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"It would seem there is a canon conflict here." Olis leaned over to Aquilanus' workstation. Indeed there was. "What do we do?" asked Ly. "What we do is..." rumbled Aquilanus before being cut off. "What we do is"Olis interupted, his tone warning, "Is to send this report back to the drawing board. Start from the top." "Our way was far more fun," growled the many man. But still... Olis took out a small device from a storage pouch and with a flourish added his sigil to the data slate. The device squealed, but complied. Welcome to the third Liber Challenge! Previous challenges are available to view here. The aim is to create an Imperial Guard regiment, a Traitor Guard regiment or Cultist band. Submitted articles should have the following as a minimum requirement: Name of Regiment/Warband/Cult Home planet/planet army is based upon Name of its Founder(s) Notable characters History Significant battles joined Those who enter are entitled to show this banner in their signature: Those who complete the challenge are entitled to show one of these in their signature: Warband/Cultists: Loyalist regiment: EDIT: Some very cool alternative banners etc for those who want to keep multiple images in their signature and wish to keep within B+C rules This challenge will end on 17th June 2015 at 6pm GMT+1 To enter, make the following vow in this topic to make your commitment known! I, [insert name] vow in the name of the God-Emperor/Dark Gods/Specfic God* to create an Imperial Guard Regiment/Warband/Cult*. This I shall vow or be forever damned! *Delete as applicable Good luck! Challengers: Aquilanus - Gehum's 87th "The Boomers" COMPLETE! Barabbas Sogalon - Brother SP - Captain Baranov - Vostroyan Firstborn Regiment COMPLETE! Carraigf (Eces Fachtna) - CommissarZac - Joutenheim 798th COMPLETE! Conn Eremon - Demus Ragnok - Ferrus Manus - Grand Master Belial - 45th Imperial Regiment COMPLETE! Gunmonkey88 - Task Force 18 - Death Dealers Icechiang - The Orion 13th Combined Arms COMPLETE! Iron Aquilifer - Kierdale - 88th Kierdale’s Shrineworld Expedition COMPLETE! Kilofax - Lord Asvaldir - Lord Thørn - 14th Mezlan EngineersCOMPLETE! Mehman - 93rd Ostheim, 7th Company "Timber Wolves" COMPLETE! Musketeer12 - Olis - ]The Forten Yellowbacks, 134th Regiment COMPLETE! Pauljam - 8th Silvestris infantry regiment COMPLETE! Pudelhund - Sitnam - Fiends of the Apocalypse COMPLETE! SlavetoDarkness - Teetengee - Cult of the Inverted rebirth COMPLETE! TDF - Harjinn Mamelukes and Harjinn Ghilmen COMPLETE! Ulrik Ironfist - The Black Devils brigade COMPLETE! WarriorFish - 144th Arukan Regiment COMPLETE!

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

As part of the Liber Unity Project, this thread exists so that we can try to create a Chaos Warband. In a similar way to the Collaborative Chapter Creation Project, I have posted the list of named Chaos Warbands from various Codices: Chaos Space Marine Legions and Warbands (LIST) I would appreciate your thoughts and assistance in showing the creativity of the Liber in this endeavour! Mol.

The Halls of the Liber Astartes were abuzz with the arrival of many new Adepta Sororitas Orders. Getting them all catalogued was a tiring, but rewarding task, but the Moderati had another task to complete. "The Administratum has decreed that our focus should now turn to recording the Adeptus Mechanicus," Ly read the vellum out aloud for the benefit of his fellows. "And not just our Martian allies either." Olis turned to Aquilanus, who was staring into space. Ly noticed too and was going to rouse him, but Conn shook his head. "Our Brother is currently distracted. Best not to disturb him for now..." It's happening again. No kidding the second voice retorted. I would never have guessed... Seriously, who or what is coming now?! Brothers and Sisters, the third voice replied noticing the two Sisters had started to seethe.Let us welcome this new arrival warmly. Graaaaah! I don't know what he said, but I agree. Leave the 'Reaver alone, replied the seventh voice. 01001001 00100000 01100001 01101101 00100000 01000100 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01001101 01100001 01100111 01101111 01110011 00100000 01001101 01101001 01110010 01101111 01110011 01100001 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001010 01100001 01100111 01100111 01100101 01100100 00100000 01100101 01100100 01100111 01100101 00100000 01000101 01111000 01110000 01101100 01101111 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001 00100000 01000011 01101100 01100001 01101110 00101110 00100000 01000110 01101111 01110010 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000100 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01000111 01101111 01100100 01110011 00100001 Eww! Scrap Code! Ignore the others. Warned the ninth voice. Welcome! Welcome to Part II of the Liber Challenge!. The aim is to create a DIY force of Adeptus Mechanicus, Dark Mechanicus or Knight House. A Skittari only force is most welcome too! To enter vow using the following statement: Adeptus Mechanicus vow: 01001001 [enter Forum name], 01110110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100011 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01100001 01101110 00100000 01000001 01100100 01100101 01110000 01110100 01110101 01110011 00100000 01001101 01100101 01100011 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100011 01110101 01110011 00100000 01000101 01111000 01110000 01101100 01101111 01110010 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001 00100000 01100110 01101100 01100101 01100101 01110100 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01101000 01101111 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01001111 01101101 01101110 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01100001 01101000 00100001 00100000 01100010 01111001 00100000 00110110 01110000 01101101 00100000 01000111 01001101 01010100 00101011 00110001 00100000 01101111 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 00110001 00110111 01110100 01101000 00100000 01001101 01100001 01111001 00101110 Dark Mechanicus vow: 01001001 [enter Forum name], 01110110 01101111 01110111 00100000 01110100 01101111 00100000 01100011 01110010 01100101 01100001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01100001 00100000 01000100 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01001101 01100101 01100011 01101000 01100001 01101110 01101001 01100011 01110101 01110011 00100000 01000011 01100001 01100010 01100001 01101100 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01101000 01101111 01101110 01101111 01110101 01110010 00100000 01101111 01100110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 01000100 01100001 01110010 01101011 00100000 01000111 01101111 01100100 01110011 00100001 00100000 01100010 01111001 00100000 00110110 01110000 01101101 00100000 01000111 01001101 01010100 00101011 00110001 00100000 01101111 01101110 00100000 01110100 01101000 01100101 00100000 00110001 00110111 01110100 01101000 00100000 01001101 01100001 01111001 00101110 Knight Houses vow: I, [insert name] vow to create one of the noble Knights Houses, by 6pm GMT+1 on the 17th May. For Him on Earth! Those who wish to create a Titan Legion can do so too! Those that vow can proudly display the following in their signature to show their participation (as long as the signature follows the guidelines set in this topic ) : The specific medallions to go with the banner: Skitarii: Dark Mechanicum: AdMech: Imperial Knights: Medallions created by Grotsmasha! Each topic made by members should have at least the following: Name of Exploratory Fleet/Forgeworld/Cabal/Battle Group/Knight House/Titan Legion Home planet/planet army is based upon Name of its Founder(s) Notable characters (including names of Titans, Knights etc) History Significant battles joined Hope to see your participation soon!

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration.To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun!

This is my topic for my Liber Challenger IV entry - Inquisitor Selene Antonis. I will be updating it over the next month. http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.pngName - Inquisitor Selene Antonis of the Ordo Xenoshttp://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.png Origins and Early Life Selene Antonis, Inquisitor of the Ordo Xenos and Count Exemplar of Ghast's Reach, was born in 685.M40, on the Celestine Fort. The Celestine Fort is a Star-Fort in orbit around the Fortress World of Diamellòn, and is the main port of the Sarment Fleet. Her parents were two high officers of the Fleet, but she grew up alongside the children of the crew of the Fort, learning the ways of petty crime and dissimulation. She soon learned that she would win more money by spying on various officers of the Fleet and the Guard. Unfortunately, both her parents were killed during the Ashen Crusade, and she was sent to the Schola Progeniam on Universitat. Her grades there were exceptional in every domain, and she was admitted into Commissariat and Tacticae training. She had just graduated as a Junior Commissar in 703.40, when Universitat was visited by the young Inquisitor Silas Ketch, searching for acolytes to join his retinue. Antonis suddenly felt that this could be her chance to be someone important, and returned to her old ways of her life on the Star-Fort : she decided to spy on the inquisitor so that she could find the qualities he was looking for. Unsurprisingly, a couple of days later, Ketch announced that he had picked the young lady as his new acolyte, though, she would discover much later, not for the qualities she had shown in the testing procedures, but precisely because she had decided to spy (even inexpertly) on him. Becoming an Inquisitor and Forging a Retinue She rose through the ranks over the next years, and was an interrogator by the time that Ketch confronted the Daemon Engine possessed by the Greater Daemon Xazabal-Zuavor in the Underhives of Anster on Nosterdam, his own homeworld. Because of pivotal role during this investigation, which had lasted twelve long years, Ketch awarded Antonis her own Inquisitorial Rosette in 728.M40. Ketch did not only make her an Inquisitor, he also gave her the first and most loyal member of her retinue, the Crusader Dariel. During her Interrogatorship, it was also discovered that Antonis was a relatively powerful psyker (delta level). This skill would be very important to her in the years to come. Her psychic potential was only upgraded when Lord Inquisitor Gimhoek of the Sarment Conclave psy-bonded the cherubim Abbàn to her. Antonis soon went on to lead her own investigations for the Ordo Xenos, exterminating genestealer cults, warding off corsair and dark eldar attacks and plotting against the Phryx to recapture Xirus and the other lost planets of Ghast's Reach. During these years, she started forming a band of mercenaries who fought for her and the Ordo Xenos, the Ghastly Yeomen. To command them, she recruited one of her old class-mates of Universitat, Corporal Nate Simms, who had fought for many years with the Upsilic Specters, Universitat's regiments of the Militarum Tempestus ; and to keep a tally on the logistics of this "Personal Guard", she demanded a Lexmechanic from the Forge-World of Salvia-10, and was eventually granted Marcel Standarmbrust and his two heavy-weapons servitors. Finally, the more she found that her Yeomen's standard weapons were ineffective against most alien threats, the more she wished to trade in contraband to bring the mercenaries up to a higher fighting standard. This led her to meet Silara Calys, an eldar corsair merchant, with whom she agreed upon a a trade of the corsair's favoured weapon, the lasblaster, for natural resources difficult to find in the void. To seal the pact, Calys became a hostage of Antonis, whilst she lent a full company of Ghastly Yeomen to the Wyrd Vulture corsairs. New Phryx War The New Phryx War happened nearly a century after the Seventh Phryx War, in which Inquisitor Natheel Dolchschild of the Boromeanites had taken part. Over these years, a tentative peace had settled and, though there was officially no trade between the two Nations, there were definitely resources passed from hand to hand. This all came to an end when Archmagos Krummschwert became the Fabricator General of Salvia-10. Fabricators of this Forge World often modelled themselves as reincarnations (if such a word can be used in the case of the Techpriests of the Mechanicum) of the legendary Archmagos Salvia, who long ago led his own Expiditionnary Fleet during the Great Crusade. In this sense, Fabricators of Salvia-10 would pretend to lead their own Mech-Crusades, but these never gathered much power thanks to the iron gauntlet of the Governor Sectoris Sarment, who never failed to put the Techpriests back in their place. Krummschwert however arrived in power merely three months after the coronation of a new Governor Sectoris, who was then five years old. With no one to stop him, Fabricator Krummschwert declared a new Mech-crusade against the vile xenos, in an aim to reclaim the worlds of Karthagan and Xirrus, two important strongholds of the Adeptus Mechanicus. With him were the combined might of more than fifty Skitarii Cohort, six Knight Houses - including the venerable House Barcca, and the Freeblade Uther - the reforged Explorator Fleet RB-491.D of Birdget Danànn, a full Titan Legion and, especially, the Ordinatus Lenticle. Interestingly, this Grand Army of Krummschwert would only see itself be joined by forces of the Ordos Machinum and Xenos, including many Kill-Teams of Lithuan's Deathwatch and Dolchschild's Frakkers; though these units were powerful in their own right, the Fabricator General would have preferred to sway the young head of the Sector into joining his War. The New Phryx War would end up being the first conflict that Antonis took part in as an independent inquisitor. Though many would consider her contribution small compared to some of the bigger names taking part in the Bloodshed, the true value of her hand in it was more inquisitive in nature, for she was the first to capture and dissect two of the species of Mastodon commonly used by the Phryx - the Ankylodon and the Tuskran - and was able to uncover some of their weak points, which no doubt saved many thousands of Imperial Lives. During this Phryx War, the Yeomen also had their first blooding, and they would be the first - and only - humans to mount Mastodon in battle against the Xenos. They were then able to test Antonis's discoveries, and were even able to recapture three Imperial Knights of Houses Barcca and Maher, that had been taken by the Phryx during the Seventh Phryx War. The Mech-Crusade would end in disaster for the Adeptus Mechanicus : not only were they not able to take hold of the main planetary objectives, but also vast amounts of resources were expended to fight the Xenos. Krummschwert, dishonoured, would later claim that the Sons of Hashût had parleyed with the Phryx and had helped the Aliens against the forces of the Imperium by surprising them on their flank, but historians, tacticians and scholars alike do not believe such allegations. Defense of Carmelost Probably one of the most important battles of the New Phryx War, yet one of its most secret, took place on the relic-world of Carmelost. But to understand it, one must know of another battle that happened on the same planet, millenia before. Ten thousand years ago, during the Great Crusade, Carmelost had already been the site of an immense battle against the ancient Xenos race that had held sway in that region before the arrival of the 314th Expeditionary Fleet. Little is known about it, except that more than one hundred and sixty thousand Imperial Soldiers lost their lives, and that the battle was only won thanks to the heroic actions of Commander Roland Janvier of the Imperial Army. After holding a major strategic pass for several days against the Xenos, he was finally killed by them, yet he had already bought enough time for the Iron Warriors Astartes contingent of the force to exterminate the last aliens. Through his previous acts of Valour, Janvier had already earned the right to be the Count of the Sub-sector they were fighting for. Posthumously, he was further honoured by certain select members of the High Command of the Expeditionary Fleet, including the Lord Commander Thierry Celestin and the Warsmith Setal Berdax: they decreed that any person that could brandish Calandan, Janvier's Power sword - which he had planted at his feet at the moment of his death in the rock of the very pass he had defended - would be considered his spiritual successor and would be granted the title of Count Exemplar. In the years after this declaration, Janvier would become one of the focus points of the worship of the followers of the Lectitio Divinitatus, and would eventually become an Imperial Saint; and later still, Carmelost would become a cardinal-world of the Adeptus Ministorum, and the capital of the sub-sector. However, all knowledge of the Xenos beings that were fought in this sub-sector was lost. All except for the name, that was transmitted through the unofficial name of the region: Ghasts' Reach. During the New Phryx War, one of the Phryx Armies, led by a certain Malaand - or General - Ralban, managed to reach Carmelost, notably with his innovative use of certain technologies from Xirrus. Upon Carmelost, they lay siege to the Imperials. Boromeanite Conflict http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.pngPlanet of Origin - Celestine Fort (Star-Fort), Diamellònhttp://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.png Lord Commander Thierry Celestin was the general of the 314th Expeditionary Fleet - the so-called Pioneers - one of the two expeditionary fleets that conquered the Sarment Sector during the Great Crusade. The Celestine Fort, his flagship, was a Syracuse-class Starfort, and had been under his family's command for many generations. Once the Sarment Sector had been bought into compliance, Celestin was granted settlement rights one of its sub-sectors, henceforth known as the Celestor Sub-sector. When the Horus Heresy broke out, the Celestine Fort became and important bastion for the Imperial Navy, and it has ever since been Battlefleet Sarment's main port of call, staying in orbit around the Fortress World Diamellòn, which provides the majority of the fleet's mariners and arms-men. http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.pngInquisitorial Faction - Boromeaniteshttp://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.png Inquisitor Antonis was a member of the radical faction known as the Boromeanites, as Inquisitor Ketch was, and his mentor - Inquisitor Dolchschild - before him. The creator of this faction was an Inquisitorial Scholar, an acolyte in the Ordo Militum who lived around M33. His line of thinking was that all Inquisitors should have easy access to a Militant Chamber, in a similar manner to the Deathwatch of the Ordo Xenos and the Grey Knights of the Ordo Malleus. He believed that such an influence could be of great help when dealing with powerful opponents. This rhetoric is said to have influenced Sebastian Thor when he called the Convocation of Nephilim when the Adepta Sororitas became the Militant Arm of the new Ordo Hereticus. Over the Millenia, this philosophy has developed, meaning that Inquisitors of this faction often created their own personal armies when they believed that they did not have enough access to any official Militant Chamber. Though perceived as dangerous by some, these armies often did prove effective, and so were tolerated by higher organisations. Ghastly Yeomen The Yeomen are mercenaries recruited from all over the Ghast Reach, and sometimes beyond... Unbeknownst to the Imperium at large, they are equipped with Xenos weaponry, like Eldar Las-blasters. Eventually, this was discovered by agents working for Inquisitrix Ilse Rosenkrantz of the Ordo Hereticus, and was one of the triggers of the Boromeanites conflict. At their peak, more than fifteen hundred men made up the Yeomen, including a few rare Xenos members, but their numbers were whittled down to a mere 300 during the Defence of Carmelost. Officially disbanded following the Boromeanite conflict, the Yeomen are still at large in the Sector, sometimes acting as Pirates, or defenders of Imperial Worlds, but generally offering their services to the highest bider. http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.pngRetinuehttp://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.png Champion Dariel - Crusader Dariel was a Crusader from the House of Spades of Cardinal World of Sarment Prime who was sworn to Inquisitor Ketch. When Antonis was given the Seal, Ketch transferred his oath to her. He has since that time saved her life more times than Standarmbrust can count. Unfortunately, he was killed during the events of the Defense of Carmelost. Silara Calys- Eldar Outcast Silara Calys was a descendent of the founder of the Wyrd Vultures, Casta Calys, who was the eldar lover of the Viscount of the Livonias Sub-sector. Most of the original Vultures were Eldar Exodites who had been pushed out of their Maiden World - Lilithuan - by the Viscount, when he was being examined by the Ordo Xenos. Silara is a great diplomat, and is the one who brokered the trade of weapons from the Corsairs to the Yeomen. She has fought alongside Antonis with her voidsaber for the past twenty years, and a certain fondness has grown between the two. Corporal Nate Simms - ex-NCO of the Upsilic Spectres and later Captain of the Ghastly Yeomen Nate Simms studied at the Schola Progeniam on Universitat at the same time as Selene Antonis, but whereas she was given over to the commissariat, he continued the training of the Storm Troopers of the regiments called the Upsilic Specters. It was their old friendship that bought Antonis to solicit his help in creating the Ghastly Yeomen when he retired from the Upsilic Spectres. He has since become their commander in chief since Antonis was promoted to Count Exemplar of Ghast's Reach. Lexmechanic Marcel Standarmbrust - Lexmechanic, accompanied by his two heavy-weapons servitors On first glance, Standarmbrust does little more than a cogitator, counting, calculating and chattering in binary. Yet he is a genius in his own right, his organic brain's natural capacities augmented heavily by his augmetics, allowing him to predict the outcomes of different choices through the analysis of causalities, statistics and parameters chosen by Antonis. Though he has a body that seems feeble, the titanium-ceramite alloys that make up his structure and the hydraulic pistons that replace his muscles make him incredibly resilient and strong, if a little slow. He has been known to destroy an opponent's weapon using one "hand", or to crush an enemy in a bear hug. Yet his main combat potential comes from his servitors, TS95-ZO9 and KL34/8/74-4, whose plasma cannon and multi-melta have extraordinary precision. Abbàn - Cherubim A familiar, psy-bonded to Antonis by Lord Inquisitor Gimhoek when she received the Holy Seal of the Inquisition. http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.pngEquipmenthttp://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.png http://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.pngNotable Characters engaged withhttp://i18.servimg.com/u/f18/15/92/38/07/inquis10.png Inquisitors Boromeanites Inquisitor Natheel Dolchschild (Ordo Machinum) Inquisitor Silas Ketch (Ordo Malleus) Opponents Inquisitrice Ilse Rosenkrantz (Ordo Hereticus) Lord Inquisitor Gimhoek (Ordo Malleus) Astartes Dread Lords Chief Librarian Gal'Harion Chapter Master Livio Aita Deathwatch Watch Commander Aron Starek Kill-Brother Henrik Fuchs Astra Militarum Carmelostan Knights Earl Marshal Zachary Marlow Lord Baron Yvain Hendry United Guard of Sarment Lord General Esquire Ealer Mac Alistar (Lord General Militant) Tactician-Commissar Ludovica Gentile Xenos Aduamar Craftworld King Karthar Aduan Farseer Aerin Taur-Sen Phryx Malaand Ralban Hestath Corthdàin

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

+++Greetings Inquisitor Elene Amigos. Your will?+++ ++Accessing records+++ +File Loaded+ +Known Name: Slaa'Nez Nah'mahnica, She who deceives. +True Name: Unknown. +Affiliation: Slaanesh. +Daemonic Classification: Daemon Princess. +Latest known sighting: Byzantium, Segmentum Pacificus. Home-world of the Order of the Dauntless Spirit. +Subject threat status: Extremis ++Details follow: The subject was first encountered by a small Convent of the Order of the Valorous Heart on the former Shrine world of Sydar. The planet was attacked by the forces of Chaos, eventually being lost to Exterminatus. The Sisters were confronted by one of their own in the throes of possession by a malevolent being, previously thought to be a Keeper of Secrets. The Sister, Annabelle Chrysanthemum, managed to free herself of the creatures vile bondage, but was executed by a Sister called Saffron Sera before she was taken over again in her weakened state. The Daemon has since taken a perverse interest in the affairs of Sera, more notably after the formation of the Order of the Dauntless Spirit under her command. Every appearance hence, Slaa'Nez Nah'mahnica has taken the appearance of a corrupted Annabelle Chrysanthemum, her armour in disarray and adorned with ugly sigils of She who thirsts. Her objective is to turn the Order, corrupt them to her purpose. She preys on weakness in spirit, chinks in mental armour. Thus far, she has failed in every attempt. She is confident that she will succeed soon enough... ++Typical appearance. Her corporeal form has varied over the years, but generally, she has long flowing hair in every possible shade of pastels, or eye aching variations of the visible spectrum. She wears a parody of Sororitas armour, physical deformations, piercings and tattoos laid bare, literally to tempt the viewer. Her form has wings on occasion, feathered and pure white. Her weapon is a beautiful sword, one similar to that which Saint Lucia herself carried in battle. She is very capable in combat, rarely calling upon her subordinates, a cabal known as the Learnéd to support her. The group of six women are themselves equally deadly in close combat, ignoring injuries that would instantly kill others. They are unable to die, their bodies eventually recovering from death strokes, even decapitation. They adore their mistress, devotion driving them to great and greater acts of depravity. They favour long knives with poisoned edges, getting close, their merest touch able to turn even the most devout to their cause. Their beauty is ugly, an ersatz, saccharin parody of the female form. Other notable warband members: Grim A former Arbites who's addictions left him no choice to flee his former colleagues. His changed form makes him ideal for situations where brute force is needed. His drug addled brain is a shadow of formerly bright mind. He has no cares, or desires other than his next fix, and follows his Daemonic mistress wherever she goes. Dan'Ill The spoilt Daughter of a Socialite on the planet Be'lachor, bored of her high born status. She distracted herself by joining and eventually becoming a ranking member of a Cult devoted to Slaanesh. A natural predator, she was convicted of killing over two thousand unwitting members of the public before her capture. Her subtle mutations, gifts from her patron, allowed her to escape, leaving another two hundred dead or joining her. Most of those who became her followers were themselves murdered, sacrifices unwilling or otherwise. Her lust for bloodletting is never sated, her other unmentionable inclinations are horrifying in their nature. She might have been the leader of a Warband in her own right, were it not for her lack of insight or ability to see anything other than a target. The warband has approximately thirty Cultists, the number fluctuating due to Dan'Ill. Notable conflicts: The Warband has met the forces of the Imperium on many occasions, but their most telling was against the combined forces of the Order of the Dauntless Spirit and the Order of Machaeram. Unable to resist the possibility of corrupting two Orders, Slaa'Nez Nah'mahnica assaulted a Shrine left in honour of Saint Lucia, knowing that such an act would not be unanswered. The fury of both Canoness Sera and Canoness Stengovitch brought over four million Cultists death at their hands. An appearance of another winged figure, one believed by the Sisters of the Dauntless Spirit to be that of Annabelle Chrysthanemum herself soared above the battlefield. Angered by this others' audacity, the Daemon Princess attacked her quarry, the failure to corrupt this Sister a wound that would be heal, a blemish to her achievements. The conflict below had actually paused to witness the titanic struggle of pure Angel and her dark shadow, the fate of the planet in the balance. Both were weary, the toll extreme, but Chrysanthemum managed to fly higher than her opponent to get the advantage. Even as the blade struck her mortal body, Slaa'Nez Nah'mahnica screamed her hatred, her voice filled with anguish that she could not complete her one true desire. Banished to the other realm, she was not privy to her followers' rout. The only combatants not accounted for weeks later was her personal retinue. She has not been seen since, but it will only be a matter of time before she appears once again... +++Report ends+++ +++Heresy grows from idleness+++

As part of the Liber Unity Project, this thread exists for us to create and detail a new Xenos race that compliments and exists within the 40k universe. This image from a former 40k rulebook could perhaps provide us with some inspiration: The challenge here, I think, is in making an alien race that does not clash with the 40k universe - it's easy to be very sci-fi but we want to show the ways in which a new race can be created to enrich the 40k setting rather than detracting from it. I look forward to your ideas!

Olis, LySiMachus, Conn Eremon and Aquilanus looked at the sigil. Their faces showed concern. "Bugger", Aquilanus sighed with an odd echo, as if he spoke with more than one voice... "Less of that", Olis retorted. "They have no authority here. You know that." "Yeah, but you try telling them that..." "In any case, I think we can let them know that their...sojourn will be restricted to certain areas." Conn continued. "We don't want them wandering off into certain parts of the Liber, now do we?" "Aye." "Aye." "Aye." The four of them remembered the last time they visited. Their initial panic was due to them finding certain things. The Moderati were more concerned now about having to explain to the Administratum on their whereabouts if they...disappeared. "Still, I don't understand that phrase..." Aquilanus said puzzled. "And what's that, Brother?" "Why doesn't anybody expect them? You'd think that if you're a Heretic, then it'd be the foremost thing on ones' mind. "And of course, we've been expecting them for four months now..." The others just shook their heads. "Brother," Olis emphasised the word, more to remind himself of the fact, lest he do something the Many Man would regret. "Make them feel welcome. And by welcome, I don't mean, send them to the dungeons on a tour of the torture equipment." "Oh." Aquilanus looked rather down at that. "They can look at that tomorrow. You know Ace is in the middle of repairing it all..." Welcome to the FOURTH Liber Challenge! This month centres on the Agents of the Imperium! Previous Challenges are available to view here So, we hope to read of Inquisitors, Adeptus Arbites, Adeptus Custodes and Imperial Assassins! The format will be a little different this month, because, as you'd understand, Inquisitors wouldn't have a "Founding date", although a history that explains when they rose to the ranks is expected instead. So the format will be: Name Planet of origin (if applicable) Theatres of War engaged in (if applicable) Notable characters engaged with (if applicable) To enter, all you have to do is make this vow: I, [insert name], vow to create [inquisitor/retinue/Assassin/Adeptus Arbites unit/Adeptus Custodes], by the 17th July 2015 at 18:00 (GMT). This I vow or will be eternally damned by Him on Earth! The rewards: Good luck to every one who enter!

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here. The main event for Liber Day 2018 is now live: the Liber Cluster is revived and rearing to go - all it needs now is new blood, so head on over to take part You may carry on posting your awesome entries for the Heralds of the Liber event till the end of the day (in whichever timezone you are). Whether you're a beginner painter, writer, or experienced at both, don't hesitate to post what you have to show - we aren't here to judge, we're here to see the myriad colours of factions in the 41st Millenium and read the stories of the poor souls that live there.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

++++Password override - Denied.++++ +++Denied+++ ++Denied++ +Deni...Accepted+ ++++Welcome, Inquisitor. Request?++++ +++Accessing...+++ ++Access denied. Upsilon level security. Security group inbound++ +Access granted - request for data transfer to connected data slate granted+ Fusilis Forgeworld, Proximia Fusilis, Segmentum Pacificus The Cabal of the Molten Flow was originally based on Fusilis, a Forge World known for its production of crystals used in Power armour and Titan weapon systems. The planet is volcanically active, the various land masses covered in a black ash, the skies perpetually dark. The natives are indentured slaves put to work in bringing materials to the surface, many having never seeing the outside world. Fusilis was originally a penal colony, the convicted put to work constructing weapons that would be put to use defending the local systems. When the discover was made, the Adeptus Mechanicus petitioned the High Lords of Terra to administer the world. Permission was granted. Founding The Cabal of the Molten Flow was founded by Magos Hernafso's predecessor, Magos Bovane around 774.M41. A small group of exploratory Mechanicus were diverted to investigate the viability of the planet as a Forgeworld after learning of it's volatile nature. Magos Bovane died due to severe old age, his augmetics finally unable to keep him alive. Hernafso was named his successor. Cabal of the Molten Flow The Cabal takes its name from the perpetual volcanic activity on the planet. The main continent which housed the Mechanicus' fortress was sited next to the largest lava flow. Vast machines designed only to hold and control that flow channelled the heat, turning it into viable energy. Every initiate to the Mechanicus priesthood was required to thrust their right arm into a rivulet of Lava channelled off for the purpose. The ritual was to show their dedication to the Omnnisiah and to the Priesthood itself. The lost limb was replaced with one that was appropriate to their specific task and function. The crystal After centuries, the Forgeworlds ruling Magos, Hernafso had turned away from the Mechanicus' doctrines, although his betrayal went unnoticed for some time. He had discovered a crystal that, despite his best efforts could not be pierced to sample, would not break, it's hardness far tougher than anything else on the Mohs scale and would not yield its secrets to every form of scanning device known to the Mechanicus. It's appearance was that of a yellow diamond, its facets flawless to the naked eye. He became more and more reclusive, often spending weeks at a time alone in its study leaving mundane details such as monitoring the worlds output to menials. After many years, he had finally surfaced from his quarters a changed man. His augmetics had changed drastically, their number increasing sharply to an extent that it was almost impossible to see any flesh left in his form. The crystal he had spent so long studying was never mentioned, never seen by his underlings, who dared not enquire of it. Only his direct subordinate and rumoured successor, a Tech priest named Mirosa suspected anything in his drastically changed demeanour. Mirosa made no attempt to hide her own curiosity, much to Hernafso's amusement, a rare sign of emotive behaviour. Slowly, the magos revealed some of the secrets he was privy to, but everything pertaining to the crystal and some other data Mirosa was desperate to obtain, were kept from her. The Mechanicus of Mars eventually saw the downward spiral of the Forgeworlds annual output and sent a fleet to investigate. Units of Skitarii were sent along with another Magos and agents of the Inquisition to bring Hernafso to account. He was never found, leaving the planet before they arrived. He took some of his trusted subordinates with him , Mirosa included. The others were found disected and worse, their corpses defiled by someone fervently wishing to learn what made them function. The Imperium officially declared them to be Hereteks, every system within the area told to be vigilant for signs under pain of extreme retribution. Rare are the accounts that place them in Imperial space again. Betrayal, and an alliance The Cabal met with disaster when it encountered a small force of Eldar on an unnamed planet it had taken refuge upon to avoid Imperial forces in the area. Much of the Skitarii had been heavily damaged or destroyed, but they had held out long enough for the Xenos to withdraw, their mercurial interests taking them elsewhere. Dissent grew amongst the Tech Priests that remained, Mirosa being the most outspoken. Her own attempts to expand her knowledge was stunted by blocks to the main portion of the Cabals Noosphere and data storage system. By know, she had become powerful in her own right, her knowledge in biomechanical manipulation second only to the Magos. Her ultimate intention was to wrest such knowledge from him, but to do that, she needed a way of deposing him... Arrival of the Bahltimyr Reavers How the Warband of Rai Lurweiss came to form an alliance with the Cabal is a question that few have solid answers to. Some Imperial scholars posit that the Reavers had found the Cabal out through their own raids, slowly recognising their handiwork. Others think that the Cabal had contacted the Warband, a dangerous gambit, especially when it is known that Lurweiss himself has a volatile and duplicitous nature. In any case, a meeting was called to forge and pact to ensure both parties would continue. In reality, the meeting was a double cross, Mirosa having made an agreement with the Lord of Bahltimyr already. With Hernafso deposed, the sum of his work was now hers. Or so she thought. The data cache she had forcibly removed from his corpse was encrypted, the data only becoming available in small portions. It has not stopped her turning her attention to the problem the Reavers have - wild mutations and extreme psychosis. Notable members Magos Hernafso A man of renown in his field of Archaeological Geo-meta physics, he guarded his secrets from everyone in his Cabal. When the Forgeworld he oversaw fell into decline, the Adeptus Mechanicus saw fit to punish him. The crystal he found was reputed to have been lost. It is susected that Mirosa might know of its wherabouts, and of its origin... Mirosa. Was originally loyal to her Magos, but her frustrations grew when she realised that her own work was hampered by the lack of data that Hernafso had access to. She was also intrigued by the changes wrought to her mentors body. Even for a Magos, he had changed drastically. Her frustations eventually led to her betraying him and entering into a pact with Rai Lurweiss to solve his Warbands inclination to mutations and madness. Significant battles joined The battle of Mica Weir The remnants of the Cabal were seen to be supporting the Warband known as the Bahltimyr Reavers. Much of the remaining Skitarii augmented with horrifying augmetics and unnatural organics. They have not been seen since... Feedback most welcome!

[table=THE AKSITA][/table] The World of Incaladion If one were to explore the most hidden repositories of the noosphere of Incaladion in search of its early history, the lack of comprehensive data would disappoint him. It seems as if someone purposely deleted them, and now only the most accurate investigation could hope to bring to the light primitive fragments of binary code hinting to xeno raiders of extinct races, an ancient siege where a Legio Astartes of old was almost annihilated and a civil war around the time when the Omnissiah was forced to retreat on his Golden Throne. The earliest document that can be retrieved dates back to the first half of the 33th millennium. It is a treaty in which the newly appointed Praeceptor-General renews his predecessors’ vows of obedience to Mars and eagerly informs the Fabricator-General of the completion of the first Warhound of the rebuilt Legio Fureans. Since then, the Incaladine Magos have alway declared themselves vassals of Mars… in words, at least, for in practice the forge world is ruled by a firmly independent and conservative caste, extremely proud of its ancient and unique culture, shaped by the world where they live. Even after thousand of years of colonization, Incaladion is still a hostile world that refuses to be tamed. Its glass plains, scoured by radiations, are home to a feral mechasystem composed of bizarre contraptions of mysterious origins. Whether they were built by purpose or are just piles of wreckage infected by scrapcode, none can say. Having to continuously fight against them, however, the Tech-Priests that live there have developed a particular interest for the weapons technology, which they revere as the most sacred aspect of the Machine God. Magos Ras Varnak, the Precursor Ras Varnak was the head of the Aksita, one of the most powerful factions of Incaladion, whose influence encompassed a whole Hive and several Forge Temples, including one of those producing components for the Machine Gods of the Legio Fureans. His power was second only to that of the Praeceptor-General, and indeed many thought that it would be him the next one to cover that position. This, however, earned him many enemies among the other highest-ranking Magos, who did not share his vision and considered themselves better suited for that kind of responsibility. His rise to power began when, analysing various STCs, he discovered that some of the building and maintenance rituals performed by his fellow Magos were flawed, and might be perfected to improve their results. To make such a revolutionary idea accepted on a traditional world like Incaladion was almost impossible, but then, during the Blightmaw Insurrection, he met Dhanu, a princeps of the Legio Fureans which was eager to find new ways to bring destruction upon its foes. Having heard of his new theories, Dhanu asked Varnak to tend to his Warhound’s weapons. So successful was the Princeps in the ensuing battles, that slowly the whole Legio started to adopt Varnak’s rituals. Backed by such a powerful organization, Varnak attracted many followers and gave life to a new sect of the Cult Mechanicus, the Aksita. During the years, many plots were woven from his rivals to make him retreat. He was often assigned to difficult wars on distant planets in the hope to weaken his position, but he always returned victorious, and his influence continued to grow. In the end, they decided to appoint him supervisor an explorator station on a far away planet. That was a great honour to many, for the supervisors had planetary governor-like powers, but Varnak’s warlike spirit was almost offended to have been sent on such a boring duty. Ironically, however, that would prove his most dangerous assignment, for that planet was the infamous Tyran Primus. Magos Varnak looked upon the vast ranks Skitarii assembled before him, impassive. His battle calculations were flawed and inconclusive due to lack of data on their enemies, but every hexamatic simulation he had run up until then resulted in a victory probability next to nihil. He would have ordered a retreat, but that option was impossible due to severe damages suffered by their fleet. There was only one alternative left to him: to stand and fight, as the Magos of Incaladion had always done. They would die there, on that marginal world known as Tyran Primus, but the hoard of knowledge they would amass in that war could mean the safety of the Imperium. He prepared the overclocking protocols to enhance the processing speed of his brain. The faster he could adapt his tactics to the enemy, the longer his army could fight to gather invaluable data, and the brighter his binary soul would shine in the eyes of the Omnissiah after the destruction of his physical body. Magos Ajiasa, Current Leader of the Aksita After the death of Ras Varnak, many believed that it his pupil, Magos Aijasa, was the most natural candidate to succeed him: he was a brilliant researcher and warlord, well versed in the ways of the Cult Mechanicus and of the Incaladine rites. When he heard the news of his mentor’s death, Ajiasa immediately withdrew all his forces from the reclamation campaign he was fighting on the world Xampath, for he knew it was crucial to return to Incaladion with the utmost speed. It was too late. Without the imposing personality of the former leader to keep them in check, old feudal struggles had already erupted within the Aksita, causing many Magos to switch alliances and join other factions, or to fight one another, furthering their own personal ambition at the expense of the common goals. The great alliance that Magos Varnak had built in his life was swiftly crumbling to a myriad of smaller dominions. Ajiasa seriously considered the idea of mustering all the remaining loyal Aksita and unleashing the full might of their troops against the traitors, but soon changed his mind.Had he acted according to his first impulse, it would have been easy for his opponents to mark him as a betrayer and unite all the factions of Incaladion against him, including the Miryana Myrmidon Cults and the Titans of the Legio Fureans. Victory would have been a logical impossibility. To rebuild the power of the Aksita, he had to develop a long-term plan. By the means of political manoeuvres and trials by ritual combat, he first got rid of internal dissension, and then started to slowly wave new alliances. He managed to regain much of what the Aksita had lost, and even to acquire new assets, but even after two centuries he is still far from achieving the same level of power and respect that Ras Varnak had. Drasta, the Watcher Drasta is one of the most ancient and revered Knight suits owned by the Legio Fureans; according to some legends he was found on Incaladion by the first colonists who get there. +++MORE DATA INCOMING+++

Greetings to you, Sororitas and Fraters! As you may know, March 17th is a special date for us: Liber Day! For the occasion, the Liber Mods are preparing a little celebration for all the DIYers out there. In the run-up, you can participate in the festivities by showing us the heraldry of your factions in the 40k and 30k settings, along with some of their character. To do so, all you need to do is to present the photo of a model painted in the colours of your DIY army, along with a short text presenting that model's great deeds performed in your name. Whether you paint a new model or use one that has been in your army for decades is up to you: what's important is that their faction should have their own visual identity (ie, it is your own personal colour scheme). The accompanying text should be between 100 and 200 words long: this could recount any battles it may have participated in on the tabletop or could be an exploration of the character's life in the grim darkness of the far future; if you need, take a look at the colour plates in the Forge World books to find inspiration. To provide some pointers, I shall also post some of these up myself over the course of the challenge. Should you complete this challenge on time for March 17th, all you need to do is post your work up in the Liber Day thread, and you will earn the title of Herald of the Liber, along with an identifying signature badge to wear proudly when going out and around the Bolter and Chainsword. Good luck, the Emperor Protects, Death to the False Emperor, and most importantly: have fun! To see other submissions or to add your own, click here.

The Liber Moderatii faced the enemy spectres along side their equally ghostly allies with grim determination. They were used to unusual or downright weird phenomena in their day to day lives but this, well this was a first. Marines on both sides sported insignia that were either vaguely familiar to completely unknown. Olis had noticed that more than a few had the same symbols but were attacking each other. Some had an early example of the Aquila emblazoned on their chest armour, others had a Thunderbolt motif, others still had an eye, one that gave the viewer a headache if stared at for too long. "Aqs! To the left!" His colleague faced a Marine that loomed over him by a clear foot and entirely maddened by rage, his form showing signs of corruption. Mark III plate twisted into shapes that should not be possible. Spittle flying from his maw, the teeth were sharp, bestial. Barely raising a chainsword in time to parry the blow, Aquilanus sidestepped to allow the foe to sweep past him, his Melta pistol aimed squarely at his head. The discharge should have incinerated everything over his shoulders, but the Marines form seemed to turn to an echo. Not having time to ponder on this, he looked over to Olis, who had experienced a similar outcome. In fact, all of the combatants were fading and disappeared. "What the hell is going on?!" Conn snarled, his usual calm demeanour rattled by what he experienced. "Not a clue..." Ly saw an object on the floor away from them. Stooping to inspect it, he glanced at the others and blinked in surprise. Their faces seemed to change and twist, making faces of anger, hate, avarice and bitter betrayal. Ly blinked again and their faces were...normal. The look of confusion on his face was shared by the others. "Did...did you see that?" "Yes, Olis." Aquilanus spoke slowly, his weapon pointed to the floor, but his form was poised, ready to attack. Attack? he thought, but...why? The others' faces had changed over and over, mocking and taunting him. The Many Man shook his head, trying to clear his own thoughts, but try as he did, he could feel them clouded, befuddled. Thoughts of honour, fraternity warred with anger, betrayal and lust for power. Could he really trust the others? Well, could he? All at once, four weapons were raised at another. The whine of Melta and Volkite pistols cut the silence, deafening the four as each struggled to clear their minds. Fingers slowly pulling back a trigger. Before firing. Welcome to the Liber Challenge, part EIGHT! This is the last part of the challenges, save next months' "mop up" round allowing members to revisit failed challenges. This month focuses on the Age of Darkness, so members are encouraged to sign up and create a force appropriate to the latter part of the Great Crusade, Horus Heresy and the Scouring! This could take the form of: A Company, Chapter (or appropriately named group) of one of the eighteen Legiones Astartes A Mechanicum or Dark Mechanicum force An Imperial Army force A Knights House A "Shattered Legions" force Or any mixture of the above. The main stipulation is that any force created for the challenge should not contradict with existing fluff that is current. Certain areas of the setting which could be considered a "grey area" (i.e. something that either has contradictory evidence, or something we don't know about, but could be viewed as "true" or "possible" are admissible at discretion). Valid Example: Member 1 decides to create a force based around the survivors of the Isstvan massacre that arrived on Macragge that doesn't include known characters. Some interaction with known characters is okay, but the force itself should not have them included. Invalid Example: Member 2 decides to create a force of Vlka Fenryka that arrive on Calth to assist the XIII Legion survivors exterminate XVII Legion remnants. To enter members must make the following vow in this topic: "I [insert forum name], vow to create [insert name of force], in the name of [insert Primarch or commanding head of said force], by 6pm GMT on the Twenty-fifth of November 2015. This I swear in the name of [insert name of Horus, Him on Earth or other]!" Each entry must have as a minimum, the following: Name of Primarch/Mechanicum faction/Imperial Army name, etc (or a suitable collective name) Faction side (Horus or the Emperor) Colour scheme (either a representation using the B+C painters, pictures of models, or a detailed description if it's not possible to use images) General Background Notable campaigns/battles Notable characters Battle cry/catechism Any other pertinent information To show your participation in this event Grotsmasha has created the following for members to place in their signatures. Members are asked to bear in mind the rules regarding signatures when adding the graphics below The rewards for completion: I hope to see your participation in this! The Vows: Archidamus - 9th Company, 1st Fellowship,XVth Legion, "Thousand Sons" Aquilanus - LXXV Chapter - Invidos Umbram, "the Hateful Shadow", VIII Legion "The Night Lords" Athrawes - The 97th Company Lightning Bearers, II Legion Audemus - 1905th Solar Auxilia, Rust Scorpions (Quick off the mark "award"! ) Barabbas Sogalon - 26th Company "the Noctis Infernae", VIII Legion "The Night Lords" Conn Eremon - To be decided. Dizzyeye - Strike Force Artemis of the Knights Errant EesiOh - The Silent Laughter Iron Hands Fanatic - Clan Brannsar of the Xth Legion, "Iron Hands" Helterskelter - The 123rd company, VIII Legion, "Night Lords" Kelborn - The exiled and forgotten XI Legion Astartes Lord Thørn - XCIIIrd Grand Battalion of the IV Legion, "Iron Warriors" marine7312000 - The 206th Company of the IX Legion, "Blood Angels" Marshal Rohr - Full order of battle of the Kali-Gandaki District MikhalLeNoir - the 53th Company of the Wardens of Light, XI Legion MindOfMetal - 17th Chapter of Clan Sorrgol, X Legion "Iron Hands" Ninjasuperspy - XLII Special Task Battalion 'Striking Serpents' XX Legion, "Alpha Legion" Nevindar - Mechanicum Force: Charon (Sol Fleet) Olis - Patrol Group Arachne, VII Legion, "Imperial Fists" Perth - The Lernaean Brotherhood, XX Legion, "Alpha Legion" "The Boater - Followers of the Iron Disciple, X Legion "Iron Hands" Wolf_Pack - Ikarion's 27th Battle Company (World Eaters)