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      Aios withdrew behind the corner as at least a dozen bolter shells crashed into the wall behind where he had been standing. Over the vox, Toraghan said, in a snarl, "I think it's fairly safe to say the Berzerkers are hostile". Aios shook his head and said "We're not here to fight the Berzerkers Toraghan. I know they exacted a heavy toll on your legion but we're too few to fight them effectively". The Crimson Lion snarled again, his already scarred face contorting into an even more unpleasant visage than usual, and said "No. We're not. But Malcador didn't discount the possibility of us being allowed to kill them if they got in the way". Over the vox, Deschain said "I concur with Toraghan. If they get in our way, they die but no more of them than necessary. The mission takes priority". "Cover fire?" Aios asked. "If you would be so kind" replied Deschain as he emerged from cover alongside Toraghan, charging towards the ten or so Berzerkers who were advancing towards the Hand's position. Emerging from cover, Aios shouldered his bolter and opened fire, picking off one Berzerker with a throat shot even as Deschain and Toraghan reached their ranks. 

 

      When his brothers did reach the traitors of the VII, it was a spectacle as always. Deschain was like a dancer, slicing and cutting at the Berzerkers, killing them with as little effort as possible, all his moves blending into one fluid blur of motion as his blades severed necks and arteries. Toraghan's style of fighting was comparatively simple and ugly, although no less deadly. When he reached the Berzerkers, he punched with his free fist as he hacked with his axe, burying it in skulls, shoulders and legs, whenever possible slicing arteries. Both were effective warriors and, as the Berzerkers, painfully and fatally slowly, stopped firing and began to react to the danger that was amongst them, Aios mag locked his bolter to his leg and charged himself, drawing his waveblade. The weapon felt perfectly balanced in his hand, not too long, nor to heavy. While he was competent at range, it was in melee that Aios truly came into his own. His own fighting style was clinical, analysing his enemy and then killing him in the most efficient way possible with the least effort. Neither as elegant as Deschain's nor as brutal as Toraghan's, Aios'  style was scientific. 

 

     Within a minute, the fight was over, the Berzerkers lying dead at the three warrior's feet. Sneering, Toraghan spat on their bodies and said "Cowards". Aios humoured him. For as long as his brother remembered the mission given to them by Lord Malcador, he would allow the Lion a certain degree of allowance for venting his anger at the VII. "We can't stop" said Deschain, his silver armour unmarked, despite his having sprinted through a volley of bolter shells immediately prior to engaging the Berzerkers in close combat, "We need to reach the bridge and find Captain Khârn before the Sheperds fleet is annihilated. Given that they're fighting the entire VII, it will be quite a feat for them to last much longer". Nodding his agreement as Toraghan grunted in assent, the Aios began moving through the ship, his boots clanging noisily on the metal floors. Unlike his fellows, Aios had never learnt to move in any way silently in power armour. Toraghan had the instincts and experience of a hunter, while Deschain had the patience and restraint his father had taught  him. Both these allowed Aios' brothers to move slowly. He had neither and so, even in mark VI, he made more noise than both his companions and they needed to move quickly so Aios didn't make any particular attempt to move silently. 

 

       However, while they made good headway, the three astartes soon encountered another band of Berzerkers, not far from the bridge. This group was large, probably around two squads worth and they were all armed with boarding shields. Not a fight that would favour the Hands. Yet none the less, the Berzerkers were in their way and, as with any mission, the astartes were determined that they would either succeed in this mission or die trying. So it was that Deschain leapt through the air towards his foes as Toraghan and Aios simply drew their weapons and charged. Aios heard Toraghan bellow his legion's war cry as he barrelled into the Berzerkers, using his shoulder like a battering ram to hammer a way through their front line and then lost sight of him. In front of Aios were three Berzerkers, each one shielding the astartes to his left with his boarding shield. Drawing his plasma pistol, Aios shot one in the face point blank and slice through another's abdomen, although this was blocked by the Berzerker's boarding shield. As Aios moved to shoot another with his pistol and make another strike with his sword, four bolt shots slammed into him, knocking him to the ground. When he rolled over, Aios fired on instinct, vaporising another Berzerker's chest armour, ribs and lungs. However, that still left three who aimed their weapons at Aios. At this close a range, Aios wouldn't survive a volley. However, then all three went down to bolt shells in the head and neck. Before Aios could properly comprehend what was happening, a wave of astartes in the colours of the Shepherds of Eden swept past him, knifing Berzerkers in the neck and slaughtering the traitors of the VII. One of the Shepherds walked over to Aios and offered a hand. Grasping it, Aios let himself be pulled up. "My thanks brother" he said and, although the Shepherd nodded in acknowledgement, he said "It's not me you have to thank. Thank the commander". Looking around, Aios saw a figure in the transverse crest of a captain, busy helping Deshain, who had been shot in the thigh by a bolter shot, get up. "Are you Captain Khârn of the Shepherds of Eden?" Aios asked, to which the figure replied "I am". Out of the corner of his eye, Aios saw Toraghan(still standing and with several dead Berzerkers clearly killed by his axe at his feet), bleeding from what had to be a dozen wounds, shooing away a Shepherds of Eden apothecary. "You're why we're here captain. We have orders to escort you back to Terra" said Aios, to Khârn who had now unhelmed and whose eyebrows raised at that last part of the message. "In case you hadn't noticed we're in the middle of a battle against our sadist brothers. I can't simply abandon my men". "Then disengage" said Toraghan. While Khârn made to reply, they were interrupted by a bellow that echoed down the halls. 

 

          "YOU! WEAKLING! I'M COMING FOR YOU!". Turning to the source of the bellow, Aios saw the primarch of the VII, the chains hanging from behind his armour and dragging along the metal walls of the vessel, his axe, the Grinder, in his fist. Stepping up beside Aios, Toraghan energized his axe and snarled. Turning to his brother of the III, Aios stated "You can't fight that. You wouldn't stand a chance". The Crimson Lion simply shook his head and said "Honour must be satisfied". Growling, Aios turned to Khârn and said "Captain. We need to withdraw and you need to come with us". Khârn also shook his head and said "I won't run. This has been too long in the coming". Aios wanted to slam his fist into the wall in frustration. Why did all the assault legions act this way when it came to common sense? "Captain..." he began, firing his plasma pistol at the enraged primarch who was drawing closer by the second. "Captain, if I may" said one of the Shepherds bearing the markings of a sergeant "We may be able to hold Raktra here long enough to allow you and the Hands to escape but if you don't then all the Shepherds who have died so far will have died in vain. Please sir, do the right thing". Aios could see Khârn weighing the choices in his mind for a split second before he said "Very well Sergeant. Die well" before turning to Aios and saying "If they die in vain I'll rip your lungs from your body Hand". Nodding, Aios and Deschain began to move off. "TORAGHAN" called Aios when he saw the Crimson Lions wasn't coming with them. With a growly, the Lion backed off and saluted the Shepherds with his axe, saying "Til Valhall Brother", at which the sergeant replied "Til Uprannan Brother". With that last salute, Toraghan broke into a sprint behind Aios, Deschain and Khârn, even as they heard the sergeant shout "Open fire!" and the bolters of the heroic, doomed, Shepherds open fire. 

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I've got a little scene to place within that. Or rather, shortly before (Sejanus' duel with Raktra and subsequent meeting with the Grinder):

 

Raktra swung the chain over his head, cracking the wall as Sejanus dodged. His sword deflected the Grinder, but it could only go on for so long. Even an Astartes of Sejanus’ prowess and experience could not match a Primarch. Before too long, his limbs began to slow. After that, it happened quickly.

 

The power sword locked with the Grinder’s teeth. Raktra lashed out with the chain, cracking Sejanus’ breastplate and hurling him against the wall. “My vengeance is inevitable, bastard,” he gloated.

 

Nux fought, but Khârn maintained his grip and dragged him back. “It's too late!”

 

“We can't lea-” the Grinder tore into Sejanus’ ribcage, and Raktra twisted.

 

Blood fountained. Sejanus screamed. A horrific noise, only ended as the chainblade ripped through his lungs. Pulling the weapon free, Raktra brought his face close to Sejanus', relishing the anger and pain he found there. “Any last words?”

 

Sejanus spat a mouthful of blood in his eyes. Then he slumped back against the wall.

 

Nux went limp, screaming his hatred, as Khârn dragged him away.

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Oh yeah, this!

 

 

Vladimir Krivoshein, Warp Strangler, The Lantern That Burns The Shadow

 

Al'Manat Izzaran, The Insomniac, The Bitter Shade

 

 

And yes, the Godslayers thing affects anything with VIII gene-seed, kills them (something which the dreadnoughts are immune to, due to their life support systems) and then allows a VERY minor daemon (like, nurgling scale) to possess the corpse.  So, no loyalist Godslayers!

Kelborn Venerable Brother

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Sorry guys.

Maybe I missed or skipped it but something doesn't feel right about the Nightguard.

 

When will they be founded? Prior, during or after the Insurrection?

 

If prior:

Why should the Emperor or Malcador want them to exist? They got 4 or 5 Legions which could deal with daemons, etc. I think they could have planned to use those Legions like the canon Astartes Praeses, guarding the Eye of Terror, Maelstrom and so on.

 

If during:

Wouldn't it be more important to stop the renegades right away? If I remember correctly, the Grey Knights were created to handle with Horus's demonical allies and masters. Why send them to the Eye of Terror to guard it? And why would they stay neutral if their beloved Imperium is attacked?

 

If after:

That would make the most sense for me. Something like a daemon fighting Deathwatch to engage the Warp rifts out there and to stop potential invasions.

 

Another thing is, why do they stay neutral? If the Knights Errant were used to create them, they should be loyal to Big E or Malcador and not neutral.

I do see the reference with the Nightwatch and don't get me wrong, I love the Nightwatch. But staying neutral in a galaxy wide war with all kind of ideologies is kind of difficult.

 

Just my 2 cents of thought.

 

What if they were fighting xenos instead of daemons? Our own, twisted version of the Deathwatch, the Death Knights or Grey Watch (just joking). A bulwark of elite soldiers of all Legions and imperial forces (including humans, Knights, Mechanicum) to fight Orks, Eldars and alike? Led by a council of elite warriors and elders. They could be founded prior to the Insurrection and could be easily neutral, because of mankind vs. everything else.

They also could expand and adept to fight daemons as well, seeing them as another wicked form of xenos life.

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Kelborn, the Nightguard was founded in secret when the Emperor returned to Terra to start his webway project. The only people other than the Emperor who knew of the Nightguard's existence were Malcador, Icarion and Alexandros. The reason the Nightguard is founded is because the Lightning Bearers can't be everywhere at once and prosecute the Great Crusade and the Emps doesn't want to divert 4 or 5 legions from prosecuting the Great Crusade as for one thing that would show that the Warp and its denizens are a very serious threat and while the Emps is willing to share more knowledge about the warp than in the canonverse he still doesn't want to share the knowledge of just how serious it is. So, instead of diverting legions he creates the Nightguard, an order of astartes selected for their skill at arms and dedication to the Imperial Truth to stand guard over the two major warp rifts of the galaxy, the Maelstrom and Eye of Terror. This means the two regions with the most warp incursions are garissoned already, freeing up more Lightning Bearers to take part in the Great Crusade and creating a force that will be quicker to react than the Lightning Bearers(and given their specialism they'd likely become more effective over time).

 

As to who were the first members, they weren't Knights Errant/Hands but astartes who were handpicked from the legions so their loyalty to Malcador is more questionable(even if their loyalty to the Imperial Truth is indisputable). As for why they stay neutral, they view their duty of guarding reality against the beings of the warp as more important than the civil war(as they believe Icarion is rebelling to take his rightful place in Imperial government, which they think means Warmaster) until it becomes clear to them that Icarion ad his followers have thrown in their lot with the Chaos Gods.

MikhalLeNoir Venerable Brother

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Sorry guys.

Maybe I missed or skipped it but something doesn't feel right about the Nightguard.

 

When will they be founded? Prior, during or after the Insurrection?

 

If prior:

Why should the Emperor or Malcador want them to exist? They got 4 or 5 Legions which could deal with daemons, etc. I think they could have planned to use those Legions like the canon Astartes Praeses, guarding the Eye of Terror, Maelstrom and so on.

 

If during:

Wouldn't it be more important to stop the renegades right away? If I remember correctly, the Grey Knights were created to handle with Horus's demonical allies and masters. Why send them to the Eye of Terror to guard it? And why would they stay neutral if their beloved Imperium is attacked?

 

If after:

That would make the most sense for me. Something like a daemon fighting Deathwatch to engage the Warp rifts out there and to stop potential invasions.

 

Another thing is, why do they stay neutral? If the Knights Errant were used to create them, they should be loyal to Big E or Malcador and not neutral.

I do see the reference with the Nightwatch and don't get me wrong, I love the Nightwatch. But staying neutral in a galaxy wide war with all kind of ideologies is kind of difficult.

 

Just my 2 cents of thought.

 

What if they were fighting xenos instead of daemons? Our own, twisted version of the Deathwatch, the Death Knights or Grey Watch (just joking). A bulwark of elite soldiers of all Legions and imperial forces (including humans, Knights, Mechanicum) to fight Orks, Eldars and alike? Led by a council of elite warriors and elders. They could be founded prior to the Insurrection and could be easily neutral, because of mankind vs. everything else.

They also could expand and adept to fight daemons as well, seeing them as another wicked form of xenos life.

 

Well I Kelborn had the rules of canonverse here in mind. Sigismund stated the most already. So I adress only a few points.

The neutrality was my conception cause I thought it would be the same story retold iver and over again, if we have a civil war inside the nightguard, and they took part in the affairs of the imperiums policy. I deemed it more interesting, thst they struggle with their neutrality. They see what happens in the imperium. They are unrested cause in the nightguard we have marines from all legions gathered. But they know if the dangers of the warp. They know. That they have to stay on the watch. That the immaterium is pouring into the material realm and that year after year the rifts are getting bigger and spies more daemons into the realm of mankind. So they choose to stay neutral( great story from sigismund) to stay true to the bigger threat in there mind. They only choose side after it is clear, that icarion sides openly with chaos and brings those dangers to the hearth of the imperium.

 

Following your line of arguments, why create a deathwatch at all, when we have 18 legions fit to fight off xenos then?

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Always a pleasure to help Kelborn

Ok, so here is the list of Hands as it currently stands. Thanks to everyone who's already given me a name for their legion's(') Hand.
We just need a Lightning Bearer, Void Eagle, Iron Bear, Berzerker of Uran, Drowned, Stygian Jackal and Ghost Walker to complete the list of the Hands as they stood/stand at the beginning of the Insurrection.

I Legion-
III Legion-Toraghan, the Lion's Claw, expert with an axe, former champion of Clan Ikenos.
IV Legion-Acanorex
V Legion-Brigadier Bur-on, Master of the Flying Javelin, Citadel of the I Cohort
VI Legion- Makeda Mizko- The Red Blade, The Striking Hawk, The Firebound of the Iron Bears.
VII Legion-
VIII Legion- Vladimir Krivoshein, Warp Strangler, The Lantern That Burns The Shadow.
IX Legion- Kazimierz, wielder of the golden axe of Vostala.
X Legion- Abi-albon Arbath, The Ebon Razor, Paragon of the Host of the Tempests’ Strain, Tribe Vindonnus, Fire Keepers Legion.
XII Legion-Deschain, master of double sabre combat(pariah).
XIII Legion-Takar, blademaster of the Eagle Warriors, formerly of the Aztekis Circle.
XIV Legion- Al'Manat Izzaran, The Insomniac, The Bitter Shade.
XV Legion-Koo'exicotl, The Black Hearted, The Skeletal Hand.
XVI Legion-Cetuseus Ixion, Reconnaissance Captain. 
XVII Legion-Di-on Swei, Disciple of the Open Palm, Champion of the XVII legion.
XVIII Legion-
XIX Legion-Aios of Ithaca, Champion of the 5th Grand Assembly.
XX Legion-

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Lorica Aegis

While in the early days of their order the Nightguard used the same armour as their brothers in the Legions, it rapidly became apparent that such equipment was insufficient for fighting the foes the Nightguard had to do battle with. So it was that the Emperor gathered a group of the finest artificers in the Imperium, ranging from forge masters of the Terrewat Clans to tech priests from Mars and even some Alpha grade pyskers. Their task was to create a suit of power armour that was better adapted to dealing with warp exposure and foes of a psychic nature(a suit supposedly destined to serve with the I legion). For months this group of individuals worked until finally, they were able to present Malcador with the finished product, a sub varient of mkIV known as the Lorica Aegis.

 

While the Lorica Aegis possessed greatly improved defensive capabilities, protecting the astartes within far better than mkIV could, it also shielded the astartes mind. Through a complex series of pyschic shields embedded within the armour, it would dampen the strength of any attack of a pyschic nature made against the wearer, decreasing their strength and making all but the strongest pyschic assaults survivable for an astartes. Judging the work satisfactory, Malcador ordered that 10,000 more suits be made. However, in order not to compromise quality of the armour, every suit was handcrafted and it took years before it started reaching the Nightguard in significant numbers.

 

While it took almost two decades, the 10,000 suits Malcador had initially ordered were made and the Nightguard had sufficient knowledge of the suits to begin producing and repairing them themselves. When they did however, the artisans who had crafted the original suits dissapeared. Where they went none save Malcador know, although it is likely they were killed, as the secrets they had learnt while working on the armour were too dangerous to be allowed even the possibility of escaping and so they had to be silenced.

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I think I've missed the info about the Nightguard, I'll have to have a root around for it. Is all of it here in this thread ?

 

As we have aome titles here: Deschain, The Blade Dancer ( don't know what inspired me here^^), Master of Dual Chain Glaive Combat (Pariah)

 

Urm, when you say chain glaives, do you mean the glaive polearm

 

 

http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/images/Product/large/MCI-2877.png

 

 

or the gladius ?

 

180px-Roman_gladius-transparent.png

 

 

I don't think dual-wielding polearms is practical or interesting, even for an Astartes. However dual-wielding gladii can be cool :)

(yes, plurals can be weird http://image.bolterandchainsword.com//public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.png )

 

 

PS: sorry for the immmmeeeeenssse picture, which is ironically 40k inspired yet comes from a supposedly medieval specialised website http://image.bolterandchainsword.com//public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.png

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I think I've missed the info about the Nightguard, I'll have to have a root around for it. Is all of it here in this thread ?

 

 

As we have aome titles here: Deschain, The Blade Dancer ( don't know what inspired me here^^), Master of Dual Chain Glaive Combat (Pariah)

Urm, when you say chain glaives, do you mean the glaive polearm

 

 

http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/images/Product/large/MCI-2877.png

 

 

or the gladius ?

 

180px-Roman_gladius-transparent.png

 

 

I don't think dual-wielding polearms is practical or interesting, even for an Astartes. However dual-wielding gladii can be cool :)

(yes, plurals can be weird http://image.bolterandchainsword.com//public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.png )

 

 

PS: sorry for the immmmeeeeenssse picture, which is ironically 40k inspired yet comes from a supposedly medieval specialised website http://image.bolterandchainsword.com//public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.png

Yup all info on the Nightguard is in this thread
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I think I've missed the info about the Nightguard, I'll have to have a root around for it. Is all of it here in this thread ?

 

As we have aome titles here: Deschain, The Blade Dancer ( don't know what inspired me here^^), Master of Dual Chain Glaive Combat (Pariah)

 

Urm, when you say chain glaives, do you mean the glaive polearm

 

 

http://www.medievalcollectibles.com/images/Product/large/MCI-2877.png

 

 

or the gladius ?

 

180px-Roman_gladius-transparent.png

 

 

I don't think dual-wielding polearms is practical or interesting, even for an Astartes. However dual-wielding gladii can be cool http://image.bolterandchainsword.com//public/style_emoticons/default/smile.png

(yes, plurals can be weird http://image.bolterandchainsword.com//public/style_emoticons/default/tongue.png )

 

 

PS: sorry for the immmmeeeeenssse picture, which is ironically 40k inspired yet comes from a supposedly medieval specialised website http://image.bolterandchainsword.com//public/style_emoticons/default/biggrin.png

 

I meant this weapon and i don't have a fitting name for it except ratratartaratratratratartartartarta

 

http://images.dakkadakka.com/gallery/2015/11/25/759746_sm-.jpg

Doctor Perils Venerable Brother

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I meant this weapon and i don't have a fitting name for it except ratratartaratratratratartartartarta

 

Ah, I see ! I thought you meant he was dual-wielding weapons !

In that case, it might be best to insert a little hyphen, ie dual-chainglaive or dual-chainblades. Dual-chainblades sounds better to me as a chainglaive doesn't sound like a noble weapon, whereas chainblade... well, still probably not but it doesn't sound quite as peasantly and nasty.

 

Other options could include: chain-staff, double eviscerator, slaughterer, excoriator... (these would probably denote the origin of the weapon being older then the rebirth of the Legion as Wardens.)

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