The ruthless Kranon, whose full name is Sevatus Kranon, served as Astarte for about two hundred years, and was elected as the commander of the battle for only 30 years (he became the commander of the battle for around 928.M41, and his actual qualifications were shorter than Soshiyan). He became the commander of the battle for not being extraordinary skills or Octavian's tactical mind, but his ability to control it.
In the Crimson Sword, known for its radicalism and restlessness, he is one of the few people who can coordinate forces from all parties, including factions within the group. The major decision of the Crimson Sword was voted by an institution called the Sword Council. The members of the Council are composed of company commanders and senior veterans. The power of the Crimson Sword is lower than that of the U regiment system that is generally single-man ruled, so coordination is more needed.
After standing still, Kranon looked around the bridge with his eyes that were darker than coking coal, with a gentle smile on his face.
"Well, this ship is much worse than I thought, isn't it?"
"We just won a big victory, but it just needs to be repaired."
When Irongrasper said this, his face did not change at all.
"Ah, ah, ah!"
Kranon shook his finger and said mockingly:
"Stop bragging, Iron Graspell, I have seen all your so-called fleet. I think the commander should be more honest and respectful to the person who is about to dig you out of the small hole trapped inside."
"I am the commander appointed by the General of War, and you are just a mercenary. Don't show off in front of me, Kranon."
"I am standing in front of you, but there is a whole fleet behind me. According to my estimate, it will take you no time to eliminate you."
"Do you dare to face the anger of the Black Legion?"
Although Iron Graspell was at a disadvantage in reality, he knew that he could never lose. For Chaos Space Marine, admitting that he was weak was suicide.
"It's just a wrecked dog that was expelled by the Empire, that's all."
Irongrasper said this without any target.
The Crimson Sword was founded during the infamous Curse Army founding, and its mother group was unknown, and their initial reputation was based on their ruthless efficiency and strict adherence to the sacred scriptures.
But soon, some problems occurred in their battle group's rules of conduct. During the 556.M38 period, the battle group had a certain degree of conflict with the two startup groups of the Empire, the Dark Angel and the Holy Blood Angel, in a disintegration event called Unification.
At that time, a huge pilgrimage ship called Unity was forced to leave the sub-space due to a malfunction. The pilgrims and immigrants carried inside were massacred by invading demons. The three battle groups that received the distress signal went to the ship to investigate. According to the tradition of Astart Operation, generally speaking, this collective action would select a joint commander based on qualifications and the prestige of their respective battle groups. At that time, the company commander of the Holy Blood Angel was selected.
But the leader of the Crimson Sword War at that time decided to act alone rather than jointly.
The tradition that needs no explanation was broken, and the Crimson Sword was regarded as an irrespectful newcomer by the Holy Blood Angel, rather than a comrade.
In addition, the Crimson Sword also caused even greater trouble in the operation, and a dark angel's interrogation priest violated the norms and arrested an immigrant in the abandoned ship.
Just as the interrogation priest was harshly questioning the immigrant, several Crimson Sword Warriors interrupted his work. They questioned the interrogation priest's behavior and claimed that it must be some kind of subspace plague that caused the interrogation priest to do such abnormal behavior.
A brief firefight followed, with casualties on both sides, and immigrants took the opportunity to escape.
After that, the Dark Angels were obviously irritated, and for a while they seemed to be on the verge of revenge, but they soon disappeared with the arrival of the Inquisition.
But in the empire, it is not realistic to offend two startup groups and still want to live.
Not long after the unification incident, the parent star of the Crimson Sword was invaded by demons, and the only help from the Empire was the whirlwind torpedo.
After the destruction of the mother planet, the Crimson Army rebuilt the monastery fortress on the new mother planet, but the disappearance of the old mother planet was a painful blow to the pride of the battle group, and all the records about their past and the truth about their origins disappeared, buried under their abandoned fortress monastery.
The battle group took years to rebuild and restore its original number, during which time they did not neglect their duties or relax their enthusiasm, but a long-simmering resentment also grew quietly.
For some reason, the Crimson Sword interrupted the liaison of almost all imperial institutions in the following days, and most of the Astart Orders kept their distance, and this discrimination in turn made the style of the War Chapter more extreme.
This extreme has reached its peak in particular in the purge movement against cults on the planet Umidia.
What happened in this rainforest world was a turning point for the Crimson Swordsman, who slaughtered the inhabitants of the entire planet in action, only to find themselves cursed by Chaos, and even after the battle, the whispers of the dead continued to haunt them in their ears.
The Crimson Sword tried to purify itself, suppress howling from the heart, and execute the enemy in a way that almost ignores the honor and mercy of the empire, but soon the Lord Terra declared him a traitor and was expelled from the Astart Order.
Even so, the Crimson Swords still did not rebel, but decided to punish themselves at a heavy price. They turned to the Eye of Fear and planned to die in the battle to eliminate the enemy of mankind to regain honor.
In the Eye of Fear, they fought with wizards, mutants, semi-humans, demons, subspace entities and all kinds of strange enemies, including of course the powerful Chaos Space Marines, and these enemies also fell in front of the powerful strength of the Crimson Sword.
However, the battle group was eventually corrupted by mutation and transformed into the Chaos War Gang during the Eye of Fear.
The Crimson Sword did not fall at a specific point in time. The mutated power of subspace first spread among the warriors' servants. Then the spacemarine's own desires and fears were slowly liberated, and the entire warrior was quietly mutating. After more than 200 Astartes died in battle, in despair and fear of destruction, the then commander of the warrior, Kranon decided not to serve the empire and no longer longed for martyrs' sacrifices.
He decided to survive.
It was roughly 938.M41. The Crimson Swordsman Wars Team was reborn as the Scarlet Slayers War Gang, but the whispers that haunt them can only be eliminated through the most filthy Holocaust. No matter where they go, terrifying subspace omens will envelop them.
In the following decades, the bloodshed they created had reached an outrageous level. Since they turned against the empire they vowed to protect, the Scarlet Slaughterers have opened up bloody roads of destruction in the galaxy, leaving only the slaughtered wreckage wherever they went.
But at the same time, they will also form alliances with the forces in the Eye of Fear as mercenaries to obtain valuable supplies and fleets.