Origins
How the Iron Butchers were born
I started working on the Iron Butchers in , after having drafted a couple of other homebrew ideas with mixed results.
I took huge inspiration from articles on online homebrew forums and wikis about warbands made of members of multiple Legions fighting together. As a lifelong World Eaters fan, one of my Legions was obviously going to be the XII, and then I added the Iron Warriors to balance their thirst for blood with a colder, more calculated approach.
It took me a long time (and several very bad and cringe lore decisions) to shape them into something I really liked, and to this day I am still polishing, removing and adding pieces of lore.
The Iron Butchers would never have seen the light (and survived so long) without a wholesome community that gave me inspiration, support, feedback and a lot of fun along the way.