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The '''Iconoclasts''' are a [[Chaos Space Marine]] warband.{{Fn|1}}
==Overview==
Originally known as the '''Altar Brethren''', they were among the thirty [[Chapter]]s whose [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]] lay in the path of the [[Warp Storm]] [[Dionys]] that appeared in [[M37]]. In Dionys wake did the levels of mutation and [[cultist]] activity rose dramatically and the Chapters caught in it had their [[gene-seed]] corrupted. When the powerful and influential [[Saint Basillius]] heard of this, he declared all those Chapters whose homeworlds had become corrupted to be rendered into his judgement. Such was his influence that the [[High Lords of Terra]] agreed to the decision, and 30 chapters were found to be corrupted. Basillius ordered that the 30 Chapters take part in the [[Abyssal Crusade]] into the [[Eye of Terror]], and one by one the Chapters solemnly undertook their quest of certain doom in 321.M37.{{Fn|1}}
The Warband targets the [[Imperium]]'s [[Shrine World]]s in their attacks and are on a mission to destroy them all.{{Fn|2}} In 237.[[M41]], the Iconoclasts destroyed shrines throughout the [[Fallsreach System]].{{Fn|2}}
