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The term '''{{PAGENAME}}Blackshields''' refers to irregular [[Space Marine]] units during the [[Horus Heresy]]. Small in scale, few numbered more than a thousand or so warriors.{{Fn|1b}}

*'''Death Seekers''' - — Blackshields consumed with a drive to find death in battle. They were psychologically unstable and could endure tremendous amounts of pain and injury.{{Fn|1a}}*'''Orphans of War''' - — Hardened veterans who are distrustful of both sides of the Heresy.{{Fn|1a}}*'''Outlanders''' - — Have turned to pursuing their own goals, often acting as marauders and pirates.{{Fn|1a}}*'''Chymeriae''' - — Warriors born from a combination of [[gene-seed]] from different [[Legion]]s, often at the demand of a rogue [[Primarch]] or [[Apothecary]]. These warriors were mentally unstable and unpredictable, often suffering from madness and mutations.{{Fn|1a}}

*The '''Company of the Sundered''' - — Pirate band{{Fn|1b}}*The '''Nine Blades''' - — Established a petty slave empire in the Truan System{{Fn|1b}}*The '''Umbral Hundred''' - — Scoured twelve [[System]]s in the [[Chonma Sector]] in 011.[[M31]]{{Fn|1b}}

*The [[Gerasene Host]] - — Undertook unsanctioned [[gene-seed]] hybridization, creating "Chymeriae" Astartes{{Fn|1a}}

*[[Endryd Haar]] - — Former [[World Eater]]*[[Erud Vahn]] - — Former [[Death Guard]]*[[Crysos Morturg]] - — Former [[Death Guard]]*[[Nemean]] - — Former [[Dark Angels]]

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*1: [[The Horus Heresy Book Six]] **{{Endn|1a}}: pgs. 220-224220–224**{{Endn|1b}}: pgs. 18-1918–19