The first and last warlord of the IXth Legion, other than Sanguinius himself was warrior who fought under the name of Ishidur Ossuros. His is a legend that spans nearly 80 years of war, fighting in battles from the rad-wastes of Ancient Terra to the rocky heights of Saiph, a legend of blood and death that charts a course across the most hazardous battlefields of the Great Crusade. He was the hero of the assault on Kum-karta in Yndonesia, where he reaped such a toll of?lives that his warriors emerged from the fortresses' sunken vaults painted crimson head to foot, and the champion of the Ghost Wars on Saiph. If the records of the Divisio Militaris are to be believed then Ishidur fought in 317 separate major engagements 一 and yet these same records also show his death on at least four verified occasions.

除了圣吉列斯本人之外，第九軍團(tuán)最初和最后的戰(zhàn)將都是是一位以伊什杜爾 奧蘇羅斯之名戰(zhàn)斗的武士。他是一個(gè)跨越近80年戰(zhàn)爭歲月的傳奇人物，從古老泰拉的輻射廢土一路打到參宿六的巖石高地，這個(gè)關(guān)于鮮血和死亡的傳奇繪制出了穿越大遠(yuǎn)征中最危險(xiǎn)戰(zhàn)場的路線。他是進(jìn)攻英多尼西亞聯(lián)邦Kum-karta城的英雄，在這次戰(zhàn)役中，他收割的生命是如此之多，以至于當(dāng)他的戰(zhàn)士們走出堡壘塌陷的拱頂時(shí)，全身都濺滿鮮血，連動(dòng)力甲都被涂為了猩紅色（機(jī)仆：大多數(shù)軍團(tuán)在早期穿著的都是灰色動(dòng)力甲）；他也是參宿六上幽靈戰(zhàn)爭的冠軍。如果軍務(wù)庭的報(bào)告可信的話，伊什杜爾參加過317次獨(dú)立的主要戰(zhàn)斗——同樣的記錄還顯示他至少在四次已核實(shí)的情況中戰(zhàn)死。

Given the nature of the IXth Legion in those blood-soaked years before Sanguinius' return, and those few oral records from the warriors of?the Legion itself it is likely that the true Ishidur Ossuros fell in battle in 802.M30. His lieutenants then took his memories and his name, by means of that singular mutation of the IXth Legion, and continued his legacy for the sake of the Legion. Each time Ishidur Ossuros fell, he would rise again like some gore-soaked phoenix, to once more take the reins of the IXth Legion. The last known reference to this warrior is during the Battle for Teghar Pentaurus, there the enemy's last gasp was a ferocious assault that threatened to overrun the Primarch and his guard. It was the final Ishidur and his warriors who would save the Great Angel, staging a suicidal counter-assault into the teeth of the foe and holding them at bay for almost an hour as reinforcements rushed to Sanguinius'?aid. Ishidur Ossuros perished one final time, his body never recovered, exchanging his long life for that of the Primarch in whom he had entrusted the future of the IXth Legion.

考慮到第九軍團(tuán)在圣吉列斯回歸之前血腥歲月中的天性，以及來自該軍團(tuán)戰(zhàn)士們的極少數(shù)口頭信息記錄，很可能真正的伊什杜爾 奧蘇羅斯已經(jīng)死在了802.M30的戰(zhàn)斗中。通過第九軍團(tuán)獨(dú)特變異所形成方式，他的副官們繼承了他的記憶和姓名，為了軍團(tuán)的利益而繼續(xù)他未竟的事業(yè)。每次當(dāng)伊什杜爾 奧蘇羅斯隕落之后，他都會(huì)再次像浴血重生的鳳凰那般崛起，再度掌控第九軍團(tuán)。已知的最后一次涉及這位戰(zhàn)士的事件發(fā)生在Teghar?Pentaurus之戰(zhàn)中，在這次戰(zhàn)斗中，敵人的最后喘息是一次險(xiǎn)些淹沒原體及其衛(wèi)隊(duì)的兇猛攻擊。最后一位伊什杜爾 奧蘇羅斯和他的戰(zhàn)士們救下了大天使，他們對(duì)于敵軍的強(qiáng)悍主力發(fā)動(dòng)了自殺式的反擊，在增援部隊(duì)沖過來援助原體的過程中，伊什杜爾的部隊(duì)阻擊了敵人將近一個(gè)小時(shí)。這是伊什杜爾 奧蘇羅斯最后一次戰(zhàn)死沙場，他的尸體再未被兄弟們回收吞食，他用自己漫長的生命換來原體的幸存——他將第九軍團(tuán)的未來托付給了圣吉列斯。