The Claws of Lorek are a warband of Chaos Space Marines of unknown allegiance and genetic origin. They are suspected by Imperial scholars of being a splinter group of the Astral Claws Renegade Chapter, the once Loyalist Space Marine Chapter that now forms the Red Corsairs warband.
The Heretic Astartes of the Claws of Lorek have been sighted within the area of the Warp rift known as the Maelstrom in the Ultima Segmentum.
Warband History[]

Claws of Lorek Warband Colour Scheme
Notable Campaigns[]
- Invasion of Ultramar (ca. 999.M41) - The Invasion of Ultramar was unleashed when a large Chaos warband known as the Bloodborn invaded the Ultramarines' Realm of Ultramar, headed by the Iron Warriors Warsmith Honsou and the Daemon Prince M'kar the Reborn, both servants of the Ruinous Powers who had sworn revenge against the Ultramarines for past wrongs they believed done to them. This Chaos invasion occurred roughly concurrently with Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade in ca. 999.M41, though the Bloodborn's invasion was not officially a part of the Black Crusade's forces. The Bloodborn were comprised of a large following of multiple Heretic Astartes warbands and rogue regiments comprised of both Planetary Defence Forces and Traitoris Militarum troops. These mortal troops were used as cannon fodder during the Bloodborn's initial assaults. The rest of the invasion's elite forces were comprised of Chaos Space Marine warbands which included the Claws of Lorek, the Apostles of MinthRas, the Skulltakers, and the Death Shadows. The Claws of Lorek were led by Neshan Voor and fought alongside the Corsair Queen Kaarja Salombar on Espandor against Captain Cato Sicarius of the Ultramarines, and against Captain Uriel Ventris on Calth.
Notable Claws of Lorek[]
- Neshan Voor - Neshan Voor was the Chaos Lord who led the Claws of Lorek in the campaigns of the Invasion of Ultramar.
Warband Appearance[]
Warband Colours[]
The Claws of Lorek wear black power armour with metal trim and a reverse red/black tiger-stripe pattern on the shoulder plates and greaves.
Warband Badge[]
The Claws of Lorek do not have an individual warband icon, instead they wear the usual heretical Chaos iconography and fetishes to identify their allegiance to the Dark Gods.
Sources[]
- Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 18
- The Chapter's Due (Novel) by Graham McNeill