The Beginning

On July 22nd 1996, some friends in the Army decided to join a local medieval/fantasy reenactment group, Amtgard. Corwin had joined the group with a friend of his, known as Styles (now as Alexandr). Corwin also played D&D with a few guys in his unit. One evening he was late getting to our weekend game session… and upon his arrival, explained why he was late. He had just gotten back from a small event with a group call Amtgard. After his explanation, the rest of us thought it would be pretty cool to give it a try…

These men became known as: Corwin Valour, Mephiston Mystic, Geobaldi, Marcus and Darrion.

Eventually we small band of friends created a Company, with Corwin in the lead. We named our company Legion and our household, House Manticore. Thereby… Legion of House Manticore.

After a couple of years there in the Dutchy of Dragon's Haven playing the game of Amtgard many of us drifted away… not because we did not enjoy Amtgard… we were all in the military and because of that were deployed elsewhere or got out of the military entirely.

Eventually Mephiston was released from the military… and went back to his home state of Illinois to go back to school at Illinois State University. There he found a local chapter of Dagorhir, ”Wolfpack of the Highplains” (note: this group is now part of an organization called Belegarth… this story is very messy and really has no bearing here.) After fighting with this group Mephiston gathered together some like minded individuals and re-booted the Legion.

And even after all the ups and downs of the start of Legion in Illinois, we are still here… and with the family unity that we all share in this organization, will continue to do so for many years to come.

Early Years

Corwin's Account of the early Amtgard Years of Legion

Alexandr`s Account of the same event.

Codex Legion

For the sake of History and completness, here are copies of prior editions of the Codex Legion.

First Edition Codex Legion

Second Edition Codex Legion. and in the original   PDF format 5.77 Mb .