Iron Prophets

Iron Prophets armorial with Chapter iconography.

Iron Prophets Heavy Primaris Intercessor of the 7th Battleline Squad, 3rd Company.

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allegiance**

Imperium of Man
(*Fedelitas Totalis*)

### **Colours**

Silver, Bronze, Black

The **Iron Prophets** are a Loyalist Primaris Successor Chapter of an unknown gene-seed created during the Ultima Founding. They are known for their shock and awe tactics and overwhelming forces they bring to bear. For the most part they have abandoned the *Codex Astartes*, only keeping to it's overall strength of 1,000 battle brothers. They are a fleet-based Chapter whom patrol up and down parts of the Great Rift.

## Chapter History

The Iron Prophets are one of many chapters from the Ultima Founding and fought alongside the returned Ultramraines Primarch Roboute Guilliman during the Indomitus Crusade for the first phase upon which they were set upon the Imperium's enemies in any way they chose. Early on in their history they, along with planetary defense forces, beat back a warband of Word Bearers from destroying a planet.

After this encounter with the Forces of Chaos the chapter's goals shifted a bit from the destruction of all the Imperium's enemies to but one - the Forces of Chaos. This has become the Prophets' sole enemy and the Iron Warriors Traitor Legion in particular has earned a special enmity amongst the ranks of the Chapter for a particularly humiliating defeat at their hands.

## Notable Campaigns

As with all Ultima Founding Chapters the Iron Prophets accompanied Guilliman during the Indomitus Crusade.

## Chapter Organization

Due to the often time large enemy forces they come against the Prophets altered their *Codex* organization to accommodate this issue. Their chapter consist of only 6 companies with the battle companies being swelled to double the size, necessitating the lack of reserve companies to keep their overall fighting strength within allowed parameters. Along with this, due to the amounts of heavy armor of their chosen foe they bring forth a not inconsiderable amount of melta weaponry.

### Order of Battle

The Chapter consist of:

The 1st Company serving as the Veteran Company.

The 2nd , 3rd, 4th, 5th serving as double-strength Battle Companies.

The 6th serves as a Scout Company.

## Combat Doctrine

The Prophets Focus heavily on shock-and-awe tactics and bringing the overwhelming might of their enlarged battle companies quickly via large amounts of re-constituted Storm Eagle heavy assault gunships.

## Chapter Culture & Beliefs

The chapter itself is consumed with two obsessions; the complete destruction of the Iron Warriors and the discovery of their Primarch.

## Chapter Recruitment

The Chapter has establish small outposts on the hive worlds they often patrol near to gain recruits.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

The Chapter's gene-seed heralds from an unknown legion

## Notable Members

* **Chapter Master Valkir Tellis** - The current chapter master of the Iron Prophets and a particularly effective strategist against the chapter's chosen enemies who has come up with various ways in which his forces can maximize their effectiveness against the forces of the Ruinous Powers. The chapter master himself is known primarily for his immense pride which is large for even a Astartes. Despite this or even because of it he also has a immense dedication to his men and all who serve under him, Be they astartes or normal human.

## Chapter Fleet

* ***Iron Hearth* (Battle Barge)** - The Flagship of the Chapter and Serves as their home-base

* ***Rift-Walker* (Strike Cruiser)** - The older of the chapter's strike cruisers which has been slightly modified to have more firepower than a standard variation of this type of starfaring vessel.

* ***Chaos-Bane* (Strike Cruiser)** -The younger of the two cruisers which has not yet been modified in the same way as the *Rift-Walker*.

* ***Abundant Wrath* (Nova-Class Frigate)** -The only notable ship in the chapter's escorts due to it's very class being rare to say the least, it is unknown how the chapter came to possess such a ship but they have like the Rift-Walker modified it to have even more firepower.

The chapter is also in possession of various Gladius Escorts and a variety of Assault craft however the chapter place less importance of these then the mainstays of their fleet

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Colors

The chapter preferring pragmatism keep their armor simple with silver, bronze and black taking up their color scheme.

### Chapter Badge

The Iron Prophets Chapter badge takes the form of a stylised black coloured lotus centered upon a field of purple.

## Notable Quotes

### About the Iron Prophets

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