Dawnborne

*Bleeding Fist of Dawn.* Chapter iconography of the Dawnborne on a standard pauldron.

A 1st company Dawnborne battle-brother.

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allegiance**

Renegade (Redemption of Man)
Imperium of Man (Formerly)
(*Fedelitas Constantus*)

### **Successor of**

Aurora Striders
(Spartak lineage)
Iron Tempests
(Khan lineage)
Ultramarines
(Guilliman lineage)
Heralds of the Dawn
(Spartak lineage)

### **Battle cry**

"Brothers, the fight must go on, and be it long or short our victory will be the victory of the common man!"

### **Colours**

Teal, Red, Copper, White, & Black

> The Astartes who would destroy the whole brutally suicidal system of the Imperium is a far more deadly foe to the Corpse Emperor than those who imagine it possible to reconcile humanity's future against our foes with insidious forms of subjagation – blind tyranny and a self-consuming march unto death!
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The **Dawnborne** are a loyalist Space Marine Chapter created from the merging of the survivors of the Iron Tempests and Aurora Striders chapters. The Aurora Striders were founded in the 37th millennia to counter the Crimzon Gitz Ork clan that swept over the sub-sectors of Nex, Ymok and Folnor in a furious Waaagh. The chapter was founded as a pure successor of the Ultramarines but has since become a divergent chapter that shows faith in suspicion, quietly questioning various institutions of the Imperium.

## Notable Campaigns & Periods

* **Crimson Dawn (M37-M41)** - The battle for Nex Prime was incredibly costly, leaving the Gitz and Striders with a fraction of their original force by the time of the 40th millennia. As the chapter and clan were ground down to their last, the Emperor bestowed upon his angels one final gift. Aurora Striders found themselves supplemented with half a company of Terminators, refugees of the recently massacred Iron Tempest White Scars chapter. The chapter was lost in the warp, boarded by the a recently turned Death Guard. The boarding led to a complete slaughter and the remaining companies fled, barely making it to realspace aboard a crumbling ship. The remaining 3 companies of Aurora Striders merged with the remaining Iron Tempests, adopting tactics and sharing their culture, steadfast in the honor of holding out despite the grievous conflicts that brought their chapters together.
	+ **Ascenion of Tiberek (943.M40)** - Tiberek, a once rank-and-file Battle-Brother, rended and krumped his way into a chapter legend in the 41st millennia by way of going toe-to-toe with nobz and 'ard boyz and securing a critical sector for 4th Company. Tiberek vanquished the Orkz using the thunder hammer given to him by his fallen sergeant. After continually proving himself in melee combat with the Orkz, Chaplain Paxor and his fellow Battle-Brothers commendations earned Tiberek the honor of bearing the terminator armor of the late chapter master who fell in battle with the Ork warboss Urza Bigkrumpa. He also took up the thunder hammer of his predecessor in battle which, along with him, soon became the icons of the chapter.
* **Thunder & Blood (M41)** - As the chapter found itself short of companies and standing leadership, Tiberek was elevated to Chapter Master and lead the chapter in the centuries that saw the Orks and Astartes down to their last. In a last climactic battle that saw Tiberek nearly slaying Bigkrumpa atop a hill of fallen orks and astartes, the Crimzon Gitz clan was seemingly about to be snuffed out.
* **Advent of the Ancients (M41)** - As the forces of Relentless Dawn surrounded the remaining orks, they suddenly heard confusion and death over the vox-link as Necron began to flood out from the core of the planet. A Tomb World. Biding their time until the Orks had forgotten them in a conflict long ago, the Necron chose to reemerge when the victor of the Astartes and Orks wiped out the other. A little early, they found, as a shock to each faction, orks and astartes began fighting side-by-side in vicious melee combat for a fleeting moment against the necron. Though accounts of this may be exaggerated. In the confusion of the sudden Necron influx it was thought the Krumpa Kroozers were lost, slaughtered to their last or, by chance, in some Gork-(or Mork-)ish miracle, they survived and fled to fight another day.
* **Steel Eclipse (M41)** - The following conflict would see nearly all of the Aurora Striders slain by the Necron, Chaplain Paxor fallen and Tiberek captured. The remaining companies, entirely composed of Tiberek's personally trained elite Terminator squads, pledged their lives to saving their chapter master and plunged deep into the Tomb World.
* **The Plague Consumes (M41)** - As the Terminators dove fist-first into the Tomb World, a relief fleet of 4 fresh Primaris companies arrived at the Nex system, ready to give Relentless Dawn much needed reinforcements. Gannis, 4th company's Company Captain who has now assumed command in Tiberek's absence, informed the Primaris of Noxillia, Nex's 6th planet and its largest hiveworld, and its ongoing consumption by Nurgle's influence. Believed to be a remnant of the Iron Tempest's executioners, the Death Guard rise from the underhive to infect and devour the planet. The Aurora Striders are now in 2 distinct pieces, the veterans and the Terminators pledged to sacrifice themselves saving Tiberek and the newblood Primaris who attempt to staunch the plague that consumes Noxillia.
* **Tiberek's Awakening (M41)** - Tiberek’s geneseed, mind and body is interrogated by Qeda’nen, his Necron captor. A bombardment of recursive memories enlighten him to the origin of his chapter, legion and Primarch.
* **Liberation & Rebirth (M41)** - Elite squads of terminators and primaris veterans, forming the Ironborne company, forge a path into the heart of the tomb world. In a harrowing mission that left many to desperate sacrifices, Tiberek is wrought free from the psychic assault and imprisonment of the Necrons and returns to his chapter.
* **Locating the Seekers (M41)** - Tiberek finds himself in contact with a Blood Ravens company in his search for the origin of his chapter. The Blood Ravens 8th Company Commander Rerumix spoke at length with Tiberek, prying from him what the captain carefully chose to share of his cryptic visions. Agreeing this matter is well worthy of further investigation, Rerumix dedicated himself, 2 librarians [Patefactos & Detego] and numerous squads of Primaris Astartes in an effort to locate any relics or information associated with the origins of the Dawnborne and the whispers of a lost primarch.

## Chapter Homeworld

The Chapter fortress-monastery on Thrak'ia is located at the seabed of the Callainus Ocean. It is made of three distinct sections that are connected through a network of reinforced tubes that allow one to gaze into the water and sealife around them. The base is located at the center of Three Brothers Rock, three jutting natural structures that shoot out from the ocean. Large enough to be visible from one another despite their 3-mile separation, each holds an entrance to the fortress.
A relatively small planet with mild to cool, rainy winters and warm, dry summers, supporting forests, woodlands, and scrub vegetation. An ever-changing landscape of high mountains, rocky shores, impenetrable scrub, semi-arid steppes, coastal wetlands, sandy beaches and a myriad islands of various shapes and sizes dotted amidst a clear blue sea.

## Order of Battle

#### Headquarters

Chapter Master
**First Captain Gannus**
**Chaplain Fabian Paxor**
**Flagship Kalypso**
**Three Brothers Rock**
**Thrak’ia**
**56 Servitors**
**15 Predators**
**7 Vindicators**
**12 Hunters**
**10 Stalkers**
**33 Land Raiders**
**18 Repulsors**
**22 Stormraven Gunships**

***Master of Secrets and High Chronicler of the Dawnborne***
**4 Chroniclers**

**15 Savants**

**10 Epistolaries**
**11 Codiciers**
**11 Lexicaniums**
**14 Acolytum**

***Master of the Fleet***
**3 Battle Barges** **(Kalypso, Twilight, and Lyko)**
**5 Strike Cruisers**
**8 Rapid Strike Vessels (Escorts)**
**23 Thunderhawks**

#### Companies

**Captain Gannus**
***Master of the Dawn***
***Lieutenant Saffus***
**Company Champion**
**Company Veterans**
**Veteran Outfit**
**6 Battleline Outfits**
**2 Close Support Outfits**
**3 Dreadnoughts**
File:1st Crew.png

***Master of the Marches***
**Company Ancient**
**Company Champion**
**Company Veterans**
**4 Battleline Outfits**
**2 Close Support Outfits**

**2 Fire Support Outfits**File:2nd Crew.png | **Captain Tallus**
***Master of the Arsenal***
**Company Ancient**
**Company Champion**
**Company Veterans**
**2 Battleline Outfits**
**1 Close Support Outfits**
**4 Fire Support Outfits**
**5** **Dreadnoughts**

File:3rd Crew.png | **Captain Garm**
**1 *Master of the Fleet***
**Company Ancient**
**Company Champion**
**Company Veterans**
**2 Battleline Outfits**
**3 Close Support Outfits**

**2** **Dreadnoughts**File:4th Crew.png

**Lieutenant Seglei**
***Master of the Shield***
**Company Ancient**
**Company Champion**
**Company Veterans**
**2 Battleline Outfits**
**4 Terminator Outfits**

**2** **Dreadnoughts**File:6th Crew.png

* **1st Company, "Rising Dawn"** -
* **Ironborne, "The Iron Revenant"** -

## Notable Members

* **Chapter Master Tiberek** **Manumittis the Dawnbringer** - Tiberek, a once rank-and-file Battle-Brother, rended and krumped his way into a chapter legend in the 41st millennia by way of going toe-to-toe with nobz and 'ard boyz and securing a critical sector for 4th Company. Tiberek vanquished the Orkz using the thunder hammer given to him by his fallen sergeant. After continually proving himself in melee combat with the Orkz, Chaplain Paxor and his fellow Battle-Brothers commendations earned Tiberek the honor of bearing the terminator armor of the late chapter master who fell in battle with the Ork warboss Urza Bigkrumpa. He also took up the thunder hammer of his predecessor in battle which, along with him, soon became the icons of the chapter.
* **Captain Gannus** -
* **Chaplain Fabian Paxor -**
* **Captain Fabiuzh** -
* **Captain Tallus** -
* **Captain Garm** -
* **Captain Kuglai** -
* **Lieutenant Seglei** -

## Chapter Armorium

### Unique Equipment

* **Hammer of Lunnix** - Thunder hammer that had belonged to Chapter Master Lunnix. After his death during the crusade against the Crimson Gitz, the hammer and Lunnix's terminator armor were taken up as a mantle by the battle-brother, Tiberek, who took his place.
* **The Herald's Shield** - Chapter Master Lunnix's heavy shield. Wielded in tandem with his hammer this shield can offer outstanding protection from ranged fire and close quarters weaponry.

### Chapter Relics

* **Lorem Ipsum** -
* **Ipsem Loremus** -

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Colours

Originally a teal and bronze scheme inspired by their ocean-covered homeworld Thrak’ia, once merged with the Iron Tempests, the chapter scheme adopted a red trim and white secondary color.

### Chapter Icon

The Dawnborne 'Bleeding Fist of Dawn' icon depicts a bloodied fist breaking a chain, a rising sun as its backdrop. Representing the struggle to redeem humanity and rid itself of the cruelty of the Emperor. A new dawn rises on the galaxy.

## Notable Quotes

### By the Dawnborne:

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> High Chronicler John Smith leading a sermon in the aftermath of the Skirmish of Tylisk Island

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> High Captain John Smith instructing his company before deployment into the Lorem Crusade

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