887th Cadian Infantry Regiment

## 887th Cadian Infantry "Kane's Hellraisers"

The symbol of the 887th "Kane's Hellraisers"

The standard uniform of the 887th Regiment

## Other information

### **Specialty**

Anti-Infantry Warfare, Siege-Breaking, Frontal-Assaults, Line-Breakthrough, Hazardous Environments

## Commanders

### **Acting**

Col. Diossus Kane
(Regimental Commander)

Maj. Prant
(Regimental XO)

Cpt. Starker
(1st Company CO)

Cpt. Operr
(2nd Company CO)

Cpt. Skart
(3rd Company CO)

Cpt. Frunn
(4th Company CO)

Cpt. Tarnn
(5th Company CO)

Cpt. Darr
(6th Company CO)

Cpt. Tol
(7th Company CO)

Cpt. Marrik
(8th Company CO)

Cpt. Storr
(9th Company CO)

Cpt. Panner
(10th Company CO)

Cpt. Gooch
(1st Recon Company CO)

### **Notable Commanders**

Cpt. (Now Col.) Diossus Kane(Credited with the survival of the entire regiment)

The **887th Cadian Infantry Regiment**, also known as '***Kane's Hellraisers***', is an Astra Militarum Infantry Regiment hailing from the former Fortress-World of Cadia. The Cadian Shock Troops of Cadia are highly regarded among their fellow guardsman and the wider Imperium for their discipline and marksmanship. With their skills and courage, Cadians are usually deployed to the front line of many warzones. They stand shoulder-to-shoulder against the terrifying, unholy abominations of Chaos. Even when facing literal demons and untold terrors, Cadians never waiver, their courage knows no bounds.

Living up to their fellow Cadians reputation, the 887th Cadian are a force to be reckoned with. Having fought in numerous warzones, the veterans of the 887th Cadian are battle-hardened survivors of many gruesome battles. In situations where many guardsmen would run (and likely be shot by their commissars), the battle-forged 887th Cadian veterans stand their ground, and fight to the very last many. Although this usually results in mass casualties.

The 887th Cadian consists of approximately 3,854 guardsmen divided into 2 Command Companies, 10 Infantry Companies, 2 Heavy Weapons Companies, and 1 Recon Company. Additionally, the 887th Cadian is supported by 1 Auxiliary Tank Squadron.

The 887th Cadian is equipped with multiple special weapons and a number of heavy weapons. Each Infantry Company is also equipped a small number of Chimeras and other various transports. with The Recon Company is equipped with a minimal number of Sentinels. Because of the Tank Auxiliary, the regiment is also equipped with 3 Leman Russ MBT's.

## History

The 887th Cadian was first raised from Cadia in late-M38, just after Abbadon's 9th Black Crusade. Since their first founding, their numbers have been utterly decimated in multiple conflicts, but it was always rearmed and reinforced directly from Cadia. Ultimately though, the number of survivors from gruesome battles rose more and more of the decades. And soon after, the legend of the battle-forged veterans of the 887th Cadian began.

Despite the mostly incomplete Imperial records, the 887th Cadian has been referenced in many battles. The earliest known conflict being the 10th Black Crusade also referred to as the 'Conflict of Helica'.

The 887th Cadian also participated in the final defense of Cadia. Though the loss of their homeworld was devastating and shameful, the men and women of the 887th Cadian Infantry Regiment fight on for those they lost. Reinvigorated by vengeance and hate, fuel by wrath and anger, driven by pure hatred of Chaos.

The 887th Cadian's most recent campaign was fought during the Plague Wars, in Segmentum Ultima.

## Notable Campaigns

### 13th Black Crusade

The 887th Cadian fought to defend their homeworld during the 13th Black Crusade. Despite heavy losses, the Cadians held the line against the tides of Chaos. A dire stalemate was created as a result. Unfortunately, the stalemate didn't last long. When Abaddon hurled the *Blackstone Fortress Will of Eternity* towards the surface of the planet.

With the planet destabilizing from the incredible impact, the defenders crumbled under the unending tides of Chaos. The power of the warp surged across the planet as the Cadian Pylons crumbled. The 887th Cadian would have been obliterated if it wasn't for the sacrifice the entire 1st Infantry Company. Lead by their CO, Diossus Kane, the 1st Company pushed back the Chaos Forces and momentarily sent them into a retreat, saving the entire regiment and buying them time to evacuate. The entire 1st Company was slaughtered in the process, all but Kane.

## Homeworld

**Cadia**, officially known as **Cadia Prime**, was a terrestrial, Earth-like planet classified as both a Civilized World and as the Imperium of Man's most important Fortress World by the Administratum. It was the fourth world of the Cadian System, and its surface contained a wide variety of terrain types and ecosystems, including frozen tundra, temperate plains, wind-swept moors and the great native axel-tree forests.

Cadia guarded the only known navigable route to and from the massive Warp rift known as the Eye of Terror, a passage called the Cadian Gate. The world's dangerous proximity to the Eye of Terror made it necessary for the people of Cadia to heavily fortify the planet.

Cadia's natural environment was much like Terra's millennia ago, with a large ocean that covered roughly 70 percent of the planet's surface. The land mass of the world was divided between incredibly thick pine forests of axel-trees and vast glaciers. The planet was slightly cooler than most human-settled worlds but not to the point that it adversely affected growing conditions.

Settled before the onset of the Age of Strife by a branch of humanity that eventually fell to the worship of the Chaos Gods and played a major role in the ultimate corruption of the Space Marine Legions, Cadia was re-settled sometime in the early 32nd Millennium by Loyalist humans of the Imperium.

The world's landscape was dotted by strange black monoliths of clear Xenos origin called the Cadian Pylons. These devices were actually constructed by the Necrons millions of standard years ago to hold back the psychic energies of the Eye of Terror from the world, which was an ancient Necron military base during their war with the Old Ones. The Cadian Pylons are what created the unusual area of realspace stability known as the Cadian Gate near the Eye of Terror that was unaffected by the constant Warp Storms that surround that Warp rift. Cadia's location directly adjacent to the dangerous Eye of Terror made it necessary for the people of Cadia to fortify the planet to an extent where almost the entire population lived in massive fortress-cities known locally as "Kasrs."

Thus, Cadia had an odd mix of dense urban areas and vast open tundra and other natural landscapes unspoiled by the hand of Humanity.

Unfortunately, disaster struck at the height of the 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41. Abaddon the Despoiler, enraged by the continued defiance of Cadia's people, he sent the bulk of the Blackstone Fortress *Will of Eternity*, badly damaged by the assault of the Imperial Fists' star fortress *Phalanx*, crashing into the surface of Cadia like an artificial meteor.

This monstrous kinetic strike wiped out most of Cadia's defenders, destroyed the network of Cadian Pylons and tectonically destabilized the world.

As the Warp and its foul denizens claimed the remains of the Fortress World, Lord Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed arranged an evacuation of the planet that saved 3 million of its citizens before the planet finally ripped itself apart -- though not before Creed himself mysteriously disappeared.

The fall of Cadia represented a once-unimaginable triumph for the servants of the Dark Gods, and the Eye of Terror began to slowly expand without limit, opening Abaddon the Despoiler's coveted Crimson Path to Terra and creating the Great Rift that divided the Imperium in half.

## Regimental Organization

### **Command Companies**

1st Command Company: Lead by Col. Kane

2nd Command Company: Lead by Maj. Prant

### **Infantry Companies**

1st Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Starker

2nd Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Operr

3rd Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Skart

4th Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Frunn

5th Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Tarnn

6th Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Darr

7th Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Tol

8th Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Marrik

9th Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Storr

10th Infantry Company: Lead by Cpt. Panner

## Notable Members

Cpt. (Now Col.) Diossus Kane was the CO of the regiment's 1st Company. He is credited with the survival of the entire regiment during the fall of Cadia. During the battle, the 887th Cadian's lines were descending into utter chaos as the planet was overrun by the unending waves of Daemons and heretics. Kane managed to rally his company and temporarily send the Chaos Forces into retreat. This allowed Kane and many more men to escape the planet. Unfortunately, his entire company was slaughtered in the process. His Command Squad was responsible for his survival, pushing him into a Valkyrie, while they sacrificed themselves for him.

## Relations

### Allies

Imperium of Man

Astra Militarum

Adeptus Astartes

Adeptus Mechanicus

### Enemies

Orkz

Eldar

Dark Eldar

Tau

Tyranids

Necrons

Chaos