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13th Black Crusade Forces
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Order of Battle for the Imperium of Man and the forces of Chaos during the 13th Black Crusade.
Imperial Forces[2a]
Astra Militarum
- Avellornian Gunners - 32 Squadrons[1b][19a]
- Bar-El Penal Legions - 4 Legions[1b][19a]
- Blitzen Heavy Armoured[19b]
- Cadian Shock Troops - 612 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Cadian 2nd
- Cadian 3rd[19c][20d]
- Cadian 4th[19c][20f]
- Cadian 7th[19c]
- Cadian 8th[7d][19c]
- Cadian 9th[7c][19c]
- Cadian 10th[19c]
- Cadian 12th[19c]
- Cadian 13th[7e]
- Cadian 14th[7g]
- Cadian 20th[19c]
- Cadian 21st
- Cadian 23rd[1c][19c]
- Cadian 27th[7h][19c]
- Cadian 32nd[19c]
- Cadian 33rd
- Cadian 39th[19c]
- Cadian 42nd[19c]
- Cadian 45th[19c][20b]
- Cadian 46th[20f]
- Cadian 47th[19c]
- Cadian 52nd[19c]
- Cadian 56th[20g]
- Cadian 57th[20a]
- Cadian 69th[19c]
- Cadian 75th[19c]
- Cadian 79th[7i]
- Cadian 87th[20b]
- Cadian 95th[19c]
- Cadian 99th[19c]
- Cadian 101st[20a]
- Cadian 102nd[19c]
- Cadian 107th
- Cadian 111st
- Cadian 119th
- Cadian 121st[19c]
- Cadian 122nd[19c]
- Cadian 123rd[19c]
- Cadian 131st[19c]
- Cadian 135th[19c]
- Cadian 148th[19c]
- Cadian 173rd[19c]
- Cadian 185th[7f]
- Cadian 201st
- Cadian 252nd[7f]
- Cadian 328th[20d]
- Cadian 366th[19c]
- Cadian 377th[19c]
- Cadian 379th[19c]
- Cadian 403rd[7f]
- Cadian 662nd[20c]
- Cadian 674th (Recon)[20d]
- Cadian 734th[19c]
- Cadian 772th[20b]
- Cadian 992bd[20d]
- Cadian 993rd[20a]
- Cadian 4002nd[20d]
- Cadian 9th Armoured[19c]
- Cadian 23rd Armoured[20d]
- Cadian 47th Armoured[20a]
- Cadian 51st Armoured[7g]
- Cadian 79th Armoured[20d]
- Cadian 103rd Armoured[20f]
- Cadian 114th Armoured[20e]
- Cadian 120th Armoured[19c]
- Cadian 142nd Armoured[13b]
- Cadian 155th Armoured[13c]
- Cadian 185th Armoured
- Cadian 652nd Armoured[20d]
- Cadian 774th Armoured[20a]
- Cadian 987th Armoured[20a]
- Cadian 1911st Artillery[20d]
- Cadian 8th Heavy Tank Regiment[13a]
- Cadian 77th Airborne[20g]
- Cadian 101st Airborne[20h]
- Cadian 99th Cavalry[20d]
- Cadian Kasrkin - 486 Companies[1b]
- Catachan Jungle Fighters[19c]
- Cthonian Armoured Cavalry[19b]
- Dhonovar Heavy Armour - 5 Companies[8]
- Drookian Fen Guard - 16 Companies[1b][19a]
- 53rd Drookian Fenguard[20f]
- Elysian Drop Troops[19c]
- Finreht Highlanders - 3 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Framlingham Rifles
- Gudrunite Rifles - 47 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Hallicon Armoured - 5 Regiments[8]
- Jouran Dragoons - 7 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Kellersburg Irregulars - 3 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Knovian Gharkas - 14 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Mordian Iron Guard[19c]
- Narmenian Tank Brigades[19b]
- Narsine Yeomanry - 32 Battle Groups[1b][19a]
- Praetorian Guard
- Thracian Guard - 35 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Van De'Man's World 'Redbacks' - 5 Regiments[1b][19a]
- Zenonian Free Companies - 9 Companies[1b][19a]
- Militarum Tempestus[7b]
Astra Militarum Individual Regiments[2a]
- Britan 79th Armoured Reconnaissance Regiment
- Cthonian 2nd Armoured Regiment
- Dernhelm 9th
- Desert Devils 153rd Regiment
- Flotte Coloniale XXI
- Hadleys Hope XI Rifle Regiment
- Heidrun 43rd/65th Regiment
- Hyrkan 6th
- Krieg 23rd
- Methuselan Infantry 12th (Mechanised)
- Mordant 303rd 'Acid Dogs'[1b][19a]
- Necromunda 8th Infantry[1b]
- Phobos XVI
- Ritzos 12th
- Sturm Pioneers 352nd Regiment
- Valhalla 54th
- Vostroyan 21st Firstborn Regiment
- 113th Death's Heads[7f]
Planetary Defence Forces
- Agripinaa Home Guard[19b]
- Cadian Youth Army - 36 Regional Commands[1b]
- Cadian Interior Guard
- Cadian Internal Guard
- Perlia PDF and SDF[5a]
- Battlefleet Cadia - 12 Battleships, 12 Cruiser Squadrons, 21 Escort Squadrons
- Battlefleet Corona - 7 Battleships, 13 Cruiser Squadrons, 17 Escort Squadrons
- Battlefleet Gothic - 5 Battleships, 9 Cruiser Squadrons, 13 Escort Squadrons
- Battlefleet Scarus
- Battlefleet Solar
- Battlefleet Agripinaa
- Battlegroup Nemesis
- Battle Group Imperatis
- Bakka Sector Task Force
Space Marine Chapters
- Angels of Absolution[7b] - 10 Companies[1b]
- Angels of Redemption[7b]
- Angels of Vigilance[7b] - 5 Companies[1b]
- Angels Sanguine[7b] - 7 Companies[1b]
- Aurora Chapter[7b]
- Black Consuls - 4 Companies[8]
- Black Guard
- Black Templars[16b]
- Blood Angels - 4 Companies[2b]
- Brazen Claws[7b] - 10 Companies[1b]
- Cerulean Guard - 3 Companies[8]
- Crimson Fists[7g] - 1 Company
- Consecrators[7b]
- Dark Angels[16b] - 10 Companies[1b]
- Death Spectres[7b] - 6 Companies[1b]
- Deathwatch[7b]
- Destroyers[7b]
- Doom Eagles[7b] - 5 Companies[1b]
- Doom Legion[7c]
- Excoriators - 8 Companies[1b]
- Exorcists[7b] - 10 Companies[1b]
- Fire Lords[7c]
- Genesis Chapter[7b]
- 5th Company[7b]
- Harbingers - 8 Companies[1b]
- Hawk Lords[7b]
- 7th Company[7b]
- Howling Griffons - 8 Companies[1b]
- Imperial Fists - 5 Companies[2b][7a]
- Iron Hands - 10 Clans[1b]
- Iron Knights[7b] - 1 Company[1b]
- Iron Snakes[7b] - 5 Companies[1b]
- 4th Company[7b]
- Legion of the Damned[7a]
- Marines Exemplar - 9 Companies[1b]
- Mortifactors - Chaeros Task Force[6]
- Night Watch - 11 Companies[1b]
- Novamarines[7b] - 6 Companies[1b]
- 2nd Company[7f]
- Raven Guard[7b]
- Reclaimers - 3 Companies[3]
- Relictors - 10 Companies[1b]
- Revilers[1e]
- Salamanders[7b]
- Sons of Orar[7b]
- Space Wolves - 12 Great Companies[1b]
- Storm Warriors[7b] - 10 Companies[1b]
- Storm Lords[7b]
- 2nd Company[7b]
- Subjugators - 3 Companies[1b]
- Ultramarines
- Ultramarines Honour Company[1b]
- 2nd Company[7b]
- Time-displaced forces of Lieutenant-Commander Cerantes[7c]
- Watchguards - 6 Companies[8]
- White Consuls[7b] - 10 Companies[1b]
- White Scars[7b]
Space Marine Fleet Assets[1b]
- Phalanx
- Battle Barges - 21
- Strike Cruisers - 150
- Escort Squadrons - 200
Adepta Sororitas
- Order of the Bloody Rose - 6 Preceptories[1b]
- Order of the Ebon Chalice - 4 Preceptories[1b]
- Order of Our Martyred Lady[16a]
- Garrison forces on Cadia[7d] - 5 Preceptories[1b]
- 5 time-lost Commanderies under Saint Celestine[16b]
- Order of the Ermine Mantle - 3 Missions[1b]
- Order of the Wounded Heart - 1 Commandery[1b]
- Order of the Maurdlin Countenance
- Order of the Sublime Adoration
- Order of the Silver Lilly
- Order of the Divine Lamentation
Adeptus Mechanicus
- Legio Metalica Loyalist branch - Demi-Legio[1b]
- Legio Ignatum - Legio[1b]
- Legio Gryphonicus - Legio[1b]
- Legio Astorum - Legio[1b]
- House Krast - 2 Households[1b]
- House Arokon - 4 Households[1b]
- House Taranis[7g]
- House Raven[7f]
- Centurio Ordinatus - 4 Ordinatus[1b]
- Ordo Reductor - Demi-Legio[1b]
- Legio Cybernetica - 3 Cohorts[8]
- Skitarii - 87 Regiments[1b]
- Divisio Telepathica Psi-Titans - Classified[1b]
- Freeblade Knights[8]
Inquisition
- Ordo Malleus[1b]
- Grey Knights - Classified[1b]
- Inquisitorial Task Forces - Classified[1b]
- Inquisitorial Stormtroopers - 38 Companies at Nemesis Tessera, more deployed across various zones[1b]
- Ordo Xenos
- Forces of Inquisitor Bronislaw Czevak[1d][17]
- Forces of Inquisitor Amberley Vail[5c]
Other Forces
- Officio Assassinorum forces - Classified[1b]
- Departmento Munitorum Engineer Corps - 18[1b]
- Departmento Munitorum Siege Auxilia Corps - 28 Counter-siege batteries[1b]
- Templars Psykologis Disruption Squads - 37[1b]
- Templars Psykologis Auger Teams - 6[1b]
Chaos Forces
By the time of the final assault on Cadia itself, the Chaos forces were divided into a number of larger battlegroups, including "Abaddon's Vanguard", the "Red Legion" Khornate host commanded by the Bloodthirster Khan'zhar the Red, the "Plague Armies" of Nurgle commanded by Slogoth Poxbelly, the "Host Iridescent" of Tzeentch commanded by M'Katchnar, and the "Decadent Horde" of Slaanesh commanded by Sidroh the Sinuous.[8]
Chaos Space Marines
- Alpha Legion[1b][7f]
- Black Legion[1b] - large numbers, spread across several sectors[1b]
- Hounds of Abaddon[7f]
- Children of Torment - 3 Warbands[8]
- Bleak Brotherhood[11a]
- Crimson Slaughter[9a]
- Death Guard - 3 plague companies on Cadia itself;[8] additional forces across nearby sectors[1b]
- Apostles of Contagion[12]
- Lords of Silence[14]
- The Purge
- The Tainted - 7 Companies[8]
- Eagles Iridescent - 3 Companies[8]
- Emperor's Children - 5 hosts on Cadia itself[8]
- Pain Armoured Brigade - 2 Sonic Companies[8]
- Extinction Angels
- Fallen Angels (rumored)
- Gorehands - 5 Companies[8]
- Iron Warriors[8] - forces concentrated in Cadian System[1b]
- Night Lords - 3 warbands on Cadia itself,[8] more in nearby sectors[1b]
- Sons of Malice[1b]
- Sons of Vengeance[11b]
- The Pyre (turned traitor during the 13th Black Crusade)
- The Scourged - 4 Companies[8]
- Thousand Sons - active around Caliban, in Prosperan Rift;[1b] and in the Webway[1d][18]
- Violators - 5 Warbands[8]
- Warp Ghosts[1b]
- Word Bearers - 5 companies on Cadia itself[8]
- World Eaters - 5 warbands on Cadia itself,[8] more at Agripinaa[14] and other sectors[1b]
The Lost and the Damned
- Traitor Guard
- Chaos Cults and Mutant hordes
- Bloodbathers[9b]
- Bloodemption[8]
- Cult of the Red Disciples[9b]
- Dirtdogs[9b]
- Kabal of Umbra[8]
- The Anointed of Aq'si[1b]
- Black Oculus[10]
- Hedonastic[8]
- The Shyis'slaa[1b]
- The Stigmatus Convent[1b][8]
- The Unsactified[1b]
- Twisted Talon[10]
- Viscous[8]
- The Horned - Pestigor Legion[8]
- Unkbolt Conflock - 9 Tzaangor Warflocks[8]
- Ogryn Brutepox - 3 Companies[8]
- Forces of Varan[5b]
- Monsters, zombies, Chaos Spawns - great numbers[8]
- Tentacled Behemoth (Warp Monster)[8]
- The Risen - Plague Zombie horde[8]
Traitor Titan Legions
- Legio Vulpa - unconfirmed sightings on Cadia[1b]
- Fire Masters - "limited" presence in the Cadian Sector[1b]
- Legio Metalica Traitor faction - "major force" on Vorga Torq[1b]
- Legio Mortis[1b] - Demi-Legio[8]
- Legio Vulcanum[7f]
Daemonic Legions
- Slaanesh daemons
- The Writhing Host - 6 Legions[8]
- The Undulators - 6 Legions[8]
- Tzeentch daemons
- Triumvirate of Arcanzarr - Daemonic Coven[8]
- Scintillating Host - 9 Legions[8]
- Legion of Shimmerlak - 9 Legions[8]
- Khornate daemons
- Bloodguard - 8 Greater Daemons[8]
- Redhost - 8 Legions[8]
- Fellblades - 8 Legions[8]
- Kaghrexx's Destroyers - 8 Legions[8]
- Nurgle daemons
- Drub'sla Plaguehost - 7 Legions[8]
- Three-Eyed Tolltakers - 7 Legions[8]
- Blightwalkers - 7 Legions[8]
- Nurgling Tide - Uncountable[8]
Chaos Fleet
- Est. 38 Battlefleets[1b]
- Grand Fleet of Abaddon the Despoiler - 7 Battleships, 13 Heavy Cruisers, 23 Cruiser Squadros, 30 Escort Squadrons[1b]
- Fleet of Kossolax the Foresworn - 1 Battleship, 3 Cruiser Squadrons, 8 Escort Squadrons[1b]
- Plague Fleet of Typhus - 3 Battleships, 3 Heavy Cruisers, 5 Cruiser Squadrons, 12 Escort Squadrons[1b]
- Crimson Slaughter Fleet - One Space Hulk, 1 Flagship, 1 Escort, 2 Transport, 1 Ram Ship[9c]
- 2 Blackstone Fortresses[1b]
- 19 'Wolf Pack' Squadrons'[1b]
Other Combatants
Sources
- 1: Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition):
- 2: White Dwarf 286 (UK): The Eye of Terror
- 3: Eye of Terror Newsletter 3
- 4: Eye of Terror Newsletter 8
- 5: Cain's Last Stand (Novel)
- 6: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition, pg. 177
- 7: Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia
- 8: Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pg. 161
- 9: Crimson Slaughter - A Codex: Chaos Space Marines Supplement (6th Edition)
- 10: Black Legion - A Codex: Chaos Space Marines Supplement (6th Edition), pg. 52
- 11: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition):
- 12: Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three, pg. 88
- 13: Imperial Armour Volume One - Second Edition: Imperial Guard
- 13a: pg. 117
- 13b: pg. 18
- 13b: pg. 19
- 14: The Lords of Silence (Novel), Chapter 13
- 15: White Dwarf 286 (UK), pgs. 68-69 — Index Astartes: The Eye of the Storm - Blood Angels
- 16: Codex: Adepta Sororitas (8th Edition):
- 17: Atlas Infernal (Novel), Interregnum #3
- 18: Gathering Storm: Fracture of Biel-Tan, War in the Labyrinth
- 19: The 13th Black Crusade (Background Book):
- 20: Cadia Stands (Novel)