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Chapter - Headquarters Staff: Each company of a Codex-compliant Chapter before the Ultima Founding had its own command or headquarters staff, consisting of at least one of the following:CaptainChaplainLibrarianTechmarineApothecaryMost companies were usually accompanied by a Command Squad of five Veteran Space Marines that included:Company CaptainCompany ChampionApothecary - For a Space Marine Chapter to have a future it must carefully protect and preserve the organic implants created from gene-seed that turn an Aspirant into a full-fledged Space Marine. An Apothecary serves as a Chapter medic and biological researcher and the overseer of the Chapter's gene-seed and implantation process for the creation of new Space Marines.Ancient - Ancients or Standard Bearers were Veteran Astartes who carried the company banner that displayed the company's feats and prowess. Captains may also display their personal heraldry in the banner. On rare occasions, the Chapter Banner might be fielded by a particular company's Command Squad.
Chapter - Company Structure: The 1st Company of any traditional Codex-compliant Space Marine Chapter was an elite force made up entirely of Veteran Marines. These skilled warriors are the only members of the Chapter trained in the use of Terminator Armour.The 2nd  to 5th Companies of the Chapter are referred to as Battle Companies and serve as the Chapter's frontline combatants. Each Battle Company consists of:Six 10-man Tactical SquadsTwo 10-man Assault SquadsTwo 10-man Devastator SquadsSupport Vehicles - Predator and Land Raider tanks of different patterns, Assault Bikes, Land Speeders, Rhinos and Razorback armoured transportsDreadnoughts - Dreadnoughts are revered Astartes warriors who have been mortally wounded and entombed in a cybernetic Dreadnought sarcophagus which serves as a heavy support combat walker as well as serving a life support fucntion for the injured Space Marine.The 6th to 9th Companies of a traditional Space Marine Chapter are its Reserve Companies. These are entirely composed of squads of the same combat specialty designation. For instance, the 6th and 7th Companies are usually composed entirely of Tactical Squads, the 8th Company is comprised of Assault Squads, Assault Centurions and Bike Squads, and the 9th Company is comprised of Devastator Squads and Devastator Centurions. Each of the Reserve Companies maintains its own transports, Dreadnoughts, and additional air and armour assets like Stormtalon gunships, Rhino APCs and Predator tanks. The Reserve Companies normally act in support of the Battle Companies and provide a source of replacements for any casualties suffered by the frontline formations.The 10th Company of a traditional Space Marine Chapter is the Scout Company composed of Space Marine Neophytes who are being exposed to actual combat for the first time. Those Scout Marines who survive this tour of duty are then welcomed into the Chapter as full Initiates and are granted a suit of Power Armour. They are then moved into one of the Reserve Companies to begin climbing the Chapter's hierarchy -- if they survive.
Chapter - Battleline Squads: The most numerous and strategically versatile warriors in a revised Codex-compliant Space Marine Chapter form Battleline Squads. They are flexible enough to press home an attack, or hold a position with withering firepower. Whatever the strategic challenge, the Battleline Squads are equal to the task. The Battleline Squads include:Tactical SquadsIntercessor Squads
Chapter - Close Support Squads: In the revised Codex Astartes, Roboute Guilliman has been very clear about the role and importance of Close Support Squads. A well-coordinated and perfectly timed assault can break the back of any foe, cracking open their lines and sending the remnants of their army fleeing. To make such breakthrough attacks, the designated troops must be fast, aggressive and hard-hitting. The Close Support Squads include:Assault SquadsInceptor SquadsReiver SquadsCenturion Assault SquadsBike SquadsAttack BikesLand SpeedersLand Speeder Storms
Chapter - Fire Support Squads: The Space Marines in a Chapter's Fire Support Squads have a vital role, for they provide heavy covering fire to their Battleline and Close Support brethren. This could be in the form of assassination of prime targets, counter-battery volleys, or the destruction of enemy armour. By their target selection, marksmanship, and the timely application of firepower are countless battles won. The Fire Support Squads include:Devastator SquadsHellblaster SquadsAggressor SquadsCenturion Devastator Squads
Chapter - Veteran Squads: Of all the fighting formations that make up a Space Marine Chapter, it is the 1st Company that is invariably the most powerful and feared. For a Space Marine to join the prestigious 1st Company is for him to have won renown on battlefields uncounted and to have earned the respect of his Battle-Brothers through deeds of blood and fire.Most such Veterans have served as Sergeants elsewhere in their Chapter -- sometimes for Terran centuries -- before being accepted into the 1st Company, but a notable few are elevated after performing singular acts of insane heroism. These Space Marines are legends one and all, warriors who have become part of the Chapter's history, and it is every Battle-Brother's ambition to join the ranks of their Chapter's most elite company. The Veteran Squads include:Vanguard VeteransSternguard VeteransTerminator SquadsTerminator Assault Squads
Chapter - Scout Squads: Space Marine Scouts chiefly fight as skirmishers, relying on stealth rather than brute force to accomplish missions. Lightly armed and armoured in comparison to their more experienced Battle-Brothers, Scouts operate independently from the main Space Marine force, infiltrating enemy positions and clearing the way for the Chapter's advance.By operating deep within hostile territory, Scouts reconnoitre the enemy's movements, set ambushes, sabotage supply lines and destroy communications centres in daring commando raids. Sometimes Scouts will pounce unseen to capture enemy commanders for excruciation. The Scouts' goal is to strike hard and vanish before the enemy has the chance to retaliate.When first inducted into a Space Marine Chapter, a recruit joins the 10th Company as a Scout. He is placed under the tutelage of a Sergeant who will lead him on the field of battle and instruct him in what it truly means to wage war as one of the Adeptus Astartes. Only once he has proven himself worthy of his Chapter by excelling in the ranks of the 10th Company will a Scout be deemed ready to join the main ranks of his Chapter's Battle-Brothers in the Reserve Companies as a full Initiate. The Scout Squads include:Scout SquadsScout Bike Squad
Chapter - Codex Astartes-Deviant Chapters: Notable Chapters that do not follow the organisational standards of the Codex Astartes include:Black TemplarsBlood AngelsDark AngelsDeathwatchGrey KnightsIron HandsSalamandersSpace WolvesWhite ScarsThese Chapters' unique structures, orders of battle and histories are detailed on their relevant pages.
Chapter Command - Chapter Command: Chapter Command refers to those officers and specialists within a Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter of the Space Marines who command the Chapter as a whole, its individual companies or directly protect or assist those who do.A Space Marine Chapter is a highly sophisticated and efficient fighting machine. The impossible demands that each has to face -- gruelling attrition and numberless foes -- make being this way nothing less than essential.To succeed, Chapters need impeccable leaders who breathe the arts of war and logistics.Space Marine personnel generally considered part of a Chapter's command organisation and entitled to bear the skull-like command icon on their shoulder plates include the Chapter Master, the captain of each of the Chapter's companies, the two lieutenants who assist each company captain and often command demi-companies, the Chapter Champion and Company Champions, the Chapter and company Ancients, and other selected Chapter Veterans who comprise the Chapter Master's Honour Guard.Non-Astartes Chapter personnel, including equerries, Chapter serfs and servitors, are all usually attached to the Chapter Command as well in formal tables of organisation.
Chapter Command - Chapter Master: Chapter Masters command entire Chapters and are exemplary warriors. For centuries have they slain the foes of the Imperium, and countless campaign badges adorn their personal standards. They are some of Mankind's greatest heroes.They appraise entire war zones with the merest glance, understanding every threat and opportunity that presents itself. The arrival of a ChapterMaster to a planet afire with battle can turn an imminent, crushing defeat into a resounding, glorious victory.Few in the Imperium have as much personal or political authority as a Chapter Master. At full strength their Chapter and its fleet can lay waste to entire star systems. Their homeworld, wittingly or otherwise, is theirs to command, and many enjoy the loyalty of planets and systems further afield.Chapter Masters answer to almost no one in the Imperium of Man. They are petitioned for aid, rather than ordered to provide it, and of the many thousands of supplications a Chapter receives, it is the Chapter Master who decides which his warriors shall respond to. In this, he holds the power oflife and death over entire systems.Even in a war zone where multiple Chapters are fighting, it is only by choice that those involved follow the leadership of another Chapter.Chapter Masters have access to some of the very finest wargear in the Imperium; many don armour and bear weapons millennia old. These ancient relics aresources of immense pride to the Chapter to which they belong, and such is the honour in even touching them, only Chapter Masters are permitted to use them in battle.While most Chapters are led by a single individual serving as a Chapter Master -- and many may refer to him by a different title more in line with the specific culture, history and customs of a particular Chapter -- not all Chapters operate in this way.The Sons of Medusa are led by a triumvirate of Iron Thanes rather than a single master. Conversely, the Iron Hands' Iron Council is its ultimate authority, with Kardan Stronos serving in the role of Chapter Master only for as long as the Iron Council deem him fit for the honoured duty of being the voice of the Chapter, though far from its ruler.The Raven Guard have a clear Chapter Master figure in Kayvaan Shrike, but the Shadow Captains of the Chapter's companies by tradition have considerably more free rein to select which campaigns they fight, and how they do so, than their equivalents in many other Chapters.A Chapter Master's role is supplemented by other officers whose roles exist outside of the formal Codex Astartes-prescribed company structure. These vary in role and title from Chapter to Chapter, but include such positions as the lord of the household, Chapter Master's secretarius, securitas primus and countless others.
Chapter Command - Honour Guard: Most Chapters have an Honour Guard, an elite cadre of warriors who answer to no one but the Chapter Master himself and have a multitude of functions. They are the Chapter Master's protectors, responsible for his security at all times, whether in council on their homeworld or in the raging inferno of war.They also serve as advisors, drawing upon their long combat experience and wisdom to provide their liege with informed guidance. In this capacity they may also serve as naysayers, their task to challenge the decisions of the Chapter Master to prevent the rot of arrogance and complacency from taking the slightest toehold.An Honour Guard might include a Chapter Champion -- a superlative warrior and living embodiment of all his Chapter's ideals. Very often the HonourGuard are responsible for the Chapter's standards and banners, with one of their number serving as the Chapter Ancient, a role often taken for individual companies banners by a similar Company Ancient. This task is a sacred one, borne with great gravitas.How an Honour Guard is formed varies from Chapter to Chapter. For some it is a standing institution, its membership only changing as its members fall inbattle or volunteer to resign their duties to return to the companies. Such self-demotion is a rare occurrence, but does happen in the event that a company suffers such severe casualties that it lacks experienced members.Some of these Honour Guard have felt compelled to join the Chaplaincy, or to serve as an officer in the Scout Company where they can pass their experience on to the next generation of Astartes. These Honour Guards provide a formal link between Chapter Masters new and old, ensuring a continuity in the Chapter leadership.In other Chapters the Chapter Master will select his own Honour Guard. These may be warriors he has fought alongside in battle after battle, or mentors whose knowledge and wisdom he greatly values. Some Chapters may have a combination of both, to best secure the advantages of each. Others will draw their Honour Guard from the Chapter's Veteran 1st Company.Thanks to their esteemed position, the Honour Guard have rare access to their Chapter Armoury, and will often bear formidable relic weapons and wear magnificent, ornate Artificer Armour. Such artefacts have been borne into battle by hundreds of Chapter heroes, and with their choice of weapons each warrior is perfectly equipped to deal death to all but the most dangerous of foes.
Chapter Master - Notable Chapter Masters: The following is a list of all known Chapters Masters that currently command an Adeptus Astartes Chapter:
Chapter Master - Angels Encarmine: Zargo - Zargo is the castellan (Chapter Master) of the Angels Encarmine. He was one of the most active Chapter Masters within the Adeptus Astartes. He could not rest at peace, forever seeking opportunities to lead his Chapter on campaign. As a result, the Angels Encarmine are rarely at full strength, though what they lack in numbers is more than compensated for in their determined fervor. Castellan Zargo was killed during the Devastation of Baal while he led the defence of the Arx Murus along with two thirds of his Chapter.
Chapter Master - Angels Numinous: Geron - Geron is the current Chapter Master of the Angels Numinous.
Chapter Master - Angels Sanguine: Sentikan - Sentikan is the current Chapter Master of the Angels Sanguine. Sentikan supported the Blood Angels on Baal during the recent Conclave of all the Chapters drawn from Sanguinius' bloodline, called by the Blood Angels' Lord Commander Dante, to discuss the fate of their Primogenitor Chapter. Sentikan assisted in the defence of the remains of the Primarch Sanguinius himself from the assault of the forces of Chaos.
Chapter Master - Astra Fists: Argolis - Argolis is the current Chapter Master of the Astral Fists. Most recently, he led the entirety of his Chapter to engage the Tyranids of the Echidna splinter fleet some time during the 41st Millennium.
Chapter Master - Astral Knights: Artor Amhrad -  Artor Amhrad was the Chapter Master of the Astral Knights. When 15 Space Marine task forces failed to stop a large Necron starship known as the World Engine, the Chapter Master of the Astral Knights Chapter adopted a desperate strategy. Forgoing weaponry that proved to be ineffective, Amhrad employed his Chapter's Battle Barge against the World Engine's Void Shields. The moment the mighty space-borne missile pierced the World Engine's shields, the Astral Knights had already taken to their Drop Pods. For over 100 hours the Astral Knights battled against the vastly superior force of Necron warriors numbering in the tens of thousands. The Astral Knights force was eventually reduced in size to just Amhrad and five remaining battle-brothers. Amhrad then detonated Melta-charges that destroyed the vast Necron tomb complex that housed many of the World Engine's command arrays. This damage brought down the vessel's Void Shields. With the World Engine's shields lost, the Imperial Navy's starships were able to destroy the World Engine with Cyclonic Torpedoes. On the outskirts of the Danorra System lies the scarred and lifeless planet of Safehold. It is there, in the dead heart of the Battle Barge Tempestus, that a shrine was raised to the memory of the Astral Knights. Seven hundred and seventy-two arbalstone statues stand silent vigil amongst the ruined flagship of the lost Chapter, one for each of the fallen battle-brothers of the Astral Knights.
Chapter Master - Aurora Chapter: Herak Nhuson - Nhuson was the lord (Chapter Master) of the Aurora Chapter during the seventh century of the 41st Millennium. In 650.M41, a Chaos-inspired nihilo-cult usurped power in the Gorus System, igniting the Goru Heresy. The Aurora Chapter immediately executed a lightning campaign that decapitated the Heretics' inner circle and restored order to the region within ten solar days of their deployment. There is scant cause for celebration however, as Herak Nhuson was killed when the Heretic leader unleashed a Warp-fuelled psi-vortex as a dying act of spite.
Chapter Master - Black Guard: Gherith Arendi - Ghereth Arendi was the first Chapter Master of the Black Guard. Commander of Primarch Corax's bodyguard, the Shadow Wardens, during the Horus Heresy, Gherith Arendi was long believed slain during the Drop Site Massacre on Isstvan V, but ultimately rejoined the Legion. During the Horus Heresy, having fought side-by-side in battle and saved each other's lives, a new relationship of trust was established between the primarch and his former bodyguard. Arendi was later made the commander of the newly commissioned Black Guard, a Raven Guard unit which was formed from the Shadow Wardens. He would later go on to lead the newly-formed Black Guard Space Marine Chapter as its first Master.
Chapter Master - Black Templars: Helbrecht - Helbrecht is the current High Marshal (Chapter Master) of the Black Templars Space Marine Chapter and primary coordinator of the Chapter's various Crusades.Kordhel - Kordhel was Helbrecht's immediate predecessor as High Marshal and was slain by a frenzied Chaos Champion of the Ruinous Powers in late 990.M41.Ludoldus - Kordhel's predecessor, Ludoldus, was a legendary High Marshal of the Black Templars, his career second-to-none, and his accomplishments were the stuff of Chapter legends. When Helbrecht was but a lowly Neophyte, he served under the venerable High Marshal during the Vinculus Crusade in 833.M41, playing witness to the dramatic events of the campaign.Sigenandus - Sigenandus was the High Marshal of the Black Templars during the tumultuous era known as the Wars of Apostasy in the 36th Millennium. A fiercely vengeful warrior, High Marshal Sigenandus was amongst the most fearsome warriors ever to command the Black Templars. In 378.M36, he gathered four Crusade fleets and set off towards Terra, and vengeance. The Black Templars, together with the Imperial Fists and two other Chapters, the Soul Drinkers and the zealous Fire Hawks, and elements of the Martian Skitarii, took the fight to Terra itself and laid siege to the rogue High Lord, Goge Vandire's Ecclesiarchal Palace.Bohemond - Bohemond was the High Marshal of the Black Templars Chapter in the mid-32nd Millennium, and took part in the desperate battles against a massive Ork WAAAGH! that threatened the Throneworld of Terra itself during the War of the Beast that took place in 544-546.M32.Sigismund - Sigismund was the First Captain of the Imperial Fists Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, and was chosen by his Primarch Rogal Dorn as the first High Marshal (Chapter Master) of the newly created Black Templars Chapter during the Second Founding in the early 31st Millennium.
Chapter Master - Blood Drinkers: Orloc - Orloc is the Chapter Master of the Blood Drinkers. Orloc took part in the recent Blood Angels Conclave and agreed to donate a portion of his Chapter's initiates to help rebuild the depleted Blood Angels.
Chapter Master - Blood Legion: Armis - Armis, first ixard (Chapter Master) of the Blood Legion Chapter, took part in the recent Blood Angels Conclave and assisted in the defence of the Primarch Sanguinius' tomb. He agreed to donate a portion of his Chapter's Initiates to help rebuild the depleted Blood Angels Chapter.
Chapter Master - Blood Ravens: Gabriel Angelos - Gabriel Angelos is the current Chapter Master of the Blood Ravens Chapter. Formerly he was the captain of the Chapter's 3rd Company, Angelos was recently responsible for slaying the Chapter's former Chapter Master and Chief Librarian, Azariah Kyras, who had become a pawn of Chaos. Angelos has been responsible for some of the most notable events in the Blood Ravens' recent history, including the battles against the forces of Chaos on Tartarus, Lorn V and the defeat of a splinter Tyranid Hive Fleet and Chaos invasion of the Sub-sector Aurelia of the Korianis Sector.Azariah Kyras - Azariah Kyras was the former Chapter Master and Chief Librarian of the Blood Ravens Chapter of Space Marines. Kyras was known by elements of the Blood Ravens to have been corrupted by Chaos. Following the recent victory of Captain Gabriel Angelos over the forces of Chaos in the Sub-sector Aurelia, Angelos defeated the corrupt Kyras in battle and replaced him as Chapter Master of the Blood Ravens.
Chapter Master - Blood Swords: Daggan - Daggan is the current lord (Chapter Master) of the Blood Swords. He is a Space Marine Dreadnought who was the former Chapter Master of the Blood Swords Space Marine Chapter. He died defending the remains of the Primarch Sanguinius on Baal from the foul Blood Fiends created by Fabius Bile.
Chapter Master - Brazen Claws: Caul Engentre - Caul Engentre is the Chapter Master and a hero of the Brazen Claws Chapter who has four standard centuries of experience in facing down the slavering darkness of the Daemon, xenos, mutant and heretic. Engentre was present when the Brazen Claws' homeworld of Talus IV fell to the ravening hordes of Chaos. The Chapter Master had sworn a mighty oath of vengeance to pursue the forces of Chaos into the very Eye of Terror itself. It had been uttered in the ashes of his Chapter's homeworld, the oath sworn amidst the fires of their burning fortress-monastery. After twenty standard years of prosecuting their ill-fated Crusade of Vengeance against the Traitor Legions within the Eye of Terror, the Chapter had suffered the loss of at least two companies. After twenty years of hubris, pride and death, Engentre called the entirety of his Chapter to council aboard his flagship, to discuss whether or not it would be prudent to continue prosecuting their Crusade. Out of ten companies, only four hundred Space Marines of the Brazen Claws were able to attend. After much debate, and the sage wisdom of the Chapter's surviving Captains, Engentre told his Chapter that their Crusade was at an end. He then ordered his Chapter to prepare to depart the Eye for the realms of man.
Chapter Master - Carcharodons: Tyberos - Tyberos, "The Red Wake," is the "Shade Lord" or Chapter Master of the Carcharodons and commander of the fabled Battle Barge Nicor. He also serves simultaneously as company master of the Carcharodons' elite 1st Company, better known as the "Red Brethren."
Chapter Master - Consecrators: Nakir - Nakir is the supreme grand master (Chapter Master) of the Consecrators and something of an enigma even amongst the mystery-wreathed warriors of the Unforgiven. Nakir had been an Interrogator-Chaplain before his ascension to command of the Consecrators, the so-called Master of Souls. Even now a symbol of his past hangs at his waist, a wooden rod in the shape of a small Crozius Arcanum, studded with six black pearls. Each was a trophy of a Fallen made to repent, a remarkable feat for any Dark Angel, and almost unprecedented in one of Nakir's short service. He leads a Chapter dedicated to unearthing the secrets of the past. In battle, Nakir wields one of the legendary Heavenfall Blades, known as the Sword of Sanctity.
Chapter Master - Crimson Castellans: Caroman - Caroman is the current Chapter Master of the Crimson Castellans Chapter. Recently Caroman's Chapter was forced to defend the world of Ector in the Valedan System during their decennial recruitment ritual from a simultaneous assault of a splinter fleet of Hive Fleet Kraken and the main body of Hive Fleet Leviathan.Sojai Antiro - The previous Chapter Master of the Crimson Castellans, Antiro was embroiled in a war with a pirate warband assisted by Renegade elements of the Crimson Castellans Chapter. The differences between Loyalists and Renegades were set aside with Hive Fleet Jormungandr's descent upon their Chapter homeworld. Antiro died in the bowels of Hoventa Hive, spitting curses at the Raveners of Hive Fleet Jormungandr who tore him limb from limb.
Chapter Master - Crimson Consuls: Elias Artegall - Artegall was the last Chapter Master of the Crimson Consuls. The Crimson Consuls were destroyed through the foul machinations of an Alpha Legion Chaos Space Marine claiming to be none other than the nefarious Primarch Alpharius, who intended to deliver the Chapter's gene-seed stocks to Abaddon the Despoiler to replenish the ranks of the Black Legion before the 13th Black Crusade.
Chapter Master - Crimson Fists: Pedro Kantor - Pedro Kantor is the current Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists. Kantor is a survivor of the Battle of Rynn's World where a large Ork WAAAGH! invaded the Crimson Fists' homeworld, destroyed their fortress-monastery and wiped out the majority of their Chapter.Alexis Polux - Alexis Polux was the first Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists Chapter. He was a battle-brother of the Imperial Fists Legion who had won the Primarch Rogal Dorn's respect countless times during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. Known as much for his massive physical size and prowess as his leadership and tactical expertise, Polux led the Crimson Fists for the first 800 standard years of their existence. During this time, he did much to shape their interpretation of the Codex Astartes and their combat doctrines.
Chapter Master - Dark Angels: Azrael - Azrael is the current supreme grand master (Chapter Master) of the Dark Angels. He is the Keeper of the Truth and bearer of the Lion Helm of Lion El'Jonson and the mighty Sword of Secrets.Naberius - Naberius was a former supreme grand master of the Dark Angels who was led into an ambush and slain by Chaos Space Marines whilst in pursuit of the infamous Fallen Angel Cypher in 939.M41. Azrael led the Deathwing to recover his body and was subsequently named as his successor.Aradiel - Aradiel was a former supreme grand master of the Dark Angels that led the boarding action of the infamous Space Hulk Prison of Lost Souls.Anaziel - Supreme grand master of the Dark Angels in the 37th Millennium. Requested the creation of the Disciples of Caliban Chapter of Unforgiven Space Marines.Armaros - The twelfth supreme grand master of the Dark Angels, Armaros led his Chapter to victory in the Bloodpox Campaign in 101.M34 against the vile Death Guard Traitor Legion and the Renegade warband known as the Brotherhood of the Plague. Armaros contracted the loathsome pox known as Nurgle's Rot, causing his rapid deterioration. His condition convinced the Supreme Grand Master to immediately pass the Lion Helm to his chosen successor. To ensure the contamination did not spread, Armaros voluntarily entered The Rock's reactor chamber and was wholly consumed.Alloken - During the final battle of the Red Stars Campaign in 822.M33, Supreme Grand Master Alloken led the entirety of the Dark Angels Chapter during the climactic Battle of Vermilac Prime in order to cut the head off WAAAGH! Zogax. The Orks utilised hence-unknown technology that jammed the Space Marine's teleportation devices. Alloken opted to confront the Warboss with his command squad, without the support of the Deathwing. In the ensuing battle, the Supreme Grand Master was killed. As the Warboss reached down to claim the Lion's Helm for his own, only the timely intervention of Cypher prevented the massive Ork from claiming this revered relic. When the Deathwing were finally able to teleport to the surface of the planet to secure victory, they found both the Lion's Helm and the Sword of Secrets, the badges of the Supreme Grand Master's office.Purson - During an unspoken period of their history (580.M31-632.M32), referred to as the Forgotten Wars, rumours lead the Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter, along with three of their Successor Chapter, the Angels of Vengeance, the Angels of Redemption and the Lions Sable, embark upon a harrowing campaign to track down multiple Fallen Angels, including the elusive Cypher. During the grueling campaign, the world of Cocytus I was engulfed by a massive Warp Storm. This was the last anyone would ever see of Purson or the Lions Sable Chapter. Eventually, the Fallen known as Cypher did reappear, leading the Dark Angels into an empty cathedral to the Emperor on a ruined and desolate planet. There, they found neatly placed where they could not miss them the returned Sword of Secrets and the Lion Helm.
Chapter Master - Dark Hunters: Al Murzim -  Al Murzim serves as the current kharne (Chapter Master) of the Dark Hunters.Jullunai Khan - Jullunai Khan was the kharne of the Dark Hunters Chapter in the 38th Millennium. He led his Chapter in defence of their Chapter homeworld of Phobian against the forces of the Blind King.Lukullus Nogai - Lukullus Nogai served as the second kharne of the Dark Hunters. Some venerate him as an Imperial Saint.Angnar - Angnar was a captain of the White Scars Chapter who was chosen to be the first kharne or Chapter Master of the newly created Dark Hunters Chapter in the 37th Millennium. Angnar was presented a relic Power Axe by Mordonai Khan of the White Scars at Quan Zhou, an axe which their Primarch Jaghatai Khan himself had once used. It was double-headed, millennia old, and still crackled with blue flames when raised in the sunlight, a gift worthy of great heroes. The Dark Hunters took this sacred relic as their Chapter icon, the twice-bladed symbol of vengeance and justice.
Chapter Master - Disciples of Blood: Techial - Techial serves as the current Chapter Master of the Disciples of Blood.
Chapter Master - Doom Eagles: Hearon - Commander Hearon is the current Chapter Master of the Doom Eagles.Tulian Aquila - Tulian Aquila was the first commander (Chapter Master) of the Doom Eagles Chapter. Aquila was a Veteran battle-brother of the Ultramarines Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. He served as a sergeant during the Battle of Calth. Following the Heresy, Captain Aquila would go on to become the founder and first commander of the newly created Doom Eagles during the Second Founding. The Doom Eagles quickly embraced their Chapter Master's sense of fatalism, and came to accept that death was inevitable.
Chapter Master - Doom Legion: Konstantos - Konstantos is the current Chapter Master of the Doom Legion. When the Doom Legion had been found wanting by the apostate Basillius, only six companies from their Chapter deployed with the Imperial Abyssal Crusade to face the horrors of the Eye of Terror. The other four companies remained on the star fortress Faithful's Deliverance to maintain their eternal vigil over the Elusian Maze asteroid field. The six companies who took part in this doomed crusade were utterly corrupted by Chaos. Following the events of the Abyssal Crusade, the eyes of the Adeptus Terra fell upon the erstwhile kin of the Doom Legion that were still "loyal" to the Imperium. Despite close scrutiny by the Inquistion, Konstantos convinced the Inquisitorial investigators of their continued loyalty.
Chapter Master - Emperor's Swords: Kendral (KIA) - Kendral was the Chapter Master of the Emperor's Swords. When the ambitious and foul-tempered Evil Sunz Ork Warboss known as Skullkrumpa, the infamous Red Scourge of Galthamor, and his Speed Freeks laid waste to the Hive World of Galthamor in 925.M41, the Emperor's Swords answered the call to defend the besieged Imperial world. But during the epic battle, Skullkrumpa managed to personally slay the Emperor's Swords' Chapter Master Kendral during the Assault on Fireheart Hive, the planet's primary population centre. Following the death of their Chapter Master, the enraged Emperor's Swords managed to drive off Skullkrumpa's forces.
Chapter Master - Excoriators: Zachariah Kersh - Zachariah Kersh is the current Chapter Master of the Excoriators. Serving as the Chapter Scourge (Chapter Champion), he dishonoured his Chapter when succumbed to the crippling genetic curse, known as Dorn's Darkness, during a crucial battle against the treacherous Alpha Legion upon the world of Ignis Prime. In the ensuing melee, nearly the entirety of the Honoured 1st (the Chapter's Veteran 1st Company) was destroyed, the Chapter Master was grievously wounded by an assassin's poisoned blade, and the sacred Chapter standard, The Stigmartyr was taken. Kersh would later serve as the acting commander of the Exocoriators' 5th Company, and defend the Cemetery World of Certus-Minor against the predations of the Chaos Cholercaust Blood Crusade, in which Kersh would emerge as the sole survivor. Redeeming himself in the eyes of his Chapter, he would succeed the previous Chapter Master after he succumbed to the poison ravaging his body.Quesiah Ichabod - Quesiah Ichabod was the former Chapter Master of the Excoriators Space Marine Chapter, until he was brought low, through treachery, with an assassin's poisoned blade by the cursed Alpha Legion upon the world of Ignis Prime. Though he valiantly fought against the virulent poison that ravaged his body, ultimately it resulted in a slow and agonising death.Issachar - Issachar was the Chapter Master of the Excoriators Chapter during the mid-32nd Millennium, and took part in the desperate battles against a massive Ork WAAAGH! that threatened the Throneworld of Terra itself during the War of the Beast in 544.M32.Demetrius Katafalque - A former captain of the Imperial Fists Legion, Demetrius had once fought at Rogal Dorn's side during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy that followed. During the Siege of Terra, it was Katafalque who bled with his warriors before the walls of the Imperial Palace, under the horrific onslaught of the Warmaster's siege, putting his body between the enemy and his Emperor. He made them pay in blood for every treasonous step. Rogal Dorn designated Demetrius to become the first Excoriator; the first Chapter Master of a Successor Chapter of the Imperial Fists. He also took part in the post-Heresy Crusades of penitence against the Traitor Legions during the Great Scouring. Katafalque scribed the sacred tome, The Architecture of Agony, a treatise dedicated to devotional suffering.
Chapter Master - Executioners: Arkash Hakkon - Arkash Hakkon was the Lord High Executioner (Chapter Master) of the Executioners at the outset of the Badab War. Owing an ancient blood-debt to Lufgt Huron of the Renegade Astral Claws Chapter, the Executioners soon found themselves on the wrong side of the Badab conflict. They were eventually granted the Emperor's forgiveness by the High Lords of Terra. Their twin Chapter worlds were given over in trust to the Salamanders Chapter and their own Successor Chapters rather than forfeited entirely, and would be returned to them should they survive their hundred year long Penance Crusade.Fafnir Rann - Fafnir Rann was a ruthless and bellicose captain of the Imperial Fists Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. By the opening days of the Heresy, Rann had risen to the esteemed rank of Seneschal. Seneschal Rann was a part of the Retribution Fleet mustered by Rogal Dorn to assist the beleaguered Loyalists on Isstvan III, and later took part in the Battle of Phall against the traitor Iron Warriors Legion. After the Heresy, Rann would continue to serve in the Imperial Fists until the Third Founding, which occurred in 001.M32. Rann was selected to become the patriarch and first High Executioner (Chapter Master) of the newly founded Executioners Chapter.
Chapter Master - Exorcists: Enoch Trismegistus - Enoch was the first Chapter Master of the mysterious Exorcists.
Chapter Master - Fire Angels: Uriaens - Consul-Master (Chapter Master) Uriaens is the current lord of the Fire Angels.
Chapter Master - Fire Hawks: Stibor Lazaerek - At the outset of the Badab War Knight-Commander (Chapter Master) Lazaerek was more than six standard centuries old and in failing health due to numerous war wounds accumulated over a long and glorious career. Widely regarded by Imperial authorities as a bitter and hubristic individual. Lazaerek, along with his entire Chapter was officially declared Lost to the Warp and assumed destroyed when their Chapter fleet attempted a warp jump from the Piraeus system, one-hundred and twenty light years from the Crows World subsector in 963.M41.
Chapter Master - Fire Lords: Jaric Phoros - Jaric Phoros is the current Chapter Master of the Fire Lords Space Marine Chapter.
Chapter Master - Fist Exemplar: Maximus Thane - Maximus Thane was the former 2nd Company captain of the Fists Exemplar, who assumed command upon the tragic death of Alameda. He led his Chapter against the massive Ork WAAAGH! during the War of the Beast in 544.M32. After the Second Invasion of Ullanor, Thane became the Chapter Master of the newly reconstituted Imperial Fists following the death of its previous Chapter Master and sole survivor Koorland.Alameda - Alameda was the second Chapter Master of the Fists Exemplar. He succeeded Dantalion after he was tragically killed. When their Chapter home world was invaded by greenskin forces of the Ork Warlord known as The Beast in 544.M32, he led his Chapter to meet the Orks head-on. While engaging the first wave, disaster struck when a second wave of Ork ships literally landed on top of the first wave. The resulting impact with the desert floor hurled large rocks into the air, which then fell back to earth, crushing both the Ork and Astartes forces. Alameda was killed when one of these large chunks of rock crushed his Land Raider.Oriax Dantalion - Oriax Dantalion was a captain of the Imperial Fists Legion who was a veteran of the Great Crusade and numerous bloody battles of the Horus Heresy, as well as the subsequent Great Scouring. A progressive commander, Dantalion favoured the sweeping changes of Ultramarines Primarch Roboute Guilliman's Codex Astartes. His viewpoint did not go over well with Rogal Dorn however. But eventually, Dorn relented and during the Second Founding, honoured Captain Dantalion by making him the first Chapter Master of the newly founded Fists Exemplar Chapter. He was later tragically killed when their Chapter's star fort, Alcazar Astra, crashed into the feral world of Eidolica, due to unexpected Warp turbulence.
Chapter Master - Flesh Tearers: Gabriel Seth - Commander Gabriel Seth has led the Flesh Tearers for over a standard century and has not yet succumbed to the Black Rage, though the stability of his Chapter as a whole remains questionable. Seth has earned a great degree of enmity with most other Imperial armies he has fought alongside. Imperial Guard and Adepta Sororitas commanders are often simply ignored, whilst other Space Marines grow frustrated with Seth`s impetuous desire to instantly destroy all enemies.Nassir Amit - Nassir Amit was the captain of the Blood Angels Legion's 5th Company during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. He carried the nickname of the "Flesh Tearer", a name which he would pass on to his Chapter. Amit became the Flesh Tearers' first Chapter Master during the Second Founding and conquered the Death World of Cretacia for the Imperium and then established his Chapter's fortress-monastery there. He later died tragically, after succumbing to the genetic curse known as the Black Rage.
Chapter Master - Genesis Chapter: Eorloid - Eorloid is the current Chapter Master of the Genesis Chapter.
Chapter Master - Grey Knights: Kaldor Draigo - Supreme Grand Master Kaldor Draigo is the leading grand master of the Grey Knights and a warrior beyond all reckoning. As a lowly battle-brother he imprisoned the Daemon Prince M'kar the Reborn and he has risen steadily through the ranks to become a Grand Master of the most secretive and elite Chapter of the Space Marines. Yet ever since his battle with M'kar, Draigo has been cursed to a life within the Warp, doomed to walk within the Realm of Chaos. To remain pure when constantly assailed by the power of raw Chaos shows such fortitude and personal strength that it is beyond the measure of the average mortal. But so long as Draigo still draws breath he knows that one day he will prevail and more importantly, he will return to realspace to lead the fight against the forces of Chaos.Geronitan - Geronitan was the predecessor of Kaldor Draigo as the Supreme Grand Master of the Grey Knights. He was slain at the hands of the Daemon Primarch Mortarion at the Battle of Kornovin in 901.M41.Orias -  Orias was brought low in the 39th Millennium by the Daemon Prince and Plague Lord Herperitus and was interred within Dreadnought, after giving his assent while he lay on his deathbed for three whole days.Aeneas - Aeneas lead the Grey Knights Chapter for 55 standard years during the 37th Millennium before he was mortally wounded by the Chaos Sorcerer Ahriman of the Thousand Sons Traitor Legion and was interred within a Dreadnought.Janus - Janus was originally the Thousand Sons Astartes named Revuel Arvida, one of the eight Legionaries of the Knights-Errant chosen by Malcador the Sigillite and approved by the Emperor to lay the foundation of what was to become the Grey Knights. Legends of the Grey Knights' founding lord are as numerous as there are stars in the night sky -- the champions he slew, the wars he won, the Daemons he banished -- and none alive now know how much they have been twisted through the centuries.
Chapter Master - Howling Griffons: Alvaro - Alvaro is the current Chapter Master of the Howling Griffons Space Marine Chapter. During the Third War for Armageddon the elite 1st Company, led by Alvaro, was based on the Battle Barge Force of Destiny, where they engaged in the persecution of a company of Night Lords Chaos Space Marines under the command of the infamous former Word Bearers Daemon Prince Periclitor. It was widely known that the Howling Griffons harboured a particularly deep hatred of this Daemon Prince for his prior assaults and insults to the Chapter, including his murder of a previous Chapter Master in the 38th Millennium.Orlando Furioso - Orlando Furioso was the Chapter Master of the Howling Griffons in the 38th Millennium. He was tragically killed in 220.M30 by the Chaos Lord Periclitor on the eve of his Chapter's 5,000th anniversary of their Founding. This would be the start of long lasting enmity between the Howling Griffons and Periclitor, who was eventually elevated to daemonhood.
Chapter Master - Imperial Fists: Gregor Dessian - Gregor Dessian is the current Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists. Dessian took command of the Chapter after his predecessor, Vorn Hagan, died defending Terra in the aftermath of the Great Rift's creation. Before assuming the mantle of Chapter Master, Dessian was captain of the 7th Company. After the Great Rift formed, he and his company embarked on a penance crusade to its leading edge. Dessian and his warriors suffered great trials on worlds writhing with daemonic corruption, beset by rebellion and Chaos Space Marines. When he returned to the Terra, Chapter Master Hagan was dead and Dessian was chosen to replace him.Vorn Hagan (KIA) - Vorn Hagan was the previous Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists. He became the Chapter's lord following the death of Vladimir Pugh in 970.M41, when he was slain battling Tyranids deep within a crashed Space Hulk during the Infestation of Drashin. Captain Darnath Lysander of the 1st Company was initially elected to lead the Chapter, but refused the honour. Instead, Captain Vorn Hagan, the commander of the 5th Company, became the Imperial Fists' new Chapter Master. Hagan was slain defending Terra in the aftermath of the Great Rift's birth.Vladimir Pugh (KIA) - Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists before Vorn Hagan. Whilst not a particularly inspirational leader, Pugh was considered as meticulous a planner as any Chapter Master in the Imperial Fists' history. It is said that Pugh had once had his taste buds removed as penance for losing 170 Imperial Fists Astartes in battle. Pugh was slain battling Tyranids deep within a crashed Space Hulk during the Infestation of Drashin in 970.M41.Lazerian - Chapter Master of the Imperial Fists during the Age of Apostasy in the 36th Millennium and present during the Second Siege of the Imperial Palace where the Black Templars, Imperial Fists, Soul Drinkers and Fire Hawks fought to depose the insane High Lord Goge Vandire.Bronwin Abermort - One of the Imperial Fists' early Chapter Masters.Kalman Flodensbog - One of the Imperial Fists' early Chapter Masters.Ambrosian Spactor - One of the Imperial Fists' early Chapter Masters.
Chapter Master - Iron Fists: Kastal Verchen - Kastal Verchen is the current Chapter Master of the Iron Fists.
Chapter Master - Iron Hands: Kardan Stronos - Kardan Stronos serves as the de facto Chapter Master of the Iron Hands, serving as the Iron Council's representative with the rest of the Imperium. Of all the Iron Fathers to have served as the spokesman for the Iron Council, none echo the glory of their Primarch Ferrus Manus more than Stronos. Since the loss of their primarch, no single warrior has ever permanently led the Iron Hands. Instead, they are guided by the Iron Council, which is composed of Iron Fathers who appoint one amongst their number to command, according to the needs of the Chapter. So it is that an Iron Father might lead for the course of a campaign for which his particular skills make him singularly suited, and whilst that war rages, he wields all the power and responsibility of a true Chapter Master. Upon the mission's conclusion, he cedes power back to the Iron Council, who then calculate who will be the next Iron Father to lead them. It is testament to Kardan Stronos' skill as both warrior and commander that he has been reappointed as head of the Iron Council for over three hundred consecutive years.
Chapter Master - Iron Snakes: Seydon - Seydon is the 18th successive Chapter Master of the Iron Snakes.
Chapter Master - Lamenters: Malakim Phoros, "Lord of Ruin" - Malakim Phoros was the Chapter Master of the Lamenters at the outset of the Badab War and was also known as the "Lord of Ruin" and the "Watcher of the Deeps." Phoros was a living example of both his brethren's grief and their resilience. A figure of awe and reverence for his Chapter, Phoros struggled to contain the Black Rage that permeated his Chapter's soul. In battle he was a fierce sight to behold, his control slipping as he went to the brink of being consumed by the Black Rage several times only to pull himself back from the abyss. He willingly followed Lufgt Huron and his Renegade Astral Claws into the Secession of the Maelstrom Zone from the Imperium, which devolved into the infamous conflict known as the Badab War. Phoros was believed slain during the destruction of his Battle Barge when the Lamenters were battered into submission by the Minotaurs Chapter. Rumours persist that he has since rejoined his battle-brothers in exile, but such stories cannot be confirmed.
Chapter Master - Mantis Warriors: Khoisan Neotera - At the outset of the Badab War Khoisan Neotera was the Chapter Master of the Mantis Warriors. Finding themselves on the wrong side of the internecine conflict, the Mantis Warriors realized that they had been misled by the Tyrant of Badab, Lufgt Huron, the Chapter Master of the Renegade Astral Claws, and turned on their former allies. Neotera was tried by an Imperial jury of his fellow Chapter Masters who sentenced him to spend the rest of his natural life in solitary confinement in the Imperial prison Penitentiacon to contemplate his wrong-doing. His Chapter was spared; they were ordered to give up their homeworld and to undertake a century-long Penitent Crusade without the ability to draw new recruits in to the Chapter to make up their losses.
Chapter Master - Marines Errant: Anton Narvaez - At the outset of the Badab War, Anton Narvaez was the Marines Errant's current Chapter Master.