Nameless

* Post-Scouring
* Pre-Heresy

Nameless armorials, both Pre-Heresy and Post-Scouring appearances.

* Post-Scouring
* Pre-Heresy

Nameless appearance, in both Pre-Heresy and Post-Heresy livery.

The **Nameless** are a mysterious successor of the Alpha Legion that has a long history of turning Imperial worlds against the Imperial regents, forming cults and militias to sow chaos amongst local PDF and Imperial Guard regiments. Their motives and objectives are only know to them and their loyalties are even more shrouded in mystery and deceit. Not much is known about them in Imperial Records wether or not this is due to a logging issue of an inside agent is unknown.

## Notable Campaigns

The Nameless has undertaken a few major campgains throughout their long and storied existence causing problems for both Imperial and Chaos forces alike.

## Warband History

### Great Crusade

The Nameless can trace their origins back to the Great Crusade where Alpha Legion with black markings were reported to have been seen on several theatres of war, they would perform the expected tactics of the XXth Legion with them falling into obscurity though reports of black armour clad Alpha Legion still persisted throughout the Crusade and during the Dark days of the Horus Heresy.

### Horus Hersey

The Nameless, while not present on Isstvan V during the Drop Site Massacre did turn on their loyalist cousins of the IXth Legion on the world of Phagous, where they caught the unsuspecting loyalists off-guard and massacred a great many before being driven off by a counter offensive. The Blood Angels captured a few legionnaires and would later try and gather information out of the prisoners but would only get in response, "We bare no name, We are many". Theses prisoners would be later executed. The Centurion of the Phagous garrison would swear an oath of vengeance upon The Nameless and an oath that still remains to this day.

After the withdrawal at Phagous, the Nameless would be assigned to hunt and harass any serving loyalists from Isstvan V and prevent them from consolidating into a large enough force or their parent legions. They would spend months harassing loyalist forces, dismantling flotillas and assassinating enemy leaders. This culminated in what would later be known to the Salamanders as 'The Night of the Pale Dragon' where the Nameless would lure a large group of Salamanders to the death world of Dragons Cradle, which was inhabited by native fauna that resembled the ancient dragons of Terra's past. The Salamanders were lured in by a false flag transmission from The Nameless which stated that the legion would be regrouping on this world. The Salamanders rushed in to reunite with their brothers but did not anticipate being ambushed by the Namless and subsequently forced to ground where The Nameless would not follow them. Unbeknownst to them this was the plan of the XXth all along, as not long after, emerging from their downed vessels they would be set upon by the native dragon-like fauna and all but a few would not survive, with the survivors telling of an partically large beast with pale scales rising through their numbers.

The Nameless would continue throughout the Heresy performing many attacks hallmarked by the XXth Legion but would remain relatively obscured throughout the Heresy. It is unknown if they were at the Siege of Terra or The Solar War though it is likely that some were present.

### The Scouring

The Nameless, like the majority of the Alpha Legion, did not enter the notorious warp rift known as the Eye of Terror and spent many years harassing Imperial forces even after the deaths of their primarchs. They even managed to further weaken depleted legions, mainly the Raven Guard and the Salamanders, further reducing these legions' numbers. Similarly to the rest of the Alpha Legion they did not seek refuge int Eye of Terror and instead fled to the borders of the known galaxy and waited for the right time to return to exact their vengeace. though they would do so at a semmigly later date.

### Post Scouring

Nothing was heard from the Nameless following the Scouring until M35 where the Nameless, now clad in pitch black armour and still keeping their silver trim and one arm in their original livery, brought deceit to many Imperial Worlds on the fringes of Imperial space where they encountered the Ork Warboss called Fragfang Deffshoota that was trying to start a WAAAGH!!! under his banner.

The Nameless would run several raids into Ork territory to destabilise the Warbosses efforts to consolidate and after several centuries of this Harrowmaster Fulcrum decided to bring this fledgling Ork WAAAGH!! by discreetly pointing the Orks in the direction of a nearby Imperial sector, The Orks would trigger a response from the imperium and the vast majority of the Ork WAAAGH!! was destroyed leaving only an ignorable fraction left. While the Imperium believed they had single handedly ended and Ork threat the truth being far from what they believe.

The Nameless would appear several times in the coming years rarely coming into open conflict with another faction preferring to stick to the shadows and manipulate events that's suit their desired outcome.

### War of The Beast

When the War of the Beast started to escalate the Nameless would begin their own shadow war against the Orks, though in the grand scheme it did little to the slow the green tide it did buy a little time for humanity to build up strength in certain areas while also thinning the tide of Orks but only a little.

This was also the event that brought into question the Warbands true loyalties as they were observed to actively help civilians and other loyalist forces in fighting the green menace and they even formed a temporary alliance with Imperial forces to combat the green menace because humanity would not survive if every member doesn't band together to fight. while the alliance was only temporary it was noted by a few members of loyalist Space Marine Chapters that it was like 'Fighting alongside long lost brothers'. This conflict would also see the Nameless engage in open warfare for possibly the first time and would see Harrowmaster Fulcrum himself take to the field to see to the Orks destruction, and would often flank the Orks and give them another front to fight on. Though at the end of the conflict the alliance would dissolve the Nameless would slink away again and continue fighting their proxy wars.

### The Great Rift

During the aftermath of the Fall of Cadia the galaxy was split in twain by the newly formed Cicatrix Malidictum. While many factions were in disarray the Nameless took this as an opportunity to acquire assets from other factions and would continue to do so over even when the factions regained their barring.

## Warband Homeworld

It is unknown If The Nameless have claimed a planet as their own though it is suspected that the Warband operates out of a small fleet which is led by the ancient flagship *Theta Mu*.

Unknown to those outside of the Nameless they posses many worlds that they have converted into weapon Caches and Bio-Forges from which the Namless's gene-tainted are unleashed upon the galaxy and where the Gene-Binder himself resides in his tormented and modified kingdom.

### Fortress-Monastery

It is believed the Warband is headed by the Fulcrum out of the ancient Battle Barge dubbed the *Theta Mu*, an ancient ship that disappeared near the end of the Scouring and would later reemerge.

## Warband Organisation

### Specialist Ranks

* **Interloper:** Human agents are a common instance in most Alpha Legion groups in both pre Heresy and post Heresy, this is still the case with The Nameless with them using human agents that are commonly referred to as Interlopers; These agents are sent into areas of strategic importance to the Warband to worm their way into enemy infrastructure and spread influence to the local PDF and civilian population.

* **Gene-Tainted:** The Gene-Tainted are a unique a monstrous creation from the depths Bio-Forges of The Nameless that are created from the corrupted geneseed from other gene-lines and implanted into often unwilling subjects who are the mutated into abominations that have exaggerated features depending on the Geneseed, such as angels wings, more canine attributes.

## Warband Recruitment

It is unknown how the Nameless replenish their numbers though it is assumed they take a similar approach to the red corsairs and recruit whoever will fight under the banner of the Nameless

## Warband Beliefs

The Nameless are not subservient to the Chaos Gods similar to most of the Alpha Legion though there are small sects particularly in the mortal elements of the Warband that do worship the gods of Chaos. those astartes that do worship the chaos gods are not held in high regard within the warband and are often lower ranked astartes while the higher ranked astartes are those who choose to not worship the chaos gods.

In recent years there has been a major decrease in sighted deployments of Chaos touched assets such as deamon engines and possessed, this has led to some within the Inquisiton to speculate they they have purged their ranks of any chaos tainted individuals within their ranks, whether they be astartes or Mortal.

## Combat Doctrine

The Nameless's rarely engage in open warfare instead opting to use espionage and subterfuge to eliminate threats to whatever plan they may have at the time. They have been noted to set up Proxy wars between cults or militias against the Imperium or whoever the Nameless are fighting.

Rarely engaing in large scale deployments and instead opting to either deploy small strike teams or individual operatives to comeplete their objectives, said teams or operatives are expected to compete their assigned roles without support from the warband for an expended peroid of time. When the Nameless do deploy in large numbers it has been obsereved that they fight with an attention to detail that it seems they are beholden to a singiular will. In more recent years larger scale deployments have begun to become more common as threats such as the Tyranids, Orks and awakening Necron Dynastys have necessitated it.

## Notable Members

* **Harrowmaster Fulcrum:** Harrowmaster Fulcrum is the current Lord of the Warband still using the old moniker of Harrowmaster from the days of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy he is the first of the Nameless and has always led from the shadows and has racked up an impressive belt of victories, it is speculated that he is one of the oldest of the Warband and has been in service to the Alpha Legion since the Great crusade maybe even longer, This is a lie. It has also said that Harrowmaster Fulcrum is merely a title, a Facade meant to deceive outsiders and to keep their clandestine operations further submerged in Black Ink, This is also a Lie.

* **One of Many Faces:** The One of Many Faces is a Chaos Sorcerer that serves Harrowmaster Fulcrum as one of his champions within the command structure of The Nameless, he has taken the moniker of 'One of many faces' due to his warp imbued helmet that has an entirely blank faceplate that has the ability to morph into anyones face that the user can see. The sorcerer also has the so far unique psychic power of being able to summon what has been dubbed as a 'Shade Hydra' which can split itself into multiple smaller hydras that multiply is shot by conventional ammunition or can conjoin into a larger multi headed hydra.

* **The Gene Binder:** The Gene Binder is the creator of the Gene-Tainted and is a member of the inner circle of the Nameless. He does not share the same goal that the rest of the Nameless share, he instead strives to push the limits of what gene seed is capable of, which gained him the title of Gene Binder. A title he has taken with a disturbing amount of glee.

* **Jaego Sheyr:** Jaego Sheyr is a Champion for the Nameless and is currently trying to claim a place within the inner circle of the Nameless. He is responsible for countless worlds falling and is the current wielder of "The Krakens Song".

* **Askelitan Dyas:** Askelitan Dyas was a Legion Vigilator and strike commander of the Alpha Legion who is now associated with the **Nameless** Warband. Believed to be born somewhere on Terra during the Unification Wars he is believed to be one of the first recruits for the XXth Legion and would fight in the latter portion of the Unification Wars and would be one of the first Headhunters in the legion. Unfortunately most of his records for the Great Crusade are highly redacted, covered in copious amounts of black ink, as is the norm with the XXth Legion, especially those amongst what would later become the the Nameless Warband. though a few scattered records do show what Askelitan was up to during that time period. During the subsequent Horus Heresy, it is generally unknown what other engagements Askelitan was involved throughout this conflict, though his presence was noted in many engagements. When the Great scouring took place Askelitan would follow his brethren in the Nameless and would reek havoc upon the vengeful Loyalists, particularly the Raven Guard. Askelitan would later remerge with the rest of the Nameless and would cause chaos on many imperial worlds and against the Orks during the War of the Beast. It is during this time that he would gain further infamy for his brutal and merciless attacks and lack of any apparent empathy. Askelitan is known for his precise attacks with Headhunter Kill-Teams and Legion Seeker Squads, all with a stone cold and pragmatic demeanour.

* **Tamiel Syndros**: **Tamiel Syndros** is Blackshield Space Marine that originally hailed from the enigmatic Alpha Legion. Though he and his twin have long since abandoned the legion and became Knights-Errant. After being captured by Trayzen in M34 and emerging on Burning Cadia, they were offered a spot in Inquisitor Marshall Auluris's retinue and have served him well ever since.

* **Kathreel Nul**: **Kathreel Nul** is a Blackshield Space Marine that originally hails from the enigmatic Alpha Legion but now serves as one of the Unknown sources that is within the retinue of Inquisitor Marshall Aulirus alongside his twin 'Asset Omega'.

## Warband Fleet

It its unknown the full size of The Nameless's Fleet, the few flotillas of Nameless vessels that been encountered have varied in size and compliment and it Likely a small battlegroups size at most while a standard Space Marine fleet.

There are three known vessels in the fleet which includes the Battle Barge *Theta Mu* and the Luna-class Battleship *Stonefang*.

Outside of those three known vessels the majority of the fleet is a collection of vessels either stolen or recovered with varying degrees of hodgepodge repairs like most other traitor warbands.

## Warband Armoury

The Nameless are in possession of a varyied amount of wargear, many of which have rarely been seen since the conclusion of the Horus Heresy such as weapons, vehicles and other various peices of technology.

* **MKVI Corvus Alpha**: A varaint of the MKVI Corvus armour utilised exclusively by the Legionaries of the XXth Legion, the Nameless still maintain their stocks of the armour and started to produce more suits due to its similarity to the MKV Heresy armour. A large portion of the Nameless's astartes posseses either a full suit or parts of the suit.

## Warband Relics

* ***Krakens Song***: The Krakens Song is a Volkite Charger stolen from the Sons of Rapture, it is unknown how The Nameless got hold of the ancient weapon all that is known is that it is in the possession of Jaego Sheyr, a Champion of The Nameless and is currently being pursued by the Sons of Rapture who are eager to reclaim their stolen relic.

* ***Helm of Guises***: The Helm of Guises is a warp energy infused helmet that is Currently in the possession of the sorcerer known as the "One of Many Faces", it has the ability to mimic the face of anyone in the users line of sight.

* ***Hydra's Curse***: The Hydra's Curse is an ancient Arhaeotech pistol wielded by Harrowmaster Fulcrum since the days of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.

## Warband Appearance

### Warband Colours

During the Crusade and the Heresy the Marines of what would become the Nameless were indistinguishable from the rest of the legion save for the black stripe down the middle of the helmet.

The Nameless post-Scouring, are primarily seen in a metallic black with a silver trim with their left arm coated in the usual Alpha legion blue seen during the Horus Heresy era.

## Relations

### Enemies

The Blood Angles have also taken to being enemies of The Nameless as a result of of the Phagous ambush which has formed an ever growing grudge against the Alpha Legionnaires.

## Notable Quotes

### By The Nameless

"*The Irony of your statement is truly a sight to behold, for it is you that is the traitor, Inquisitor. I once breathed the same air as your precious deity who never wanted to be worshiped as your god-thing... on the contrary He detested such a thing, and it is mortals such as yourself that are squandering your god's Imperium and stand with the very thing he sought to eradicate! Your mission is to fail inquisitor as we are not a race or a group. We are more numerous than you can possibly imagine and you cannot kill us all... We are Legion! I am Alpharius!... For the Emperor...*"
— Champion Jaego Sheyr of ‘The Nameless’ addressing Inquisitor Kyser Lance at the beginning of the Dothros Campaign.
"*We may have different methods, but we fight for the same goal... The advancement of mankind.*"
— Harrowmaster Fulcrum to loyalist commanders during the War of the Beast
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