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*The [[Goreshades]]{{Fn|64b}}
*The [[Helflight]]{{Fn|74}}
*The [[Nightwing (Warband)|Night Wing]]{{Fn|1010a}}
*The Reavers of [[Hodir]]{{Fn|16}}
*The [[Raptorous Flayhost]]{{Fn|33b}}
Refusing to allow the assassin to escape, the Night Lord named the [[Soul Hunter]], an [[apothecary]] of the [[10th Company (Night Lords)|10th Company]], pursued her with intent to kill - a solo pursuit that was joined by a significant portion of the legion's senior officers when it transpired that the assassin had also looted several of Curze's possessions believed bequeathed by him to the legion's command cadre.{{Fn|2d}} Chief amongst these officers was the heir-apparent Zso Sahaal, who succeeded in boarding the assassin's vessel and retrieving the [[Corona Nox]], a symbol of Curze's authority he believed was now to be his. However, Sahaal's own ship was attacked by [[Eldar]] raiders almost immediately, so he returned to it and vanished into the [[Warp]], not to be seen again for almost ten thousand years.{{Fn|3a}} As for the Soul Hunter, he slew the assassin in the manner of the Night Lords.{{Fn|2d}}
Now without a leader, the Night Lords eventually fragmented were beset upon by the [[Ultramarines]] and their [[Second Founding]] successors in the [[Battle of Tsagualsa]].{{Fn|10b}} After the battle, they shattered into disparate warbands largely built around their original legion company structure and relocated to the [[Eye of Terror]].{{Fn|2d}} Though various individuals would try to claim leadership of the entire legion, such as Zso Sahaal and [[Decimus (Character)|Decimus]], none were ever able to reunite the broken legion.{{Fn|2c}}{{Fn|2d}}{{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|1010a}}
====In Midnight Clad====
*'''???.[[M31]]:''' [[Nostramo]] — Exterminatus action; the legion destroyed their own homeworld with concentrated [[lance]] firepower, shattering it.{{Fn|1}}
====The Horus Heresy/[[Great Scouring]]====
*'''006.[[M31]]:''' The [[Drop Site Massacre]]{{Fn|1}}
*'''007-009.[[M31]]:''' The [[Thramas Crusade]] and Eastern Fringe Genocide - diversionary campaign; continuing even after the defeat of Horus, though suffering a severe defeat at the hands of the [[Dark Angels]], the Night Lords were only stopped by the assassination of Konrad Curze.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|15d}}
*'''014.[[M31]]:''' The [[Solar War]] and the [[Siege of Terra]]{{Fn|46}}
*'''017.[[M31]]:''' The [[Scouring of the Nostramo Sector]]{{Fn|27}}
*'''???.[[M31]]:''' The [[Battle of Tsagualsa]]. The Night Lords shatter as an organized Legion.{{Fn|10b}}
====Post Heresy====
*[[27th Company (Night Lords)|27th Company]] (the "'''''Shattered Skull'''''"){{Fn|17b}}
*[[39th Company (Night Lords)|39th Company]]{{Fn|15c}}
*[[40th Company (Night Lords)|40th Company]]{{Fn|1010a}}
*[[43rd Company (Night Lords)|43rd Company]]{{Fn|15c}}
*[[45th Company (Night Lords)|45th Company]]{{Fn|18a}}
Since the death of their [[Primarch]], [[Konrad Curze]], the Night Lords have been shattered as an organised legion. Most have fled to the [[Eye of Terror]] and now operate as disparate warbands.{{Fn|2a}} These warbands are fractious and mercenary to the extreme, mostly contenting themselves with raiding, butchery, and plundering. Many have found their way into the service of other Chaos Lords, [[Daemon Prince]]s, and even [[Xenos]] warlords. For as so long as there is a chance to inflict fear and ambush on others, Night Lords will naturally be drawn to a cause.{{Fn|67}}
This style of living has led many Night Lords to become disillusioned with their identity and lack of vision. Some have even turned in their colors for other armies, as was the case with [[Haarken Worldclaimer|Haarken]] and his [[Gloomtalons]], which eventually joined [[Abaddon]]'s [[Black Legion]].{{Fn|67}} However, there is some recent hope as of the [[13th Black Crusade]] that the Legion may be reunited once more by the prophetic figure known as [[Decimus (Character)|Decimus]].{{Fn|1010a}}
==Geneseed==
*[[Vandred Anrathi|The Exalted]] — [[Possessed]] warband leader.{{Fn|2i}}
*[[Talos Valcoran]] — [[Soul Hunter]], succeeded [[Vandred Anrathi|The Exalted]] as warband leader.{{Fn|2g}}
*[[Decimus (Character)|Decimus]] — Prophet, succeeded [[Talos Valcoran]] as warband leader.{{Fn|1010a}}
*[[Tarraq Darkblood]] — Warband leader.{{Fn|9a}}
*[[Gendor Skraivok|The Painted Count]] — [[Daemon Prince]].{{Fn|19}}
**{{Endn|9a}}: pg. 13
**{{Endn|9b}}: pg. 17
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Void Stalker (Novel)]], **{{Endn|10a}}: Epilogue Tertius**{{Endn|10b}}: Chapters 12-14
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], pg. 51
*{{Endn|12}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two]], pg. 126
