Infernal Guard

Among the Chaos Dwarfs of the Black Fortress a warrior-cult has long flourished. The Infernal Guard as it is known has the sworn task of defending the citadel to the death from any that would assail it, and to carry out the will of the Lord of the Black Fortress without question. The Infernal Guard's ranks are made up from Chaos Dwarfs to whom some stain of dishonour or failure has been attached, an occurrence which in their unforgiving society can result from merely being close kin to a failed battle commander, knowing defeat under the eyes of a Sorcerer-Prophet, presiding over slaves who have revolted or a furnace that has exploded through overuse. The humiliation of such dishonour is more than the prideful Chaos Dwarfs can bear, and for them the Infernal Guard offers the solace of death in Hashut's grace and also anonymity, as upon taking its oath their names and past kinships are shorn away and their faces are seared and shut underneath red-hot iron and bronce masks. Only if they achieve great glory are the masks torn off, exposing the scarred an ravaged flesh of the redeemed warrior once again to the world.

The Infernal Guard are drilled ceaselessly by their cruel Castellans, and barracked in the burning deeps beneath the Black Fortress. Their lot is to fight an unceasing battle against the horrors that abound in the desolate wastes nearby - a regimen that only the strongest survive. The greatest amongst this warrior elite will be selected to join the Infernal Ironsworn - the personal bodyguard of the covenant of Sorcerer-Prophets that make up the ruling echelons of the Legion of Azgorh.

Wargear
Infernal Guard units are composed of at least 10 warriors, which can include a musician, a standard bearer and a champion, known as Deathmask. Infernal Guards are usually equipped with Blackshard armour, hand axes and shields - although they can change those weapons for two-handed axes, fireglaives or blunderbusses. The Deathmask can also wield a pistol and/or a naphtha bomb, and the standard bearer can carry a magical banner.

Source
Guardia Infernal
 * Tamurkhan: The Throne of Chaos.

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