Traitor Guard
Traitor Guard (or guardsmen) is a term given to the vast majority of disloyal mortals who have left the Imperial Guard and Planetary Defence Forces in order to fight for Chaos. They are not a single coherent force, but rather a faction of the infinite collection of warbands and hosts under the leadership of Chaos Champions and part of the The Lost and the Damned.
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Overview
In order to fulfil their own agendas, Champions of Chaos draw lesser Chaos followers to them to form their own personal armies, which can vary tremendously in size and strength. The Traitor Guard are among the better armed and minded troops that Chaos Champions and/or Arch-Heretics have at their disposal. Like other Imperial military deserters who have turned from their Emperor and fled from Imperial justice. Occasionally entire companies, or even regiments of the Imperial Guard turn to Chaos, and take with them their vehicles and armoury.[1a]
These traitors, unlike other mutants and other vile Beastmen, have not completely lost their military skills or sanity, forming a reasonably reliable core force amongst the slavering hordes of the Lost and Damned armies. Often these mortal guardsmen will fight alongside mutants or Daemons of the warp by summoning them by way of blasphemous rituals. Their allies are complemented further with monstrosities of all kinds, such as Chaos Spawns, hordes of mutants and Beastmen, and packs of Chaos Hounds.[Needs Citation]
When Guardsmen betray their Emperor it is not just themselves who leave to fight for Chaos but their vehicles and equipment as well. Rough Riders, as well as Imperial Guard vehicles such as Leman Russ Battle Tanks, Hellhounds, Basilisks and Sentinels are known to be in the service of Traitor Guard armies too.[1b] Traitor units are also known to use Chimeras and Space Marine Rhinos for transportation.[1c]
Notable Traitor Guard Regiments
- 666th Regiment of Foot
- 9th Terran Wardens - Took part in the Battle of Terra[2]
- 31st Harakoni Warhawks - Elements went renegade.[6b]
- Addaba Free Corps
- Antivigil Bloodcorps[9]
- 99th Borgalen Armoured[12a]
- Benedictian Guard[6]
- Cadian renegades
- Cadian 39th[6a]
- Cadian 110th - Elements went renegade.[6c]
- Cadian 666th[9]
- Carrion Guard[12c]
- 64th Deivan Heavy Infantry[12a]
- Feresk Truthsayers[9]
- Gathalamor 24th[4]
- Haradni 13th
- Hazakh Plaguetakers[10a]
- Heraklion Ironclads
- Jenen Ironclads[9]
- Kardone Changeseekers[10a]
- Lothor 64th Armoured[8]
- Machnorian VI[9]
- Mankarra Household Guard[7]
- Moebian Sixth[13]
- Nochfell Black Guard
- Ocanan XV
- Pallisane Idolators[9]
- Prospero Spireguard
- Priests of Filth[12c]
- Scarhide 1st[12c]
- Styxx 777th Warwolves[12a]
- Tyrant's Legion
- Vanitine Hedonites[10a]
- 99th Vivicune Guard[10b]
- Volscani Cataphracts
- Vostokh renegades
- Vraksian Renegade Militia
- 14th Volpone Bluebloods
- Vymoran 80th
- The Lost
Notable Traitor Guard
- Rutgher Kaine - General
- Recoba - Commander[4]
- Seriadne Hekht - Traitor General[12b]
Images
Eavy Metal Traitor Guard models.[1a]
Traitor Guard models (Blackstone Fortress)
Bloodied Traitor Guard with Traitor Commissar and Chaos Ogryn[11]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)
- 2: Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition), pg. 42
- 3: Warhammer Combat Cards, Card Description
- 4: Words of Blood (Short Story)
- 5: Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pg. 164
- 6: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution
- 7: Hunt for Voldorius (Novel), Chapter 4
- 8: Steel Tread (Novel), Chapter 3
- 9: Vigilus Ablaze, pg. 73 - Forces of Chaos: Heretic Astartes
- 10: War Zone Nachmund: Rift War
- 11: Games Workshop Kill Team Moroch (last accessed 29/5/2022)
- 12: Kill Team: Moroch Rules Manual
- 13: Dev Blog: Moebian Sixth (Last accessed on 23 June 2022)
- 14: White Dwarf 478, pg.43
