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The '''Pale Throng''' are a [[Mutant]] Cult and anti-[[Imperial]] warband active in the [[Calixis Sector]]. They are considered one of the most dangerous and destabilizing elements in the region. Their goal is to liberate Mutants and [[Psyker]]s from the shackles of Imperial oppression, and visit bloody vengeance upon their overlords. Beyond their Mutant liberation platform, they maintain that Mutants and Psykers are superior to normal [[human]]s and represent the future of mankind. Unlike most {{Fn|1}}  They are no [[Chaos Cult]]s, they but are prone to manipulation from external forces, opening the possibility to being used as a tool in a Chaos-scheme. They do not act subtlety or with conspiracy. Rather, they are a hyper-violent band of hideously deformed killers and [[Rogue Psyker]]s whose trademark is the destruction and atrocities against non-Mutants they leave in their wake.{{Fn|1}}

But while the Tranch War is a relatively well-known conflict, the Imperium keeps its darker truth a secret. For the identities of the mutant overlords of Tranch, the Shroud Masters, are beings of great skill and intellect with the power to manipulate the [[Warp]]. Drawing from the powers of [[Chaos]], the Shroud Masters are able to control their mutant armies as if they were a single organism. Fortunately for the Imperium, the Shroud Masters Council imploded during the conflict and saw the Pale Throng fragment into smaller warbands. Yet still, there are several Shroud Masters active, furthering the cause of the Pale Throng indepently of each other.{{Fn|1}}

But despite Despite its defeat in the Tranch War, the Pale Throng is still very mucha ctivemuch active. They have been linked to scores of mutant rebellions across Imperial space, some simply razing an industrial outpost while others have claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands. Notable actions include sparking massive mutant uprisings across the [[Adrantian Sub-Sector|Adrantian]] and [[Malfian Sub-Sector|Malfian]] [[Sub-Sector]]s, setting off nuclear weapons on [[Sepheris Secundus]], and the hijacking of the ore barge ''Borombarst'' by Rogue Psykers which caused the destruction of [[Fenksworld]]'s orbital docks. One of the most infamous Pale Throng attacks was on [[Baraspine]], where the the entire planet was nearly destroyed in an attempted [[Daemon|daemonic]] incursion under the direction of the [[Chaos Cult]] of [[Sorcerer]]s known as the [[Ghol Voluptara]], who had concerted the Pale Throng attacks as cover for their own plans. Only the a quick intervention by the [[Adepta Sororitas]] prevented the Sorcerer's dark plans from passing.{{Fn|1}}

At the centre of any Pale Throng-led uprising are the Shroud Masters, who still remain despite the destruction of their council in the Shroud Wars. Each Shroud Master in turn operates a retinue of Rogue [[Psyker]]s and veteran or particularly powerful Mutants. This cell infiltrates a world, where the Shroud Master and his minions begin to spread the name of the Pale Throng to the mutant and downtrodden. Any resistance or voices of dissent among the mutants is viciously put down by the Pale Throng to ensure that an uprising takes place under their direction. When their pieces are in place and the mutants organized, the Pale Throng will launch an utterly unsubtle all-out assault across the planet with their full fury. The Mutant hordes and psychic atrocities will seek to slaughter all humans in their path until they are either annihilated or victorious. Despite this simplistic ''modus operandi''Due to their poor planning and inexperienced field-commanders, the Pale Throng will usually survive any Imperial eventually succumb to an imperial counter-insurgency attempts attack, by breaking into small cells and warbands at the end of the conflict, which then . But this again proves to be an advantage as they scatter and go into hiding.{{Fn|1}}