Relictors - Notable Campaigns: Feral War (ca. 112.M33) - Whilst mining the Feral World of Aggaros, the Adeptus Mechanicus engage in what at first seems like an embarrassingly one-sided battle against the world's barbaric natives, until the primitives bring their flame-tongued shamans into the fray. The cybernetic armies of the Adeptus Mechanicus find themselves burnt from the inside or crushed flat by invisible forces. The retreating Tech-priests call in an old debt from the Relictors Chapter in order to renew the attack. Four days later, the Relictors' 3rd Company fights its way through psychic pyrotechnics of bewildering force to reach the hidden city of the primitive Aggarosan tribes. Lining every road are dust-caked statues of the Thousand Sons, each facing a colossal effigy of the infamous Chaos Sorcerer Ahriman atop a pyramid of obsidian. Captain Excorius orders the profane statue of Ahriman tom down. As it topples, every one of the Thousand Sons "statues," who were actually Rubric Marines, comes to life, shrugging off the dust of centuries and opening fire on the Relictors with a hail of coruscating bolts. Not one of the Adeptus Mechanicus, nor their Relictors allies, survive.Blood Star Campaign (748.M41) - A massive daemonic incursion into the Scarus Sector is heralded by the star Ares turning an ominous blood red. The Relictors, Rainbow Warriors and Fire Lords eventually halt the invasion but take grievous casualties, including the loss of all three Chapter Masters. The Imperium grieves for three of its mightiest heroes.Achilus Crusade (777.M41) - The Relictors, then still known as the Fire Claws, sent a special detachment of Astartes to participate in the Achilus Crusade in the Jericho Reach.Battle for the Captor of Sin Space Hulk (ca. 950.M41) - The Relictors, then still called the Fire Claws, succeeded in cleansing the space hulk designated the Captor of Sin from the Chaos Space Marine warband led by the Chaos Champion of Tzeentch named the Excoriator.Third War for Armageddon (998.M41) - When the Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka led the largest Ork invasion since the Ullanor Crusade against the Hive World of Armageddon, the Relictors were amongst the first of the 20 plus Space Marine Chapters to rush to its aid. Lord Commander Dante of the Blood Angels took overall command of the Chapters present, and each was utilised to the best of its abilities towards the goal of pushing back the millions-strong Ork horde. Alone of all the Chapters, the Relictors did not acknowledge the authority of Commander Dante, or of any other Imperial leader. Dante was far more forgiving in this regard than General Kurov and others of the Imperial Guard and the Armageddon planetary government, who publicly decried the Relictors as oath-breakers after the majority of the Chapter spent the greater proportion of their time on Armageddon engaged in operations of their own in the vicinity of Angron's Monolith. The equatorial jungle in this area was dark and twisted, and the only living creatures frequenting it were the Feral Ork tribes who were said to perform dark ceremonies beneath the gloomy jungle canopy. All through the war for Armageddon, the Relictors remained within the depths of the jungle, famously refusing even the personal commands of Lord Commander Dante of the Blood Angels. As the first phase of the campaign drew to a close, and the Season of Fire approached, a ceasefire of sorts was achieved, with both sides digging in to weather the coming storms. Many Space Marine Chapters withdrew, as their lightning attack style of warfare was of less relevance in this new stage of the war. First to withdraw were the Relictors, who, with no explanation whatsoever, emerged from the jungle, boarded their Thunderhawk gunships and simply left. Imperial Navy picket ships in orbit challenged them, and a violent confrontation between supposed allies was only narrowly averted when Commander Dante ordered the picket ships to stand down and allow the Relictors' ships to rendezvous with their fleet and their Star Fort. The next time the Relictors were seen was one month later, when they arrived at the orbital shipyards of Belis Corona and demanded a complete resupply of their entire fleet. After some tense altercations with officious Departmento Munitorum bureaucrats, the Chapter's demands were acceded to and their ships resupplied. With no further explanation, the Chapter left in the direction of the Cadian Gate.13th Black Crusade (ca. 999.M41) - The Relictors arrived at the Cadian Gate mere solar days before the first signs of Abaddon's imminent attack were seen. The Relictors contributed all 10 of their companies to the fight against the Forces of Chaos during the 13th Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler. As in their involvement in the Third War for Armageddon, the Relictors refused to submit themselves to the authority of any other, incurring the wrath of Great Wolf Logan Grimnar of the Space Wolves Chapter on many occasions before he cursed the entire Chapter and washed his hands of them. The Relictors were reported as having taken part in a number of actions, and the Chapter's presence was suspected on the periphery of a number of others. The Chapter was known to have participated in an attack against a warband of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion on the world of Subiaco Diablo, during which an Inquisitorial task force disappeared under suspicious circumstances. They were next seen in the Cadian Sector, where they clashed with a Night Lords force at Exeltra Minor, before becoming embroiled in a suppression action against Aeldari raiders at Xersia. The Chapter then appeared near Cadia itself, but refused to respond to instructions from Logan Grimnar to reinforce the Fortress World, instead making straight for the Warp conduit and departing for the Agri-World of Fremas. Exactly what occurred at Fremas is a matter of some doubt, but a pack of Wolf Scouts despatched by Logan Grimnar tracked the Relictors to the remote Diamedes Archive, where the Chapter appeared to have repulsed a Chaos attack before turning upon the Archive's defenders. None of the defenders were reported to have survived the assault, but Grimnar's men recovered partial vid-logs that suggest the Relictors' objective was the sealed stasis vault at the heart of the mountaintop fastness. The contents of this vault were known to but a handful of Adepts in the Imperium, most of whom resided on Terra. As a result of their use of Chaos artefacts to secure victory during the 13th Black Crusade, the Relictors ultimately came into conflict with the Inquisition and the High Lords of Terra declared that they were Excommunicate Traitoris. After a devastating battle with the Grey Knights at the direction of the Inquisition, the surviving Relictors Astartes were forced to flee into the Eye of Terror to seek sanctuary. Their current fate remains unknown to the Imperium.