The Blessed

The Blessed/Silence/Experiment
Battle Cry	Used to be "Seek out the Deluded!", they don't say anything now.
Number	II
Original Name	Heaven Fists
Original Homeworld	Tyrus
Current Homeworld	Someplace in the Ghouls Stars
Primarch	Forgotten
Strength	312,000+ during the Crusade
Specialty	Not Dying, Chemical and Biological Warfare
Allegiance	Themselves
Colours	Used to be Gore Red with a Dark Blue outline and gold highlights

The Blessed/Silence/Experiment are one of the two lost First Founding Legions which were wiped from Imperial records by the Emperor during the Great Crusade, becoming nothing but myth. After there excommunication by the Emperor, the legion sought revenge against the Imperium . The Chaos God Nurgle heard their cries for revenge, thinking it a good idea, he bestowed upon them his plagues and turned them into Plague Marines, against their will.....which just made them hate Chaos, however he only got half legion, the other half escaped his plagues by being somewhere else, only to suffer a worse fate (see below). Their Primarch's name has long been forgotten, due to the ones who did know having died millennia ago.

What they looked like before they died or became plague marines

History

Back during the Great Crusade the Blessed or the Heaven Fists (as they were previously known), they were known as the 'Emperor's peacekeapers', having built up a reputation of being excellent at crushing rebellions, but also being absolutely brutal in conflict, using extensive Chemical and Biological warfare. Making no differentiation between the innocent civilian population, the rebels amongst them and their own men (which they really didn't care for as they were so numerous) . Unlucky for them their reputation was also their downfall, their brutal way of fighting was leaving whole systems purged of life and inhospitable(some remaining to this day); once the Emperor heard of this, he sent the Space Wolves to 'take care' of them. Those Space Wolves who was sent to destroy them never returned, due to someone tipping off the Heaven Fists that they were coming. It has been speculated that both the Heaven Fists and the Wolves sent to kill them perished in the fighting due to the reckless tactics and methods the Heaven Fists employ. The Imperium were wrong, very wrong. The Heaven Fists decided to use a very-sneaky tactic to wipe the Wolves out. They first leaked their battle plans to the Wolves, that mislead them into thinking the most of the Heaven Fists force lay waiting in the Tyrus system, specifically Tyrus-3, the notable death world in the System. Well technically they WERE on the planet, but they were only being used as a lure for the wolves, who immediately descended upon the Marines. The second the Wolves got near, thousands of tons of chemical and bio weapons were dropped onto them wiping out both forces. Just to note, how much the Heaven Fists don't care for there own men the lure was composed of 15,000 Marines. FIFTEEN-THOUSAND marines, that is the equivalent of 15 codex compliant chapters in the 40,000 millennium. Just as planned.

As far as we know, their Primarch also had a personal body guard like the other Primarchs. Unlike the other Prmarchs, he had 2 types of bodyguards. They were known as the Pariahs and Messiahs, the former being excellent at CQB and hopeless at ranged who had an obsessions with Khopeshs and leaving the armour battle damaged and scarred, to look as menacing as possible the other being the opposite having piss poor melee but have inhuman ranged abilities, enough to make Tau look like orks. The training to become one of these Pariahs or Messiahs, are particularly dangerous as part of their training was to survive for a year with nothing but a combat knife on the death world Tryus-3. The world was so dangerous it makes Catachan look like a Utopia and Cadia a holiday home. Their training was so brutal and ruthless that only 50 marines ever became Messiahs and only 20 ever becoming Pairahs .

What happened to the other half of the legion

To put it simply they died, then were brought back. Why?, Necrons are the reason why.

On the tabletop

	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Eren'ath the Haunted:	5	5	6	6(7)	3	1	2	10	-/2++

(600 pts.)

Special Rules: Eternal Warrior, From dust we come, As silent as stone, Nightmare Incarnate, Blind leading the Blind, It will not die, Fearless, Stubborn, Feel no Pain (3+), Preferred Enemy: Everything, Mark of Nurgle, Move through cover

	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Tyberus the Blight Hearted:	4	4	5	(5)	4	3	3	9	3+/6++

(90pts.)

Special Rules: Fearless, Fear, Stubborn, Feel no Pain (4+), Mark of Nurgle, Veteran of the Long War, Preferred Enemy: Chaos Space Marines

	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Kybo-Runn-Char:	4	4	4	4	2	5	5	10	2+/6++

(120 pts. per model)

Special Rules: And they shall no know Fear, Stubborn, Feel no Pain, Bulky, Relentless

	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Paraiahs:	6	2	4	5(6)	2	1	2	9	-/3++

(60 pts. per model)

Special Rules: Feel no Pain (4+), Follow the Blind, Move through cover, Hatred, From Dust we come, As silent as stone

	WS	BS	S	T	W	I	A	Ld	Sv
Messiahs:	2	6	4	5(6)	2	1	2	9	-/3++

(60 pts. per model)

Special Rules: Feel no Pain (4+), Follow the Blind, Move through cover, Hatred, From Dust we come, As silent as stone

Special Rules Meaning

Follow the Blind	Cannot move unless a Character or Special Character with 'Blind leading the Blind' is within 18 inches
Blind Leading the Blind	Grants, Hammer of wrath, Fear and Fearless to any unit that has 'Follow the Blind' within 18 inches
From Dust we come	If was not deployed on first turn, can deepstrike without scattering within 12 inches of enemy HQ (Has to be the warlord)
As silent as stone	If no enemy unit has sight on the unit they can move up to 1d6 towards an enemy unit
Nightmare Incarnate	When in assault, before combat the enemy unit must pass a Ld test every turn , if failed they either gain WS1 or the Special Rule 'Our weapons are Useless'

Gallery

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  This is not the face of someone happy with their decisions...
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  Essentially what they look like on the tabletop
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The Traitor Legions and Warbands of Chaos
Chaos Legions:	Alpha Legion - Black Legion - Death Guard Emperor's Children - Iron Warriors - Night Lords Thousand Sons - Word Bearers - World Eaters
Legion Offshoots:	Apostles of Contagion - Bloodborn - Broken Aquila Foresworn - Mouldering Claw - Plague Fleet - Prodigal Sons The Consortium - Warband of Subsector Aurelia
Fallen Chapters (Including Judged):	Adharon's Reavers - Blood Gorgons - Company of Misery Corpus Brethren - Crimson Slaughter - Deathmongers Death Shadows - Invocators - Lords of Decay Oracles of Change - Red Corsairs - Shriven The Brazen Beasts - The Flawless Host - The Scourged Skyrar's Dark Wolves - Steel Cobras - Voidrippers
Unknown/ Other:	Apostles of Minthras - Claws of Lorek - Disciples of Destruction Dragon Warriors - Extinction Angels - Hakanor's Reavers - Punishers The Cleaved - The Purge - The Pyre - Sons of Malice - Sons of Vengeance The Reborn - Violators - Warp Ghosts - Bleak Brotherhood