose origins predated the Legion's connection to Perturabo and Olympia. Originating first as a tactical symposium in the style of the Warcaste Metisraad culture of Terra, it focused on siege craft as well as the field of military architecture. Upon Perturabo's re-joining with the Legion, the Primarch massively expanded the organisation, renaming it as the Dodekatheon after the cultural and political traditions of Olympia. The Olympian Dodekatheon was a cyclical gathering of the twelve greatest Tyrant households of Olympia for the purposes of resolving disputes and forging allegiances. It also featured extensive wargames and tournaments between the households present, and the muster of artisans and warriors, who would show off their skills either to the glory of their patrons or in the hopes of employment.

在第四軍團(tuán)的戰(zhàn)士團(tuán)體中，磐巖兄弟會(huì)是最古老、人數(shù)最多且最具影響力的，它由工匠和戰(zhàn)略家們組成，起源能追溯到軍團(tuán)與原體和奧林匹亞世界匯合之前。該兄弟會(huì)最初起源于泰拉Metisraad戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)氏族文化風(fēng)格的戰(zhàn)術(shù)研討會(huì)，專(zhuān)注于攻城戰(zhàn)和軍事工程建筑學(xué)。一經(jīng)與自己的軍團(tuán)團(tuán)聚，佩圖拉博便大規(guī)模拓展該團(tuán)體的組織規(guī)模，并按照奧林匹亞的文化政治習(xí)俗將之重新命名為“多徳卡瑟昂”。奧林匹亞式的多徳卡瑟昂，是星球上十二個(gè)最偉大僭主家族的周期性聚會(huì)，其目的是解決分歧和組建聯(lián)盟。聚會(huì)活動(dòng)也包括參會(huì)家族之間的大量戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)游戲和錦標(biāo)比武，工匠和戰(zhàn)士們也會(huì)聚集起來(lái)，炫耀自己的技藝——目的要么是為自己的贊助者奪得榮譽(yù)，要么是希望得到聘用。

The Legion's Dodekatheon took on these trappings, becoming over time a venue of contest and exchange for its foremost warriors, officers, builders and strategists——met without rank and on an equal footing——to test their mettle and further their learning. It was where its members fought and re-fought?bloodless wars in simulation, unveiled new designs, poured over battle reports and military intelligence, and vied for position and the respect of their peers and their Primarch. Although Perturabo enforced rigid discipline in his Legion and would countenance no disruption due to vendetta, the Dodekatheon served as a "safety valve"?for the Legions internal rivalries as much as an academy of war. In theory the Dodekatheon was open to all Iron Warriors, but in practice only those who had distinguished themselves in some way attended, others did not, rather than risk the disfavour of their Primarch.

軍團(tuán)多徳卡瑟昂會(huì)議也繼承了這些衣缽，而且隨著時(shí)間推移，它成為了軍團(tuán)中最重要的戰(zhàn)士、軍官、建造者和戰(zhàn)略家們進(jìn)行競(jìng)賽和交流的場(chǎng)所；成員們不分軍銜，地位平等，聚集起來(lái)是為了測(cè)試自己的毅力，并進(jìn)一步學(xué)習(xí)技藝。他們?cè)谀M戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)中反復(fù)進(jìn)行不流血的戰(zhàn)斗，公布新的（武器）設(shè)計(jì)，分享大量的戰(zhàn)斗報(bào)告和軍事情報(bào)，競(jìng)爭(zhēng)職位和同伴與原體的尊重。雖然佩圖拉博在自己的軍團(tuán)中施行嚴(yán)苛死板的紀(jì)律，也不想讓家族世仇在軍團(tuán)中造成混亂，但多徳卡瑟昂分會(huì)也如同戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)學(xué)院一樣，充當(dāng)著軍團(tuán)內(nèi)部爭(zhēng)斗的“安全閥”。理論上，多徳卡瑟昂向所有鋼鐵勇士開(kāi)放；但在實(shí)際中，只有那些表現(xiàn)卓越的人們才會(huì)參加，其他人則不會(huì)，因?yàn)樗麄儾幌肴堑迷w不悅。

The Apolakron: The Brethren of Steel?

阿伯拉克隆分會(huì)：堅(jiān)鐵兄弟會(huì)

Formed as a smaller shadow organisation which operated in many ways as a division of the larger Dodekatheon, the Apolakron's particular focus was on the machine-craft of Battle-automata, both in their construction and maintenance, and their employment in war. It existed in an uneasy alliance with the Mechanicum, save those Tech-Priests who had long-served the Iron Warriors directly, and was viewed with particular suspicion by elements of the Legio Cybernetica, who saw it not as a kindred group, but rather a rival to their monopoly on the arcane knowledge they held.

阿伯拉克隆分會(huì)是一個(gè)陰影中的小型組織，它在很多方面都是作為更大型的多徳卡瑟昂分會(huì)的一個(gè)分支進(jìn)行運(yùn)作。他們有著獨(dú)特的關(guān)注項(xiàng)目——自動(dòng)機(jī)兵的建造、維護(hù)與戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)部署。除了那些直接長(zhǎng)期服務(wù)于鋼鐵勇士軍團(tuán)的技術(shù)神甫，他們與機(jī)械神教（其他成員）之間存在著不穩(wěn)定的同盟關(guān)系。智控軍團(tuán)的成員們對(duì)阿伯拉克隆分會(huì)抱有懷疑，后者并非被他們視為相似的團(tuán)體，而是爭(zhēng)奪自己對(duì)于手中奧秘知識(shí)壟斷權(quán)的對(duì)手。

The Kheledakos: The Brethren of Cold

赫勒達(dá)考斯分會(huì)：冷空兄弟會(huì)

Owing its origins to the aftermath of the Legion's early campaigns under Perturabo, the Kheledakos, although led and commanded by Legiones Astartes, also encompassed the senior officers and Mechanicum magos, enginseers and shipwrights who maintained and crewed the Legion's warships. Its base of operations was the Black Citadel,Olympias principal and most heavily fortified orbital shipyard, and void warfare and the construction and design of warships and assault craft were its obsession.

赫勒達(dá)考斯分會(huì)起源于佩圖拉博早期領(lǐng)導(dǎo)下的軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)役之后，盡管它由阿斯塔特軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士領(lǐng)導(dǎo)和指揮，但也包括了（凡人）高級(jí)軍官、機(jī)械神教賢者、引擎士和負(fù)責(zé)維護(hù)與駕駛軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)艦的船工們。該兄弟會(huì)的行動(dòng)基地是“黑色堡壘”——奧林匹亞世界要塞化程度最高的主要軌道造船廠，其成員們癡迷于虛空戰(zhàn)爭(zhēng)以及戰(zhàn)艦和突擊艇的設(shè)計(jì)建造。

The Lyssatra: The Brethren of Thunder

利薩特拉分會(huì)：雷霆兄弟會(huì)

The most obscure and cult-like of the Legion's warrior societies was the Lyssatra, known as the Brethren of Thunder or most disparagingly in the Legion as the 'burned men'. It was something of a pariah group whose members contained some of the Legion's more unhinged and war-brutalised gun-crafters, weapon smiths and ordnancers. Their obsession was creating destruction and devastation, far beyond what even the rest of the Legion generally considered sane or practicable, and were darkly rumoured to have had truck with strange occult ideology and xeno-tech in secret long before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy.

利薩特拉分會(huì)是軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士團(tuán)體中最鮮為人知，也最類(lèi)似于教派的一個(gè)；他們被稱(chēng)為“雷霆兄弟會(huì)”，軍團(tuán)中則對(duì)他們冠以最輕蔑稱(chēng)呼“受焚者”。該兄弟會(huì)是由被遺棄者組成的團(tuán)體，其成員包括軍團(tuán)中某些更為精神錯(cuò)亂且飽受戰(zhàn)火摧殘的槍炮工匠、武器鐵匠和炮兵。他們癡迷于毀滅和破壞，且程度遠(yuǎn)遠(yuǎn)超出了軍團(tuán)其他成員普遍認(rèn)為的理智或可行的范圍；而早在荷魯斯叛亂爆發(fā)很久之前，就有險(xiǎn)惡的傳言聲稱(chēng)，其在背地里與詭異的神秘主義意識(shí)形態(tài)和異形科技有關(guān)。