Hyrkan Regiments

The Hyrkan Regiments were Imperial Guard Regiments raised from the planet Hyrkan. The first Founding from Hyrkan, approximately 20 years before the beginning of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade, raised six infantry regiments for the Imperial Guard, a total of six thousand men. These proved effective enough to justify further recruitment from Hyrkan afterwards. The commander of the initial Hyrkan Regiments was General Caernavar. In addition, the chief political officer provided for all six regiments at their Founding was Commissar-General Delane Oktar, whose progressive command and discipline style was based around principles of unity, honour, and the value of the individual Guardsman. Oktar’s martial philosophy was drilled into the Hyrkan officers and at least one Cadet-Commissar, Ibram Gaunt, who came under his purview.