The Red Corsairs and their Tzeentchian allies battle the forces of the reborn Roboute Guilliman during the Terran Crusade Notable Engagements

But as the omission persisted, this signaled to the Mechanicus that there was some darker motive at work. This would later prove to be true with the Astral Claws, as evidence indicated that this first great sin against the established traditions of the Adeptus Astartes would arguably result in the Chapter's fall into heresy. But ultimately, Huron was corrupted in his ambitious pursuit of power and he tainted most of his Chapter as well, leading them into an open rebellion against the Imperium of Man, known as the Badab War, which lasted from 901-912.M41. If you’re not taking Huron, consider the Terminator Sorcerer as an option for the Armour of Badab to give invulnerable saves to nearby units. The Sorcerer can walk alongside the 10-model terminator blob and be your army’s psychic action unit, freeing up your Master of Possession to cast on other units. Possessed and Warp Talons During the first battle round, your army (and every unit from it) is engaged in Wanton Destruction.Not only his own Chapter, but those blinded by their past relationships and allied to the Astral Claws, also followed Lufgt Huron into heresy. In the face of wanton heresy and deceit, the Inquisitor-Legate later charged with prosecuting the crusade against the Secessionist forces of the Badab Sector condemned the entire Astral Claws Chapter as Excommunicate Traitoris, and placed their allies under official suspicion of heresy and treason. Spartan • Fellblade • Typhon • Cerberus • Falchion • Mastodon • Lord of Skulls • Death Wheel • Plaguereaper • Plague Centurion Situated along the Eastern Fringe in the Segmentum Ultima, the region of the galaxy now known as the Maelstrom Zone was first explored during the Great Crusade of the 31st Millennium. Second in size and extent only to the Eye of Terror, the Maelstrom is a vast Warp rift that scars both the physical universe and the fabric of the Immaterium beyond. Exalted Sorcerer • Sorcerer • Warpsmith • Dark Apostle • Master of Possession • Master of Executions • Lord Discordant • Warsmith • Death Guard Sorcerer • Lord of Contagion • Malignant Plaguecaster • Plague Surgeon • Tallyman • Scarab Occult Sorcerer • Scarab Occult Terminators After rebelling against the Imperium and being defeated in the ensuing Badab War, the Chapter's survivors fled into the Maelstrom, becoming the core of the Red Corsairs. As a chapter they have been declared Excommunicate Traitoris and any records of the chapter are marked to be destroyed. [1a] Timeline [Needs Citation]

A hasty bit of rethinking and retooling, along with some new lore, saw the idea of a schism in the Imperium being born. This allowed the box to contain two sets of human-style titans, with one set belonging to the traitorous forces of Horus and his heresy. This story by Mike Brooks focuses on Independence, free-will, power dynamics in a chaos warband, loyalty (to a cause or a person) and the nature of power: how to claim it, how to hold it and how to lose it. Once this force was put in place, the Astral Claws Chapter took over an orbital battle station in the strategically vital Badab System, which became their fortress-monastery and base of operations. Soon the wealth of the Maelstrom Zone once again began to flow into the coffers of the Imperium. The formation of the Tyrant's Legion was far from Huron's only deliberate move to concentrate all military power within the Badab Sector in his own hands and that of his Chapter, as through a system of patronage, charisma, might and political skill he also inveigled the noble houses and commercial interest of those worlds he protected under his direct control, and even suborned the local officers of the Imperial Navy's Maelstrom Fleet squadron under his personal authority.Wolf of Fenris — Strike Cruiser previously belonging to the Space Wolves, captured at the Battle of Parenxes [6b] Helbrute • Ferrum Infernus Dreadnought • Contemptor Dreadnought • Sonic Dreadnought • Berserker Dreadnought • Hellforged Leviathan Dreadnought • Deredeo Dreadnought A portrait of Lufgt Huron, Chapter Master of the Astral Claws and Tyrant of Badab, before his fall to Chaos, found in the manse of the Pyzentos family of the world of Eshunna; note that Huron is wearing Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armour and armed with the Ghost Razors Lightning Claw and a Heavy Flamer. The final architect of the Horus Heresy and the Space Marines’ fall to Chaos was the Primarch of the Word Bearers, Lorgar. A religious zealot who worshipped the Emperor as a god, he redirected his faith to an older power when his fervour was rebuffed by the Master of Mankind. With preliminary judgements into the Badab System in the Segmentum Courts Temporal weighing in the Administratum's favour, an Imperial investigation fleet, including representatives of the Adeptus Mechanicus Biologis Inviglia and the Administratum lords of the Karthago Sector, was sent to Badab to demand the delivery of the Badab tithe and the Chapter's gene-seed requirements.