Ok so I thought to share my background of my CSM warband to you all, to let you all know what my warband does and why it does it.
This part is the story of their origins:
The Idea for them were to be the gods personal legion, as most if not all CSM warbands are too self centred (with word bearers maybe being the exception) imo, with a LoTD-esque feel going on an army of super soldiers with ghost or ethereal-like ability's but there only option (and the one they choose) is to serve the Dark gods..
Anyho this is the origin's of my Warband, I am planning on expanding it later once I have more free time to spare:
The soulless are a warband of myth and legend, even upon CSM legions and warbands they are legend and rumour. not much is known from The Soulless as there has only been very few reports of their activity upon real space. what is known to the inquisition is that they appear like shadows out of nowhere, they collect and obtain certain artefacts or specific individuals then disappear without a trace, leaving most times a planet unharmed, which is very irregular for a Chaos to do so, and this unnerves the Inquisition very much and is also seen as an Omen in many cases as when a sighting of the soulless appears, it is usually followed be a Daemonic invasion or a Warband attack and the Inquisition is very keen on more intelligence on these... ghost warriors. even in the Eye of Terror and The Warp the Soulless are shrouded in Myth and Legend. Even upon the great Warmaster Abbadon The Despoiler himself does not know of their Origins or their goals, but he is on watch as he is with his own legion as he does not will anyone to become a new Warmaster to take his place. Some say in the Warp they are Ghosts or incorporeal beings of Insane Space marines from the Abyssal Crusade looking for retribution for injustice that had been thrust upon them. Others say they are an Omen for any race to look upon them, for the are far more a horror than just a regular Chaos Marine, however the Truth is far more terrifying than that...
The Origins of the Soulless began in Ultima Segmentum on the planet of Traxis IV where the proud veteran captain of the Ultramarines of the 1st company Captain Leonidas Octavia and his company of Ultramarines were based with the task of Tyranid Hunting patrol and beacon duty to send any beacon of any fleets or splinter fleets to make a surprise flank attack upon the Ultima Segmentum, this whilst the Captain knew it was important to the sector he felt that this was a distain upon his honour as this he was a proud veteran of the War for Macragge, and he saw his whole squad ripped apart before him by Raveners, which he then ripped apart with power axe and plasma pistol, rage thrust upon him. the night he entered the planets atmosphere he began having strange visions and flashbacks mixed all into one with constant voices bickering and tempting him, the Apothecaries could not explain these "visions" nor could the Librarian Scipio and half of the company within 6 months the visions spread upon the librarian, only then did he realise what it was and he alerted the Captain as soon as he could, what was to happen next was to be the start of the downfall of this doomed company and uprising of the Soulless. The captain and Librarian both agreed to keep these "Visions" a Secret as they knew the Inquisition were In this sector locating traitors and these "visions" would only brand the company as heretics and therefore must be destroyed. 10 months passed and three quarters of the company were gaining these visions and the behaviour was also altered, as every Ultramarine was becoming more bloodthirsty with each kill they made on the Hunting patrols, they started talking out of term for an Ultramarine and they started wearing skinned, bloody skulls on their belts as trophy's. The master of the Forge on this mission was also acting more Anti-Social than a usual Techmarine usually is spending more time in the forges creating more "ambitious" Weaponry which was also unstable as well, but still the Inquisition did not enquire upon this as they were too busy hunting down Renegade Guard and what appeared to be by records a strong Primas Psyker. 2 more months past and the majority of the company as a whole was receiving the same visions as the Captain, only when the Inquisition landed upon the planet of Traxis IV did they notice all the oddity's of this company and just as they found the renegade Psyker and to begin enquires upon the Ultramarines, the Psyker was torn apart and exploded only to have released a warp portal of leviathan scale trapping the Inquisition and the Ultramarines upon the planet. In that instant The Visions clicked in for the company, they saw the Imperium for what it was: A fascist environment, that all of a sudden that all the deaths they had made for the Emperor were all in vain, for the Emperor could not hear them, not ever. The Captain, the Librarian and the master of the forge all bowed to the Daemons, for they realised that they are true embodiments of Gods and Freedom. then the vast Majority of the Chapter kennelled before the Daemons. a herald of Khorne stood before the Captain, looking at glee seeing nothing more than a sacrifice he raised is Hellblade high but as he was about to strike he stopped, and froze as if something was talking to him. He then grabbed the captain be the Chest plate and hoisted him up, then once again began attacking the Inquisitional forces, by this time The Captain raised his Axe and started slaughtering the Inquisitional forces, then so did the Librarian and the Techmarine, then so did the Company, the Inquisition and any loyal Ultramarines were cut asunder in a matter of hours in cold genocide, once all loyalists were killed the planet was swallowed in the Warp Portal, and was never to be seen again to the Imperium.
when the Warp Engulfed the Planet the Captain had a vision alongside the Techmarine and the Librarian the vision was of the Dark Gods of Chaos and they reached to them and told them they were to do a great many deed for them, and the ultramarines embraced that. the first thing the captain said which will be their chant forevermore would be "Serve the daemon" as soon as the captain said those words he alongside his brothers felt a power surge through them, none like they had ever experienced before but this only happened for a brief time. from the on the Captain was given a true Daemon name "An'ggarth Ryker" and his title was "The Reaper" The Master of the Forge was renamed to "Servitus Ironhand" and his title was "The Master of Puppets" and the Librarian was renamed to "Orzovius Orngur" and His title was "The Sandman". The gods also told them that they belong to the Daemons of the Warp which they also embraced and that they gave them the ability to be Incorporeal, to move though objects without anything to slow them down, and that if they should ever fall they would be reborn on this Daemon world which is to become their home, and as long as they did only their bidding they could have anything fulfilled that they wanted that they were denied from their former lives. From then on they knew they were the gods personal legion, and their goal is to do the gods bidding without question, and such was the power they were granted, they embraced it. However this was a double edged sword as 2 nights passed the company felt as if they were in a constant battle, even when there was not any enemies the gods required to kill, when asked a Lord of Change of Tzeench appeared and told them that there power was also their curse, as to install their power the Gods also placed a daemon of each parton into their very soul, and should they ever do anything against the gods will, the daemons will rip their souls apart.
My next plan is to make the warband ascend to Legion, and going into further detail of each of the head or main characters as well as there weapons, etc, etc,
Well hope you enjoyed this read :)
This is The Warp Forge signing out, and remember... Keep on forging!!!
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