Discovery of the Dark Carrion

The Discovery of the Dark Carrion was a dark event in the annals of Imperial history, for it is when the infamous Chaos Warband known as the Crow's Children discovered a massive derelict space hulk floating in space, as if waiting for them to claim it as their own. Finally, they Chaos Warband would have their own sanctuary, and so, their Chaos Lord ordered the retrofit and and re-arming of the massive space hulk, turning it into a floating fortress-monastery in mockery of the hated Penitent Knights own fortress-monastery on Lor'dra. They warband now had both a safe-haven and staging ground for their raids into the Aegimius System.

History
For almost an entire millennia, the Crow's Children had prowled across the Asteria Sub-sector, always on the move, with no place to call their den - their fortress. Then, under the guidance of the Sorcerer Peredrath, the Children found a large Space Hulk, largely empty and waiting for someone to claim it. Soon after, the Children had turned the amalgamation of ships into their own star-fort, their slaves working tirelessly to reinforce numerous positions along the Space Hulk's surface, along with many idols of the Chaos Gods both inside and out. Daedelus personally oversaw the fortification of the innards of the Space Hulk, modelling the many galleries and corridors into a perversion of the Fortress-Monastery of the Penitent Knights.

Raids and assaults led by the Warpsmith Morderoth brought back with them captured Imperial vessels and supplies, which they used to build wicked spires filled with plasma macro-cannons, Lance batteries and other defensive machinations. When the deed was done, the Space Hulk resembled more of an impenetrable fortress than an assortment of lost ships. And when the final additions were made to his own den of evil, Daedelus sat upon a throne crafted from bones of the slaughtered. And thus, the Dark Carrion was finished, and the Crow's Children had a stronghold inside the Sub-sector.