Editing Scions of Darkness (section)

==History==
The Scions of Darkness began as a small group - only a few marines - who showed both superior intellect and cunning over their fellows and served with a larger Night Lords warband during one of the Black Crusades. Years of being amongst the dregs of their warband caused them to so despise their peers that they abandoned both their warband and their role in the Black Crusade. Gathering up similar dregs from other warbands - ones with sufficient promise - and scorning the likes of the Khornate barbarians and bloated Nurgle servants, they joined together as a new warband, led by the few Sorcerers under their banner, and, in so doing, ultimately dedicated themselves to Tzeentch. They were quick to adopt an antiquated symbol of Tzeentch: A flaming chalice.

The Scions of Darkness have since become a perpetual nuisance to several Imperial worlds - invading only long enough to steal valuable weapons and equipment before disappearing to the warp just as quickly. Using both sorcery and conventional ordnance, they quickly adapted both to their original training - using teleportation and overwhelming power to drive home the helplessness of their foes, and shock them into a slowed response. Magically-conjured darkness and scanner-blocking temporary warp storms invariably presage their largest offensives, resulting in a horrifying display when the fire, smoke, and dust clears. In some cases, areas they strike are reduced to cratered hell-holes; in others, they invade to abduct and steal before dissapearing back to the warp.

The Scions of Darkness choose their leaders with a twisted process of voting - their champions and sorcerers each get to cast a vote. Their master is thus a first amongst equals, blessed with the protections of their dark patron and as cruel and dangerous as any Daemon. Their current master, Lord Julius, ascended to his position in one such vote after the internment of the former master, the sorcerer known as Father Horatio, in the cold metal shell of a [[Chaos Dreadnought]].