Frost Reapers

Frost Reapers armorial with Chapter iconography

Frost Reapers Tactical Marine

The **Frost Reapers** are a semi-*Codex* Complaint Chapter, they were created during the 25th Founding, the so-called 'Bastion Founding', from unknown lineage. This Chapter was formerly created to counter minor xenos treats and Chaos warbands in the Orion Sector located in the Segmentum Tempestus. The Chapter is known by their unique tactics with heavy weapons and their brutality in close-combat. The Frost Reapers are stabilised on the Ice World of Ís'Kúlu and often recruit from the small underground cities that resides in the planet.

## Chapter History

Created during the 25th Founding, the 'Bastion Founding', the Frost Reapers were created to prevent incoming treats from the Segmentum Tempestus. In the beginning they only fought against small xenos groups and chaotic warbands, bound close to the end of M40 the Frost Reapers wanted to prove their valor for the Imperium and so they started invading several worlds claimed by Chaos and massive WAAAGH! from the borders close to the Segmentum Pacificus. For a long time they fought against this traitor forces and they started developing an immense hate for them.

In 865.M40 the Frost Reapers launched a crusade on the borders of the Veiled Region to fight against a massive numbers of chaos forces around it. After 12 years of war in those dark regions the traitor forces started retreating into the Veiled Region. The Frost Reapers started going deeper and getting more isolated into the veiled Region, hunting down the traitors, but in a small amount of time they were getting surrounded by the traitor forces and in 877.M40 the Frost Reapers were completed surrounded by all sides and started to get attacked and suffer heavy losses. The Frost Reapers retreated back to Ís'Kúlu and spend decades rebuilding their ranks.

In 500.M41 the Chapter was back at full strength and were preparing to launch another crusade, but before they could prepare themselves, Warp Storms started happening around the planet, bring hundreds of Daemons and Chaos Space Marines. Although the Astartes were caught in the surprise, they successfully manage to defend from the invasion. 2 months later, the Frost Reapers manage to purge all traitors within their system and prepared themselves to go beyond their home system into the Mendoros system, the nearest imperial based captured be the foul traitors.

## Notable Campaigns

* **The Battle for Eir III (739.M40)**

* **The Hunt for Golztrull (784.M40)**

* **The Purging of Lianor V (800.M40)**

* **The Blizzard Crusade (865.M40)**

* **The 1st Invasion of Ís-Kúlu (500.M41)**

* **The Battle for Mendoros (503.M41)**

* **The 2nd Invasion of Ís-Kúlu (999.M41)**

* **The Hunt for Dreka'ar (008.M42)**

## Chapter Homeworld

Ís'Kúlu is an Ice World completely covered in an eternal winter. The population of the planet resides on small underground cities called *Hellir Borg*, but some of the human population adopted a nomadic lifestyle and leaving in small tribes. Although Ís'kúlu surface has freezing temperatures, the planet was able to sustain various types of animal life. One example is a animal called by the population as the *Mikill Vín* or simply the *Ís'Kúlu Boar*, large mammal creatures that are often hunted by the population for their meat and their leather, some nomadic tribes use them as a mean of transportation. Other such example is the Mastodrake, an gigantic quadruple creature that inhabits the northern parts of the planet, this creatures are able to reach massive sizes, some legends of the planets expostulates that there was a Mastodrake that was able to be as tall as a Imperial Knight. The Mastodrakes are often tamed by the Frost Reapers as not only a way for transportation but also to turn them into living weapons.

### Fortress-Monastery

The Frost Reapers Fortress-Monastery is a colossal structure reaching hundreds of meters in height and baring many monuments made from solid ice. Fortress-Monastery Snjóbor is lined with thousands of armaments and many anti-air weaponry.

## Chapter Organisation

### Command Ranks

* **Chapter Master**

* **Captains**

* **Lieutenants**

### Specialist Ranks

#### Senior Ranks

* **Reclusiarch**

* **Chief Apothecary**

* **Forge Master**

* **Chief Librarian**

* **Master Reaper** - Chapter Champion equivalent.

#### Junior Ranks

* **Chaplains**

* **Apothecary**

* **Techmarine**

* **Librarian**

* **Ancient** - Standard Bearer equivalent.

* **Reaper** - Company Champion equivalent.

### Line Ranks

* **Veteran Sergeant**

* **Sergeant**

* **Battle-Brother**

* **Scout Marine**

* **Neophyte**

### Specialist Units & Formations

* **Frozen Bastions:**

* **Reapers of Ice:** The Reaper of Ice is a specialist role in the Chapter, were those who become have the task of hunting down an specific target marked by the Chapter Chaplains. Those who wish to become a Reaper Master need to past to a series of tests.

* **Mastodrake Riders:**

## Deathwatch Service

The Frost Reapers rarely send Battle-Brothers to serve in the Deathwatch, those who are send are only veterans who want to serve beyond the barriers of the Segmentum Tempestus

## Notable Members

* **Chapter Master Jón Snjórdson:**

* **Chapter Master Navius Borealis:**

* **Captain Bjorn Heimdal:**

* **Captain Gabriel Norsemen:**

* **Reaper Master Njorden:**

* **Reaper Master Sigurdson:**

* **Captain Guthrum Ísmenn:**

* **Captain Buri Ratatosk:**

## Chapter Fleet

* **The Tempestus Reapers (Chapter Barge)**

* **Ís'Kulu Wrath (Battle Barge)**

* **North Hunter (Battle Barge)**

* **The Reaper's Will (Vanguard Class-Light Cruiser)**

* **Eternal Blizzard (Vanguard Class-Light Cruiser)**

* **Cold Will (Nova Class-Frigate)**

* **Void Mikill Vín (Nova Class-Frigate)**

* **Ice Breaker (Gladius Class-Frigate)**

* **Frost Beast (Hunter Class-Destroyer)**

## Chapter Relics

* ***The First Blade***:

* ***The Frozen Death***:

* ***The Hall of Souls:***

* ***The Boreal Fist***:

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Badge

The Frost Reaper badge resembles two red scythes with a white mark at the front resembling a Ís'Kulu Boar.

## Notable Quotes

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