Gatekeepers

Gatekeepers armorial with Chapter iconography.

Gatekeepers Chapter Sergeant of the 7th Reserve Company, 2nd Battleline Squad.

### **Specialty**

Defensive & Fortification Operations in Extremis, Stronghold Assaults, Siege Warfare

### Successor Chapter(s)

None.

"*You shall not enter, I bar the way. I am the walls, I am the tower. I am the bastion, the moat. I am the ward, I am the keep! I am the gate. I am the gatekeeper. This way is shut.*"
— From the *Catechism of Resolve*
The **Gatekeepers** are an Imperial Fists Successor Chapter created during the 4th Founding following the near-disastrous War of the Beast in the middle centuries of M32. This Chapter is also the de facto leader of the Astartes Chapters that make up the Hell Warders - a quintumvirate of five Space Marine Chapters - tasked to defend the Imperium against Chaos incursions from the Hellgates - dual warp storms located in the Segmentum Solar which are uncomfortably close to Holy Terra.

## Chapter History

### Founding

The Gatekeepers origins harkens back to the mid-centuries of the 32nd Millennium, when the Imperium of Man faced it's most dire threat since the time of the Horus Heresy only a millennia earlier. During this time, the Emperor's realm was beset by the largest Ork WAAAGH! of extraordinary size that threatened the Throneworld itself, led by the mysterious and diabolical Ork Warboss known simply as "The Beast". Rampaging across the Imperium of Man over a two year period, the Ork's widespread advance was only halted when the Imperial forces resorted to the most extreme and desperate of measures. This conflict incurred terrible costs upon the Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes and the other military forces of the Imperium of Man. During this time, the acting Lord Commander of the Imperium, Maximus Thane, decreed that the Imperium would raise as many new Chapters as they had gene-seed in the great vaults of Terra to sustain. All Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes were ordered to release a portion of their Veterans to provide the initial basis for this Founding, the greatest since the First Founding.

After gathering enough gene-seed to begin the initial stages of the 4th Founding, several newly incepted Chapters were created with this newly acquired gene-seed. One such Chapter was the Gatekeepers, (then known as the Golden Castellans). They were created from the proud and heroic lineage of the stoic Imperial Fists. Their first Chapter Master, Jarion Numos, decreed upon his ascension of command that the Golden Castellans would be a Crusading Chapter, in order to bring forth their strength and authority of the Lord Commander of the Imperium to the beleaguered worlds of the Imperium, to free them from the tyranny of xenos, and speed their reconstruction. As a fleet-based Chapter during these early days of their existence, to ensure their success the newly formed Chapter was gifted the Ramilies-class Starfort, the *Incursus Defensior*, to serve as their mobile fortress-monastery.

For the next four millennia, the Golden Castellans crossed the width and breadth of the Imperium, bringing the light of the Emperor to the darkest corners of the galaxy and freeing several Imperial worlds and even whole systems from the scourge of the xenos, mutant, heretic and the daemonic. By M36, the Golden Castellans were were reassigned to the Gathalamor Sector, which put them conveniently close to the action when the First Hell Crusade erupted from the twin-warp rifts known as the Hellgates.

### First Hell Crusade (110-199.M36)

The Hellgates are a pair of relatively small warp rifts located in the Thermopylae sub-sector. In M36, the Hellgates were still a part of the ancient Loculus sub-sector, located in the area of the galaxy known as Sector Occident Prime. These dangerous warp rifts are located only 1,000 light years from the Imperial Throneworld of Terra. This region has long been a haven for renegades, outcasts and the followers of the Dark Gods. Within the Hellgates, these hellish realms of Chaos are ruled by all four factions of the Ruinous Powers, who constantly vie with one another for absolute supremacy. Daemonic incursions and the predations of marauding Chaos warbands have been common for millennia.

In 110.M36, a massive Slaaneshi warhost led by the Daemon Prince, Xeraz the Exquisite, and his Chaos allies, erupted from the hellish pleasure realms within the Ashaklun Gate, and soon the entire sector was embroiled in bloody conflict. Receiving multiple astropathic calls for assistance, the Golden Castellans Chapter, located in the nearby Gathalomar Sector, send their entire Chapter in response to this grave threat. Several other nearby Space Marine Chapters - including the Knights of the Anvil, Spartiate Marines, The Lightning and the Templars Moline - respond to the threat, rushing to commit their strength to the rapidly escalating war. Though several worlds burn in the fires of destruction, and the shadows gather close, throughout the sector, the Emperor's avenging Angels of Death stand fast, determined to save the besieged Imperial worlds of this sector or die in the attempt.

Leading the Imperial defence of the besieged sector, the Golden Castellans spearheaded the fleet of Battlefleet Loculus against the vast Chaos armada. Utilising their flagship, the *Incursus Defensior*, a Ramillies-class Star Fortress, this colossus of war utilised its formidable firepower to fight valiantly in many major battles against the Forces of Chaos. After nearly eight decades of bloody conflict, this mighty vessel becomes the lynchpin in the blockade of the Hellgates, and eventually plays an instrumental role in turning the tide of the conflict, driving the Chaos armada back into the swirling eddies of the Hellgates.

### The Hell Warders

The establishment of the Hell Warders Chapter was fully documented in the ancient text known as the *Codex Fuego* or '*Book of Fire*'. According to this ancient text, in 199.M36, following the end of the massive Chaos incursion known as the First Hell Crusade, the High Lords of Terra pronounced an Edict Imperialis in response to the dire predations, ordering several Adeptus Astartes Chapters to permanently base themselves near the Hellgates in order to protect the Imperium's interests and pacify the region. Assigned permanent overwatch over the twin warp rifts, the newly-renamed 'Gatekeepers' Chapter, would stand sentinel over the worlds of Sector Occident Prime. Once the Hell Warders were put in place, the Gatekeepers utilised the world of Pylos, building their fortress-monastery, and established the strategically located planet as their base of operations.

### Current State of the Chapter

The Grand Castellan is governor of Pylos the entire population of which, excluding the Adeptus Mechanicus enclaves, are counted as Chapter Serfs. The inhabitants are concentrated in the five massive hive towers of Pylos Polaris the centermost of which is the chapter's Fortress Monastery.

## Chapter Organisation

As inheritors of the lineage of Rogal Dorn, these stoic and stalwart guardians of the Imperium are classified as a *Codex Astartes*-compliant Chapter, following this sacred tome with only a few minor variations. Like their genetic forebears, the Gatekeepers are masters of siege warfare and defensive fortifications, and are often called upon to break seemingly impossible enemy-held positions through their dogmatic and rigid adherence to the siege tactics for which they are famous for. The principal strategic formation is known as the Century (Company equivalent), which comprises approximately 100 Astartes each. Also incorporated into these company-sized elements, are substantial portions of standing armour, artillery and logistical support elements, far beyond that found in other Chapters.

Organisation below the strategic level is highly stratified, but just as equally and pragmatically varied by the demands of the particular operations and deployments, with common divisions rated as Grand Centuries (a combined Strike Force comprised of heavily mechanised and reinforced units of two to four line Centuries) and Cohorts (Squad-sized formations) of ten Astartes each. While across these Centuries are seeded elements of the Chapter's veteran core of line breakers and assaulters who have each survived a score of desperate and bloody sieges to become the foremost proponents of Terminator Armour within the Chapter.

At every level the Gatekeepers are formidably provisioned in arms and wargear, from over a hundred operational suits of Tactical Drednought Armour of every pattern to munition reserves estimated to exceed that of several other Chapters combined. The technical aptitude of each Battle-Brother is also formidable, furthering the functionality and customisation of their personal panoply of war. During protracted campaigns it is not unusual for the Gatekeepers to make extensive use of specialised and dedicated sections equipped for anti-armour warfare, relic Mk III 'Iron' pattern power armour for siege assaults or archaic and deadly alechemical weapons utilised in foreboding Zone Mortalis operations.

Of singular note within the Gatekeepers is the range, number and diversity of the armoured vehicle and artillery support assets fielded by the Chapter. These include the full breadth of general patterns found within other Chapters as well as tactical emphasis placed on heavy units such as the Land Raider and even some examples of super-heavy machines such as relic pattern Typhon siege vehicles and Mastodon transports. Additionally, the Gatekeepers are also known to employ a very large number of lesser classes such as Rhino armoured personnel carriers and Predator tanks. In addition, they also make use of several variant tanks including Whirlwinds, Razorbacks, Vindicators and a large number of Siege Dreadnoughts.

### Formations

* **Chapter**
* **Century** - Company equivalent.
	+ **Grand Century** - Strike Force equivalent comprised of two to four Centuries.
* **Cohort** - Squad equivalent.

### Command Ranks

* **Grand Castellan** - Chapter Master equivalent.
* **Castellan** - Captain equivalent.
* **Under-Marshal** - Lieutenant equivalent.

#### Additional Titles

In addition to the command of an entire company, it is common for Space Marine captains to hold a variety of other formal titles and functional duties within the Chapter as what are known as Space Marine masters. Like many Chapters, the Gatekeepers utilise a number of unique titles that are exclusive to their Chapter. The following is a list of titles held by the Castellans of the Gatekeepers:

* **Seneschal** - First Captain equivalent, an informal title held by the Castellan of the First Century.
* **Marshal** - A senior captain temporarily raised to command a Grand Century (Strike Force).
* ***Master of the Keep*** - Title held by the Castellan of the 1st Century.
* **Steward** - Master of the Watch equivalent, informal title held by the Castellan of the 2nd Century.
* ***Master of the Arsenal*** - Title held by the Castellan of the 3rd Century.
* ***Master of the Fleet*** - Title held by the Castellan of the 4th Century.
* ***Master of the Marches*** - Title held by the Castellan of the 5th Century.
* ***Master of the Rites*** - Title held by the Castellan of the 6th Century.
* ***Master of Logistics*** - Title held by the Castellan of the 7th Century.
* ***Master of Blades*** - Lord Executioner equivalent, title held by the Castellan of the 8th Century.
* ***Master of Sieges*** - Master of Relics equivalent, title held by the Castellan of the 9th Century.
* ***Master of Novices*** - Master of Recruits equivalent, title held by the Castellan of the 10th Century.

### Senior Specialist Ranks

* **Reclusiarch**
* **Chief Apothecary**
* **Chief Librarian**
* **Master Anvilar** - Master of the Forge equivalent.

#### Specialist Ranks

* **Chaplain**
* **Apothecary**
* **Librarian**
* **Forge-Wright** - Techmarine equivalent.
* **Ancient** - Chapter/Company Banner Bearer equivalent.
* **Chapter/Company Champion**

### Line Ranks

* **Veteran Sergeant**
* **Sergeant**
* **Assistant Sergeant**
* **Battle-Brother**
* **Scout Marine**
* **Neophyte**

### Order of Battle

#### Headquarters

**Grand Castellan Peter Symmeon,Chapter Master of the Gatekeepers**
**Chapter Champion**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Command Squad:**
**(Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Chapter Equerries**

**Master Anvilar Barachiel Katachrim**
***Master of the Forge***
**Forge-Wrights**
**Chapter Serfs**

**Reclusiarch Martias Luxadus**
***Master of the Faith***
**Chaplains**
**Acolytum**

**Chief Apothecary Demian Muzanandro**
***Master of the Apothecarion***
**Apothecaries**
**Chapter Serfs**

**Chief Librarian Zaharean Alvedorn**
***Master of the Librarius***
**Librarians**
**Acolytum**
**Chapter Serfs**

***Master of the Fleet***
**Chapter Fleet:**
**Battleship**
**(*Aureum Castelli*)**
**Battle Barges**
**(*Aeternum Gloriam*, *Ferro Antorax* *Armourum Contrador*, *Stoicorum Consilium*)**
**Strike Cruisers**
**(*Hellbearer*, *Mare Aesculus*, *Tempest Wolf*, *Vehement Wrath*, *Proxima Ferrum*)**
**Support Vessels**

#### Centuries

***Master of the Keep***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of the Watch***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Battleline Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of the Arsenal***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Battleline Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of the Fleet***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Battleline Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of the Marches***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Battleline Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of the Rites***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Battleline Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of Logistics***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Battleline Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of Blades***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Close Support Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of Sieges***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Fire Support Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

***Master of Novices***
**2 Under-Marshals**
**Command Squad:**
**(Company Champion, Ancient, Apothecary, Chaplain, Librarian & Forge-Wright)**
**Castellan Guard (Honour Guard)**
**Veteran Squads**
**Scout Squads (Includes Reivers)**
**Vanguard Marine Squads**
**Dreadnoughts**
**Armoured & Support Vehicles**
**Orbital & Aerial Strike & Support Craft**

## Combat Doctrine

The Gatekeepers are masters of defensive warfare and possibly a little to defense minded as they have a tendency to think in terms of static defenses or defensive lines. Their seat, Pylos Polaris, is an impenetrable fortress the ceramite plating the outer surface of the five Towers scarred from the futile attacks of Chaos War Bands out of the Ashaklun Gate. Their forward or offensive defense is built around the Star Fortress *Incursus Defensior*, similarly scarred and battered, which forms the center and control for the Gatekeeper's quadrant of the cordon around the Hell Gates. They are huge fans of heavy weaponry and their section of the Cordon is studded with space platforms mounted with guns of almost unbelievable power. The strategic goal set long ago by the First Grand Castellan is to defeat Chaos incursions in space as close to the Hell Gates as possible. Failing that to contain the incursion within the outer cordon formed by the four Hell Warder homeworlds with the support of the Templar Moline Fleet and Sector forces.

## Chapter Culture

Like their genetic forebears, the Gatekeepers are also great builders and are responsible not only for the design and construction of the static defenses around the Hellgates, but have contributed their expertise to projects throughout the Sector. In fact designing fortifications is the favorite pastime of Gatekeepers Battle-Brothers who compete in the construction of marvelously detailed models of both planetary and space-borne fortresses. Once satisfied with his work, which can take years, the Gatekeeper submits his model to virtual assault by his Battle Brothers who seek to find and exploit any weaknesses in the design. Pitting their ingenuity against one another in this fashion is the form the passion for dueling implicit in Imperial Fist Gene-Seed takes among the Gatekeepers and though bloodless these virtual battles in miniature are no less fiercely fought.

Gatekeepers are also subject to dark depressions, like their moody Primarch, and thankfully rarer fits of icy destructive rage. The former affliction seems to descend totally at random and independent of any environmental cause. Brothers suffering from 'The Night of the Soul' carry on as best they can. If the depression becomes too severe or goes on too long the afflicted Brother's sergeant or captain may order him to the apothecaries for treatment which is painful but usually effective. The Cold Fury on the other hand almost always occurs in the field triggered by some enormity of desecration or atrocity on the part of the enemy. In such cases it is a group phenomena sweeping the Brothers en masse into vengeful battle in which the enemy is not merely defeated but obliterated. In is extremely rare for a Brother to fall into the Fury off the field. When it does occur he can usually be talked down by his brethren or if necessary physically restrained.

The Gatekeepers are less given to self torture than many sons of Dorn but not infrequently a Brother will be moved to sacrifice one of his hands either in penitence for some failure or as an offering to Souls of the Emperor and Primarch and those Brothers who have gone before. Brothers who express a wish to make this sacrifice are carefully screened by the Chaplains to establish the purity and soundness of their motivation. There is no shame in being denied or even in changing one's mind. The offering must be made not only in the right spirit but at the right time to have the desired effect. If the time is not now yet it will come and patience is a virtue cultivated by Gatekeepers. Brothers who have been permitted to make the offering of blood and bone and flesh feel strengthened and purified by the sacrifice and almost all will voluntarily undergo this ordeal at some point in their lives. The few who do not are those Brothers who fall in battle before they feel the need or inclination. A very few Brothers will make the offering twice. It is even more difficult to convince the Chaplains of the propriety of a second such sacrifice but occasionally they will be persuaded. Of course the removed hand is replaced by an augment so the Brother's battle readiness does not suffer.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

As a Successor Chapter of the First Founding Imperial Fists, the Gatekeepers share a genetic legacy with them and have inherited many of the characteristics of their Primarch, Rogal Dorn. The Chapter's gene-seed is highly stable, though this genome is lacking both the Betcher's Gland that allows a Space Marine to spit acid, and the Sus-an Membrane that allows him to enter a life-sustaining state of deep hibernation.

### Primarch's Curse: Death Before Dishonour

Like their Progenitors, the Gatekeepers also possess a stoic and determined demeanour, displaying an acute stubborness in the face of overwhelming odds. They consider that only through the expenditure of their lives lays the path of righteousness. This expression of duty can become exaggerated in some Battle-Brothers of the Chapter after long periods in combat, especially against numerous and unrelenting foes like a Tyranid invasion or an Ork WAAAGH! In such instances, an affected battle-brother sees only death; the death of their comrades, the death of a world, and the death of their foes.

Through their single-mindedness and stoic hearts, the Gatekeepers are often more than willing to face the impossible, even if it leads to mutual annihilation or their own utter and complete destruction as well as those who fight alongside them. This genetic curse manifests itself in an affect battle-brother in three stages:

* **Stage 1 - No Retreat** - As the odds mount so does the battle-brother's stubborn refusal to retreat, seeing only the glory and honour in defeating such overwhelming foes if even the barest glimmer of victory remains. Even if the doctrine and teaching of the *Codex Astartes* dictate retreat or flexible defence, the Battle-Brother will be loath to disengage until there is absolutely no choice, though often this can come too late.
* **Stage 2 - Suffer not Defeat** - Defeat is a bitter pill to swallow for the battle-brother and he would rather die fighting than accept that he has failed. This can lead to reckless behaviour as he throws himself into the fray or takes on excessive odds to win when prudence and tactical reason would dictate he withdraw.
* **Stage 3 - Unto Death** - The battle-brother has come to accept that perhaps only the cost of his own life will be enough to secure victory and is gladly willing to give it up. This can have dire consequences should the circumstances present him with a chance to martyr himself for the Emperor and bring ruin to the enemies of the Imperium. Should a battle-brother suffer mortal wounds, he gains a fatalistic desire to sell his life for the cause and will choose to expend his own life for a chance at victory or the safety of his brothers. This means he will fight on regardless of his wounds and continue to attack or place himself in the path of attacks even though the next blow could mean his end. He will also gladly accept suicidal or near-suicidal tasks (such as disarming unstable warheads, leading a forlorn hope or holding a breach to buy time for his companions) without complaint.

## Notable Members

* **Jarion Numos** - Patriarch and first Grand Castellan of the Gatekeepers.
* **Peter Symmeon** - Current Grand Castellan of the Gatekeepers.
* **Seneschal Geralt Bellegard** - Commander of the 1st Century and *Master of the Keep*.
* **Steward Cazzias Thassald** - Commander of the 2nd Century and *Master of the Watch*.
* **Castellan Demetros Bannon** - Commander of the 3rd Century and *Master of the Arsenal*.
* **Castellan Mathias Aguerro** - Commander of the 4th Century and *Master of the Fleet*.
* **Castellan Lexandros Turros** - Commander of the 5th Century and *Master of the Marches*.
* **Castellan Zander Markov** - Commander of the 6th Century and *Master of the Rites*.
* **Castellan Erastos Romm** - Commander of the 7th Century and *Master of the Logistics*.
* **Castellan Damius Helstrom** - Commander of the 8th Century and *Master of Blades* .
* **Castellan Kadmus Vasemir** - Commander of the 9th Century and *Master of Sieges*.
* **Castellan Dathan Grammstein** - Commander of the 10th Century and *Master of Novices*.
* **Master Anvilar Barachiel Katachrim** - Current *Master of the Forge*.
* **Reclusiarch Martias Luxados** - Current *Master of the Faith*.
* **Chief Apothecary Demian Muzanandro** - Current *Master of the Apothecarion*.
* **Chief Librarian Zaharean Alvedorn** - Current *Master of the Librarius*.

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Colours

The Gatekeepers primarily wear burnished golden power armor with their secondary colour being black, which includes the backpack, face plate, shoulder pauldron insets, poleyns (knee guards) and sabatons (boots). A vertical maroon stripe is painted upon their helmets, while a maroon coloured Aquila or Imperialis is worn on their plastrons (chest guards).

A large white coloured squad specialty symbol is stenciled on the right armorial inset, indicates a Battle-Brother's assigned squad specialty (Fire Support, Close Support, Battleline, Veteran or Command). This central symbol is centered within a white coloured, open-faced roundel. A small white coloured Roman numeral stenciled on the interior of the right inset indicates squad assignment. A much larger golden coloured Gothic numeral stenciled upon the left poleyn, indicates company assignment.

Often, Astartes of the Chapter display the iconography of the Hell Warders upon their right poleyn or alternatively their right greave. This symbol takes the form of a sword pointing upwards centered between a pair of swirling warp rifts.

### Chapter Badge

The Gatekeepers' Chapter badge is a stylised golden portcullis with chains attached on either side. This ancient symbol conveys the Chapter's inherited trait as masters of the realm of siege warfare and guardians of the Emperor's realm.

## Chapter Fleet

* ***Incursus Defensior* (Ramilies-class Starfort)** - This massive semi-mobile fortress is bygone relic of the Great Crusade and the ancient VII Legion. Upon the Golden Castellan's inception, this mighty floating citadel was granted to the fleet-based Chapter to serve as both a mobile headquarters and fortress-monastery. Since the formation of the Hell Warders, this powerful space goind citadel has continued to play an instrumental role in the defence of Sector Occident Prime.
* ***Aurem Castelli* (Emperor-class Battleship)** - An ancient Battleship granted to the Golden Castellans Chapter upon their inception in middle centuries of M32, this vessel became the flagship of the Chapter's substantial warfleet. This vessel has proven an invaluable asset to the Gatekeepers, and has continuously led the Chapter's Grand Centuries on campaign throughout the width and breadth of the Imperium.
* ***Aeternum Gloriam* (Battle Barge)**
* ***Ferro Antorax* (Battle Barge)**
* ***Armourum Contrador* (Battle Barge)**
* ***Stoicorum Consilium* (Battle Barge)**
* ***Hellbearer* (Strike Cruiser)**
* ***Mare Aesculus* (Strike Cruiser)**
* ***Tempest Wolf* (Strike Cruiser)**
* ***Vehement Wrath* (Strike Cruiser)**
* ***Proxima Ferrum* (Strike Cruiser)**

## Sources

* **Gatekeepers** (Original Article)

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## Gallery

Gatekeepers Castellan Demetros Bannon, *Master of the Arsenal* and commander of the 3rd Century (Company), arrayed in relic Mk VI 'Corvus' pattern power armour. He is armed with a power fist and master-crafted relic combi-bolter/multi-melta.Gatekeepers Sternguard Veteran Morad Cambastrrad of the Chapter's elite 1st Century arrayed in relic Indomitus Terminator Armour.Gatekeepers Scout Marine Gald Lycatrad of the 10th Century, 2rd Scout Squad armed with a heavy bolter.