The Martyred Sons (416.M37) - Inquisitor-Lord Antonius Coil of the Ordo Malleus discovers the current location of the nomadic Hell-Forge of Sarum while conducting an Exterminatus action against the Warp-tainted Hive World of Goleonda IX, and moves to see it destroyed at last.The Bleak Brotherhood, however, may also be a sub-faction or warband of the Warp Ghosts.

These dark proclivities have led the Warp Ghosts and their nature to be confused in garbled after-battle reports with other Chaos forces they have carried to war, such as the Deathmongers, the Bleak Brotherhood and the Unhallowed, while they have also been known to have made common cause with Fabius Bile and his abominations on more than one occasion. Theirs, it is said, is a singular curse, to be condemned as withered undying souls, damned for some unknown sin or treachery, to ride the tides of the Warp in search of new flesh to wear, as any physical body that they invade is itself quick to decay and soon ruined by their Chaos-tainted possession.Ĭondemned to wander the tides of the Warp, they have gained a reputation as the ferrymen of the damned, transporting vast war hosts of mutants and Renegades as well as Chaos Space Marine warbands and the forces of the Dark Mechanicum to safe exit routes out of the Eye of Terror, so long as their sinister price is met. Their flagship, it is claimed, is a Horus Heresy-era assault barque of prodigious size known as the Spectre Ens, while xenos gunships, stolen Imperial troop macro-transports and even a nightmare-conglomerated space hulk are attested as under their control, according to unconfirmed reports.Īs well as marauders and world-breakers in their own right, the Warp Ghosts are also renowned as mercenaries among the dark forces of the Eye of Terror and far beyond, owing fealty to neither god nor master but only to the coin of strong flesh and blood, fealty and sacrifice. Their true strength, however, lies in the possession of at least two score of powerful warships, ranging in power from fast raider vessels to vast Grand Cruisers.

The Warp Ghosts themselves are believed to be a sizable force, perhaps numbering several thousand damned Heretic Astartes at their core. The sinister legend that surrounds the Warp Ghosts is well known among the students of the profane, but itself has been the cause of considerable confusion as to the attribution of their actions and involvement in various wars and incursions down the millennia.

It is believed that the Warp Ghosts, or at least a sizable faction of their number, joined the 13th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler, although doubtless such a loyalty will last only so long as their price is met.Ī rare, detailed depiction of the iconography of the Renegade Warp Ghosts note that this symbol possibly represents a stylised coin it is not known if the symbol is unique to a certain war machine, to the Stygian Vanguard of the Warp Ghosts, or of wider significance to the Renegade Chapter as a whole. Any attempt made by others to have them explain their origin or purpose is met with a proclamation that such matters are irrelevant. The origin of the Warp Ghosts and what they are remains unclear. Iskandar Khayon of the Black Legion did not recognise the pattern of their armour and warships during the 31st Millennium, commenting that it looked futuristic compared to what even the Imperium at the time fielded. A warband of spectral Chaos Space Marines existing somewhere between life and death, each of their Heretic Astartes gives off an eerie green glow. The Warp Ghosts are a mysterious entity similar in some ways to the Loyalist Legion of the Damned. It is unknown exactly when the Chapter betrayed the Imperium of Man and turned to Chaos.īeing only a single Renegade Chapter, the Warp Ghosts have far fewer Heretic Astartes and equipment than the original Traitor Legions, but are still renowned for their ferocity among the forces of Chaos. The Warp Ghosts are a Renegade Chapter of Chaos Space Marines of unknown Founding and origin, whose survivors now serve Chaos Undivided.

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