Effacers of Medrengard
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The Effacers of Medrengard are an Iron Warriors Warband, who are led by the Warsmith Czagra.[1]
History
They are all brutally efficient siege masters, and most of the Warband are cold-hearted veterans of the Long War, who have helped Czagra destroy and conquer for millennia. The Effacers are also marked by their arcane cybernetic augmentations and for being at the head, in both favor and power, of the various Chaos forces, that serve the Warsmith. However, while Czagra willingly embraced the power the Chaos Gods offered, he was adamant that they were merely tools to be used in his war against the Imperium. As such, few of the Effacers openly worship the Chaos Gods, but individual devotees of each were not unknown, with the largest being devotees of Khorne. The Warsmith also allows Possessed Chaos Marines in the Warband, but he will kill any who fall to the beguilement of Daemons. In doing so, Czagra uses their deaths as an example to what happens to those who dare exchange his authority to the beings of the Warp. Aiding the Warsmith in enforcing his will upon the Warband, is the Effacers' insane Master of Executions and Chaos Champion, Kahrbol Mandrax.[1]
The Warband also contain the elite vanguard shock troops known as the Bronzewrought, who serve as Czagra's bodyguards as well. Only those who show the most single-minded devotion to destruction are permitted to join these Chosen and Chaos Terminators, who are led by the Warsmith's favored lieutenant Vurnok. Because of their relentless hatred, discipline and martial skill, the Bronzewrought almost operate as a separate Warband and Czagra sends them on specialist missions that are unknown to the rest of the Effacers. They all also bear a representation of the bronze claw the Warmsmith wields, as either an augmetic gauntlet, an inscribed sigil or a metallic icon.[1]
Currently Czagra is leading the Effacers and his other Chaos forces in Abaddon the Despoiler's Ark of Omen Campaign.[1]
Known Members
- Czagra - Warsmith and leader of the Warband[1]
- Vurnok - Lieutenant and leader of the Effacers' Bronzewrought[1]
- Kahrbol Mandrax - Master of Executions and Chaos Champion[1]
Known Vessels
- Herald of Misery - Ark of Omen[1]
- Forgemaul - Flagship[1]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 484, pgs. 22-24 - Arks of Omen: Herald of Misery - Bitter Ambition
