Hellforged Reavers

"Rage without focus is no weapon at all"

- Lorgar Aurelian

The Hellforged Reavers are a Khornate warband on the rise, a small cluster of mostly cynical, yet disciplined, warriors, willing to die and kill for the sake of fulfilling the purpose all astartes are made to be; Be weapons of war. As such they hold little on the way of scruples against who they fight (unless it is a warband or individual they have allied faithfully before).

They are also notable for the fact that they try their best to remain a cohesive unit, seeking perfection on the art of fighting and martial training and tactics. They archive this by the implantation of calming stimulants on their bloodstream, thanks to this they have reached the attention of willing recruits and converts on the side of the World Eaters and Iron Warriors.

Another infamous thing to note about them is the fact that they are armor forgers, or at least have Chaos Forges capable of creating them, to separate themselves from their past selves, as such they order and organize mining operations alongside their Tech Adept allies on conquered, butchered or desolate worlds.

History
The Hellforged Reavers are a warband of the Word Bearers, having minor elements of renegade Iron Warriors and World Eaters. The Warband came into being by the Chaos Lord Agarax Haerrek, who viewed a idealistic Long War as a pointless endeavor, caring little for the outcome of it, only seeing true satisfaction on the battlefield, regardless of what the fight's reasons.

As such he sought all the Word Bearers he could that desired brotherhood and battle without end on the Daemon World of Sicarius, including those that were disillusioned with the state of current affairs with the Bearers of the Word, seeing most leaders as back-stabbing fools, little of the companionship of the Heresy and Pre-Heresy days. The group choose Khorne as their patron god instead of the Undevided's pantheon, seeing that what they sought was found in just one God alone.

Haerrek was no fool thought, so he developed a serum to be injected on the stimulants of the power plate of each battle brother to calm them down during berserker rages, desiring to create a competent warband, not a suicidal one, taking all what he could of the book or Lorgar, creating a nuanced opinion on the Blood God's blessings to instill a sense of order, or in this case, martial meaning.

on these travels he sought Heretch or Dark Mechanicum groups to manufacture the serum, alongside joining forces with a Iron Warriors warband, created by a heavily modified astartes named Temeril, "SlaughterChild", as he, like the Word Bearers, desired to worship Khorne but without the blinding tamtrums it gave, wishing to join the Reavers, this also includes some few World Eaters who sought a end to the sing of the nails.

Founding
The Hellforged are a warband of mixed numbers, the majority are the sons of the Urizen, the rest are World Eaters who desired to silence or at least downplay the tic of the butcher's nails or Iron Warriors, who seek to serve Khorne without the need to lose their martial capabilities.

Battles

 * The Brass Bull Skirmish: The Reavers battled head on a company of a Chapter whose astartes wore bronzed gold, their heraldry being that of a bull, the fight ended in a draw as the company escaped, their numbers dwindling. Cheated by such blatant cowardice they took a wounded, near death psyker of the unknown chapter, interrogating in excruciating pain, the coordinates spewed from the dying marine, alongside the words "Bulls and Minotaurs". The Hellforged went to the system, seeking to kill and claim as many skulls of the foe as possible, finding the golden vessel was eventually found and boarded, their combatants overwhelmed by the sheer power of the Blood Reapers terminator assault alongside both astartes and human slaves. The Reavers noticed that their heraldry was slightly different, this time the bull was surrounded by red, unlike the previous company whose was white. Unbeknownst to them the White Minotaurs chapter was under scrutiny by the infamous (yet ironically similarly named) Minotaurs, who were called to keep watch on both White and Brazen Minotaur chapters, suspected of treachery. Their charge was on trouble, so the current vigilant company came to the rescue, fighting against the Reavers, the Chaos marines were actually pleased by this turn of events, the newcomers were as ferocious in combat as any khornate. Many loses were made on all sides, but the loyalists overwhelmed the Reavers, with great reluctance Haerrek ordered a retreat, but emphasized the recovery of the skulls that they could, at the end the Hellforged proudly displayed stolen shields, skulls of three corpse-worshiper groups, brass colored plate and the like on their trophy room, the rest that could be salvaged for plate, proudly acquired, such a feast became worthy of celebration, but the taste was bittersweet, as victory killed many a good warrior-brother.
 * The Battle of the Thirst: 

Agarax Haerrek
Agarax is a Chaos Lord, previously of the World Bearers Sixth Company, he left after seeing that the Dark Apostle's conclave degenerated into a honorless, infighting rabble, seeking to create his own brotherhood, alongside understanding of the Blood God, to see what kinds of environments and actions he could be brought about. He wears a Cataphtractii Terminator armor, with a brass colored daemon forged hammer, alongside a powerclaw.

In terms of personality he could be described as cold and stoic, seeking to emulate Erebus on that regard, as a dignified leader, suffering no foolishness on his presence, doing sermons and grand speeches at the beginning of each battle, to pump the blood of this battle-brothers.

Temerial SlaughterChild
He is the Chaos Lord of the previously named "Silver HeadTakers" warband, seeing that his battle-brothers were slowly deteriorating in mind he sought a way to solve this problem, almost becoming a hypocritical servant of Chaos, hating it while using it, thankfully he came across the Reavers, who gave he and his brothers the respite they needed, alongside a new enlightened view of the Wolf Father.

Temerial posses a unique, disturbing and never seen before feature that he commissioned on the end of the Heresy, for his brain to be transplanted and his head to be removed, replaced by a heavily modified Boltgun. This head posses a vox for speech and a scope for sight, this modification was seen with approval by the Aurelian's sons as dedication to slaughter, many others laugh at his back by such a choice.

Temerial is also known by his blackened sense of humor and overall good mood, even if his unusual appearance makes others uncomfortable, he seeks to be a leader of people's respect, not a tyrant, some see this as weakness, which if he overhears in any way, he will silence the mocker, in any way or another.

The War Bringer
A Ferrum Infernus patterned Dreadnought, losing his body on the Brass Bull crusade, he now inhabits a Dreadnought stolen by the Reavers, originally owned by a rival and outwardly hostile Thousand Sons warband, now reduced to near extinction, the War Bringer walks among the Reavers, his previous name forgotten now seeking his identity as a symbol of faith and endurance, unlike most of his brothers he doesn't worship nor pray to Khorne alone, but to the Pantheon itself, being rather unwilling to forget the ways of his past brothers.

Geraz Emerl
Emerl is the Chaos Lord of the Brazen Scars, a World Eater warband, almost all their members destroyed by the nails, they fought against the Silver Headtakers, before coming to a agreement at the discovery of what the Reavers possess and joining them on the search for this possible cure. Now he is a member of the Umber colored, grateful at the salvation given by the Word Bearers. He is a faithful brother, not exactly pious, but one of the best axemen on the warband, his skills are almost second to none.

Enemies

 * Minotaurs:
 * Night Lords:

Allies

 * Black Legion:
 * Ursi Securis:

Cult and culture
The Hellforged Axes are a very martial warband, seeking to better themselves in battle in every way they can, almost coming across as the Phoenician's sons by their perfectionism, but unlike them, they seek to do it by the logic of survival, self-improvement and impressing the Blood God, not any foolish notions of narcissism. As such they practice and spar every day they can, seeking to reach a right balance.

The Wolf's Test
The Hellforged seek to give some nuance and purpose on the worship of Khorne, seeing the rages and demands given as a test. To see which side of the warrior's path the worshiper will take, either he becomes a dutiful, faithful killer, and ascends to a state of cold calm over time, or he becomes the stereotype, a unthinking beast, barely kept in control by his own willpower or the influence of others. The Hellforged also seem to understand that eternal war strengthens the soul and culls the weak, as such the dead are given small prayers to see if he was worth entering the domain, unless they failed the test, which sees them as nothing but beasts of medium worth.

Armor Customization
A unique thing about the Reavers is the fact that most of them try their best to either modify or outright create new plate for their powered armor, eschewing their origins to start anew. These plates are notable for being very ornate, symbols of wolves, Bloodletters, ancient human warriors or beastmen engraved and/or plastered on the chestplate, which is too modified to resemble the longer Marks 2 through 4, (or stole those cuirasses) in order to show more of the ornaments.

These modified plates include buzzsaw like trims for the pauldrons, the trims of the limbs resembling likewise jagged, sharp saws. The abdomen is protected by segmented plates. It also may include extra assets like tassets and ornamental silvered gold filigree. The armor sometimes includes gems the color of jade, or coating the gauntled-claws. It is overall described by many as looking like the knights of old Terra.

The helmet seems to eschew the "cap" like design that the standard astares headgear posses, going without it replacing it with a amalgamation of the Chaos Star and the Wolf God's rune, the Vox grille is covered on the front by a pair of vicious, alien maws, in order to intimidate opponents.

Units

 * Siege Breakers: As the name says, they are those that take the job of dismantling the defenses of the foe, this responsibility goes to the Iron Warriors that joined the Hellforged, they are noted for possessing many a good mortal aid on fortifications and sieges.
 * The Broken: Any of those whose minds have been rendered useless on non-combat activity, this includes both Word Bearers and Iron Warriors taken by Khorne in the deep end and World Eaters overcome by the Butcher's Nails. They are either a shock assault or terror units, they are noted for the fact that the serum is rendered useless at the persistent song of the nails, poor worship and result of the demands of Khorne getting to their psyches.
 * Blood Reapers: The Terminator units of the Reavers, they are but a few, and only used when the tide of the battle is on the opposite end.