Lost and the Damned - Heretic and Renegade Warbands: The following is a list of notable warbands of the Lost and the Damned -- the mortal followers of the Ruinous Powers considered Renegades and Heretics by the Imperium of Man:NameChaos LordDates ActiveSummaryBlood PactUrlock GaurActive 750s-770s.M41A warrior cult dedicated to the service of the Chaos God Khorne, said to have been founded ca. 600.M41 and most famous as a military answer to the skill and organisation of the Astra Militarum during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade of 755.M41 and 778.M41.Charnel CultUnknownMultiple DatesA collective term for a longstanding blood cult dedicated to Khorne, Charnel Cultist warbands have been active on Anshur in 892.M38 and on Kerrack supporting the rebellion of the Harvest Clans in 926.M41 during the Scourging of Kerrack.FerrozoicansHeritor Asphodel769.M41The population of Hive Ferrozoica on Verghast was indoctrinated into worship of Chaos by one of the warlords of the Sabbat Worlds, the Heritor Asphodel. Accompanied by Asphodel's typical array of outrageous and sublime war machines, the Zoicans went to war on the neighbouring still-Imperial city-states, such as Vervunhive. The Heritor and the Zoican host were ultimately defeated at Vervunhive, and Ferrozoica itself destroyed.Grendish 82ndObsidius MallexUnknown Date.M42The Grendish 82nd was a Traitor Astra Militarum regiment which arrived at the Seventh Blackstone Fortress in order to perform a Chaos ritual to open a Warp rift aboard it. The Drukhari pirate Veth Rayden discovered their plan, and warned the inhabitants of Precipice of the Traitors' plan in order to stop it.Harvest ClansUnknown926.M41A rebellion of the agricultural workers native to Kerrack situated in the planet's dense Cholam tree forests, the world's Harvest Clans eventually were transformed into Charnel Cultists. The rebellion was ultimately crushed by an intervention by the Star Phantoms Chapter's 5th Company during what became known as the Scourging of Kerrack.InfardiPater SinActive until 770.M41The "Infardi" (pilgrims) was a Chaos warband active on Saint Sabbat's homeworld of Hagia during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Their prime purpose was to defile her home and her relics, debasing the local dialects and pilgrim customs as part of their blasphemous agenda.The KithSholen SkaraActive 760s.M41A Chaos Cult force dedicated to Khorne, active in and near the Sabbat Worlds. Although militarily defeated on Sapiencia, Sholen Skara's cult survived and reappeared on Plethorapolis. The cult freed the Magister Anakwanar Sek from his Commissariat escort and commenced mass bloodletting on that Hive World. This second uprising was ultimately defeated by a team of Iron Snakes Astartes sent to determine Skara's location.Rangda IX Traitor mutant forge-clansUnknown919.M41The Forge World of Rangda IX saw its mutant forge-clans rise in rebellion against the Omnissiah in 919.M41, driven by an outbreak of heresy. The insurrection was suppressed by the Celebrants Chapter's counterattack.Sons of SekAnakwanar SekActive 760s-770s.M41A warrior cult dedicated to Khorne, founded by the Sabbat Worlds Magister Anakwanar Sek as a way to supplant the ailing power of his overlord, Urlock Gaur, and his famed Blood Pact. The Sons were in part started on Gereon, trained by a captured Astra Militarum general, Noches Sturm, and a Blood Pact traitor, Mabbon Etogaur.Shadik RepublicUnknownActive 700s.M41A group of nation-states on Aexe Cardinal in the Sabbat Worlds, corrupted by Chaos. For 40 standard years the Shadik nations waged war on the Throne-loyal nations of the Aexe Alliance. In the early 770s.M41, the Imperial Warmaster Macaroth deployed several Astra Militarum battalions to Aexe to support the war against the Shadik.ShrivenUnknown Iron WarriorsActive 768.M41A Renegade army active on the contested Forge World of Fortis Binary during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. The Renegade host was led by Heretic Astartes of the Iron Warriors Traitor Legion. It was defeated in 768.M41 in part due to the actions of elements of the Tanith First-and-Only and the Vitrian Dragoons.Vraksian Traitor MilitiaXaphanActive 809-830.M41The Traitor militia of the Traitor Cardinal-Astra Xaphan, consisting of most of the 8,000,000 member population of the Armoury World of Vraks. The core of the Traitor forces were the Disciples of Xaphan. Ultimately the force was entirely destroyed by the forces of the Imperium during the seventeen-year-long Siege of Vraks.