Icsavian Korps

The Insignia and Badge of The Icsavian Korps.

Icsavain Korps Imperial Guardsman.

### **Motto**

"Born from da cold, and raised with steel! The Korps's foes shall yield while we step out of the frost and into da fold!"

## Commanders

### **Notable Commanders**

'Onour Gurd Lylah MaulerdottirJarl Sigvid GurdsonJarl Purity JoliousdottirKarl Ulfr Gurderson

The **Icasavian Korps** are a loyalist Korps of Astra Militarum that hails from the frozen and inhospitable world of Icasavia. The Imperial Guardsmen that hail from this world are reknowned throughout the Imperium for their sheer phsyical size and ferocity in close-quarters combat, deploying exclusively as a heavy infantry formation.

## History

Before alleging themselves to the Emperor and the Imperium of Man, the Icsavian Korps were a group of royal soldiers belonging to King Grimborn of Mauler that were dedicated to fighting wars of political power between clans on his behalf along with reply any other treats such as Orks and Chaos.

But the most hated enemy they all share in the Icsavian Korps is a cult of mad folk. Insane, jittery fools who worship the generalized concept and meaning of Chaos itself, a cult that has been terrorizing and haunting their homeworld ever since the beginning. Many countless deaths from the struggles of battles and wars fought against this chaos cult to be rid of them once and for all including a madman of Weirdboy known as Jaaric Ovar who leads the most hated and feared of them all.

## Notable Engagements

* **The War of Twenty Five Years: (449-474.M41)** - The very first war the Icsavian Korps fought, Not long after they were united and unified under the Imperium’s Astra Militarum, an invasion of tremendous slaughter was brought in their home. The eye of terror began spewing out the cruel daemons with their spawnlings from chaos into their homeworld as Khrone, Nurgle, Tzeech, and Slaanesh daemons alike began to spread their might like wildfire as they began slaughtering the innocents. But they were not the only threat that had come to invade the homeworld at the time.

What had made the moment worse was chaos was not the only threat that invaded on that day. During the enduring struggle against the Demons from Chaos, a great green Ork Waaaagh! led by Warboss Skullmuncha landed on the homeworld and rampaged through, uncaring on where their blades were to slaughter be it Icsavian, or Chaos. Killing anything it pleased. Forcing the Icsavains Korps Regiment and Hands of Icsavia the planetary defense forces as they held off both attackers for twenty five years. Ending in the death of several defenders including founder of the planetary defense forces Sheildmaiden Supreme Brida. As for the orks the infamous Warboss Skullmuncha managed to retreat and is still at large.

* **The Stand Against Insanity (489-491.M41)** - Fifteen years after their first assault on their homeworld was soon followed by a slaughter as they were forced to hold off and break through a large cultist of mad men and women led by an Insane Madboy Ork with the darkest of green skin and clownish looking face paint known as Weirdboss Jaaric Ovar an Ork who acts like some sort of mentally unstable prophet of chaos. The battle lasted two seemingly endless years, as Groum and the Icsavian Korps fought the cultists off, killing off many of them except for one. the Weirdboss himself who had managed to slip away from the defeat.

* **The Weridboss's Return (501-502.M41)** - Following the previous campaign they had in victory against Jaaric and his insane cultists, it took about ten eagerly awaited years of celebration and war preparation until he had returned once again for vengeance. Weirdboss Ovar had returned and with him and his mighty waaaaagh another Ork Warboss who had been thought long since forgotten , Skullmuncha. Begun to charge through the mountains and into Icsavia's capital city known as Fallen Moon as both Ork Bosses worked together forcing for the Icsavian Korps and The Hands of Icsavia to raise up against in rage as The Hands camped out in the outside the walls of the city as the Icsavain Korps made their way to meet the waaaaghs to bide time for the Hands of Icsavia. The end was brutal as both sides nearly fought to their deaths but the korps made their last desperate push sending Warboss Jaaric into the void of the eye of terror and forced Skullmuncha and his troops off world.

* **The Mortis Rescue (Post Indomitus; Date Unknown.M42)** - During a crash landing on a Chaos world that turns one's worse fears against you, Chieftain Groum and a brigade of Icsavian Korps traveled through the bizarre chaos world of fears following a distress call for back up which had led them towards a group of fifty Champions Mortis Space Marines holding down defense against imaginary "Death Guard". After stubbornly arguing back and forth with the champions of mortis with the help from the Cryptic Sons, The Grey Knights and surprisingly a Renegade Chapter known as the Emperor's Liberators they had managed to make it out with quite a few losses in men.

* **Battle of Greenfing Bunker (M42)** - During M42 the Imperium of Man had sent an assault team of Abhumans with an extreme environmental living strain known as The Icsavian Korps lead by Chieftain Groum to a planet near by their homeworld along with Laura and her Unit of Inquisitors to hunt down a artifact of the Emperor , it was at Segmentum Obscurus within the Savian Sector and Solax System a planet known as Valkryieth. A Frozen Tundra wasteland of a planet almost seemingly desolate planet that is always winter controlled by a greenskin clan.

## Regimental Home World

#### Primitive and Feral

The world known as Icsavia is a seemingly barren and frozen wasteland, with tons of territorial beasts, carnivores and omnivores alike, and the sparse amounts of planet life. But bountiful resources such as lead and iron to name a few that can be found. With vast mountain ranges, snow covered trees, land, and some bodies of water being sealed up in thick and dense packs of Ice, The Climate is filled with frigid cold air, endless snowfalls,dark gloomy clouds and lack of sunlight or shine. It is a Feral World far within the reaches of the segmentum obscurus.

This feral world had turned the people that call it home, including the Imperial Guard into a barbarian like state of mind that rivals the greenskins that neighbor them.

## Organisation

The Icsavian Korps is a surprisingly fairly Organized Regiment despite it having an Hierarchy a kin to an Klan of Ork with some special units.:

### Officer Ranks

* **Chieftain**: The Acting commander of the regiment, known for being very capable of leading the troops into great campaigns with bravado and the strongest warrior in its force. The most feared, mightiest and respected make their way up to the top of the ranks and become a chieftain.

* **Jarl**: The Chieftain’s Right And Left Hand as well Lieutenants tasked by the Chieftain with keeping the soldiers in line by not shying away from giving a bloody good example of why they are the rank of a influence by dealing with challengers in honourable duels or like the Ork Nobz defeating great worthy foes to decorate and ornament their light flak armour with as well as training the ‘onour gurds.

### Line Ranks

* **Karl**: The Rank of Sergeant within the ranks tasked with training the troops with their standard training drills, supplying the soldiers with necessities, carry out the policies as well as handle recruiting. The necessities often supplied to the troops are various things from war gear such as the weaponry and armour to Hunting Tools and Ornamenting Kits as well as the more obvious ones such as Food and Water supply.

* **Warrior**: The title given out to the common soldiers recruited and put through training and issues with standard issue gear and rallied under the higher ups made to be tough enduring soldiers that are made to be damn prideful fearless and ruthless warriors with a passion for War and Hunting.

### Specialist Ranks

* **Onour Gurd**: Highly skilled warriors picked by the Karls and Jarls to serve as bodyguards of the Chieftains who are personally trained by the Jarls to hone their physical prowess to make them be to the point of fitness where they match the Jarls strength.

* **Breakers**: Warriors who are experts at Lockpicking and stealth in case if the regiment gets sent to hunt down traitorous cowards hiding concealed areas such as buildings where the entrances were closed and locked down to provide means of sabotage and infiltration so the rest of the team can break through.

## Regimental Equipment

### Weaponry

* **The Conqueror**: The Conqueror is a small bastardization of the standard Ogryn Autoguns known as The Ripper Gun. The Conqueror pattern is fairly lightweight, and easy to aim. It will often possess a weighted stock in case if close quarters combat would arise, and a large ammo drum. However, as a result of these modifications, an Autogun has and will fire more shots causing for a more to deplete much longer when in use and is often used for melee as well.

* **Helliva Pattern Autopistol**: The Helliva Pattern Autopistol or simply known as The Helliva, is Icsavian's favorite side firearm. A small compact hellish fire red colour Autopistol that had been mass produced in Icsavia and become a pretty much a household equivalent of any weapons other than the primitive melee weapons.

* **Primitive Warrior Weapons**: Melee Weapons no were as fancy as the regular standard weapons like their chainswords or even cutlasses but primitive in design, crafted out of materials such as Wood, Stones and in the rare cases metals made into Axes, Spears, and Swords in barbaric manor and style as their standard issue Melee combat weaponry.

* **Grenades**: Equipped with 4 Frag Grenades and Flashbangs for their standardized explosive gear.

### Armour

* **Modified Standard Flak Armour**: light flak armour tailored to fit their barbaric culture as well as having it decorated with assortments of hunting trophies as ornaments that range from animals of all sorts to worthy foes like Ork remains like skulls and other bits and pieces.

* **Night Vision Goggles (NVGs)**: Only really used by the Breaker units, the NVGs or Night Vision Goggles are a pair of goggles that , as the name obviously implies, allows the user to see in the cloak of total darkness.

* **Rioters Bashers**: Used by some of the highly skilled elites known as 'onour gurds, a Rioter Basher is a large body shield that can be equipped with one arm usually welded onto the gauntlet of the preferred arm and modified well enough to take a few lasgun bolts in durability as well a few spear heads aligning the outer part of a shield for bashing the foe to death.

### Relics

* ***Shieldmaiden Supreme Brida's Wedding Ring*** : Worn originally by Abbess like leader of The Hands of Icsavia Planetary Defence Regiment and once beloved wife to Chieftain Groum that was gifted to him on the day of her death during the Defense of Icsavia against the Orks and Chaos spawns that attempted to lay siege to the planet. Ever since then Groum keeps it on him like a necklace that he is sentimental towards and believes it to be a charm of good luck.

* ***Only Friend***: A large built primitive battle axe made of wood and steel in crudely made fashion that competes with the sure strength equivalent to an Ork Warboss Big Choppa that was used by the former Chieftain and Father of Chieftain Groum now wielded in battle by Chieftain Groum.

### Other Equipment

* **Modified Chimeras Tanks**: The Standard Armoured Personnel Carrier (APC) of The Icsavian Korps that they use as their go to Ground Troop Transport outfitted to to carry twelve Icsavain Warriors not including the Driver as well as outfitted with a Twin Linked Heavy Bolters and Autocannon armed and controlled by the Gunner. Painted up with the Regiment's Insignia and decorated similar to their flak armour with trophies of battles.

* **Rhino Tanks**: Although rarely used by Icsavian Korps, The Mars Pattern Rhino Apc is the their means of backup Troop Transport, outfitted with standard weaponry and the best armor Icsavains can craft for it, then painted in the colors of their proud Abhumans pride along with decorated just like the Autocannon or Twin Linked Heavy Bolters of their Modified Chimera Tanks.

* **Axseas's Bladed Wings**: The Modified Devourer Dropship commonly known as Axseas’s Bladed Wing is an Imperial Class Dropship that the Icsavains learnt how to crudely imitate and manufacture, making it the Regiment’s Standardized Troop Transport for interstellar travel. Sometimes seen decorated similar to how the regiment ornaments their flak armour. As well as modified it to act as an interstellar star craft instead of using it as just a drop ship.

* **Beasts of Labour**: Animals such as horses, armored boars and even bears that had been specially trained out of pure stubbornness and anger from the Icsavains to be used as mounts, pack laboring, and hauling heavy support equipment.

* **Attack Animals**: The strange assortment of animals used to seek out and kill enemies used by the Icsavain Korps in some rare conditions due to experimental conditions. Such animals are Bears, Boars, Wolves, and a strange creature known as a Barilla. A terrifying combination of a bear and gorilla.

* **Pak-38 Anti-Tank Gun**: Often mounted onto a horse drawn chariot, the Pak-38 Anti-Tank Gun is the Icsavian Korps official and only means of heavy weaponry as it is mass produced with the Insignia of the regiment with pride.

## Notable Members

* **'Onour Gurd Lylah Maulerda**

* **'Onour Gurd Thorn**

* **Jarl Sigvid Gurdson**

* **Jarl Purity Joliousda**

* **Karl Ulfr Gurderson**

## Regimental Appearance

### Regimental Colors

The Icsavian Korps wears a light brown uniform underneath their hunting trophies used to ornament their armor along with a light grey Flak Armor with the little decoration parts of their helmets and chest plates painted in gold.

### Regimental Badge

The Icsavian Korps badge takes the form of the Imperium's golden Aquila surrounded by blood red flames. The warriors of the Korps refer to the badge as the 'Mark of Axseas' - the mark of a deity known for warriors, glory, honour and war.

## Notable Quotes

### By Icsavian Korps:

" *Dat bez more fer da Frost!*"
— Chieftain Groum.W.Mauler shouting in the midst of battle as his troops cheer.
" *Oi did me’z tell ya boot da time i’z nearly stomped da eva living ‘eck out ov one den runnygades space marinez! Little tin man waz about tu cry tu iz momma.*"
— Chieftain Groum.W.Mauler telling a story to his troops around a campfire.
### About Icsavian Korps:

"*A civilian once asked them 'What the fuck, do you eat to get so big?' To that poor civilian's surprise they all look to him as a woman from the Regiment stepped forward. "In our 'omeworld we 'unt wildlife dat you could not begin tu imagine that are able tu eat thingz ov chaos as well as Orks, and those creatures are our meals and wat you would call ornaments.*"
— Uknown Imperial civilian talking about the size of the warriors from the Icsavian Korps.