Grey Legion

## The Grey Legion

Grey Legion iconography.

A typical Legionnaire.

The **Grey Legion** (Battle Tongue: *Jutwaan Ruukhii*) is a martial Chaos Cult dedicated to the service of all four Chaos Gods (*Ge'Bahban*) that currently possesses a major foothold in the Caeniian Sector for the Forces of Chaos. Lead by Grayle Draxan, the Hierophant and reigning Chaos Warlord in the Caeniian Sector, the Grey Legion are considered a well-drilled martial body than the usual warrior cult though that is primarily due to their allegiance to Chaos Undivided which does not strictly dictate the behavior of its devotees as does the direct worship of any one god.

The true size of the Grey Legion is unknown, even to captured archenemy Legionnaires (*Jutwaan'ir*), and the cult's efforts at information security have done much to confound Navis Imperialis and other intelligence groups.

## Cult Homeworld

The Grey Legion has no homeworld, or one that they can claim with certainty. Legionnaires are raised from the rimward Chaos Marches like other Martial Cults, or from the worlds and people they've conquered, stolen from the Imperium of Man.

Several lower Warlords believe it was a world from the very rim of Segmentum Tempestus, a world that was as grey as the dyes used to color their uniforms. This unnamed world, known only as Met'veri (Low Gothic: *Dust*) as a placeholder, is said to be a world covered in a fine grey powder from where great obelisks were cut from the expansive mountain ranges. The obelisks were devoted to the Pantheon of the Chaos Gods. However, the top Warlords and the Hierophant Grayle Drazan himself deny that 'truth' and maintain that none of them know the true homeworld of the Grey Legion.

The Hierophant claims that he was drawn in after being saved from an Imperial slave ship and does not even remember his own homeworld, though the voracity of his words is questionable at best when regarding his own past.

However, Legionnaires have all come from different backgrounds, and the possibility that any ten cultists coming from the same world, let alone the same planetary region, is low.

## Cult Culture

Legionnaires take body parts, trinkets, and interesting weapons as trophies of their conquest. The most common of these seen on the field of battle are human body parts. These pieces are often strung around the neck or waist by a cable filaments that are strong but light. It is known that some men are adorned with larger dismember pieces, brandishing heads, hands, feet, and organs by chain at the hips, as both a battle offering to their gods and an element of psychological warfare. A favorite organ to be used as a trophy is the heart, which is a coveted charm.

These gory trophies are allowed to stay bound to the Legionnaire until they either rot away or mummify, which gives these soldier-cultists a scent that is uncommonly pungent. While these grotesque prizes do emit an incredible stench, a unique aroma from sacred oils that Legionnaires apply to their heads and chests offer a sickly sweet base with notes of spoiled meat and death. Between the rotting organic trophies and the rancid oils coating their bodies, it is surprising that each soldier’s personal level of detestable hygiene gives each scent soldier their own singularly identifying odor.

Features beneath the helmets and oil clothes are ritually mutilated. The lips are removed and despite how difficult it would be fore a human to pronounce certain sounds without them, cultists are capable of these vocalizations regardless. Heads are otherwise shaved into buzz cuts to make dawning their wargear easier than not, regardless of their position. A hideous burn upon their foreheads reveals their sacred number, four, in three fanning lines from eyebrow to eyebrow.

## Wargear

The Grey Legion’s uniform is surprisingly standardized. Fatigues are looted from dead Astra Militarum personnel and Departmento Munitorum storehouses, or sometimes manufactured within their domains and dyed a deep, ashen grey.

Grey Legion armor is reminiscent of rediscovered medieval worlds, and is often beaten, battered, and allowed to accumulate more and more grime as Legionnaires march from conflict to conflict. This armor is produced in manufactorae taken from Imperial holdings across the whole of the Caeniian Sector. They brandish ghastly, angled, full-face helmets under which individuals wear a black, oiled cloth over their heads, used to protect from chafing as well as a sacred battle rite. Chainmail covers their torsos and arms while tarnished bracers protecting Legionnaire forearms. Other basic equipment is also pilfered from Imperial stores or made with stolen tools Imperial industry, such as combat boots, field packs, kits, and bags. The form and fashion of the Legionnaires is highly irregular past the major components of their mass-produced equipment, though weapons captured from Imperial forces, looted from Imperial armories, or produced a captured manufactorum, such as lasguns and autoguns, seem to be the norm.

Differences between soldiers and officers are virtually impossible to detect as base uniform items are identical across the whole of the Gray Legion sect. Still, the helmet's broad-facing fan across the top of the head, ear-to-ear, is the true identifying mark. The use of old, specially cared for close-combat weapons is also a strong tell as combat-won trophies between officers is a common occurrence. These officers sometimes wield shields, painted black and wrought with symbols of their gods.

## Notable Members

* **Hierophant Grayke Draxan** — The lord and spiritual leader of the Grey Legion.
* **Jutwaan Helaban von Styrm** — One of the Hierophant's most trusted lieutenants and warlords.

## Notable Quotes

### By the Grey Legion

"*Our Gods are pleased, this day! Know, this, for you have sacrificed much for our freedom! Feast and be merry!*"
—Juunfal Helaban von Styrm, 008.M41
### About the Grey Legion

"*They come when needed.*"
—Unknown, *Unknown Date*