Featured Article Archive

An archive of previous featured articles.

Y'landralei is an Aeldari Craftworld located on the outer side of the Cicatrix Maledictum, otherwise known as the Imperium Nihilus by humans, particularly within the area of space known in the Imperium as Sector Alsatia. Craftword Y'landralei is a relatively famous craftworld among the Aeldari, thanks in part to the Harlequins and their performance of the *Journey to Eden*, an epic play that tells, in exaggerated and mythical format, the story of Y'landralei and its journey after surviving the Fall of the Eldar...

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## 2023

### Dec 02

    **Starborn Giants**

Raised during the recent 24th Founding, the Starborn Giants is a fleet-based Chapter infamous for zealously enforcing conformity throughout mankind's domains. The Chapter's belief in the Imperial Creed and the divinity of the Emperor sets it apart from other Successor Chapters of the Salamanders. The Starborn Giants' strange interpretation of the Promethean Cult causes many Salamanders successors to avoid or disown the younger Chapter. The Starborn Giants, therefore, have few allies within the Adeptus Astartes, and their austere adherence to dogma...

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### Nov 02

    **Order of the Blazing Horizon**

The **Order of the Blazing Horizon** is an Order Minoris of the Adepta Sororitas based in the Sentar System of the Sanctus Sector in the Segmentum Ultima. They were founded by Canoness Becca Paratus and settled on Noliath because, being at the edge of the Imperium and being victim of a warp storm that cut them off from the Imperium, there were frequent invasions in the system. Noliath is now a relatively peaceful planet, but it hasn't always been so. This was the most strategic planet for the Sisters to set up their secondary convent in order to keep a watchful eye over the other planets in the area...

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### Oct 02

    **Courageous Class Battleship**

The **Courageous Class Battleship** was the designation given to a line of powerful warships, originally produced during the Great Crusade as task force flagships. As the crusade was increasingly dispersed across the length and breadth of the galaxy, it was noted that there was a lack of large combat/support vessels to assign to the myriad task forces and smaller fleets. The number of Gloriana class vessels was too low and their construction too lengthy and resource-intensive to expand the line further to fill this shortfall. The Courageous class was conceived as a cheaper, smaller, and easier-to-build line which ditched much of the Archeotech and advanced technology of the Glorianas to create a vessel which was overall less efficient and potent, but much faster to produce and nonetheless a capable combat vessel, able to hold large stores of supplies, repair facilities and troops.

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### Sept 02

    **Xandilu**

The Xandilu, a sentient reptilian species hailing the oceanic planet of Yemaya, have an immense capacity to learn and retain information. Their technological progress was constrained by the perilous conditions of their environment until the arrival of human colonists who shared advanced technology. Harnessing their newfound knowledge, the Xandilu have ingeniously adapted technology to align with their unique physiology, overcoming the challenges that once hindered their development. The Xandilu have thrived in the thousands of years since their assisted technological awakening by creating more permanent settlements and defences against the death world in which they live...

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### Aug 02

    **Mang'shas Sept**

The **Mang'shas Sept** is a Sept of the T'au Empire founded during the Third Sphere of Expansion. Colonising a system full of mineral-rich planets and asteroids and the Prime World being a Volcanic Savanna world, the Sept has become a manufacturing powerhouse, specialising particularly in crafting weapons, vehicles and battlesuits. The warriors of the Mang'shas Sept are renowned for their tenacity and endurance, their masterfully crafted weapons, and their eagerness to prove their effectiveness upon their enemies. The members of the Mang'shas Sept have become a hardy and proud people who take great pride in the weapons they produce...

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### July 02

    **Splinter Fleet Lindwyrm**

Recognized by its fire-breathing capabilities & near-total lack of synapse creatures, **Splinter Fleet Lindwyrm** remains largely confined to the Galactic Core in Segmentum Ultima. An interplanetary network of Necron Null Fields there prevents the Hive Mind from accessing the pockets of isolated xenos, leaving them largely to the whims of evolution & natural selection. What few synapse creatures still form beneath the anti-psychic fields do so at immense cost to the biomass & energy of their local ecosystem; this paints a biological target on the back of such bioforms as the cannibalistic & instinctive tendencies of the Lindwyrm Tyranids see synapse creatures as hyperdense concentrations of sustenance...

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### June 02

    **Corsaegan Cuirassiers**

The Imperial Cuirassier Cavalry and Infantry Corps of Corsaega, or more simply the **Corsaegan Cuirassiers**, is a name given to Astra Militarum regiments hailing from the civilized world of Corsaega located at the edges of the Realm of Ultramar within Segmentum Ultima. The Corsaegans have a long history of service to the Golden Throne, dating back to the final years of the Great Crusade. However, prior to the Horus Heresy, their planet and overall military might was completely different to its current state. Once classified as a Paradise World, Corsaega had undergone extremely rapid technological advancements during the Horus Heresy as a planet-wide war between secessionists and loyalists broke out. The war, brought on by requests of aid at the birth of the Ruinstorm...

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### May 02

    **Black Huntsmen**

The **Black Huntsmen** (also known as the "Sacred Band of Ibrosia") are descended from the Mortifactors during the intermediary period between the Second and Third Foundings. Thus they technically were not a sanctioned chapter of the Second Founding, but their formation as a chapter would be ratified by order of Imperial Edict passed sometime during M32 that they would be classed officially as being a sanctioned chapter of the Adeptus Astartes as part of an unstated founding. Compared to their upstanding and stoic progenitors in the Ultramarines, the Mortifactors are a grim, austere and superstitious lot within the roster of the successor chapters of the Thirteenth Legion. The Black Huntsmen follow the example of their progenitors in the Mortifactors...

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### Apr 02

    **Perfection**

"Perfection" is a short story written by our talented contributor SquishyGDI. It is a tale dealing with a Genestealer cult and their point of view about their new spawn and what they consider to be 'perfection'.

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### Mar 02

    **Emerald Spears**

The **Emerald Spears** is a loyalist Space Marine Chapter created from the lineage of the heroic Ultramarines during the 25th 'Bastion' Founding. Since their founding they have become notable for their exceptional level of coordination and teamwork. The Emerald Spears are ruthless warriors who pursue their enemies until every last foe has been slain. With tactical precision and fearless resolve do the Emerald Spears wage war on the enemies of the Imperium. Every battle is meticulously planned, every foe tactically analysed and every ally carefully scrutinised to ensure that victory...

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### Feb 02

    **Tidebenders**

The **Tidebenders** are a loyalist Space Marine Chapter created during the 23rd Founding, the so-called 'Sentinel Founding', from the lineage of the heroic Blood Angels. They are created for amphibious warfare, a unique niche of combat untouched by many military organizations within the Imperium. This was by necessity given that their homeworld of Kalypse is populated by primordial creatures called the Abyssal Titans that control the currents of the oceans themselves to threaten the native human population. Valuing human life, the Tidebenders undertook this responsibility as stewards/protectors of the Kalypsians and their numerous Island Nations across the Eighth Seas of the planet. Humble and reserved the Tidebenders seek no personal glory nor do they want to be recognized for their actions by the wider Imperium...

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### Jan 02

    **Grecians**

The **Grecians**, known to themselves as **Hellenes**, were a loyalist semi *Codex*-compliant Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes created during an unknown founding, although extant records indicate they were suspected to have been founded during the 25th 'Bastion' Founding. The identity of their Primarch was also unknown, with knowledge being lost to the Chapter after an invasion of their homeworld. Created by the High Lords of Terra with the express purpose of guarding the Greater Grecian Sector in the Segmentum Pacificus, a task they had attempted to maintain with utmost priority. However, this stance did lead to other Chapters accusing the Grecians of ignoring greater threats to the wider Imperium...

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## 2022

### Dec 04

    **Behind the Veil**

***Behind the Veil*** is a short story written by our talented contributor Mia Pallas. It is about a Novitiate Sister who fails in her duties while fighting against the forces of Nurgle. Her cowardice in the face of the enemy left her fellow battle-sisters to a fate worse than death. Having committed such an unforgiveable sin, she attempts to atone for her mistakes and find exculpation from the God-Emperor, but it remains to be seen whether or not she will find the absolution she so desperately seeks.

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### Nov 04

**Tair-Melann**

**Tair-Melann** is a relatively minor Aeldari Craftworld (smaller than the five major Craftworlds, but larger than most "minor" ones) known for its archaic, rustic and primitive traditions and its zealous, fanatical dedication to the goddess Isha, which are both results of most of its population being made up of former Exodites. They are often perceived as barbarous, impolite, naïve and simple-minded by other Aeldari - whereas the Tair-Melannis, for their part, consider most other Aeldari to be arrogant, pretentious, decadent and dishonest.

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### Oct 02

**Lightning Sons**

The **Lightning Sons** (High Gothic: *Filiatus Ignis*) are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and lineage, known to be composed of staunch Imperial traditionalists. It is widely agreed that the Chapter was formed as part of the 23rd Founding in late M37, however the lack of any verifiable evidence makes confirmation next to impossible. With their history nebulous and origins otherwise occluded, the Lightning Sons possess a fanatical drive to record, retain and preserve all historical information, most importantly information pertaining to themselves and their Chapter...

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### Sept 04

**Sons of Rapture**

The **Sons of Rapture** are a Loyalist Successor Chapter of the stoic and unforgiving Iron Hands. Created during an Unknown Founding, they were formed from a group that went their separate ways after a disagreement on the Iron Hands' ideals when the High lords created the successor chapter. Stubborn and honourable to a fault, they wage war on mankind's enemies wherever is required, learning what they can from the enemy so as to destroy them all the better.

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### Aug 05

**Sisters of the Night**

The **Sisters of the Night** are a Slaaneshi Warband created when a small number of Adepta Sororitas were corrupted by Chaos during a joint mission with the Verum Illuminate. Initially, the corrupted Sisters hailed from the Pronatus order called the Order of the Dawn. After her perceived failure and blasphemy toward the golden throne, when the squad failed to capture a psyker named Brently, Julia Sansoucy was the first to take the Oath of Repentance. The four other members of her squad followed suit, later on, joining the ranks of the Repentia. Slowly, whispers of doubt and corruption started poisoning her mind. Julia Sansoucy was the founder of the Sisters of the Night. Being well-liked and a great fighter...

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### July 09

**Aeirein Grenadiers**

The **Aeirein Grenadiers**, also known as the Begleter, are elite shock regiments of the Aeirein Guard. Although few in number compared to the more famous Astra Militarum forces such as the Cadians or Catachans, they have built up a considerable reputation for their effectiveness...

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### Jun 02

**Dreviavilas**

The **Dreviavilas** are a species of vampiric Huntresses, who periodically leave their home, the Golden Forest on Wild Hunts, in search of Psyker Blood...

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### May 02

**Immortals**

The **Immortals** are a semi-*Codex*-compliant Loyalist Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes hailing from the 8th Founding in the middle to late stages of M35 and descended from the bloodline of the Blood Angels. These ill-understood but noble sons of Sanguinius have fought the enemies of man with a tenacity few of their peers could match, their extensive roll of battle honours reflecting that. Carrying the traditions of their forebears and combining it with the teachings of their home world’s customs, alongside works like...

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### Apr 02

**Jade Wyverns**

The **Jade Wyverns** are a Loyalist Adeptus Astartes Chapter created during the Ultima Founding and comprised almost entirely of Primaris Space Marines succeeding from the Salamanders, Sons of Vulkan. Beginning as Greyshields among the Legions formed for the Indomitus Crusade, they were deployed via Torchbearer fleet to reinforce the Iron Wyverns, a Firstborn chapter in dire need of support. As events unfolded, however, they would form a new chapter entirely, believing the original to be lost...

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### Mar 02

**Iron Purity**

The **Iron Purity** are a Loyalist Successor Chapter created from the proud lineage of the Ultramarines, supposedly created as early as the 2nd Founding, following the bloody civil war of the Horus Heresy and the subsequent Great Scouring. An honourable and dedicated Chapter, the Iron Purity have continuously fought the enemies of Mankind for ten millennia, standing as a bulwark between realm of the Emperor and the encroaching darkness of the Ruinous Powers.

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### Feb 02

**Imperial Wardens**

The **Imperial Wardens** is a Loyalist, semi-*Codex* compliant, Space Marine Chapter alleged to be ancient born from either the Second or Third Founding. The Imperial Wardens is a fleet-based chapter that follows a rare fusion between Crusade and Pilgrim patrol patterns across the Imperium. As they believe themselves to be the "Red Right Hand" of the Emperor, it's their right to patrol the galaxy in search for enemies, often boasting to have been at every corner of the Emperor's domain. The Chapter is known for its almost monastic behavior, from their recognizance of the Imperial cult...

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### Jan 02

**Khafretekh Dynasty**

The **Khafretekh Dynasty** is a void-based Necron Dynasty whose Tomb Worlds were lost in the last days of the Great Sleep. The Crownworld originally situated on the southern edge of the Segmentum Tempestus, their territories were swallowed by the coming of Hive Fleet Leviathan. The remnants of their dynasty now roam the void in the form of a single powerful battlefleet, which houses the entirety of the dynasty's few remaining armies. These armies, and the fleet itself, can most commonly be seen striking at Tyranid Hive Fleet tendrils, especially in defense of still-awakening tomb worlds.

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## 2021

### Dec 02

**Carebear Marines**

The **Carebear Marines**, are a successor Chapter of the Ultrasmurfs that has gone traitor. Their love of beauty and bright colours has been so important in their missions that they complete forgot the reason they would fight. Seeing something ugly is an affront to them so they give the ugly this person, place or thing an ultimatum. Sparkle or die! If they chose not to be beautified by the chaos warband, they are attacked by the Sparkleblaster by beams of light (the equivalent of lasers) and deadly sparkling confetti. If they choose to comply, they receive...

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### Nov 02

**Order of the Blessed Laurel**

The **Order of the Blessed Laurel** is one of the Ordo Minoris of the Adepta Sororitas, founded by Saint Jeanice on the new Shrine World of Pontavar in Herzavar Sector M40. The order is well known for its undying devotion to the Emperor of Mankind and values loyalty, devotion, self-sacrifice, and aid to the weak. The order combat doctrine is known for its extensive usage of fiery melee weapons, incendiary bolter rounds and lightning attack through mass number of...

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### Oct 03

**Aurelia**

**Aurelia** is a short story that begins several decades earlier upon a world being ravaged by Orks. A young girl hiding from the slaughter, is being protected by one of the Emperor's Angels of Death. Though they only spend a short time together, the lessons learned that day - bravery, steadfastness, loyalty and sacrifice - are seered into the consciousness of the child. She takes these lessons to heart, which eventually leads to life-changing possibilities which alters the young child's destiny in ways she never could've imagined.

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### Sept 01

**Draconian Impalers**

The **Draconian Impalers** are a venerable loyalist Successor Chapter of the ancient and valiant Blood Angels created during the 3rd Founding at the dawn of the 32nd Millennium. Down the millennia, this Chapter has garnered a reputation for their savage mien and use of unconventional tactics, and were eventually given an ultimatum by their Progenitors; lose all contact with their Founding Legion or change their ways. The Draconian Impalers chose to lose the support of Baal, and become a Chapter apart from their fellow Chapters of the Blood.

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### Aug 01

**Shadow of the Phoenix**

The **Shadows of the Phoenix** are the united military force that oversee an alliance of Aeldari protectorates operating across the Eastern Fringe of the Galaxy, they are their guardians and protectors, as well as fearsome sell swords and mercenaries when their duty is light. They are a highly militant society consisting mostly of, but not exclusively, Exodites, Outcasts and Corsairs. Led by a legendary quadrumvirate of heroes, the militant force has borne a core of warriors known as the Dumananrii who have forged their own identity at the center of the alliance. The Shadows of the Phoenix strike back on the behalf of those...

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### July 01

**Onyx Executioners**

The **Onyx Executioners** are a foreboding and mysterious fleet-based Chapter, supposedly created during the 23rd Founding, the so-called 'Sentinel Founding', from unknown genetic lineage. Originally known as the Crusaders of Glory, this Chapter garnered a reputation as being a humane and pacivistic Chapter that had a reputation for sparing their enemies instead of outright destroying them, often turning them over for interrogation to agents of the Inquisition. However, their merciful nature would prove to be their undoing. In the early decades of M41, a good portion of the Chapter become wholly corrupted...

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### June 02

**Nemean Lions**

The **Nemean Lions** are a Loyalist Successor Chapter of the stoic Imperial Fists, raised during the 23rd 'Sentinel' Founding. Since their inception, the Nemean Lions have steadfastly prosecuted the enemies of Mankind across the width and breadth of the known Galaxy, taking part in many notable conflicts down the millennia. Despite their relative youth, the Nemean Lions have garnered a reputation as dedicated and stalwart defenders...

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### May 02

**Knights of Aryith**

The **Knights of Aryith** is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter created during the ill-fated 21st Founding, the so-called 'Cursed Founding'. They were supposedly created from the lineage of the heroic Blood Angels, charactertised by their brutality and their radical vision of the Imperium. Despite several investigations into the Chapter's true lineage, their origins have never been definitively verified.

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### Apr 02

**1st Hurian Expeditionary Force**

The **1st Hurian Expeditionary Force** is a large Astra Militarum strike force that hails from the inhospitable world of Huria. A regiment created for vengeance, the 1st Hurian Expeditionary Force strikes with great speed, taking down its enemies before they can even react. Adorned in red armor they strike out into the territories of the enemies of man.

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### Mar 02

**Aurora-class Battleship**

The *Aurora*-class Battleship was developed by the world of Kaliv during the pre-Imperium era for use in its wars against the various nations of the Glacrion system. Soon, it became the most widely-produced high-tonnage vessel in the Kaliv Imperial Navy, with the Lucindae Shipyards turning out at least 10 every year, with the highest number recorded to have been produced was eighteen in the year 839.M30. The *Aurora* was the pinnacle of battleship design in the Glacrion Wars, which had lasted for centuries before the arrival of the Imperium. In the modern era,...

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### Feb 02

**Star Golems**

The Star Golems are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes and are descendant of the ancient and proud Salamanders. Recognizing their goal to recover Vulkan's relics, some members of the chapter would raise the question as to why they do not seek to recover all forms of technology that the Imperium values so dearly, and not only the relics of their Primarch. This question resulted in some members of the Salamanders to begin to attempt to do just that in their missions, and they would find that they had been so focused only on the Artefacts of Vulkan that they had missed...

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### Jan 02

**Order of the Dawn**

The Sisters of Battle from the Order of the Dawn are a minor order Pronatus. Although they are a non militant order, they do come in for interrogation of heretics, witches and xenos. They have a deep respect for relics and want to learn more about chaos relics in order to further the knowledge of the Imperium. Quite skilled at interrogation and getting to the truth, they are rarely duped by their subjects. They were chosen to fill the ranks of the Order of the Dawn due to their curiosity, thirst for knowledge, unwavering faith to the Imperium and believe...

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## 2020

### Dec 04

**Cogger Hive Guard**

The Cogger Hive Guard are the Astra Militarum regiments that hail from the industrial hive world of Cogger. Primarily recruited from the planet's factory workers that fail to uphold their industrial quotes or from the most incorrigible hive gangers, these recruits are rounded up by the hive cities local Adeptus Arbites and forced to undergo neural-conditioning. After being "programmed" with the necessary knowledge and skills needed, they are inducted into the ranks of the Cogger Hive Guard.

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### Nov 03

**Champions of Mortis**

The Champions of Mortis are a semi-*Codex* compliant Successor Chapter of Adeptus Astartes created during the 3rd Founding from an unknown sire. They report direct descendance from the Imperial Fists, though this First Founding Chapter strongly disputes this. The Champions are currently located in the southern fringe of the Imperium of Man, and they have devoted themselves to fanatically target and purge Heretic Astartes emerging from the Scourge Stars, though they are known to fight with even more vindictiveness than normal against the forces of Chaos, with a talent for those worshipping the so-called "God" of pestilence. These Astartes are a fleet-based Chapter...

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### Oct 02

**Bloodmoon Hunters**

The Bloodmoon Hunters are a stalwart and dedicated non-*Codex* compliant Loyalist Space Marine Chapter created during the mysterious 13th Founding, the so-called 'Dark Founding'. Little is known of this mysterious founding as there are no reliable records that indicate how many Chapters were conceived during this Founding or what became of them. Extant records indicate that the Bloodmoon Hunters were supposedly created during this Founding around the time a recorded prophecy foretold their inception. It is generally believed...

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### Sept 02

    **Twisted**

For our Featured Article of the Month, we have our very first short story selected as the winner! **Twisted** is a short story about an Astartes of the Verum Illuminate - a somewhat aloof Chapter that believes in the divinity of the God-Emperor and are steadfast in their search for the truth by the light of the Emperor's truth. They are often called in when others fail at finding and capturing or eliminating traitors or other heretics. They will fight, to the death, with honour, in the name of the Emperor, until all traitors are destroyed or they, themselves, take their last breath.

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### Aug 02

    **Red Crusaders**

The **Red Crusaders** are a loyalist Space Marine Chapter created during the 4th Founding during the middle centuries of M32 from unknown lineage. This Chapter hails from the Sanctus System, a star system currently lost to the Imperium Nihilus due to the destruction of Cadia and the Cicatrix Maledictum. Like the Black Templars, the Red Crusaders also believe in the divinity of the Emperor, though the question of if its really the Emperor they worship has been brought up many times by Inquisitors.

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### July 13

    **Nacretineï**

**Nacretineï** is a minor Aeldari Craftworld recognized for their valor and the skills of their pilots. In battle, the Warhosts of Nacretineï are compared to a hundred birds of prey swoop on their foes with the speed of lightning. They are a proud people, and many amongst the Aeldari claim that they fight only for their own personal glory. Nonetheless, Nacretineï has been present to counter numerous incursions from the Asuryani's enemies, and their martial prowess is nothing to be dismissed.

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### July 6

    **Agents of Liberty**

The **Agents of Liberty** are a highly controversial regiment of the Astra Militarum thanks to their origins and choices. Every guard regiment fights for the Emperor, but the Agents of Liberty fight for something more. They die for the freedom of humanity, from tyrants both within & without. Their commitment to this goal was both their strength & nearly their undoing.

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### June 2

**Molten Fists**

The **Molten Fists** are a semi-*Codex* compliant Space Marine chapter founded during the ill-fated 21st 'Cursed' Founding. They are sons of Primarch Rogal Dorn through the Crimson Fists. Although they have an official homeworld that the chapter returns to at least once every decade, they act mostly in a fleet-based capacity due to its location in the Segmentum Obscurus. Due to their inception during the Cursed Founding, the chapter suffers from a gene-flaw named the 'Internal Flame'. In essence, the marines of the chapter suffer a constant burning pain which they have to manage. However, this does....

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### May 1

**Retributors**

The **Retributors** are a Successor Chapter of the Imperial Fists, created during an unknown Founding. Described as distant, relentless and efficient by those fighting alongside them, the Retributors are a stern and austere Chapter, more interested in tactical success than battlefield glory.

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### Apr 3

**Gohoths**

**Gohoths** are a semi-intelligent insectoid xenos species, inhabiting a planet called Gohoth. They do not possess any technology, nor are they capable of space travel, yet they are the dominant species of their world. Information about them is rather limited, as the species is hostile to all other life forms that enter the territory of their hive, including their rivals from other hives.

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### Mar 3

**Legio Arctica**

Based on the forge world of Kronn IV, the **Legio Arctica** (commonly referred as the '**Icebreakers**') stands as a proud bastion on the border between the Segmentum Obscurus and Segmentum Pacificus, fighting off encroaching Ork invasions and Chaos warbands. The Legio was founded during the Great Crusade, and have eventually developed tactics to hold prolonged sieges and wars of attrition due to the constant Ork incursions against their origin forge world as well as....

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### Feb 3

**Lightning Wraiths**

The **Lightning Wraiths** are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter founded in M37 as a Successor Chapter to the White Scars. As such, the Lightning Wraiths retained some of the White Scars' traditions and combat doctrine. They were created in response to an increase in Chaos activity in the Segmentum Obscurus. A chapter born from shame, hate, and vengeance, the Lightning Wraiths are a reclusive chapter with traditions that derive from various death and warrior cults of their home planet. As such, they are quite autonomous from the Imperium at large...

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### Jan 7

**Saint Amyntikós**

**Saint Amyntikós** is a Ministorum sanctioned Saint of the Cult Imperialis, widely known across the Segmentum Ultima and in some areas beyond. He is a closely associated with the Astra Militarum, being the patron Saint of earthen fortifications, trenches, and foxholes. Entrenching tools manufactured across the Segmentum are embossed with a Saint Amyntikós medallion and blessed in the Saint’s name. An uncountable number of Guardsmen, huddled in dugouts under fire, have prayed for the Saint to intercede with the God-Emperor on their behalf that their fortifications might protect them from His enemies.

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## 2019

### Dec 5

**Europan Planetary Federation**

The **Europan Planetary Federation** began as a single planet, that was supposed to be a naval base for the crusading fleet during the Garon Nebulae Crusade, which, however, turned out to be ill-fated and the Imperial forces were quickly driven off the region, abandoning Europa Prime, at the time the only colonized planet behind, to its own fate. The governor saw it as a betrayal and took the matters into his own hands. After several tries, he gave up and cut all efforts to re-establish contact with the Imperium and so the Europan Federation was formed, a cornerstone for the Europan Planetary Federation, a real yet small interstellar empire.

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### Nov 5

**Flesh Rippers**

The **Flesh Rippers** are an infamous Loyalist Chapter of unknown origin and Founding, said to be created in the early years of M34, though there is some conflicting evidence on this in the Imperial records, with some reference to the Chapter existing as early as M32. This discrepancy has not yet been reconciled and apart from several fragmentary accounts nothing indicated that they even existed. This rather optimistic view was shattered once the Flesh Rippers returned to the greater Imperium during the Centurion War. This Chapter is suspected, due to its name its tendency to fall into a berserk fury during battle to be descended from the Blood Angels. Others have claimed a link to the World Eaters Traitor Legion. Whatever their origins, the Flesh Rippers are bloody handed monsters...

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### Oct 5

**Order of the Celestial Quill**

The **Order of the Celestial Quill** is a Minor Order of the Adepta Sororitas. While technically an Order Militant, their particular beliefs cause them to dip into portions of the role of an Order Dialogus as well. Their interpretation of the Imperial Cult depicts the Emperor as having three aspects: the Warrior, the Father, and the Teacher. They honor the Warrior with their battle prowess, the Father by helping the Imperial citizens in their time of need, and the Teacher by collecting knowledge in the massive library they use as a Fortress Abbey. While the first two of these are fairly standard...

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### Sept 5

**Ashimar Nova Guard**

The **Ashimar Nova Guard** are the Astra Militarum regiments raised from the Civilized World of Ashimar in the Segmentum Pacificus. They are known for being courageous and dependable fighters, utilizing combined arms tactics to execute precise, overwhelming attacks against their enemies. They are also notable for their good-willed, honorable, and outspoken nature, always keeping in mind the common citizens of the Imperium and never hesitating to stand up to other Imperial forces when they feel the well-being of the people on the worlds they fight upon are being neglected. The tactics and organization...

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### Aug 6

**Astral Leviathans**

The **Astral Leviathans** are a loyalist Space Marine Chapter of the mysterious 13th Founding, the so-called 'Dark Founding', from an unknown parent chapter. The Astral Leviathans have seen extensive combat in the outer fringes of the Imperium combating Renegade planetary governors and militias, their majority of their campaigns being waged against humanity itself, this comes into the chapters very close ties with the Ordo Hereticus and the Ecclesiarch. The Chapter's holy rituals and dedication to the Imperial Creed plays a large part...

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### July 6

**Golmai**

The **Golmai** (formally known as the Golmai Collective) are a minor xenos race (if the term "race" can be applied to organisms wholly non-organic in origin) located largely in Segmentum Obscurus. They are artificially intelligent constructs created by the original biological inhabitants of their homeworld, Corgram, who they summarily destroyed in order to establish dominion over the planet. While different Golmai colonies have been discovered across the fringes of Imperial territory in Segmentum Obscurus...

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### June 5

**Bulls of Retribution**

The **Bulls of Retribution** are a Loyalist Successor Chapter descended from the lineage of the stoic and proud Imperial Fists, raised in M38 during an Unknown Founding. This Chapter was created to stand sentinel over the vitally important Gudan Sector, located in the Ultima Segmentum, from the various enemies of Mankind. As a fleet-based Chapter, they constantly patrol their assigned region of the galaxy, ever-vigilant against the threats of invasion by the various xenos within the region or the vile Forces of Chaos.

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### May 6

**Sector Occident Prime**

**Sector Occident Prime** is an ancient, populous and wealthy sector of the Segmentum Solar that exists under constant threat from the twin warp anomalies known as the Hellgates. In addition to periodic invasions from the Daemon worlds within the Gates, known as Hell Crusades, the planets of the sector are tormented by Chaos cults and Heresies. Occident Prime's location within the Segmentum Solar is located less than a thousand light years from Holy Terra herself, making it a critical theatre in the Imperium's neverending war against Chaos.

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### Apr 7

**Ci'haan Sept**

**Ci'haan** is a Sept of the T'au Empire founded during the Second Sphere Expansion. Colonized early in the Second Sphere expansion, they rapidly asserted themselves as a rising star among the Septs until they lost over half their Fire and Air Caste population to the catastrophe of the Fourth Sphere Expansion. Due to this, Ci'haan has seen a surge in the importance and role of its Water Caste, whose efforts have greatly aided in Ci'haan's attempt to rebuild themselves...

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### Mar 8

**Ferunus**

The Forge World **Ferunus** is one of the most influential planets in the Azuran Sector of the Segmentum Pacificus, and the only Forge World of the sector. Settled less than two millennia ago by the remnants of a large Martian Explorator fleet seeking refuge after a devastating journey through the warp and harrowing encounters with daemons that shaped the founders of the world into a distinctly new culture, it has grown rapidly into a major regional industrial powerhouse in the Segmentum and is known for its aggressive exploration, examination, and destruction of xenos ruins across the galaxy as well as possessing several rare STCs. It is slightly larger than the size of Neptune in the Sol system, and covered primarily in a sparsely vegetated tundra with a breathable atmosphere.

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### Feb 8

**Ironbeards**

The **Ironbeards** are a clan of the hearty Abhuman race known as the Squats. They were one of the few vestiges that survived the destruction of the Squat Homeworlds by a splinter fleet of Hive Fleet Behemoth in the late 41st Millennium. With their race essentially destroyed, and the few remaining homeworlds annexed outright by the Imperium of Man over the next two centuries, the survivors of the event known as the '*Devouring*' continue to live on, residing aboard their remaining mining ships that once made them an economic force. The Ironbeards are one of the few...

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### Jan 6

**Ludara Kresh**

**Ludara Kresh** (born 954.M41) is a Lady General of the Ashimar Nova Guard, the most senior officer on Ashimar High Command, and effectively the supreme commander of the entire Ashimar Nova Guard. Kresh is a master strategist and military organizer, who is cold, ruthless, and logical in the planning and execution of her campaigns. She has brought many victories and battle honors to the Ashimar Nova Guard forces she has commanded, though often at great cost due to her relentless, win-at-all-costs mentality and draconian approach to discipline. While many Ashimar Nova Guard officers are respected and beloved by their troops, Kresh is one of the few who is feared.

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## 2018

### December 7

**Knights of Laeran**

The **Knights of Laeran** are a Chaos Warband devoted to Slaanesh, derived primarily from the Emperor's Children. They are particularly infamous for their tendency to infiltrate, fortify, and corrupt Imperial pleasure worlds, rather than the raiding and pillaging typical of Slaanesh worshipers. However, having recently claimed the world of Laeran as their own, they have since shifted their focus to defending this world from their arch rivals, the Knights Celestial and House Blackstone, as well as repaying the various debts they took on in order to claim it.

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### November 5

**Templars of Iron**

The **Templars of Iron** are a Successor Chapter of the Iron Hands. These scions of Ferrus Manus are noted for their stern demeanour and ruthless persecution of their foes. This Chapter, along with the Iron Gorgons and the Iron Harbingers, make up a triumvirate of 2nd Founding Iron Hands' Successors, collectively known as the *Frateris Firmitatis* ("The Ironclad Brotherhood"). Since their inception, the Templars of Iron have amassed a substantial tally of glorious victories down the millennia. Like their Progenitors, they too, have a hatred of the flesh and share their predilection for replacing parts of their bodies with bionics and cybernetic enhancements. In battle, the Templars are noted for their stoic resolve and stubborn determination...

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### October 5

**Blood Jaws**

The **Blood Jaws** are a formerly Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines created during an Unknown Founding, and from uncertain lineage, in 013.M37. This bellicose and ferocious Chapter was created in order to stand as a bulwark against constant attacks in and around the Eye of Terror, from both the Forces of Chaos and various xenos threats. Unfortunately, within the first century of their creation the Chapter fell from the light of the Emperor, for unknown to them, their first Chapter Master had been corrupted by a Greater Daemon of Khorne. Following their ill-fated sojourn into the Eye of Terror, the Blood Jaws were slowly corrupted by the insidious touch of the Blood God. When they finally emerged, they had been transformed into a large Chaos Warband, wholly dedicated to slaughter and murder. Now they commit the most obscene levels of carnage wherever they go, in tribute to their brutal and bloody deity.

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### September 5

**Sun Serpents**

The **Sun Serpents** are a mighty and fierce Successor Chapter that was created during the ill-fated 21st Founding, the so-called 'Cursed Founding'. Supposedly the Chapter was created from the lineage of the ancient and noble Salamanders. Conflicting accounts of their true origins make it difficult to sort fact from fiction, as there are numerous apocryphal tales of the Sun Serpents having appeared far earlier in Imperial history than when they first officially appeared in Imperial records, during the Age of Apostasy in M36.

An honorable and loyal Chapter, despite their numerous laudable victories and enviable battle record...

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### August 5

**Ordinators**

The **Ordinators** are a 23rd 'Sentinel' Founding, semi-*Codex* compliant Space Marine Chapter thought to have been founded by directive of the Ordo Malleus to build on the successful practice of Daemonic Possession Therapy pioneered by the Exorcists Chapter to create a specialized anti-Chaos Astartes chapter in a besieged corner of the Imperium. The Ordinators were first mentioned in Administratum records as one of very few Space Marine Chapters...

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### July 16

**Penitent Knights**

The **Penitent Knights** are an ancient and fabled *Codex*-Divergent Chapter with an unknown origination from the 3rd Founding during the early years of the 32nd Millennium bearing a near chivalric culture and attitude. The most obvious difference from most other Astartes Chapters is that the Penitent Knights fiercely and zealously believe in defending the citizens of the Imperium, which is backed with a learned ferocity and determination. This noble and unwavering stance has many times earned them the ire of other, more cold-hearted Imperial forces. Often have the honorable...

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### June 21

**Novus Krakens**

The **Novus Krakens** are a *Codex*-divergent Chapter of Loyalist Space Marines with an unknown progenitor and founding. Records that were once in the Librarium of the Chapter's Fortress-Monastery on Mobidium contained a wealth of information about the Chapter, it's wars, and its origins; but was lost along with the devastation of their homeworld following a grand schism that divided the chapter, resulting in the destruction of their Fortress-Monastery, and such knowledge has been permanently lost.

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### June 1

**Sons of Iron**

The **Sons of Iron** Chapter is a 26th Founding Successor Chapter of the Iron Hands. Hailing from the perilous world of Suami, the Sons have begun to gain a reputation, among the kin of Ferrus Manus, as an effective Chapter, whose sole and yet infamous stain is their beliefs tantamount to heresy in the eyes of the Iron Hands and many of their successors, while the Imperium at large consider them as a cold and unforgiving gathering of devoted Space Marines, exemplifying the better traits from their Progenitor without the strained relationships which are often the lot of Ferrus Manus lineage. Like all those who bear the Seed of Manus...

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### May 1

**Ashen Drakes**

The **Ashen Drakes** , were a part of the 21st "Cursed" Founding. They proclaim to be scions of Vulkan and thrive to be worthy of his heritage. While they hailed from a Founding plagued by genetic deviancy and ill-luck, the Ashen Drakes had exhibited neither of those traits, until the formation of the Great Rift; when they were destroyed after a century long siege of their homeworld. However, their reputation remained that of a Cursed Chapter, which had make them more isolationists than other (alleged) Sons of Vulkan, for other Astartes shunned them and the Inquisition is ever vigilant.

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### April 5

**Imperius Ravagers**

The **Imperius Ravagers**, known also as the 'Headsmen of Charopós', are a 4th Founding Successor Chapter of the honourable Ultramarines, created in the wake of the dark times following the disastrous War of the Beast against the largest Ork WAAAGH! seen by the Imperium of Man since the time of the Great Crusade. Though the Imperium ultimately emerged victorious it was a pyrrhic victory at best, as they had sacrificed much, including severe losses amongst the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes.

After several decades, they had raised enough gene-seed...

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