White Panthers

The White Panthers

History
In the year 332.M39 the White Panthers responded to a transmission made by an Inquisitor Bastalek Grim, who had uncovered plans of the government of Kethra to secede from the Imperium. A White Panthers strike force proceeded to completely destroy Kethra's military capabilities, its Planetary Defence Forces, storming the Governor's palace, and executing the traitorous leaders. Inquisitor Grim saw this as needlessly rendering an essentially Imperial world defenseless.

When the planet Thagra IV was invaded by the Alpha Legion, the White Panthers were sent to liberate the planet. The planet had a heavy mutant population, involved as the slave workforce within the planet's manufactoria. During the rebellion many of the mutants joined the Alpha Legion's attacks, while some remained loyal and resisted the invasion through guerrilla warfare. The White Panthers eventually drove the Alpha Legionnaires off, afterwards rounding up most of the mutants, including those who had fought against the invading Alpha Legion, considering them all to be traitors. Ready to execute the entirety, the Inquisitor Gregor Eisenhorn forced the Marines to have the loyal mutants spared.

Organization
The White Panthers are organized according to the Codex Astartes. Their symbol is a white panther's head over black.