Orcadians

The Orcadians of the Palatine Wings saw their birth in the fires of Istvaan V and the death of their lord, Bartosz. When he died at the hands of the Twins of Love and War, the backlash on his legion was more than just one of rage, but one of psychic power, striking those who were closest to the site first, but in time it became clear that any who bore the geneseed of the Imperial Sagittarius were at equal risk of falling, from the newest initiate to the oldest of Dreadnought ancients.

The curse came in two stages, both terrible to behold in their own right. The first of these was a complete shutdown of all but the most basic of functions in the warrior, as they were struck with images of the grief that Bartosz had carried with him silently and without complaint throughout the Great Crusade, bearable for a Primarch but overloading for any other, even an Astartes. These legionaries became lethargic and motionless, nothing managing to stir them into action, even their own imminent demise through enemy action, many of these first stage Orcadians dying to enemy fire as they simply did not move from before their foe. As the Apostasy wore on, more were affected by the curse, all at risk of its seemingly random kiss.

Soon however, a second stage began to manifest, slowly at first, but rapidly gaining speed throughout the affected members. From motionless, lethargic husks, these warriors suddenly sprang into motion, exploding into a terrifying berserker rage that did not differentiate between friend and foe, as each of them sought to punish those who had caused their lord such grief, regardless of their actual guilt or not. Bereft of all thoughts save a total and all -encompassing need to kill, these Orcadians could not be reasoned with or talked down, only controlled through crude shock implants or hastily constructed suits of prison armour, power armour that could be deactivated once a battle was done.

When the legion finally managed to reform in the wake of the fall of Terra and the birth of the Imperium Secundus, the Orcadians were kept as a secret from the rest of the loyalist forces, feared that their discovery would cause the legion to face censure of their own. Soon, a structured approach to their kind was devised, the legions suits of Terminator Armour, all but unused in the years before the Antarus Apostasy and thus saved from the fires of Istvaan, given over to the legions tech marines and welded close around the warriors, creating nigh-unkillable berserkers.

When not fighting, these suits were deactivated, their lack of power and altered systems making the warrior within powerless. Here, they were hung in chains in the holds of the Palatine fleet, screaming and frothing in impotent rage, the rooms sealed and soundproofed to the best of the legions abilities.In battle however, these warriors were unleash, and would stream forth as a killing wave, tactics a distant memory as they tore apart their enemies, akin to the warriors of the VIIth or XXth, rather than those of the Palatine Wings.

## Unit Composition

* 4-9 Orcadians
* 1 Devolved

## Wargear

* Tartaros Terminator Armour
* Power Axe
* Combi Bolter

### Optional Wargear

* Second Power Axe
* Pair of Lightning Claws

### Optional Wargear (Devolved)

* Power First
* Pair of Power Fists
* Chainfist
* Pair of Chainfists