CharnelLord666
September 6th, 2009, 04:01
Ok, so Im trying to figure out a good, home-made fluff theme for my army but i just want to know what people think of my idea first before i get too serious with it. This is just a basic outline of my Death Bringers traitor chapter so please feel free to tell me what you think, im not too deep into any kind of story yet. (Also, if anyone could suggest a good rival for my army, it would be greatly appretiated.)
Name:The Death Bringers Chaos Chapter (Traitors of the Dark Angels)
Homeworld: Kothgren
Colors: main-Dark Angels Green, trim-Shining Gold
Culture: Devout followers of Khorne and Nurgle, they beleive that these two gods together are the gods of war, carnage, and harsh vengeance. A dangerous traitor chapter to face, usually after the first battle against any race, planet or faction, the Death Bringers will hold true to their name and strive to bring death to any that would oppose them. The Death Bringers hate their enemies more than many other chaos marine possibly could. The greatest of their enemies is the Dark Angels and their subsidary chapters, the Ultramarines, the Tau, and the Orks.
Strategy: Send up most of the infantry in transports to lock the enemy in close combat, deep strike almost everything you can inside the gaps in the enemy line (off of the banners if possible), and keep heavy firepower at long to mid range, firing at the vehicles or heavy infantry.
Important Characters: Sinpox the Vile – Daemon Prince of Nurgle, The Charnel Lord – Chaos Lord of Khorne.
History: The chapter was formed long ago, just after the Horus Heresy. The Dark Angels chapter was still recovering from its great number of marines gone traitor. The imperium had never yet really tried to explore the eye yet and usually avoided entering it (still a common thing). Not many of the Dark Angels saw much wisdom in charging after the heretics of their chapter for it would have led them straight to the eye of terror. However, when the Dark Angels suffered a crippling blow while aiding the defense of Cadia, they held true to their hate and sought a great vengeance for their fallen brothers. A large force of the marines in reserve were sent to seek out and destroy the daemons and traitors that had beaten them so badly. Brother-Captain Krassius Hayden and Brother-Captain Feylorn Tarle were sent to lead the force against the tide of chaos. When they encountered their enemy however, they found that their hated foes had suffered quite a few losses as well. When they witnessed the enemy retreating toward the eye, the marines were filled with such an inhuman hate, that they all charged their ships, as if run by one mind, furiously towards the warp-spawn and heretics. The vengeful marines hunted their foe through the eye of terror and amazingly were not taken at the time by chaos. The hate in every one of them was enough to let them survive. They tracked down their enemy to an infested planet called Kothgren where they cornered their long-hunted prey. Little did the Dark Angels realise through their rage, that Kothgren was a planet that the imperium had never heard of before, yet some how, the marines knew its dark and tainted name at the sheer sight of it. The chaos on the planet, being nothing but scattered warbands, assortments of daemons and random masses of chaos, were completely obliterated by the infuriated marines and they did not stop their massacre until every last living thing on the planet was destroyed. Once the marines had finished, they realised just what they had done and were now stranded in the middle of the largest concentration of chaos in the galaxy. After many years the gods squabbled over such a prize of warriors. Constantly, the whispers of the gods rang in their ears. Eventually, two gods were successful in tempting these marines. Khorne admired the amount of hate that these stranded marines harboured and fed their hate by sending his own followers against them, making the weaker minded marines slaves to bloody warfare and slaughter. Nurgle constantly explained to the marines about how what they were willing to die for was absolutely foolish and convinced them that he could teach them everything to know about death, he even convinced some that the emperor himself was but another slave of the god of decay. The bonds were set, the chaos gods Khorne and Nurgle had completely corrupted the marines, even Hayden and Tarle were tainted to the core. Ironically, these dark angels became the very thing their chapter vowed to hunt. These however were not like The Fallen. These traitor angels were something far different.
About 500 years of corruption and warfare passed and the renegade marines had given themselves a new identity. Their hatred for the imperium had grown so great, that they vowed to destroy any living thing that even spoke of it with a shred of pride. Thus the former Dark Angels took on a different name, they had become the Death Bringers, the squelchers of life. Much had changed in the new chapter. Kothgren had somehow managed to become more tainted then it had ever been and the chapter was thriving on it. Old members of the Death Bringers died in time, but gradually, they were gaining more and more traitor marines to fall under their banner. The chapter had also resorted to their old foe as allies; Daemons were commonly used in their battles. What started as the corruption of a small battleforce was amassing to a sizable army. Hushed words and whispers have told that the new traitor chapter was nearing half the size of an imperial legion.
As for Hayden and Tarle, they had undergone great changes. Tarles name was no longer remembered for he had ascended to the greatest honour with an even greater speed. Nurgle had taken a great liking to Tarle and gave him the gift of daemonhood, thus making Tarle one of the quickest ascending chaos lords in history. No one knew his daemonic name, but most refered to the newborn daemon prince as Sinpox the Vile. News of this had reached the Dark Angels right away, making them even more paranoid of inquisitorial discovery for a daemon prince would attract even more attention. Hayden had not undergone an ascention, but really, no one feared him any less. The changes to Haydens physical form were hidden by his corrupt terminator armour, but not by his voice. Hayden hardly spoke anymore, but when he did, it sent shudders down even the most emotionless traitor marine. Haydens voice was like a harsh whisper that crackled like fire, but most of his words were expressed through the bloody slaughter that he conducted. Hayden had gained the respect and admiration of Khorne. Khorne rewarded Hayden not with the ascention of daemonhood, but instead a great relic of Khorne. The great axe was known as the Bone Cleaver, a weapon infused not only with the bloodlust of Khorne, but also his desire for skulls. After a time of weilding this weapon, he became known simply as the Charnel Lord.
After this amount of further corruption, word of the Death Bringers reached the ears of the Dark Angels and all three subsidary chapters beneath them. It was a great stain on their pride knowing that so many more of their brothers had fallen so far, yet, they had not been able to deal with the problem already being busy with the origional traitors of their legion. Along with the Fallen Angels, the combined heresy of the two chapters is what makes the Dark Angels and the chapters beneath them mysteriously refer to themselves as the “Unforgiven”. Though origionally smaller than the Fallen, the Death Bringers were growing ever so larger and word of them reached out to the imperium soon enough. The Dark Angels were even more determined to get rid of the traitors for now two sizable enemies threatened the discovery of their chapter. Thus the Dark Angels vowed to destroy both chapters with the same behaviour that corrupted them so in the past. They treated their hunt with the utmost amount of vengeance and hate.
As a last note, I want to point out a few things:
-This isnt meant to be a real story, I completely made this up.
-I do realise that there is no such thing as the “Bone Cleaver” but dont worry, I'm not giving it any special stats or anything, it will simply be counted as a daemon weapon of khorne.
-On the note of the Bone Cleaver, if anyone could suggest a better name for the weapon with something to do with bones, it would be appretiated.
-Neither of my characters are modified in any way, they are simply a Daemon Prince of nurgle and a Chaos Lord of khorne. (asides from upgrades)
-I know that the Dark Angels codex would have said more about my army as well if this was true, but this is just for the sake of giving my army an awesome background.
-Lastly, I've already collected about half of my army, including my Hqs and i have painted all of them with this paint scheme. I think it looks good so i dont want to change it, but i would also like to stick with the Dark Angels traitor idea, so if there are any flaws in my history or in the overall concept of my army, tell me, and ill try to work around them instead. (no i will not paint my terminators with the deathwing paint scheme)
Thanks for reading, any commentary or advise is appreciated.
Name:The Death Bringers Chaos Chapter (Traitors of the Dark Angels)
Homeworld: Kothgren
Colors: main-Dark Angels Green, trim-Shining Gold
Culture: Devout followers of Khorne and Nurgle, they beleive that these two gods together are the gods of war, carnage, and harsh vengeance. A dangerous traitor chapter to face, usually after the first battle against any race, planet or faction, the Death Bringers will hold true to their name and strive to bring death to any that would oppose them. The Death Bringers hate their enemies more than many other chaos marine possibly could. The greatest of their enemies is the Dark Angels and their subsidary chapters, the Ultramarines, the Tau, and the Orks.
Strategy: Send up most of the infantry in transports to lock the enemy in close combat, deep strike almost everything you can inside the gaps in the enemy line (off of the banners if possible), and keep heavy firepower at long to mid range, firing at the vehicles or heavy infantry.
Important Characters: Sinpox the Vile – Daemon Prince of Nurgle, The Charnel Lord – Chaos Lord of Khorne.
History: The chapter was formed long ago, just after the Horus Heresy. The Dark Angels chapter was still recovering from its great number of marines gone traitor. The imperium had never yet really tried to explore the eye yet and usually avoided entering it (still a common thing). Not many of the Dark Angels saw much wisdom in charging after the heretics of their chapter for it would have led them straight to the eye of terror. However, when the Dark Angels suffered a crippling blow while aiding the defense of Cadia, they held true to their hate and sought a great vengeance for their fallen brothers. A large force of the marines in reserve were sent to seek out and destroy the daemons and traitors that had beaten them so badly. Brother-Captain Krassius Hayden and Brother-Captain Feylorn Tarle were sent to lead the force against the tide of chaos. When they encountered their enemy however, they found that their hated foes had suffered quite a few losses as well. When they witnessed the enemy retreating toward the eye, the marines were filled with such an inhuman hate, that they all charged their ships, as if run by one mind, furiously towards the warp-spawn and heretics. The vengeful marines hunted their foe through the eye of terror and amazingly were not taken at the time by chaos. The hate in every one of them was enough to let them survive. They tracked down their enemy to an infested planet called Kothgren where they cornered their long-hunted prey. Little did the Dark Angels realise through their rage, that Kothgren was a planet that the imperium had never heard of before, yet some how, the marines knew its dark and tainted name at the sheer sight of it. The chaos on the planet, being nothing but scattered warbands, assortments of daemons and random masses of chaos, were completely obliterated by the infuriated marines and they did not stop their massacre until every last living thing on the planet was destroyed. Once the marines had finished, they realised just what they had done and were now stranded in the middle of the largest concentration of chaos in the galaxy. After many years the gods squabbled over such a prize of warriors. Constantly, the whispers of the gods rang in their ears. Eventually, two gods were successful in tempting these marines. Khorne admired the amount of hate that these stranded marines harboured and fed their hate by sending his own followers against them, making the weaker minded marines slaves to bloody warfare and slaughter. Nurgle constantly explained to the marines about how what they were willing to die for was absolutely foolish and convinced them that he could teach them everything to know about death, he even convinced some that the emperor himself was but another slave of the god of decay. The bonds were set, the chaos gods Khorne and Nurgle had completely corrupted the marines, even Hayden and Tarle were tainted to the core. Ironically, these dark angels became the very thing their chapter vowed to hunt. These however were not like The Fallen. These traitor angels were something far different.
About 500 years of corruption and warfare passed and the renegade marines had given themselves a new identity. Their hatred for the imperium had grown so great, that they vowed to destroy any living thing that even spoke of it with a shred of pride. Thus the former Dark Angels took on a different name, they had become the Death Bringers, the squelchers of life. Much had changed in the new chapter. Kothgren had somehow managed to become more tainted then it had ever been and the chapter was thriving on it. Old members of the Death Bringers died in time, but gradually, they were gaining more and more traitor marines to fall under their banner. The chapter had also resorted to their old foe as allies; Daemons were commonly used in their battles. What started as the corruption of a small battleforce was amassing to a sizable army. Hushed words and whispers have told that the new traitor chapter was nearing half the size of an imperial legion.
As for Hayden and Tarle, they had undergone great changes. Tarles name was no longer remembered for he had ascended to the greatest honour with an even greater speed. Nurgle had taken a great liking to Tarle and gave him the gift of daemonhood, thus making Tarle one of the quickest ascending chaos lords in history. No one knew his daemonic name, but most refered to the newborn daemon prince as Sinpox the Vile. News of this had reached the Dark Angels right away, making them even more paranoid of inquisitorial discovery for a daemon prince would attract even more attention. Hayden had not undergone an ascention, but really, no one feared him any less. The changes to Haydens physical form were hidden by his corrupt terminator armour, but not by his voice. Hayden hardly spoke anymore, but when he did, it sent shudders down even the most emotionless traitor marine. Haydens voice was like a harsh whisper that crackled like fire, but most of his words were expressed through the bloody slaughter that he conducted. Hayden had gained the respect and admiration of Khorne. Khorne rewarded Hayden not with the ascention of daemonhood, but instead a great relic of Khorne. The great axe was known as the Bone Cleaver, a weapon infused not only with the bloodlust of Khorne, but also his desire for skulls. After a time of weilding this weapon, he became known simply as the Charnel Lord.
After this amount of further corruption, word of the Death Bringers reached the ears of the Dark Angels and all three subsidary chapters beneath them. It was a great stain on their pride knowing that so many more of their brothers had fallen so far, yet, they had not been able to deal with the problem already being busy with the origional traitors of their legion. Along with the Fallen Angels, the combined heresy of the two chapters is what makes the Dark Angels and the chapters beneath them mysteriously refer to themselves as the “Unforgiven”. Though origionally smaller than the Fallen, the Death Bringers were growing ever so larger and word of them reached out to the imperium soon enough. The Dark Angels were even more determined to get rid of the traitors for now two sizable enemies threatened the discovery of their chapter. Thus the Dark Angels vowed to destroy both chapters with the same behaviour that corrupted them so in the past. They treated their hunt with the utmost amount of vengeance and hate.
As a last note, I want to point out a few things:
-This isnt meant to be a real story, I completely made this up.
-I do realise that there is no such thing as the “Bone Cleaver” but dont worry, I'm not giving it any special stats or anything, it will simply be counted as a daemon weapon of khorne.
-On the note of the Bone Cleaver, if anyone could suggest a better name for the weapon with something to do with bones, it would be appretiated.
-Neither of my characters are modified in any way, they are simply a Daemon Prince of nurgle and a Chaos Lord of khorne. (asides from upgrades)
-I know that the Dark Angels codex would have said more about my army as well if this was true, but this is just for the sake of giving my army an awesome background.
-Lastly, I've already collected about half of my army, including my Hqs and i have painted all of them with this paint scheme. I think it looks good so i dont want to change it, but i would also like to stick with the Dark Angels traitor idea, so if there are any flaws in my history or in the overall concept of my army, tell me, and ill try to work around them instead. (no i will not paint my terminators with the deathwing paint scheme)
Thanks for reading, any commentary or advise is appreciated.