Kabal - Kabals at War: Though all Drukhari Kabals offer a measure of sanctuary -- from outside influences, at least -- the true prize for the established Kabalite is to take part in a realspace raid. The war with the material dimension is a never-ending campaign of extreme violence against every other sentient race in the galaxy.A successful raid offers the victors not only the twin bounties of slaves and a feast of pain, but will also do much for the political standing of those who planned and executed it.By impressing their fellow Commorrite citizens, a Kabal asserts dominance over its rivals.As such, successful realspace raids are one of the most straightforward ways in which a Drukhari Kabal can rise to prominence over its rivals.Thus, the largest Kabals are always raiding. Some may have scores -- or even hundreds -- happening simultaneously, attacking world after hapless world and winning political as well as military victories.The most well-respected Kabals launch raids on an almost constant basis, their sleek attack craft descending upon one hapless world after another to plunder and enslave.In the same way that Kabalite archons scheme to acquire power and outmanoeuvre their rivals, they plan their realspace raids in meticulous detail. They torture existing slaves and employ scouts and mercenaries to acquire as much knowledge as possible of the world they intend to strike.Further, the Covens of the Haemonculi can be prevailed upon to provide stranger means of surveillance, be it Whisperglass Mirrors, flocks of invisible familiars or parasitically-invested abductees. These services always come at a price, of course, yet a successful realspace raid will normally justify the cost of such bargains tenfold.Once a raid is launched, Kabalite forces will work to keep the foe on the back foot at all times, using superior technology and local knowledge torn from the minds of captives to stay one step ahead of the enemy.Stand-up fights are never entered into voluntarily, for the warriors of the Kabals view concepts such as valour or honour as weaknesses to be exploited.Their raiding parties will strike hard and fast where the foe is at its most vulnerable, aiming to cripple command and control structures, undermine logistics and spread terror and confusion. Should an organised response coalesce, the Kabalites will simply fade away and attack elsewhere, aiming above all else to avoid being pinned down in a war of attrition.Ambush, trickery, the turning of foes against one another, and the bloody quest for personal glory -- such are the hallmarks of a Kabalite hunt. They are as much a part of the Drukhari's arsenal as advanced weapons, and they use them to full effect.Many Kabals will have a bias towards particular methods of warfare, most often the product of their archon's personal conceits or origins. Some, such as the spaceborne Kabal of the Severed, favour great wings of attack craft that shatter and scatter the strength of their victims before a single Drukhari foot touches alien soil.Others -- such as the Kabal of the Storm's Spite or the Kabal of the Bloody Scream -- favour the deployment of overwhelming firepower, fielding whole squadrons of Ravager gunships and murderous flocks of Scourge mercenaries who pick the foe apart from a distance.Conversely, a great many Kabals prefer to get in close, fighting where they can feel every hot splash of blood and hear every last rattling breath.Kabals such as the Kabal of the Shuddering Blade and the Kabal of the Silver Fang are especially well known for orchestrating such bloodbaths, and competition is fierce to accompany them to the field of battle.Perhaps the strangest of all are the Kabal of the Thirteenth Whisper, whose members keep their faces shrouded at all times and who are reputed to traffic heavily with the Mandrakes of Aelindrach.Raids by this Kabal are nightmarish affairs, tides of shadow proceeding their advance while chill-eyed horrors stalk the darkness with blades in hand.