Editing House Cawdor (section)

==Hangers On==
===Executioners===
At the Right Hand of the Thane of Cawdor are a select group of individuals who enforce his will, and by extension the will of the Redemption.

Even though House Cawdor always wear masks, the actual identities of the Executioners are a closely kept secret, known only by the Thane himself. These Executioners are therefore only known by their means of punishment, such as the '''Hangman''', the '''Scourge''', the '''Immolator''', or the '''Headsman'''.

The Executioners freely travel between territories and gangs belonging to House Cawdor, and their arrival acts as its own test of devotion. For as much as they mete out their own brand of punishment to the enemy and unbeliever, the gangs must fight all the harder to ensure they do not fall short of the requirements of the Redemptionist creed and end up becoming executed themselves!

===Stig Shamblers===
{{topquote|Some say his skin has the [[Mutant|texture of a dolphin’s]], and that wherever you are in the world, if you turn your radio to 88.4 you can [[Psyker|actually hear his thoughts]]. All we know is he's called the Stig|Proving that masked mutants existed even in M3}}

There is an oddity in House Cawdor; despite the Redemptionist Creed espousing that mutation is a sin, punishable by death, there to seem to be exceptions.

In a heavily polluted and irradiated environments, with a lack of proper nutrition and medical access; people born with deviations are remarkably common. For some reason or another, these individuals are permitted to live and thrive within the house, despite expectations to the contrary.

There is no actual method or rule as to what is considered acceptable either: Some people might be born with a gimpy leg, or an extra finger. Others might be born with dwarfism, or gigantism and clearly be different from others but do not necessarily always fall under the expected remit of "[[Mutant]]". But in cases some other acceptable individuals might indeed be true 40k mutants. It all depends on what the leaders say, and so if someone higher up in the holy chain of command says so, then you have to go with it regardless of your own interpretation of the creed.

These more extreme misfits are called "Stigs" ''(never mutants, lest it spark a riot)'' and usually come in pairs in order to overcome their particular deficiencies, such as smart with stupid, or tall with small. They are equivalent to the "Brutes" of other Houses and are often being made to lug around the heaviest equipment, or used as expendable battering rams since nobody really cares what will happen to them.

===Sheen Birds===
At some point, House Helmawr thought that Necromunda didn't have enough native birdlife that wouldn't peck your face off. So figured it would be a great idea to commission a flock of servitors to invoke the sense of long lost nature.

Sheen Birds are the creations of the Adeptus Mechanicus and are effectively psyber-ravens. Designed to mimic natural behaviour by flocking, roosting, feeding, and even tending to artificial nests complete with fake chicks.

The fad eventually passed, but the Sheen Birds remained, continuing to do what they were made to do, but missing out on essential maintenance and repair. Now they exist as mangy taxidermy birds, stitched together with much of the flesh has decayed off of their metallic bones. Centuries of neglect has also rendered their programming corrupted, so they behave in unpredictable ways.

They are disgusting things, fallen things of beauty that are now full of disease and creepy behaviour. Perfect for the recyclers of House Cawdor, who have probably got no idea what they were supposed to be or where they came from, and now consider them to be avatars of the Emperor's Grace.

They are notoriously difficult to control, just as likely to charge an enemy as they are to ignore commands and sit around and do nothing. Their primary purpose is as a status symbol, as members of House Cawdor who possess one are said to have the blessing of the Emperor himself.