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*Sevastus Kranon, the former Chapter Master of the Crimson Sabres and current Chaos Lord of the Crimson Slaughter. He originally lead the Crimson Sabres into the Eye of Terror to die a glorious death, but the Eye being the Eye, Kranon was corrupted and became Kranon the Relentless. | *Sevastus Kranon, the former Chapter Master of the Crimson Sabres and current Chaos Lord of the Crimson Slaughter. He originally lead the Crimson Sabres into the Eye of Terror to die a glorious death, but the Eye being the Eye, Kranon was corrupted and became Kranon the Relentless. | ||
*Mortis Metalikus, formerly Sevarion Kranon, Captain of the Crimson Sabres Second Company and biological brother of Sevastus Kranon. When he realized what was happening to the Crimson Sabres he refused to partake in further operations on Umidia, but was censured and imprisoned. Eventually driven insane by the voices, Sevarion was mutilated and imprisoned within a Hellbrute on the orders of Sevastus. Left a maddened beast, he was unleashed during raids, even killing Master Zadakiel of the Dark Angels Fifth Company. | *Mortis Metalikus, formerly Sevarion Kranon, Captain of the Crimson Sabres Second Company and biological brother of Sevastus Kranon. When he realized what was happening to the Crimson Sabres he refused to partake in further operations on Umidia, but was censured and imprisoned. Eventually driven insane by the voices, Sevarion was mutilated and imprisoned within a Hellbrute on the orders of Sevastus. Left a maddened beast, he was unleashed during raids, even killing Master Zadakiel of the Dark Angels Fifth Company. | ||
*Dzargon Draznicht, former First Captain of the Crimson Sabres and later the Chaos Champion in charge of the Ravagers, which included the Crimson Slaughter's [[Chosen]] and [[Terminator]]s. As a result of Warp mutations, his latent psychic abilities emerged, granting him both prescience and a third eye. | *Dzargon Draznicht, the former First Captain of the Crimson Sabres and later the Chaos Champion in charge of the Ravagers, which included the Crimson Slaughter's [[Chosen]] and [[Terminator]]s. As a result of Warp mutations, his latent psychic abilities emerged, granting him both prescience and a third eye. | ||
*Okrark, former Reclusiarch of the Crimson Sabres and later Chief [[Dark Apostle]] of the Crimson Slaughter. On the tabletop he gets the "Crozius of the Dark Covenant" and functions like a regular Dark Apostle. | *Okrark, the former Reclusiarch of the Crimson Sabres and later Chief [[Dark Apostle]] of the Crimson Slaughter. On the tabletop he gets the "Crozius of the Dark Covenant" and functions like a regular Dark Apostle. | ||
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| Battle Cry | Originally "For the memory of Rhogon and the glory of Terra" | |
| Founding | Unknown, possibly 13th Founding | |
| Chapter Master | Sevastus Kranon | |
| Homeworld | Formerly Drogsh, Rhogon | |
| Specialty | All out slaughter | |
| Allegiance | ...lets say Chaos Undivided for now | |
| Colours | Red | |
The Crimson Slaughter are a warband of Chaos Space Marines that debuted with 6th edition.
History
Originally a loyalist Chapter known as the Crimson Sabers, they incurred the wrath (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 Daemons. The reason there is some confusion over whether Khorne was pleased or angered by this act is as the god of slaughter he doesn't care who butchers who but then they did disturb a ritual....oh whatever it is completely confusing and pointless to try and reason what a ball of madness like Khorne could be thinking.
Anyway, he 'gifted' the marines of the Crimson Sabers the ability to constantly hear the cries 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 gives themselves a time of quiet before the voices starting to come back.
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.
So the Chapter Master of the Crimson Sabers, 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 Sabers 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 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 to slaughter heretics instead of innocents but the downside was the eye corrupted them fully and the sabers became the chaos warband known as the Crimson Slaughter.
Since their fall, the Slaughter has been trying to track down the mystical Hellfire Stone which Kranon believes can rid his chapter of the voices that continue to haunt them. What good it will do them now though since they are fully corrupted and some of Khorne's best new recruits is unclear. As part of their search for the stone they hooked up with one of the Black Crusades and earned the ire of the Dark Angels who they gave a good beating to. The Angels' Ffifth 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 the Fallen Angels after Kranon captured one of them himself has only redoubled their zeal to see them stopped at all costs.
In reality, the Hellfire Stone wouldn't have silenced their voices at all- instead, it would have summoned the very Daemon of Khorne whose summoning ritual the Crimson Sabers had interrupted in the first place. Irony is a bugger, isn't it.
Expansion
GW has given them their own supplement codex, hardcover book and everything. Why they would focus so much on a minor warband over the other Traitor Legions is a mystery. All models gain Fear, they can't take Veterans of the Long War (Khorne Berserkers and the like ignore this restriction), they have some actually pretty interesting relics, and they get really pissy about the Dark Angels due to an embarrassing space hulk cleansing back in M37. Most importantly, Possessed are now troops, and have a mutation table that they must roll on at the start of each turn (gain Shrouded, become Beasts, or gain 3+ invuln and Rending) instead of the Vessels of Chaos rule.
GW couldn't seem to decide what they want with these guys. Originally they were corrupted by Khorne for being so savagely merciless to their foes, but the novella (written by the same guy who wrote their Khorne corruption novella) has them being tricked by Tzeentch into murdering innocents instead and having their guilt drive them into the eye. The summer campaign, meanwhile, seemingly portrays them as devout and loyal followers of Chaos Undivided fighting to bring mankind to its natural true masters, with no mentions of the voices at all (admittingly probably because Chaos players assumedly would rather play true Chaos believers rather than a bunch of guys who were just duped into it). So they're ping-ponging around from guys who Khorne corrupted to him, guys who went insane from a guilt trip (just as planned) and turned to Chaos from that, and true Chaos believers who honestly believe in Chaos' cause.
Known members
- Sevastus Kranon, the former Chapter Master of the Crimson Sabres and current Chaos Lord of the Crimson Slaughter. He originally lead the Crimson Sabres into the Eye of Terror to die a glorious death, but the Eye being the Eye, Kranon was corrupted and became Kranon the Relentless.
- Mortis Metalikus, formerly Sevarion Kranon, Captain of the Crimson Sabres Second Company and biological brother of Sevastus Kranon. When he realized what was happening to the Crimson Sabres he refused to partake in further operations on Umidia, but was censured and imprisoned. Eventually driven insane by the voices, Sevarion was mutilated and imprisoned within a Hellbrute on the orders of Sevastus. Left a maddened beast, he was unleashed during raids, even killing Master Zadakiel of the Dark Angels Fifth Company.
- Dzargon Draznicht, the former First Captain of the Crimson Sabres and later the Chaos Champion in charge of the Ravagers, which included the Crimson Slaughter's Chosen and Terminators. As a result of Warp mutations, his latent psychic abilities emerged, granting him both prescience and a third eye.
- Okrark, the former Reclusiarch of the Crimson Sabres and later Chief Dark Apostle of the Crimson Slaughter. On the tabletop he gets the "Crozius of the Dark Covenant" and functions like a regular Dark Apostle.
Gallery
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Kranon The Relentless. Chaos Lord of the Crimson Slaughter and former Chapter Master of the Crimson Sabers. -
Mortis Metalikus Hellbrute of the Crimson Slaughter, formerly Captain Sevarion Kranon of the Second Company.
