Legion Destroyer Squad - Notable Destroyer Variations: Dreadwing - The Dreadwing was one of the six specialised formations called Wings of the Hexagrammaton of the Dark Angels Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. The Dreadwing was specialised in the use of tactics to defeat the worse foes faced by the I Legion on the battlefield and was deployed when there seemed to be no other way to destroy an enemy. The Dreadwing was the only formation of the Dark Angels Legion known to employ the infamous Legion Destroyer Squads. The Dreadwing formation as a whole was led by a voted-lieutenant known within his Legion by the title of "Dreadbringer." The Dreadwing unleashed mass armoured assaults that made use of Land Raiders, Spartan Assault Tanks, Mastodons and Fellglaive super-heavy tanks. These vehicles and the Dreadwing Destroyer Squads were often outfitted with the Imperium's infamous advanced weapons of mass destruction, including Phosphex Weapons, Radium Weapons and Vortex Weapons.Karaoghlanlar - Destroyer cadres did exist within the White Scars Legion, but in limited numbers. Known as the Karaoghlanlar, or the "Dark Sons of Death," their armour was painted a dull black and festooned with shamanic charms to ward off the evil spirits that followed in their wake. These grim warriors, often considered deranged and as omens of evil tidings by their fellows, did not serve with any single brotherhood (company) of the Legion but were instead placed under the direct supervision of the Stormseer Council, only deployed when both Khan and seer agreed they needed to be set loose. This apparently pagan superstition appeared to serve simply as a tool to vilify the use of the extreme measures represented by the Destroyers, a choice known to have originated with Jaghatai Khan himself, who held little respect for those who resorted to such measures too frequently.Red Hand Squads - Amongst the XII Legion, those who proudly bore the mark of the Blood Hand -- or as it was known by some, the "Butcher's Mark" -- upon their armour would be drawn together, not through brotherhood or camaraderie, but through rivalry and enmity. The symbol, held in higher regard than almost any other honour or accolade borne by the World Eaters, marked these individuals out as having demonstrated exemplary ferocity or violence in the name of the Legion, be it through the sheer number of enemies butchered in battle or through the taking of the head of a foe of superior rank in single combat. Amongst the Destroyer companies of Angron's Legion, those warriors who bore this mark formed cohorts known amongst their brethren as "Red Hand" squads. As the Horus Heresy unfolded, these squads would consistently take their place in the vanguard, roaring inhuman cries of bloodlust as they sought to prove themselves ever-worthy of bearing this gory embellishment.Ultramarines 22nd Chapter ("Nemesis Chapter") - The Destroyer squads of the Ultramarines were a much needed asset in the XIII Legion's resistance to the Word Bearers' assault upon Calth. Unlike many Destroyer Squads, those of the Ultramarines Legion's 22nd Chapter, appropriately nicknamed the "Nemesis Chapter," retained a high proportion of the standard bolter as a primary weapon, giving them greater tactical flexibility with the addition of specialist ammunition loads created to cause such harrowing destruction to the ranks of the enemy that fear would break the spirit of those that survived. Their prodigious skill and steadfast discipline would prove invaluable when fighting the Traitor forces, especially when defeating the zealot warriors of the Word Bearers Legion.Mortus Poisoners - Mortus Poisoners were a specially trained and equipped cadre within the Destroyer companies of the Death Guard Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Wielding a high proportion of alchemical-munitions even by the standards of the Death Guard, Mortus Poisoners were more frequently deployed in support of more conventional troops. Aboard voidships or within the close confines of hive city complexes, their formidable weapons were a valuable asset in clearing defensive positions, but the horrifying alchemical flame they spread would be a the scourge of many battlefields throughout the galaxy. Close exposure to the concentrated cocktails of alchemical and biological agents inevitably took its toll on even their bearers. To be assigned to a Mortus Poisoners squad was essentially a sentence to suffer a withering, unavoidable demise. Unofficially, this was considered a form of censure for those Death Guard Legionaries who failed to achieve what was asked by their command. There were, however, those within the Mortus Poisoners who embraced the role enthusiastically, seeking to close with the enemy and dispense toxic death with disturbingly little heed for their own longevity.Pyroclasts - The dreaded Pyroclasts were the burning fury of the Salamanders Legion given material form. The Salamanders shunned conventional Legion Destroyer units in their Legion, save for a small cadre retained for xenocide operations, due to the training and unclean nature of the weapons they wielded. Vulkan created the Pyroclasts to fulfil the role of bringers of utter destruction instead, creating for them advanced and extremely powerful thermal/incendiary weapons of his own devising. The Pyroclasts embodied the Promethean mantra: destruction and renewal through the purification brought by cleansing fire.Deathsworn Pack, the "Black Cull" - Some warriors born from the genetic deficiencies of the Space Wolves' gene-seed found their minds filled with an all-consuming impulse to kill and kill again. These dark, afflicted souls were attracted to a particular sub-cult of the Fenrisian mythos centred around the wolf-spirit Morkai, a pseudo-deity of death and the dead. Those who followed the Cult of Morkai were gathered together into a specialist infantry unit known as the Deathsworn. The so-called "Black Cull" was the informal designation of the formation within the Space Wolves Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy that made up both the Deathsworn Packs and the VIth Legion's Destroyer and immolation units.Angel's Tears - The Angel's Tears, who carried the rank and titles of Erelim, the "Silver Masks" and the "Hands of Justice," served the IX Legion in place of the more common Destroyers of other Legions. They took to the field of war only at the direct command of Sanguinius himself, serving as his agents on those rare occasions when the Great Angel deemed an enemy worthy only of annihilation. Armed with weapons best suited to the swift culling of those unworthy of a place in the Emperor's bright new Imperium, they descended upon the foe suddenly and unannounced, faces concealed in the silver death-masks of their order and oaths of retribution on their lips.High Host - The High Host was a fraternity of the IX Legion, the Blood Angels, during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, sometimes known as the Archae or the Principatii. The High Host was one of the lesser Orders of the First Sphere made up of those warriors who bore the sorrowful duty of delivering Sanguinius' ultimate sanction to his enemies. Unlike their brothers in the Angel's Tears, the High Host did not shrink away from showing their true faces to an uncaring galaxy as they deployed weapons born of Humanity's darkest nightmares that left a trail of murdered worlds in their wake.