A New Threat Emerges!

With the anticipated arrival of Warhammer Fantasy I have switched gears for a bit and am working now on my forces of Nurgle. If you would like to get a look head on over to my other blog (pestilenthorde). Soon, I will be back to work on the Emperor's finest but for now it's all about my disease-ridden, filth encrusted warriors.

Maladon Ezrarius

Maladon, High Chaplain and Executioner Marshall of the Sun Crushers, is the fury of the Emperor made flesh. A living beacon in the wretched darkness of the Imperium. His unbreakable faith has kept the chapter true to the God-Emperor's will for more than 300 years.

For many in the chapter Ezrarius has always been there, extending his harsh judgment over ally and foe alike. Yet, he is like the backbone that holds the body upright. His word is law and his fist is punishment.

He is a solemn, distant man. Not even those within the Reclusium can claim to know him as anything other than master. Only the Chapter Master himself does not defer to him. A fact that has plagued him for the 2 centuries that Inthrus Kull, once the Chapter's Chief Librarian, has held that office.

The reason is not anything as simple as power-lust or pride. It is simply that Inthrus is a psyker, and to Maladon, his kind are too susceptible to warp-born influence to occupy the highest office. Secretly though, he doubts his ability to stop Inthrus should it ever become necessary. Kull's power has grown immensely since he emerged victorious from his self-imposed confinement after mastering the Black Rage. Still, he has vowed to keep his vigil and should need ever arise he will not hesitate to fulfill his duty to keep the
Chapter pure.

The Last Thing an Enemy of the Emperor Sees

Hazgull of the glorious first company wearing one of the Chapter's precious suits of terminator armor.

Brother Saradis, entombed following his fall in battle against an Ork Warlord. Formerly, Captain of fourth company.

Sergeant Karnis and a detachment of fourth squad, second company.

Rise of the Sun Crushers!

The Sun Crushers are a successor chapter of the Blood Angels who make their homeworld that of Hades, a desolate sun-scorched desert deathworld. Solar radiation and lethal heat have forced the population to dwell in vast underground cities with only the Astartes able to walk to planet's surface.

Like their gene-brothers, they bear the curse of the Red Thirst and are actively seeking a cure...very little progress has been made. If anything there have been more instances of Marines falling victim to the madness in recent years. Unlike other afflicted chapters, however, they do not kill their stricken brothers and only risk bringing them to battle if the need is dire. Instead, they are secluded and studied in hopes of finding a remedy. Only if the blood of another Marine is spilled do members of the Death Company face punishment, which is always death at the hand of the Executioner Marshall.

The Chapter is currently ruled by the mysterious Inthrus Kull, who conquered the Black Rage and emerged more powerful than ever. Before his ascension he held the post of Chief Librarian, a fact which sets him apart from his peers and at odds with tradition. Many consider having a psyker in command of a Space Marine Chapter dangerous due to their communion with the warp. This prejudice is even held by some within the Chapter. However, he has occupied the Onyx Throne for more than two centuries and has never wavered in his loyalty to the Emperor and the Imperium.

True to the fervor within their genes the Sun Crushers are renowned for furious assaults and devastating close combat tactics that often leave enemies broken and bloody, if they are lucky enough to have survived the first moments of battle. When the madness stricken battle-brothers of the Death Company are utilized this reputation is amplified a hundred-fold. Few mortal minds would come out whole after witnessing the blood-soaked horror that is a Sun Crushers assault.