"Entire legions of us. Twe... eighteen, to be exact." His face falls, "Some of us turned traitor, however."

He pauses, "Oh, I should clarify what I mean by a legion. About one hundred thousand to three hundred Astartes, depending on how many were inducted and other factors."

"There had to be a lot of us. We were the tip of humanity's sphere to bring light into a galaxy overrun by the superstitions and alien terrors of Old Night."