List of Chaos Space Marine Warbands - D: NameOriginFoundingSummaryDamned Company of Lord CaustosUnknownUnknownThe Damned Company of Lord Caustos is a warband of Chaos Space Marines of unknown Founding and origin. These Astartes turned to the Chaos Gods after being declared Excommunicate Traitoris by an Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus, based on some flimsy and circumstantial evidence. They only turned to Chaos to survive in a galaxy hostile to them. They now live their lives as mercenaries for hire to the highest bidder, and will take Imperial clients under certain circumstances. The Damned Company of Lord Caustos is counted amongst the Renegade Space Marine Chapters by the Imperium of Man.Dark CastellansIron WarriorsFirst FoundingThe Dark Castellans is a Chaos Space Marine warband of the Iron WarriorsTraitor Legion. Its Heretic Astartes are led by the WarsmithKallus. The Dark Castellans were instrumental in overthrowing their brethren on the Hell-Forge of Taris, and took their place as the new garrison in order to supply the Black Legion with much-needed war materiel.Dark TusksUnknownUnknownThe Dark Tusks Chaos Space Marines are a Renegade Chapter or a simple warband of Chaos Space Marines apparently sworn to the service of Nurgle. The Dark Tusks served as mercenaries in the Halo Stars, often serving the agenda of those with nefarious or Chaotic agendas. Evidence suggests the Dark Tusks are followers of Nurgle, but they were encountered, by Squad Damocles of the Iron Snakes Chapter of Space Marines, fighting alongside a Chaos Cult dedicated to Tzeentch, the Chaos God of Sorcery, on the world of Rosetta. The Dark Tusks wore corroded, rotten Power Armour and smelled of putrescence, decayed flesh and disease. They also carried an array of daemon weapons and "plague weapons". Unlike the majority of Dark Tusks, the leader wore shiny, uncorroded black armour with chains looped about him. The Dark Tusks are described as so degraded in their actions that they were more like animals than men when they were cornered by a Kill-team of the Iron Snakes on Rosetta.Death FalconsUnknownUnknownThe Death Falcons were a formerly Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin, founded during the dawn of the 41st Millennium. They hailed from the night-shrouded world of Bastonbeil. During the Conclave of Gathalamar, when the Chapter Master was away renewing his oaths of allegiance to the Emperor, something ancient and evil awoke beneath the underhive of Bastonbeil's capital city of Shadowhive, which served as the Chapter's Fortress-Monastery. This mysterious entity devoured millions of souls, leaving only mindless zombies in its wake. The Chapter responded in force, deploying the entire Chapter. It is unknown what transpired within the dark depths of the underhive, but after three solar months they emerged from the pits of blackness as grey-armoured, nightmarish spectres. They were no longer the Death Falcons, they had become the warband known as the Company of the Shadow.Death MongersBrothers of the AnvilUnknownThe Death Mongers are a warband of Chaos Space Marines of unknown origin and Founding. They were once a Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines known as the Brothers of the Anvil. They were corrupted after entering the Eye of Terror in 321.M37 as part of the Imperial Abyssal Crusade. During their sojourn into the Eye, they landed upon an ancient Eldar Crone World and were captured by xenos Kabalites. After enduring horrific torture at the hands of their Dark Eldar captors the remains of the Brothers of the Anvil slaughtered their way back into realspace, unrecognisable as a formerly Loyal Chapter. As the Death Mongers, they have a brutal reputation for causing wanton destruction during their campaigns even to the point that they would cede a possible victory for the opportunity to cause more death and devastation for its own sake.Death ShadowsLionguardUnknownThe Death Shadows are a Renegade Chapter of Chaos Space Marines who were once a Loyalist Chapter of Astartes known as the Lionguard before they were corrupted in the 37th Millennium during their participation in the Abyssal Crusade. When they emerged from the Eye of Terror, the Lionguard were no more. They had been transformed into a Renegade Warband known as the Death Shadows. They are known to specialise in the use of sabotage and terror tactics against their foes. In the late 41st Millennium, the Death Shadows withdrew to the Fortress World of Sybari after a disastrous campaign against the Ultramarines. Whilst in the planning stages of a retaliatory strike against their hated Loyalist foes, a tendril of Hive Fleet Behemoth invaded the Sybari System and consumed the planet. The current whereabouts of the Death Shadows are unknown.Disciples of DestructionUnknownUnknownThe Disciples of Destruction are a warband of Chaos Space Marines of unknown origin or Founding. They were first sighted by Imperial forces in 998.M41.Dolorous GnawDeath GuardFirst FoundingThe Dolorous Gnaw is a warband or vectorium of the Death Guard Traitor Legion's 3rd Plague Company. Noxious Blightbringers are especially prevalent in the vectoriums of the 3rd Plague Company. Such warbands as the Putrid Choir or the Dolorous Gnaw rarely take to the battlefield without two or three Noxious Blightbringers to herald them into battle.Dolorous GuardAshen BladesUnknownThe Dolorous Guard is a warband of Chaos Space Marines that are the survivors of the corrupted Ashen Blades Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes, who were of unknown genetic origin and Founding. They were commanded by the Chaos Lord and Chaos Champion of Slaanesh Markog and served as the honour guard of the Sorcerer Lord Seraphax, the Fallen Angel who was the leader of the Ten Thousand Eyes warhost.Dragon WarriorsSalamandersUnknownThe Dragon Warriors are a warband of Chaos Space Marines dedicated to the Blood God Khorne who were originally Renegade Space Marines from the 6th Company of the Salamanders Chapter. Captain Terellus of the Salamanders' 6th Company led his warriors to betray the Chapter and the Emperor of Mankind and swear their loyalty to the Chaos God Khorne instead. The Dragon Warriors are specialists in short-range fire fights and melee combat, like all Khornate warbands. They also prefer the use of Melta and Flame Weapons.