Nash Trickster Posted July 16, 2006 Share Posted July 16, 2006 The recent topics on the Mantis Warriors and Star Phantoms got me looking into the Badab War a little more "in depth" than I previously did. Looking on the net, I found several references to the Warriors of the Dark Sun listed as the fifth chapter which sided with the Astral Claws during the uprising. But I failed to find anything else, even a search here on B&C came empty... So, as they were never discussed before apparently (or the thread was lost on the Warp :) ), I thought that the fluff masters here could help me dig up what little fluff there might be about them... So... What is (are) the source(s) which mention(s) them? Are they mentionned only by name or is there also a bit of info somewhere in the fluff as to what they did during and after the Badab War? I'm particularly interested in anything which would give a hint to whether they went on a penitent crusade (like the other 3 chapters who had sided with Huron), or turned to Chaos, or were eradicated... Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91872-warriors-of-the-dark-sun/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainComet Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Since when did they add a 5th chapter? The original stuff by Rick Priestley only had the following... Rebels: Tiger Claws (later renamed for no good reason to Astral Claws) Manits Warriors Excecutioners Lamenters Chapters sent to deal with them: Fire Hawks (who were attacked) Marines Errant (the first sent in to help) Red Scorpians Miniotaurs Howling Griffons Nova Marines (these two were sent to replace the Scorps and Fire Hawks who went back to normal duty) Star Phantoms (came in to siege Badab) The Exorcists Fire Angels Salamanders Space Sharks Sons of Medusa (all became involved for short amounts of time) The Raptor Legion was not mentioned by name in text but were shown in the drawing of the camo schemes and such for the Badab War. The three chapters that helped the Claws lost homeworlds and had to go on Crusades. The Claws slipped through the hands of the Exorcists into deep space. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91872-warriors-of-the-dark-sun/#findComment-1056008 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 My guess is that these Warriors of the Dark Sun are a homegrown Chapter that someone has "written in" to the Badab War story (typically a bad move). Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91872-warriors-of-the-dark-sun/#findComment-1056055 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darrell Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Where did you find the references? Were they in White Dwarf issues, GW Badab material? Or on someone's personal webpage? It could help a lot if you could supply us with where you read the information, so we could check ourselves. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91872-warriors-of-the-dark-sun/#findComment-1056082 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Trickster Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 Well, I found references to them on a few sites apparently unrelated (except for the fact that they deal with the Badab war of course) as you can see in this Google search... I have checked myself and found no reference to them in any of the fluff I have (and I have everything since 2nd ed...) but I thought they might be mentionned in the original WD article on the Badab War (issue 101 IIRC) and were dropped later for some reason (like the fact that "Dark Sun" was a TSR copyright for example...) EDIT: Well, I've accessed a friend's copy of the original Badab War WD article and the WotDS don't appear there either, so I guess it's indeed a DIY chapter... Sorry! If a mod could move this thread to Liber (or even simply delete it)... :ph34r: Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91872-warriors-of-the-dark-sun/#findComment-1056261 Share on other sites More sharing options...
iron father Posted July 17, 2006 Share Posted July 17, 2006 Well, if it's a DIY chapter after all, at least that's cleared up! Have you gotten your answer, or are you looking for more? If you want to develop the chapter we can help you do so, if not, we'll let it sink quietly beneath the waves of Liber. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91872-warriors-of-the-dark-sun/#findComment-1056520 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nash Trickster Posted July 17, 2006 Author Share Posted July 17, 2006 We'll let it sink... At least next time someone wonders about them he'll be able to find that thread :D Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/91872-warriors-of-the-dark-sun/#findComment-1056542 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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