Traitor Guard
Traitor Guard (or guardsmen), officially known as the Hereticus Militarum[9] or Traitoris Militarum,[18] is a term given to the vast majority of disloyal mortals who have left the Imperial Guard and Planetary Defence Forces in order to fight for Chaos. They are not a single coherent force, but rather a faction of the infinite collection of warbands and hosts under the leadership of Chaos Champions and part of the The Lost and the Damned.
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Overview
In order to fulfil their own agendas, Champions of Chaos draw lesser Chaos followers to them to form their own personal armies, which can vary tremendously in size and strength. The Traitor Guard are among the better armed and minded troops that Chaos Champions and/or Arch-Heretics have at their disposal. Like other Imperial military deserters who have turned from their Emperor and fled from Imperial justice. Occasionally entire companies, or even regiments of the Imperial Guard turn to Chaos, and take with them their vehicles and armoury.[1b]
These traitors, unlike other mutants and other vile Beastmen, have not completely lost their military skills or sanity, forming a reasonably reliable core force amongst the slavering hordes of the Lost and Damned armies. Often these mortal guardsmen will fight alongside mutants or Daemons of the warp by summoning them by way of blasphemous rituals. Their allies are complemented further with monstrosities of all kinds, such as Chaos Spawns, hordes of mutants and Beastmen, and packs of Chaos Hounds.[1e]
When Guardsmen betray their Emperor it is not just themselves who leave to fight for Chaos but their vehicles and equipment as well. Rough Riders, as well as Imperial Guard vehicles such as Leman Russ Battle Tanks, Hellhounds, Basilisks and Sentinels are known to be in the service of Traitor Guard armies too.[1c] Traitor units are also known to use Chimeras and Space Marine Rhinos for transportation.[1d]
Blooded Kill Team
Blooded Kill Teams are Traitor Guard Kill Team Units[12c] They are led by Chieftains and can be composed of Brimstone Grenadiers, Butchers, Commsmen, Corpsemen, Enforcers, Flensers, Gunners, Ogryn, Sharpshooters, Thugs, Trench Sweepers and Traitor Troopers[1d]. Should the need arise for it, a Traitor General may assign one of their Traitor Lieutenants to directly command a Blooded Kill Team in battle.[12c]
Notable Traitor Guard Regiments
- 5th Columnus[1a]
- 9th Terran Wardens - Took part in the Battle of Terra[2]
- 14th Volpone Bluebloods[16]
- 31st Harakoni Warhawks - Elements went renegade.[6b]
- 99th Vivicune Guard[10b]
- 666th Regiment of Foot[1a]
- Addaba Free Corps
- Antivigil Bloodcorps[9]
- 99th Borgalen Armoured[12a]
- Beasts of Khargor[17]
- Benedictian Guard[6]
- Cadian renegades
- Cadian 39th[6a]
- Cadian 110th - Elements went renegade.[6c]
- Cadian 666th[9]
- Carrion Guard[12c]
- Discilian Apostates[1a]
- The Damned — Pyrus Reach Conflict[15]
- 64th Deivan Heavy Infantry[12a]
- Feresk Truthsayers[9]
- Gagrik Ironspines[10a]
- Gathalamor 24th[4]
- Haradni 13th
- Hazakh Plaguetakers[10a]
- Heraklion Ironclads
- Jenen Ironclads[1a][9]
- Kardone Changeseekers[10a]
- Lothor 64th Armoured[8]
- The Lost
- Machnorian VI "Sighted"[9]
- Mankarra Household Guard[7]
- Moebian 6th[13][18]
- Nochfell Black Guard
- Ocanan XV
- Pallisane Idolators[9]
- Prospero Spireguard
- Priests of Filth[12c]
- Scarhide 1st[12c]
- Sentrek Freemen[1a]
- Styxx 777th Warwolves[12a]
- Tyrant's Legion
- The Traitor 9th[1a]
- Ubridius Light Infantry[1a]
- Vanitine Hedonites[10a]
- Volscani Cataphracts[1a]
- Vostokh renegades
- Vraksian Renegade Militia
- Vymoran 80th
Notable Traitor Guard
- Biron Wolfer - Captain
- Recoba - Commander.[4]
- Rutgher Kaine - General
- Seriadne Hekht - Traitor General[12b]
Miniatures
Eavy Metal Traitor Guard models.[1b]
Traitor Guard models (Blackstone Fortress)
Bloodied Traitor Guard with Traitor Commissar and Chaos Ogryn[11]
Traitor Guard as part of a support contingent of an Iron Warriors army. Modelled and painted by Alex Cairns
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See also
- Blooded Kill Team
- Blood Pact
- Chaos Cult
- Chaos Renegade Armoury
- The Lost and the Damned
- The Stigmartus
- Traitor Commissar
Sources
- 1: Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition):
- 2: Codex: Adeptus Custodes (8th Edition), pg. 42
- 3: Warhammer Combat Cards, Card Description
- 4: Words of Blood (Short Story)
- 5: Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pg. 164
- 6: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Retribution:
- 7: Hunt for Voldorius (Novel), Chapter 4
- 8: Steel Tread (Novel), Chapter 3
- 9: Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Ablaze, pg. 73 — Forces of Chaos: Heretic Astartes
- 10: War Zone Nachmund: Rift War:
- 11: Games Workshop Kill Team Moroch (last accessed 29/5/2022)
- 12: Kill Team: Moroch Rules Manual:
- 13: Dev Blog: Moebian Sixth (Last accessed on 23 June 2022)
- 14: White Dwarf 478, pg. 43
- 15: Dark Millennium (game system): Prophecy's Peril — The Damned, card description
- 16: Codex: Death Guard (8th Edition) pg. 22
- 17: Games Workshop: Black Gobbo 4: How to Make a Themed Army: Variant on a Theme (posted 24/10/2007) (Saved archive page, dated 24 October 2007, last accessed 5 August 2024, original link: http://web.archive.org/web/20071024155944/http://us.games-workshop.com/games/painting/themed_armies/default.htm)
- 18: The Art of Warhammer Video Games, pg. 7-9
