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The Lost & the Damned

September 2003·pp. 36–39

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Index Malleus examines Chaos’s human followers, from organised traitor regiments to immense mutant hordes and daemon-haunted uprisings. Their origins in corrupted worlds and rebellions explain why their equipment, discipline and tactics vary so widely. The account follows Imperial encounters from the Great Crusade through later wars, then contrasts traitor firepower with mass assaults and daemon engines. Its uncompromising Imperial perspective treats corruption and its witnesses as threats requiring ruthless suppression.

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