Sanctified, The

The Sanctified are a splinter faction of the Word Bearers Legion, that broke away from their parent Legion at the end of the Horus Heresey. They are followers of the Blood God, Khorne. It has been observed that The Sanctified have the innate ability to locate newly founded Imperial colonies and Explorator fleets in the vast tracts of unknown areas of space, preying upon these targets for the last ten millennia.

Warband History
The Sanctified can trace their origins to the end of the Horus Heresy, when the forces of Chaos were beaten at during the Battle of Terra and the Traitor Legions were driven out of Imperial space into the Eye of Terror. The Word Bearers were one of these Legions that fled, but several of their commanders refused to retreat. A Word Bearers Lieutenant Commander by the name of Helman Brisch was one such commander. His troops that remained loyal to him became the Renegade warband known as The Sanctified. They continued their former Legion's dark crusade to convert the masses of the Imperium into the folds of Chaos. Brisch was eventually slain in the 32nd Millennium, but his zealous followers continued to carry out his cause. They scoured the known galaxy recruiting the most devout Chaos Space Marines from other warbands. At some point The Sanctified dedicated itself to the bloody worship of Khorne. Since that time, they have used their dark abilities as daemonancers to summon Khorne's children into the material universe.

Notable Campaigns
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 * The Siege of Vraks (.M41) -