The Cleaved

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Nurgle

The Cleaved
Colours:	Pale flesh colour
Specialty:	Endurance
Chaos Dedication:	Nurgle
Battle Cry:	'CALL WITH ALL YOUR SOUL, LITTLE ONE. CALL AND WE SHALL ANSWER'.[2][5b]

The Cleaved are a warband of Chaos Space Marines.^[1]

Overview

Oil-like blood constantly oozes from the joints in their power armour. These marines are known to have a high threshold for pain.^[1][2]

History

First appearing during the insurrection on the planet Magma Cordelian, the loyalist Guardsmen of the Iridian 334th Regiment had pushed their way into the rebellious Planetary Governor's palace after a sustained artillery bombardment. However, the regiment's unit of Primaris Psykers realized that the architecture of the palace was actually a gigantic summoning circle. Into the fray were summoned the Cleaved, who massacred the Iridian guardsmen and secured the planet for the traitors.^[2]

In 891.M39, the Cleaved appeared out of a newly materialized Space Hulk. Battling the Dark Angels, the loyalist Astartes emerged victorious when their Assault Squads, emerging behind a trio of Dreadnoughts, got close enough to set Cyclonic charges to the space hulks engine room.^[3]

Sometime after the formation of the Great Rift, The Cleaved fought raided the Iron Hands' homeworld of Medusa alongside forces from the Death Guard and Purge.^[4a] They have also taken part in the Charadon Campaign.^[6]

Known battles

• Unknown: Magma Cordelian rebellion^[2]
• ???.M41: Cholercaust^[7]
• Early M42: Medusa Raid^[4a]
• Early M42: Charadon Campaign^[6]

Known Members

• The Grave Harbinger, first apparition out of the Cordelian Shimmerportal^[5a]

Images

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  A squad of The Cleaved

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  A squad of The Cleaved with their original symbol

See also

• Chaos Space Marine Legions and Warbands (List)
• Space Marine Forces (List)

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

• A member of The Cleaved's miniature was painted by Dan Hyams, from the Warhammer studio painting team. His painting scheme was as follows:
  • Green Pteruges:
    • Basecoat: Incubi Darkness
    • Wash: Nuln Oil
    • Layer: Kabalite Green
    • Layer: Sybarite Green
  • Pale Armour:
    • Basecoat: Rakarth Flesh & bit of Khorne Red
    • Wash: Mournfang Brown and Lahmian Medium
    • Layer: Pallid Wych Flesh
    • Layer: Rakarth Flesh
    • Layer: White Scar

^[8]

Sources

• 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 68
• 2: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 16
• 3: Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition), pgs. 36–38
• 4: Codex: Death Guard (8th Edition), pg. 22
• 5: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition):
  • 5a: pg. 51
  • 5b: pg. 110
• 6: War Zone Charadon - Act I: The Book of Rust, pgs. 40-41
• 7: Legion of the Damned (Novel), Chapter 18
• 8: White Dwarf December 2019, pg. 4