Flesh Tearers - Chapter Homeworld: The Flesh Tearers' initial Imperial Crusade eventually led them deep into the western reaches of the galaxy. It only ended when the Chapter discovered an isolated Death World, which they named Cretacia.Until Chapter Master Nassir Amit found the planet in the wake of the Horus Heresy, the Flesh Tearers had moved from war zone to war zone without respite for over two hundred standard years. At the time, Amit and his Flesh Tearers were still reeling from the death of their primarch and the dissolution of the Space Marine Legions that resulted in the Flesh Tearers being carved from the Blood Angels.Anger and resentment ruled, and Amit became obsessed with Cretacia, believing its barbaric conditions a manifestation of the Flesh Tearers' own nature, hoping that if he could tame its peaks, he could temper the edges of his own fury. The Flesh Tearers' early contacts with the world suggested that, while it was in the habitable range for Humanity, a dense cloud cover and unusual atmospheric conditions might make it an unlivable environment. In spite of this, the Space Marine fleet entered orbit and sent an exploratory force to the surface.Upon their arrival, the warriors discovered insectoid, reptilian, and amphibious life forms that were both malevolent and inordinately large. A few of the enormous insects wielded natural weapons capable of penetrating even power armour. Some of the other predators were nearly as large in scale as an Imperial Titan. The battle-brothers immediately began to enthusiastically hunt and slay a few of the creatures, both for security and to slake their inherent bloodlust.In the course of their examination of the planet, the Flesh Tearers discovered a native Human population that had somehow managed to survive in spite of Cretacia's dangerous environs. These primitives exhibited inordinate levels of athletic ability and fitness -- a clear survival requirement among the massive native fauna.However, they also exhibited a substantial degradation of culture and social structure. At some point in their history, these beings must have undergone an event that left their society with a near-complete loss of Human spoken language. In spite of this unusual restriction, the Space Marines took prisoners from the native population. They then subjected the prisoners to a broad variety of tests to examine their physiological, genetic, and spiritual purity.Ultimately, the primitives were identified as a reasonably pure strain of Humanity. Their instances of mutation were acceptably low, and their physical conditioning made them excellent candidates for gene-seed implantation. While the loss of language was clearly an inconvenience, all signs indicated that this was a cultural phenomenon and not a physiological change and thus could be reversed during indoctrination.This combination of an environment that suited the Chapter's martial philosophy with a readily available supply of potential recruitment candidates made Cretacia an ideal world for the Flesh Tearers to make their home. With this realisation, the Chapter ceased its endless Imperial Crusade and established its fortress-monastery.For millennia, the world has provided an ideal residence for the Chapter. Nearby Imperial worlds benefited from the stability offered by a successful Space Marine Chapter. The Flesh Tearers maintained an adequate initiation pace so that their company sizes were well within the recommendations of the Codex Astartes.The Chapter's once-impending doom seems to have had little to do with their choice of a homeworld and far more to do with the inherent failure in their gene-seed.