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Angels Penitent - Angels Penitent: The Angels Penitent is a Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels, created during the 9th Founding. Prior to the arrival of the mysterious individual known only as the "Undying Martyr," the Chapter was known as the Angels Resplendent.While other Chapters fought for glory, faith or the sheer joy of slaughter, the Angels Resplendent had made nobility its creed. Alone amongst the scions of Sanguinius, this Chapter had been entirely free of the madness that haunted the Angel's bloodline. No Space Marine in the red and gold had ever succumbed to the Black Rage.But while interrogating the mortal interloper called the Undying Martyr, the Chapter's Chaplains had listened to the stranger's new insights into the Imperial Creed and to his denunciation of the irredeemable corruption of Mankind and the Adeptus Astartes' complicity in the degeneration of the Imperium.Swayed by the mortal's passionate words, a new zeal struck the Angels Resplendent, and the Chapter began what it called the "Great Purge," the elimination of all activities and items considered blasphemy under their new and puritanical interpretation of the Imperial Creed.Fired by a burning urgency to earn redemption for Mankind's and the Astartes' collective sins in the sight of the God-Emperor, the Angels Resplendent renamed themselves the Angels Penitent. They allowed themselves to be ruled by the Crown of Thorns, a ruling conclave made up of the Chapter's Chaplains, who severely punished any brother who dared to break their edicts.Another worrying symptom of the new order was that the battle-brothers of the Chapter are now prone to falling victim to the genetic curse known as the Black Rage. It now appears that this curse flourishes freely enough to warrant the Chapter raising a Death Company of its own.The Angels Resplendent were once renowned for their skills in painting and sculpting, a trait inherited from their founding Chapter. However, after becoming the Angels Penitent, they began to punish any form of artistic expression with execution.
Angels Penitent - Notable Campaigns: Devastation of Baal (ca. 999.M41) - During the Devastation of Baal, the Angels Penitent was among the Successor Chapters that answered Commander Dante's call for aid in the face of Hive Fleet Leviathan's assault on Baal.
Angels Penitent - Chapter Organisation: The Chapter is now ruled by a council of zealous Chaplains called the "Crown of Thorns." They judge those amongst their brethren who they consider to have sinned against the Emperor, which includes such minor offences as creating scrimshaws honouring the Primarch Sanguinius -- for they believe that art exalted the tyranny of the sin of vanity.Some within the Chapter still secretly harbour their distrust of the new order, clinging to the Chapter's old identity, believing they were once warrior artisans before the outsider had enslaved them. They know in their hearts that their true skills lie in arms and art in harmony, the true path of the Resplendent. But to voice such unpopular opinions are considered sins in the eyes of the Crown of Thorns.Another worrying symptom of the new order is that the battle-brothers of the Chapter are now prone to falling victim to the genetic curse known as the Black Rage. Prior to the arrival of the Undying Martyr, the Chapter had never had a single Astartes fall victim to the dreaded flaw of the sons of Sanguinius. It now appears that this curse flourishes freely enough to warrant the Chapter raising a Death Company of its own.
Angels Penitent - Chapter Beliefs: Formerly, the Angels Resplendent believed that they were a Chapter of warrior-artisans, a band of dedicated servants of the Emperor of Mankind who understood that war was an art form in itself. In the pursuit of art, the Angels Resplendent believed that they developed a discipline and an understanding of the broader needs of Mankind that reinforced their commitment to the defence of Humanity.Following the arrival of the Undying Martyr on the steps of their fortress-monastery, the Angels Resplendent have been seized by a new devotion to a puritanical variant of the Imperial Creed that holds that Mankind and the Adeptus Astartes have become so corrupt that they are no longer redeemable in the eyes of the God-Emperor. As such, the only choice for mortals and Astartes alike is to receive unending punishment for their failure in the Emperor's eyes.All sins must be severely punished, in particular the sin of vanity, of which art is but one expression. As such, since the Great Purge, the Angels Resplendent have changed their name to the Angels Penitent and no longer suffer their warrior-artisans to create the glorious works which once decorated the fortress-monastery and expressed the Chapter's inherent appreciation for aspects of Human life beyond war. They have become a bitter, humourless band of religious zealots, fired only by hatred for sin and the desire to castigate the sinner.
Angels Penitent - Non-Astartes Personnel: Undying Martyr - The Undying Martyr is an unknown mortal who came among the Angels Resplendent teaching a new and unforgiving interpretation of the Imperial Creed. The Martyr was massive in size for a normal Human, and had miraculously survived crossing the River Tristesse on their homeworld of Malpertuis where he had been discovered by the squad commanded by Sergeant Montaig. Despite his size, the Martyr was covered in scars and boils, and had suffered a severe and seemingly fatal chest wound, but wore an Aquila on a chain around his neck. When first discovered, the Martyr had asked, "Do I still dream?" Taken before Chaplain Icharos Malvoisin to decide his fate after Montaig decided to spare his life, the two talked for nineteen solar days during which time the Martyr declared that all hope of saving the Imperium had been lost and that Humanity's only option was to repent for its terrible sins and all its failures before the God-Emperor. He claimed that the Adeptus Astartes were among the worst of these sinners, for their failure during the Horus Heresy when so many turned to Chaos had been the event that started Humanity's cascade of sins for the next ten thousand years. Malvoisin was swayed by the Martyr's arguments and he declared the strange man to be a true prophet of the Emperor. This caused the Chapter to listen to his words and with their Chapter Master, Varzival Czervantes away on campaign with the Veterans of the 1st Company, there was no one present who could stop the Angels Resplendent from falling under the Undying Martyr's sway. He became their spiritual leader and declared the Chapter to be too prideful and vain, riddled with sin. The Martyr demanded they destroy everything that tied them to their sinful past and the so-called "Great Purge" began, which wiped away much of the Chapter's former culture and beliefs. Transformed into religious fanatics gripped by self-loathing by the Martyr's oddly persuasive teachings, most of the Angels Resplendent did as he commanded, with only the Librarians refusing to follow his orders and the Chapter's new direction. This led the Librarius to become targets for the wrath of the Chapter's fanatics and Malvoisin led the attack that killed Chief Librarian Athanazius and the other Librarians.
Angels Penitent - Chapter Fleet: Severance of Glory (Strike Cruiser) - The Severance of Glory is a strike cruiser of the Angels Penitent.
Angels Penitent - Chapter Colours: The Angels Penitent's power armour is black with streaks of umber which mirrors vines with thorns snaking across their armour. The Imperial Aquila or Imperialis on the chest is white.Prior to becoming the Angels Penitent, the Angels Resplendent wore red and gold armour with a black backpack, shoulder plates and Aquila or Imperialis on the chest.Like their genetic forbears, the Angels Penitent's company markings differ from those outlined by the Codex Astartes in utilising blood drop symbols on the right shoulder plate instead of different coloured trim and numbers.The right knee plate displays the colour and unique iconography of the squad to which an Astartes of the Chapter belongs.
Angels Penitent - Chapter Badge: The Angels Penitent's Chapter badge is a large white skull with a grey crown of thorns upon its brow. This is centred on a field of black with umber streaks.
Angels Penitent - Canon Conflict: In the limited release Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters the Angels Penitent were indicated to be an entirely separate Chapter from the Angels Resplendent, with their own Chapter badge and colour scheme.Whether the Chapters were one and the same or this image represented an entirely different Chapter with the name Angels Penitent, is unknown.
Angels Porphyr - Angels Porphyr: The Angels Porphyr is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter that was founded in the 31st Millennium, though their specific Founding and genetic origin remain unknown.
Angels Porphyr - Notable Campaigns: Death of the Witching Moon (013.M41) - The Forge Moon of Keziah, in the strategically vital Agathon System, fell into an unnatural eclipse during which its population was driven to murder and madness in an endless night of horror. The dread forces of the Tenebrae and the Company of Misery reigned as dark kings amid the nightmare, and the baleful light of the "Witching Moon" that Keziah had become spread calamity and warp-tainted phenomena wherever it now fell, threatening the entire star system. The first Imperial attacks by the Astra Militarum, squadrons from Battlefleet Ultima and the Inquisition were hurled back in tatters by the madness of the black light and the warp-fuelled savagery of the defenders. It was only by the unexpected arrival of the Charnel Guard Chapter, accompanied by a sacred band of the Adepta Sororitas' Order of the Black Sepulchre bearing the holy relic known as the Book of Tears before them, that the imminent loss of tens of billions of lives on Agathon Prime was prevented, and the insanity-inducing radiance of the Witching Moon was held back. The Charnel Guard led a fresh assault as further Adeptus Astartes, including the Angels Porphyr, Storm Lords and Iron Hands as well as Adeptus Mechanicus reinforcements arrive, fighting a brutal battle of tank and gunship clashes across the soaring metal canyons which razed the moon's surface and chamber-by-chamber Zone Mortalis actions were purging Keziah of the shadow that had befallen it. The Heretic Astartes inflicted fearful losses on their besiegers before they were driven into the deeper darkness of the Warp. In the wake of their retreat, all life was purged from Keziah before it was given back to the hands of the Machine Cult for tech-exorcism and eventual reclamation.Third War for Armageddon (998.M41) - In 998.M41 the Angels Porphyr Chapter deployed 8 companies in the Third War for Armageddon. When the Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka led a second unsuccessful WAAAGH! against that strategic hive world, Dreadnought Brother Damos led the defence of Ghattana, Armageddon's main water processing plant. He and seven other Dreadnoughts of the Angels Porphyr stood their ground against over one hundred Ork war machines. They prevailed with the help of nine other Dreadnoughts from other Space Marine Chapters and successfully defended the plant from Ork attacks. Of the seventeen Dreadnoughts, nine were destroyed and along with them over 9,000 cumulative years of combat experience.
Angels Porphyr - Notable Angels Porphyr: Damos (Dreadnought) - Brother Damos commanded the 9th Company of the Angels Porphyr, a stalwart Veteran of three standard centuries of battle. His Devastator Squads were the very model of efficient fire support. Wherever his men fought, the armoured might of the enemy would be wary. It was during the Scouring of Hume as he led his men in the defence of Hill 236 that a surprise attack on the Space Marines' position by rebel Marauder bombers caught him in the open as he moved between his linked bunkers. By all rights the bombardment should have killed Damos, but when the attack was over, his brother Space Marines found that the bloody shreds of his body still drew breath. He demanded the chance to fight on, and thus his remains were placed in stasis and transported back to the Chapter's fortress-monastery where he was implanted within the armoured sarcophagus of a Dreadnought. For 3,000 Terran years he has remained entombed within his armoured body and, as he did in life, Damos provides a solid anchor of fire support for his battle-brothers, guiding the deployment and firing of the Chapter's Devastators. During the Third War for Armageddon, Damos led the valiant defence of the Ghattana Bay Water Processing Plant during the Battle of Gate IX. Leading eight other Chapter Dreadnoughts in support, they faced over 100 Ork Dreadnoughts and Killa Kans. Despite the dire circumstances, Damos had faced a hundred such situations before and prevailed. Fitted with far superior long-range weaponry, the Imperial Dreadnoughts held their ground. The Orks' initial advance cost them 17 Dreadnoughts. Pulling back, the Imperial Dreadnoughts goaded the Orks into attacking Gate IX. Behind the gate, led by Brother Weylands of the Omega Marines, were nine more Dreadnoughts armed with Power Claws and a mixture of shorter-ranged Assault Cannons, Multi-Meltas and Heavy Bolters. Behind them, Brother Damos and his Dreadnoughts stood on ramparts of earth and sundered rockcrete. Both ranks opened fire simultaneously into the tightly packed mass of Ork war machines. Then the front ranks ceased fire and thundered into close combat. The Ork force was entangled, caught in a bottleneck, and the Space Marine Dreadnoughts cut into them. Unsupported and caught at a complete disadvantage, the Ork war machines were utterly devastated and the Imperium provided victorious in the battle for the water processing plant and Gate IX.
Angels Porphyr - Chapter Appearance: The Angels Porphyr are known to often incorporate Skull icons into their armour.
Angels Porphyr - Chapter Colours: The Angels Porphyr wear power armour that has halved blue and white heraldry, with a yellow Imperialis or Aquila symbol on the chest.The white squad specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- is indicated on the right shoulder pauldron.A black Low Gothic numeral is centred in the middle of the squad specialty symbol, which indicates squad number.The right knee plate indicates company number in accordance with the Codex Astartes -- i.e., white (1st Company), yellow (2nd Company), red (3rd Company), etc.
Angels Porphyr - Chapter Badge: The Angels Porphyr's Chapter badge is the profile of a blue winged skull displayed with a side profile (rather than the Imperialis, where the skull is face-forwards) on a field of white.
Angels Porphyr - Controversy: The Angels Porphyr Chapter appears almost identical to the Eagle Warriors Chapter, the only differences being the Chapter badge (the Eagle Warriors have only a blue wing).This leads many Warhammer 40,000 fans to believe that the Angels Porphyr and Eagle Warriors are the same Chapter. However, both Chapters appear separately in How to Paint Space Marines, which should probably settle the matter as to whether the two are actually separate Chapters.
Angels Puissant - Angels Puissant: The Angels Puissant is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and origin.
Angels Puissant - Chapter Colours: The Angels Puissants' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Angels Puissant - Chapter Badge: The Angels Puissants' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Angels Redeemed - Angels Redeemed: The Angels Redeemed is a Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and origin.
Angels Redeemed - Chapter Colours: The Angels Redeemed primarily wear dark orange-red power armour. The power pack and arms are black. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest is silver.The black squad specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- is indicated on the right shoulder plate.A white High Gothic numeral centred in the middle of the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number. The white High Gothic numeral on the left knee plate designates company number.
Angels Redeemed - Chapter Badge: The Angels Redeemed's Chapter badge is a white winged sword centred on a field of dark orange-red, reminiscent of the Dark Angels' Chapter icon.
Angels Repentant - Angels Repentant: The Angels Repentant is a Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and origin. Almost nothing is known about this Chapter in the Imperial records.
Angels Repentant - Chapter Colours: The Angels Repentant's Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Angels Repentant - Chapter Badge: The Angels Repentant's Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Angels Resplendent - Angels Resplendent: The Angels Resplendent was a little known Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels, created during the 9th Founding. Many amongst this Chapter were once fine artisans, echoing their genetic forebears. While other Chapters fought for glory, faith or the sheer joy of slaughter, the Angels Resplendent had made nobility its creed.Alone amongst the scions of Sanguinius, this Chapter had been entirely free of the madness that haunted the Angel's bloodline. No Space Marine in the red and gold had ever succumbed to the Black Rage. Recently, the arrival of a strange mortal known as the "Undying Martyr" led to the Chapter's conversion to a puritanical variant of the Imperial Creed.The Angels Resplendent renamed themselves the Angels Penitent, banned the production of all forms of art, and have dedicated themselves to the elimination of all sin and the castigation of all sinners, whether they be mortal or Astartes.
Angels Resplendent - Chapter Beliefs: Formerly, the Angels Resplendent believed that they were a Chapter of warrior-artisans, a band of dedicated servants of the Emperor of Mankind who understood that war was an art form in itself. In the pursuit of art, the Angels Resplendent believed that they developed a discipline and an understanding of the broader needs of Mankind that reinforced their commitment to the defence of Humanity.Following the arrival of the Undying Martyr on the steps of their fortress-monastery, the Angels Resplendent have been seized by a new devotion to a fanatical, puritanical variant of the Imperial Creed that holds that Mankind and the Adeptus Astartes have become so corrupt that they are no longer redeemable in the eyes of the God-Emperor. As such, the only choice for mortals and Astartes alike is to receive unending punishment for their failure in the Emperor's eyes.All sins must be severely punished, in particular the sin of vanity, of which art is but one expression. As such, since the Great Purge, the Angels Resplendent have changed their name to the Angels Penitent and no longer suffer their warrior-artisans to create the glorious works which once decorated the fortress-monastery and expressed the Chapter's inherent appreciation for aspects of Human life beyond war. They have become a bitter, humourless band of zealots, fired only by hatred for sin and the desire to castigate the sinner.
Angels Resplendent - Non-Astartes Personnel: Undying Martyr - The Undying Martyr is an unknown mortal who came among the Angels Resplendent teaching a new and unforgiving interpretation of the Imperial Creed. The Martyr was massive in size for a normal Human, and had miraculously survived crossing the River Tristesse on their homeworld of Malpertuis where he had been discovered by the squad commanded by Sergeant Montaig. Despite his size, the Martyr was covered in scars and boils, and had suffered a severe and seemingly fatal chest wound, but wore an Aquila on a chain around his neck. When first discovered, the Martyr had asked, "Do I still dream?" Taken before Chaplain Icharos Malvoisin to decide his fate after Montaig decided to spare his life, the two talked for nineteen solar days during which time the Martyr declared that all hope of saving the Imperium had been lost and that Humanity's only option was to repent for its terrible sins and all its failures before the God-Emperor. He claimed that the Adeptus Astartes were among the worst of these sinners, for their failure during the Horus Heresy when so many turned to Chaos had been the event that started Humanity's cascade of sins for the next ten thousand years. Malvoisin was swayed by the Martyr's arguments and he declared the strange man to be a true prophet of the Emperor. This caused the Chapter to listen to his words and with their Chapter Master, Varzival Czervantes away on campaign with the Veterans of the 1st Company, there was no one present who could stop the Angels Resplendent from falling under the Undying Martyr's sway. He became their spiritual leader and declared the Chapter to be too prideful and vain, riddled with sin. The Martyr demanded they destroy everything that tied them to their sinful past and the so-called "Great Purge" began, which wiped away much of the Chapter's former culture and beliefs. Transformed into religious fanatics gripped by self-loathing by the Martyr's oddly persuasive teachings, most of the Angels Resplendent did as he commanded, with only the Librarians refusing to follow his orders and the Chapter's new direction. This led the Librarius to become targets for the wrath of the Chapter's fanatics and Malvoisin led the attack that killed Chief Librarian Athanazius and the other Librarians.
Angels Resplendent - Chapter Colours: As the Angels Resplendent, the Chapter wore golden power armour trimmed in silver and red. The Chapter badge was said to be similar to that of the Blood Angels themselves.The squad specialty symbol was on the right shoulder plate, with a Low Gothic numeral centred within it to indicate squad number.The company number was determined by a Low Gothic numeral inscribed on the right knee plate.
Angels Resplendent - Chapter Badge: The Angels Resplendent's Chapter badge is a hooded, angelic figure with its arms raised.
Angels Revenant - Angels Revenant: The Angels Revenant is a Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and a Successor Chapter of the Ultramarines.This Chapter's origins can be traced to the 8th Founding which occurred in 598.M35, undertaken amid the dark times of the Nova Terra Interregnum, when the Imperium of Man had been split into twin interstellar empires.Ultimately, the Firstborn incarnation of the Angels Revenant met their fate with the rise of the Necron Maynarkh Dynasty within the Orpheus Sector of the Segmentum Tempestus in 991.M41.It is believed that no more than a few hundred Angels Revenant survived the Necron assault upon their Chapter homeworld.The only survivors were originally believed to be those members of the Chapter who were far from the Orpheus Sector on crusade.However, the Angels Revenant were saved during the Indomitus Crusade by a Torchbearer task force which also introduced the first Primaris Space Marines to the Chapter.The Torchbearers discovered that remnants of the Angels Revenant's Space Marines still fought a terrible battle against the Necrons deep beneath the surface of their ravaged homeworld.With the aid of the Indomitus Crusade task force, the Angels Revenant defeated their terrible foes and reestablished the Chapter.
Angels Revenant - Early Years: Noble if aloof by reputation even for the warriors of the Adeptus Astartes, this Chapter of the 8th Founding, and of the proud lineage of the Ultramarines, spent much of its long history on Imperial Crusade throughout the western Imperium, in the Segmentum Tempestus.After the successful prosecution of the Orphean War of Faith in 903-922.M39, the Orpheus Sector rebuilt under its surviving Imperial Commanders and, by special dispensation, many regiments of the Astra Militarum and the survivors of Saint Marduk's pilgrimage to the sector were allowed to settle its worlds, either laying down their arms or integrating fully into the local Planetary Defence Forces, greatly strengthening them.The minor colony world of Libethra, upon which Saint Marduk had shown his favour, was converted to a Shrine World of the Ecclesiarchy in honour of Marduk and became a cemetery for the war's millions of glorious and blessed dead.Overlordship of the Shrine World was given over to the Angels Revenant as their domain, which until that time had been a fleet-based Chapter. The Angels Revenant also accepted the sacred charge of protecting Libethra's reliquaries and cerements, while the Space Marines' permanent residence on the world further strengthened the defences of the surrounding Orpheus Sector.As stern supporters of the Ecclesiarchy and the Imperial Creed, the bounty of the Orphean branch of the Adeptus Ministorum was given freely to the construction of the Chapter's fortress-monastery, while the hardy inhabitants of the Feral World of Patara formed the basis of new generations of Neophytes for the Chapter.While completely autonomous of the Orpheus Sector's Imperial authority, the Angels Revenant served as its protectors, guarding the pilgrimage routes of the Cold Veil, while their Chapter starships plied tirelessly the borders of the Hesod Nebula and the Barren Stars, hunting down and slaughtering xenos corsairs and marauders that had long made these trackless regions their lair.
Angels Revenant - Era Indomitus: During the Era Indomitus after the birth of the Great Rift, the Indomitus Crusade deployed a task force of Torchbearers that was sent to locate the Angels Revenant.After the Torchbearers arrived at the Chapter homeworld of Libethra it appeared at first as though the Chapter was extinct and their duty was to reestablish it in whole.Libethra had been cracked open by the Necrons of the Maynarkh Dynasty in order to engulf the original Angels Revenant in lava.No trace could be found of those scattered battle-brothers who had avoided the tragedy while away from their homeworld on crusade.Yet even as Torchbearer forces set down upon the riven, airless carcass of Libethra and prepared to declare the waning Chapter extinct, their auspex and vox networks picked up faint signs of ferocious battle taking place deep beneath the planet's surface.Tales are told elsewhere of the subsequent battle for dead Libethra against the Necron menace, of the alliance between the Torchbearers and the last vengeful remnants of the Angels Revenant, and of that Chapter's rebirth amidst the furnace of war -- suffice to say that the Primarch's Gift of the genetic technologies and Adeptus Mechanicus Genetors needed to create Primaris Space Marines ushered in a new era for the Angels of Libethra.
Angels Revenant - Chapter Organisation: The Angels Revenant Chapter conformed closely to the tenants of the Codex Astartes in organisation and wargear like its parent Chapter, the Ultramarines. Due to its long history of independent crusade operations, where resupply was uncertain, the Chapter preferred to rely on the more common patterns of Adeptus Astartes wargear, and placed as high a value on restoring and repairing the wargear of its fallen as it did in venerating its dead.This served to provide a close spiritual link between successive generations of the Chapter's warriors. The Chapter was known to maintain a venerated core of Mark IV Maximus Pattern relic Power Armour dating back to the days of the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy throughout its long history.
Angels Revenant - Chapter Fleet: The following represents the only known warship of the Angels Revenant Chapter fleet. As a former fleet-based Chapter, the Angels Revenant would have possessed many more vessels of various classes and types.Intercessor (Strike Cruiser) - The Intercessor was the Angels Revenant voidship that witnessed the destruction of the Imperial fleet assaulting the Chaos-held world of Colkasth, now known as Saint Marduk's Bane. The Intercessor was damaged in void combat with what are now recognised as Necron vessels.
Angels Revenant - Chapter Colours: The Angels Revenant Chapter colours are dark cobalt blue with gold-trimmed shoulder plates coloured a pale white. There is also some white on the power pack and silver on the soles of their boots.The black squad specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- is indicated on the right shoulder guard.A High Gothic numeral stenciled in white is centred on it, designating the Astartes' squad number.
Angels Revenant - Chapter Badge: The Angels Revenant's Chapter badge is the face of a white skull, missing its lower jaw, wreathed in a burning black flame, centred on a field of pale white.
Angels Sanguine - Angels Sanguine: The Angels Sanguine is a Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines and a Second Founding Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels. Theirs is a long and glorious history, having been pivotal in many victories against the Chaotic horrors that have emerged from the Eye of Terror.Yet the shadow of the Blood Angels' genetic flaw lingers ever about the Angels Sanguine. With a history of heroism and valour as laudable as the Angels Sanguine, it is easy to see why they are heralded far and wide across the Imperium as exemplars of the Blood Angels genetic stock and the Sanguinary Brotherhood.They have vanquished foes far and wide from Orks to Chaos Space Marines, and always upheld the honour of their Chapter, and founding Legion.Yet, in spite of these deeds, rumours and unease surround them. The Angels Sanguine possess several strange habits and traditions that unsettle those around them, foremost among which is the fact that they shield their faces from those they fight alongside.It is a strange thing that hiding one's face garners more attention than thwarting a Traitor army led by Typhus of the Death Guard, but such is their lot. Speculation also continues about why they have so many Librarians within their ranks, a Librarius that has grown to almost twice the size of that fielded by any other Blood Angels Successor.And many in the Imperium also have concerns about what exactly goes on in the mysterious catacombs beneath the Angels Sanguine's fortress-monastery on their homeworld of Baalus Trine.
Angels Sanguine - Chapter History: The Angels Sanguine are another Chapter formed when the Blood Angels Legion was divided during the Second Founding, and like many of their peers, the Chapter's battle-brothers have served with honour and courage throughout the ten thousand years of the Age of the Imperium.The Chapter is especially honoured for its heroic actions defending the regions surrounding the Eye of Terror against the Black Crusades of the servants of Chaos, and held in high esteem by most other Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. Despite this proud heritage, there lingers an air of mystery about the Angels Sanguine that can only be a result of the tragic flaw of the Blood Angels.The most outwardly distinctive feature of the Angels Sanguine is that none of the Chapter's battle-brothers ever remove their helmets, nor reveal their faces in the presence of one not of their own Chapter. Even amongst their own kin, whether of their own Chapter or others of the line of Sanguinius, they obscure their features beneath monkish hoods.Exactly why this should be the case has never been determined by any outsiders, and as a result, the Chapter's battle-brothers are regarded with a measure of dread by most they encounter. What might lie beneath the helmets and hoods none can say.Perhaps they are afflicted by some physical mutation linked to the flaw, or maybe they simply choose to obscure their faces as some form of penance. Furthermore, a number of dark tales have emerged regarding the Chapter's fortress-monastery, most of which concern the dark catacombs said to lie far beneath it.Their terrible secret, called the Red Thirst, is that Angels Sanguine Marines develop an overpowering physiological need to drink blood because of the mutation of their gene-seed, a not uncommon problem for the heirs of Sanguinius.This shameful truth is known only to a few souls outside of the Chapter. Despite this flaw, they have a long and glorious history of service to the Imperium of Man.
Angels Sanguine - In the Jericho Reach: The Angels Sanguine have been active in the Jericho Reach since at least 791.M41, when a detachment from the Chapter's 1st Company arrived unannounced through the Jericho-Maw Warp Gate and attached itself to a larger force of the Angels Vermillion, a fellow Blood Angels Successor Chapter.The Angels Vermillion were engaged upon a mission deep into the Chaos-held systems surrounding the Hadex Anomaly, a mission launched at the behest the Master of the Vigil, Watch Commander Mordigael of the Blood Angels.It appears that this combined force had as its target an individual Chaos warlord, and that the mission was a matter of Chapter business and had nothing to do with the Deathwatch's mission in the Jericho Reach. The mission was not debated in the Chamber of Vigilance of Watch Fortress Erioch, nor were any accounts of it shared with the Ordos of the Inquisition or with the high command of the Achilus Crusade.Concerned by this turn of events, an ad hoc conclave of Inquisitors based in the Tower of Brass on Watch Fortress Erioch determined to discover something of what had occurred, and in so doing setting themselves against the Master of the Vigil, one of the most powerful individuals in the entire Jericho Reach war zone.Though it cost them the lives of several of their most valued followers, the Inquisitors discovered one single, key piece of information regarding the mission. Its target was a warlord last seen three Terran centuries before in the vicinity of the Screaming Vortex Warp Storm that lies between the Calixis Sector and the Koronus Expanse.The Renegade had not been seen since then, but his sudden reappearance in the Jericho Reach had clearly been of great import to the Watch Commander. The reason for this, and the involvement of the Angels Sanguine, was hinted at when the Inquisitors discovered the title the warlord was now operating under -- Lazoreth the Faceless.The prying Inquisitors would never have the opportunity to disseminate their discovery, for over the course of the solar days and weeks following the Watch Commander's return to Watch Station Erioch, each one seems to have disappeared or met with some unfortunate end.Of those Inquisitors whose bodies were found, one was discovered frozen solid in the airless ice-chambers of the Hunting Grounds, a section of the Watch Station given over to training in arduous environments. Another was discovered floating in the void, a chilling expression of stark terror etched onto his face.The body of a third was found, exsanguinated, at the base of the Tower of Brass, sprawled in plain view as if in dire warning. Several of the Angels Sanguine then took the Apocryphon Oath, and stand the Long Watch of the Deathwatch to this day.
Angels Sanguine - Chapter Organisation: The Angels Sanguine use the same organisation scheme as their parent Chapter, the Blood Angels, like most of the other member Chapters of the Sanguinary Brotherhood. As such, they are considered a partially Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter.
Angels Sanguine - Notable Angels Sanguine: Lord Sentikan - Lord Sentikan is the current Chapter Master of the Angels Sanguine.Captain Bolthus - Bolthus was a Captain of the Angels Sanguine who accompanied the forces sent by the Chapter to aid the Blood Angels during the Devastation of Baal.High Chaplain Servius - Servius was the first High Chaplain of the Angels Sanguine.Chaplain Nolasco - Chaplain Nolasco was known in his time for the fiery zeal of his sermons, many of which he committed to parchment so that even millennia later they are still to be heard from the pulpits of Watch Fortress Erioch. The bulk of Nolasco's sermons call upon the battle-brothers of the Deathwatch, and indeed the Adeptus Astartes at large, to draw strength from the example of the Primarch Sanguinius, who fell defending the greater cause embodied by the Emperor Himself. Thus, Chaplain Nolasco held that a noble death in battle was both inevitable for a Space Marine, and preferable, the final moments of a battle-brother's service exemplifying and summarising all he stood for in life.Librarian Ashok - Librarian Ashok is a member of the Angels Sanguine Chapter and is currently seconded to the Deathwatch. Before his Secondment, Ashok served in a campaign against the Tyranids on the planet of Hegelian IX. Deployed with his Chapter's Death Company into the subterranean catacombs in pursuit of the fleeing xenos, he and his fellow comrades succumbed to the terrible effects of the Black Rage. This resulted in the company taking out their savagery against one another -- Ashok's hand being forced to kill three of his own battle-brothers before he finally managed to control the effects of his gene-seed's flaw. For the next three years, Ashok was strapped to the Tablet of Lestralio, a device designed to restrain those afflicted by the effects of the Black Rage, deep within the bowels of his Chapter's fortress-monastery. After finally emerging from this nightmarish event, Ashok was presented with the Shroud of Lemartes, a symbolic cloak given to those Angels Sanguine as a symbol of their mastery over the Black Rage. Though Ashok had successfully managed to deal with the flaw's affects, he would have to remain eternally vigilant in combating the signs. Shortly after, he was seconded to the illustrious Deathwatch, the Chamber Militant of the Inquisition's Ordo Xenos. Ashok later deployed with a Deathwatch Kill-team under the command of Inquisitor Kalpysia in order to deal with a splinter Tyranid Hive Fleet on the world of Herodian IV. During this campaign, Ashok became the first recorded Librarian to have ever taken on three Tyranid Zoanthropes and live. It is said that Ashok is also unique in that he is one of the few Space Marines to dislike wearing his Power Armour, and senses that its Machine Spirit is not fond of him either.
Angels Sanguine - Chapter Relics: Grail of Angels - The Grail of Angels is a holy relic of the Angels Sanguine Chapter, a Blood Chalice that is possessed by its Sanguinary High Priest. When the High Priest initiates Neophytes into the Chapter, they must drink his blood from the Grail of Angels and in doing so they partake in the essence of the Primarch Sanguinius himself.Mask of the Watcher - The Mask of the Watcher is an Artificer Helmet forged in the shape of the golden death mask of the Angels Sanguine's beloved Primarch Sanguinius. Legends of their Primarch sometimes tell of his powers of prophecy and divination. This power is latent in all Blood Angels by virtue of the psychic imprint he left upon their gene-seed, usually manifesting as the visions that lead to the Black Rage. It can sometimes be harnessed for better ends, and the advanced psy-active circuitry embedded in the impassive golden face of the Watcher's Mask allows the Sons of Sanguinius to draw on extraordinary insight.Shroud of Servius - The Shroud of Servius is a relic that is named in honour of Servius, the Chapter's first Sanguinary High Priest, and remains in the possession of each Astartes in turn to hold that rank. The Shroud holds such power that when it is worn by a Sanguinary High Priest, it grants him the psychological authority to stop even the rampages of the Chapter's Death Company.Shroud of Lemartes - The Shroud of Lemartes is presented to members of the Angels Sanguine who have been afflicted with the Black Rage who somehow manage to regain mastery of their minds while strapped to the Tablet of Lestrallio. The shroud is a symbol of their newfound mastery of themselves.Tablet of Lestrallio - The Tablet of Lestrallio is used to restrain Angels Sanguine who have entered the Black Rage. It is named after Chaplain Lestrallio of the Blood Angels, who designed and later died on the Tablet. Members who emerge from their time on the Tablet and have regained mastery of their psyches are presented with the Shroud of Lemartes as a symbol of their newfound inner strength.
Angels Sanguine - Chapter Colours: The Angels Sanguine's power armour is halved red and black with a yellow Imperialis symbol on the chest plate.The white squad specialty symbol -- battleline, fire support, close support or Veteran -- is indicated on the right shoulder guard.A black Low Gothic numeral centred in the middle of the squad specialty symbol indicates squad number. The company number is indicated on the right knee guard in accordance with the heraldry used by the Blood Angels.
Angels Sanguine - Chapter Badge: The Angels Sanguine's Chapter badge is a large white skull centred on a pair of red wings on a field of black.
Angels Vermillion - Angels Vermillion: Angels VermillionSecond FoundingSpace Marinesgene-seedBlood AngelsChapter homeworldCorinalEastern FringesAlone of the Blood Angels' successors, the Angels Vermillion shun all contact with their brother Chapters, choosing to bear their lingering curse in solitude and isolation. Little is recorded of the Angels Vermillions' actions in the days since the Second Founding, but whenever the Chapter is mentioned, its battle record is nothing short of exemplary.Indeed, there are many among the Blood Angels Chapter Council who advocate efforts to establish closer ties to this elusive Successor Chapter, yet for reasons known only to himself, Commander Dante has always refused.The Angels Vermillion care little for their relationship with the Blood Angels. They do not wish to be a part of the Blood Angels' wider brotherhood, as they wish to handle the Chapter's Flaw in their own way, without the interference from the Blood Angels and their other brother Chapters.The Angels Vermillion are willing to reveal their curse to the wider Imperium if the Blood Angels and their brother Chapters choose to move against them and prevent them from dealing with the curse in their chosen manner, even if this means they will pay in blood and divert their combined efforts away from the foes of Humanity into pointless internecine strife.
Angels Vermillion - Chapter History: The Angels Vermillion is a Second Founding Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels Legion, created during the massive reorganisation of the Imperial military set in motion by Roboute Guilliman in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy.These Scions of Sanguinius can trace their origins to the Blood Angels Legion's 9th Company, the "Angels Vermillion," who were chosen to become a Successor "Chapter" when the Blood Angels Legion was sundered into those smaller formations. Stripped of heraldry, history and honour, the Angels Vermillion would forge their own destiny and write their own tallies of victory within their Chapter's annals.While most Blood Angels successors maintain close ties with one another and with their sire Chapter, the Angels Vermillion appear to be an exception. An aloof Astartes Chapter, they shun all contact with their brothers who are also descended from the Primarch Sanguinius, choosing to bear their lingering curse in solitude and isolation.Ironically, little is recorded in Imperial records of the Chapter's exploits since the Second Founding, but whenever they are mentioned, their battle record is nothing short of exemplary. The relief of the Quatandril Templesiege, the banishment of the Daemon Ag'thax'rae'phael on Parnassium, even the desperate campaign known as the Thousand Days of Pain, all of these are shining moments in an otherwise shrouded history.While the Chapter has earned numerous battle honours prosecuting the Imperium's wars, they have very rarely been observed fighting in the same war zone as the Blood Angels or another of their successors.In addition to its apparent isolationist nature, the Angels Vermillion is a notoriously secretive Chapter, though it is hardly unusual for the Adeptus Astartes to shun the attentions of non-Space Marine institutions of the Imperium.
Angels Vermillion - Chapter Organisation: The Angels Vermillion use the same organisation scheme as the Blood Angels. As such, they are considered partially Codex Astartes-compliant, like their ancestral Chapter.
Angels Vermillion - Chapter Homeworld: The Angels Vermillion hail from the Chapter homeworld of Corinal -- a planet dominated by bright deserts and a boundless cobalt ocean. Green fringes the edges of the single, massive continent. Five long rivers dig worming emerald valleys across the land.A huge alpine mass at the centre is a striking collection of brown jungle canyons filigreed with white snowy ridges. The poles wear icy caps, bordered by grey tundra that gives way to yellow grassland. But these varied colours of terrestrial life are smudges against the dazzling white sands of the continental interior.
Angels Vermillion - Fortress-Monastery: The Bloodspike, the fortress-monastery of the Angels Vermillion, is a fifteen-hundred-foot-tall spire that is topped with a monumental golden angel whose haloed face bows and is hidden within a deep hood.The fortress-monastery stands in the path of the monstrous waves that blow daily across the deep oceans by unopposed winds. The Bloodspike's bay atmospheric energy shield also contributes to the defence of the fortress-monastery against the great waves of the shallow sea.
Angels Vermillion - Chapter Beliefs: The Angels Vermillion discovered early that by feeding the Red Thirst they can control it. The Chapter kept itself apart for shame, thinking themselves alone afflicted amongst the scions of Sanguinius. Ironically, it seems.For only a handful of Angels Vermillion fall to its ravages each standard year, and it forestalls the onset of the Black Rage for solar decades. All of the Angels Vermillion fall in the end, but in not so great numbers as the rest of the Sanguinary Brotherhood.Ever since the Second Founding, the Angels Vermillion have been ashamed of the Flaw, and the Red Thirst and Black Rage that it brings. In atonement, the Chapter has dedicated itself to wars of penitence, fighting battles that are never even noticed long enough to be forgotten, yet every engagement keeps the light of Mankind burning a little longer.The Chapter believes that the Blood Angels are blind, dazzled by the glory of ancient days that can never return. The Angels Vermillion see Sanguinus as a cursed Primarch, whose death has doomed all of the Blood Angels and their Successor Chapters.The Astartes of this Chapter fully accept the Flaw, seeing themselves as monsters when they should be angels. But they live in an era beset by worse monsters, and if embracing the darkness will keep the light shining for a little longer, then it must be so.
Angels Vermillion - The Sorrowing: Every five solar decades, the Angels Vermillion conduct a ceremony called "the Sorrowing." The Chapter drains the blood from mortal-outsiders native to their homeworld and their Chapter serfs. The victims' bodies are flensed and their bones cleaned, and the corpses are then interred with all honour in the Chapel of the Isle of Martyrs.The Space Marines then bathe in the collected blood. Into it, the Angels Vermillion pour the essence of Sanguinius by opening the veins of one of the Sanguinary Priests and drain him unto death. Then the blood is treated again, and prepared into the liquid food of battle. Thereafter it is introduced into each Power Armour's dispensers to nourish the Angels Vermillion in war.The Angels Vermillion name this ceremony as they do for the burden that it places upon their own souls, knowing that so many innocents must be bled to hold their rage at bay.Nevertheless, the men and women who sacrifice themselves to the thirst of the Angels Vermillion are honoured. They feel no pain. The Angels Vermillion take no pleasure from the ceremony as they treat the dead mortals who give their lives up in sacrifice for the defence of Mankind with the greatest respect.