Black Void

Black Void armorial with Chapter iconography

Battle-Brother Darius Fayn of the 4th Company, 2nd Raiding Party.

The **Black Void** are a renegade Space Marine Chapter created during the 21st "Cursed" Founding of the 35th Millennium, hailing from White Scars lineage. The Black Void were a fleet-based Chapter, roaming the galaxy to protect the Imperium from the forces of Chaos. They became renegades out of bitter resentment to the Imperium. The Chapter was constantly ridiculed and undermined by other Imperial forces, losing numerous glories and gaining an increasingly poor reputation. Becoming frustrated with their treatment by the Imperium, they chose instead to strike off on their own.

## Homeworld

As a fleet-based Chapter, the Black Void has never possessed a homeworld. Since becoming renegades, the Chapter has become even more nomadic, stealing what they need from unsuspecting civilisations.

### Fortress-Monastery: King of the Abyss

Translates to 'Padshah Partagah' in the language of the Black Void This battle-barge is the flagship of the Chapter's fleet. Houses the Staud-Khali and the Black Void first company. This also functions as the Chapter's fortress-monastery and was the first ship given to the Black Void upon its founding, though the ship is now unrecognisable due to the modifications and expansions made to the ship after the Chapter's exodus.

## Organisation

### Officer Ranks

* **Rahbar**: Leader of a raiding party. The Chapter's equivalent of a squad sergeant. Identified by having a red left arm.

* **Stahwar**: Enforces the Chapter's rules and gives orders to two raiding parties. The Chapter's equivalent of a Lieutenant. Identified by having a blue left arm.

* **Farmandeh**: Gives orders to four Stahwar and controls one of the Chapter's companies. The Chapter's equivalent of a Captain. Identified by having a silver left arm.

* **Staud-Khali**: The leader of the Chapter, his word is law to Battle-Brothers of the Chapter. The Chapter's equivalent of the Chapter Master. Identified by having the inverted colours of all other Battle-Brothers, bronze power armour with black trim.

### Specialist Ranks

* **Tost-du-Nabard**: The two Chapter Champions that also serve as the Staud-Khali's personal bodyguard. Identified by having a bronze left arm and helmet.
	+ **Nabard**: The Chapter's term for a Company Champion. Also serves as the bodyguard to the Company's Farmandeh. Identified by having a bronze left arm.

* **Ketabdar-Khali**: The Chapter's equivalent of the Chief Librarian. Identified with the regular scheme for a librarian, as if they were *Codex*-compliant; deep blue power with the Chapter's insignia on the left shoulder, except that they have a bronze helmet and left arm.
	+ **Ketabdar**: The Chapter's term for a Librarian. Identified with the regular scheme for a librarian, as if they were *Codex*-compliant; deep blue power with the Chapter's insignia on the left shoulder.
	+ **Farsi**: Members of the Librarius that aren't attuned to the warp, but are responsible for teaching Azo-Jadid and Azo-Chasham. They also teach Kharji the language and customs of the Chapter. Has no distingiushing features on their power armour.

* **Darman-Khali**: The Chapter's equivalent of the Chief Apothecary. Identified with the regular scheme for a librarian, as if they were *Codex*-compliant; white power with the Chapter's insignia on the left shoulder, except that they have a bronze helmet and left arm.
	+ **Darman**: The Chapter's term for an Apothecary. Identified with the regular scheme for a librarian, as if they were *Codex*-compliant; white power with the Chapter's insignia on the left shoulder.

* **Fenauri-Khali**: The Chapter's equivalent of the Master of the Forge. Identified with the regular scheme for a librarian, as if they were *Codex*-compliant; deep red power with the Chapter's insignia on the left shoulder, except that they have a bronze helmet and left arm.
	+ **Fenauri**: The Chapter's term for a Techmarine. Identified with the regular scheme for a librarian, as if they were *Codex*-compliant; deep red power with the Chapter's insignia on the left shoulder.

* **Bastan**: The Chapter's term for an Ancient. Identified by a white left arm.

### Line Ranks

* **Grohbar**: A Rahbar's second-in-command within a raiding party. Identified by having a red left hand and elbow plate.

* **Azo**: A member of a raiding party.

* **Azo-Chasham**: A member of a scout party.

* **Azo-Jadid**: The Chapter's term for a neophyte.

* **Kharji**: A member of a raiding party that originally came from a different Chapter. Identified by the fact that they don't possess the glowing eyes common in the Chapter.

### Specialist Units & Formations

Instead of being organised into Battleline Squads like most chapters, they are organised into raiding parties, each led by a Rahbar, and his second-in-command, the Grohban. These raiding parties attack settlements, both Imperium and xenos, in order to gain supplies that the party needs for survival.

### Order of Battle

#### Chapter Command

**Headquarters**
Izmo Vendrist & Dirsh Tehrani: Tost-du-Nabard to Staud-Khali Helvetin
Honour Guard
'*Sultanate*' Raiding Party
'*Charkh Nakhast*' Outrider Party
'Khedmat Marge' Dreadnought
Transports
'*Khandan*' Raiding Party
Ketabdari
Farsi
Transports
Chapter Servitors
'*Jaal*' Raiding Party
Fenauri
Transports
Chapter Servitors
'*Bimari*' Raiding Party
Darmani
Transports
Chapter Servitors

## Culture & Beliefs

One of the core beliefs of the Chapter is that fellow space marines are deserving of a second chance, as they would've been under orders during a battle. Any captured or wounded space marines that were abandoned or survived a battle are given a choice by the officer that commanded the battle; death or recruitment. If the marine chooses recruitment, they are given the title *Kharji* and are put into a raiding party in the tenth company until they have proven their worth.

They speak a modified version of an ancient Terran language, known only to them and a select few others. This language is taught to Azo-Jadid and Kharji as part of their induction into the Chapter.

## Recruitment

When in need of new recruits to be the Chapter's Azo-Jadid, the Chapter may enter a settlement, posing as Loyalists in order to increase their number.

Any captured or wounded space marines that were abandoned or survived a battle are given a choice by the officer that commanded the battle; death or recruitment. If the marine chooses recruitment, they are put into a raiding party in the tenth company until they have proven their worth.

## Deathwatch Service

Battle-Brothers of this Chapter were rarely inducted into the Deathwatch, prior to their abandoning of the Imperium. There also have been no records of Blackshields from this Chapter after their exodus.

## Gene-Seed

While Battle-Brothers of this Chapter are not susceptible to the savagery that Battle-Brothers of the White Scars can succumb to, they often have at least one of two gene-seed defects common within the Chapter. Nearly every member of this Chapter has luminous eyes, visible even through the lens of their helmet. Less common than that is for a Battle-Brother to have a disturbing voice that ranges from speaking like a creaking floorboard to having a deep, booming voice.

## Notable Members

* **Staud-Khali Sirius Katharion**: *Status: Deceased.* The first leader of the Black Void. Was given a fleet of voidships and a special power spear by the Great Khan of the White Scars during the time of the Chapter's founding. Was killed after his decision to turn the Chapter renegade.

* **Doa-Khali Kion**: *Status: Deceased.* The only Doa-Khali (Master of the Faith) the Black Void had. After the decision made by Sirius Katharion to turn renegade, he slew the Staud-Khali with his plasma pistol, before fleeing along with the Chapter's other Doa (Chaplains) to stay loyal to the Emperor. He founded his own Chapter, but was eventually killed by the Black Void's second Staud-Khali. The ranks of Doa and Doa-Khali were removed from the Chapter after its exodus due to both Kion's betrayal and the Chapter no longer viewing the emperor as a God.

## Fleet

The Black Void was always a fleet-based Chapter, but started to heavily modify ships from their fleet after turning rengade. These modifications often involved using xenos technology, which would've been forbidden under the Imperium.

#### Notable Voidships

* **King of the Abyss**: 'Padshah Partagah' in the language of the Black Void is the flagship of the Chapter's fleet. Houses the Staud-Khali and the Black Void first company. This fortress-monastery was the first ship given to the Black Void upon its founding, though the ship is now unrecognisable due to the modifications and expansions made to the ship after the Chapter's exodus.

## Relics

**Brai Keshtan**: Translates as 'to kill' from the Black Void's language, this spear was given to Sirius Katharion, the first Staud-Khali of the Black Void. The spear is a power weapon, with the blade encased in adamantium. The Staud-Khali and his Tost-du-Nabard have a sensor encased within their gauntlets so that they can activate the energy field to give the spear its power.

## Appearance

### Colours

Battle-Brothers of this Chapter wear black power armour with a bronze power pack. Firstborn Battle-Brothers have bronze shoulder pads with black trim, while Mark X 'Primaris' Battle-Brothers have black shoulder pads with bronze trim. Most Battle-Brothers use armour made from parts of different sets of power armour cobbled together. Due to their renegade nature, Aquilas are usually absent on their power armour.

### Badge

The symbol of the Chapter is two circles, the smaller within the larger. This symbol is in black on the bronze firstborn plate and in bronze on the black shoulder pad of Primaris marines. The two circles represent the Black Void (the outer circle), encompassing their enemies (originally Chaos, but now also the Imperium; represented by the inner circle), thus trapping them. Imperial officials from the Inquisition, Ministorum and other Chapters refered to the Black Void being the inner circle, as the Chapter didn't have the best luck in subduing revolutions by worshippers of the Dark Gods.

## Notable Quotes

### About the Black Void

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 Imperial Fists Successors
 Blood Angels Successors
 Iron Hands Successors
 Ultramarines Successors
 Salamanders Successors
 Raven Guard Successors
 Unknown Lineage
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