Iron Scourge

Iron Scourge armorial with warband iconography.

A Heretic Astartes of the Iron Scourge warband.

### **Specialty**

Heavy infantry, heavy artillery and heavy armour, demolition, shock and awe, close quarters combat, ground assaults, daemon engine creation

### **Allies**

Profane Dread, Red Swords, Salvations Bane, Vargarian Guard.

### **Warband Size**

1500 Astartes and 95,000 mortal soldiers
127 Defilers
18 Hell Talons
72 Maulerfiends and 59 Forgefiends
7 Decimators
80 Mutilators and 64 Obliterators
6 Leviathan Siege Dreadnoughts
Fleet Assets:
1 Battle Barge
21 Kharybdis Asssault Claws
33 Shark Assault Boats
1 Styx-class Heavy Cruiser
1 Hellbringer Light Cruiser
2 Apostate-class Heavy Raiders
2 Infidel-Class Raiders
Ground Vehicles:
64 Rhinos
25 Predators
20 Minotaurs
55 Vindicators
35 Thunerhawk Gunships
14 Cerberus Tank-Destroyers
14 Doomhammer Super-Heavy Tanks
15Mastodon Heavy Tanks
15Typhon Heavy Siege Tanks
20 Bombards
120 Chimeras
80 Griffons
600 Leman Russ Tank variants
10 Stormhammer Super-Heavy Tanks
15 Hellhammer Super-Heavy Tanks
300 Crassus Armoured Assault Transports
Chaos Titan & Chaos Knights:
4 Warbringer Nemesis Titans of the Legio Perditor
8 Knight Tyrants of House Zostov
Subterranean Vehicles
2 Terrax Pattern Termite Assault Drills

### **Battle Cry**

"Fortitudos Ferrum!"
*("Our might is iron")*

### **Colours**

Unpainted bare ceramite, the shade of cast iron with a golden brass trim. Helmets are bronze while the face-plates are chrome.

## Pre-Heresy

### **Colours**

Silver Armour, Gold Trim, and Black Shoulder Plates

The **Iron Scourge** are a force of Iron Warriors, made up from the remnants of the 27th Line Company from the 3rd Grand Battalion of the IV Legion. Mostly consisting of 950 or so veterans, though there are 550 newer warriors created throughout the long centuries present within the warband.

They favour heavy infantry assaults with heavy armour and heavy artillery supporting and reinforcing the attack. There are also many daemon engines that are created by the leader of the warband, a warpsmith named Ogdromok. The variants include large numbers of maulerfiends and forgefiends, defilers and a small number of decimators. Mutilators and obliterators make up a small amount of the astartes. Seen as no better than a slave to be mowed down by enemy guns, they prove very effective at being shock troops.
Vast amounts of tanks are used by the former 27th Line Company, either stolen, scavenged, created or repaired by the Mechanicum Adepts attatched to the warband.

## Warband History

Originally part of the IV Legion **Iron Warriors**, the line company served in mostly armoured assaults, linebreaking, siegebreaking and boarding actions during void wars throughout the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy

They remained a part of the main Iron Warriors forces until the **Dispute of Iron** when they were lead by Ogdromok to venture out and raid in their own right. They had not expected to be attacked by other loyal sons of Perturabo, thinking that they had been betrayed or otherwise forsaken, and thus consigned to death by other IV legion forces.
Not wishing to be the decimated, they resisted and fled **Medrengard** aboard their vessel, The Bonewrought after withstanding the onslaught of once trusted Iron Warriors.

The Iron Scourge are an infamous Chaos Warband comprised of Heretic Legionaries of the Iron Warriors Traitor Legion. The core members of this warband are made up of ancient Horus Heresy veterans. The vehicles and weapons utilised by this warband harken back to the bygone era of the Great Crusade, which are still present in this IV legion force; Mastodons and heavy typhon pattern siege tanks serve to this day. The weapons used by these Heretic Astartes are all mostly ancient relics of that era and there are even rare volkite patterns protected and used by the few remaining techmarines. Six Leviathan Siege Dreadnoughts chassis have been preserved since the Iron Warriors first ventured the stars in the name of Emperor. Many astartes have occupied the heavy sarcophagi, all of them becoming deranged and succumbing to the debilitating madness that is inevitable when kept in the half-life of a Dreadnought. One of the newer vehicle patterns in the arsenal of the Iron Scourge are 2 formations of Doomhammer super-heavy tanks.

Despite the emphasis on heavy infantry and armour, there are a few thousand professional soldiers of the old Selucid Thorakitai, now known within the warband as the Vorakan Host, where the lost and the damned find their place when enslaved by the Iron Scourge. However, these mortal warriors are valued highly by the astartes, acting nearly as an exact counterpart to the regiments of the Imperial Guard. Disciplined and organised, with captains and commanders. Their combat doctrine mirrors that of their astartes masters. Squads of Vorakan Host are often attached to squads of space marines, serving a support role. However, they are often just used as bodies to storm a breach or to fill a trench, accepting their part in the warband.

## Warband Recruitment

### Great Crusade Era Engagements

(These are the campaigns that the 27th line company took part in, also includes the deeds of Sergeant Monnos)

* **Vuriun (Unknown Date.M30)** - Defended a Mechanicum stronghold against an Ork invasion.

* **Thazta VI (Unknown Date.M30)** - Boarded human warlords flagship, successfully secured the bridge along with 2 other breacher squads.

* **Bregk System (Unknown Date.M30)** - Took part in the besieging of many Xenos held fortresses on human-populated planets.

* **Hacronia System (Unknown Date.M30)** - Void conflict against a fleet based human civilization that utilized Xenos and AI technology. Boarded eight vessels during the conflict, was some of the worst fighting conditions he would ever experience before the Heresy.

* **Karienn System (Unknown Date.M30)** - Besieged all 9 worlds including their moons and orbital stations of a human civilization that produced AI. Out of all the squad members, only Monnos, the sergeant and 3 others survived.

* **Pacification of Gugann (004.M31)** - Fought with the main battle strength of the legion against the revolting **Hrud**. Monnos was one of the sole members of his squad left alive and was aged 3 decades, according to an apothecary.

* **Olympia Genocide (004.M31)** - Like most of those Iron Warriors that had served since the beginning of their father's reign, the 27th Company were too embittered and dour by years of fighting to question the orders. Executed many civilians and personally oversaw the capturing and internment of the population, now turned slaves and auxillia, of a minor yet large settlement located in the northwest part of the northern continent.

### Horus Heresy Era Engagements

(These entries mainly cover the deeds of Sergeant Monnos)

* **Dropsite Massacre of Isstvan V (566.006.M31)** - The 3rd breacher squad were in the second wave of craft that descended onto the drop site, soon followed by the majority of the 27th company. With bunkers and fortifications already half-built, the 3rd breacher squad secured a forward section with two heavy weapons teams, protecting them with their shields when the betrayal was unleashed. Firing their weapons when an enemy got too close, and lobbing grenades into the masses below.

* **Battle of Phall (007.M31)** - The company were aboard a smaller capital ship during the conflict, named Tyrant of Rakiaphos and took part in successfully repelling a number of Imperial Fists boarding actions. However, the Tyrant would be crippled during the latter stages of the fighting. Many legionaries and crew would evacuate onto the Iron Blood.  The 27th line company saw no action during **Hydra Cordatus** or **Iydris**. Though they were present aboard a heavy cruiser belonging to the 15th cohort for the duration.

* **Battle of Tallarn (010-011.M31)** - The duties of the 3rd breacher squad mainly consisted of guarding weapons stockpiles, riding in land raider scouts, patrolling areas and the frequent raid on Imperial bunkers. While the rest of the company engaged in the chaotic and vicious tank battles that marred the surface of the scoured planet as well as supporting the formations of battle titans that marched through the poisoned terrain.

* **Antonoc, Ultramar (ca. 012.M31)** - After consolidating his forces upon Tallarn, Perturabo recieved orders from Horus to defend worlds threatened by Ultramar. And so upon the world of Antonoc, Monnos assaulted the forces of inavding PDF along with an armoured unit of super heavy tanks. The fighting was mostly focused in the hive cities. He managed to destroy 4 enemy tanks with a melta gun and krak grenades by out flanking them and gaining hidden vantage points, then targeting weak points or areas where ammuntion would be stored inside. The engagements were fast paced and furious never lasting longer and 10 minutes. Was the last warrior on the sqaud transport, yet managed to withdraw back to the fleet.

* **Deluge (ca. 013.M31)** - One of Monnos' personally proudest moments. When Horus requested Angron be curtailed and brought to Ullanor, Monnos began to look forward to the confrontation. And when deployed and arrayed in full military order upon the planet's surface he felt the surging pride of being an Iron Warrior. Gazing upon his shield-bearing counterparts and the mighty tanks adorned with legion iconography. Having been fully briefed and drilled for what the Primarch needed his sons to do, Monnos moved with his brothers as one to quell the tide of lunatic World Eaters. A most satisfactory engagement where tactics and discipline overcame martial brutality.

* **Siege of Terra (014.M31)** - Remaining a part of Perturabo's fleet when they entered Sol System. Was deployed during the siege to fight in and secure the underground breaches that had been made. When Horus died, he once again managed to live to fight another day. Fled with the rest of his legion.

### Notable Post-Heresy engagements

(This also covers the actions of Sergeant Monnos)

* **Sebastus IV - Battle of the Iron Cage (ca. 014-021.M31)** - Manning a small yet fortified underground complex, with the entrance purposefully uncovered, he and his squad were tasked with blocking and trapping any Imperial Fists who came their way. The tunnel had holes in the ceiling, near where Vrunnom squad lay in wait, for their brothers above to drop grenades down atop the Imperial Fists. When any enemies came into sight they immediately opened fire behind their mighty shields. Survived despite being injured in the melta blast that killed his sergeant. Being dragged away by a legion apothecary. After this, he finally fled into the Eye along with his father and brothers.

* **Phorinoz (Unknown Date.M32)** - Sent to this planet within the eye, soon after establishing a barracks on Medrengard to base the 27th Line Company alongside the remnants of the 3rd Grand Battalion. Upon entering the orbit of this planet, he was sent to retrieve slaves from a small band of rogue Emperor's Children on the surface. He and other elements of the soon to be warband slaughtered all the sons of Fulgrim and incinerated their cadavers. They made off with roughly 1300 mortals and travelled back to their new homeworld.

* **Medrengard (Unknown Date-Late M32)** - A small border and slave dispute between another warband. The fighting was quick yet very bloody. 50 marines in total died but his Warband defeated the other decisively. It was mostly close quarters, indoors combat, and Monnos led his squad deep into the opposing faction's territory. Gaining multiple storehouses and mechanical fabrication supplies, as well as a medicae facility. He personally slew 6. Not caring that they were once his fellow legion brothers.

* **Boarding Action (Unknown Date.M33, inside the Eye)** - During an excursion to find and gather materials to aid in construction on Medrengard, the warband was ambushed by a smaller World Eaters vessel and boarded by Khornate marines. Having experienced these types of fights many times, he led his squad and many other battle-brothers in repelling the attack despite the fury and savagery of the foe. Even defeated a lesser champion by pulverising his skull with quick jackhammer blows with his armoured fist.

* **Hiob II -  M33 - Forge World** - The warpsmith leader, Ogdromok, of the Iron Scourge, had brokered a deal with a secret Heretek group on this world. In exchange for teaching them the knowledge of binding a daemon to a war engine, they would swear fealty to him. As well as lending aid in a revolt to cast off any Imperial ties. The small Iron Warriors fleet successfully came into close proximity over the planet and immediately launched a devastating bombardment over the main forge complexes. Monnos' squad was sent in an advance underground assault in support of a team of terminators in order to destroy the central command.

* **Medrengard - M34 - Dispute of Iron** - Consolidating their numbers and mending their armour and weapons after some uneventful slave-raiding throughout the Eye, the as of yet unnamed force of fighters belonging of the 27th Line Company, found themselves defending their holdings against their own legion brothers. Fortifying the towers, garrisons and bunkers belonging to them even further. And butchering any who dared take all they possessed from them. Holding out in the galleries of a garrison building, Monnos was forced to bitterly stand guard with his squad and those fighters inside the garrison at the time. Against hordes of baseline slaves and many marines, he found himself in the same position during the Iron Cage. Instead of waiting for the inevitable, he decided to gain ground and push out, taking some astartes by surprise. Yet no sooner than he had taken a large slave pen than the fighting died down and stopped.

* **Hurkoszt, Firton Sub-Sector; Ultima Segmentum (Unknown Date.M34)** - Receiving information that a Night Lords warband, the **Profane Dread** was making a move against an isolated space marine chapter in a system with a valueable forge world and hive wolrd, Ogdromok bade his warriors ready for immediate warp travel. While en-route to the star system he made contact with the leader of the Night Lords force, known as Kredire, and made a bargain of mutual assistance; if the Night Lords intervene and harrass any guard or marine forces while the Iron Scourge loot and raze the forge world then they would equally share the plunder of technology and slaves. To ensure the agreement would hold for both sides, 2 squads of high ranking Profane Dread would be under command of Ogdromok and 2 squads of high ranking Iron Scourge would likewise be under command of the Night Lords. While never trusting each other at all, both parties agreed. Monnos' squad and a heavy weapons team were sent to the ship of the other warband to assist, and to be held as hostages. Despite trying to just get his head down and mind his business, a Night Raptor marine in scavenged Corvus Pattern armour and a jump pack had tried to speak with him about his armour. And with time he bagan to recprocate the attention, eventually sparking a comradeship while fighting against a small host of astartes. The Night Lord, named Phyran Vaas, ended up fighting side by side with Monnos. The Night Lord swiping at enemies with lightning claws and Monnos crushing foes with his cog toothed maul.  Both warbands succeeded in their objectives and fled to an isolated imperial outpost at the edge of the system. There, oaths of brotherhood were sworn and a comradeship not seen since the Great Crusade was first kindled. This was the event that saw the IV Legion's 27th line company from the 3rd grand battalion dubbed as 'The Iron Scourge.'

* **Giroph, Orbital Battle and Planetary Assault (Unknown Date.M35)** - After a few decades on Medrengard replenishing, repairing and rebuilding their forces, The Iron Scourge immediately sought battle and found it with a fleet of Imperial trade vessels guarded by a single cruiser and smaller destroyers. This conflict took place above the hive world of Giroph. The guns of The Bonewrought, having been imbued with the malevolent sentience of the neverborn demolished the trade vessels and overloaded the shields of the heavier craft. Broadsides where exchanged, though the armour and void shields of the IVth Legion vessel managed to withstand the barrages long enough to send boarding craft onto the other ships. Monnos was sent aboard the main cruiser with his squad while other warriors were readying to board the destroyers. Slaughtering their way to the engine decks first, they disabled them from the inside leaving it crippled. And then causing as much disorder as possible, Monnos withdrew to the Bonewrought. His task completed. The other squads were also successful in their tasks, being astartes facing mere mortals. With the fighting ships crippled and adrift in the void with nothing but their guns uselessly straining to aim back at the IVth Legion vessels, without engines to bring them to bear, they were dismantled one at a time and their destroyed carcasses left to be pulled into the gravity of the nearby planet were billions lived. The ground war was short and bloody, only lasting a day and a half of overrunning the 3 hives. The resistance was stubborn at first but collapsed after multiple orbital high explosive shells were sent sailing into the tallest structures. Slaves were gathered and PDF rounded into soldiers to serve.

* **Druna System (Unknown Date.M36)** - Hailed by the grand company of Iron Warriors known as **The Vargarian Guard** whilst raiding near Medrengard. The Iron Scourge was told to meet the other group of stalwart warriors upon a large and desolate asteroid in realspace as a place of neutral ground. Once there, Ogdromok waited nearby, still aboard the Bonewrought until the other warband appeared. Though they only had to wait a few hours before the imposing ship that belonged to the Vargarian Guard appeared in close proximity to them. Weapons obviously primed in case discussions turned hostile. Warsmith Alaric and Warpsmith Ogdromok took their trusted warriors and met on the pitted and bleak surface of the asteroid to converse and plan the invasion of the Druna system. Three out five planets in that system were either fortress or mustering worlds of the Imperial Guard while the other 2 were a forge world and a mining world, used to supply the hordes of nameless bolt fodder. The prizes for seizing the system were very rich and tempting targets for both warbands, and their leaders came to an agreement of equal shares of material and slaves. The invasion planned quickly, with the first strikes to be the transport vessels of the Imperial Navy, leaving the soldiers stranded on their planets as well as the orbital stations and docks of the forge world; Druna Quintios. With the Iron Scourge blockading the forge world and the Vargarian Guard securing the atmosphere of the smallest producer of soldiers, Druna Tertios, the small Iron Warrior fleet began the ground assault of their respective planets to cripple the manufactories and hab areas. Gaining their victories almost in tandem despite being literal worlds apart, the Iron Warriors organisation and strategies were flawless. Taking minimal losses and countering anything the imperials assaulted with. Once Tertios and Quintios had been beaten into submission and the foundries and hives obliterated from orbit after taking everything of value, they moved together on Secundios, a planet with 957,000 trained and equipped professional soldiers. By far the most numerous force of soldiers in the system. They attacked from either pole, distributing daemon engines and heavy armour to break through the lines and create terror among the mortals that survived. Tanks clashed with one another, and troop transports were shredded apart by daemonic metal claws. The taking of this planet only lasted 3 days, with roughly 200,000 mortals taken prisoner and multiple formations of various super heavy tanks also. With this world in their grasp the remaining 2 worlds were a respite in terms of retaliation. Primos practically fully surrendered and the mining planet Cervok was bare of any actual fighting force besides servitors. With their goals achieved and the materials and men divided amongst the two forces, Alaric and Ogdromok saluted in the old Crusade fashion and parted with mutual satisfaction and a promise of allying once more.

* **Orhinn (Unknown Date.M37)** - Void war against a small and isolated Mechanicus exploratory fleet. Many boarding actions and void fighter battles were fought. The Bonewrought was badly damaged when victory was achieved however and limped back into back into the sea of souls, though the warp drives sustained unnoticed damage. So they ended up in the middle of an orbital assault between their previous allies the Profane Dread and a space marine home planet named Tezaphor belonging to the Charnel Chieftains space marine chapter.

* **Tezaphor (Unknown Date.M37)** - The planet itself was a mere feral world, the humans there were in a tribal age of iron and bronze, offering their sons to the imposing armoured gods that were their overlords. There was only a single yet well equipped astartes vessel belonging to the chapter facing off against the sleek blade-like destroyer of the VIII Legion warband. Void fighters belonging to each faction skirmished each other between the two kilometers long leviathans. Neither side could gain the edge over the other, the Night Lords fighters were more agile and experienced but their weapons were not functioning properly due to carelessnes and irreparable damage from past battles. And the Charnel Cheiftains craft were too few to fight in formation. So they could only bait each other into range of the larger ships guns. This lasted for an hour until the Iron Scourge materialised above the battle sphere in their battlebarge, The Bonewrought. Venting filth and shrouded in smog from its wounds, neverborn ghosted into reality as the warp tear opened to let it slide into realspace but closed just as soon as the gigantic armoured void wallower came into the material realm. Upon hailing the Night Lord commander and surveying the situation Ogdromok had his forces open fire against the Astartes' ship and hammer it with shield cracking ordnance. The Charnel Chieftains seeing that they were out-gunned and out-numbered began to withdraw their fighters and make preparations to retreat. However they would not make it so far as to even get every astartes aboard before the two traitor legion ships combined their strength to dismantle the Charnel Cheiftain's cruiser, called the Glorious Revenant, by lance and cannon fire. Gaining respite and prisoners through victory, salvage teams were sent to scavenge any tech and materials from the bones of now the dead ship that was slowly being dragged by gravity to the fuedal planet. Kredire, the leader of the Profane Dread, eagerly thanked Ogdromok of the Iron Scourge and the two warbands exchanged greetings, or what passed for them between the two the traitor legions

* **Seluthea; 9th Black Crusade (537.M38)** - The warband gaining a tally of victories against mighty and worthy foes, and a reputation of being the source for reliable and powerful daemon engines because of Ogdromok over the many centuries, had not gone unnoticed by greater and more influential forces within the Eye. As Abaddon the Despoiler was planning his 9th Black Crusade he conveyed orders to the Iron Scourge, intending to have them serve as a distraction while the main forces of his Black Legion waged war in a different part of the sector soon to be mired in war. Ogdromok and his forces would be charged to fight aside a larger warband dedicated to Nurgle; The Purge. The Iron Scourge, shunning all who serve the powers of chaos barely regarded them as equal in terms of conviction and will. Those who follow Nurgle may be resistant and hardy, but the source of those traits come not from their own might but are poisoned blessings from that sentient sack of rotting corpses that is known as Grandfather Nurgle. The IVth legion warriors did not communicate or even acknowledge the other force, only stopping to share battle plans and the locations and distributions of men and armour. Nevertheless they equally complimented each other's tactics without meaning to, the IV essentially using them as cover to reach objectives. Though none of Perturabo's sons could withstand the sight or smell of Nurgle's blessings upon the corrupted forms of the other astartes. With the plans executed to design and Iron Warriors all back aboard their own vessel, they left the battle zones as soon as sending an astropathic message to Abaddon's heralds. Each Iron Warrior that survived vowed never to be in the presence of someone or something corrupted by Nurgle ever again.

* **Vurn (Unknown Date.M39)** - During an excursion to a weak imperial held system for slave raiding, the warband came across an ancient space hulk drifting in the outer reaches of the 3 planet system. Auspex scans indicated that there could be possible archeotech aboard as one of the wrecks appeared to be of ancient human design but not at all similar in appearance to the vessels used by humanity in the past 10 millenia. Keeping it's distance from the hulk and sending 3 squads of warriors and 6 dark mechanicum tech priests aboard the section of hulk belonging to the ancient human wreckage, the Bonewrought kept it's guns loaded and aimed at the possiby dangerous debris. Monnos was leading his squad of specialised close combat marines. Though the other two squads comprised 6 warriors each clad in warp-changed cataphractii terminator armour, all with tusked helms, mirroring Monnos' tusked skull shaped MK III helmet. The warriors serving under Monnos in his squad of 13 all had hand to hand weapons and even seven carried shields just as he did. Phrakkon carried a melta gun, breaching shield and a legion gladius, though it remained sheathed on his waist. Spreading throughout the twisted and mangled mess that used to be service hallways and meeting halls, each squad was in constant contact with the other commanders in the bridge of the Bonewrought. Reports of warp twisted hallways were all Ogdromok heard until the 3rd Breacher Squad under Monnos sent back that he had found an ancient artificing chamber. When the tech priests servitors were ordered to strip all technology within the room, the walls started to bulge suddenly, alarming the tech priests and fighters. They opened fire immediately and what looked like daemon possessed automata with drills and hammers and flamethrower tools instead of appendages came marching out of the collapsed section of wall. Monnos and his squad beat back the corrupted machines and notified the other 2 squads, warning them of the enemies now present. Ten minutes of holding a small shield wall formation against the wave of tainted abominations later and the other terminators arrived, fighting back their own daemonic foe. With the support of 12 astartes in tactical dreadnought armour they pummeled a hasty withdrawal to the boarding craft and secured the archeotech on the Bonewrought.

* **Thusev II; inside the Eye of Terror (Unknown Date.M40)** - A conflict arose between a small group of 150 IVth Legion warriors and a band of renegade astartes, who had once been the Argent Wardens chapter, on a neutral asteroid cluster, the Thusev Halo. A firefight broke out and lasted until the Iron Scourge set foot and interrupted the combat by sending drop pods in the combat zone, and slaying all enemy astartes on the asteroid, 37 in total. The Argent Wardens then retreated in the sight of the more numerous and deadly foe. Ogdromok had once owed a favour to the leader of the small force and decided it was better to pay the debt now. Monnos had descended to the fighting, blasting 3 renegade astartes with his plasma pistol and breaking the bodies of another 4 with his maul.

* **Llyrov System (Unknown Date.M41)** - The worlds of the Lyrov system had once been in the grip of the Imperium but had since been overrun with the Tau. The xenos had superior technology but were already spread thin across the worlds when the Iron Scourge came to raid and wreak havoc. Taking the small Xenos fleet by surprise when the comparably small Iron Warriors fleet materialised in realspace. The Iron Scourge consisted of The Bonewrought battlebarge, a hellbringer light cruiser named The Decimator and 2 infidel class raiders one named Vindication and the other called Wrecker. These ships spread out in formation and began to make headway to the Tau vessels, The Bonewrought leading the charge. There were only 5 small Tau ships of possibly cruiser class. The IV Legion fleet engaged and ship-borne weapons cracked out in anger. Vindication was destroyed and the Decimator was badly crippled but it was the boarding teams of astartes that had eventually put the Xenos fleet down. Destroying engine decks and controls. Setting melta charges on the bridges and letting them be torn apart from munitions explosions. Monnos was abard the enemy command vessel and slaughtered his way to the ships bridge to crush the last real resistance out of the Xenos. Executing what looked like the ships captain and his body guards.

* **13th Black Crusade, Cadia System (999.M41)** - Heeding the Despoiler's call to muster at the edge of the Eye as part of the galaxy ending fleet assembling there for the 13th Black Crusade, Ogdromok took his warriors and functional ships to gather with the other traitor warbands. The Bonewrought and The Decimator arrived in formation alongside other Iron Warriors dreadnoughts. All battle scarred from old and new wounds and just as proud as they once had been during the crusade. The task given to the Iron Scourge was to attack the defences around Agripinaa and aid in the ground assaults. The orders given were carried out to the letter, despite having to fight with the blood maddened lunatics of the World Eaters and the insufferable arrogance of the Word Bearers. Though during the latter stages of the ground assault, Night Raptor teams of The Profane Dread descended in drop pods to harass and draw away the mechanicus skitarii threatening the flanks of the advancing Iron Scourge and the World Eaters assault squads. Monnos was briefly hailed on his personal vox, being greeted by Phyran Vaas as he swooped in and shredded apart a skitarii captain in view of Monnos. Then he rocketed away as quick as he came to another vulnerable target. When the Cadian gate fell and the chaos fleet reassembled, The Profane Dread's ship named the 'Gleaming Blade' and The Bonewrought drifted parallel while vox hails were exchanged.

### Current Activity, M42

* **Fetho Cluster (Unknown Date.M42)** - After assisting in the attack on the Cadian system, Ogdromok was free to lead his warriors further into Imperial space and raid as they saw fit. However, do to the disruption caused by The Great Rift, their warp engines misfired and the vessels of the Iron Scourge were sent into a region of space held by the Tau. The expansive asteroid field belonging to the Earth Caste, the Fetho Cluster, who used it for mining and as a relay/resupply point for cargo transports was where they had found themselves. Already prepared for a fight, and manning battle stations, the crew and warriors had mustered at weapons stations, void fighters, drop ships and boarding torpedoes. Upon seeing the telltale signs of xenos craft at the edge of the field, The Bonewrought bade its smaller support ships to keep close and defend every avenue of attack in case ambushed were laid in amongst the humungous chunks of asteroid. Drifting to the nearest outpost visible to their auspex and obliterating asteroids in their direct path, the Iron Warriors fleet was predictably ambushed by a more numerous, but less in firepower, fleet of large Tau bulk haulers. Not wishing to completely destroy valuable salvage, Ogdromok ordered squads of assault marines, havocs and support troops of the Vorakan Host equipped for void warfare to board the enemy fleet, and eliminate all crew except the command staff who would be taken prisoner. Sergeant Monnos and his squad took the largest of the Tau ships with ease and the 10 other assault squads had taken the others with no casualties also. When the xenos fleet was subjugated and it's leaders interrogated then subsequently executed, the IVth legion force made it's way deeper into the the territory of open void they had discovered was south of the Ultima Segmentum on the edges of the Tau Empire. However with the Cicatrix Maledictum now allowing easy passage in and out of the Warp, the forces of Nurgle had claimed a nearby area of space also. Now possibly facing attacks from three different factions, the Iron Scourge began thoroughly and carefully scanning and navigating the void to hopefully less hostile system.

* **Govdera (Unknown Date.M42)** –

* **Hephaestus (Unknown Date.M42)** –

* **Vordin (Unknown Date.M42)** –

* **Glarratai (Unknown Date.M42)** –

* **Dorommon (Unknown Date.M42)** -

## Warband Organisation

The hierarchy of this IV legion force echoes the that of the the Primarch's own inner council. There are 3 members of the Iron Scourge that assist and discuss matters of import with Ogdromok.
Tech-priest Kryteq, Sergeant Monnos and Chief Apothecary Deraklytos.
This formation is known as the Triptykon.

### Warband Combat Doctrine

The Iron Scourge rely on overwhelming infantry assaults to gain footholds in the enemy lines, once that has been achieved troop transports are sent in to bolster the entrenched assault squads, and heavy armour support to fire upon the foe.

Prefering open war to the stagant nature of sigecraft they nevertheless excel at tearing down fortifications. Usually blasting and digging tunnels to secure breaches and send in troops to attack from underneath the enemy while the heavy guns continue to bombard the structures.

When fighting in void combat, the Iron Scourge often deploy boarding torpedos to dismantle enemy ships from within and preventing them to fire upon their own craft. If boarded themselves, heavy weapons teams and close assault squads are immediately sent to resist and push back the boarders before they can delve into the ships guts to harass and distract the crew and fighters.

## Warband Beliefs

The core significance of the Iron Litany permeates each member of the warband, from the lowliest mortal breach fodder to the renowned astartes champions.

To rely on anything else is weakness and is to be exorcised and despised. To be corrupted by the touch of the gods and be granted "boons" is weakness, for if you cannot accomplish your task without the supposed aid of deities is weakness.

No belief or worship of gods will be tolerated within the ranks. Self-reliance and mighty conviction in your actions are all that matter and are all that will see the battle end in victory and your foes vanquished.

For these reasons, the warriors of the Iron Scourge vehemently abhor the Imperium for their veneration of the rotting husk on Terra. Likewise with the various warbands that inhabit the Great Eye, who give benediction to the despotic powers of the Warp.
They will utilise daemon engines and the Cult of Destruction, but only see them as near-sentient munitions to be spent in the transaction of war. Untainted human lives are far more precious and reliable than the crazed preacher that every citizen of the Imperium seems to be, or the diseased minds of the baying hordes that willingly throw themselves at the feet of uncaring gods.

If mutation is found on an astartes or a human mortal, it is severed with haste and a bionic replacement fitted in place of the tainted flesh. For none can truly escape the innate changing touch of the Warp while residing within it.

## Notable Warband Members

* **Ogdromok** - Warpsmith and leader of the Iron Scourge. Formerly the chief tech-marine of the 27th Grand Company and member of the Apolakron. He had close bonds with various Mechanicum tech-priests, both within the Legio Cybernetica and the Ordo Reductor. Not long after establishing a base of operations upon Medrengard, he would begin studies into the nature of daemons and of the warp. Analysing the information he uncovered with the apathetic gaze of a technician stripping down a machine to discover it's inner-workings. He would continue his work with trepidation, understanding the horror of the daemonic. His first creation was a simple tracked machine with limited mechanical function. Entombing a lesser Fury within it. The 27th had remained a part of the 3rd Grand Battalion up until the Dispute of Iron. Being the highest ranking member of the of the Line Company when the former leader was butchered by another officer of the Battalion. He assumed control, formulating strategies to press the attack. However, the civil war had ended before any great offensive could commence. He then took the warriors  under his command, juster under 800 marines, off of Medrengard aboard their vessel. A battlebarge that would become known as the Bonewrought.

* **Teriv Gaohl** - Formerly a battle-brother of a now extinct chapter of space marines, the Charnel Chieftains, defected when the Iron Scourge destroyed them and was offered the chance to join. Now leads a large squad of havocs, mainly focusing on destroying heavily armoured enemies and vehicles.

* **Rakkan Vos** - High ranking mortal tank commander, leader of a formation of super-heavy Doomhammer tanks. His command vehicle is known simply as *The Agoniser*.

* **Sergeant Monnos** − A ground slogger and brutal combatant. Fought in every notable siege and void war since his lord primarch took control of the legion. Utterly despises those who willingly serve the chaos gods. Sees them as weak and undeserving to exist. Also has the same opinion of the Imperium because of how they worship the Emperor and how his legion was thrown into the dirt to die. Respects the Night Lords for not falling under total sway to the ruinous powers, and has often effectively fought alongside them in numerous battles. Fights and survives to spite the Astartes who serve the Imperium. Relishing their deaths but takes even greater satisfaction when those join with their cause of the Long War. Bitter and dour, often lets those who serve beneath him to be used as meat shields but will always be at the head of an assault. Wily, and experienced, has survived this long by knowing how his enemies fight and their weaknesses. Only the strong survive, and he is as strong as iron. Taken from an old martial family of Olympia, said to be closely related to the family of Falk. Leader of what used to be the third breacher squad, nicknamed "Vrunnom" squad. Took the mantle of sergeant during the Iron Cage, when the former holder of the title was killed by a melta blast during a counter attack by the Imperial Fists. Monnos was wounded during the attack also, but was dragged to safety by an apothacery. Due to his noble and high birth was chosen to lead the squad. They are frequently deployed as part of a vanguard for the leader of the warband and often chosen to be first through a breach alongside terminators. Usually at the head of a boarding action and commanding his forces aboard the enemy vessel. An iron spike to be driven into the lines and defences of the enemy.

### Vrunnom Squad

* **Strohm** - Second in command to Monnos, weilds a large and custom heavy chainsword. Veteran of the Crusade and Heresy. Is usually accompanied by a further squad of Vorakan Host.

* **Verhux** - One of the special weapons bearers of the squad, uses a cut-down melta gun and a modified chainfist.

* **Vozoszk** - The only other warrior to carry special weapons, a hand flamer and a massive mechanical lightning claw.

* **Krolk** - Veteran Terran-born astartes. Has extensive bodily bionic augmentation in order to keep him battle ready. Also a confidant of Monnos, who heeds Krolks tactical advice. Was transferred to Vrunnom Squad just before the Siege of Terra. Fights with a thunder hammer and breaching shield.

* **Thakarag** - Equipped with a chainsword and breaching shield. A newer addition to the squad, was recruited when his armoured transport was destroyed and had to fight on foot. Found himself battling alongside the squad and requested that he join after the experience.

* **Oraumh** - A defector from a renegade chapter. Is fervent in his belief of finally slaying the Emperor as well as the mantra of the Iron Litany. Uses a power sword taken from a fallen failed chaos champion and a breaching shield.

* **Nârskh** - A young astartes, was born on Medrengard among the slave caste and immediately taken from his family when no apparent mutations were present. His induction and gene-seed implantion was swift. Endured the trials along with his twin brother, Zerrûnn. Equipped with a chainsword and a breaching shield.

* **Zerrûnn** - Brother to Nârskh. Survived the lethal trials and ascended to become a true Iron Warrior. They now often fight shoulder to shoulder together, defending Monnos and the special weapons team. Wields a power axe and breaching shield.

* **Rakiavosk** - Claims lineage of a noble family from Olympia. Behaves in an arrogant and spiteful manner. Is often given the task of setting up explosive charges upon the hulls of enemy vehicles and the walls fortifications. The squad value his skills in demolition. Fights with a chainsword and breaching shield.

* **Haephorost** - A dour and pessimistic warrior, often mutters to himself that the squad is bound to be wiped out before every action. Yet continues to excel in his role. Having saved nearly every other member from being killed at one point or another. Uses a bolt pistol and chainsword.

* **Raahm** - A thoroughly brutal combatant, charges into fights, while clinically firing his pistol at the enemies nearby. Barging into foes who do not notice him, and knocking them to the ground. Fights with a bolt pistol and power maul.

* **Gaurhur** - The black sheep of the squad. Formerly of an Iron Hands successor chapter. Was a captured prisoner of another warband until the Iron Scourge destroyed and ruined their small orbital station of a fortress. Desparate to survive, he escaped and boarded the Iron Scourge vessel. However, instead of being executed, was given the chance to prove himself through numerous trials and challenges. Usually involving the desecration of the Aquila and one sided duels. Uses a bolt pistol and thunder hammer.

**Kromlek the Unyielding** - Foremost ranking leviathan siege dreadnought.

**Chief Apothecary Deraklytos**

**Commander Vorunoka Vosod**

Commander of the Vorakan Host. She is an uncompromising veteran, ascended the ranks to gain the notice of the astartes. After several large-scale battle simulations and staged battles with her own soldiers as allies and enemies, she was appointed as overall Commander of the Vorakan Host by Ogdromok.
Is responsible for organising and ensuring that her soldiers are expertly drilled and their equipment be properly maintained, as well as appropriately supporting the astartes during every engagement.
Born to foundry overseers on Medrengard, she had minimal mutation, her arms being solely comprised of solid bone, having no flesh or muslce. However, she became renowned in the slave pits at the age of 13 solar years when she outsmarted a lesser daemon of Tzeentch trying to claim her for possession. Not long after the Iron Scourge took a tithe of of slaves to be used as ship crew and soldiers. Thereafter she fought in slaving raids with them and even against a rival warband.
However she only became noticed by her lords when she downed 2 space marines in battle with a mounted lascannon, and was near crippled by a third when he attacked her with a chainsword. The sword cut through the cannon, meaning to cleave her in two and ended up detonating some vital component which blew her back 3 meters and blasted away a chunk of the marines armour as well as his fused ribs.
Severely wounded but still able to fire her weapon, she airmed at the hole in his chest, his two hearts visible, beating rapidly. She took both out with one blast of a solid shot rifle. The chainsword had ripped her face open and the blast shredded and scorched her upper body, her armour slowly melting into her flesh from the heat. She was recovered, still conscious but in complete agony. Her masters granted her augmetics and put her in charge of her own platoon as reward for her deeds.

**Forge Lord Kryteq** - Highest ranking member of the few Mechanicum priests that tend to the mechanical needs of the warband. Commands high respect within the Ordo Reductor that sided with the Iron Warriors during and after the Heresy.

**Monitor Malevolus Vilikos** - Second-in-command to the Forge Lord.

**Techmarine Daedoloth** - Equerry to Ogdromok and is being trained to be a warpsmith by him.

## Warband Fleet

The primary vessel used by the Iron Scourge is a battlebarge looted from a now dead and forgotten chapter of space marines, The Bonewrought. It is called this because of the many daemonic pressences that infest most of the weapons systems.
Manned by thousands of professional crew and menials to tend to the lower functions and maintain the operations. For yet even further protection, gargantuan slab-sided plates of layered metal armour have been bolted on to every flat surface on the ship. Some of the docking bays have been converted into weapon stations that house massive howitzers and plasma cannons to shoot down any craft that gets too close. When in realpsace and sailing the tides of the sea of souls The Bonewrought is supported by a Styx-class heavy cruiser - Malleus Aeratum - a Hellbringer light cruiser named The Vorakan Demolisher and two Infidel-class raiders one named Tyrant's Claw and the other called Wrecker.

## Warband Appearance

While the overall colour scheme and preferred armour patterns of the warband have remained nearly unchanged since the days of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, their callous and borderline inhuman demeanor often show on their war plate.
Horned and tusked helms with grilled face-plates in the style of the IV Legion badge are frequent amongst the suits of power armour. Chain mail links and heavy fabrics are draped across shoulders and hung from belts.
A common sight among any formation of traitor astartes, skulls of fallen enemies are seen dangling from heavy chains and impaled on trophy racks mounted upon the suits exhausts.
As with many IV Legion forces, mutation is seen with much disdain and it is a common practice to amputate or otherwise remove the tainted body part and replace it with bionics. Given the tenacity of the Iron Scourge's warriors, most of the them have at least the barest amount of augmentation.

### By the Iron Scourge

"*Let us bring ruin to these fools! Bring them nought but annihilation and total conquest! Crush them upon the iron without!*"
— Warpsmith Ogdromok
"*Strike these bastards down with our iron might!*"
— Anonymous Iron Scourge Heretic Astartes
"*Will you remain as the broken? The guardians of this planet care not whether you flourish or perish, you eek out a living without a chance to speak your mind or raise a fist in anger at your circumstance. You remain as you are; broken and blind to the truth of existence. Serve the Iron Scourge and be the broken no longer. Become the breakers.*"
— Commander Vosod
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### About the Iron Scourge

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