Hunters Vigilant

Hunters Vigilant armorial with Chapter iconography.

Hunters Vigilant Battle-Brother Barachiel of the 5th Company 4th Battleline Squad.

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allegiance**

Imperium of Man
(*Fedelitas Tenebrae*)

### **Successor of**

Dark Angels
(Lion El'Jonson lineage.)

### **Allies**

Dark Angels
Other Unforgiven Chapters

### **Specialty**

Tracking, Extended campaigns, Long-Range Warfare

### **Colours**

Bone with dark green and red squad markings

The **Hunters Vigilant** are a semi-*Codex* compliant Successor Chapter created from the lineage of the ancient First Founding Dark Angels. Created during the 9th Founding, the Hunters Vigilant are a dark and mysterious chapter that operates in the far corners of space, continuing their parent chapter's quest for forgiveness of their Fallen brothers' sins.

## Chapter History

The Chapter was created in the turbulent 9th Founding sometime in the 35th millennium. The chapter was created at the request of the High Lords of Terra to Combat rogue worlds that had split from the Imperium due to increased warp storms. Later in 0.123.875.M37, The chapter's 5th company was almost eradicated by traitours guard forces resulting in an increase of paranoia and mistrust of regular humans, who the chapter views as weak and easily susceptible to the temptations of chaos. The chapter was recently supplied with Primaris Marines during the Indomitus crusade and is almost at full strength.

## Notable Campaigns

* **Siege of Valurus:** The chapter's first battle against renegade marines of an unknown warband. The chapter eradicated the unknown warband.
* **The Invictus Crusade:** The Hunters Vigilant engage a crusade of neighboring star systems. During this crusade, while the fleet is traveling through the warp, a frigate with components of the 4th company is lost to the warp. This is known as the *Archides Incident*. There was only one survivor.
* **The Dominus Crusade:** The dominus crusade was large and lengthy crusade that resulted in the greatest influx of recruits the chapter had seen since its founding.

The chapter took 234 planets in the name of the imperium.

## Chapter Home World

The Hunters Vigilant's home world of Callegh 4 is an arid and dusty desert world containing ancient ruins of an unknown race that litters the landscape - the tips of ancient monuments jutting out from the sand. In this desolate desert land a lone citadel stands proud and tall. This fortress is the Aquila lacum - fortress monastery of The Hunters Vigilant, Most of the Monastery is below ground as to avoid the frequent dust storms and dangerous beasts above the surface. The Aquila Lacum is a fairly large monastery with numerous great halls and vaults. A unique part of the monastery is the large training facility consisting of domes that simulate other ecosystems. These domes are used to conduct wargames simulating hostile ecosystems that the chapter may encounter on their many crusades against enemies of the Imperium of man.

## Chapter Organisation

The chapter is organized in a similar fashion to their parent chapter- 10 companies each led by a company master. The first and second company's being the knight wing and Grand Hunters respectively. The 10th company is a scout company. As with other semi codex compliant chapters the 3rd - 9th companies are organised as stated within the *Codex Astartes*. The chapter most used organization is a group of 20 marines of various positions called a Battle Cadre. Although the chapter is organized into companies and squads as dictated by the *Codex*, the chapter rarely fights this way. Instead they use various Battle Cadres to wage war in the name of the Emperor. A Battle Cadre consists of 10 Battleine Astartes, 5 Fire Support Squads and 5 Close Support Squads. Battle Cadres will also occasionally have a single tank and crew or other speciality marines.

### Officer Ranks

* **Grand Master** - Chapter Master equivalent.
* **Master** - Captain equivalent.
* **Senschal** - Lieutenant equivalent.

### Specialist Ranks

* **Reclusiarch**
* **Chaplain**
* **Interrogator-Chaplain**
* **Chief Apothecary**
* **Apothecary**
* **Chief Librarian**
* **Librarian**
* **Master of the Forge**
* **Techmarine**
* **Chapter Champion**
* **Company Champion**
* **Ancient**
* **Venerable Brother** - Title for the Chapter's Dreadnoughts.

### Line Ranks

* **Veteran Sergeant**
* **Sergeant**
* **Battle-Brother**
* **Scout Marine**
* **Neophyte**
* **Aspirant**

### Specialist Formations

* **Grand Knights:** The Grand Knights are the Chapter's experts in he use of a blade and the Hunters Vigilant equivalent to the death wing. The Grand knights wear bone colored Terminator armor with a dark green robe and right shoulder pauldron. The symbol of the Grand Knights is a stylised hand gripping an one winged arrow.
* **Grand Hunters:** The Grand Hunters are the primary force used to catch Fallen The Hunt cadre wear bone colored armor with black backpack and shoulder pauldrons,the chapter symbol is red. Grand Hunter officers wear long bone tabards to signify their rank.The Hunt Cadre wear a specialized symbol in place of the chapter armorial. The Hunt cadre's symbol is a winged eye. This symbol represents the Hunt cadres everlastings watch for their disgraced Fallen brethren.
* **Penitent Knight:** When a brother of the Hunters Vigilant fails his company or squad in combat or other tests he must forsake his individuality and become a penitent knight these fallen brothers must throw themselves at the emperor's enemies until they are redeemed by their actions or by death. These knights deploy with other randomly assigned squads and throw themselves into dangerous circumstances when in combat.

## Chapter Recruitment

The Hunters Vigilant are a secluded and mysterious chapter. Because of the chapters distance from the wider imperium recruiting is difficult. In order to meet the needed number of marines the chapter the Hunters Vigilant send out recruiting ships to the nearest human inhabited system. This sometimes leads to conflict with other chapters.

The Neophytes are then sent on a 60 mile trek in the dangerous above ground fo the chapter home planet-Callegh 4 while members of the chapter observe from afar. The survivors are then placed in the keep of the fortress monastery and sent to fight various enemies kept there usually chaos cultists or criminals found during the chapters many crusades.The Neophytes who survive then undergo mental conditioning by the chapters librarians for signs of weakness or corruption. Those who pass this long and arduous test are inducted into the chapters scout company. Where they will receive further training until they are ready to be a fully fledged marine.

## Combat Doctrine

The Hunters vigilant best reflects the chapter's belief that humanity's greatest enemy is itself this means the chapter is most efficient when fighting traitor astartes and the unfortunate souls that are referred to as the "lost and the damned".The chapter excels at tracking the enemy and operating for long stretches in the wild. The chapter also makes use of camouflage and other stealth techniques. Battle Brothers operate in close knight small squads called battle cadres these specialty formations are the most commonly used unit in the chapter.

## Chapter Beliefs

The chapter sees themselves as the emperors glorious creations and they believe themselves to superior to the humans that they protect. This leads the chapter to view humanity with suspicion and distrust as they think that its is all too easy for humans to fall under the sway of the ruinous powers.

## Gene-Seed

The Gene seed of the Hunters Vigilant is exceptionally pure as with all of the dark angels successor chapters.Although the High lords of terra are reluctant to create chapters with this honorable bloodline they will do so in times of dire need.

### Primarch's Curse

Like their progenitor chapter The Hunters Vigilant are extremely distrustful of outsiders and other groups within the imperium.The Hunters vigilant take this to an extreme by secluding themselves on a planet devoid of sentient life to ensure the utmost security form prying eyes. The Hunters Vigilant have very little connection to non augmented humans as they do not allow regular humans into their fortress monastery instead the monastery is serviced by servitors and chapter neophytes.

## Notable Members

* **Grand Master Doriomas:** Doriomas is the current Grandmaster of the chapter A proud and honourable warrior Doriomas is an excellent swordsman. He wields the **World Shaker**, an ancient power sword that crackles with unknown power. The Grand Master wears an ancient suit of MK3 power armor with great deeds done by past grand masters inscribed upon it. He also wields an ancient storm shield the Windbreaker this shield is said to be almost invulnerable and has many sacred texts etched into it.
* **Great Knight Boreas:** Boreas is an excellent strategist and leader of the 1st company.He has wears an ancient suit of Cataphractii terminator armor. As leader of the 1st company Boreas is an esteemed combat veteran and is one of the oldest in the chapter he has sustained many injuries in his long years of fighting and has many prosthetic attachments. Boreas wields an ancient combi-bolter for the earliest days of the chapter called The Lions roar. This Boltgun with an underslung plasma cannon is said to create a unique noise similar to the ancient Terran animals roar upon discharge of the plasma weapon.
* **Master Gabriel:** Gabriel is the sole survivor of the Archides Incident. In this freak accident the chapters entire 4th company was lost to the warp in a giant warp storm. Gabriel then a veteran sergeant and his company where whisked away to an unknown alien planet where they fought valiantly against a larger unknown alien force. Although the marines fought with great valour and skill, they were defeated. Gabriel was left for dead by the alien defenders showing great valour and courage Gabriel led a one man guerrilla war against the Xenos. In the end he found a way to contact the rest of the chapter leading them to this planet and rescuing him. For his valour and the fact that He was the sole survivor he was promoted to master if the 4th company.He wears an ancient suit of mark 5 power armor. Gabriel wields the traditional sword of the 4th company although it was cracked on the unknown planet it still slays enemies of the Imperium.

## Chapter Fleet

* ***The Spear of Caliban* (Battle Barge):** *The Spear of Caliban* is an ancient battle barge from the dark angels. The Hunters Vigilant received it as gift upon their founding.
* ***The Angel's Wrath* (Unknown Class Battleship):** *The Angel's Wrath* is the Hunters vigilant capital ship.It is a large and glorious vessel that has won many battles against traitor and xenos alike.

## Chapter Relics

* **world shaker:** The world shaker is a great power sword and the symbol of office for the chapter master. It is a longsword covered in ancient and precious metal its handguard has a lion adorning it this symbolises the hunters vigilant beloved primarch.

## Chapter Appearance

Because the chapter recruits form a variety of worlds appearance varies from marine to marine. many marines within the chapter have long golden hair like their revered primarch ,many older marines shave their hair as a sign of experience.

### Chapter Colours

The Hunt Vigilant primarily wear bone coloured power armour with the exception of the backpack, both shoulder pauldrons and poleyns (knee guards), which are painted the same dark forest green of their progenitor's battle-plate. The Aquila or Imperialis on the plastron (chest guard) is also dark green in colour. A red coloured squad specialty symbol stenciled on the right armorial indicates a battle-brother's assigned squad specialty (Battleline, Fire Support, Close Support, Veteran and Command). A white coloured gothic numeral stenciled on the squad specialty symbol indicates a battle-brother's assigned squad. The heraldry on the left poleyn (knee guard) indicates company assignment.

Members of the Inner circle wear forest green tabards and cloaks symbolising their induction into the chapters secret order.Rank is denoted by helmet markings sergeants have a red stripe and lieutenants have a green stripe running down their helmet.Masters (captains) wear ancient suites of artificer armor adorned with their personal heraldry and have a fully green helmet for easy identification. each captain also has a shield with their personal heraldry upon it for ceremonies.

Vehicles are coloured the bone.The more bone green on a vehicle signifies a higher rank.Vehicles usually have the personal heraldry of the commander emblazoned upon their hulls.

### Chapter Badge

The Hunters Vigilant's Chapter badge is similar to their progenitor's Chapter icon - a stylised, bone coloured downwards pointing winged arrow - centered upon a field of dark green.Company masters have their own personal heraldry emblazoned on their right pauldron.

## Notable Quotes

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