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The Cleaved

In the Warhammer 40,000 setting, the Cleaved are a group of Chaos Space Marines that appear to be devoted to Nurgle.

Members of the Cleaved include: the Grave Harbinger.

Codex: Chaos Space Marines (2007)

The Cleaved

These mysterious warriors first appeared during a raid on Magma Cordelian. A strange, oil-like blood oozes from the joints of their armour. Battlefield reports suggest that the Cleaved have an exceedingly high pain threshold, sustaining seemingly mortal wounds and fighting on to victory. What remains of the Chaos Space Marines within their sealed armour, none can say.

Codex: Chaos Space Marines (2012)

The Cleaved symbol

Codex: Chaos Space Marines (2012), p16 — The Cleaved

'Call with all your soul, little one. Call and we shall answer.'

The pallid warriors known only as the Cleaved first appeared during the insurrection of Magma Cordelian. The loyalist guardsmen of the Iridian 334th had pushed their way into the rebellious Planetary Governor's palace after a sustained bombardment. The regiment's Primaris Psykers realised too late that the architecture of the Governor's keep was actually a gigantic summoning circle. Amongst the choking fumes, the insurrectionists conjured reinforcements - not Daemons, but Chaos Space Marines with strange, oil-like blood oozing from the joints in their armour. Though the new arrivals were massively outnumbered, the power-wrmoured warriors exhibited an incredibly high pain threshold, fighting on through mortal wounds to eventually repel the Iridian attack and secure the planet for the insurrectionists.

Codex: Dark Angels (2013)

Codex: Dark Angels (2013), p24 — History of the Dark Angels

891.M39 The Lost Hope of Perdition

A Dark Angels' investigation of a space hulk newly materialised out of the Warp discovers strong elements of the renegades known as the Cleaved. The ensuing fight is won when Assault Squads, advancing behind a trio of Dreadnoughts, get close enough to set cyclonic charges in the engine rooms.

Codex: Chaos Space Marines (2017)

Codex: Chaos Space Marines (2017), p51 — The Cleaved

The Grave Harbinger

The Grave Harbinger, first apparition out of the Cordelian Shimmerportal

The Cleaved first appeared during the insurrection of Magma Cordelian. Amongst the fury of an Astra Militarum counterstrike, the rebels conjured reinforcements - not Daemons of the immaterium, but Chaos Space Marines with oil-like blood oozing from the joins in their armour. Though the new arrivals were massively outnumbered, they fought on through mortal wounds to eventually secure the planet for the insurrectionists.

The Cleaved

Chaos Terminator of the Cleaved

Codex: Chaos Space Marines (2017), p110

'Call with all your soul, little one. Call and we shall answer.'
Battle cry of the Cleaved