Kraken Scythes

Kraken Scythes armorial with Chapter iconography.

Kraken Scythes Battle-Brother of the 3rd Company, 6th Battleline Squad.

### **Specialty**

Genestealer and Tyranid Eradication, Planetary Interdiction, Search and Destroy, Pursuit Operations, Planet-Kill and Extermination Operations

### Successor Chapter(s)

None

The **Kraken Scythes** are an eccentric and reserved chapter of the Adeptus Astartes descended from the lineage of Roboute Guilliman's Ultramarines through the 3rd Founding Scythes of the Emperor. They were created during an unknown founding after the assault on Miral Prime in order to get revenge on the Tyranids in the Eastern Fringe. They are adamant believers in the Imperial Truth and are highly isolated from other chapters. The Kraken Scythes perceive themselves as having the singular purpose of revenge against the Tyranids for the attack on Dantris III and to hunt down and root out Genestealer Cults. The Chapter bears a loose alliance with their presumed parent Chapter, the Scythes of the Emperor.

## Chapter History

### Founding

The Kraken Scythes were founded shortly after the Second Tyrannic War against Hive Fleet Kraken. A squad of Veterans from the Scythes of the Emperor were permanently crippled and presumed dead defending Miral. A rogue member of the Adeptus Mechanicus recovered the collapsed building on Miral where they were injured, recovering their wounded bodies and their dead Gland Warrior comrades. Finding the recovered technology from Dantris III in the building and the genetic technology of both Ultramarine gene-seed and Gland Warrior genetic augmentations presented greater power in the Mechanicus overall.

After nursing the Scythes of the Emperor Veterans back to health, this Magos offered them a deal, they wanted more than anything he would culture the progenoid glands in their bodies and would add the genetic machinery and modifications for creating the additional adrenal system glands and bio-augmentations found in the Gland Warriors who died defending them. This would create an entirely new line of Space Marines made from the Ultramarine gene-stock which these Scythes could use to establish a new Chapter. They would be tasked to train these soldiers to avenge themselves against the Tyranids who made it so that they could not fight for the Imperium themselves. They did so and just after the resurrection of Roboute Guilliman the project was discovered. The Unnumbered Sons executed the genetor who created them but permitted the Chapter to continue as their service against the Tyranids was pragmatic and they proved themselves worthy. Their founding is listed as unknown but it is presumed a full chapter was made one year before the launch of the Indomitus Crusade.

### The Arrival of Primaris

When bolstered with Primaris Marines the Chapter insisted on having their Apothecarium inspect them. What this was instead was a secretive procedure to add the necessary alterations and adrenal system organs found in the main chapter gene-seed. This resulted in the acknowledgement of these Unnumbered Sons as true members of the Chapter.

## Notable Campaigns

* **First Orthric War**
* **The Noxclad Incursion**

## Chapter Recruitment

The Kraken Scythes force their aspirants to fight in an arena pit against one another and against various xeno-fauna culminating in a battle against a Purestrain Genestealer

## Chapter Gene-Seed

The Chapter’s unique genetic mutations and alterations have resulted in their increased resistance to the toxins of Tyranids and an ability to override their nervous system's barriers to use explosive fast-paced attacks and enhanced reflexes

### Genetic Flaws

The Slaught, Frenzon, and Spur in their system do not have as much immediate impact on their nervous system as on regular humans. This means that their glands can megadose them and cause a shutdown of their auxiliary heart or paralyze their original two human lungs. With the transition to Primaris the risk effects on their second heart have been greatly reduced and work synergistically with their Belisarian Furnace causing the Marines of the Kraken Scythes to be able to activate their Belisarian Furnace at will.

However, this increases the risk on their lungs. This condition known to the Marines as Reaper-Lung is generally very treatable and the Multi-Lung provides enough oxygen in the short term to allow Apothecaries to treat the illness via medication and pressure application therapy. The Chapter has begun tests in collaboration with the Steelscale Wyverns Chapter to potentially replace certain parts of the lungs with bionics or biomechanical implants to prevent this but the results have been inconclusive and have had a number of fatalities.

## Deathwatch Service

Due to the Chapter's relatively recent creation, they have yet to have a veteran to be entered into the Long Vigil.

## Chapter Fleet

* ***The Reaper's Tendril* (Flagship)** - Mobile fortress-monastery.

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Colours

The Kraken Scythes wear armour that is blue and gold.

### Chapter Badge

The badge of the Kraken Scythes is a giant squid, with the scythes for its two long arms.

## Relations

### Allies

* **Fratres in Augmentationem** - The Kraken Scythes are allied with the Fratres in Augmentationem an organization of Chapters from various gene-lines who all have desirable genetic distinctions that separate them from the other scions of their respective Primarchs. They are one of the most recent additions to this alliance.

### Enemies

* **Eclipse Jackals**

* **Hive Fleet Orthrus**

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