Blood Host

== THE HOST ==

     

Summary

  The blood host is a loose culture of violent void nomads who’s history is mired in myth and legends.   It's believed that those of the Blood Host were unfortunate warp travelers caught up in the violent warp storms of the early age of strife. Having lost their minds, they descended in to barbarism.        

Organization

  Governance Type: Tribal, meritocratic-theocracy     Leader(S): there are many leaders of the host. No one being can claim to control the entirety of the host, not even the voices in the void themselves   Leader Titles: captian, master, skipper, commander, admiral, navarch, commodore, ect.  

society

  The Blood Host is not a solitified faction but rather a large ethic group of share religion and culture. Most are divided along vessel or fleet lines.   The Sol armada of the Void Lord is one such great fleet comprising of thousands of vessels both small and large.   Being spat out into real space the crew and passengers of the vessels angrily strike out at virtually anyone around them.   They have become a ever growing force of pirates and raiders, forcefully indoctrinating others into their ranks.   Twisted madness and violence brings together the beings of the Blood Host but not always unites them. It is often the slightly saner among them that bully or terrorizes the others into working together. Greatest of these beings, wither through strength, mind, or shire terror, is the captain of the vessel.   Often the top of the Host hierarchy are the corrupted Navigators of the vessels. These powerful psychers and able to bend reality to their whim and are the religious leaders of the host.  

Diplomacy

  Allies: they Host allies themselves to the varied witches, warlocks and other dark psychers. One such place is that of Venus, home of the witches of Venus.   Enemies: Imperium of Man, Martian Mechanicum, Saturyn Ordo, pretty much all civilized beings, both human and alien alike.  

Demographics

  Humans, Ghouls, Vampires, Mutants and other outcasts of civilized space. There are some Xenos among there ranks but is ranks are primarily derived from humanity.   Ghilliam Hullghast    

Beliefs systems

  The Host worships the warp and the dark whispers within it. There priest, the vessels Navigator preach madness and terror.    

Economy

  they travels from world to world harvesting humans for food and other foul purposes. they very rarely put down planetary roots preferring void live and nomadic livelihood. The members of the Host worship their ship navigators as a holy priests. The Priest, often the leaders of a host, have been driven mad by the warp. Sometimes fighting amongst themselves, there are actually several dozen factions but too outsider observers; they are virtually unrecognizable.     Manufactured capabilities   Low,   The members of the Host rarely make they own equipment but rather pillage and cobble together what qear they have come across.      

Technology Level

  Techno-barbarian, capable to void travel    

Territories

  Capital(s): none,   The Host have no true home, as a nomadic force, they travel across the void in search of prey.   Their ships can be found throughout the Sol-Sector.    

History

  Founding date: unknown, some time during the early Age of Strife   Dissolution Date: early in the Great Crusade     Legend has it that those that have entered the warp storm are driven mad by the chaos of the void. These souls are driven mad with violence. Cutting themselves and tearing away at their own flesh, they become more beast than man. The saner among them are given positions of leadership and drive the host towards violent raiding of others.   Space Cannibals – “the red host” or “blood Host” are semi-cult group of humans, Ghouls, vampires and mutants, they have long lost the statues as human beings for their actions against their own species.   largely unknown. They have been attacking and interacting with terra, mars and other polities through the Terran sphere also know as the Sol Sector. Mars has fought them since its earliest days having lost many vessels to raiding parties of the host, most famous was a Super battleship.    

Notable people:

  The Night Lord / Lord of the void – devilish pirate admiral of the Blood Host in Sol and the Sol Sub sector. Bain of Mars and civilized people everywhere. Lover of the Venues dark tirade. Terror in the viod.