Guide:How to make a fanon Traitor Guard Regiment

A person asked for help making a fallen Imperial Guard Regiment, so I made this guide: just a few tips to help make a canon-friendly fallen IG regiment; please feel free to add to or edit this if you see anything missing. Jochannon (talk) 15:32, July 18, 2012 (UTC)

An Imperial Guard Regiment
Step one is to make a normal Imperial Guard regiment using the guide: How to make a fanon Imperial Guard Regiment

Once you have your regiment, simply modify it into the fallen warband of psychotic killers of your dreams/nightmares.

Fall and History Since
How did your regiment fall to Chaos? Did the officers grow corrupt, or perhaps the men murdered the officers and defected en masse?

What trials and tribulations have they gone through since? What glorious victories and narrow escapes?

Chaos Dedication
To which of the dark powers have your men dedicated themselves? Or perhaps to Chaos undivided? Remember that once fallen, they will change, much like the Space Marines did, altering their appearance and their equipment as they gain new powers and the favours of their dark god(s).

Organization
If the officers themselves were corrupt, then the regiment probably has retained its old command structure, but if they were all killed, then you'd better come up with a new chain of command.

Also, now they probably include mutants, warpbeasts and other cuddly things; how have they been inducted into the regiment? How do they fit into the regiment?

Recruitment
How do they maintain their numbers now they have joined the forces of Chaos? recruit from other warbands and cults? Or perhaps they have some private source of new blood.

Base
Now they are free from the Imperium's rules they could have their own ship, or capture a planet or moon to base from; if it is inhabited, they might recruit or press-gang new soldiers from the populace.

Characters
What new champions have arisen since they turned to Chaos? What powers and dark weapons have the regiment's leaders gained?

Allies and Enemies
Please don't list 'The entire Imperium' as enemies; what particular enemies have they gained by/since joining the inevitably victorious forces of Chaos? Perhaps only part of the regiment went rogue and now their loyal fellows pursue them across the galaxy, or perhaps they pissed off a Space Marine Chapter or a particular Inquisitor.

Also, now they must contend with other warbands for slaves, plunder, and the favour of the dark gods they serve.

As far as Allies go, they may have made friends with certain cults which provide them with recruits in exchange for military might on call, or perhaps a sorcerer has seen they have a glorious destiny and aligned himself with them, or they may have a common enemy with another warband and joined together against their common foe.