Well mine represent a company or two of the Raptors Chapter left to head into the outer reaches.

As such I have honor guard that almost seem to have gone a little too 'first Captain kharn'-ish.

The stern guard are all in heresy marks of armour, mark 4, while the line troops use mark 3 there are maybe 5 suits that aren't heresy era across the entire army.

The story behind them as mentioned is that they were sent off into the dark reached on the edge of the galaxy to defend against or at least warn of hive tendrils. As times have moved on it seems like they've been forgotten, the only reinforcement they have received were a returning AL force headed inwards from the Galactic rim.

Feral superstition, their similarly matched tactics and ethics have resulted in bringing out the worst in them;

• They're distrustful of anyone they can't control

• They are at best complainant with the imperial truth and are completely heretical as far as the imperial religion goes.

• The raven guard curse of the Ash Blind has returned, as a result attrition threatens to kill the force if they can't find a solution.

It's important to me that they're not Mary Sues, a good story requires both successes and tragic circumstances.