Ogryn Charonite

Ogryn Charonite squads are specialist detachements of the Imperial Army that are assigned to Solar Auxilia Cohorts when brute strength is required. As their name indicates Charonties squads are only constituted of the physically powerful abhumans known as Ogryns. Unlike the far more common Ogryn Bulwark or Gun Ripper-squads, the Charonite squads are a far more spezialised detachment that could in some regards be considered as the predecessors of present-day Bullgryns although they also share a lot in common with the infamous Chaos Ogryn Berserker which are thought to be a bastardized version of the original Charonite-template.

Origins
Auxilia Ogryn Charonite could readily be found among the arsenals of several void-capable human pocket-civilisations of the Segmentum Solar such as the Saturnyne Enclaves. Their true origins lay lost within the Age of Strife but they remained a common if not widespread sight during the early years of the Great Crusade. The difficult and unstable technologies used in their creation - some of them being rumoured to be of xenos provenance - has led the Adeptus Mechanicus to declare the creation of Charonites as unholy and proscribed. Realizing what a powerful addition these Charonite would make to the Imperial Army and despise the opprobium of Mars,the Solar Auxilia has obtained a dispensation for the creation and use of Charonites in limited numbers. This was further facilitated by the strong ties the early Solar Auxilia maintained through their own origins with the Saturnyne Enclaves, Terra and the celestial keeps of Pavonis which had all retained much of their independence from the Imperial rule.