Voidborne

The Voidborne are a Nineteenth Founding Successor Chapter to the White Scars. Founded at the end of the 35th Millennium, their designated purpose and charge was, and still remains, to crusade on the very borders of the Imperium, deep in the cold of interstellar space where they engage the fleets of heretics, xenos, and mutants alike and bring them to ruin. The first Voidmaster, Tasyen Krall, set down the tenets of the Chapter in several dozen manuscripts which the Voidborne regard as relics and follow for advice and guidance. While nominally Codex-compliant, the Voidborne have a troubled history with more rigorous and zealous adherents of the Avenging son's book due to their disregard for more overt tactics and outright aversion of many of the methods of warfare found therein. A fleet-based chapter by design and choice as opposed to circumstance, the Voidborne operate almost exclusively in space and specialize in its many tactical intricacies. Void combat, boarding actions, and rapid assaults are their passion and they lean into it with all the fury and joy of their Primarch.
==Chapter History==
===Beginnings===
At the end of the 35th millennium a need was found for more Chapters on the fringes of the Imperium where, by sheer distance and neglect, the enemies of the Humanity have found root. Thus was chosen a candidate to form a new chapter, then the khan of the 8th Brotherhood and a veteran of countless battle, Tasyen Krall was initially averse to the idea of leaving his brothers and his ancestral home, but the Voice of the Storm, then a fiery and passionate White Scar named Baidu Dalatai, advised the fledgling Voidmaster to proceed with the great khan's blessing in his heart. 
Resolved after this interaction, Krall accepted the honor of leading anew chapter of brothers into the darkness never to return to the Horde or to see his home, Chogoris, again. As a sign of mourning he embraced the black of the Ebon Keshig for his shoulder guards, and as a symbol of new beginnings he bared his armor to a gleaming ceramite silver, the Eternal watchful eye as his heraldry, a warning and promise that the Voidborne would ever keep firm gaze on the dark abyss for the enemies of the Imperium.
==Chapter recruitment==
The Voidborne recruit almost exclusively in space, and from most any source they can find. Armed with tithes granted by the Administratum, the Chapter may recruit from any Imperial ships in their area of operation, save those of the Mechanicus and Inquisiton. often these ships take the form of mass haulers taking pilgrims to Shrine worlds, Imperial Navy penal vessels, cargo convoys, and others. They have also been known to recruit from retinues and households of less prominent or bankrupt Rogue Traders whom they share their territories with. 
Challenges and tests are conducted with the aspirants that put them through life-threatening gauntlets and pit them against captured enemies and each other to separate the weeds from the bloom. The surviving aspirants are then transferred to the Chapter Battle Barge, The Storm's Break for implantation and training.
==Chapter wargear and relics==
===Weapons and armor===
The Voidborne use their tithe to acquire weapons and armor from various Forge Worlds in the galaxy, but mostly focus on those whose political leaning favor them, such as the Forge Worlds of Xanur Prime and Gherian Zeta Still, the supply runs are infrequent and it is often that the brothers of the Armory have to scavenge, repurpose, or recover gear for such is life in the Void. This has led to many battle brothers mixing armor marks over the years, so much so that the Tech marines have had to rediscover new ways of connecting armors with power plants and vice versa. Their charge is such that maintenance can be done on the bare necessities to keep the wargear functional leading to the rapid discoloring of many armors over the centuries, each taking on a rustic, tarnished hue.
Many of the Chapters weapons are a mix of patterns, mostly due to having various sources to choose from, but also due to persistent yet reverent retrieval of wargear from other Chapters, usually whatever was left on Space Hulks and abandoned ships or void stations. The wargear is diligently cared for and, often, returned to the parent chapter should the Voidborne cross paths with them at any time. This practice has led many Chapters to form bonds of honor, blood and brotherhood with the Voidborn, but equally as many have found the practice akin to sacrilegious tomb raiding and theft.
===Relics===
The Voidborne hold many relics, mostly weapons and armor worn by the heroes of the chapter over the centuries. One notable set is that of their founder, Tasyen Krall, a polished Mark 4 pattern armor with a history as old as the Imperium of Man, ensconced in a stasis field aboard The Storm's Break in the mortuary crypt of the Voidmasters. Krall's manuscripts too are held as relics by the chapter, tended to in the Reclusiam on the same ship. 
===Void Fleet===
The Chapter has acquired several dozen ships across the centuries, each in a different and unique way. Some were recovered from space hulks, some gifted for unwavering service, and others simply taken from enemy fleets and repurposed for the Chapter's use. This practice has created a rather unique and, some would think, mismatched fleet of ships. Most are scouting or runner vessels used to scan sectors for enemy activity or make supply runs to friendly planets respectively, however the main fleet is made up of six vessels of the line:
# The Storm's Break - Chapter Monastery and only Battle Barge - Seconded to the Chapter during the 17th Founding
# Rising Fury - Strike Cruiser - Seconded to the Chapter during the 17th Founding
# Unflinching Piety - Hades Class Heavy Cruiser - Re-captured from the Wrathful Heralds Chaos Warband , cleansed and rechristened
# His Unrelenting Wrath - Vanguard Class Light Cruiser - Formerly a vessel of the lost Celestial Swords Chapter, recovered from the Space Hulk Damnation of Sanctity
# Clarity of Purpose - Gladius Frigate - Tithed from the population of Occilius-27-Zeta after defending the planetary system for a full decade from Drukhari raiders
# Ardent Harbinger - Cobra Destroyer - Benefaction to the Chapter from Lord-Captain Dagillain von Tannen, a Rogue Trader whose allyship and camaraderie with the Chapter lasted centuries 
Category:White Scars Successors
Category:Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes
Category:Space Marine Chapters