Magisters

Magisters armorial with Chapter iconography.

Magisters Firstborn Battle-Brother Nihilen Arenzo, 4th Company, 10th Battleline Squad.

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allegiance**

Imperium of Man
(*Fidelitas Totalis*)

### **Successor of**

Blood Angels
(Sanguinius lineage.)

### Successor Chapter(s)

None.

The **Magisters** are a Blood Angels Successor Chapter founded during the TK founding in TKDATE. They are known for their rapid drop pod insertion of strike teams. They are commonly seconded to the Inquisitors of the Ordos Malleus and Hereticus, in their shared interest in forbidden writings that have survived from the Great Crusade. They believe there is a cure to their flaws in the writings and artworks of their Primarch's time amongst his sons.

## Notable Campaigns

* The Devastation of Baal
* Clemency Sector Capaign
* The Fall of Ardentum

## Chapter Home World

Their home world is the Agri-world of Trismagist IV, in the Trismagist system. It is a world mostly agrarian and rural, with the humans living in a feudal society watched over by their Angel Lords.

### Fortress-Monastery

The Magisters' fortress-monastery of Candlekept is a hollowed-out mountain deep within the Agamem mountain range. From the towers, they can see the largest city on Trismagist IV, TKNAME. Deep within the stone and iron of the fortress, lies the Liber Sanguine, a vaulted library housing their most precious works from the Crusade. These range from pictures of the IXth Legion in formation to poems and paintings done by remembrancers that travelled with their legion during the campaigns of the Great Crusade.

## Chapter Organisation

### Specialist Units & Formations

* Strike Teams
	+ A strike team is the most common formation of the Magisters in times of war. Comprised of 10-20 brothers from 2-4 squads, they act as rapid retrieval and spear tip attack groups. When more than one Sergeant is in a Strike Team, the most senior will take control, giving the Strike Team his name.

### Order of Battle

#### Companies

* First Company - Veteran Company - Made up of the survivors of the Devastation of Baal
* Second Company - Battle line Company
* Third Company - Battle line Company
* Fourth Company - Battle line Company
* Fifth Company - Battle line Company
* Sixth Company - Reserve Company
* Seventh Company - Reserve Company
* Eighth Company - Heavy Support Company
* Ninth Company - Fast Attack Company
* Tenth Company - Vanguard Company and Scout Neophytes

## Combat Doctrine

The Magisters believe in rapid deployment of strike teams, to support larger war efforts. It is very rare for more than a demi-company to be deployed to one killzone at a time. Frequently, they are brought in as a speartip to breach an enemy position or strike a specific target.

## Chapter Culture & Beliefs

They are known to work well with other imperial forces, especially those who share their blood, and their flaws. Due to their obsession with history, in many ways they see themselves, as well as other sons of Sanguinius as one and the same. While they are codex compliant, they will treat other Blood Angels and Blood Angel successors more like legitimate brothers, rather than cousins or allies. This is often one-sided.

## Chapter Recruitment

The Chapter recruits from the people of Trismagist IV, who embark on 'quests' to gain the notice of the Magister's induction scouts. When not conducting war, the 10th Company scouts of the Magisters are stationed in their home world and keep notice for any notable potential recruits. When one is found, they are invited to the Arc Nestine, where they are housed until the next year's trials.

A scout of the Magisters can only advance to off-world combat missions once he has found and recruited his successor. This ensures there is always a steady influx of recruits, while also giving newly ascended scouts time to be monitored, and trained by the chaplaincy.

The Magisters believe that it is better to prepare the potential recruits for the trials, and only allow them to attempt them when they've shown signs that they are ready. This is the duty of the 9th and 10th companies, to teach, prepare, and study the next generation of brothers.

The Trials are brutal, and despite the preparations, only a handful of future brothers are found each year. They continue on a path similar to all brothers of the blood, spending a year in the sarcophagus to be infused with the gene-seed, and onto the scouting forces attached to the 10th company.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

### Genetic Flaws

The blood of the Magisters suffers from the same flaws as their fellow sons of Sanguinius. Their battle with the Red Thirst, and the Black Rage is a secret shamefully hidden from their allies, and unleashed on their enemies.

To combat the Thirst, many brothers of the Magisters try to conduct battle from range, rather than in melee. They want to avoid the temptations they face when close up to the enemy. Because of this doctrine, the Magisters use less assault and close support marines than many Blood Angel successors. In their battle line squads, few fall to the Rage, but the same cannot be said for the brothers in assault squads.

## Notable Members

* **Veteran Sergeant Diavollo Hermes** - Diavollo Hermes is assigned to the Chapter's 2nd Company, 1st Battleline Squad.

## Chapter Appearance

### Chapter Colours

The Magisters Chapter primarily wears maroon-coloured power armour, with their left arm painted white. Line soldiers wear maroon shoulder pads with black trim, while sergeants will have a black right shoulder pad, and a white left one to denote their rank.

#### Heraldry of the Host

Like their progenitors, the Magisters also adhere to the same strict heraldic system, which allows them to recognise what company and squad any given battle-brother belongs to at a glance. This is advantageous in the chaos of battle. Instead of using the standard *Codex*-compliant symbols to show a unit's squad specialty or helmet colour to denote rank, the Magisters' helmets indicate their operational role:

* **Battle line**: Maroon
* **Close Support**: Yellow
* **Fire Support**: Blue
* **Command**: Gold
* **Veteran Marine**: White

Magisters Librarians wear traditional blue coloured power armour with the left shoulder pauldron being painted in their Chapter's colours.

Magisters Apothecaries have maroon armoured trimmed in white.

Members of the Chapter's Death Company vary significantly from their fellow brethren's colour scheme; their armour is repainted coal black, with red saltires (crosses), symbolising the sacrifice of Sanguinius.

The Sanguinary Guard wear traditional golden armour with large white wings attached to their jump packs.

The Magisters utilise the same company markings as their genetic forebears, which is indicated by an emblem on their right armorial inset in lieu of the usual *Codex*-proscribed numbers of colours.

The following is a list of how each company represents itself:

* **1st Company (Veteran)**: A white skull over maroon background on the right shoulder plate. On Terminator (Tactical Dreadnought) Armour, the left shoulder plate displays a Crux Terminatus while the right shoulder guard displays the Chapter badge.

* **2nd Company (Battle)**: A single yellow blood drop.

* **3rd Company (Battle)**: A single white blood drop.

* **4th Company (Battle)**: A single green blood drop.

* **5th Company (Battle)**: A single black blood drop.

* **6th Company (Reserve Tactical)**: Twin yellow blood drops, side by side.

* **7th Company (Reserve Tactical)**: Twin white blood drops, side by side.

* **8th Company (Reserve Assault)**: Twin green blood drops, side by side.

* **9th Company (Reserve Devastator)**: Twin black blood drops, side by side.

* **10th Company (Scout Marines)**: The Blood Angels' Scout Company wears a black skull on the right shoulder plate, and the Chapter badge on the left.

Unlike other Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, the Blood Angels' squad markings comprise a single symbol worn on the right knee guard.

Following Roboute Guilliman's recent revisions to the *Codex Astartes* and the reorganisation of the Reserve Companies in the Era Indomitus, ten additional squad numbers and icons have been introduced to the Chapter, which now allows more than 100 battle-brothers in a company in certain circumstances:

* **1st Squad**: A white skull on a black background.

* **2nd Squad**: A white skull on a blue background.

* **3rd Squad**: A red blood drop on a yellow background.

* **4th Squad**: A red blood drop on a black background.

* **5th Squad**: A white X on a black background.

* **6th Squad**: A white X on a blue background.

* **7th Squad**: A yellow lightning bolt on a black background.

* **8th Squad**: A black lightning bolt on a yellow background.

* **9th Squad**: A yellow angelic wing on a black background.

* **10th Squad**: A black angelic wing on a yellow background.

* **11th Squad:** A yellow skull on a black background.

* **12th Squad:** A black skull on a yellow background.

* **13th Squad:** A white blood drop on a black background.

* **14th Squad:** A white blood drop on a blue background.

* **15th Squad:** A red saltire ("X") on a black background.

* **16th Squad:** A red saltire ("X") on a yellow background.

* **17th Squad:** A white lightning bolt on a blue background.

* **18th Squad:** A white lightning bolt on a black background.

* **19th Squad:** A red angelic wing on a black background.

* **20th Squad:** A white angelic wing on a blue background.

### Chapter Badge

Their Chapter badge resembles an open book with a star in the center. Sergeants will have a skull instead of a star on their badge. This symbol represents their proclivity towards collecting the memories and deeds of the past, and housing them in their Fortress Libraries on the homeworld.

## Relations

### Allies

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* **Sanguinary Brotherhood Chapters**

### Enemies

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* **Black Legion**

## Notable Quotes

### About: The Magisters

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## Gallery

Magisters Firstborn Sergeant Nassion Dumah ('Anquished Veteran of the Celestial Basilica'), 2nd Company, 4th Battleline Squad.Magisters Primaris Assault Intercessor of the 8th Company, 15th Close Support Squad.