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A name for a Chaos Warband? I'd recommend the names "Sons of [Name of Warpsmith]" or "[Name of Warpsmith]'s Chosen". Since the Champion leading this warband would basically call the shots, these name are straight forward and simple. If not, I guess that depends on what the Warband is after.

Also how did a Plague Champion ally with a warpsmith? What are each of them after? How does their goals interact?

Is the Plague Champion just tagging along? and if so, why? Is the Warpsmith controlling the Plague Champion through some form of leverage, e.g. a bugged PDA life-support system, promise of a powerful chaos artifact? Or perhaps the Plague Champion is so corrupted with pus that he had already forgotten who and what he is?

Perhaps the Warpsmith destroyed the Plague Champion's former warband and enslaved the broken champion somehow?

I like the backstory; it may be a bit predictable from the set-ups IMO, but it's flavored certainly enough to explain the army composition and characters, etc.. And if the idea is to evolve, there are plenty of room for conflicts.

I'm not sure about the name... I'd seem odd for a warpsmith to change the name of his warband just because he got hold of a Plague Champion, I mean, this is still a Iron Warriors warband, after all. But if it had to have a Nurgle-ey name, I'd recommend "Forge of Pestilence", "Plague of Iron", or even "Scourge Masters". I think they sound better.

Still, your army, your call.

P.S.: What chapter? Is the "Rotten Forge" the name of the Plague Champion's chapter before he turned traitor? The most common unit in a Chaos Space Marine forces is a warband, which is formed when a CSM thought himself a bit too close to the Chaos Gods and sought the path of a Chaos Champion, and gathered a handful of CSMs and LotDs to honor his patron. Most Space Marine Chapters quickly disintegrated after turning traitor, and a majority of traitor legions have now effectively broken down to competing warbands. Although particularly strong or charismatic champions can lead warbands the size beyond a loyalist space marine chapter