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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' (translated from [[Colchis]]ian as the 'Chapter of Consecrated Iron') was a chapter of the [[Word Bearers]] during the [[Horus Heresy]]. {{Fn|1}}
Formed to replace the devastated [[Gal Vorbak]] in wake of the [[Drop Site Massacre]], the Vakrah Jal was the personal fighting force of [[Argel Tal]]. Its members were drawn from leaderless Word Bearers units which had suffered heavy losses on [[Isstvan V]]. Like the Gal Vorbak before it, the Vakrah Jal consisted of many [[possessed Chaos Space Marine|Possessed]].{{Fn|1}}