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Chapter Master - Marines Exemplar: Maxim Absolon - Chapter Master Absolon deployed 9 Battle Companies (all but one Reserve Company) in the defence of the Cadian Sector against Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade in 999.M41. His Chapter was scattered across several warzones. During the war, the Chapter Master's Thunderhawk was shot down (though the Chapter remains hopeful that Absolon is still alive). His current whereabouts are unknown.
Chapter Master - Mentors: Nisk Ran-Thawll - Ran-Thawll is considered one of the most formidable commanders to serve in the Adeptus Astartes. He has the authority to refuse field testing of any new equipment thought to be dangerously unstable. There is no record of Ran-Thawll ever choosing to exercise his veto. He is thought to have visited the Emperor several times, though this is mere speculation.
Chapter Master - Minotaurs: Asterion Moloc, "Master of the Minotaurs", "Bringer of Wrath" - Asterion Moloc is the current lord (Chapter Master) of the fearsome and brutal Minotaurs Space Marine Chapter. This paranoid and bloody-handed Astartes commander revels in his dark reputation and his name is a byword for death and mayhem carried out in the name of the benevolent Emperor of Mankind.
Chapter Master - Mortifactors: Magyar -- This venerable Astartes warrior is the current lord (Chapter Master) of the Mortifactors. He is one of the oldest living Chapter Masters in the Imperium at over 700 standard years old.Sasebo Tezuka - Sasebo Tezuka was a captain of the Ultramarines Legion who was also a veteran of both the Great Crusade and the subsequent Horus Heresy. He was given command as Chapter Master of the newly Founded Mortifactors Chapter during the Second Founding. Chapter Master Tezuka led his Chapter to seek out a new Chapter home world and eventually laid claim to the dark and frigid Feral World of Posul as had been led there by the Emperor's Tarot. There Tezuka established his fortress-monastery, the Basilica Mortis, in orbit of that dark planet and earned many honours in the name of the Emperor before his death. For ten millennia, the Mortifactors have stood sentinel over the night world of Posul.
Chapter Master - Novamarines: Bardan Dovaro - Bardan Dovaro had become the Chapter Master of the Novamarines by the time the Indomitus Crusade came to an end at the Battle of Raukos in 111.M42. He and his Chapter was later among the Imperium's forces that Lord Commander of the Imperium Roboute Guilliman led to Ultramar's defence during the Plague Wars. Dovaro was slain in that conflict when he fell defending the Starfort Galatan from a boarding assault by Nurgle's Plague Fleets.Gaius Hadraichus - Gaius Hadraichus served as a former Chapter Master of the Novamarines Chapter in the late 41st Millennium.Lucretius Corvo - Lucretius Corvo was appointed by Primarch Roboute Guilliman as the founding Chapter Master of the Primogenitor Chapter, the Novamarines, a Second Founding Successor Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion. Corvo was a highly honoured Captain of the Ultramarines Legion who had led his company in countless successful engagements during the Great Crusade and served as one the Ultramarines' Champions during the vicious fighting against the apostate Word Bearers Legion on the planet Astagar during the Heresy. As recognition for his tenacity and heroic actions, a Laurel of Defiance was awarded to Corvo by Roboute Guilliman himself. This sacred object is still enshrined at the Novamarines' fortress-monastery, the Fortress Novum. Having previously granted Corvo numerous honours during his lengthy service within the Ultramarines, Guilliman trusted the Space Marine implicitly. It is for these reasons that the primarch was comfortable in assigning Captain Corvo the responsibility of command as he forged the notion of independent Space Marine Chapters.
Chapter Master - Obsidian Glaives: Midnias - When the vast greenskin hordes of the infamous Ork Warlord Grukk Face-rippa and his Red WAAAGH! invaded the Sanctus Reach sub-sector, only a few little obstacles stood in the Orks' way, most notably the Space Marine world of Obstiria, home to the Obsidian Glaives. Midnias assured the sector lord that he could halt the Ork incursion before it plunged even deeper into the sub-sector. Leading five companies of Obsidian Glaives, Midnias and his men valiantly defended their Fortress-Monastery, the Penumbral Spike, when it was overrun by Ork outrider forces, led by the notorious Freebooter Kaptin Dakbad Flamegut. During this epic battle, Chapter Master Midnias faced Flamegut himself and managed to kill him. This shattered the morale of Flamegut's forces. By the dawn of the eighth day, the tide of Orks seemed to slacken, leaving the Space Marines to count their dead, which included all but one of their Dreadnoughts, most of which had succumbed to the intense radiation of their home world. The Ork onslaught had been temporarily halted. But the Chapter Master knew this was only a temporary respite. Then Grukk arrived. The Battle of Black Gulch was Midnias' final attempt to kill the Warboss. During the epic battle, Chapter Master Midnias confronted the massive Ork Warlord, and though he managed to grievously wound the fell creature, Grukk proved to be too powerful and adversary, and killed Midnias. Their commander dead, the Space Marines valiantly attempted to defend their world for a further three days, fighting a battle they could not hope to win against the overwhelming numbers of Grukk's hordes. With Obstiria crushed and the Sanctus Reach aflame, only the Knight World of Alaric Prime remained defiant, and the Red Waaagh! gathered once more for war.Lukal - Lukal was the former Chapter Master of the Obsdian Glaives and Midnias's predecessor. During the Battle for Hargraven Basilica, Lukal was killed by a stray Bolter round from a Chaos Space Marine.Tekelon - An early Chapter Master of the Obsidian Glaives.Fulminos - Fulminos was the first and greatest Chapter Master of the Obsidian Glaives. In life, Fulminos was once handsome where a Space Marine was usually battle-scarred and ugly. He was a master duelist who had sought out and faced in single combat every enemy champion who had ever stood opposite him on a battlefield. He had been mortally-wounded and interred within the sarcophagus of a Dreadnought. He was destroyed when Obstiria was invaded by greenskins of the Red WAAAGH! in 998.M41.
Chapter Master - Raptors: Lias Issodon, "the Grim" - Current Chapter Master of the Raptors Chapter. He is especially adept at commanding ambush, infiltration and sabotage missions. This taciturn Space Marine Chapter Master earned the sobriquet "the Grim" as a result of his granite-like appearance and aversion to communication unless absolutely necessary.
Chapter Master - Raven Guard: Kayvaan Shrike - Kayvaan Shrike is the current lord of shadows (Chapter Master) of the Raven Guard. Shrike is a famed officer of the Raven Guard who was previously the Shadow Captain of the Raven Guard's 3rdCompany. He is the famed wielder of the Raven's Talons, a pair of Lightning Claws made by Corvus Corax himself. A master of stealth and infiltration, Kayvaan Shrike strikes from the darkness, fast and lethal. By the time his foes can react, it is too late and darkness has claimed them. He took up the position of Chapter Master after the previous holder, Corvin Severax was killed while fighting the T'au Empire on Prefectia.Corvin Severax (KIA) - Corvin Severax was the Raven Guard's former lord of shadows. As the Chapter Master, Corvin Severax's honorific, the "Lord of Shadows", was well founded. Seldom was the enigmatic commander seen -- even by the Space Marines of his own Chapter -- yet his authority was absolute. Severax was killed by T'au Commander Shadowsun during the fighting on Prefectia.
Chapter Master - Red Hunters: Daemar - Daemar was the Chapter Master of the Red Hunters in the aftermath of the First War for Armageddon.
Chapter Master - Red Scorpions: Carab Culln -  Crab Culln is the current lord high commander (Chapter Master) of the Red Scorpions. Culln was meritoriously promoted to the position of lord high commander during the Badab War.Verant Ortys (KIA) - Verant Ortys was Carab Culln's predecessor as lord high commander. He was tragically killed during the Badab War when he was slain during a parlay with Lufgt Huron of the Renegade Astral Claws Chapter, in the infamous "Betrayal at Grief" incident.
Chapter Master - Red Talons: Autek Mor - Autek Mor, known as "The Maimed" and the "Blood-Wrought," was both Iron Lord and Iron Father to the infamous Morragul Clan of the Iron Hands Legion during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. During the Second Founding, with the sundering of the Space Marine Legions, he was selected to lead his own Chapter, the Red Talons.
Chapter Master - Salamanders: Tu'Shan - Current Chapter Master of the Salamanders and regent of Nocturne's moon, Prometheus. Tu'Shan led the Salamanders during both the Second War for Armageddon and the Third War for Armageddon and is renowned for being one of the strongest Astartes alive.
Chapter Master - Scythes of the Emperor: Thrasius - Thrasius is the current Chapter Master of the Scythes of the Emperor after the recent death of his predecessor, Thorcyra, on the Death World of Miral at the hands of the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken.Thorcyra (KIA) - Chapter Master of the Scythes in the late 41st Millennium, Thorcyra was an excellent strategic leader. He, along with the remnants of the Scythes' entire 1st Company, were wiped out to a man during the Battle of Miral by the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken.Oberdeii - Oberdeii, known as the second Warden of the Pharos, was the first Chapter Master of the Third Founding Scythes of the Emperor Chapter. A veteran of both the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy, he was chosen by his primarch, Roboute Guilliman, to stand watch as the commander of a phantom 11th Company over the mysterious Pharos artefact on the planet Sotha. Later, he would be approached by the Ultramarines to relieve him of his sworn duty, and to become the first Chapter Master of a newly formed Chapter during the Third Founding, becoming the first Chapter Master of the Scythes of the Emperor.
Chapter Master - Silver Eagles: Periphas - Periphas currently serves as the Chapter Master of the Silver Eagles.
Chapter Master - Silver Guard: Veegum - Veegum is the current Chapter Master of the Silver Guard, and led his Chapter during its participation in the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.
Chapter Master - Silver Skulls: Argentius - Argentius is the current lord commander (Chapter Master) of the Silver Skulls.
Chapter Master - Sons of Dorn: Quintus Decius Alexandros, "Alexandros the Blind"' - Quintus Decius Alexandros is the current Chapter Master of the Sons of Dorn.
Chapter Master - Sons of Orar: Alavaan - Alavaan is a renowned Veteran who received great honours during the Jorun Retaliation, and currently holds the command of the Sons of Orar. Under his skilled guidance, the Sons of Orar have earned a well deserved reputation for acts of heroism that are equally inspiring and terrifying to behold.
Chapter Master - Star Phantoms: Omadon Tiresias - Omadon Tiresias is the current Master (Chapter Master) of the Star Phantoms. He ordered the evacuation of his Chapter during the destruction of their homeworld of Haakoneth due to a massive Hrud migration. When the planet was engulfed in a massive vortex of spatial turbulence, Tiresias was blinded by a rogue time-eddy that speared the command deck of his ship.
Chapter Master - Steel Confessors: Avonis - Avonis was the first Chapter Master of the Steel Confessors, secretly founded during the 36th Millennium's 19th Founding by the Adeptus Mechanicus for its own use from the gene-seed of the Iron Hands. Avonis was chosen by the Magos of the Adeptus Mechanicus to lead the new Space Marines after they were covertly created. Avonis was buried on the Chapter's now-devastated original homeworld of Kracsis IV, though his remains were later returned by the Chapter to its new homeworld of Kalevala where Avonis was laid to rest beside his successor, Chapter Master Protonus, who was slain defending Kracsis IV from the assault by Hive Fleet Behemoth that ultimately drove the Steel Confessors from that world. Chapter legends maintain that Avonis never died but is only in stasis until such time as his Chapter needs him once more.Protonus - Protonus was the successor of Chapter Master Avonis. Protonus was killed during the valiant defence of Kracsis IV from the Tyranid Hive Fleet Behemoth in 745.M41. He would later be buried on Kalevala alongside the Steel Confessors' first Chapter Master, Avonis. The Steel Confessors' current Chapter Master is unknown.
Chapter Master - Storm Wardens: Lorgath Maclir - Lorgath Maclir is the current ward-master (Chapter Master) of the Storm Wardens. He is known for excessively studying one of the supreme treatises of military strategy known as the Tactica Imperialis. Some even claim that he has memorised this vast tome of military knowledge in its entirety. If true, it would indeed be an impressive accomplishment, even amongst the Adeptus Astartes. Lorgath is an impressive strategist without peer who continuously challenges his captains with tactical exercises.Owin Glendwyr - The Storm Wardens' former Chapter Master upon the conclusion of the Nemesis Incident five thousand standard years ago. Owin was placed in stasis soon after the incident in the Chapter's fortress-monastery on its homeworld of Sacris.
Chapter Master - Storm Warriors: Calan - Former Chapter Master of the Storm Warriors. Wearied by a recent prolonged campaign and the losses incurred (two starships and 300 battle-brothers), the Storm Warriors were diverted at the last moment by a request to quell a rebellion on the world of Tesra IV. Calan was reluctant to have his Chapter get involved for fear of taking more needless casualties. With the arrival of Inquisitor Andrijssen and the forces tasked to him, this allowed Calan to accomplish his mission with no losses to the Imperial forces.
Chapter Master - Void Tridents: Theodro Vethrus - Theodro Venthrus is the lord commodore (Chapter Master) of the Void Tridents. The Void Tridents are experts in starship boarding actions and ship-to-ship warfare, though under the command of Lord Commodore Theodro Vethrus, they have also proven themselves to be expert at planetary assaults.
Chapter Master - Vorpal Swords: Konvak Lann - Konvak Lann was the Chapter Master of the Vorpal Swords at the time of the Abyssal Crusade in the 37th Millennium. Almost 800 standard years after the Abyssal Crusade began, the remnants of some of The Judged returned from the Warp in 112.M38, having purged more than 400 worlds within the Eye of Terror. With the testimony of Konvak Lann, the Master of the Vorpal Swords Chapter, revealed him as a false idol, guilty of sending innocents into the jaws of damnation in the service of the Dark Gods. The Vorpal Swords led the other survivors of the Crusade, blazing with righteous anger, to penetrate the defences of Basillius' palace. They found the unaccountably ancient saint and finally revealed Basillius' true nature as an apostle of Chaos.
Chapter Master - White Consuls: Cymar Xydias and Titus Valens - The White Consuls are unusual among the Astartes in that they have two Chapter Masters instead of the prerequisite one; one leads the Chapter in its duties guarding the Eye of Terror, whilst the other resides on the Chapter's homeworld of Sabbatine. Titus is the battlemaster, excelling in leading his ground troops against the enemy whilst Cymar Xydius is cunning and handles strategic command and planetary diplomacy.
Chapter Master - White Panthers: Jorus Shadowmaw (KIA) - The White Panthers' Chapter Master Jorus Shadowmaw was killed in action whilst putting down a rebellion in the Dynathi Cluster in 998.M41.
Chapter Master - White Scars: Jubal Khan - Jubal Khan is the current great khan (Chapter Master) of the White Scars. He has fought countless xenos and untold numbers of battles and campaigns throughout the Imperium. One of his most notable exploits occurred during the Jopal Uprising. Leading the First Brotherhood in several lightning raids against the enemy's supply and communication lines, they caused such devastation that the enemy forces had no choice but to divert large numbers of troops to deal with the White Scars, allowing the Astra Militarum to batter through the weakened front lines, effectively ending the insurrection. Jubal Khan also led his Chapter in the Third War for Armageddon, where the White Scars operated primarily on both the world of Armageddon and on other surrounding Ork-held worlds. They were successful at disrupting the Orks and holding back the greenskins' assaults, allowing Imperial garrisons time to better prepare.Kyublai Khan - Great Khan Kyublai, Jubal's predecessor, vanished while fighting against the Aeldari in 943.M41.
Chapter Master - Notable Renegade Chapter Masters: The following is a list of notable Renegade Chapters Masters that currently command those Adeptus Astartes Chapters that have been declared Excommunicate Traitoris:
Chapter Master - Astral Claws: Lufgt Huron (known as Huron Blackheart following the Badab War) - Huron was the brilliant, ambitious and power-hungry Chapter Master of the Astral Claws, whose hubris led to the bloody internecine conflict known as the Badab War and his Chapter's eventual fall from grace. It was originally assumed that he had died during the final assault on Badab Primaris in the closing days of the Badab War after taking a Melta Gun blast to the whole right side of his body. But Imperial authorities were unable to confirm this as his body was never found. Reborn as the infamous Chaos Lord Huron Blackheart, he now leads the Renegade Space Marine warband called the Red Corsairs, launching raids against the Imperium from the hellish region of space known as the Maelstrom.Acas Seneca (KIA) - Former Chapter Master of the Astral Claws, he met his end at the close of the 39th Millennium when the Executioners' twin Chapter worlds of Stygia and Aquilon came under siege from the nightmarish Slaugth. Many Astral Claws died breaking the siege, including Chapter Master Acas Seneca.
Chapter Master - Blood Gorgons: Gammadin - The first Chapter Master or Khorsaad of the Blood Gorgons, Gammadin led his Chapter into damnation and eventually became its Chaos Lord. The Blood Gorgons, who value their freedom and independence above all else, refuse to swear allegiance to any patron Chaos God, preferring to serve Chaos in general in the form of Chaos Undivided. It was recorded in the Chapter's history that it was Gammadin who had first begun to experiment in daemonology and the Chaos rituals that would form the core of all later Blood Gorgons custom before the Chapter turned Renegade. Using Gammadin's knowledge of arcane lore, the dark Rituals of Binding were first implemented.
Chapter Master - Relictors: Artekus Bardane - The final Chapter Master of the Relictors. When the call for aid came from the beleaguered Hive World of Armageddon, the Relictors mobilised their entire Chapter and set off to serve in the system-spanning conflict. Artekus ordered his captains to gather their warriors, and the entire Chapter journeyed to this war-torn world. Artekus led his men deep into the heart of the Equatorial Jungle, where he believed the greatest potential lay for the study of Chaos, given that the cursed Monolith of Angron, the Daemon Primarch of the World Eaters Traitor Legion lay there. When the war on Armageddon drew to a close, the Librarians of the Relictors claimed to have had visions of a giant eye, dripping with blood, and Artekus immediately withdrew his Chapter from the warzone. Following the Conclave's vision, he began the journey towards the Eye of Terror, where his Chapter participated in the 13th Black Crusade and ultimately was declared "Extremis Diabolus."
Chapter Master - Sons of Malice: Kathal - Once the Captain of the Sons of Malice's elite 1st Company, Kathal was granted the honour of leading the Chapter in its victory rites after the successful Cilix 225 Campaign. It was these rights that led the Inquisitor Pietas to declare the Sons of Malice Heretics and ultimately to her death at the hands of the Chapter. It was Kathal who ritually sacrificed the intruding Inquisitor and ate her remains alongside his battle-brothers before they turned Renegade and found a new home in the service of Malice. After the disappearance of the Chapter Master Ba'kel Draak, Kathal replaced him as the Sons of Malice's new and current Chapter Master, known within the Chapter by the title of "anarch."
Chapter Master - Soul Drinkerrs: Sarpedon - Sarpedon was the former Chief Librarian and the last Chapter Master of the now extinct Renegade Soul Drinkers Chapter. Sarpedon's lower torso had mutated into the shape of eight arachnid legs, after he and the rest of his Chapter were tricked into a brief pact with the Chaos God Tzeentch. However, the Soul Drinkers remained loyal to the Emperor of Mankind until the end.Gorgoleon - Gorgoleon was the former Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers before Sarpedon claimed the office from him. He saw the actions of Librarian Sarpedon and his men against the Adeptus Mechanicus, the incident that precipitated the Soul Drinkers' eventual Renegade status, as being at fault, due to their responsibility for the Chapter's excommunication from the Imperium. Sarpedon challenged Gorgoleon for the right of leadership of the Chapter and its future fate as a Renegade Chapter. Gorgoleon nearly defeated Sarpedon, but the Librarian emerged victorious thanks to the timely intervention of the Ruinous Powers, who granted him an arachnoid mutation that imbued him with the power to overcome and kill Gorgoleon.Argurath - Argurath was the Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers during the Age of Apostasy in the 36th Millennium and was present during the Second Siege of the Imperial Palace where the Soul Drinkers, Black Templars, Imperial Fists, and Fire Hawks fought to depose the insane High Lord Goge Vandire and end the Reign of Blood.
Chapter Master - Wolf Brothers: Beor Arjac Grimmaesson - Beor was the first and only Great Wolf of the Wolf Brothers, the only known Second Founding Successor Chapter of Space Marines created from the gene-seed of the Space Wolves Legion. The Chapter was eventually forcibly disbanded by the Inquisition as a result of the rampant genetic instability and resulting mutation that appeared in the Chapter's battle-brothers. This instability may have been the "Wulfen" gene that manifests itself at times in the Space Wolves themselves.
Chapter Master - Sources: Note: The following is a select and incomplete list of sources; for more on each Chapter Master, see each individual Chapter entry above.Battlefleet Gothic, "To Cleanse The Stars" by Andy Chambers and Matt KeefeCodex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 29, 95Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition)Codex: Daemonhunters (3rd Edition)Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)Codex: Orks (7th Edition), pg. 65Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pp. 16, 18-19Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition), pp. 13, 16, 27, 41, 57, 59-61, 71-72, 146, 277-282, 291, 314, 387-389, 395, 397Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pp. 44-45Codex: Space Wolves (4th Edition)Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), pg. 27Damocles - Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse War Zone, pp. 13-15, 17-21Dark Imperium (Novel) by Guy Haley, Ch. 12Deathwatch Core Rulebook (RPG), pp.50-52Hammer and Bolter Magazine, Issue 1, "Primary Instinct" (Short Story), by Sarah CawkwellHammer and Bolter Magazine, Issue 3, "The Long Games at Carcharias" (Short Story)Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part OneImperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part TwoIndex Astartes IIndex Astartes IIPsychic Awakening: Faith and Fury (8th Edition), pg. 32Warhammer 40,000 CompendiumWarhammer 40,000: Rulebook (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), "WAAAGH! Grukk," pg. 472Warhammer 40,000 Rulebook (4th Edition)White Dwarf 390 (US), "The Battle for Cardrim," pg. 30White Dwarf 288 (UK)White Dwarf 274 (UK), "Promethean Warriors - The Salamanders Space Marine Chapter: Tu'Shan," by Graham McNeill & Gav Thorpe, pg. 118White Dwarf 281 (UK), pg. 74White Dwarf (October 2017), "Eavy Metal - Create Your Own Chapter," pg. 118Brothers of the Snake (Novel) by Dan AbnettCrucible of War (Anthology), "The Emperor's Mercy" (Short Story), pp.89-90Dark Creed (Novel) by Anthony Reynolds, pp. 75-81Damocles (Anthology), "Blood Oath" by Phil KellyGrey Knights (Novel) by Ben CounterLegends of the Space Marines (Anthology), "Orphans of the Kraken" by Richard Williams, "The Returned" by James Swallow, and "Trial of the Mantis Warriors"Red Fury (Novel) by James SwallowSanctus Reach: Penumbral Spike (Short Story) by Ben CounterSanctus Reach: Black Gulch (Short Story) by Ben CounterSoul Drinker (Novel) by Ben CounterThe Bleeding Chalice (Novel) by Ben CounterCrimson Tears (Novel) by Ben CounterChapter War (Novel) by Ben CounterHellforged (Novel) by Ben CounterDaenyathos (Novella) by Ben CounterPhalanx (Novel) by Ben CounterSpace Marine (Novel) by Ian WatsonThe Devastation of Baal (Novel) by Guy HaleyWarriors of Ultramar (Novel)Dawn of War II - Chaos Rising
Chapter Serf - Chapter Serf: A Chapter serf is a Human bondsman or bondswoman who acts as the indentured servant of a Space Marine Chapter for life.The battle-brothers themselves are far too few to fulfill all the tasks required to keep the Chapter running at peak efficiency. It is the Chapter serfs who perform most of these sometimes very menial but nevertheless vital functions, freeing up the Space Marines' time and allowing them to focus on training for and waging battle.Most Chapter serfs come into the service of their Chapter by being drawn from the Chapter's homeworld population, being selected as aspirants of the Chapter but found wanting to become full-fledged Space Marines, or being born into that status as the child of prior Chapter serfs.A minority of Chapter serfs are Humans who have been rescued by the Space Marines on the field of battle and allowed to accompany and serve their saviours out of gratitude. A Chapter's fortress-monastery is home to a large population of these hereditary servants and while they occupy a humble position, they are loyal members of the Chapter.The serfs are inducted into the Chapter cult and customs, and do not generally begrudge the status they could have obtained if they were once aspirants, nor their lowly station, as they are always aware that their godlike masters could not fulfill their sacred duty of prosecuting the Emperor of Mankind's wars and defending Humanity without their humble but necessary assistance.Chapter serfs are generally well-treated by most Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, and are educated and trained to a much higher standard than most other servants of the Imperium in order to fulfill their duties. For instance, all Chapter serfs are capable of both reading and writing in High Gothic.Amongst the Adeptus Astartes, individual treatment of Chapter serfs may vary: the Ultramarines and Salamanders treat their serfs the most fairly, as important if still mortal extensions of the Chapter, while the Imperial Fists tend to treat their serfs as if they were invisible and unimportant, while the Marines Malevolent treat them as little more than mortal slaves who are barely worthy of being in their masters' august presence.When Space Marines go to war, their serfs maintain the fortress-monastery and defend it from attack. Chapter serfs are normally never deployed in battle alongside their Space Marine masters, whose battle prowess they could never hope to match with their frail, mortal frames.However, most Chapter serfs are still trained in the martial arts to levels at least equivalent to that of a standard Imperial Guardsman, and are expected to assist in the defence of Chapter assets such as fortresses and vessels if the need arises.Indeed, when the foes of the Emperor assault a Space Marine battle barge, it may very well be Chapter serfs manning the great vessel's gun turrets, freeing up their Astartes masters for more important tasks.Chapter serfs are formally considered part of Chapter Command in most Codex Astartes-compliant Chapters' tables of organisation.
Chapter Serf - Known Serf Offices: Artificers - Artificers are Chapter serfs who are given basic training in the ways of the Machine-God by the Chapter's Techmarines, and perform the routine maintenance on all the equipment and wargear the Chapter uses, freeing up the Techmarines' time for the more advanced and arduous tasks.Master of the Refectorium - The Master of the Refectorium is the Chapter serf who is put in charge of the kitchens and food processing equipment of a fortress-monastery, and whose task is to ensure that food is always available to all the inhabitants of the Chapter fortress. Since enjoying a hearty meal is one of the very few mortal pleasures that Space Marines indulge in, the position of Master of the Refectorium is often a prestigious one amongst Chapter serfs.  Medicae - The Medicae are those Chapter serfs who are given medical training and assist the Apothecaries.Monitors - Some Chapter serfs who are trained as messengers are known as Monitors. They undergo hypno-therapy that allows them to flawlessly memorise messages, and bury this information within their minds so that it can be reconstituted in whole only if they are given the correct verbal activation code.Ordinator of the House - This Chapter serf serves as the personal seneschal of the Chapter Master. This makes him or her "first amongst equals" and the nominal leader amongst all the Chapter serfs. This office can have many different names, depending on the culture and traditions of a given Chapter.Sacratium - Chapter serfs who tend to the Chapter relics and assist the Chaplains serve as part of what is known as the Chapter's Sacratium.Scribellum - Chapter serfs who assist the Librarians in writing down all the important deeds of the Chapter and its Astartes serve as a part of what is known as the Chapter's Scribellum. Part scribe and part artist, the Chapter serfs make sure the knowledge of the Chapter's past glories and tragedies remains at hand. They also assist in the creation of Purity Seals and similar texts of devotion.
Chapter Serf - Chapter Specific Serf Offices: Brander-priest - A Brander-priest is a Chapter serf unique to the Salamanders Chapter. Each Salamanders battle-brother is assigned his own Brander-priest(ess), whose role is to brand his or her master's flesh with a red hot iron rod while reciting the sacred passages of the Promethean Cult. Brander-priests often become close confidants to their Astartes master, and usually immolate themselves on their master's funeral pyre when he falls in battle.Seneschal, Lictor and Absterge - These three Chapter serf offices are unique to the Excoriators Chapter. Each Excoriator Astartes is served by three personal serfs who assist him in all of his daily tasks. The Seneschal is responsible for maintaining his master's power armour and leather whip, the Lictor's main task is to flagellate his master's shoulders and back during the ritual of "Donning Dorn's Mantle" and the Absterge is required to dress his master's wounds and ensure food and drink is available when he requires it.Helmsmaster - The Chapter serf known as a Helmsmaster is unique to the Space Wolves Chapter. Unlike other Chapters, the Space Wolves have no Space Marine captain in overall charge of the Chapter's fleet of warships. Instead, each Great Company has its own flagship, which is manned by Chapter serfs. The Helmsmaster serves as the Captain of the Great Company's flagship, and is trusted by the Space Wolves to deliver them safely to their objective, often in the midst of the enemy.
Charadon - Charadon: CharadonOrkpocket empireOrk Empire of CharadonImperiumSegmentum UltimaCharadon is one of many small, independent and mutually hostile Ork domains scattered across the galaxy. It is ruled by the tyrannical Ork Warlord Snagrod, the current ruling Arch-Arsonist of Charadon, a particularly vicious and sadistic leader of a species noted for its generally vicious and sadistic tendencies.Snagrod's bloody wars of conquest have transformed Charadon into the most powerful and organised state within the anarchic confines of Ork space.Charadon is located near the Imperial world of Badlanding and through Warp-travel is only a few solar weeks away from Rynn's World, the homeworld of the Crimson Fists Chapter of Space Marines, which Snagrod's WAAAGH! assaulted in 989.M41.
Charles Stross - Charles Stross: Charles Stross is an author for Games Workshop's Black Library imprint.
Charles Stross - Warhammer 40,000: Monastery of Death (Short Story) (1990, collected in Deathwing (Anthology))
Charnabal Sabre - Charnabal Sabre: A Charnabal Sabre is an elegant and deadly melee weapon that relies on speed and dexterity rather than brute force for its lethality.These specially-forged blades were favoured by certain Space Marine Legion officers, most notably the elite Palatine Blades of the Emperor's Children Legion, who preferred these superbly crafted swords over the more "clumsy" Power Weapons. They were also used by high-ranking Sisters of Silence such as Knights Abyssal.These finely-wrought blades were primarily used during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras of the late 30th and early 31st Millennia.
Charnabal Sabre - History: The Charnabal Sabre's origins can be traced back to the ancient duelling societies, assassin cults and bloody vendettas of the Terran Court during the Age of Strife. The pure metal of these blades was press-folded and stamped scores of times over before being micro-serrated with a fractal-sharp edge.The master swordsmiths of Terra were each said to have their own rituals of forging, impressing a distinct pattern in each bespoke blade as legible as a signature to those with the wit to read them.As well as the nobles of the Terran Court, certain Space Marine Legion officers and elite Sisters of Silence favoured the Charnabal Sabre over more "clumsy" Power Weapons as they saw it as being more responsive to true martial skill, while others amongst the Legions thought them effete and decadent weapons.
Charnabal Sabre - Palatine Blades: The most famous example of the Astartes who made use of the Charnabal Sabre were the elite Emperor's Children specialist troops known as the Brotherhood of the Palatine Blades, whose renown had spread outside their own Legion.These units were not permanent formations, but were formed for particular battles against foes deemed worthy, and whose membership existed outside of the usual rigid rank structure that characterised the IIIrd Legion.When such an enemy was encountered, the senior commanders would draw together the finest swordsmen from amongst the forces present, a selection made easier by the relentless sparring and duelling that took place between battles to hone the skills of the IIIrd Legion.Armed with duelling blades, sabres and trophy weapons, the Brotherhoods would then seek out the finest warriors amongst the enemy on the field of battle.
Charnabal Sabre - Charnabal Broadsword: The Charnabal Broadsword was a greatly enlarged version of the Charnabal Sabre with a much wider blade. These weapons were also often employed by officers of the Adeptus Astartes and the Sisters of Silence, and one such was Captain Saul Tarvitz of the Emperor's Children.
Charnel Guard - Charnel Guard: The Charnel Guard is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and a Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels suspected to have been raised during the Third Founding though they are not acknowledged as a member of the Sanguinary Brotherhood by their ancestral Chapter.This reclusive, fleet-based Chapter's chronicle threads through many dark passages of the Imperium's history.The Charnel Guard are known to seal themselves away in vast stasis crypts when not on campaign, and the Chapter's Armoury holds countless examples of weapons rarely seen in the 41st Millennium.Evidence for this lies in the number of ancient war relics the Charnel Guard is known to possess, such as a Fellblade super-heavy tank and at least two other super-heavy tanks of similar provenance. In particular, this Chapter makes use of a sizable fleet of Fire Raptor gunships, a specialised variant of the Storm Eagle.This Chapter is most notable for having been a member of the Maelstrom Warders, an alliance of Space Marine Chapters dedicated to the defence of the volatile and dangerous region of the Ultima Segmentum of the galaxy known as the Maelstrom Zone from the Chaos Renegades of the nearby Warp rift of the same name.The Charnel Guard are also part of an alliance of Blood Angels successors known as the "Triarchy" that includes the two successors of the Blood Eagles Chapter, the Angels Numinous and the Red Seraphs.The Triarchy dedicated itself to battling the foes of the Emperor wherever they could be found in the Imperium Nihilus after the birth of the Great Rift cut the Imperium in half during the Era Indomitus.
Charnel Guard - Chapter History: At some point in their history, the Charnel Guard formed an alliance with two other Blood Angels successors, the Angels Numinous and the Red Seraphs, to form what was called the "Triarchy."Both of those Chapters were themselves the direct successors of the Blood Eagles, a Blood Angels successor that had torn itself in half during an unknown conflict. The two surviving halves of the Blood Eagles then formed their own Chapters, which became the Angels Numinous and the Red Seraphs.Though now allied through the Triarchy, the Angels Numinous and Red Seraphs Chapters were noted to agree on nothing.The Chapters of the Triarchy used the ritualistic phrase, "We are Three, drawn from Two, born of One," to define their traditional partnership and kinship to one another.It was a tradition of representatives of those three Chapters to meet at the abandoned homeworld of the Blood Eagles to determine a course of action that would involve the entire Triarchy. The ritual words were always spoken by the Triarchy representatives before any conclave could begin.At one such conclave held after the birth of the Great Rift during the Era Indomitus, Ynoch of the Red Seraphs, Jagudir of the Angels Numinous and Mordath of the Charnel Guard gathered to discuss how the Triarchy would deal with their growing isolation in the Imperium Nihilus, as the Chapters were unable to cross the Great Rift and were coming under increasing threat from xenos and the forces of Chaos.They decided to reject their traditions, and rather than defend their shrinking domains they would seek out the foes of the Emperor in the Dark Imperium and fight aggressively even if it meant the death of their Chapters. And they promised that if they could find Roboute Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade, they would join it.
Charnel Guard - Chapter Gene-Seed: A mutation in the Charnel Guard's gene-seed leads its Astartes to often develop unusually elongated eye teeth.They also seem to develop the appearance of a partially dead or decaying body, including grey skin, breath and skin that smells of rotting flesh, and eyes that are completely white, showing no visible pupils.
Charnel Guard - Chapter Fleet: The Chapter fleet of the Charnel Guard is known to consist of the following warships:Invictrix (Battle Barge) - The Invictrix was the flagship of the Charnel Guard and was sent to aid the Blood Angels during the Devastation of Baal. The Invictrix was destroyed in a void battle during that campaign with the Tyranid Hive Ships.Tacit Canticum - A warship of unknown class that bore Mordath to the Triarchy conclave on the Blood Eagles' abandoned homeworld.
Charnel Guard - Chapter Colours: The Charnel Guard's Chapter colours are known to be primarily black and maroon. Their power armour is fashioned to mimic the polished black of volcanic glass.
Charnel Guard - Chapter Badge: The Charnel Guard's Chapter badge is a black stylised fleur-de-lis cross, adorned with lily petal flourishes at the arm-ends, outlined in white.A maroon, diamond-shaped lozenge is centred on the cross with a fanged skull in its centre.
Charon Stars - Charon Stars: The Charon Stars, located near the Hadex Anomaly, are filled with life tainted by the Warp. Because of the Warp-breach's unpredictable motion, agents of the Ordo Malleus have been unable to determine just how far these contaminants may extend.While stars that have left its effect no longer glow with sickly red light, their worlds are hardly cleansed of its influence. Rather, these systems may bear the subtle markings of Chaos taint for millennia to come.
Charon Stars - Known Worlds of the Charon Stars: MagogResgulusTabius RasaVespasia
Charpactin - Charpactin: The Charpactin are a xenos species of sentient fungoids who communicate entirely in bursts of ultraviolet colour.These strobing emanations prove surprisingly effective at subduing and transfixing living beings, rendering them docile and amenable.When Water Caste diplomats from the Fifth Sphere Expansion Fe'saan Sept encountered them, the T'au quickly negotiated a client-state treaty, drafting many of these creatures into their growing Edification Corps which was intended to maintain the loyalty of the Fire Caste to the Ethereals.
Chartist Captains - Chartist Captains: The Chartist Captains, also called the Free Captains, are the commanders of the state-owned merchant starships that are the primary commercial vessels of the Imperium of Man and belong to the Imperial Merchant Fleets. They are called "Chartists" because every captain and their voidship must have a Merchant Charter granted by the Administratum in the segmentum of the galaxy that their route takes them through.The space lanes of the Imperium are plied by huge, often ancient, merchant starships commanded by the Chartist Captains. Lacking Navigators and sometimes even astropaths to guide them through the Warp or maintain communication with the rest of the Imperium, these civilian voidcraft take Terran years to travel their pre-planned, circuitous routes between the stars, trading and bringing supplies to worlds which need them.The starships of the Chartist Captains are the only contact many worlds have with the galaxy at large, and to some primitive worlds their arrivals are long-prophesied events of great spiritual significance. Similarly, the reports of Chartist Captains are often the only evidence that many Human-settled worlds still exist at all.The route of each starship, set down in its charter written up by the Adeptus Terra, can take generations to complete and a Chartist starship is home to a spacefaring community of "Void Born" souls who can live and die without ever setting foot on the surface of a planet.Chartist Captains are not Rogue Traders, and are not given the nearly limitless power of a Warrant of Trade. However, unlike Rogue Traders, they sometimes garner enough political power to be represented on the Senatorum Imperialis of the High Lords of Terra. Chartist Captains are also ensured a level of financial security unknown to Rogue Traders by virtue of their route being approved and made stable by a segmentum lord or equally powerful individual within a segmentum government.It is not unknown for Chartist ships to follow the path of an Imperial Crusade or other warfleet, delivering supplies to Imperial forces left behind on conquered worlds, though their lack of Navigators means they cannot hope to maintain pace with the galaxy-crossing warships of the Imperial Navy.
Chartist Captains - Notable Chartist Captains: Captain Kobal Aizdar - Captain Aizdar is a roaring giant of a man, quick to curse but quicker to laugh. His family lineage is an ancient one: his most prized possession, which he'll eventually get around to pointing out to all of his passengers, is his hereditary charter to ply the space lanes of the Calixis Sector. Sealed behind a small void shield, the charter has been passed down his family line for close to a thousand Terran years and bears the signature of no less a person than Saint Drusus himself. Captain Aizdar has a stunning collection of oddities and artworks that he has amassed over the years, a common affectation with Rogue Traders, which he’ll proudly show off to passengers he comes to favour.
Chem Cannon - Chem Cannon: The Chem Cannon is a virulent chemical weapon utilised by the armoured forces of the Astra Militarum. Specifically, by the "Bane Wolf" variant of the standard Hellhound pattern tank, which has been modified to unleash a noxious cloud of gas.This gas is so toxic that it dissolves all organic material it comes into contact with, stripping flesh from bone, before rendering even that down into a bubbling pool of rank, festering ooze.Using such a lethal weapon is not without its risks as should environmental conditions shift on the battlefield, the highly acidic clouds of gas can quickly drift over the Astra Militarum's own troops killing and maiming infantry and even affecting tank crews if their vehicle is not completely sealed against such toxic airborne contaminants.When a Bane Wolf rumbles past, it is up to a regiment's commissars to ensure that those under their charge do not immediately flee in fear of the horrors their own machines of war can unleash.
Chem World - Chem World: A Chem World is an Imperial planetological classification used as a sub-classification for certain Industrial Worlds whose atmospheres have been poisoned by the industrial waste of billions of people that has been pumped out of their manufactoria for standard millennia.Described as being the Imperium's oubliettes and the filthiest of its worlds, Chem Worlds' populations must wear helmets or respirators at all times when outside in order to safely breathe their atmospheres. Needless to say, the life spans of the inhabitants of Chem Worlds are some of the shortest in the Human-settled galaxy.
Chem World - Notable Swamp Worlds: Planet NameSegmentumSectorSub-SectorSystemPopulationAdrionUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknown
Chemos - Chemos: ChemosEmperor's ChildrenTraitor LegionChaos GodSlaaneshEmperor of MankindHorus HeresyplanetPrimarchFulgrimEmperorGreat CrusadeIn ancient days Chemos was classified as a Mining World. By the time of the later Great Crusade it was classified as a Civilised World, but following its scouring after the Horus Heresy by the Loyalist forces of the Imperium, it is now a Dead World, wiped clean of all life.