Fiction:Brotherhood of Darklings/Military/Warbands

Brotherhood Shadow Legions are forces of mortal warriors that answer to a certain Darkling. Each of the hundreds of the Darklings have their own personal forces, corrupted or tricked into believing the Darklings. Lead by the Darklings themselves, each legion specializes in it's type of combat and often are tasked by Terikalinra to perform various tasks for his master plan.

Heretics
Cultist= The rank and file of any Warband, Cultists at times, fight with nothing but hysterical and fanatical wrath. Tricked and corrupted into believing the Brotherhood to be gods of some sort, Cultist commonly shout hysterical hymns of glory to their "gods". Most, however do not seek out-right war, but rather, to take root in societies.
 * Weapons - Sword, Molotov Cocktail
 * Defenses - Light armor

Hundreds of these deranged cults can found from feral planets, to city worlds, some seeking blood sacrifice, others, to gain a voice in government and corrupt in from within. Overall, however, they lack discipline, and after growing large, they cannot maintain secrecy any longer.

Heretics, when forced to fight, use a corrupted sword, charging at their foes in huge masses headless of danger, and throwing molotov cocktails about. More skilled Cultists are gifted with SMG's and grenade launchers by their masters. Some will charge in a blood lust at their foes, while their comrades fire at enemies from range. A few resort to terrorist-like strategies, detonating themselves to invoke fear and malice in their enemies.

Cultists wear light armor, which hooded robes above it. Some fight without even armor, and are used to simply draw enemy fire for more important units, a task they rechoice in.

Dark Soldier= Dark Soldiers are soldiers of various nations corrupted by the Darklings to serve as their warriors in battle. Like regular Cultists, they are religiously loyal to the Darklings, and believe them gods. Unlike Cultists, Dark Soldiers still retain their training and discipline in battle, using tactics and skill combined with their incredible zeal and fantasism.
 * Weapons - Rifle, varies
 * Defenses - Varies

Dark Soldiers, when they betray their rulers, not only bring their armor, weapons and equipment to their new masters, but also their tanks, walkers, and sometimes even space craft.

However, Dark Soldiers are not always corrupted. Many are tricked into thinking they are still fighting for their former masters, while others are drawn from the more lucid and sane members of the Cultists corps. Said low-ranking Heretics are often used as meat shields for the more experienced and tactical Dark Soldiers.

Cult Enforcer= Cult Enforcers are charged by the Darklings to maintain discipline in their warbands, and, often, can be seen "sacrificing" the "disloyal". Enforcers command their forces in battle, yielding the best weapons available to them, and wearing intimidating, fanged, skull-like helmets.
 * Weapons - Electified Rod, Blaster Pistol, other weapons
 * Defenses - Heavy armor

Enforcers wield black, electrified rods, used to force Heretics into battle and channel their minor Dark powers. These weapons are symbols of the power they yield. Furthermore, they carry blaster pistols that are used to kill their enemies in battle and execute those who turn away from the faith of darkness.

Enforcers get the heaviest armors in their service to the Dark Gods, being able to take much more punishment then other, lower servants. Enforcers serve as the bodyguards of Cult Leaders in battle, and make sure other, more insane heretics do exactly as the Darkling Gods wish.

Cult Leaders= Cult Leaders, also called Arch-Heretics, are those with abnormally high telepathic abilities, captured by the Brotherhood for use as support units. Charismatic, with their insane abilities, and being driven insane themselves by the visions they recive from the Darklings they worship, Cult Leaders are both feared and respected by their comrades, and are looked to as priests of their dark warbands.
 * Weapons - Shadow Staff
 * Defenses - Light armor

Cult Leaders often carry a shadow staff to channel their powers, and use their abilities to fire energy blasts, corrupt other enemies, and summon Rakar, Shifters and Void Vortexes.

Their armor, which looks eerily similar to priestly robes, is light, and gives almost no protection. As such, Cult Leaders prefer to use their abilities and faith to shield themselves. Cult Leaders can detonate themselves, like Cultists, and use it to corrupt more members into their ranks. They commonly accompany Cultists and Enforcers into battle, and act as messengers for the Dark "gods"

Shadow Koatria
Shadow Koatria= Shadow Koatria are the result of the Dark Lord's most feared foes, Koatria, Element users often found in bands of six, being corrupted by an overload of Dark Energy. Much more intelligent and powerful, Shadow Koatria are twisted reflections of themselves, using their dark elemental powers to destroy their foes in gruesome ways.
 * Role - Elite forces
 * Weapons - Varies
 * Defenses - Various advanced armor-types

Shadow Koatria, unlike their light brethren, work alone, and are often seen as "champions" by lower possessed. Since it is harder to create these beings, the title fits well. Often, the Darklings will choose certain Koatria to act as their guards and warriors. Koatria, as well, act leaders in the name of the Darklings, since the Darklings are rare, and cannot command all fronts.

Dark had a team, before they turned against him, and thus caused the Darklings to rely on full corruption, rather then simple trust, and Tibrix also had 1, a Psionic warrior named Vatari, who was captured by Shadow Hunters and put in a cryo-tube for showing off.

Shadow Koatria are all aggressive and savage, and will kill anything that dares look upon them, attacking allies at times as well. Shadow Koatria are the only known beings that come close to the level of the Shadows of Change.

Once corrupted, Ultra Commandos take on a more bat-like appearance, some growing vestigial wings, and gaining a darker coloration, and more feral attitude, as well as fangs. While lower then Shadows of Change, in terms of overall power and ability, they are more common as frontal commanders, and more favored, due to the instability of Shadows of Change.

EXO Combat Suit= EXO Combat Suits are massive soldiers used by the Brotherhood to offer heavy support fire to Shadow Koatria and Corrupt Olympians in combat. Massive, powerful, but slow and not capable of complex thought, EXO combat suits do not work well be themselves, and depend on more agile Shadow Koatria to help them fight. However, in battle, they are fearsome foes, especially when under Darkling direction.
 * Role - Large assault force
 * Weapons - Arm Canon, Blade clawed hand
 * Defenses - Heavy combat armor

Combat suits can be worn by some races, however, they have an internal AI. To fight, they have an arm-mounted Electro Canon mounted on their right armor, and their left arm ends in a massive, shredding claw weapon. When fighting enemies, they can deploy a field to disable Koatria's elemental power, or other essence powers.

Their armor is heavy and durable, but makes the EXO unit very slow. However, they can take much punishment, making them living barricades for other combat units to hide behind.

Some servants of the Brotherhood know to wait for an EXO to break down, and then fall upon the remains for scrap for their armor and weapons.

Night-Lord= Coming soon!

Fallen Vahallans
Sister of Shadows= Coming soon!

Harpy= Coming soon!

Banshee= Coming soon!

Repentia= Coming soon!

Luxuria= Coming soon!

Infernia= Coming soon!

Glacia= Coming soon!

Dark Priestress= Coming soon!

Fallen Angel= Coming soon!

Fallen Olympians
While the Brotherhood could not corrupt the Olympians like the Alpha Cyber Collective and Leviathan Hive-mind could, they did succeed in capturing a good many of them. Using scientists like Bloran and Zorax to rip the gene-seed from their bodies, killing them in the process, the Darklings managed to create their own, Dark-Energy laced gene-seed. Recruiting from slave stock and others, the Brotherhood managed to create their own Olympians, as well as managing to corrupt single members, and sometimes, even entire legions. However, most are created from scratch.

Fallen Olympians, while not as disciplined, are often gifted with horrific mutations by their masters, who are actually overly-eager scientists, seeking to use their most powerful servants as test-monkeys. If they survive, then they are considered to be high in favor.

Also, due to Darklings being so advanced, Fallen Olympians actually yield better weapons and armor then their light comrades.

Traitor Trooper= Coming soon!

Havoc Trooper= Coming soon!

Scourge Trooper= Coming soon!

Rampager Trooper= Coming soon!

Pain Trooper= Coming soon!

Rot Trooper= Rot Troopers are either corrupted by Darkling Bloran and a few other Darklings for their legions, or are corrupted Plague Troopers of the loyalist Olympians. Darkling Bloran, always eager to test out his new viruses and plagues, took to several of his soldiers, and added these gruesome upgrades to their bodies.
 * Usage - Heavy assault, morale damage.
 * Weapons - Rust Blades, Rocket Launchers, Plague Guns.

The result are mutilated, corpse-like beings, immune to pain, and spreading an aura of decay and rot around them. When they gather in large number, these beings can kill everything around them.

Ro Troopers are used for heavy assaults that most could not handle, and, as such, carry Rocket Launchers into battle, as well as Plague Guns, corrupted versions of UAE Bolters that carry pathogens and plagues within each shot. In melee combat, they yield 2 Rust Blades, which trickle with infections and rot, and are said to strip decades off victims' lives with every slash.

Rot Troopers' armor is often stripped and torn, leaving many of their organs and body parts bear. Tubes run into their jaws, supplying their fetid lungs with air. Rot Troopers are most commonly seen in Bloran's warband, the Smothering Hands, and while many normal troopers dedicate themselves to Bloran and those Darklings that follow virus and decay, few can achieve the rank of Rot Trooper.

Even in death, Rot Troopers can be dangerous, exploding in a spray of organs and bone that releases their plagues on nearby units, healing their allies, while poisoning their enemies.

Rot troopers seem to have their own hierarchy, with Decay Champions commonly leading Bloran's forces instead of a Shadow Lord.

Rubric Trooper= Coming soon!

Mutilator= Coming soon!

Nightbrute= Coming soon!

Shadowsmith= Coming soon!

Decay Champion=

Shadow Sorcerer= Coming soon!

Dark Apostle= Coming soon!

Champion of Darkness= Coming soon!

The Dark Legion
"Whose name do we nor speak? The Dark One. Who do we serve in faith? The Dark One. And who shall lead us to victory? The Dark One."
 * Expertise - Large numbers, discipline.
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Coming soon!
 * Koatria Attendant - Unknown

The Dusk Bearers
"Unbelievers, bask upon the might of the Darkling Lords or serve as their glorious sacrifices!"
 * Expertise - Close ranged combat, conversion of more cultists
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Ereobus the Black Cardinal
 * Shadow Koatria Attendant - Unknown

The Dusk Bearers are the servants of Darklings Gieran, Terikalinra's second-in-command, and one of his most capable warriors. As such, Gieran was gifted with one of the first Dark Olympians as a reward for his dedication, from those members of the Dawn Bringers that had fallen to the Darkling's "faith. Chosing his warriors to be dressed in the best armor, ardorned with blasphermous scripture engraved into it, he forged their plates into red and black, like his own, and taught them the best melee combat they could master.

However, Gieran, and his new Commander of his legions, Ereobus, nicknamed the Black Cardinal, the equivalent of Archon to Gieran now, sought to convert more to Terikalinra's will then others had before. Thus, the Dusk Bearers began training more Apostles of Shadow, the equivalent of Light Olympian Chaplains, to convert more masses to their side. With this done, Gieran swore he would bring the highest amounts of servants his legion for the dark lord.

Gieran's troops place emphasis on close combat, but that is not to say they are completely defenseless at range. Their main strategy is to somehow remove the use of their enemies' ranged weapons, and force them to fight in close. With their Apostles of Shadow, the Dusk Bearers always have large amounts of Cultists to use on their foes as canon fodder for enemies to waste their ammo upon.

Gieran's legion is command by Ereobus the Black Cardinal, former second-in-command of the Dawn Heralds' Ahrat, Lorgas Aureoran. He has a Dark Koatria aide, though his name is unknown.

The Skulltakers
"SKULLS FOR TIBRIX' SKULL THRONE!"
 * Expertise - Large number of Rampager Troopers, close combat, crushing blows
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow lord - 'Kreethe Strkhe
 * Koatria Attendant - Unknown

The Black Hunters

 * Expertise - Sky-based assaults, hunting down foes
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Coming Soon!
 * Koatria Attendant - None

The Bone Lictors

 * Expertise - Ambush, Invisibility
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Coming Soon!
 * Koatria Attendant - None

The Shadowed Claws

 * Expertise - Teleportation, Dark Energy use.
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Coming soon!
 * Koatria Attendant - Unknown

The Company of Misery
"Misery is our trade, Despair is our tool, Pain is our weapon."
 * Expertise - Large number of Pain Troopers, Time-altering weapons
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Coming soon!
 * Koatria Attendant - Unknown

The Acid Cleaved
"Call with all your soul, little one. Call, and we shall answer..."
 * Expertise - Large number of Fallen Vahallans, infrastructure destruction
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Coming soon!
 * Koatria Attendant - None

The Smothering Hands
"We are maggots whriting the the corpse of enlightenment, gnawing, eating away at it. Rejoice in our task, or be eaten away as well."
 * Expertise - Large number of Rot Troopers, unique command structure
 * Darkling Lord -
 * Shadow Lord - Coming soon!
 * Koatria Attendant - Unknown