The 53rd Stormtrooper Legion often called the 53rd or the Deathbringer Legion was a unit in the Imperial Stormtrooper Corps. Numbering in 10,800 troopers with an unusually high amount of Shadow stormtrooper at 2,500 strong. With their headquarters in the legion Commander's flagship the Deathbringer of which the 2,500 shadow troopers were assigned.