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From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
→The Lord of the Night
This approach made the Night Lords well-suited for dealing with worlds brought into the Imperium during the Crusade who were subsequently lax in achieving full compliance, or who even threatened to rebel. They were heavily utilized as a force that solidifed the Imperium's grip after initial pacification was achieved; as this sort of endeavor mirrored what Curze did as the Night Haunter on Nostramo, the Night Lords excelled at reinforcing the [[Emperor]]'s will - through fear. To increase their effectiveness in this regard, Curze encouraged the Night Lords to decorate their [[power armour]] with death imagery. The legion soon gained a tremendously terrifying reputation, one that would cause many planetary rulers to immediately make good any outstanding tithes, make sure Imperial laws were being followed and sometimes would entirely stop an incipient rebellion at the mere rumour of Night Lord retaliation.{{Fn|1}}
As the Great Crusade wore on and the Night Lords began to slowly receive replacement Marines from Nostramo (which had meantime meanwhile fallen back to its pre-Night Haunter ways), the criminal element of Nostraman society, including murderers and rapists, began to fill the ranks.{{Fn|1a}} Much of this was due to the instability of Nostramo's and the return of the old nobility in the absence of Curze, who emptied their worlds jails for the Legion in order to keep the best warriors for their own interests.{{Fn|22b}} This, in addition to Curze's probable insanity,{{Fn|4}} initiated a downward spiral for the Legion.{{Fn|1}}
===Descent===
