Servants of the Truth

The Servants of the Truth are a Chaos Warband formed at the end of the Horus Heresy by Blood Angels that turned away from the Imperium. The Servants of the Truth are primarily driven by their belief that in his final moments the Primarch Sanguinius turned to Chaos before being slain by not Horus, but the Emperor. Thus, by their service to the Ruinous Powers, they are fulfilling their Gene-Father’s final orders.

Origins
The 212th Company of the Blood Angels Legion was lead with dignity and valour throughout the latter stage of the Great Crusade by Captain Abdiel Tiberian. They fought for their Primarch valiantly, enduring the hardships of the Signus campaign and fighting to defend the Imperial Palace. By the end of the Horus Heresy, the company was down to 25 Marines. As they sat in a camp in the Himalayas waiting to return to Baal, a defeaning crash rang out a short distance away. Running to it, a scouting party found a badly wounded Sanguinary Guardsman. The Guardsman claimed to be a survivor of the battle aboard the Vengeful Spirit, and he broke dire news to the 212th. He claimed to them that during the battle, their Gene-Father Sanguinius had turned to Chaos before his death. He said that Sanguinius did not die fighting Horus, as was believed, but that he was slain by the Emperor. Before he died, he beseeched the 212th to obey their Gene-Father’s last orders, and serve the Primordial Truth. Over the next week, the 212th snuck around the Blood Angels legion, assembling more Brothers to their cause. Then, as they left Terra, they rose up in unison, highjacking several vessels and booking it for the Eye of Terror. This was done in secret, and the vessels were assumed Lost in the Warp by their loyal Brothers.

Awakening
After fleeing to the Eye of Terror, the Servants began to launch occasional raids into nearby space. They did not try to challenge the Imperium during the Scouring, save a few occasions where they sent forces out to do battle, mostly skirmishing with their loyal Cousins and Brothers. Those forces that stayed in the Eye of Terror infiltrated other Warbands, seeking Blood Angels among their ranks, and sharing the Truth of their Gene Father’s death to these Brothers, and bringing them back to join the Servants. Many Blood Angels obliged, and the Servants of the Truth swelled in number, becoming a major player among the non-legionary Warbands. With most heretical Blood Angels united under their leadership, the Servants of the Truth began to attack the Imperium, just as The Great Scouring was coming to a close.

Gene Seed
The Servants of the Truth have very interesting geneseed. They do suffer from the Red Thirst, but not the Black Rage,something they see as Sanguinius’ blessing from the Warp. Those who suffer the Red Thirst usually devote themselves to Khorne and become Berserkers.

Notable Campaigns
The Thirteenth Black Crusade, 999.M41

The Fall of Cornelia, early M42: During the Great Expansion, the Dark Libarians of the Servants of the Truth detected a great battle being fought in their fleet’s vacinity. They moved en masse to intervene, and found a perfect situation to exploit. The Corpse Kings and Astral Warriors had been locked in costly siege warfare for several months, and the Warriors’ final charge was underway. The Servants swept down upon them, attacking both sides. 300 Berserkers lead the way as they slammed into the surface. The skies over the planet of Cornelia darkened as they arrived. The Berserkers, under Captain Nentre, assaulted the Astral Warriors directly, landing on them in the middle of their charge, and running rampant amongst their battered ranks. The Warriors put up a valiant resistance, but against the veteran and more importantly fresh Servants of the Truth, they could not put up a serious fight.. The Warriors were annihilated under this new attack, and the Corpse Kings maimed and driven from the field. In the aftermath, the Servants helped themselves to a bounty of loot. Terminator Armor, Custom Vehicles, and all sorts of other technology were taken into the Warband’s stocks, and Geneseeds were collected for sale to Fabius Bile.

Warlord Abdiel Tiberian
Abdiel has been leading the Servants since their inception at the end of the Horus Heresy. A true veteran of almost all the Warband’s major conflicts, he is highly respected among the Warband, and among the Heretic Astartes at large. His command style is brutal, and rebellion is punished with death. Such a style is neccesary in the Heretic Astartes, especially when a Warband is partially devoted to multiple aspects of the Primordial Truth.

Captain Cerviel Nentre
Captain Nentre is one of the Original 25 Blood Angels who defected and formed the Servants of the Truth. Nentre was one of the first Marines to become afflicted with the Red Thirst, and devoted himself to Khorne. He serves as Abdiel’s right hand, keeping the Warband’s Berserkers loyal to Abdiel through example and if neccesary force, as he is reputably able to best any other in the Warband in single combat, save perhaps the Warlord himself.