Cockatrices

The Cockatrices is a Chaos Warband dedicated to the Chaos God Slaanesh. Core of the warband's hierarchy is formed of the remnants of the space marine chapter Wyverns Exemplar, who were lost in Warp sometime around the 3rd century of M35. First sighted during the Fall of the Ingrosus in 871.M35, the perverted warband captured and subjugated their former homeworld Ingrosus Pacius which they used as their base of operations for a long time. The space marine chapter Scarlet Beasts stormed the homeworld of the Cockatrices in 761.M38 and fought the devotees of the Dark Prince off-world. Since then the Cockatrices have randomly appeared all around the Ultima Segmentum, led by a terrifying Doomrider Havel Cox.

Unpredictable force, the Cockatrices are fast yet not precise terror troops who appear without a notice creating great havok and strife and then disappear without a trace. Those who follow the Doomrider's cult mount bikes and are often accompanied by daemonic Seekers and Seeker chariots of Slaanesh.

Cult of the Doomrider
As the warband is led by no other than Doomrider Havel Cox, Daemon Prince of Slaanesh, the warband follows their leader's example. Even if Havel Cox himself is rarely seen by the members of the warband, the evangel of the Doomrider is chanted by his Chaos Lord the Fist who serves as his right hand. The Fist has during the long years of service created hours of chants and libraries full of litanies of the evangelical nature of his master. Whenever the warband rides to war, it mounts bikes, trikes and speeders and the most fortunate ones have the pleasure to delight charioteers of Slaanesh on their wicked warmachines.

Followers of Ish'Slaa
Doomrider Havel Cox's ascencion to daemonhood is closely related to the Keeper of Secrets Ish'Slaa, Lord of the Six Sickening Hosts. The Keeper of Secrets carries the name "Tattered" after he was beaten by the First Autarch Dramledhas of the Argent Warhost of Craftworld Ae Syl. Followers of Ish'Slaa tie pieces of skin of their enemies around their limbs, imitating the tattered skin of Ish'Slaa.