Brotherhood of the Sacred Mother

A former Azure Raven, now Son of the Mother

**Brotherhood of the Sacred Mother** is a Chaos Warband under Tzeentch rule that is dedicated to the Fallen Tech Priestess Jazmine. Who is now a Tech Sorcerer for Tzeentch and working on becoming a Champion. The Warband is made up entirely of fallen Azure Ravens Space Marines, Chapter Serfs, and occasionally some cultists who managed to get lucky to be put in the Warband. As wars go on and the Azure Ravens Crusade. Every Fallen Raven goes directly to Jazmine's Warband. Be it serf or Chapter Master. As time goes on though, her influence wanes and the Azure Ravens fight her influence and slowly break free.

## Warband History

The Warband was a concept in late M40 by Tzeentch. He found a desperate Tech Priest wanting Vengeance on Xenos for killing her expedition. Sensing that this Tech Priest would help form a Space Marine Chapter, he would tempt said Priest with knowledge, power, and the vengeance she wants. In exchange for converting a Space Marine Chapter. Her vulnerable mind at the time was easily swayed to help Tzeentch's scheme.

As Tzeentch's plans went mostly well, every dead Raven Marine was take by him and put into warp stasis until the Warband was ready to be activated. An unexpected turn of events happened when both Jazmine and Carick were killed in battle. He gave Jazmine her role of warband leader and handed the Warband to her, while he went on to break Carick. While Jazmine's job wasn't completely successful, her influence had gotten a lot of Raven Marines into this Warband. As well as any future marines going directly to her, as long as her influence stays.

While in the warp, Tzeentch would have Carick spend centuries alone and fighting, breaking him to join the ruinous powers. While it was centuries for him, it was a short time to Jazmine and the Warband gathering their resources and forces. This was also a test of skill to see if Carick was the one to lead the Warband alongside Jazmine. She probably would pick Carick regardless because of their history.

Released unto the Galaxy, taking the name of The Brotherhood of the Sacred Mother. The Warband was ready to face the horrors of the warp and their former allies. Their main goals are to take over Kubrerth, the Ravens homeworld. Destroy their old Loyalist rivals, the Star Cobras. Then Secure Sector Kasva as their own.

Sacred Mother has a bonus to it. Since most members are from Sector Kasva, it makes great sense to send them back to the place they fought it. Can use the sector to their advantages against the people who live there.

## Notable Campaigns

* **Destruction of the Star Cobras** - As M42 drew near, the Warband decided their first target would be the Star Cobras. Wanting to settle an old rivalry that most of them never got to do. With triple the amount of marines, with the help of daemons and cultists. Sacred Mother left the Eye of Terror to go raid their old rivals. On their way, the warband met a much larger Warband and Jazmine convinced the larger group to assist in the battle. Other most of the Star Cobra's relics to the larger Warband if they both won. The Star Cobras at the end of the battle, ended up being an endangered Chapter. Their fate is unknown after the massacre.

* **First Battle with the Ravens** -

* **Siege of Kubrerth 3rd** -

## Warband Homeworld

The Warband is a Fleet Based. Their "homeworld" is a space station called Mother Sanctuary. An Imperial Star fort that was captured by the Warband and taken back to the eye of terror to modify it for their needs.

### Fortress-Monastery

The Fortress Monastery doesn't have much housing for the Warband as it is dedicated for production. Jazmine uses all of her knowledge gained by the Mechanicus and also makes her own projects there. Acting more as a resupply base for the Warband. The Space Marines do come here time to time to pray to Jazmine and Tzeentch.

## Warband Beliefs

* **Brotherhood** - The Sacred Mother Warband is united by a Demeanour of Brotherhood. They are all mostly from the same Space Marine Chapter. With them most of them being from Azure Ravens, they mostly know each other and are back with their Chapter Mother. All fighting for her and under her name. As Chaos Space Marines fight each other for survival, blood and glory. They decided it was best to hold out all together.

* **Devotion to the Mother** - As their God is Tzeentch, the Brotherhood worship and is devoted to Jaz. The Warband founder and one of the two leaders. This devotion has also kept their Brotherhood bond strong. Since Jazmine still has some principals of her being a former Tech Priest. She take the Warband out to seek knowledge and keep it for herself and the Warband. She would gladly raid Imperium and Xenos planets if it means gaining something new.

## Warband Flaws

* **Tomb Sealed** Those Marines who were unlucky or just not worthy of Tzeentch's touch, would be permanently sealed into their armor. It is mostly the majority of the Warband that has become entombed into their own armor.

* **Beastial Apperance** - A lot of the Marines, even cultists have grown some beastial parts. The parts are infused with their armor so a lot of marines have some form of claws grown into their armor that make up the lack of melee capability for the warband.

## Warband Gene-Seed

The Gene seed that the Space Marines in the Warband use is the Azure Ravens Gene Seed. Originating from Primarch Roboute Guilliman. This Gene seed usually lacks the Lymans Ear or the Betcher's Gland. Sometimes both are missing from the Gene seed. Jazmine makes sure the Gene seed is pure as possible for future Recruits so they have a somewhat stable income of bodies for the inevitable loss of her grip on the Azure Ravens.

## Warband Organisation

* **Sons of the Mother** - The "Sons" of Jazmine are the Azure Ravens Space Marines and their Chapter Serfs that were sent to her after their deaths. The best warriors of of the Warband.

* **Culitsts** - Those who the Warband pick up from hidden Chaos cults or captured from battle. The cultists are mostly lucky to be alive to serve the Warband. Those who show promise are given positions of leadership in the Cultist ranks. Unlike the Loyalist counterparts who help civilians and other mortals. The former Ravens in the Warband have dedicated themselves to only protecting their leader. Showing no issue at throwing Cultist lives away to take bullets and las shots.

## Recruitment

When the Warband is not getting new Marines from the battles of the Azure Ravens. They kidnap kids or Cultists. They can go out on raiding parties to raid a world's population or a neighboring Warband they do not like. Survival of the fittest in the warp and the Warband realized that very quickly.

## Warband Combat Doctrine

* **Ranged Combat** As the a lot of the members are Azure Raven veterans. They stick to using their guns over melee. The Warband also makes all new members learn the art of ranged combat first.

* **Armored Combat** - Not as large as the Loyalist Chapter, but the Warband had a decently sized armor group. Instead of being manned by Marines. All vehicles are manned by Chapter Serfs and Cultists.

* **Meat shields** - The Warband uses their Cultists and Daemons as meat shields. Sending in the Daemons first then following up with a combined Cultist and Marine Charge or a gun line to overwhelm the Imperium's forces.

## Notable Members

* **Jazmine "The Mother"** - The Founder of the Warband. Jazmine was granted power and vengence by Tzeentch in late M40. During the time of the 25th Founding for the Loyalist Astartes Chapters. Jazmine was granted the opportunity to be in command of a Chaos warband if she managed to infect a Space Marine Chapter with Chaos Taint.

* **Carick Rubein** - Former Chapter Master of the Azure Ravens. Carick fought for years and years in the Eye of Terror under Tzeentch's watch. Surviving and fighting Chaos, not wanting to fall to the ruinous powers. His skill in combat had earned him the rank of Champion by Tzeentch and offered Carick the one thing he wants in exchange to lead his warbands into battle. Questioning the Chaos god, Carick was soon shown Jazmine and a few thousand of his former battle brothers. This would cause him to pledge his allegiance to Tzeentch. Eventually leading the warband under a dual leadership with Jazmine.

## Warband Fleet

The Chapter Fleet has two battle Barges, six Strike cruisers and eight escort ships.

### Space Station

* **Mother's Sanctuary**  - Sanctuary is a starfort that houses the Fortress Monastery of the Warband. Mother's Sanctuary was under Imperial control, but was raided midst a battle between the Imperium and the Necrons. After the Necrons were pushed back, the Warband started their raid on the weakened space station to claim it as their own. Tzeentch helped modify the station to hold the Fortress Monastery A mobile fortress Monastery that the Warband uses to make incursions into Imperial territory. One of it's significant areas is a massive forge section that Jazmine uses to produce all of her Tech Heresy along with her fellow Tech Marines. As well as a massive prisoner section to convert captured Imperials to the Warband's side. The use of the Monastery's mobility allows the Warband to quickly resupply when needed and go back to fighting if a battle is lost or won.

### Battle Barge

* **Mother's Will** - The Capital Ship of the Warband's Fleet. A Massive Battle Barge given to them by their Chaos God. Carrying their Fortress Monastery and a massive forge. The ships holds most of the Space Marines of the Warband as well as the personal ship of Jazmine.

* **Swords of Devotion** - This Battle Barge is actually a former Star Cobra battle Barge that the Warband seized control of. During the Indomitus Crusade, the Warband took their small warband and joined a much larger Warband into the Segmentum Ultima. Their goal was to finish off an old rival from their days as loyalists, the Star Cobras. Formerly named Valorous Spirit, the Warband decided to change the name to Swords of Devotion. This way to rub salt on the Cobra's wound.

## Warband Appearance

### Colours

Red is their main color as it coincides with Jazmine's red Tech priest robes.

## Warband Relics

* **Mothers Rage** - This relic is an assault cannon used by Champion Carick Rubien. Stolen from a loyalist Astartes Chapter after a raid on a civilized world.

## Allies

### Chaos

The warband has very few allies, even among Chaos. As it is one massive free for all in the warp. their band of Chaos Daemons hardly like them, but they dont have to worry about killing each other yet. Their only allies are the Chaos cults that the Warband can find and take into their ranks. Even then, that is mostly conscription and not allies.

## Enemies

### Imperium

#### Adeptus Astartes

* **Azure Ravens** - The main enemy of the Warband. This is Astartes Chapter that most of the Marines are from. Every Raven they kill or someone kills, will eventually make their Warband larger. That is until the Azure Ravens figure out how to break Jazmine's influence from the Chapter. After that, the Raven souls wont be going straight to Jazmine and her warband. There has been one upside for the Ravens. The new Primaris Marines which have no connection to Jazmine and have had zero influence on them. Are completely immune to her temptations for the Ravens to join her.

* **Star Cobras**  - The Star Cobras had no idea that the Brotherhood were Former Azure Ravens.

* **Celestial Ravens** - The Celestial Ravens have no issue with fighting the Warband. They knew about the Warband after they joined the Ravens during the Indomitus Crusade. As most Celestial Ravens fought the Warband on their first battle.

### Tau

* **Cal'sean sept** - The Cal'sean Sept has had one encounter with the Brotherhood. During a battle between an Imperium PDF force and Tau. The Warband crushed the Tau forces as the Tau were am easy target. After that, they moved onto the PDF force to draw out the Ravens. The Tau survivors had to team up with the local PDF to regain some ground against the Chaos Warband. After the PDF, Tau and Ravens fought, the Tau retreated before the battle could resume.

### Eldar

* **Craftworld Art'kesh** - Art'kesh has been a thorn in the Brotherhood's side. They act as an early warning system for the Ravens as Both Eldar and the Imperium want Chaos gone. They have been unable to find the Craftworld or get any of it's members that have scouted out the Brotherhood.

## Notable Quotes

### By the Brotherhood of the Sacred Mother

" *Brothers! We have ne reunited with our Mother! The Imperium would of casted us aside! Let us fight together as one, under her name and Chaos!* "
— Champion Carick
### About the Brotherhood of the Sacred Mother

"*I was a scout when the so called Chapter Mother was alive. Her death greatly effected everyone, even me. Now she is just the Traitorous Mother, the False Mother. What ever the Brothers call her. Now she leads a Chaos Warband with our fallen Brothers. She is a disgrace to us and the Imperium.*"
— Chapter Master Ruibius Venter

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## Trivia

* The Sacred Mother Warband was made to be the opposite of the Azure Ravens Chapter and eternal enemies of Sector Kasva.

* Jazmine's Art is by Rotaken. Recolored by Marv242