Kabal of the Broken Sigil
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The Kabal of the Broken Sigil is one of the great Kabals found in the High Commorragh. They can date their origin back to the days of The Fall.[1a]
Overview
The Kabal takes its icon from the ancient Eldar glyph Drethuchii, loosely translated as the Shattering of Harmony. Like its namesake, the Kabal is infamous for its acts of discord. Whenever order and prosperity abound, the Broken Sigil will bring confusion and despair to even the most idyllic places in the galaxy. Terror tactics are much beloved by its Kabalites, so much so that Archon Xerathis is looked down upon his rivals for the "predictability" of his strategies.[4] They are known to engage in sky-writing, blanket-bombing with hallucinogenic gas and hijacking communications channels to ensure their victims are frightened half to death before their invasion even begins, the better to prepare a rich feast of fear from their victims.[8]
The Harvest of Chogros
In 543.M41, the Kabal launched a series of raids on the Feral World of Chogros. Chogros is known for its Ogryn population, often recruited from by the Imperial Guard. For Dark Eldar, ogryns are prized raw material for the twisted Haemonculi, and make excellent opponents for the Wyches in gladiatorial fights.
The war between these hulking abhumans and the Dark Eldar was brief, and thousands of ogryns were captured and forced aboard the Dark Eldar's transport ships.
The Imperial Guard was furious at what had happened and sent Catachan, Elysian and Katon regiments on Chogros on search and destroy missions.[2]
They were not successful. Those Guardsmen who were not killed were also captured by the Dark Eldar, taken back to Commorragh and sold to the Wych Cults. In the end, those Guardsmen were forced to fight in the arenas against the very ogryns they had intended to free.[1b]
Their raiding territory is located within southern Ultima Segmentum, where they are currently battling Necrons.[5]
Notable members
- Xerathis — Overlord of the Kabal of the Broken Sigil. The Kabal's current Archon, he is a priority target of Deathwatch Kill Teams due to his infamous terror raids.[6]
- Olascyn Vongoliot — Kabalite Warrior, Splinter of Rictus Immerorial, Shard of the Twisted Visage.[6]
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition):
- 2: Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition), pg. 27
- 3: Path of the Archon (Novel), pg. 18
- 4: Codex: Dark Eldar (7th Edition) - Kabals of Commorragh
- 5: Warhammer 40,000.com Map (last accessed 8/10/2020)
- 6: Codex: Drukhari (8th Edition), pg. 23
- 7: Codex: Drukhari (9th Edition), pg. 17
- 8: White Dwarf 372 (UK), pg. 54
