Editing Gorgers (section)

==Legion Organisation==
The Gorgers were not given to formal organisation even before their fall to Chaos.  Their basic unit was the '''Pack''', which could number from 5 to 25 Astartes, ranging from raw Scouts up to Veterans.  Typically the most assertive and fiercest Gorger would command as '''Pack Leader'''.  A body of Packs who had fought alongside one another would recognize their history as a '''Brotherhood''' under the nominal authority of a '''Master Hunter'''. 

The '''Brotherhood''' were the second largest formations in the legion, the first being Companies. Both of these were led by the '''Master Hunters''', who gained their right to command these formations through a hunt between an aspiring Gorger and the Primarch himself, Nathanog. Everyone in the legion was free to challenge the Primarch whenever they wanted, Nathanog would never turn down such challenges. After a deadly world had been chosen as the backdrop of the challenge, the Primarch would first hunt the aspirant for a whole Terran day. If the aspirant somehow survived he would have a full twenty-four hours to draw blood on the Primarch or die trying. This testing trial assured that only the most cunning and proven in battle Gorgers could ever rise to the rank of '''Master Hunter''', to lead the Companies and Brotherhoods.

Larger formations were assembled ''ad-hoc'' according to the needs of the Legion.  Typically, the Primarch would have a large body of men about him, but nothing else was fixed. The Companies consisted of three or six Brotherhoods, never having a uniform amount of Marines within them. The First and Second Companies were mainly consisted of Veterans, with some of the oldest and most well respected Brotherhoods comprising them.

===Specialist Ranks===
Each Brotherhood's '''Deathspeaker''' served as ritesmaster, and they would judge aspiring Neophytes before assigning them to Packs.  After the Chaplain Edict, Nathanog claimed that the Deathspeakers would fill a similar role in his Legion.

The Gorgers Apothecaries were known as '''Lifebinders'''. 

While the Primarch lived, Nathanog recognized a handful of '''Master Hunters'''.  These superb warriors had proven their abilities against their founder and carried great prestige in the Legion.

Librarians, the small minority that there was, were called '''Fleshrenders'''. None of these survived after the Heresy and the Gorger warbands have not been known to recruit Psykers into their ranks.

===Legion Equipment===
[[File:Gorger_assault_marine1.png|200px|thumb|left|Standard Despoiler Loadout]]
The Gorgers adored the rending power of Lightning Claws, but usually lamented at their cumbersome size which greatly limited their speed. The Techmarines of the Legion designed a new pattern of the Lightning Claw, which was dubbed 'The Mouth's Teeth', also known as 'The Gorger's Teeth'. These Lightning Claws were smaller and shorter, but quite faster and easier to use in regular power armor. The Assault Marine Veterans almost universally favored using the Teeth when they could get a hold of them, but after the Heresy it would be only until Atmir was able to make a deal with the Ramparts Warband that these weapons were produced again in small quantities. They are relics of a bygone age, each one being named by its wielder and prized above all other equipment.

Close combat doesn't exclude using ranged weaponry, as these tools are instrumental in taking down prey. It would not be unheard of for a Gorger to charge with combat knife and bolter in hand, attacking and shooting in a flurry of twirling might. Weaponry which was most useful when battle was met was used across the Legion, leading to a love of Inferno pistols and Plasma pistols. Volkite weaponry was treasured in the Legion, with many such devices surviving through the ages as the bearers cared for them meticulously. Equipment is sacred to the Gorgers, as it is the hunter's means to stave off Hunger and death. 

Many relics of the Gorgers which have fallen from out of their hands and back into them with constant flux have been the 'Black Mourning Tools', named such for their distinctive opaque coloration. These weapons were all taken from the surface of Istvaan III after the Dropsite Massacre, known as the 'Turning of the Pack' by the Gorgers.