Black Devourers

A shame to all sons of Dorn, the Black Devourers are one of the arch foes of the Iron Blood Chapter, a feeling which is mutual.

Founding
The time of their found, was when the chapter was discovered using Chaos tainted artifacts by the Inquisition. The end result was their home world being destroyed and the chapter forced to flee, falling further into Chaos.

The story the now traitor marines put forward, was that after a long and hard campaign against Chaos, the Chapter had been forced to recover and attempt to cleanse the tainted artifacts, how true this is, is unknown, and rather unlikely.

Since then the Chapter has fallen further into Chaos, to the point that one of their leaders became a Daemon Prince.

Notable Battles

 * Scouring of the Tabis Sector: Shortly after incursion of the Gut Muncha Ork Klan, the Warband made an incursion into this space. They raided and razed several worlds, corrupting what they did not destroy. The Warband dealt great casualties to the Iron Blood chapter which defended the sector, and on the world of Tabis they enacted a ritual that turned their leader into a Daemon Prince. However, due to the actions of the Iron Blood, their leader was slain, and the Warband was dealt a grievous hand. Tabis, the world they conquered to perform this task was subjected to Exterminatus by the Warband itself and left barren and poisonous as the Sector Capital was moved. Unknown to all, the now barren planet was occupied by the remnants of said warband who used it as a base. Their presence was later discovered and the world was destroyed as the Warband was forced to retreat out of the sector, leaving them Fleet based.
 * Skirmishes: Over the years the Iron Blood and Black Devourers have had several skirmishes as the Chaos Warband, time and again attempted to covertly corrupt the Sector.
 * Fourth Great War of the Tabias Sector: The Black Devourers returned to the Tabias Sector in full, with Chaos Cultists and Regiments under their control, and even outside help.

Characters

 * Vias Karnil: The original leader of the warband and last Chapter Master before their fall, Vias is held responsible for the fall of his Chapter
 * Moros Tavik: Vias' second-in-command, Moros took over when his master ascended and was then defeated by the Iron Blood chapter, banished to the Empyrion. Since then he has lead the warband to seemingly take revenge for their master, but in truth he also seeks to rise to daemonhood and all his actions thus far, have been to that end.
 * Obadian Bane: The resident Chaos Sorcerer and the one who directly orders the Chaos Cultists and Guardsmen that follow the Black Devourers. He is a secretive figure and disliked by his fellow Chaos Marines.

Enemies

 * Iron Blood Chapter: The Black Devourers have grown a sense of special hatred for this chapter, as it was the chapter that cost them their greatest glory. The Warband has long plotted revenge upon them.

Allies

 * Chaos Cultists and Regiments: Converts from their black crusades that serve on their raiding fleet and bases.

Cult and culture
One would be hard pressed to find to imagine that such dishonorable creatures descended from the Noble Rogal Dorn but they do. They rarely like a fair fight, and typically send their minions to fight for them often using them as sacrificial pawns.

Within the warband, there is much infighting and paranoia which has slowed down their attempts to rebuild their strength. Flowing down from the current leader, the warband is filled with paranoia directed within and without.

Favored Tactics
The Black Devourers favor scorched earth tactics via chemical warfare and setting traps

Recruitment
They recruit like most warbands, through slaves and captives from their raids.

Gene Seed
As a result of their corruption their gene seed is often subject to wild mutations, enlarge limbs and inhuman features.

By
"You wish to know how we fell? Is it not obvious, was our tale not spoken of...of course not. No one remembers the defeated, the broken, the lost crushed under the foot of the victor. We abandoned the Emperor because he abandoned us! Where was he when we needed him, when we bled and died in his name when our enemies drowned us in the blood of our brothers? No where, the corpse emperor did not care, so we turned to those who did."

- Vias Karnil to Karaz of the Iron Blood Chapter

About
"How sad, how truly shameful...that such suffering to my sector, such ruin to my chapter...was done by cowards too afraid to die with dignity."

- Karaz of the Iron Blood Chapter, in response to Vias Karnil