Kabal of the Bleeding Heart

"When it comes to controlling mon'keigh, there is no better instrument than lies. Because, you see, mon'keigh live by beliefs. And beliefs can be manipulated. The power to manipulate beliefs is the only thing that counts."

- Archon Safrezka of the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart

The Kabal of the Bleeding Heart are a relatively young Dark Eldar Kabal that rose to power during M39. As masters of misdirection, the Kabalite Warriors of the Bleeding Heart are aware of every race's psychological weak points and grew to become one of the more well-known yet mistrusted Kabals of their kind.

Masters of the sub-realm Yazanar, a "heavenly" sub-realm that appears differently to each and every eye that is cast upon it, the Bleeding Heart is one of the more well-known liars among the Kabals. Prowling squadrons of Talos Pain Engines, made from the flesh of those that the Kabal lied to and misdirected, and sleek-sailed Raiders blaze across the dark skies of Yazanar, sweeping between its great spires.

Though the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart has yet to rebel against the Supreme Overlordship of Asdurbael Vect, their professions and overall nature still makes them a notably dangerous threat and they are thus kept at an arm's length by other Dark Eldar Kabals.

Kabal of the Bleeding Heart has a suspicious level of activity in Drukhari raids upon realspace, with their activity suddenly skyrocketing only to plummet as fast as it skyrocketed. Though the Kabal regularly points to ruined planets and empires and claim that all of it was their work, no one is curious enough to investigate or foolish enough to take the warriors of the Bleeding Heart at their word.

History
Kabal of the Bleeding Heart was founded by Safrezka, who at the time was a fairly young Succubus, who was exiled from her Wych Cult, named the Wych Cult of Lust by the two other Succubi after she lost in the arena and changed the results to make it seem like she had won.

Though her fellow Succubi assumed she would fall into obscurity and become a simpleton Wych, she managed to bribe, bully and trade her way to forming her own Kabal and named it the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart, named after the strike that lost her the fight in the arena all those years ago. However, her rise to power was not unnoticed and the Wych Cult of Lust she was exiled from sought to "remove her from power." However, Safrezka had different plans and dying was not a part of them. Disguising one of her Incubi, the young Afsirka, as an Archon of the Bleeding Heart, she managed to deceive the Wych Cult into thinking that Afsirka had killed Safrezka and took her position. As means of appereciation, the Wych Cult of Lust offered Afsirka their undying loyalty as means of thanking him for killing Safrezka.

Once a deal was secured between the Wych Cult of Lust and the Bleeding Heart, Safrezka gathered the Wyches of the Cult of Lust that were still loyal to her in her chambers and presented them an offer: If they killed their Succubi and made it seem like an assassination, they would get to become the new Succubi and retain the sponsorship of the Bleeding Heart.

After what seemed like weeks, the Wyches returned to Safrezka with the news that their leadership had been virtually obliterated. Renaming themselves to the Cult of Mutiny, the new Succubi of the Cult once again swore allegiance to the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart.

And thus, with her hated enemies removed and with a Wych Cult by her side, the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart was ready to raid, plunder and, as always, lie and misdirect.

Notable Campaigns

 * The Grand Mutiny (471.M39): The Kabal of the Bleeding Heart, through misdirection, convinces the people of sub-sector Vonkiz and the regiments stationed there to rebel against Mankind. Once the humans fight off the loyalists trying to take them down, they watch in horror as the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart attacks them, killing the weak, enslaving the strong and taking any valuables the Vonkiz sub-sector had.
 * Home Beckons (842.M39): The Kabal of the Bleeding Heart are ambushed by the Emperor's Children Traitor Legion while returning to Commorragh after one of their many raids. Somehow managing to win, the Kabal leaves after capturing the Heretic Astartes' mortal slaves.
 * A Wych To Kill Them All (328.M40): A Wych of the Wych Cult of Mutiny named Vonfranz rebels against Safrezka and her Kabal. Though Vonfranz's followers cut a bloody swathe through the Kabal, they are eventually stopped when Safrezka's loyalists among Vonfranz's forces reveal themselves and destroy the rebels from the inside.
 * The One That Got Away (856.M40): After suffering a defeat at the hands of the Iron Warriors, the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart forget one of their Talos Pain Engines in the Iron Warriors Strike Cruiser. By the time that this lone Pain Engine is destroyed, it had already cut a bloody swathe through nearly all of the Iron Warriors serfs and even some of the Iron Warriors Heretic Astartes.
 * Siege of Shargin IV (423.M41): Though the siege was between the Black Legion and the Shargin PDF, many claim to have seen the Dark Eldar of Bleeding Heart behind the lines of both sides, eliminating seemingly unimportant targets.

Notable Kabalites of the Bleeding Heart

 * Archon Safrezka, "The Dark Mistress:" The first and only Archon of the Bleeding Heart, Safrezka is an Archon who loves to be in the center of attention. Though she prefers sitting on the sidelines and plotting over fighting, she is nevertheless ecstatic when she is presented with a challenge. She embodies everything her Kabal stands for and though her personality and tactics makes her undesirable, she still manages to get what she wants in the end through lies and misdirection.

By the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart
Feel free to add your own!"You cannot kill me, Governor Clardi! I am too important for you to do so! My Kabal's technologies are the reason why your sister still lives. Come on now, think of your poor sister, governor!"

- Archon Safrezka, during the Grand Mutiny.

About the Kabal of the Bleeding Heart
Feel free to add your own!"I never thought the Angels of Death were such slim figures. They are shorter than I imagined, too! "Chapter Master Safrezka told me that their gene-seed was defective, so I guess those are their defects?" "Yeah, I guess so."

- A conversation between to citizens, during the Grand Mutiny.