Some Chapters hover at the verge of extinction, having suffered a terrible defeat or bitter misfortune, and can field but a handful of warriors. An ocean Hive-World might feature air-sealed hives at the bottom of the sea, or afloat on great man-made islands. Occasionally some of the Space Marine's implants have either limited or no function. The Primarchs were the Emperor's genetically modified sons who commanded and led vast Space Marine Legions all across the galaxy. 94. The Blood Angels excel in close combat, for example, where they focus the rage that is a result of the Flaw. Many other Chapters use similar methods as well, including the Dark Angels and their Unforgiven Successor Chapters. Rather than let them face a slow, insane death, Blood Angels will form those who have newly succumbed to the Black Rage into a special unit known as the Death Company. As the I Legion of the Space Marine Legions, the Dark Angels' gene-seed is one of the purest and least degraded of all. Some marines are more humane than others, but they aren't cuddly and nice. In a galaxy-spanning empire that stresses fealty and loyalty to the Emperor in return for advancement, acclaim and spiritual salvation for its elites, this is perhaps one of the most severe punishments. In others, mutations come about as an unanticipated side effect of an attempt to rectify another issue. combined with the categories previously described, some are mutually exclusive. Covers rules for both Dark Angels and Blood Angels. What may have started as a symbolic honouring of the volcanic nature of Nocturne and the fire-breathing beasts that live amongst the basalt-formed mountains has evolved into a lethal specialisation. Miniature Showcase - Originally a hobby section providing information on collecting, building and painting an army. But such warriors often hold a darker secret which they keep locked deep inside, their nightmares haunted by the things they faced so long ago. There are no such thing as Gue'vesa Space Marines. The Lost Primarchs of the First Founding Space Marine Legions are the two Primarchs of the IInd and XIth Legions who, for unknown reasons, were deliberately expunged from all known Imperial records and archives before the onset of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. It should be noted that these Demeanours are on the whole not as "extreme" or detailed as those presented as part of a full set of Chapter rules. Considering the circumstances of Rogal Dorn's eventual death, it is clear that the Imperial Fists have a drive for self-sacrifice that they must continually battle to overcome. They are well-known across the galaxy for their bloodthirsty nature in battle, and feared for the curse of flawed gene-seed they carry. The potential size of the Black Templars has resulted in close scrutiny by some of the more Puritan members of the Inquisition. Having determined which First Founding Legion provided the basis of the new Chapter's gene-stock, then one has to determine the gene-stock's purity. If he is a native of such a hellish place, the Aspirant will have some knowledge of how to survive, yet is shorn of all aid and divested of all but the most basic of survival equipment. A Battle-Brother of the White Scars Chapter. Battle-Brothers of a Chapter proudly display the symbol by which their parent Chapter is known on their left shoulder pauldrons. A suppression is a punitive war, launched against a world for the security of the surrounding region. Established GW canon has already made this clear - there are NO Space Wolves Successor Chapters! Warhammer 40,000 Homebrew Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. This occurred only once in Imperial history, during the Second Founding, when the First Founding Loyalist Legions were sundered into multiple Chapters, with one retaining the original heraldry, livery and honours of the original Legion. Mia Pallas Blog: Gav Thorpe Live! Some may construct their base at the very highest levels of the hive-city, in rearing spires, but most are likely to claim an isolated region far out in the polluted wastes. Before begin your undertaking, there are two primary rules that you always want to adhere to when creating your own Space Marine Chapter: The Ultramarines Chapter, gathered for war. The Imperial Fists are one of the First Founding Chapters of the Space Marines and were originally the VIIth Legion of the Legiones Astartes raised by the Emperor Himself from across Terra during the Unification Wars. In a society where an infant is more or less guaranteed to reach maturity without becoming the prey to some ravening predatory beast or being enslaved by a rival tribe, the survival instinct is comparatively low and unlikely to produce suitable raw material for the Space Marines. As a result, many Space Marine Chapters make their homes on such worlds, close to the source of its recruits. It is said that only the High Marshal has any idea of the Black Templars' full numbers, but it is rumoured in the Inquisition that they actually number close to 6,000 Space Marines. Countless races have erected settlements that have in some cases grown to encompass entire continents. Occasionally a Space Marine Chapter will establish its Fortress-Monastery in such a place, often due to its position or because the Chapter wishes to maintain its privacy and isolation. It is likely that many Chapters have been created with a specific role in mind, whilst others have been founded due to a general increase in the activities of the Emperor's numerous enemies. Durametallic coil cables woven into sinews to hugely increase strength and durability. Therefore, the community has agreed, that there shall only be Primaris Space Wolves Successor Chapters. Such Chapters may still deviate from the Codex in matters that do not relate directly to tactics and unit organisation. This expression of duty can become exaggerated in members of the Chapter after long periods in combat, especially against numerous and unrelenting foes like the Ork hordes of a WAAAGH! There is no subtlety to such landings. This also goes for having a Chapter aligned with any other xenos species or empire. In surviving the Blood Duel, the Battle-Brother was truly gifted by fate, for dozens fell on the bloody field so that he might take his place as a Neophyte. Sharper eyesight and enhanced low-light vision. With each Primarch the Emperor re-discovered during the Great Crusade, He gave command of the Space Marine Legion created from their genetic material back to them. When the Chapter's genetic curse manifests itself in an affected Battle-Brother, it comes on in three stages: Since the death of Chapter Master Orlando Furioso at the hands of the Daemon Prince Periclitor, the Howling Griffons have fostered and nurtured a deep and unrelenting hatred of the Word Bearers, and a vow to seek retribution against them and their lord Periclitor no matter the cost. He cast himself into a crusade of redemption that only ended in the terrible crucible of the Iron Cage, re-forging the Legion in the bloody furnace of war. These traditions come with a rigorous adherence to honour and burning hunger for glory that can lead a Storm Warden to make reckless decisions to uphold the name of his Chapter and earn himself renown among his peers. Because they tend to recruit from a variety of sources, Fleet-based Chapters are more unlikely than any other type to inherit the ways of the communities it recruits from. Thus, any Chapter, from the First Founding from the Twenty-Sixth, can exhibit deficiencies in its gene-seed. The Aspirant may be plunged into a trance-like state during which he is subjected to all manner of horrific visions or irresistible temptations. Others worship the ocean, storm, sky, fire or any number of similar aspects that may over time come to signify the Emperor or a Primarch in the Chapter's own rituals and teachings. Most Chapters maintain sufficient stocks of armoured transport vehicles such as Rhinos and Razorbacks to transport entire companies, and some have become masters of the mechanised assault, the Battle-Brothers taking objectives with terrifying speed or bearing down on an entrenched foe before he even has time to mount a defence. A battle-brother of the fan-made homebrew Lantern Marines Chapter. Very few Space Marine Chapters specialise in stealth tactics, for most are so proud of their identity and so feared by their foes that announcing their presence in advance is in effect a weapon in itself. The Raven Guard's demeanour heavily reflects their combat doctrine. This is by far the most egregious of clichs utilised by writers to cover up gaping holes in their Chapter's background. A battle-brother of the noble Blood Angels Chapter. Inevitably, in such an environment large sections of the population fall to destitution and anarchy, and while the forges and manufactoria are ruthlessly managed, vast areas of these cities are often abandoned to misrule and neglect as new ones are built. Enables hyper-rapid clotting to staunch wounds almost immediately. Others utilise large numbers of bike-mounted warriors, sometimes mounting entire Tactical squads on bikes and attack bikes. Again, they may not know the exact nature of that reward, but to be chosen is the greatest of honours a young man can aspire to. The Flaw of the Blood Angels has also been attributed to a combination of the genetic defects in the Legion's Omophagea gene-seed organ implant, and the psychic disturbance created during the final seconds of Sanguinius' life. The hunt may last days, weeks or even longer according to the conditions of the Trial and the weapons the Aspirant can either find or fashion for himself. They are barely human at all, but superhuman; having been made superior in all respects to a normal man by a harsh regime of genetic modification, psycho-conditioning and rigorous training. While some cities remain viable, others fail, and eventually fall to destitution and ruin. Some of the more common types of warfare are described below. Though no single terrain type defines this class of world, many are swathed in jungles populated by carnivorous plants as dangerous as any predatory beast, where even the air itself is poisonous. The Chapter's Primarch was a deeply devoted warrior who fought tirelessly at the right hand of the Emperor, but even this towering exemplar had his flaws, as he himself is known to have acknowledged. They consider that the only righteous path lies in the expenditure of their lives for these purposes and will face them with a stoic heart and a single-mindedness that can only lead to the complete annihilation of everything and everyone he faces, often eventually including himself and those that fight beside him. It may even be the case that a local expression of the Imperial Cult has been declared heretical, and its adherents must be hunted down and punished. Even the bones of the Chapter's Primarch have been engraved in this manner, preserved as the most sacred relic the Chapter possesses. The most experienced and long-serving Imperial Fists sport numerous duelling scars all over their bodies, each a reminder of a hard-won victory, or a salutary defeat. At the conclusion of the trials, those few Aspirants that have been deemed worthy are taken away, invariably never to see their people again. Sometimes the High Lords of Terra bestow the name at the Chapter's Founding, linking it to some sacred duty the Chapter must perform, as is the case with the Praetors (meaning "guardians") of Orpheus. When the Chapter has less need of new material, the Trials may continue until only one battered and bloody challenger remains, the corpses of his enemies carpeting the ground before him.