Angels of the Throne

Angels of the Throne armorial with Chapter iconography.

(currently relocated to their southern capital while their northern capital of Byzantion recovers from a Chaos invasion)

### **Fortress-Monastery**

Sepulchre
 (formerly *Konstantinopolis*)

### **Number of Marines**

~1000 Astartes (credited)(current), rebuilding with Primaris reinforcements.
~1,000 (nominal)

### **Specialty**

* Surgical Strikes
* Heavy Infantry

### **Battle cry**

"--"
 ”--!”

### Successor Chapter(s)

N/A

"*For when the levy breaks, and the walls crumble around us we will stand. For when the light touches our armor though the rubble and smog we will be relieved by our brothers. For when they storm the forces of chaos, and they will, we will ride out to meet them!*"
—Constantine upon his return to the besieged Konstantinopolis
Clad in green-tan and black with gold fringe and details of blue, red, and white, the **Angels of the Throne** are born of the Dark Angels lineage, raised in the 8th Founding. They are a tactical chapter of space marines, who keep records and frequently write on the subject of military science. The main writing is the "Strategikon", by which the chapter lives. The only thing that may outweigh strategic thought is a Watcher in the Dark, as their mere presence will bring silence to a hall, being seen as the embodiment of the Emperor himself and his will the same.

"*A ship cannot cross the void without a helmsman, nor can one defeat an enemy without tactics and strategy.*"
—Strategikon's opening.
The chapter fights by shadowing enemy movements and harassment, only engaging in large-scale open conflict when necessary, they are keen defenders and anti-siege experts. In almost constant crusade, the chapter is believed to be above 1,000 astartes but it is unknown to much of the chapter, let alone the greater Imperium.

The chapter is situated between Baal and the Maelstrom at the thinnest point of the great rift, opening and closing as if waves ebbing and flowing in the tide. Called the Bosphor Strait, it is a galactic gateway from one side of the great rift to the other.

Unknown to the greater Imperium, they work closely with the Eldar Craftworld Anglanaidor to ensure they are not advanced upon by the forces of chaos. This uneasy alliance was brought upon the chapter by a watcher in the dark when their homeworld of Asyni was under siege, only surviving due to a watcher in the dark taking Megos Dominikos Constantine to make a pact with the Anglanaidor to stave off the forces of chaos. It is for this that the chapter has sought little garner from other chapters, trusting no others with their secret.

## *Chapter History*

### M40

#### Cypis Crusade

Marauders Black (Commandeered *The Hold Fast*) --

### M42

#### Asyni Dark Crusade

Once Cadia fell to the clutches of Chaos, shattered amoungst the stars, the great rift opened, splitting the chapter in two, but once every so often, the storm calms, and a path opens to the otherside. Chaos, senseing their weakened forces, sought revenge for the millennia of insolence and resistance. A demon army, led by a The Marauders Black, the same heretical warband the was razed in the Cypis Crusade. With the capital and homeworld of the Chapter cut off, Megos Dominikos Constantine, recalled all of the his northern fleets to the Capital, for the Astarte felt fear. Constantine created the "Counsul of Asyni", a regional protectorate of his four northern Domestakoi, Persa, --, --, and --, to fend off the forces of chaos in their weakened state. --

## *Sectors of Government/Themes*

All Themes are a part of the "Pronier". The Pronier being the chapter ownership that allows them to conscript the locals' children to their ranks for induction within common law. The astartes serving the emperor see themselves no greater than a commoner, adhering to the laws of the Themes. Each Theme has a capital planet of which goes by the same name.

### North

#### Asyni(Sector) - Northern Capital and Homeworld

Asyni is the Northern Capital and Homeworld of the chapter. It was the first settled planet in the Pronier and the place of the Chapters leadership and goverment.

#### Thracia(Sub-Sector within Asyni Sector) -

Settled above Asyni, Thracia is an agri-world, one of two in the Pronier. It is covered in lush feilds covering all of the planet. In recent it was razed to the ground of the Chaos incusion and has yet to be resettled, there were no survivors.

#### Dacia(Sub-Sector within Armeniac Sector) -

Between Armeniac and Asyni, Dacia is a mountainious death world covered in aciaent beasts and monsters. The planet is used in many of the Astartes insitiastions as well as being the home of Constantine. The forces of chaos elected to ignore the planet in thier campaign.

#### Armeniac(Sector) -

Located towards the Celtic Sector, Armeniac is a Forge World under joint control with the Adeptus Mechanicus. They have worked closly with the Chapter, procuring them with much of their fleet and equipment.

### South

#### **Antioch**(Sub-Sector within Asyni) - Southern Capital

Antioch of located directly across the great rift from Asyni and is the current capital of the Pronier. It is the forth oldest planet in the Pronier dating back to the chapters founding. It is both a fortress and death world, being covered in many great cities as well as deserts of monsters and beasts lurking beneath the dunes.

##### Fortress Monastery (Sepulchre)

The chapter's acting fortress monastery is the Sepulchre. It presides in the center of the planets capital of Ierousam atop Mount Celmal.

#### **Manzikert**(Sector) -

Located away from the center of the Theme and closer to Antioch, Manzikert is a Hive World that is extensively recruited from. It lay next to the great rift and has had as of recent a large Ork and Choas invasion. Within the Ikarin Sub-Sector is the Manzikert Sector's Imperial Naval garrison as well as the regiments of L'Corps de Ikarin.

#### **Edom**(Sub-Sector within Manzikert Sector) -

Between Manzikert and Galacia, Edom is a Death World, covered in water and bellow the waves beasts. It is location to the Temple Herod and is where many of the Tagma's recruits come from. Within the Sub-Sector in the Shoah system comes the Imperial regiments of the Shaoh --.

#### **Petraea**((Sub-Sector within Manzikert Sector)) -

Between Agyptus and Antioch, Pertraea relitivly safe from invasions and is the cultural and economic hub of the Pronier.

#### **Cape Point**(Sector) -

Posistioned towards the galactic southeast of Mazikert, Cape Point is an industrial world that acts as a trade hub to the nearby systems. It has been recently placed under the threat of orks. The Sector is home to the Weermag regiments.

#### **Galacia**(Sector) -

Located towards Molov, Galacia is a Fortress world defending the Chapters western most flank in the galactic south. It is home to the Döeritz Sub-Sector's Falkschrim Volks Guard regiments. It's capital of Galacia is beleived to be the most defended planet in the Pronier. Covered in storms and shrouded in darkness the planets rocky surface is home to the Galacian Stormtroops. They are a planetary police and defence force. Rarely seen deployed off planet these highly trained guardsmen are some of the best in the Imperium. Given the best equipment in the Imperium the defend both one of the largest ammunition depots in the Ultima Segmentum as well as Imperial data repositories. During the Döeritz Rebellion the heritic forces stayed away from the system, blocked all inward communication so as not to incur their wrath.

### *Rank Structure*

***Officer Ranks***

* **Chapter Master/Megos Dominikos** - The Megos Dominikos rules over the Chapter and all those under their jurisdiction. They are the supreme leader of the Themes and the Angels of the Throne, and the commander of the Tagmas.
* **Captain/Domestikos(Domestakoi/(P))** - These astartes are in charge of "Themes", and preside as regional govereners. They report directly to the Megos Dominikos on all maters and can levy armies as seen fit. They are under constant watch from Clerics to ensure their proper function and that justice may be carried out with due regard.
* **Lieutenant/Dux** - A Dux leads a planet within a Theme. They reside as the succesors to the Domestakoi and the brunt of the astartes officer corps.

***Specialist & Honorary Ranks***

* **Master of Sanctity/Patriarch** - The Patriarch is the highest ranking Cleric who resides in the capital or alongside the Megos Dominikos as his personal attache. In addistion to these duties he cares for the catacombs underneath the capital, placing their safty above his life.
* **Chaplain/Cleric** - Clerics oversee not only their battle brothers spiritual matters but also are aids to the Domestakoi. This aids them in thier posistion as an informant to the Megos Dominikos allowing him to keep in check all Themes. This being said, thier most impotant role is that of caring for the Watchers in the Dark how ever that may be as well as translating thier will. They employ sevetors to carry out their duties and are known to be locked in their steeples for long periods of time to contemplate the Watchers.
* **Chief Libraian/Magos Domini** - He protects the holy library in Antioch, rarely leaving his study unless by order of the Megos Dominikos.
* **Libraian/Magos** - Beyond their regular duties the Magos is conflict with the Clerics use the warp to try to comunicate with the Watchers in the Dark. This has created a riverly between the two houses of the chapter.
* **Master of the Forge/Sideras Domini** - Residing upon the forge world of Armeniac, the Sideras Domini is in charge of all of the chapters equipment and is the ambasitor to the Adeptus Mechanicus of the planet. It is the only command posistion not within the inner circle for fears of his alegance to the Mechanicus.

***Astartes of the Line Ranks***

* **Sergeant** - A higher ranking Battle Brother sergeants fill the roll of squad and team leaders within the chapter, carrying out whatever duties given by their officers.
* **Battle Brother** - The standard space marine of the line. Battle Brothers fill any role within the chapter as needed.
* **Neophyte/Squire** - Squires are the lowest ranking space marines of the chapter. Still in training, they are servents of their Astartes sponsor until deemed ready to become full Battle Brothers.
* **Aspirant/Initiate** - Initiates are those chosen to start the path to become Astartes. Recruited from all Themes of the Pronier, inistiates are only the best youth from a planet, ussuly from Death, Fudal, Hive, and other hospiatble worlds.

### *Unique Units*

* **Fulcum** **-** A terminator unit equipped with storm shields with a rear of heavy weapons used in a phalanx; the unit is heavily used by the Immortals.

* **Eosfóros** - A special unit with its own pattern of flamer and heavy flamer. Created by -- during the Battle of Coyaeum to deal with the hive's cults.

### Order of Battle

The chapter has having an orginizational overhual after Epirus Crusade has turned the chapter into a multitude of crusade fleets, each Tagma(Company) their own. Each Tagma controls their Theme under the rule of the Megos Dominikos with no exception making the chapter at odds with Forage World Armeniac at times. They control 3 Sectors(Manzikert Sector, Cypis Sector, and Asyni Sector) split into 10 Sub-Sectors being the Themes. The change in structure has led the chapters orginization to be more maluable in its deployment within crusades. The tyiplical crusade fleet is made up of 100 to 300 Space Marines from multiple Tagmas. With multiple of these Crusade fleets around the Imperium the offical count of Astartes within the chapter is hard to determine.

(1st Tagma known as the Immortals(Terminators))

## Chapter Equipment

### *Unique Ships*

* Droman Class Battle Barge - Created for the chapter by the Forage World Armeniac, these ships of the line are larger and faster than almost any other Battle Barges.
* Galeai Class Strike Cruiser - Created for the chapter by the Forage World Armeniac, it is an upweaponed Strike Cruiser and the current backbone of the Chapter's fleet.

### Unique Weapon Systems

* Eosfóros Pattern Flamers - Created for the chapter by the Forage World Armeniac, is used heavily by the Chapter's Eosfóros units.

## Chapter Culture

### Watchers in the Dark

Veiwed as the Emperor and his devine will alike, Watches in the Dark are given the highest honors and reguard. The worship of them has given rise to a split amingst the chapters command. Magos and Clerics disagree on the interpritation of their will and the ability to do so. Magos beleive that through the warp they may be able to comune with the Watchers whilst the Clerics belive that all one can do is abide by their material will and reason from that their will. During the Seige of Asyni, at highest on tensions, Patriarch Baseil and Magos Virdis came close to shedding blood if not for Domestikos Persa steping between the two's argument on the leaving of Megos Dominikos Constatine.

### Primaris

The chapter had no backlash to the Primaris as the chapter was desperate for more marines. Each Primaris was given a firstborn cadre to teach them the culture and doctrine of the chapter. They were treated as squires until deemed a battlebrother by the cadre; this upset many Primaris marines but nothing came of it.

## Combat Doctrine

Being a defensive Chapter with roaming crusade fleets, the chapter has become adept if shadowing, harresment, and guerrilla warfare. They aviod direct confrentastion due to their spread out forces but in efect have mastered force multiplication with the Strategikon.

## *Notable Members*

- **Constantine** - Current Megos Dominikos(Chapter Master) of the Angels of the Throne.

- **Baseil** - Current Patriarch.

- **Persa** - Domestikos of the 1st Tagma.

- **Virdis** - Highest ranking Magos of the during the Seige of Asyni.

- **Brother Hepetus** - The Current Sideras Domini who led the defence of Forge World Armeniac.

## *Chapter Fleet(In Garrison)*

*The Acheron* (Droman Class Battle Barge) - The Acheron is the Chapter's flagship. It was heavily damaged in the Seige of Asyni and in currently in the Armeniac system being repaired.

*The Seraphim's Wrath* (Droman Class Battle Barge)

*The Darkest Night* (Droman Class Battle Barge)

*The Hold Fast* (Battle Barge)(Commandeered)

*Uziel* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

*Yahoel* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

*Beburos* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

*Beni Elohim* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

*Aramous* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

*Dazrik* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

*The Cherub* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

*Arkas* *(*Galeai *Strike Cruiser)*

*Gaderel* (Galeai Strike Cruiser)

## Relations

### Enemies

 Marauders Black |  | The two forces are great enemies of each other; from the Cypis Crusade until the Siege of Asyni, where they were defeated.

## Notable Quotes

### About The Angels of the Throne

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