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G'uttkhra - Thorns of Heaven

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The G'uttkhra or 'Thorns of Heaven' were a Chaos army in service of Magister Rusheck Vakkim during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. They were part of a large raiding fleet that were highly skilled evading Imperial forces to strike at lightly defended targets. Imperial High Command figures were known to dread the guile associated to them and their leader. They are attributed with a series of savage raids on the edges of the Khan Group in 764.M41 and after the Battle of Balhaut assisted in obliterating six minor Imperial worlds including Tanith. They were later defeated in an orbital battle over Nyzon II, were despite living up to their reputation as nightmarish foes, they were overcome in ship-to-ship to boarding actions and their Magister tracked down and killed by the forces of General Urienz.[1a][1b]

If the Chaos cultist shock troops sighted by Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt during the fall of Tanith were part of the G'uttkhra, then mutation is rife within their ranks, with individuals noted to possess a range of unnatural appendages including paws and horns.[2a][2b]

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