Knights of The Beast

"Lorgar was wrong! There is no Pantheon, only the Undivided Beast!"

- Dark Apostle Drachlock

The Knights of the Beast is a Chaos Space Marine Warband led by the Dark Apostle Drachlock worshipping the Beast, a incarnation of Chaos Undivided.

History
The Warband come from the Word Beares Traitor Legion and was once composed of faithful servant of Lorgar Aurelian.

But one day, their leader, Drachlock, had a vision while praying. He saw a creature that no mortal could understand, a thing that would drive any mind to insanity. This "Beast" talked to him, with many voices and tongues, but he understood its message: there is no Pantheon, and the so-called "Chaos Gods" are merely a mortal interpretation, because they couldn't understand Chaos in its glorious totality.

After this realisation, he betrayed his Legion and took his Host with him, roaming the Galaxy to spread the message of the Beast: Mankind will only be free by servitude to It.

Organisation
All we know for sure on the warband's organization is that they are around 100 Chaos Astartes serving B'osch at the moment, including his Unholy Triumvirate, who assumed leadership when their master is in the Warp.

The warband hosts different kind of Astartes, such as bloodthirsty Warp Talons, mindless Helbrutes and even dreadful Possessed Marines. The elite troops of the warband being the powerful Chaos Terminators, serving as the body guards of the Herald of the Beast.

Nevertheless, because of the low numbers of Chaos Marines, the bulk of the warband is mainly composed of cultists who serves as frontline cannon fodder during battles, leaving time to the Astartes to organize themselves.

They also make use of Daemon Engines, such as the terrifying Heldrake or the mighty Forgefiend, and corrupted imperial vehicles, like the Predator battle tank and the Vindicator siege tank.

Beliefs
"Pledge your soul to the Beast and you shall forever live in Its glory! Refuse, and die!"

- Lord Sorcerer Valkorius

The Knights of the Beast are fanatical warriors worshipping Chaos Undivided but, unlike most of its other devotees, they view it as the Beast, a primordial and contradictory entity that now mortal mind could ever imagine to understand. For them, the Dark Gods are simply aspects of this entity, created by mortals trying to understand Chaos.

Besides that, they usually act like their parent Legion. They go to war chanting dark prayers to the Beast and turn each world they conquered into a impious place of dark rituals and sacrifices.

Combat Doctrine
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Warband Fleet
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Warband Relics
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Ennemies
Word Bearers:
 * For the Word Bearers, the Knights are heretics who betrayed the Word of Lorgar, and for the Knights of the Beast, the Word Bearers are heretics who refuse to acknowledge that there is no Pantheon.

Notable Members
Drachlock the Herald of the Beast Lord Sorcerer Valkorius Ghalahord the Headsman
 * Founder and leader of the Warband, he is a charismatic Dark Apostle who already led his Warband to many victories against the lapdogs of the Corpse. He was born on Colchis and was chosen to join the Legion of Lorgar when he was only 10 years old. He has always be devoted to Lorgar and never thought to betray him, until his vision of the Beast ordered him to do so.
 * Powerful Chaos Sorcerer, Valkorius is one of the most ancient Chaos Astartes of the Galaxy. He was one of the first Astartes to join the Word Bearers, being born on Terra more than ten thousand years ago. He fought against the False Emperor during the Horus Heresy and become on of the most talented Sorcerers of the Legion.
 * This Chaos Lord led a Black Legion Warband for many centuries, until it was destroyed by the Emperor's Wardens Space Marine Chapter. After decades of lonely bloodshed, he joined the Knights of the Beast, becoming the personal executioner of Drachlock.

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