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==Homeworld==
[[Nostramo]] was a nocturnal mining world, which was ridden with crime. When he landed Curze launched a vigilante campaign and took over the planet by killing all of the criminals. The planet was destroyed during the heresy by [[Night Haunter]] himself for reasons unknown.
Today the Night Lords have bases in unknown locations in the [[Eye of Terror]] from where they launch raids against the Imperium.
==History==
The Night Lords eventually relocated to the [[Eye of Terror]], where they currently reside.
==OrganizationCombat Doctrine==The Night Lords rely on terror tactics. Stealth skills and infiltration are utilized by the Legion, but not to the same extent as the Alpha Legion.
===Pre-Heresy===
Little is known of the Pre-Heresy Night Lords organization specific combat tactics outside of extensive use of [[Drop Pod]]s, [[Rhino]] troop carriers, and [[Assault Marine]]s, known as "[[Chaos Raptor|Raptor]]s." [[Assault Marine]]s apparently got their start as Night Lords under Captain [[Zso Sahaal]], and due to their successes, other Legions began forming jump infantry squads.<sup>2</sup>
===Post-Heresy===
[[Image:NightLordRaptor.jpg|thumb|a [[Chaos Raptor|Raptor]] of the Night lords]]
The Night Lords tend not to use [[Daemon]]s in their armies, although they have been known to work alongside [[Furies]], Daemons of Chaos Undivided who share the Night Lords' fondness for brutal murder and psychological warfare. Night Lords do not worship a specific power of [[Chaos]], instead following the concept of [[Chaos Undivided]]. Indeed, the Night Lords have a contempt for all of the [[Ruinous Powers]], as well as weakness of any sort.
==Organization==
===Pre-Heresy===
Unknown.
===Post-Heresy===
Today the Night Lords exist as a semi-organized mass or individual warbands. Among them Kreig Acerbus leads the most respect of the Night Lords but by no means does he command the whole Legion. There have been rumors of the return of Zho Sahaal, but these should not be taken at face value and may be just another fear tactic.
==Appearance==
The Night Lords armor is not only commonly adorned in images of their Legion, and symbols of death such as trophy racks/pikes, spiked armor, and numerous skulls of all sizes but the Nightlords alone have a peculiar form of imagery that occurs on each and every legionnaire's armor. The Night Lords' night blue armor is alive with a mysterious network of lightning bolts that constantly play across their armor when in combat. Whether artificial, a curse, or something else, this lightning is a signature of the imagery of the lords of night and terrorises their foes in the ink blackness of the night.
==Geneseed==
The gene-seed of the Night Lords seems to be surprisingly pure. Of all the Chaos Space Marine Legions, the Night Lords seem to be the least mutated. Night Lords marines have jet black eyes and pale skin. The original legionnaires do not have irises, with the visible part of their eyes consisting entirely of pupils. Their skin, eyes, and even their senses of smell and hearing are all adapted for living in complete darkness.