Melded Ones

### **Specialty**

Obliterators, fleshmetal bionics, Warp-based bionic to organic integrated infantry

## Pre-Heresy

### **Colours**

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The **Melded Ones** are an infamous Chaos Warband made up of the remnants of Astartes with Iron Hands gene-seed from multiple chapters. Like the majority of their treacherous brethren, they look down on those who actively serve the primary Ruinous Powers of Chaos with a general disdain, and instead worshipping Feirocarne and his Cult of the Accursed Oneness. They are particularly known for the their use of an unstable viral strain made with parts of the Obliterator Techno-virus which creates merged fleshmetal abominations and mutational gifts more quickly than other warbands. They are generally found to have an inability to ally with the broader traitor cause as they seek solely to gain power from Feirocarne by ensuring the safety of their god.

They view the other four Chaos Gods as little more than manifestations of human fear and emanations of desires. They see Feirocarne as a being of a perfect blend of organic, bionic and daemonic.They continue to spread terror throughout the Galaxy in the name of their god, but also to conquer Forge Worlds of the Mechanicus to steal their technology and bind them to both daemons and human flesh.

## Warband Homeworld

New Vektonaan is a massive world hidden inside of the Warp which houses the Sanctum of the Steelfleshed.

## Warband Gene-Seed

While much of their warband are heavily mutated and bear an enormous amounts of warp experimental transmutations of their bodily tissues, the Melded Ones' geneseed show very little sign of innate degeneration or Chaos mutation, likely because they house their gene-seed off-world outside of the Warp. They see this as the future evolution of their species, inspired both by the gifts of their Primarch and the fruits of Feirocarne's ascension to godhood.

### Genetic Flaws

However, they continue to bear the psychic imprint of a disdain for pure human flesh which has persisted since the death of Ferrus Manus. Like the Iron Hands, the epigenetic alterations which are present in their gene-stock, but almost all Melded Ones use their Warp rites to blend the abilities of machines into flesh rather than replacing it.

## Combat Doctrine

The Melded Ones make extensive use of a permanently formed veteran company, made entirely of Obliterators even compared to other Chaos Warbands. More importantly unlike typical obliterator cults or freelancers these are permanent members of the warband dedicated to the worship of Feirocarne. They have also fought significantly alongside the Iron Warriors and against their own progenitor chapters. As such they have adopted a heavy use of artillery and modified forms of the Iron Warrior's artillery flanking manoeuvres specifically to target armored personnel carrier vehicles.

## Warband Appearance

### Warband Colours

Much of the Melded One's armour is a stripped dark silver with reddish brown stripes and trim often in the shape of lightning. Generally the Melded ones are fused to their armor via fleshmetal bionics and warp sorcerer all which are commonly used by all of the warband to reflect devotion to the Steelfleshed One.

### Warband Badge

The badge of the Melded Ones Warband is the same symbol as that of the Cult of the Accursed Oneness, a triquetra of gear halves bisected and matched with a half a star of Chaos. The difference is a sword embedded in skull in the centre of the Triquetra.

## Relations

### Allies

* **Iron Warriors**
* **Cult of the Accursed Oneness**
* **New Mechanicum**

### Enemies

**Iron Hands**

**Vashtorr**

## Notable Quotes

### About the Melded Ones

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