Editing Crimson Slaughter (section)

==History==
Originally a loyalist [[Space Marine Chapter|Chapter]] known as the Crimson Sabers (seriously) from [[Thirteenth Founding]], not much is known about their pre-Chaos history save for a few mentions dating from the Age of Apostasy. The most notable of these was an incident referred to as the Amalgamation Schism, when the fledgling Chapter's disregard for the seniority of the [[Dark Angels]] and the [[Blood Angels]] (as well as the unintentional interruption of an interrogation of <s>one of the Fallen</s> SOME RANDOM TRAITOR THAT WAS IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH THE DARK ANGELS) during what was supposed to be a routine space hulk cleansing led it to the Chapter cutting all ties to its now-unknown founding Chapter and swear to become so Codex-adherent that even the [[Red Scorpions]], [[Hammers of Dorn]], [[Praetors of Orpheus]], the [[Novamarines]] and the most stereotyped perception of the [[Ultramarines]] would think they were taking things too far. Over time, they built a reputation for being effective, but prone to bouts of paranoia and highly critical of even the most trivial faults of their allies, especially in regards to breaches of the [[Codex Astartes]].

In 928.M41, they incurred the wrath (or maybe pleasure) of [[Khorne]] when they slaughtered a planet full of people on the Jungle World of Umidia to stop Khorne's worshippers there from summoning one of his [[Greater Daemon]]s (although the most recent version of the story claims that they were duped into killing loyal citizens by a Lord of Change and its human servants and only realized that they had been tricked after they had killed everyone).

Anyway, Chaos 'gifted' the marines of the Crimson Sabres with the ability to constantly hear the voices of those they had killed and to see their faces whenever they closed their eyes. As you can imagine it didn't take long to drive all of them completely barmy from this and soon madness and paranoia gripped them all. They did discover a temporary reprieve; by killing others they could drown out the sounds of their victims and give themselves a time of quiet before the voices starting to come back. They're basically marines who spent too much time in the bush and can't hack it back in the real world.

Truly Khorne found the perfect way then to drive even the greatest of the [[Imperium]]'s marines mad and make them join the ranks of [[Chaos]]. Only question is, why did he only use it on a single chapter? Surely it would make common sense to... oh, there's my answer. Common sense and Chaos hardly skip through the grass together even on the best of days (also you probably need to be somewhat inclined to received a chaotic "gift", such as doubting the righteousness of your cause, committing an atrocious act, or not having any other reasonable choice but to fall to chaos).

So the [[Chapter Master]] of the Crimson Sabres, Sevastus Kranon (who would later be called Kranon the Relentless after he fell) in desperation sent his Marines to purge the systems surrounding Umidia on the pretense that they had been corrupted too by proximity. It was during this time that the [[Inquisition]] and the [[High Lords of Terra]] suspected the Sabres were falling due to their mad slaughtering and declared them renegades. At this point Kranon's brother Sevarion attempted to protest, but was tricked into a [[Chaos Dreadnought|Helbrute]]'s shell and was promptly reduced to a bloodthirsty maniac himself. With a last shred of dignity remaining, Kranon took his men into the [[Eye of Terror]] for one last suicidal crusade to slaughter heretics instead of innocents, but this didn't work out as intended. The Sabres massacred their way through planet after planet butchering everything from cultists to Khornate berserkers and as time passed this began to affect them. The Chaplain's litanies changed, they began to grow extra appendages or claws, slowly they began to revel in the massacre, and none of them really began to notice before it was too late. Some didn't take to this realization well, begging for death, only to be chained below the decks of their ships to be driven insane by the unrelenting voices. In the end, the Crimson Sabres instead ended up becoming fully corrupted into the renegades the [[High Lords of Terra|High Lords]] decreed them to be, in their current state.

Since their fall, the Slaughter has been trying to find a way to stop the voices and get revenge on the Lord of Change that engineered their fall to Chaos. Apart from that, they also hooked up with the 13th [[Black Crusade]] (at Abaddon's personal request, no less) and re-earned the ire of the [[Dark Angels]], who they gave a good beating to on a couple of occasions. The Angels' Fifth company has sworn to hunt down and destroy the Crimson Slaughter and has fought several battles against them in the running, and the revelation that the Crimson Slaughter has discovered the secret of <s>the [[Fallen Angels]]</s> AZRAEL'S SPECIAL BURGER SAUCE after Kranon <s>captured one of them himself</s> CRASHED A DARK ANGELS BBQ-PARTY has only redoubled their zeal to see them stopped at all costs.

They have also participated in the [[War of Beasts]] alongside the Red Corsairs and World Eaters.