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The Lords of Prism are a Renegade Chapter and warband of Chaos Space Marines descended entirely from the lost Rainbow Warriors Chapter. The Rainbow Warriors were falsely accused of heresy by the Adeptus Mechanicus. They were declared excommunicate traitoris and attacked by the overzealous Inquisition. The senior magos from the Forge World of Triplex Phall framed the Rainbow Warriors as they wanted to exploit Prism's natural resources. He falsely accused the Rainbow Warriors of utilising xenos technology in a report sent to the Ordo Hereticus. With the after effects of the Badab War already beginning to tell, the Inquisition were eager to not duplicate the result by allowing a Renegade Chapter to survive to plague the Imperium in future.

As a result, the Inquisition opted to simply wipe the Chapter out with a surprise attack. The Inquisitor led a battle group including forces from the Order of Our Martyred Lady group of the Adepta Sororitas, arriving in orbit over Prism in 991.M41. The Rainbow Warriors were caught completely by surprise; much of their Chapter fleet was destroyed before it could even fire a shot. Only their flagship Primarch's Fury was able to put up a substantial fight. The Inquisition subjected the Rainbow Warriors fortress-monastery to an immediate sustained bombardment that destroyed it utterly.

Fortunately the Rainbow Warriors were gathered a mile and a half underground for a Chapter ritual in the Prismatic Caverns to commemorate the end of their isolation. While this gave them shelter from the bombardment, they were trapped underground for over a hundred years. Satisfied with the destruction they had sown, and confident that they had successfully visited the Emperor's wrath upon the traitors; the Inquisitorial ships left the system.

Thought destroyed, the Rainbow Warriors survived and over a century later returned to a galaxy changed beyond all recognition. They have since pledged themselves to Chaos Undivided out of a desire for revenge against the Imperium and as a means of survival. As a rule, they do not tolerate the presence of Slaaneshi cults or forces.

Warband History
Initially created from Ultramarines geneseed during an unknown founding, the Rainbow Warriors were created as a standing force to hold Prism and its surrounding star systems in that galactic arm. They were supposed to be a stabilising force; to ensure that area of space did not become lawless territory.

Following the Blood Star Campaign in 748.M41, the Chapter had less than 100 members remaining. Among the dead was their Chapter Master. His successor, 2nd Company Captain Licuriatos, decreed the Rainbow Warriors would refrain from taking part in major campaigns & crusades until the Chapter had replenished its ranks. Until then they would restrict themselves to defending their solar system and patrolling nearby space; only answering nearby distress signals where plausible. Fortunately, the feudal city-state culture of Prism's human populations made the planet an ideal recruiting ground for new Aspirants.

By the year 991.M41 the Chapter stood at over 800 battle-brothers strong and the Rainbow Warriors had begun assisting Imperial war efforts across the galaxy.

The Inquisition were understandably jumpy. The Badab War had only recently concluded and the Imperium was already reeling from the effects as the Red Corsairs were launching piratical raids on Imperial ships. Hoping to learn lessons from the Imperium's failure to wipe out the then Astral Claws, the Inquisitor in charge of the attack simply opted to bombard the Space Marines into dust. When he ordered several contingent from The Order of Our Martyred Lady to accompany him, their morale soared. The Sisters were eager to prove their worth by purging the galaxy of these Space Marines; especially ones that had apparently turned their backs on the Golden Throne. For them, such an instance was further proof in the truth of their beliefs: that Space Marines were undesirable mutants which deserved only purifying fire.

The Lords of Prism view the planet, its resources and the human populations as their realm to rule and will fight viciously against any usurpers who try to stake a claim.

Notable Campaigns
The Mechanicus' past sins would come back to haunt them as the Rainbow Warriors were not destroyed as previously thought. They re-emerged and reconquered their former homeworld after vying for control of it with both Imperial forces and also from a reaving Slaaneshi warband of Traitor Marines called the Disciples of Excess. In exchange for the Rainbow Warriors accepting Chaos, Khorne, Tzeentch and Nurgle banished the Daemonettes already summoned & running amok on the planet. Furious yet not powerful enough to prevent this, Slaanesh ordered the Disciples of Excess to withdraw immediately or suffer His displeasure. In the aftermath of this victory, the Rainbow Warriors became the Lords of Prism; their loyalty to the Dark Gods cemented through their salvation.
 * Reclamation of Prism (~154.M42) - Having contrived the destruction of the Rainbow Warriors Chapter at the hands of the Inquisition 150 years prior, the adepts of Triplex Phall sent an explorator fleet to Prism in the wake of its victory over Hive Fleet Kraken in 995.M41. This fleet was tasked with exploiting Prism's natural resources to aid in the reconstruction of their Forge World. The Mechanicus fleet lost a sizeable portion of its strength during its years in the warp but made it to the Prism system through luck after the formation of the Great Rift. They received unexpected reinforcements in the form of an Iron Hands battle group which had suffered spatial & temporal displacement by a warp-storm that presaged the formation of the Great Rift. It was part of a battle group dispatched from Medusa to Vigilus 50 standard years in the future.

Homeworld
Prism is located in the Ultima Segmentum on the far eastern side of the galaxy. As a result of the Great Rift forming, it now resides in the Dark Imperium.

Prism was a lush, verdant jungle world when the Rainbow Warriors arrived. They were struck by the natural beauty of it and, being descended from the Ultramarines and the Primarch Roboute Guilliman, decided to interfere with the world as little as possible. They constructed their fortress-monastery on the largest continent and aside from clearing an area of 15 kilometres around the perimeter, did not do anything to otherwise damage the ecosystem.

Prism was home to a number of warring Bronze/Iron Age human societies who worshipped a small pantheon of Imperial Saints ruled by a deity called the Great Father who they believed would descend from the sky one day to destroy the darkness living beneath the ground. The Rainbow Warriors kept an eye on these societies for signs of Chaotic corruption. Other than this they left them alone most of the time, drawing on the populations occasionally as a source of neophytes.

When the forces of Triplex Phall arrived to take control of Prism following the Rainbow Warriors' fall from grace, they claimed they were servants of the tribes' Great Father and effectively enslaved them to work in the Mechanicus' various facilities, as test subjects for experimentation, or for indoctrination into the Cult Mechanicus.

Now, after decades of Mechanicus rule, the once-vibrant planet is heavily polluted with run-off from factorums and open cast mines. Most of the mortal population was enslaved to work in these facilities and their homes were largely destroyed to showcase the Machine-God's dominance, and to convince the humans to relocate to appropriate workcamps.

With the coming of the Disciples of Excess and the recent turning of the Rainbow Warriors to Chaos, the planet has also been exposed to the taint of the Warp. What effects this will have on the world remain to be seen...

Following the Reclamation of Prism, the planet is now a polluted Feudal world. This has meant the natives have an immensely difficult time restoring any sorted of settled society. The soil is so toxic in many places not even grass will grow. There are several landmasses untouched by the Adeptus Mechanicus that are now inhabited by newly-built proto-city-states but many of Prism's mortals chose to remain on the main continent; they view it as sacred, being the place where their masters led them to freedom from not only the machine-men but from the shackles of the False Emperor. It was there that the Lords of Prism received enlightenment and passed it on to those they liberated. The humans on the main continent have been forced into a nomadic tribal existence which will inevitably lead to skirmishes and wars as the population grows over time.

With an influx of slaves from their first raids, the Lords of Prism have started to rebuild their fortress-monastery as a Chaos stronghold in the mountains in sight of the site of their final victory.

Warband Culture
Due to the circumstances that caused their fall to Chaos, the Lords of Prism are fiercely isolationist - distrusting anybody not of their brotherhood or their homeworld.

Warband Beliefs
The Lords of Prism turned to Chaos partly out of a desire for continued survival, and partly out of a desire for revenge. They view the worship of the Ruinous Powers as a means to an end. As diverse as the warbands beliefs are, members of the Eighth Company under Honourius have already formed the beginnings of a Khornate warrior cult. While the Lords of Prism honour Chaos as a whole, unlike most other followers of Chaos Undivided, these Astartes honour the three other gods at the expense of the Dark Prince. This is because they view Slaanesh-worshippers as decadent fops. They hold Noise Marines in particular disdain, believing them to have lost all pride as warriors.

This anti-Slaanesh stance is mirrored by the humans of Prism. They adopted Chaos worship because this was handed down to them by their liberators; but veneration of Slaanesh was brought to Prism by outsiders so it is rejected. Prism's human population view the Lords of Prism as priest-lords who bring the will of the Powers through word & deed. Though the head of any given Chaos cult may rule a settlement or territory, or merely may hold power among the ranks of their initiated; they are immediately subordinated to any Astartes of the warband who visits, regardless of rank.

While the Chaos shrines & temples established by the Prismites (both Astartes & mortal servant) contain marks to represent Khorne, Nurgle, Tzeentch and/or the Octed (eight-point star), no representations of the Youngest God are included.

Warband Gene-Seed
The Lords' gene-seed originates mostly from Roboute Guilliman thanks to their descent from the Ultramarines. However much of this was lost due to the destruction of their fortress-monastery by the Inquisition. All remaining Ultramarine gene-seed associated with the warband now resides in its active members. Due to the conclusion of the Reclamation of Prism campaign, these renegades have come into possession of a sizeable amount of Iron Hands gene-seed.

Warband Fleet

 * Primarch's Fury (Capital ship, unknown class; destroyed) - This was the flagship of the Rainbow Warriors chapter fleet before their expulsion from the Imperium. The only vessel which put up any substantial resistance during the Inquisitorial attack, it was able to destroy several hostile ships before the Sisters of Battle crippled it with boarding actions. They then withdrew in stolen Thunderhawks, allowing their Inquisitorial master to make the killing shot.
 * Enlightenment (Battle Barge) - The Iron Hands vessel which reached the Prism system in a state of disrepair. It provided ground-based reinforcements to the Adeptus Mechanicus but would take no further part in the conflict. It was boarded and captured by the Lords of Prism using a stolen teleport homer and a false signal to arrange the teleport. It now serves as the warband's main (only) vessel, allowing them to become a space-faring force once more.

Allies

 * The Liberation Sect - a Chaos cult started by the grateful mortals of Prism;
 * The Coven of Refracted Truth - a Chaos cult seeded by the Lords of Prism;

Enemies

 * The Inquisition
 * Adepta Sororitas

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"It was through wrath and ruin that the Gods revealed themselves to us. The lightning struck down the unworthy; the doubters, the weaklings. Those who could not accept what we would inevitably become. Through the will of the Powers are we re-tasked. Through their will are we made strong again! Do I regret the loss of those I once called brothers as the price to pay for this knowledge? Do I regret their deaths? Not one bit." - Licuriatos, Sovereign of the Lords of Prism