After the Culling of Grendel’s World several small groups of Night Lord battle brothers remained. Whether they were left behind, wounded, too busy purging the populace to catch their ship it is unknown. However, several Brother Captains, Brother Sergeants and marines were left on a now planet now devoid of human life. The most battle hardened and senior Night Lord on planet was Brother Sergeant Terik. He and his 3rd Claw of assault specialists; Gari, Navar, Varlo, Solen, Gavor, and surviving Apothecary began the task of building a new Company of Night Lords from among the hundred left upon Grendel’s World.
The rag tag Company soon found a couple of derelict drop ships and repaired them to get up into orbit. From there both ships made for low orbit where they discovered what would be their salvation; a crippled planetary defense platform and a wounded Imperial Dauntless Class Light Cruiser that looked to be slowly limping away from the planet. It appeared not everyone and everything was destroyed in the planetary culling.
A quarter of the remaining Night Lord under the leadership of brothers Gari and Navar boarded the defense platform, killed the few remaining PDF soldiers there and began salvaging everything they could. At the same time, Terik and the remainder of the Night lords boarded the Imperial cruiser and set about capturing the crew and refugees on board. They pulled out the most able bodied and tech savvy of the bunch. They then set about slaughtering the remaining survivors, feasting on their fear, torment and screams.
After forty days of torturous labor, the slaves had repaired the ship with parts salvaged from low orbit wrecked craft, the remaining defense platform and what they could find planet-side. The Nigh Lords and their slave crew were now, space borne. However, without a navigator, they would not be able to safely achieve warp travel. They traveled the system’s known space lanes for months and then a rouge trader vessel drops from warp within range of the Night Lord’s cruiser. Seeing a battle damaged Imperial ship, the rouge trader captain offers assistance. It is their first and last mistake.
Terik’s troops quickly board the rouge trader vessel, over power the crew and secure the ship for themselves. They once again find the most “useable” crew members and the ship’s navigator. The rest of the crew is put to death in a most gruesome manner.
Terik and his reformed company have regained the ability to travel the warp. The rouge trader vessel is stripped of all necessary parts, equipment and then left derelict. Terik and his force turn their sights the Forge World of Idumea. According to the information gleaned from the ships computer bank it has a suitable supply of weapons, armor, manpower and a small skitarii force defending it.
The Imperial Cruiser drops into the warp. Its location and target plotted. The first conquest of The Company of Brother Captain Terik is underway.
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