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- "There is only one unforgivable lie. That is the lie that says, this is the end, you are the conqueror, you have achieved it and now all that remains is to build walls higher and shelter behind them. Now, the lie says, the world is safe. Safe. No fouler word exists."
- — Jaghatai Khan, Primarch of the White Scars V Legion Astartes
The Chogorian Outriders are an Ultima Founding Successor Chapter of the White Scars, comprised entirely of Primaris Space Marines forged during the tumult of the Indomitus Crusade. Originally formed from the Unnumbered Sons, they carved a fierce reputation in the early years of the Crusade for their savagery, unpredictable mobility, and disdain for protracted sieges or defensive warfare. Unlike many of their Primaris brethren, the Outriders did not linger in Guilliman's great campaign but broke away at the first word of Huron Blackheart's predations upon Chogoris, their ancestral homeworld and the cradle of their warrior traditions. Though they arrived too late to prevent the scars left by the Red Corsairs' raids, their commitment to the steppes of Chogoris has remained absolute, treating the world not as a fortress-monastery but as a sacred hunting ground from which their warriors are drawn. They maintain no fixed seat of power, their fleets and nomadic warbands embodying the impermanence of their ancestors’ wandering tribes.
True to their barbaric lineage, the Chogorian Outriders draw all of their recruits from the Juwai, the savage horse-warriors of Chogoris' windswept steppes. These tribesmen, long regarded as brutal yet honour-bound, are tested in blood and fire before being taken into the ranks of the Outriders, their feral culture imprinted on the Chapter’s character. The Outriders despise stagnation and hold little reverence for the Imperium they nominally serve, seeing it as a rotting empire unworthy of devotion, yet they honour conquest, motion, and the eternal struggle of the hunt. Heavy armour and static warfare are rejected outright - no Outrider has ever been interred in a Dreadnought, and any weapon or ally too slow to keep pace is abandoned without remorse. They fight as their progenitors once did, though even more feral and untamed: striking like lightning across the battlefield, leaving only ash and carrion in their wake. To the Imperium, they are both a brutal weapon and a troubling reminder that not all Primaris Chapters are bound by rigid loyalty, for the Outriders acknowledge no master save their own honour and the endless wind of the steppe.
Chapter History
Chapter Homeworld
Fortress-Monastery
Due to the highly nomadic nature of the Chogorian Outriders and their disdain of the Imperium, they do not maintain a fortress-monastery and instead view Chogoris as nothing more than an ancestral home and their sole recruitment world.
Chapter Culture
All of the aspirants of the Chogorian Outriders are recruited from their progenitors, the White Scars, homeworld of Chogoris. Each member of the Ordu is recruited from the ranks of the Juwai, nomadic warlords famed for their mounted combat and barbarian savagery. The Juwai have the reputation of fur-clad savages and It is well earned, but more important to any warrior of the Juwai is that of honour. This is how they deride the tribes of the Talskar yet respect them for their martial prowess. Even the Emperor of Mankind, a most distasteful subject among the Outriders, is honoured for his conquests even though he is not for his title.
Notable Campaigns
- Indomitus Crusade
- Cleansing of Chogoris
- Hunt for Blackheart
- Seethnar Station
- Vigilus War
- Iron Hunt
Chapter Organization
Do to the Outrider's distaste of the Imperium and the rule of the High Lords of Terra, they follow their own organization, divergent in the most extreme sense. The Outriders maintain two companies or hordes of five hundred warriors each, the Horde of the Wind, and the Horde of the Storm. These are further divided into Brotherhoods that vary from campaign to campaign. A new one is created every time its leader is killed, believing that to keep a name of the dead as an ill omen.
Officer Ranks
- Yun-Khan : Chapter Master
- Noyan-Khan : Force Commander
- Khan : Brotherhood Captain
- Tenikhan : Captain of the Fleet
- Kavkhan : Lieutenant
Specialist Ranks
- Iron Khan : Techmarine
- Arvarga : Brotherhood Champion
- Emchi : Apothecar
- Zaydin Arga : Librarian
Specialist Formations
- Kharash : The Battleline Primaris of the Outriders. The strongest of the Juwai chosen from among their best warriors.
- Sarvhu : The Vanguard Primaris of the Outriders. They are recruited from the best scouts of the Juwai who are able to survive the ascension to Astartes.
- Keshig : The famed bodyguard cadre of the White Scars and their successors. They serve the same role amongst the Outriders.
- Sagyar Mazan : Named after the infamous death squads of the White Scars during the Horus Heresy. The sagyar mazan of the Outriders serve a similar role though they are not treated as shameful warriors. This designation is an honorable one amongst the Juwai.
- Khun Mori : Recruited from among the best riders of the Atlak, these warriors serve as the Ordu’s pilots and armoured crewmen.
Gene-Seed
Primarch's Curse: Chogorian Savagery
Since their creation, the Outriders have been seen as the darker side of their more noble kin, the White Scars. They understand their savage nature and instead of anchoring it and suppressing it, they learn ti release it at the right moment, at the thickest of the fighting where it can do the most damage. All Outriders remain on a constant level of bare restraint though it quickly turns to rage when in combat.
Combat Doctrine
Th Chogorian Outriders fight in the way of their progenitors the White Scars, utilizing the lightning strike as their preferred method of combat. Though the Outriders are far more removed from the Codex Astartes than even the Ordu of Jaghatai, preferring tribal savagery to noble hunter. They eschew heavy armor of any kind and not one of their warriors have ever been entombed in a dreadnought for they view this as an insult. Fast attack is the only thing they believe in. If it is too slow, it is discarded. If allies can not keep up, they are left behind.
Chapter Beliefs
The Outriders are selected from the nomadic Juwai people of the steppes of Chogoris. A Chogorian tribe known for its ruthless warriors and distant nature. People of the Juwai served as Outrider Squads amongst the original Ordu of Jaghatai before Chogoris was discovered by the Imperium. Though the Chapter does not reside upon Chogoris, they are permitted to recruit from it as long as the tenants of the White Scars are obeyed. As a result, the Outriders maintain their tribal beliefs and view the Emperor of Mankind and the Imperium as nothing more than a failing empire that is slowly decaying. They see stagnation as the worst crime of any warrior and none more guilty than the Emperor. They honor the nomadic ways of their ancestors and pursue their own goals and direction, beholden to no one or anything.
Notable Members
Chapter Appearance
Chapter Colours
The Outriders have adopted an ivory colour armor in respect to their progenitors the White Scars, though the trim of their pauldrons and emblem colour has adopted a more crimson hue. None know if this colour was original or if the blood they relish in taking has coloured it a darker shade. Their helms are painted black to honour their ancestors of the Ordu of Juwai,a nomadic tribe of savage horsemen adorned in black and famed for their feral and unrelenting nature who once served the Khagan as his Outrider Squads during his conquest of Chogoris.
Chapter Badge
The emblem of the Chogorian Outriders is that of the Ordu of Juwai, slightly altered to more appropriately display their way of war adopted from the plains of Chogoris. It symbolizes the winds of the Atlak and the freedom that the plains of Chogoris offer. The three winds depict the three tenants of the Ordu; Warrior’s Honour, Pride of the Ancestor, Freedom of the Atlak.
Chapter Fleet
- Gaera (Battle-Barge): Horde of the Wind
- Baofeng (Battle-Barge) : Horde of the Storm
Chapter Relics
Relations
Allies
Enemies
Notable Quotes
By the Chogorian Outriders
About the Chogorian Outriders
- "They are too much like Jaghatai, bound by no decree except their own. To try and control them or command them is like telling the wind not to blow or the sea not to churn. I cannot condemn them for being what they are no more than can say the same of Leman's wolves. Let them go, they will return. They always do."
- — Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the Ultramarines XIII Legion Astartes, Lord of Ultramar, and Lord Commander of the Imperium on the early departure of the Chogorian Outriders from the Indomitus Crusade.
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