Angels of the Blade

Angels of the Blade armorial with Chapter iconography.

Angels of the Blade Primaris Intercessor of the 4th Company, *the Templars*, 5th Battleline Squad.

## Space Marine Chapter

### **Allegiance**

Imperium of Man
Unforgiven
(*Fedelitas Tenebrae*)

### **Successor of**

Dark Angels
(Lion El'Jonson lineage.)

### **Allies**

Unforgiven Chapters
Iron Myrmidons
Palatine Vindicators

### **Specialty**

Rapid Deployment, Search & Destroy Operations, Void Warfare (Boarding Actions, Ship to Ship Combat)

### Successor Chapter(s)

Tenebris Shades

The **Angels of the Blade** are a 4th Founding Loyalist Successor Chapter that descends from the lineage of the mysterious Dark Angels, and as such, are members of the collective of fellow Scions of the Lion Chapters known as the Unforgiven, with an Inner Circle that constantly hunt for the Fallen.

## Chapter History

### Fourth Founding

The chapter was founded after the War of the Beast as part of the massive 4th Founding, settling upon the feudal world of Samain in the Segmentum Tempestus.

### The First Crusade

Their first full engagement was the overly savage Idolater Crusades, fought against multiple Chaos warbands including the Battleforged who were the primary heretic force in the crusade. Alongside the Angels were several other Fourth Founding chapters: the Iron Myrmidons, Palatine Vindicators, Praetorians of Blood, and the Void Paladins. These newly founded chapters were mentored by the already established Blood Angels successor and parent chapter to the Praetorians of Blood, the Hussars Sanguine, and together fought across the Eastern Fringe expelling the Forces of Chaos from the sector. Alongside the Void Paladins the Angels of the Blade commanded the void, reaping a large toll on the heretic fleets and almost destroying the flagship of the Battleforged.

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## Chapter Homeworld & Recruitment

Their homeworld is the rather technologically advanced feudal world of Samain, voidships being a common enough sight in the stars to not startle the populace and the PDF using autoguns over spears. The do still carry swords and daily life is still very simple compared to a normal civilized world. It is a temperate world picked due to its resemblance to Caliban though its dangerous fauna are not made worse by the taint of Chaos. they recruit from the massive fortified city-states that dot the dangerous landscape. Like the chapter the population is very religious, to the point the local witch hunts and general hatred of warpcraft have made it hard for the planet to reach its quotas for the Black Ships.

### Fortress-Monastery - Tristamn

Trist Mountain, a lonely mountain created from a long dead volcano that is surrounded by ancient forests, its cone ending in a series of dagger like summits that make the top quarter of the massive mountain as if it was a full mountain range on top of the already tall mountain. A large wall rings the bottom of this range to act as the first true layer of defense, weapon emplacements cover it and the mountains above to overlap each other and defend all angles from assault. Within this isolated range is a small valley where the chapter built a beautiful gothic cathedral of a fortress, taking up the middle half of the entire valley and most of the way up the mountainsides flanking it, with stained glass windows depicting their primarch fighting beasts and other scenes from the Lion's past next to more general religious depictions of saints and the God-Emperor adorning most external windows. Each loyal primarch has his own shrine both for visiting members of other chapters and for the Angels as they see each having his own unique wisdom to impart. Statues of the primarchs line the outside of the God-Emperor's shrine, mirrored so that their are 2 statues of each with Lion El'Jonson's statues flanking the entrance and from their goes by Legion. Inside this shrine is His statue, dwarfing the statues outside by several meters and standing sentinel behind his altar. Tristamn is studded with its own weapon emplacements and can be defended with the total loss of outside defense measures. The overlapping void shields of Tristamn are enough to protect the entire mountain range down to the wall, redundant generators keeping the system from failing all at once. Deep under this fortified valley is a secret amphitheater meant to easily hold several hundred astartes in council, while it is usually used as the primary meeting place for the chapter's Inner circle it is also sometimes used when multiple Inner Circles of the Unforgiven need to convene. Even further under this amphitheater is where the Fallen dungeons are located, a grim place where captured Fallen and other high ranking prisoners of the chapter are kept. While some are held until the Dark Angels can retrieve them for their own interrogations, most of the prisoners never again leave these dungeons.

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## Notable Campaigns

* **Idolater Crusades (550-648.M32):** Massive crusades fought by the newly founded Chapter in its entirety along with the Iron Myrmidons, Praetorians of Blood, Palatine Vindicators, Void Paladins, and the Hussars Sanguine who commanded the loyalist forces against a dozen Chaos Space Marine Warbands in the Eastern Fringe, including the Battleforged. Even with the Forces of Chaos using daemons and other warpcraft, they were killed or pushed out of the sector after 98 years of fighting.
* **Carmine Heresy (932.M41)**: This war marks the moment that it became known that the Carmine Reavers had gone to Chaos, starting with an ambush on a Hussars Sanguine task force before being driven off by their parent Chapter's reinforcement fleet. This fleet was surprisingly comprised not only of Hussar voidships but also a sizable detachment of Angels of the Blade, Palatine Vindicators, and Praetorians of Blood that had been with the 5th Clan at a previous war zone and joined them in fighting the traitors. Both sides then fought over the system for weeks as the Reavers & Hussars eventually deployed in their entirety to overtake the other. Combined from all sides almost 900 astartes died by the time the Carmine Reavers fled the system.
* **First Jamaerah Crusade (960-974.M41)**: After the Forces of Chaos overran the defenses of the industrialized shrine world of Jamaerah and its surrounding sub sector, the Imperium of Man sent out a Crusade in order to retake it. After over a decade of wars across the entire sector Imperial forces was forced to withdraw as Chaos forces reaped a terrible toll on them.
* **Second Jamaerah Crusade (040-043.M42)**: This follow up crusade used a similar sized force though instead of fighting them on several fronts across the sub-sector they besieged Jamaerah and sealed off its entire system. After several year of fighting it came down to a pitted battle outside the capital hive, millions of infantry and armoured vehicles clashed at the feet of dueling Titans & Knights. At the peak of the battle Teresa fought the Canoness-Superior of the Order of the Gilded Wrath, her former Order before she went to Chaos, and the two warrior commanders engaged in a titanic duel that rivaled the massive war machines still fighting around them. When the battle fell out of favor for the Chaos forces, Teresa activated her contingency plan and on her orders a coven of psykers sacrificed hundreds of people at once and summoned a warp storm that slowly engulfed the entire system. This forced the Imperial forces to evacuate the system and end the crusade, though all of the chaos held systems elsewhere in the Sub-Sector were quickly retaken Jamaerah remained a Chaos stronghold.
* **Third Jamaerah Crusade** **(110-Present.M42)**: After the near victory in the last crusade, the Imperium mustered the largest Crusade sent to the system yet. Almost 2 dozen space marine chapters deployed in some way, with almost half in their entirety like the Angels of the Blades, Crow Stalkers, Grey Wolves, Solar Falcons, Tidebreakers, & the Zealot Scythes. A small shield company of Custodes lead by Eligon Teminuer, who had been with the Tidebreakers when they tried to rescue the remnants of their Firstborn member on their original homeworld and lead them as a quasi Chapter Master for that battle, as well as a force of Sisters of Silence have been added to the Crusade. Thousands of Sororitas battle sisters, including the entirety of the very Order that Teresa was from, have joined this Crusade as it is as much a War of Faith as it is a military campaign if not more. Along with all of these elite warriors are tens of millions of Imperial Guardsman pulled from highly religious worlds to increase their battle fervor, as well as untold millions of pilgrim militia armed with little more than knives and autoguns that had gathered around the Imperial armada prior to its assault. Besides their large Skitarii contingent Titans were present from the Legio Tyrannica, the Knight houses of Ensiferum as always following their allies into battle, both sent most if not all of their available war machines, at the behest of the Iron Myrmidons who sent half of their chapter to the Crusade. A massive fleet of astartes & naval warships have ensured that the heretical world's system would be cut off from outside help. Currently the crusade is in a brutal deadlock as the capital hive along with several other prominent hives and their surrounding areas are besieged, but in turn the Imperial forces are besieged by a multitude of chaos forces outside of their controlled area. The void war is more in the Imperial's favor but the cost of casualties and lost ships to maintain their blockade of the system is high and beginning to impede their overall progress.

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## Chapter Organization

Like most Dark Angel successors they have a Deathwing & Ravenwing of veteran marines as the 1st and 2nd companies with Interrogator-Chaplains as the elite Chaplains of their Inner Circle, while the rest of the chapter is mostly codex compliant in layout. Due to the importance of geneseed to the chapter every squad has an Apothecary except for Assault, Scout & Terminator squads, though there are enough to aid them when needed. With the coming of the Primaris they begrudgingly accepted them but left them out of their Inner circle, waiting for the Dark Angels to induct one of their own first before they started accepting them as well. All of the Primaris within the Inner Circle are equipped as Bladeguard veterans.

### Special Ranks & Titles

All of the unique ranks & titles found within the Dark Angels and other Unforgiven chapters are used by the chapter like Interrogator-Chaplains and the various Deathwing & Ravenwing Knights.

#### Officer Ranks

* **Grand-Master** - Chapter Master equivalent.
* **Master** - Company Captain equivalent.
* **Lieutenant** - Rank added along with the revisions that accompanied the Primaris. Almost every one of them is a member of the Inner Circle.

#### Specialist Ranks

* **Master of Faith** - Hybrid title of the Master of Santicity and the Reclusiarch, he is the head of the Chaplaincy as well as the direct overseer of the Reclusium.
	+ **Interrogator Chaplains**
	+ **Chaplains**
	+ **Primaris Judicars** - Primaris training to become Chaplains, while most chapters have them as a silent disciplinarian or even executioner they are used as the Chaplains for Vanguard squads. This is done to keep them from delving into any intelligence that they should not know before they are deemed ready.

* **Master Apothecary**
	+ **Apothecaries**
	+ **Primaris Helix Adepts** - Primaris medicae still learning the ways of being an Astartes, thus they are deployed with Vanguard marines like Vanguard Librarians.
* **Master Librarian**
	+ **Prognosticator-Librarians** - Rank unique to the chapter, similar to an Interrogator-Chaplain all who carry this rank are senior members of the Inner Circle and privy to the chapter's highest secrets. Each is a master of psychic torture and interrogation as well as combat warpcraft but their focus is on using prognostication to locate Fallen, scrying out locations or times where they can be found.
	+ **Librarians** - Same as in most chapters, Firstborn & Primaris variants bending the warp to their wills.
	+ **Primaris Vanguard Librarians** - These Primaris are beginner Librarians still learning their position, given scouting deployments instead of frontline combat.

* **Techmarines**
* **Ancient** - Standard Bearer equivalent.
* **Emperor's Champion** - Often seen within the battle or veteran companies before large battles, each is considered a company Champion even if there already is one and becomes the offensive sword of the strike force while the company Champion stays with the commander.

#### Line Ranks

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

### Inner Circle

As a part of the Unforgiven their senior officers and veterans are part of an Inner Circle, knowing of the betrayal of Luther and the Fallen. Consisting of the entire Deathwing & Ravenwing companies, all company Masters & most Lieutenants, all Interrogator-Chaplains & Prognosticator-Librarians, as well as the senior most Apothecaries, but no Techmarines including the Master of the Forge due to their dual allegiance to the Mechanicus as well as the chapter.

### Company Veterans

Each company has a small selection of veterans directly assigned to them outside of the normal company layout to offset the lack of non Terminator veteran squads. These are usually veterans that have not been accepted into the Inner Circle for whatever reason or are being tested before induction, meaning none have received Terminator honours or the ability to don a robe over their power armour as true veterans. The battle companies have a squad each of Sternguard & Vanguard while the scout company has a handful of each that also act as instructors. Reserve companies have a single squad with a Sternguard squad for the 6th, 7th, and 9th, while the 8th uses a Vanguard squad.

### Battle Companies

These companies stayed much the same as a codex compliant chapter. With the Primaris added they grouped them into smaller 5 man squads to better spread out the specialist units, while firstborn squads stayed the same and remain the backbone of the chapter in combat. Each of the 3 battle companies are named after their style of combat, as brothers in the reserves fight and raise in the ranks towards battle membership officers judge which company would best suit them.

* ***3rd Company, The Lions***: This company is known for their wrathful armoured assaults and devastating use of firepower to destroy their enemies. They have a large assortment of armoured vehicles to break enemy fortifications, favoring ground vehicles in general as well as having the most Primaris of the Battle companies at just over half.
* ***4th Company, The Templars***: This company has the most normal Chaplains with almost every squad having one and is considered the most religious company overall, Imperial chants and hymms will be used along with normal war cries during battle. Their unwavering faith has carried them to victory against some of the greatest threats to the chapter.
* ***5th Company, The Guardians***: Known as the most steadfast in defensive actions and in the defense of humanity as a whole compared to the rest of the chapter or the Unforgiven in general.

### Reserve Companies

These companies stayed much the same as a codex compliant chapter. With the Primaris added they grouped them into smaller 5 man squads like in the battle companies to better spread out the specialist units. Besides the 8th the rest also have various dreadnoughts.

* **6*th Company***: Tactical reserve company, over half of the company is made up of Tactical squads with the rest a mix of the smaller Intercessor squads.
* **7*th Company***: Tactical reserve company, over half of the company is made up of Tactical squads with the rest a mix of the smaller Intercessor squads.
* **8*th Company***: Close Support reserve company, roughly half of the company are made up of Assault squads with the other half a mix of the smaller Inceptor, Incursor, & Reiver Primaris squads.
* **9*th Company***: Fire Support reserve company, roughly half of the company are made up of Devastator squads with the other half a mix of the smaller Aggressor, Eradicator, & Hellblaster Primaris squads.

### Scout Company

Besides the Scouts in the 10th Company, Masters would often have one that showed above average skill as their Equerry, helping handle the more mundane parts of leading the company and being kept far away from the Inner circle, though more than a few have stumbled onto far more than they could be allowed to live knowing. With the coming of the Primaris the 10th company was remade into a Vanguard company that handles most scouting missions, firstborn scout marines are put in uncounted squads outside the 10 squad layout but otherwise are deployed as always. Currently several dozen scout marines are in the company in this way along with double that in newly made neophytes. There has been a bigger push for more officers to have an Equerry, now including Lieutenants as well as many Sergeants thus giving Devastator & Tactical squads a semi permanent Scout until he is promoted to full battle brother.

## Chapter Beliefs

They are a religious chapter that hold great faith in the Imperial Creed, rare for the Unforgiven and astartes in general, and they have a large amount of Chaplains both normal and Interrogator variants. They see themselves as warrior monks like that of the Black Templars but far more Knightly given their heritage. Often even Emperor's Champions, visions of faith and all, come from their ranks. When brothers finally enter the Inner Circle and learn the true story of their past, they are also taught that only through the hunt for the Fallen can they reach atonement for the sins of their Legion. Prognostication is common among their senior Librarians to not only aid in finding Fallen but to try and see the will of the God-Emperor to best serve him.

## Chapter Gene-Seed

Due to coming from the gene lineage of Lion El'Jonson, the chapter displays none of the abnormalities seen in the others. A thing to note is that much like the Dark Angels and most of the Unforgiven in general they are a dark natured chapter, aloof and secretive when dealing with most other Imperial commanders and extremely so when dealing with the Inquisition.

## Combat Doctrine

They fight with large strike forces made of a battle company as the core and reserve, scout, & veteran squads added to them. While the scouts and reserve companies split into quarters to supply the 3 strike forces, and leave some left over to guard their homeworld, the veteran companies split into fifths. This adds up to around 80 veteran astartes, 40 Deathwing & 40 Ravenwing, to conduct secret Inner circle missions away from the main strike forces and a squad from each to reinforce the rotating garrison force of their homeworld.

## Notable Members

* **Grand-Master Raziel*, Lord of Atonement***: Stalwart warrior and skilled tactician that has been the Chapter-Master for centuries. Besides the relic armour and greatsword he uses he still keeps an ornate Bolt pistol & Combat knife for emergencies. The pistol was gifted by Azrael right from his own belt after Raziel and a squad of his Deathwing joined Azrael and his command squad in defending the Dark Angels chapter standard in a warzone, a mixed Ravenwing force from both chapter's lead by Sammael eventually rescuing the beleaguered Chapter Masters and the few surviving Angels.

* **High Chaplain Astothi, *Master of Faith***: Leader of the entire Chaplaincy, leaving the more secretive work of the Interrogator-Chapains to Kushiel to command though he is still one of the senior most members of the Inner Circle.

* **Chief Librarian Dagdan, *Master of the Librarium***: Commander of the chapter Librarians, thus a senior member of the Inner Circle.
* **Chief Apothecary Uthedain, *Master of the Apothecarion***: Commander of the chapter Apothecaries, thus a senior member of the Inner Circle.

* **Captain Bedevier, *Master of the Fleet***: While officially he is *Master* Bedevier, he insists that he be called a Captain due to ancient naval tradition. Unique to the chapter is that the Master of the Fleet is not a company captain but a separate though equal ranking officer with the fleet as his fulltime duties. He is often found aboard the *Metatron* where he has his personal quarters instead of in Tristamn.
* **High Interrogator Kushiel, *Seeker of the Penitents***: Leader of the chapter's Interrogator-Chaplains, and thus a high ranking member of the Inner Circle. Uses artificer Terminator armour to protect himself along with his Crozius and a Storm Bolter for weapons.
* **High Prognosticator Rivarus, *Master of Prognostication***: Commander of the chapter unique Prognosticator-Librarians, but still answering to Chief Librarian Dagdan, and thus a senior member of the Inner Circle.

* **Deathwing Master Senovir, '*The End*'**: Warrior that commands the elite 1st company, the all Terminator Deathwing, and is a high ranking member of the Inner circle.

* **Ravenwing Master Lollach, '*The Headhunter*'**: Famed commander of the 2nd company and ruthless hunter of the Fallen. Several skulls dangle from his bike as grisly trophies, each belonging to an enemy champion he has killed in battle. Like all of the Masters as well as Black Knights he is a member of the Inner Circle, of which he is a senior member as commander of the Ravenwing.
* **Master Calimor, Commander of the 3rd Company**: Known for his point blank attitude, both in and out of combat, and his short temper being an equally famous trait. He was injured during Second Jamaerah Crusade, losing his sword arm at the above the elbow against Lamodrod, and wishes to bring the Fallen champion in personally.
* **Master Karael, Commander of the 4th Company**: Leads the famed company known as the Templars, while the chapter as a whole is religious and faithful believers of the Imperial Creed this company are on par with any Sororitas order in zeal. He was a former Interogator-Chaplain that showed far to much skill in leadership to not command a company. He still has his artificer Chaplain armour though he no longer uses his Crozius or skull helm out of respect for the other Chaplains, replacing them with a Mace of Absolution and relic MkIV helm respectively.

* **Master Roland, Commander of the 5th Company**: Leads the battle company known as the Knights, masters of defensive tactics and stalwart defenders of mortal humans. He wields a Power sword and Plasma pistol in combat, along with a suit of artificer power armour given his rank.
* **Master Galwel, Commander of the 6th Company**:

* **Master Eogan, Commander of the 8th Company**: Commander of the reserve Close Support company and a member of the Inner Circle, was a former Black Knight Huntsman before becoming a Master. Wields a relic Power axe along with a Plasma pistol and artificer MkVI power armour.
* **Master Ozilan, Commander of the 9th Company**: Commander of the reserve Fire Support company and a member of the Inner Circle, known for his unlimited patience as well as his tactical prowess with the deployment of heavy weapons.

* **Master Radueriel, Commander of the 10th Company, *Master of Recruits***: Uncompromising instructor that has held his position for centuries, being one of the oldest members of the chapter. Besides his relic Stalker Bolter he carries a Power sword and a Bolt pistol.
* **Ancient Diorix, *Bearer of the Chapter Banner***: Grizzled veteran that is the current chapter Standard Bearer, having it atop the backpack of his ancient suit of MkII crusade armour for all to see in the thickest of combat. Uses a Bolter affixed with a bayonet along with a Power fist that will hold the Standard whenever it isnt on his back.
* **Evraner, *Chapter Champion***: Clad in ancient Tartaros pattern Terminator armour, he is the eternal guardian of Raziel and the honour of the chapter as a whole. Has lived for centuries and has spent much of that time within the Inner Circle, having been exposed early on to the Fallen but was deemed able to take the truth of their primogenitor's shame. His main weapon is a relic halberd with a CombiMelta as his back up weapon.
* **Sergeant Vortifir**: Member of the Deathwing as the newest Sergeant in the elite company, leading his squad of Terminators from the front with his storm shield and power sword.
* **Lieutenant Kaedys**: Primaris marine that was the first of his kind to join the Inner Circle, becoming a Lieutenant within the Ravenwing. He uses a Powersword and normally rides within a Strom Speeder.
* **Sigesar:** Deathwing Champion and brutal warrior of the Inner Circle.

### Notable Fallen

* **Gahewr, the Trickster Fallen**: Formerly an Assault marine Sergeant during the events of the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy. Even prior to the Heresy he was known as a trickster and lover of pranks, when he was sent to Caliban with the other Dark Angels under Luther his resentment quickly overshadowed his comedic side. Following the Fall of Caliban Gahewr found himself in the underhive of massive broken down city, eventually realizing he was on a daemon world as he fought and evaded the neverborn until he was found by an Iron Warriors strike force looking for artefacts. Introducing himself as a mercenary they took him on to help with raids until he slipped away at a chaos held star fort within the Eye of Terror. He has become an assassin & mercenary for any chaos lord willing to pay his price.

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## Chapter Fleet

While not a fleet based chapter they are masters of void warfare and have made sure to protect & rebuild their powerful fleet whenever needed, giving them 6 battle barges, 3 Naval battleships, 16 cruisers, & 35 escort vessels as of 999.M41. The Naval battleships are an Apocalypse-class & a pair of Retribution-classes, claimed from an orbital storage yard that had been taken over by Drukhari raiders but purged by the Chapter, the Navy is still angry about not being given these warships back following the mission. The rest of the fleet centers around one of the Battle company barges while the Battleships join fleets expecting heavy void warfare.

* ***The Metatron* (Battle Barge)**: Flagship of the chapter as a whole, a powerful warship with many advanced technologies from the First Legion only found within Unforgiven chapters. It has lead the chapter into the hardest war zones and had been active with the Dark Angels during the Great Crusade & Horus Heresy as well though its original name prior to being changed after the Horus Heresy has been lost.

* ***The Iram Leo* (Battle Barge)**: Main warship of the 3rd Company. Like the Flagship and several other warships in the fleet, this Barge was active during the Horus Heresy.

* ***The Esteticai* (Battle Barge)**: Main warship of the 4th Company.

* ***The Penitent Lion* (Battle Barge)**: Main warship of the 5th Company.

* ***The Angel of Extermination* (Apocalypse-class Battleship)**: This powerful warship is one of several Battleships added to the chapter from a besieged naval storage yard they had retaken for the Imperium and the only one of its class within the chapter's fleet.

#### Attack Craft

* ***The Lion's Mercy* (Thunderhawk)**: Personal aerial transport of the Grand Master, uses a top mounted Turbo Laser Destructor instead of the normal Thunderhawk Cannon and its heavily armoured hull is void hardened.
* ***Dias of Atonement* (Storm Eagle)**: This ancient gunship is used by the Inner Circle for their more secretive missions, ferrying capture teams and giving them fire support where needed before picking them up and flying off. It replaces its wing mounted missiles with twin linked Lascannons and has advanced stealth systems implanted into it to better avoid detection.

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## Chapter Relics

The chapter has a large amount of relic equipment, as befitting a successor of the Dark Angels, including many advanced weapons and vehicles not seen outside the Unforgiven.

#### Weapons

* ***Raiment of the Grand-Master***- Set of relics used as badges of office for the Grand Master, a suit of Terminator armour and a Power sword, from the time of the Great Crusade originally for an elite Knight Cenobium of the Legion.
	+ ***Atonement's Burden***- Ancient suit of master crafted Cataphractii Terminator armour, complete with a ceramite scaled cloak and an advanced Iron Halo. It has an arm mounted Plasma Caster, essentially a twin linked Plasma Talon, and the suit is sanctified against warpcraft.
	+ ***Sword of Light** -* Terranic Greatsword that accompanies *Atonement's Burden*. The blade is a stark white and at times seems to glow with its own inner light. Its disruption field adds to the brightness of the blade as it glows a bright white on par with a Conversion field when used and its sharp enough to cleave a Terminator in half with little effort, often blasting out a blinding aura of light when it connects.

* ***Crusading Fury***- Ancient Plasma Cannon that contains some of the advanced plasma technology hoarded by the Unforgiven, created during the time of the Horus Heresy, it is capable of a doubled firing rate without any extra danger to the user or loss of damage to the target. It is often the main weapon of the Master of the 9th company or used by a member of his command squad.

* ***El'Jonson's Bow***: Artificer Stalker Bolter used by the Master of the 10th company who is always the Master of Recruits as well. Originally a Sternguard Bolter that was given an elongated barrel and a master crafted targeting system within its scope. The precision of its targeting scope is such that it can instantly compensate for the various bolts the rifle can use so that every shot is dead on even if the user switches the bolt type for every snap shot.

* ***Lion's Snarl***- Artificer Power axe shaped to looks like a lions head with the clenched fangs making up the blade, Used as the symbolic weapon of the Master of the 8th Company.

* ***Smitebringer***- A master crafted CombPlasma used by the Master of the 4th company, created using a Phobos pattern Bolter as the frame with a Plasma Talon for the underbarrel part. It has been Blessed on Holy Terra itself and is is inscribed with prominent prayers from the Imperial Creed, it seems to do far more damage against daemons and heretic astartes alike compared to what it does normal xenos or those not influenced by the Ruinous Powers.

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## Chapter Appearance

### Colours

Their power armour is silver with green pauldrons and legs from the waist down. They use black robes with red trim over their armour to denote veteran status and induction into the Inner Circle. For helmet colours the Sergeants have green helms and Lieutenants use a red striped silver helm, while veterans use a white helm and their Sergeants use a white stripe on a green helm. Like other Unforgiven chapters they use all bone white paint for the armour of the Deathwing and all black for the Ravenwing.

### Iconography

Their iconography is a silver sword flanked by angels on their green pauldron. They use rich iconography like many Unforgiven chapters to denote rank and titles, many obscure even to their lesser brothers outside the Inner Circle.

## Relations

### Allies:

#### Hussars Sanguine

This chapter mentored the Angels of the Blade, as well as several other 4th founding chapters, and had kept good relations with most of the chapters with the Angels of the Blade being a relatively close ally.

#### Iron Myrmidons

Their longtime allies alongside the several others of the Idolater Crusades, these cybernetic sons of Dorn have remained steadfast friends with the Angels of the Blade ever since.

#### Praetorians of Blood

This Blood Angels successor chapter, via the Hussars Sanguine, were founded at the same time as the Angels of the Blade and fought alongside them in the Idolater Crusades. They stayed close allies, becoming furious at the news of the firstborn Praetorians and Katon, and are prepared to unleash hundreds of battle brothers to retake Katon alongside the other chapters from the crusades.

#### Solar Falcons

Both of these religious chapters were part of the strike force that Purged Iben and drove the Void Paladins from their homeworld, though the Angel's felt far more sorrow at losing a millennia long ally and a chapter they knew had been staunchly loyal.

#### Tenebris Shades

Their only successor chapter, the covert oriented shades are known to skirt the lines of what is allowed within the Imperium but have always come to the aid of their parent chapter when called.

### Enemies:

#### Carmine Reavers

Along with the Palatine Vindicators and the Praetorians of Blood, they were part of the reinforcements for Alcar's Clan when they were ambushed by the Carmine Reavers at the start of the Carmine Heresy. Due to their heretical worship the Angels have have held a bitter hatred and have vowed to hunt them down whenever possible.

#### Void Paladins

After millennia as allies these renegade sons of Guilliman are considered kill on sight by their former allies, who are notably fervent worshippers of the Imperial Creed which stands opposite of the Imperial Truth. If the Angels of the Blade knew about the secret alliance their own successor chapter, the secretive Tenebris Shades, has with the Paladins they would declare an all out war on both in an instant.

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