Molten Sons

Molten Sons armorial with corrupted iconography.

Molten Sons Heretic Astartes.

The **Molten Sons** is an Iron Warriors warband who came into existence during the 41st Millennium in light of the Arks of Omen. The warband is led by Warsmith Ivan Tianus, a veteran of the 41st millennium. Having fought on Cadia during its fall and provided support through hell-forged daemonic engines as well as his warriors.

During the aftermath of Cadia and later the arrival of the Arks of Omen and the appearance of Vashtorr the Arkifane, Ivan would align his warband with the daemon and begin worshipping the Arkifane as a god. While his followers chose not to question Ivan's belief in Vashtorr, the greater force of the Iron Warriors considered Ivan a madman, and they would be right in believing this. Ivan Tianus is insane and highly corrupted by daemonic and warp energies, fueling his belief in Vashtorr as the 5th chaos God and saviour of the Iron Warriors; Ivan would have to escape and abandon the Iron Warriors legion along with those who saw his vision, leaving only 300 Astartes within his company.

## Warband Organisation

Unlike other warbands, the Molten Sons are not made up of companies, instead they work through detachments; detachments are made up of 20-30 Astartes, 2-4 Rhino transports, 10-20 Terminators and 1-2 Predator tanks. These detachments will work amongst each other to cripple the enemies' defences and attack on multiple fronts with unrelenting and unforgiving firepower. During the fall of Cadia, Ivan claims that 1000 detachments were used to break the guardsmen's barriers and dispatch any resistance with an iron fist of fury.

### Ranks and Specialists

Ivan Tianus has created many abominations of flesh and metal in the name of the Arkifane's greatness, such creations include;

* **Cadavers -** Cadavers are failed space marines, those who rejected the highly unstable geneseed of the Molten Sons. Cadavers are torn apart and rebuilt with mechanical organs and limbs replacing those lost, with many being entirely lobotomised and becoming nothing more than a servitor-like being to serve Ivan's warband.
* **Golem -** Large, helbrute like machines, created from scrap terminator plate and extensive cybernetic enhancement. These large beasts tower over the Astartes on the battlefield, terrifying even the most seasoned of space marines with their disturbing and grotesque appearances.
* **Living Icons -** created from the corpses and bodies of fallen brothers and enemies, the Living Icons are masses of flesh, bone and metal constructed to resemble the Arkifane, and are used on the battlefield to siphon warp energies and intimidate enemy forces.

## Notable Members

* **Ivan Tianus** - Warsmith of the Molten Sons, Ivan is a formidable leader. standing as a giant among his warband. He is ruthless and refuses to give any form of compassion towards his enemies, killing both those that would seek to destroy him, and those foolish enough to believe to be worthy to fight alongside him.

## Warband Appearance

### Warband Colours

The Molten Sons are seen with black and iron armour, with their arms and chests painted a dark orange. Some members of the warband mark their armour with red stripes while the possessed and daemonic members have been seen to have cracks in their armour with an orange light shining through.

### Warband Badge

The warbands badge is that of a burning hot gear with a droplet, containing the Iron Warriors insignia.

## Relations

### Enemies

* **The Long Night** - Ivan had once fought alongside these Night Lords for centuries, having made allies with the warband's captain. In the aftermath of Cadia Ivan saw the weakness in the captain's spirit, as the Long Night would regret assisting in the destruction of Cadia.

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