Deep Angels

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The **Deep Angels** are a loyalist Space Marine Chapter whose origins harkens back to M39 on the former hive world of Brine. A detachment of Blood Angels first arrived on Brine in response to a distress call from an unknown Astartes chapter. What they found was an entirely ruined world where chaos and xenos reigned supreme. What first began as an attempt to save lost brothers turned into a several millennia-long fight to retake the planet. During that time, the Astartes changed to accommodate a prolonged war on this world, and their name evolved into the "Deep Angels" with a mission to seek and purge all evil in the watery depths.

## Chapter History

Originally just six companies of Blood Angels, they have slowly changed over time while occupying Brine. The majority of previous members have died out and were replaced overtime by brothers recruited from the underhives of Brine. Much of the culture and attitudes associated with the Blood Angels have been steadily replaced with new, local habits and ideologies, however the desire to locate the source of the lost Astartes distress call remains a top priority. Despite no evidence of a marine chapter ever existing on Brine has been located.

All of their equipment, vehicles, and tactics have been altered to allow for near endless deep-sea combat. The tech-priests of Drifting worked diligently to modify the classic space marine armor so that a single Deep Marine could exist almost indefinitely at the bottom of the ocean. A specially designed rebreather system endlessly regenerates breathable air, while the suit itself can sustain intense pressures and extreme colds without slowing down the marine inside. Though small in numbers the Deep Angels have remained a major contender in the War for Brine since they arrived. They will continue to brave the darkness of the Deep until the job is finished.

## Chapter Home World

Brine is technically their homeworld, whereas Baal would have been prior. The decision to designate Brine as the new homeworld was done out of painful necessity, as around 100.M39, the vast majority of members within the six companies had been drawn from Brine, and the importance of the planet in the eyes of the Administratum had lowered enough that recruits from outside the system were less and less by the century.

Slowly but surely the Deep Angels became their own several chapter from the successor brothers. Even their name was changed long after it was clear that these particular Blood Angels were no longer technically apart of their birth chapter.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

Being Blood Angels originally, the Deep Angel's current gene-seed has roots in the similar bloodthirsty mutation possessed by the rest of the chapter. However, over the millenia the gene template has shifted so that in addition to needing to drink blood to stay relatively sane, the Deep Angels can also smell spilt blood underwater within 3 kilometers. During a battle there is likely to be an abundance of bloodshed which, when smelled through the rebreathers of their helmets, often sends the Deep Angels into a sort of frenzy which leads to higher morale but lower accuracy. But when scouting, the ability to locate freshly made wounds can be just as viable a tool for locating enemies as any echolocation or radar.

### Chapter Flaws

The drawback is that like other Chapters hailing from the lineage of the Great Angel, the Deep Angels also suffer from Black Rage. This may even lead to beserking marines removing their helmet and attempting to bite enemies underwater, to varying levels of success. Most brothers who succumb to the Black Rage are gathered in the Deep Angels "0 Company", known as the "Bottombleeders", and are unleashed upon factions with squishier members such as the Tau and Aeldari.

## Relations

### Allies

The Deep Angels sustain a consistent, but often begrudging, alliance with all other human factions in the Brine System. They are especially connected with the Dark Krakens who are as close to a fellow chapter as they can get. Because the Angels circulate throughout the other factions for strength support, members tend to become acquainted with non-astartes and even form bonds with pearlescent sisters and guardsmen. However, they still look down on the civilians within the submerged Hive Cities as "human chum" hiding away from the righteous conflict in the ocean.

## Notable Quotes

### About the Deep Angels

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