Relictors - Notable Relictors: Artekus Bardane - Artekus Bardane is the current Chapter Master of the Relictors. A fierce warrior from the wilds of the Feral World of Neutra, Artekus Bardane was the son of a battle chieftain and learned the way of war as soon as he could hold a sword. On Neutra a child learned to fight quickly or he died, and this resulted in a warrior people, living a precarious existence plundering neighbouring clans for sustenance. His confidence and courage saw him easily best his rivals, and he was chosen by the Librarians of the Relictors to become a Space Marine, quickly adapting to the ways of the Imperium and its advanced weapons of war. His supreme confidence, some would say overbearing arrogance, saw him rise rapidly through the ranks of the Chapter, accepting each new mystery revealed to him by the Conclave with ease. His skill in mastering the weapons and artefacts of Chaos led to his being given command of a company that penetrated deep into the Eye of Terror on a mission to hunt down and capture Chaos weaponry. On the world of Eidolon, Artekus defeated a mighty Champion of Slaanesh, taking up his accursed weapon, a screaming flail of daemonic faces, and destroying the fiend's warband with the howling Daemon Weapon. This Screaming Flail was placed in stasis at the heart of the Relictors' fortress-monastery, where it was kept until needed. Before wielding the Daemon Weapon, its bearer must spend many days in penitent fasting and prayer, purifying his soul and steeling his faith to resist the whispered imprecations of the imprisoned daemon within. Artekus Bardane continued to serve with great distinction, earning yet higher rank, learning more of the Chapter's secrets and unearthing more and more Chaos artefacts. After the destruction of the Cult of the Scarlet Vein, a bloody battle of which Artekus was the only survivor, he was finally elevated to the rank of Chapter Master at the recommendation of his predecessor, who was mortally wounded in the final battle against that Chaos Cult. 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, squatted in its haunted depths. All through the war for Armageddon, the Relictors remained within the depths of the jungle, famously refusing even the personal commands of Commander Dante of the Blood Angels. 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." Bardane has little patience for the Inquisition and believes that the Relictors are still pursuing the right course, a course that will ultimately lead the Imperium to accept the Relictors back into its good graces, despite the stiff-necked opposition of the Puritan factions of the Inquisition.Chief Librarian Decario - The Relictors, at the time known as the Fire Claws, mobilised to intercept a badly damaged space hulk called the Captor of Sin as it left Warpspace near the Stygies System. Decario, Inquisitor de Marche and Terminator Assault Squads entered the hulk and encountered the forces of a Renegade warband led by a Tzeentchian Champion of Chaos named the Excoriator. De Marche was badly wounded by the Chaos Champion and Decario's Force Sword was broken in the combat. Instead, he managed to use his Power Fist to rip the Excoriator's sword arm from its socket. Even so, the Excoriator went on to kill another four Terminators and forced Decario to the ground. Decario muttered a prayer to the Emperor and reached out for the nearest weapon, picking up the Daemon Sword of the Excoriator and beheading him. From that moment on Decario sensed he could use these weapons against the servants of Chaos. De Marche warned Decario to put the sword down, as he was the only one in the party who could control the powers held within the daemonic blade. Decario handed over the weapon to the Inquisitor but would never be free of the power he felt he could wield with it. De Marche had similar feelings as Decario and together they convinced the Chapter Master of the Fire Claws of this Radical proposition and they embarked on a crusade to locate similar Chaos relics near the Eye of Terror which they could use against the forces of Chaos.Captain Aryan - Aryan was a captain of the Relictors Chapter who had taken up a Daemon Sword called the Umbral Blade. What he believed to be the blade spoke to him constantly after the Relictors arrived in the Eye of Terror, convincing him that the only way to defeat Chaos was to make use of the tools of Chaos like the corrupted sword and slowly eroding his faith in the Emperor. Aryan led a group of Relictors to assault the Black Legion warship Orgy of Sin. In the course of the battle, Aryan confronted the Chaos Lord Eyron, who mortally wounded the Relictor using his own corrupted Chainaxe. But the Umbral Blade healed Aryan's wounds, and the Relictors officer was able to slay the more powerful Chaos Space Marine. Only after Eryon was dead was the truth revealed -- the voice speaking to Aryan had not been the Umbral Blade, but the Daemon Prince Be'lakor, who had used the Relictors Captain to kill another one of Abaddon the Despoiler's warlords. Be'lakor slew Aryan and the remaining Relictors battle-brothers present on the Orgy of Sin's bridge after the battle ended and then psychically dominated the weak minds of the Black Legion vessel's crew. Crushing their ineffectual resistance to his will, the Daemon Prince turned them into his puppets and set about triggering a Plasma Drive cascade that would obliterate the Orgy of Sin. With another part of his plan complete in his quest to replace the Despoiler as the greatest champion of Chaos Undivided, Be'lakor took back the Umbral Blade and disappeared into the shadows.Captain Excorius (KIA) - Excorius was the captain of the Relictors 3rd Company, active in the 33rd Millennium. In 112.M33, Excorius led his company in the Feral War against the psykers of the planet Aggaros. Fighting through the tribes' pyrokinetic shamans, the Relictors uncovered a hidden, ancient city full of statues of the Thousand Sons, each facing an obsidian pyramid bearing a statue of Ahzek Ahriman. Excorius ordered the Chaos monument torn down, resulting in the Relictors being ambushed by the statues themselves, since they were in actuality Rubric Marines. In the ensuing battle the Space Marines, including Excorius, were killed. It should be noted that this source names the Chapter the Relictors at a time when other sources claim they were still called the "Fire Claws."Captain Bylar - Bylar was a captain of the Relictors Chapter active during the Blood Star Campaign. His chainsword became a relic of the Chapter. It was wielded by Sergeant Juster during the Third War for Armageddon. However, when Juster was killed by Feral Orks, it was looted from his corpse by the Greenskins.Captain Maegar - Maegar was the captain of the Relictors 4th Company during the Third War for Armageddon. He was ordered to take his company and scout the Equatorial Jungles of Armageddon in search of the Chaos artefact from the First War for Armageddon called Angron's Monolith.Codicier Ibraxin - Ibraxin was a Codicier of the Relictors.Harkus - Harkus served as the captain of Chapter Master Artekus Bardane's Honour Guard.Sergeant Divolio (KIA) - Divolio was a sergeant of the Relictors' 4th Company. He served in the command squad of the 4th Company's commander, Captain Maegar. During the Third War for Armageddon, the entire Relictors Chapter deployed to Armageddon, scouting the Equatorial Jungles in search of a Chaos artefact known as Angron's Monolith. After the monolith was finally discovered, Divolio accompanied Captain Maegar, the entire 4th Company, elements of the Chapter's command staff and Inquisitor Halstron in reaching it. As Chief Librarian Decario attempted to extract a fragment of an axe from the monolith, it triggered a psychic scream that attracted a horde of Feral Orks to their position. In the ensuing battle, Divolio was slain by the Orks.Sergeant Juster (KIA) - Juster was a sergeant of the Relictors' 4th Company. During the Third War for Armageddon, the 4th Company deployed to the Equatorial Jungles of Armageddon, ostensibly to purge them of the Feral Orks who might reinforce Ghazghkull's forces elsewhere on the planet. In truth, the Astartes were ordered to scout the jungle in search of a Chaos monument erected during the classified First War for Armageddon known as Angron's Monolith. Under the command of Captain Maegar, Juster led a squad consisting of Battle-Brothers Tarryn, Baeloch, Nabori and Kantus in search of the monolith. Unfortunately, the squad fell into a Feral Ork ambush that resulted in Nabori and Kantus dying and Juster being severely injured. Although Tarryn and Baeloch attempted to carry their sergeant to safety, Juster instead ordered them to retreat with the knowledge that the monolith was near their last reported position and covered their retreat. Juster was killed by the Greenskins, but Tarryn and Baeloch were able to link up with Chapter command.Sergeant Illonus - Illonus was a sergeant of the Relictors who served as a member of Chapter Master Artekus Bardane's Honour Guard. Illonus wields a black-bladed gladius, which was one of the many Chaos artefacts that the Relictors had collected.Sergeant Kharran - Kharran was a sergeant of the Relictors' 4th Company. He served during the Third War for Armageddon.Kantus (KIA) - Kantus was a battle-brother of the Relictors' 4th Company and a member of Sergeant Juster's squad who helped to scout the Equatorial Jungles of Armageddon during the Third War for Armageddon. While searching for Angron's Monolith, Kantus triggered a Feral Ork explosive that had been concealed in the undergrowth. Kantus was slain when he threw himself upon the cache of explosives as they detonated, in order to protect the lives of his battle-brothers.Baelock (KIA) - Baeloch was a battle-brother of the Relictors' 4th Company who was slain when trying to subdue his fellow battle-brother Nico Tarryn after the discovery of Angron's Monolith within the Equatorial Jungles of Armageddon during the Third War for Armageddon.Nabori (KIA) - Nabori was a battle-brother of the Relictors' 4th Company and served in Sergeant Juster's squad. While scouting the Equatorial Jungles of Armageddon during the Third War for Armageddon for Angron's Monolith, Nabori was slain in an ambush carried out by Feral Orks, taken down by the Greenskins' sheer numbers.Parvhel - Parvhel was a Veteran Relictor who served as a member of Chapter Master Artekus Bardane's Honour Guard.Noci Tarryn - Tarryn was a member of the Relictors' 4th Company.