Imperial Armour 6: The Siege of Vraks, part 2 (2008), p26 — Force Dispositions for the Siege of Vraks

Enemy Forces on Vraks - circa 841823.M41

Vraksian Renegades

• Disciples of Xaphan - 50,000 (estimated)
• Garrison Auxilia - 10,000 (estimated)
• Labour Corps - 1.5 million (estimated)
• Planetary Defence Force - 500,000 (estimated)
• Militia - 1.5 million (estimated)
• Frateris Militia - 250,000 (estimated)
• Other Vraksian Renegades - 1 million (estimated)

Legionii Excommunicate Traitoris

• Chaos Space Marine Warbands - 11 warbands identified (numbers unknown)

  World Eaters sub-factions

  Skulltakers

  The Sanctified

  Berserkers of Skallathrax

  Death Guard sub-factions

  Lords of Decay

  The Tainted

  Apostles of Contagion

  The Purge

  Iron Warriors sub-factions

  Steel Brotherhood

  Other non-aligned factions

  The Faithless - Alpha Legion warband of Arkos the Faithless

  Black Brethren of Eyreas - Possible Black Legion sub-faction

  Adharon's Reavers

Other Renegade Forces

• Other Heretical forces - 500,000 (estimated)

  Traitor Fleet Assets (identified in the Vraks system)

  Anarchy's Heart - Despoiler class

  Blood Dawn - Styx class

  Fallen Sun - Slaughter class

  Ferrum Invictus - Devastation class

  Gore Feasters - Iconoclast class

  Damnators - Infidel class

  Armed transports

  Aharon's Bane - Heavy transport

+++ Compiled by 88th Imperial Guard Siege Army HQ, Thracian-Prime: Thrace sub-sector: Scarus sector +++

+++ For transmission to: Segmentum Obscurus, Departmento Munitorum, Operational Command: Cadia +++

Imperial Armour 6: The Siege of Vraks, part 2 (2008), p33

Dreadclaw assault pod of the Tainted warband

Imperial Armour 7: The Siege of Vraks, part 3 (2009), p142 — Forces of Chaos

The Tainted
Large Deathguard sub-faction. Now connected with the daemon-prince Mamon.

Imperial Armour 7: The Siege of Vraks, part 3 (2009), p172 — Chaos Space Marines

Eleven Traitor warbands were identified during the Vraks campaign:

• Three Khorne worshipping warbands, all World Eater sub-factions: the Skulltakers led by the Chaos Lord Zhufor (who would eventually rise to lead all the defenders of Vraks), the Sanctified and the Berserkers of Skallathrax.
• Four Nurgle worshipping warbands, all Death Guard sub-factions: Lords of Decay, the Tainted, the Purge and the Apostles of Contagion led by the Sorcerer Necrosius.
• One Iron Warriors sub-faction - the Steel Brotherhood.
• One Black Legion warband - the Black Brethren of Eyreas.
• One Alpha Legion warband - the Faithless led by Arkos the Faithless.
• One non-aligned warband - Adharon's Reavers (previously unidentified).

Imperial Armour 13: War Machines of the Lost and the Damned (2014), p30 — Chaos Predator Battle Tank

Predator of 'The Tainted', Siege of Vraks, 828.M41. This vehicle is recorded in sealed Ordo Malleus annals as having participated in the so-called Rotted Circus, a cavalcade of war machines and giant Chaos Spawn that has descended upon numerous Imperial worlds, leaving nothing but corpse-dust and despair in its wake.

Imperial Armour 13: War Machines of the Lost and the Damned (2014), p90 — Chaos Dreadclaw Drop Pod

Dreadclaw Drop Pod of the Death Guard sub-faction 'the Tainted'. This craft was deployed at the Fall of Bellona in 230.M39. Having landed in the central plaza of Bellona's capital city, the Dreadclaw opened its iris hatch and released a viral agent so potent, the city's defenders were rendered incapable of mounting a defence against the full-scale invasion that quickly followed.

Imperial Armour 13: War Machines of the Lost and the Damned (2014), p133 — Blight Drones

Blight Drone, believed summoned by Sorcerers of the Tainted, Siege of Vraks, 830.M41. Banished by Grey Knights in final battle for Sector 593-440.

Warhammer 40,000 (2017), p161 — The Fall of Cadia

Forces of Chaos

Abaddon led the final assault force against Cadia in person. With him came the legions of the hellish Eye of Terror, the manifold hosts of the Dark Gods amassed under a single banner. The cause that united them was not just the destruction of the Imperium, but the demise of the material realm itself.

Final Assault upon Cadia

Abaddon's Vanguard

• Black Legion — Traitor Legion
• Iron Warriors — Traitor Legion
• World Eaters — 5 Warbands
• Emperor's Children — 5 Hedonistic Hosts
• Night Lords — 3 Warbands
• Death Guard — 3 Plague Companies
• Alpha Legion — Unknown
• Word Bearers — 5 Companies
• Legio Mortis — Demi-Legion

Red Legions

• Khan'zhar the Red — Exalted Greater Daemon
• Bloodguard — 8 Greater Daemons
• Redhost — 8 Legions
• Fellblades — 8 Legions
• Kaghrexx's Destroyers — 8 Legions
• Khârn the Betrayer — Legend
• Gorehands — 5 Companies
• Blood Engines — Armour Battalion
• Skullcorps — 18 Regiments
• Bloodemption — Cult

Plague Armies

• Slogoth Poxbelly — Exalted Greater Daemon
• Drub'sla Plaguehost — 7 Legions
• Three-Eyed Tolltakers — 7 Legions
• Blightwalkers — 7 Legions
• Nurgling Tide — Uncountable
• The Tainted — 7 Companies
• The Horned — Pestigor Legion
• The Risen — Plague Zombies
• Ogryn Brutepox — 3 Companies
• The Stigmatus Convent — Entire Cult
• The Viscous — Entire Cult

The Host Iridescent

• M'katchnar — Exalted Greater Daemon
• Triumvirate of Arcanzarr — Daemon Coven
• Scintillating Host — 9 Legions
• Legions of Shimmerlak — 9 Legions
• Unkbolt Conflock — 9 Tzaangor Warflocks
• The Scourged — 4 Companies
• Eagles Iridescent — 3 Companies
• Kabal of Umbra — Entire Cult

The Decadent Horde

• Sidroh the Sinuous — Exalted Greater Daemon
• The Writhing Host — 6 Legions
• The Undulators — 6 Legions
• Violators — 5 Warbands
• Children of Torment — 3 Warbands
• Pain Armoured Brigade — 2 Sonic Companies
• The Hedonastic — Entire Cult
• Tentacled Behemoth — Warp Monster

The Damned

As befits Abaddon's cruelty and meticulous planning, thirteen massive transports of combat-drugged mutants, wretches, zombies and Chaos Spawn were crash-landed into the ruined city of Kasr Kharkovan, ensuring that many of the final assaults were performed by the least storied among his armies.

Destroy it all. Do not stop until it is ruins. Let it become a monument to death.