Editing Battle of Damnatum Lutum (section)

=== IMPERIAL GUARD ===
 
*'''Armageddon 70th Tank regiment''': Contains a mix of armored and mechanized regiments, with plenty of super-heavies. They seem to work closely with the "defective" Krieg, though it is unclear if it is a mixed regiment.
** Maus Tank / Armageddon Baneblade crew: The Maus tank is a real world inspired experimental tank considered to be roughly the equivalent of a Baneblade. It was originally supposed to be a Krieg tank, but then [[Autism|someone complained]] that Armageddon would make more sense, and that the use of WW2 phrases made no sense, [[What|so the tank was retconned to be an Armageddon tank, with a "defective" Krieg commander in mixed "defective" Krieg / normal Steel Legion formation]]. Needless to say other posters got confused and the crew is alternately referred to as Krieg and Steel Legion depending on the poster. The Maus is destroyed and most of the crew transfer to a  Baneblade called ''Tochter von das Eisenlanz''. It is later revealed that the Baneblade has an [[What|Improbability Drive]] stuck to it, and is therefore renamed ''Die Großfürstin'' to better reflect it killing potential.
***Tank Commander Diederich Karl-Heinz Kaoskötter: Commander of the Maus in the 1st thread, having borrowed it from Hans who was in another tank at the time. Has a power sword called Kaoskötter. Thinks and speaks in a mix of profanity, German, and German profanity. He transfers to a Macharius following the loss of the Maus, where he spends much of thread 1. POV character in 1st thread, sometimes referenced or appears in other threads. 
***Baneblade Tank Commander Hans Heinrich Hochberg: Commander and main Armageddon Baneblade POV character from 3rd thread onward. Refers to his tank as "Lady".
***Oswald Aspdorfer: Tactical officer. Gets a few POV posts in thread 1, occasionally referenced afterwards. Close friends with Techy.
***Other crewmen: Karsten (primary gunner), Hermann (tertiary gunner), Georg (driver), Heinrich (tertiary loader), Techy (Tech-Priest). 
**Other 70th Tank members: 
***Colonel Gustaf Adalwolf Vylk: First mentions in the 4th thread, full name is only revealed in thread 7.6, commander of the regiment.
***Leman Russ Commander Anshelm: One of Hans' subordinates, [[Love Can Bloom|spotted repeatedly in compromising situations with a Howling Banshee]].
***Macharius Vanquisher Commander Friedrich: Another one of Hans' subordinates, fond of "loyalist metal" music. 
***Leman Russ Commander Johann, Stormlord Tank Commander Volgatov, Tank Commander Kirchenbach, Macharius Tank Commander Josef, Tank Commander Linden, Hellhound Tank Commander Crazy Carl, various others. Minor characters. 

* '''Other Steel Legion:''' 
**Corporal, later Sergeant Amarus Instantius. POV character, later Gue'vasa'la traitor. Referred to simply as the "Steel Legion Corporal" for first couple of posts.
**Major Ritter: Typically found communicating with Paulicus, unclear if he is in the 70th.

* '''Kriegers:''' The Krieg General, Krieger 143342523, and many other nameless Kriegers. Typical Kriegers doing typical Krieger stuff like trying to level the whole region with ordnance or surrounding the latrines with wire and mines. 

* '''78th Risian Light Infantry:''' Trooper Monica Jernwick. Unfortunate Imperial Guard soldier who repeatedly gets the rough end of the stick and is [[Grimdark|living proof that life in the Imperial Guard sucks]]. Starts out somewhat cowardly, but is mostly resigned to her fate in later threads. Accumulates an impressive number of injuries. One of a few characters who gets at least one POV post in every thread. Although several images are used for her she is consistently red-haired. 
 
* '''1st Happy Ending Regiment:''' This oddly named regiment was formed from refugees from a nearby paradise world that got overrun by daemonic forces. Although originally poorly equipped, they use their wealth and influence to steadily acquire better equipment and accommodations. The regiment's name is a reference to a beech party themed greentext story, which depicts the loss of Happy Ending to Slaanesh.  [http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/67207516/ http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/67207516/]  
**Captain Priscilla Von Hansburg, 4th Baroness of Bluven. Luckless and slightly snooty noble born officer who has appeared in several other greentext series. She often finds herself in separated from her troops in dangerous or compromising positions. Fond of her [[CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TRANSPORT|CRASSUS ARMORED ASSAULT TRANSPORT]]. Her senior sergeant Cliveton and her adjutant Chastity are also occasionally mentioned. Although multiple images are used for her, she is generally depicted as brown haired, blue eyed, to the point where [[Autism|images are altered to match this theme]].
 
* '''The Praetorians:''' Frequently mentioned, appear to be present on the planet in multi-regimental force.  Their POV characters use a mix of archaic and modern British slang.
**Captain Victoria Appleton, Baneblade Commander: Eccentric, but generally sensible, heavy tank commander. More British than the Queen. Usually found in command of the Baneblade ''Her Majesty's Majestic Lion'', but is briefly demoted to squad leader of a multi-regimental squad of recon specialists based on ethnic stereotypes.
**Major Urquhart: Sometimes mentioned in Paulicus posts.
 
* '''531st Cadian Regiment:''' Regiment of the three main POV described below. Later absorb parts of the 78th Risian and random refugees.
**Head Field Chirurgeon Octavious Graves: Badass but kindhearted medic. Often found patching up Monica's injuries.
**Guardsman Lew: Sister of Battle fearing pyromaniac. Is naturally assigned to be a liaison with the SoB.  Somehow isn't killed by them.
**Commissar Dell Lugermorph: Friendly Commissar with an inclination towards insane schemes, including making a corpse wall, blowing up his own latrines, tactical avalanches, using a vortex grenade in close combat, and [[What|trying to get the Tau to withdraw in exchange for a single low-tier Water Caste girl, and when that didn't work, tried to raid the Tau capital city to capture more Water Caste to bargain with so he wouldn't have to execute the one he imprisoned.]]
 
* '''917th Cadian Regiment:''' Commissar Mathias Marc. Ass-kicking Commissar who disappears early in thread 1.
 
* '''The Tallarns:''' Navid Navar, Rushdi el-Qasim, Al-Zahin. Life sucks when you are a desert dweller posted on a mud world. Only get a few POV posts, rarely mentioned afterwards.
 
* '''Other Guardsmen:''' Charles and Thomas, typical Guardsmen doing Guardsmen stuff. Munitorum Field Test Observer, bureaucrat turned killing machine. Only appear in thread 2.