Sor Talgron was born on Colchis, the homeworld of the XVIIth Legion, the Word Bearers, and their Primarch Lorgar Aurelian. He was recruited into the Legion as a youth, and rose through its ranks during the Great Crusade, becoming a member of the Legion's Perpeptual Spiral Chapter, a Chapter of the Legion dedicated to garrison and honour guard duties. Within the XVIIth Legion, his mentor was a Terran-born officer, Volkhar Wreth, a firm believer in the divinity of the Emperor. Talgron was a dour, pragmatic and cold figure, with little concern for the religiosity of his fellow Legionaries who always wore a suit of stark Mark III Iron Pattern Power Armour. Despite his disbelief in the divinity of the Emperor, he nevertheless was present at the XVIIth Legion's admonishment at the city of Monarc