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43rd Iotan Dragons - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 43rd Iotan Dragons primarily wear black fatigues with dark gray Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as dark gray knee guards and Slate Monitrons. Their Omnishield Helms are coloured crimson.
43rd Iotan Dragons - Regimental Badge: 43rd Iotan Dragons display the tri-scale upon their wargear. The symbol represents unyielding defence against the monstrous foes, and is replicated in a five hundred foot wide adamantium mural on the floor of the regimental barracks-hall.
43rd Iotan Dragons - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 20, 34
47th Thetoid Dragons - 47th Thetoid Dragons: The 47th Thetoid Dragons were an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Militarum Tempestus.They were slain to the last man on a Crone World in the Eye of Terror after a mission to assault the Aeldari on the world of New Starhaven went drastically wrong.
47th Thetoid Dragons - Regimental History: The Lost Patrol (853.M41) - When an Aeldari raid is repelled at great cost on the recently settled world of New Starhaven, the Tempestus Scions 47th Thetoid Dragons Regiment, having successfully engaged the Aeldari command structure and survived, are given new orders to prosecute. Whilst the Officio Prefectus assesses the devastated planet's orphans for new recruits, the Dragons pass through the rune-inscribed dolmens that have been uncovered behind the Lemuelian Falls. On the other side they find a series of shimmering tunnels that never seem to end. Several harrowing solar days of full-alert march slide past, but the Scions proceed apace. They are finally forced to slow their march when they are assailed by capering Aeldari in multicoloured costume, who bewilder them with holographic and hallucinogenic assaults before dancing in close to deal lethal blows. Eventually the Harlequins that have been tormenting the intruding Scions are forced to turn their attention to unknown events elsewhere, and lead the humourless humans in a running battle towards a rune-inscribed portal that opens out onto the surface of the planet Exsanguille. The Scions plunge through the gate, only to find themselves stranded upon a blood-covered Crone World in the heart of the Eye of Terror. To their credit, the Dragons survive for a full two solar days before succumbing to the daemonic legions of Khorne that prowl that world.
47th Thetoid Dragons - Regimental Colours: The regimental colours of the 47th Thetoid Dragons are not listed in current Imperial records.
47th Thetoid Dragons - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 47th Thetoid Dragons is not listed in current Imperial records.
4th Black Crusade - 4th Black Crusade: 4th Black CrusadeEl'Phanor WarEye of TerrorAbaddon the DespoilerBlack LegionEl'PhanorAbaddon led the charge against the adamantium gates of this famously unbreachable citadel. Only one in ten of Abaddon's spearhead reached the gates before they were trapped by Heavy Bolter fire.Utilising his Daemon Sword Drach'nyen, the gates of the citadel proved harder than diamond, but they split apart like cordwood before Abaddon's dolorous blow.In an orgy of violence, the Traitor Legions and their daemonic allies fall upon the Kromarch, the Imperial Commander of El'Phanor and his kin, extinguishing their ancient line forever and weakening the defences of the Cadian Gate for future Chaos assaults.
4th Black Crusade - History: The world of El'Phanor was a stronghold of the Cadian Gate and a key defence against Chaos raiders trying to slip out of the Eye of Terror into the Segmentum Obscurus. Commanded by the Planetary Governor known as the Kromarch, it had repelled countless attacks by the Forces of Chaos in the centuries since the Horus Heresy.Central to the defences of El'Phanor was the Grand Citadel of the Kromarch, overlooking the vast fertile flood plains of Arabor. The Black Legion descended upon the world like a plague of darkness, half a dozen warbands of the other Traitor Legions slavering for blood in their wake. The Imperial Guard struck repeatedly at the attackers, their assaults supported by massed artillery from the citadel that remained long beyond the reach of the Traitor Legionaries. During this 4th Black Crusade Abaddon personally led the charge against the citadel's adamantium gates through a storm of Heavy Bolter rounds and exploding artillery shells. Only a fraction of the Bringers of Despair, Abaddon's Terminator-armoured elite personal bodyguards, made it to the gates, the great obsidian road to the fortress littered with bloodied and broken Black Legionaries.Trapped before the gate of the citadel, the Traitors hammered against its mighty doors even as the Imperial Guardsmen swept their ranks with fire from above. Raising Drach'nyen over his head Abaddon struck the gate and the Daemon Weapon split it like cordwood. With the gate sundered, Abaddon and his followers spilled into the fortress, butchering and dismembering all before them.Abaddon himself took the head of the Kromarch, tearing it from his shoulders in a bloody shower of gore before holding it aloft in triumph. Summoned by the nexus of death within the fortress and this final sacrifice, hungering daemons ripped free of the Warp and added to the pandemonium.When the last Imperial soldier was hacked apart, the forces of Chaos fell upon themselves, lost in the joy of slaughter. Daemons and Traitors feasted on the ravaged flesh of El'Phanor until it was a dead, wasted planet, and the Fortress World of Cadia was left with a chink in its armour.
4th Founding - 4th Founding: The 4th Founding of Space Marines occurred several solar decades after the disastrous events of the War of the Beast ended in 546.M32 -- the massive WAAAGH! of the Ork warlord known only as The Beast -- which laid waste to much of the known galaxy and threatened to destroy Terra itself.Following the successful eradication of the massive greenskin invasion force and the defeat of its Warlord, the Lord Commander of the Imperium Maximus Thane, the former Chapter Master of the Fists Exemplar, and now the newly-appointed commander of the reconstituted Imperial Fists, decreed that the Imperium would raise as many new Chapters as they had gene-seed in the great vaults of Terra to sustain.All Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes were ordered to release a portion of their Veterans to provide the initial basis for this Founding, the greatest since the First Founding. Gene-seed tithing would be doubled for the next standard century to replenish the vaults. When it was done, there would be hundreds of Chapters to ring the Imperium in adamantium and ceramite instead of dozens.After enough gene-seed had been collected in the Mechanicus vaults on Terra, the High Lords of Terra authorised the 4th Founding of the Adeptus Astartes, sometime in the middle centuries of the 32nd Millennium, to help bring order to an Imperium rife with civil strife and insurrection, and to help restore Imperial law.Soon after the War of the Beast, the Grand Master of Assassins Drakan Vangorich deployed the elite Assassins of the Officio Assassinorum to slay all of the other High Lords of Terra. Afterwards, the Imperium descended into a period of anarchy, and was ruled by the iron hand of Vangorich for nearly a standard century.In ca. 626.M32, nearly eight solar decades after Vangorich seized total control over the Senatorum Imperialis, two of these newly created 4th Founding Chapters, the Halo Brethren and the Sable Swords, fought alongside the newly returned crusading Imperial Fists Chapter, to help forcibly remove Vangorich, who had become a mad tyrant, from power.
4th Founding - Notable 4th Founding Chapters: ChapterSuccessors ofPrimarchHomeworldNotesHalo BrethrenUnknownUnknownUnknownThe Halo Brethren are a 4th Founding Chapter created from an unknown lineage sometime during the middle centuries of the 32nd Millennium. They would fight alongside their newly created cousins, the Sable Swords Chapter, and the Imperial Fists, to help forcibly remove the mad tyrant Drakan Vogorich from power. There is little other information on this obscure Chapter in official Imperial records.Imperius ReaversUltramarinesRoboute GuillimanPraedis ZetaThe Imperius Reavers are a 4th Founding Successor Chapter of the legendary Ultramarines, created during the 4th Founding of the 32nd Millennia. The Chapter's homeworld is the Hive World of Praedis Zeta in the Vidar Sector, which is located in the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy at the farthest edge of the Ultramarines' Realm of Ultramar.Sable SwordsUnknownUnknownObsidiaThe Sable Swords are a Loyalist Space Chapter created in the latter years of the 41st Millennium, making them one of the newer Chapters Founded within the Adeptus Astartes. They would fight alongside their newly created cousins, the Halo Brethren Chapter, and the Imperial Fists, to help forcibly remove the mad tyrant Drakan Vogorich from power.Tome KeepersUltramarinesRoboute GuillimanIstroumaThe Tome Keepers are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and successor of the Ultramarines, raised during the 4th Founding shortly after 546.M32. They call the Desert World of Istrouma home.
50th Kappic Eagles - 50th Kappic Eagles: The 50th Kappic Eagles are an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus. Though they barely number a single company, their boldness, stalwartness and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds makes them worth more than a regular Imperial Guard Regiment. Under the inspiring command and tactical brilliance of their fearless commander, Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock, the ruthless efficiency of the 50th have garnered them numerous victories in the face of extreme adversity.
50th Kappic Eagles - Regimental History: Though there is very little official background on the 50th Kappic Eagles, what is well known is their bold reputation and fearlessness in the face of overwhelming odds. They are reckoned to be the most decorated company of the Tempestus Scions this side of the Segmentum Solar. Led by their bold and courageous Tempestor Prime, Salem Whitlock, the 50th have achieved a long tally victories that are the envy of many a Tempestus Scions regiment. There are few Imperial Guard officers who can coordinate the actions of an entire company as fluently as Tempestor Prime Whitlock. Even fewer can do so in the thick of the fight, where Whitlock can be seen barking orders while snapping off shots with his bolt pistol. Whitlock insists on leading from the front, facing the same dangers as his men and assessing the battlefield first hand. It is this selfless bravery that inspires the Kappic Eagles to victory, the same quality that saw them at the front when the fate of Alaric Prime hung in the balance, while facing the overwhelming threat of the Red WAAAGH! of Ork Warlord Grukk Face-rippa in 998.M41.
50th Kappic Eagles - Notable Campaigns: The Red WAAAGH! (998.M41) - The Ork Warlord Grukk Face-rippa rampages across the Sanctus Reach system and is met in battle at Alaric Prime. Amongst the defenders under the command of Castellan Stein of Cadia are Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock and his Tempestus Scions of the 50th Kappic Eagles. Whitlock leads a daring raid to destroy an immense Mekaniak tractor beam that threatens to give the Orks their victory in one fell swoop, making a near-suicidal drop directly onto the Ork position and destroying the device.
50th Kappic Eagles - Notable Kappic Eagles: Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock - Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock is the epitome of a Schola Progenium officer -- bold, courageous and utterly dedicated to the Imperium. Whitlock's personal honours and roll of victories would put most career officers to shame, and the respect he instills in his men is the envy of any Commissar. The Tempestor Prime commands none other than the 50th Kappic Eagles -- the toughest, most decorated company of Tempestus Scions this side of Segmentum Solar. Though they number barely a single company, under Whitlock's command they are worth more than a regiment of regular Guardsmen -- and they know it. If Whitlock and the Kappic Eagles have any flaw at all, it is their assumption that their orders will be obeyed to the letter regardless of whom they are delivered to.
50th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 50th Kappic Eagles primarily wear tan-coloured fatigues with black-coloured Carapace Armour with gold-coloured trim. Their Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms are also black crimson in colour. The faceplace of the omnishield helm is silver in colour. When not in battle, these Scions will often wear a red-coloured beret in lieu of their usual omnishield helms.
50th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 50th Kappic Eagles is not listed in current Imperial records.
54th Psian Jakals - 54th Psian Jakals: 54th Psian JakalsTempestus ScionsOrdo TempestusFlak ArmourTheir verdant homeworld of Mayloc often suffers from incursions by the insidious Aeldari, and as a result, the Jakals have learned to adapt and anticipate the xenos' movements. They are the preeminent Scions regiment when it comes to defending against the Aeldari threat.
54th Psian Jakals - Regimental History: After their ancient training world was destroyed by the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan, the 54th Psian Jakals now possess a temporary garrison upon the Maiden World of Malyoc. Since adjusting to the planet's environment, they have developed more sophisticated methods of tracking and surveillance. Because of the numerous warhosts that frequently make planetfall upon Mayloc, the 54th Psian Jakals are now specialist hunters of Eldar. Indeed, very few in the Militarum Tempestus are as adept at tracking their warriors and wraithbone constructs or at evading their reality-bending firepower. Much of the Scions' equipment has been reprogrammed accordingly and their theoretical tactics dispatched in monoslate briefing files to other Militarum Tempestus regiments. In order to test the robustness of these tactics, the Ordo Tempestus has sent the Jakals on missions to combat Eldar from numerous Craftworlds. On each occasion the Scions have proven increasingly proficient at dealing with these ancient and elusive aliens.
54th Psian Jakals - Notable Campaigns: Defence of Rax V (Unknown Date.M41) - One of the Scions' most glorious missions was on the death world of Rax V, where the Scions were forced to march through miles of toxic jungle to deal with the numerous attacks of an Ulthwé strike force. For days the Eldar had been assaulting the Imperium's fortifications in revenge for an Astra Militarum raid against one of their support craft. The Scions of the 54th Psian Jakals were ordered simply to purge the Eldar from the planet. Thanks to the skills they had developed upon Mayloc, the Tempestus troopers correctly anticipated 67 percent of the Ulthwé Eldar's movements and flight patterns. The Jakals were even able to ambush and destroy a squad of Aspect Warriors as they emerged from a wraithgate.Strike on Bhuran (Unknown Date.M41) - When the Eldar of Craftworld Iyanden launched a sudden strike upon the shrine moon of Bhuran in search of an ancient staff, which had been stolen by the Imperium centuries ago, it was the 54th Psian Jakals who answered their cries for help. Battle-hardened from the constant incursions launched against their base of operations upon Mayloc by the Eldar, there is no other regiment within the Militarum Tempestus who is better-suited to counter this xenos threat than the 54th Psian Jakals. Under the superlative leadership of Tempestor Prime Valderack, the tried and tested battle-tactics of this Tempestus Scions regiment were instrumental in predicting the Eldar's movements before they even knew they were there. Making their way towards an underground shrine within the heart of the Buric Mountain where the relic was supposedly stored, the Jakals were positioned in staggering formations around the entrance to the underground shrine-compound. The Tempestor Prime then directed further squads of Scions to locations deep inside the labyrinthine chamber. In a ferocious battle, the Scions seared through the ranks of Eldar constructs, and drove spear-like into the ranks of unliving warriors. They feigned retreats, luring the constructs into thick formations of other Scions, who proceeded to cut them down with their superior firepower. Even when the Eldar adapted to the Scions tactics, Valderack would ingeniously adapt his tactics to the fluid situation. After sacrificing whole squads of Scions to the Eldar's vengeful counter-attack, the Jakals' Valkyries assault arrived and made short work of the Eldar forces. Finally, a Lunar-class Cruiser's swift attack drove away the Iyanden's wraithship before the mountain could disintegrate entirely, and the sacred compound remained safe. Tempestor Prime Valderack lost forty-six percent of the 54th Psian Jakals in the action upon the moon of Buhran. Disappointed with this loss, he forced the remaining Scions into more disciplined training regimens upon their return to Mayloc.
54th Psian Jakals - Specialist Squads: As well as being famed for their skills against the Eldar, the 54th Psian Jakals are also known for their powerful and effective formations. These squads may be rapidly assembled in the heat of battle, their organisation having been committed to memory, or be deployed together, depending upon the requirements of the mission.Savage Claws - Though only ten men strong, the Savage Claws bear the 54th Psian Jakals' most formidable firepower. Whereas the regiment most often relies upon hot-shot las weapons, the Savage Claws bring extra potency to battle in the form of Flamers, hot-shot volley guns and Meltaguns. Each member is trained in the use of each of these specialist weapons, and they are deployed according to the pre-planned tactics of Tempestor Prime Valderack, their objectives ranging from scouring hordes of corrupted Cultists to eliminating alien monsters.Strike Pack Alphic - Strike Pack Alphic is the first into the fight and the last to leave. Comprised only of the most hardened warriors, even among the Militamm Tempestus its Scions are known for their tenacity and relentlessness as their foes bombard them. Valderack often calls upon Strike Pack Alphic to hold critical objectives under the most severe firepower.Eyes of the Jakal - When inserted deep behind enemy lines, the warriors of the Militarum Tempestus occasionally discover prior intelligence to be radically different to reality. In such circumstance, the Eyes of the Jakal are formed. Made up of ten of the swiftest warriors in the regiment, Tempestor Prime Valderack rilies upon the Eyes to scout ahead of the rest of the regiment and relay essential information back to his unit.Jaws of the Jakal - The regiments of the Militarum Tempestus are not as plentiful as those of the Astra Militarum, so they cannot rely upon sheer weight of firepower to fell a target. When Valderack needs enemy squads of or war engines to be taken down immediately, it is the Jaws of the Jakal that he sends in to do the job. Typically only thirty warriors strong and led by Tempestor Zellius, the Jaws of the Jakal are the finest shots in the regiment. It is a rare occasion that they fail to eliminate a target in short order by focussing on its weakest point.
54th Psian Jakals - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 54th Psian Jakals primarily wear black-coloured fatigues, Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as black-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. The Tempestus Scions of this regiment also tend to paint white-coloured skulls on their helms in order to invoke fear and revulsion.
54th Psian Jakals - Regimental Badge: The Black Jakal -- the regimental symbol of the 54th Psian Jakals -- is amongst the most menacing used by the Militarum Tempestus. This is in keeping with the iconography of the regiment as a whole, and speaks volumes about the morbid and menacing character of these dispossessed warriors.
54th Psian Jakals - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 26, 35, 45-47
55th Alphic Hydras - 55th Alphic Hydras: 55th Alphic HydrasTempestus ScionsOrdo TempestusUltramarinesSpace MarineChapterSegmentum Ultima
55th Alphic Hydras - Regimental History: The 55th Alphic Hydras are one of the most well-respected Militarum Tempestus regiments in the Imperium. This is in part because of the number of missions that they have fought alongside the Ultramarines -- to date they have made planetfall alongside the 2nd, 5th, 7th and 8th companies over their illustrious career. So close is the association between these Scions and the Space Marines that the Alphic Hydras have recently been permitted additional training grounds throughout the Ultramar sub-sector. Some within the Ordo Tempestus whisper that some of the regiment's best young Scions have even been recruited by the Adeptus Astartes and are now Initiates of the Chapter.The Scions of the 55th Alphic Hydras first went to war alongside the Sons of Guilliman on the Agri-World of Masali, where they aided the Ultramarines in purging the planet of Orks. Tempestor Prime Vallius Delt steered his regiment through the impassable Masali poison jungles and the vine-thorn deeps, around the flanks of a vast Greenskin mob, which they then funnelled right into the heart of an Ultramarines trap - bringing an end to the invasion with swift brutality. Chaplain Trajan of the Ultramarines 2nd Company observed that these humans fought with discipline, nobility and profound loyalty to the Ultramarines' orders, and it took little discussion for other Space Marines in the Chapter to recognise the value of the Scions.Before long the 55th Alphic Hydras were making repeated planetfalls with the Adeptus Astartes, at the Ultramarines' request. Their most recent success was a battle upon the Crone World of ldzyk II, where they formed a stealth unit to ambush and disable an Eldar Wraithknight, turning the tide of battle in favour of the Ultramarines.
55th Alphic Hydras - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 55th Alphic Hydras primarily wear drab grey fatigues, with gold-trimmed crimson Carapace Armour, as well as crimson knee guards and Omnishield Helms.
55th Alphic Hydras - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 55th Alphic Hydras has a twofold meaning. Firstly, it echoes a sigil form the Dark Age of Technology that has been linked to the Hydras ever since their inception. Yet it also harks back to Mount Charas, where the 55th maintain their training facilities.
55th Kappic Eagles - 55th Kappic Eagles: The 55th Kappic Eagles are an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus, who have won countless victories against the various multitude of the Imperium's foes. A contingent of Storm Troopers from this regiment were deployed to serve as the bodyguard of Inquisitor Katarinya Greyfax of the Ordo Hereticus. They became trapped with her for several standard centuries within a Tesseract Labyrinth as part of the Imperial "collection" of the Necron Lord Trazyn the Infinite. When Trazyn released Greyfax to aid the Imperial defence of Cadia against the Forces of Chaos just before its fall in 999.M41, they served with her in the final days of the 13th Black Crusade.
55th Kappic Eagles - Regimental History: The deeds of the 55th Kappic Eagles are legendary among the forces of the Militarum Tempestus. Tempestor Prime Magnus Krassus, whose brother is also renowned throughout the Ordo Tempestus, is a formidable soldier and an inspiration to thousands of new progena. Under Krassus' leadership, the 55th Kappic Eagles have won countless victories on behalf of the Ordo Tempestus.Few regiments of the Militarum Tempestus have achieved greater honours in war, and their deeds typify the obedience, excellence, and efficiency for which they are known. It was the 55th Kappic Eagles who boarded the Ork scrapship Scarfist and destroyed it, saving the Valtlax System. The 55th Kappic Eagles aided the Space Wolves of Erik Morkai's Great Company against Word Bearers upon Fellbrek III. These elite Militarum Tempestus soldiers were responsible for crippling the Crimson Slaughter strike force upon the Ybrekian Ice Worlds, and led the destruction of a traitor filled hive city upon the Vorrul Shrine World. When the legendary Ordo Tempestus relics, the Barbed Gauntlets of Avitus, had been stolen by Eldar from Craftworld Altansar, the Scions of the 55th Kappic Eagles were summoned to retrieve them. With vengeful purpose, the Eagles smashed through wave upon wave of Guardians in order to reclaim them.
55th Kappic Eagles - Notable Campaigns: Assault on the Scarfist (Unknown Date) - When the Ork Kill Kroozer Scarfist entered the Valdax System, planning its destruction became a top priority for the system's Imperial commanders. The ship was commandeered by the notorious Kaptain Troglazik, who led a highly vicious and highly destructive band of Ork Freebooterz outcasts. The 55th Kappic Eagles were despatched on a mission to bring a halt to the rampage of the Scarfist before its Freebooter crew could reach the Valdeax System. However, the mission was jeopardised when the elite Scions of the Militarum Tempestus, led by Tempestor Prime Magnus Krassus, unexpectedly found themselves up against the greenskins' own elites. The Militarum Tempestus warriors found themselves beset by dozens of Freebooter Kommandos and Stormboyz, some of the most cunning Orks in existence. At a single signal, the Scions altered their tactics, drawing the Orks towards the largest fight, as Tempestor Prime Krassus ordered his forces to split into two. Krassus remained with the majority of the Scions, who stood their ground against the greenskins. Tempestor Gerynus led a smaller team carrying promethium accelerator back through the Scarfist's air vents, making their way to the heart of the vessel, where they eventually cast the promethium accelerator into the fuel ducts of the massive warship. Racing against time, the Scions made a tactical withdrawal before the fuel system was compromised. As the Scions drew the Orks forces along with them, they detonated the last of their munitions, showering scrap and shrapnel upon the rising greenskin tide. Amidst a storm of fire from the Kill Kroozer's flak batteries, the Scions made good their escape aboard their Valkyrie assault carriers, as the Ork ship's fuel reserves finally began to overheat. The resulting explosions as the Scarfist ignited lit up the sector like a dying star.
55th Kappic Eagles - Notable Kappic Eagles: Tempestor Prime Magnus Krassus - Brother of Commissar Decius Krassus, Magnus is the Tempestor Prime of the 55th Kappic Eagles. A legendary commander amongst the Militarum Tempestus, he is renowned as a formidable soldier and leader who has led the 55th to countless victories and serves as an inspiration to thousands of new recruits of the Regiment's Schola Progenium.Tempestor Prime Caltus - Caltus served as the former Tempestor Prime of the 55th Kappic Eagles, leading several of his Scion squads alongside the 92nd Cadian Regiment's Delta Company, during the defence of the Imperial Hive of Alarum from an attack by the Dark Eldar Archon Witherchill and his Kabal of the Poisoned Tongue. During the final assault, Tempestor Prime Caltus and his Scions launched a daring lightning assault against the Dark Eldar high command, killing the Kabal's Archon and his elite Incubi bodyguard. However, the battle soon turned against the Astra Militarum forces, as they suffered massive casualties at the hands of the vicious Dark Eldar, including Delta Company's commanding officers. Tempestor Prime Caltus suffered an ignominious death, as his body was liquefied by a monstrous Grotesque. As the battle neared its finale, Tempestor Soth found himself the ranking officer in charge, and was forced to order the tactical retreat from the Hive in the face of imminent defeat.
55th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 55th Kappic Eagles primarily wear tan-coloured fatigues, with azure blue-coloured Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as azure blue-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. As optional headgear, sometimes these Scions will wear a red-coloured beret in lieu of their helms, when not on the battlefield.
55th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Badge: The vertical white bar of stone displayed upon the armour of the 55th Kappic Eagles is said to be an embodiment of their singular purity of purpose. Clear, cold, free from embellishment and individuality, this minimalist icon epitomises everything it means to be a Tempestus Scion of this renowned regiment.
55th Kappic Eagles - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 16, 32, 36-38White Dwarf Weekly 35 (UK) September 27, 2014, "The Razing of Hive Alarum," pg. 31, 39
5th Betan Tygers - 5th Betan Tygers: The 5th Betan Tygers are an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Militarum Tempestus. Little else is known about them in Imperial records.
5th Betan Tygers - Regimental History: The Tyger and the Bull (939.M41) - The Tempestus Scions of the 5th Betan Tygers scramble to defend the Ogryns of Drannon Prime from the massive Ork WAAAGH! that descends upon it.
5th Betan Tygers - Regimental Colours: The regimental colours of the 5th Betan Tygers are not listed in current Imperial records.
5th Betan Tygers - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 5th Betan Tygers is not listed in current Imperial records.
5th Black Crusade - 5th Black Crusade: Abaddon the Despoiler launched his 5th Black Crusade out of the Eye of Terror in 723.M36, one of his infamous incursions into the realms of the Imperium. The campaign is also remembered as the "Tide of Blood," "the Scouring of Elysia," and the "Black Crusade of Doombreed." Abaddon's forces scoured the Elysia Sector, raiding hundreds of worlds and causing untold death and destruction.On the world of Tarinth, the Despoiler lured the Warhawks and Venerators Chapters of Space Marines into the ruins of the ancient Imperial city of Kasyr Lutein where he trapped them between the Daemonic hordes of Khorne and the Heretic Astartes forces of the Black Legion.In a bitter last stand, both Loyalist Chapters were utterly destroyed, their skulls taken by the ancient Daemon Prince Doombreed, whose existence precedes that of the Imperium itself, to be mounted upon the mighty throne of Khorne.
62nd Rhoin Cobras - 62nd Rhoin Cobras: The 62nd Rhoin Cobras is an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus that hails from the Jungle World of Skell II.
62nd Rhoin Cobras - Regimental History: Though they generally practice an emotionless resolve in battle, it is said that the Scions of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras have a particular detestation for any of the foul forces in the galaxy that utilise sorcery. When a warband of Thousand Sons came to attack their former Schola Progenium facilities on the jungle-covered world of Skell II, the Scions of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras came to the planet's aid. The entire 190-strong regiment of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras had been stationed on the orbital space station, engaged in training and monoscope debriefing from a recent mission, when reports came of the crisis. Their ships descended to landing platforms within the nearby jungle, and Taurox Primes rolled out to meet the onslaught of the Rubric Marines.The Scions reached the fortifications of the Schola Progenium in time to see clouds of swirling sorcery above it. Activating a series of munitions, they blasted their way in, and poured into the corridors. Traitors battled against Scions in the darkness. The confines were lit up with muzzle flashes and the red streaks of hot-shot weaponry. The Sorcerer's magic disrupted all vox-communication and the Militarum Tempestus' slate monitrons. Tempestor Prime Vallarix Thetus' knowledge of the ancient facilities remained robust even after many years. From his memory of the passageways and by signing orders to his men, Thetus coordinated an overwhelming strike by his Scions upon the Sorcerer. The fiend finally vanished in a cloud of foul smoke. Half the 62nd Rhoin Cobras had died during the fighting, but thanks to Thetus, all the Schola's future Scions had been saved.
62nd Rhoin Cobras - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras primarily wear dark green-coloured fatigues, with jade green-coloured Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as jade green-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. As optional headgear, sometimes these Scions will wear a black-coloured beret in lieu of their helms, when not on the battlefield.
62nd Rhoin Cobras - Regimental Badge: The 62nd Rhoin Cobras bear the regimental symbol known as the Serpentia Vigilant. Rumours abound that some latent wording property is associated with this icon, for the regiment's disdain of pysker witchery is well documented. Whether there is any truth to this claim, however, seems unlikely.
63rd Expeditionary Fleet - 63rd Expeditionary Fleet: The 63rd Expeditionary Fleet was one of the Imperium of Man's interstellar military expeditions sent out as part of the Emperor of Mankind's Great Crusade to reunite all the human-settled worlds of the Milky Way Galaxy under his rule during the late 30th and early 31st Millenniums. The 63rd Expedition was commanded by the Primarch and Warmaster Horus of the Luna Wolves (later renamed the Sons of Horus) Space Marine Legion.It formed the core of the Traitor forces that would challenge the Emperor for control of the Imperium during the terrible interstellar civil war known as the Horus Heresy. The 63rd Expeditionary Fleet's attached Imperial Army contingent included the Byzant Janizars, commanded by Lord Commander Hektor Varvarus. The 63rd Expedition was also assisted by the powerful Legio Mortis Titan Legion as well as Horus' massive flagship, the Gloriana-class Battleship Vengeful Spirit. The fleet was known to also contain at least 10 Light Cruisers and 5 mass conveyances for the Legio Mortis Titans.
68th Deltic Lions - 68th Deltic Lions: The 68th Deltic Lions is an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus. They have garnered a reputation for being a hardy and resilient regiment --  having proven an ability to endure highly toxic Zone Mortalis warzones -- and have fought in some of the most horrific conditions throughout the galaxy. They have also earned renown for being experts at fighting the daemonic minions of the Plague God Nurgle, having faced those plague-ridden nightmares in multiple campaigns.
68th Deltic Lions - Regimental History: The 68th Deltic Lions are well-known for their ability to endure some of the most toxic worlds in the Imperium. Indeed, numerous noxious quagmires have proven to have little effect upon their bodies. Where other regiments have perished upon planets ravaged by plagues, the Deltic Lions have survived some of the most virulent contagions in the galaxy. Their renowned immunity has led to them being summoned regularly when the Inquisition's Ordo Malleus suspects the minions of the Plague God, Nurgle, are at work in a war zone. However, their resilience against disease has also made the 68th Deltic Lions objects of curiosity for Grandfather Nurgle himself, and he often sends his daemons to investigate the Scions in this uniquely horrifying manner.As such, the 68th Deltic Lions possess a long and glorious history of combatting Nurgle's forays into the galaxy. With a sequence of blistering strikes, they destroyed a Cult of Nurgle on Hive World Mularion before their foulness could spread to the rest of the populace. On the ring world of Avatroid, the Scions fought alongside the Space Marines of the Aurora Chapter -- together, they controlled a burgeoning daemonic incursion and destroyed the infected citizens, saving the majority of Avatoid's populace.
68th Deltic Lions - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 68th Deltic Lions primarily wear red-coloured fatigues, with black-coloured Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as black-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. Parts of their carapace armour have red-coloured stripes along the edges. A red-coloured stripe runs vertically down the left side of the faceplate of the Scions' omnishield helms.
68th Deltic Lions - Regimental Badge: The provenance of the symbol born by the 68th Deltic Lions is unclear. Some believe it to be an ancient Terran symbol associated with victory in the face of misfortune. If so this would certainly seem apt, for the Lions have endured and achieved victory amid some of the most horrific conditions in the galaxy.
6th Black Crusade - 6th Black Crusade: 6th Black CrusadeEye of Terrorforces of ChaosHorus HeresyWarmasterChaosAbaddon the DespoilerDuring this campaign, Abaddon visited his wrath upon the treacherous warband of Chaos Space Marines known as the Sons of the Eye.The Sons of the Eye were a splinter warband of the Black Legion, founded and commanded by the Chaos Lord Drecarth the Sightless, the Blind Butcher of Irridous VII.Drecarth was a former battle-brother of the Sons of Horus who had fought alongside Abaddon during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy that followed.Always jealous of the Primarch Horus' favour for the Despoiler, the Sons of the Eye considered Abaddon a usurper when he took command of the XVI Legion following the Slave Wars in the Eye of Terror.Abaddon aided the Sons of the Eye in an assault on the Forge World of Arkreach during the 6th Black Crusade, the Black Legion fighting side-by-side with them until the Adeptus Mechanicus defenders were finally crushed.The triumphant Abaddon then slowly killed Drecarth, impaling him with the Talon of Horus, even as the Despoiler made his victim watch every member of the Sons of the Eye bow before their new master.
73rd Epsilic Eagles - 73rd Epsilic Eagles: The 73rd Epsilic Eagles are an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus, who are known for their well-organised defence and coordinated assaults.
73rd Epsilic Eagles - Regimental History: The 73rd Epsilic Eagles became famous throughout the Varinus System for their well-organised defence against a series of realspace raids from the Drukhari Kabal of the Dying Sun. The sinister Archon Vorl-Xoelanth had been spearheading vicious attacks against the population of two worlds in particular: Nusius II and III.The local Astra Militarum regiments proved too slow to keep pace with the Drukhari, and those who were not killed outright ended up being transformed into experiments for the Haemonculi covens. Segmentum Command ordered the 73rd Epsilic Eagles to maintain a vigilant presence in the system, so that they might rush to the defence of the cities in which the Kabal of the Dying Sun had struck.Though the 73rd Epsilic Eagles never killed Vorl-Xoelanth, their rapid responses, expertly coordinated, saved thousands of Imperial citizens from being claimed as prisoners and tortured to death in horrifying ways within the bowels of Commorragh.When sightings of a Drukhari Raider came from the shrine slums of Nusius II, the 73rd Epsilic Eagles dropped en masse from their Valkyries, deploying via grav-chute to surround and eliminate the raiding party.Their mag equipment enabled them to launch attacks on clutches of Kabalite Warriors, approaching from angles and heights for which the swift Drukhari had not planned. These sudden, unexpected blows slowed down the Drukhari greatly, allowing wider Imperial forces to be mustered.Together the Tempestus Scions and Astra Militarum troopers were able to drive the remaining warriors of the Kabal of the Dying Sun from the planet, and the Drukhari raids eventually ceased in the Varinus System altogether.
73rd Epsilic Eagles - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 73rd Epsilic Eagles primarily wear tan-coloured fatigues, with green-coloured camouflaged Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as green-camouflaged coloured knee guards and Omnishield Helms. The Slate Monitron is tan in colour. A green beret is often worn in lieu of an omnishield helm when not in battle.
73rd Epsilic Eagles - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol borne by the 73rd Epsilic Eagles is a heavily stylised fist known simply as the Gauntlet. The reason for this symbology is known only to the regiment's Tempestors, and has never been explained to any outsider. Whether it is a mark of honour, or one of shame, remains a mystery.
73rd Epsilic Eagles - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 24, 34
7th Black Crusade - 7th Black Crusade: 7th Black CrusadeGhost WarBlack CrusadeImperium of ManChaos ChampionAbaddon the DespoilerBlack LegionEye of Terrorforces of ChaosWarp riftCadiaThis event is what earned this conflict its informal name of the "Ghost War." The following years saw a game of hide-and-seek played between the forces of Chaos and the Imperium of Man which spread confusion, paranoia, disinformation and deceit across the galaxy.Raids became commonplace in far-flung areas but eventually the servants of the Dark Gods returned to the Eye of Terror, having caused enough trouble but having proven unable to significantly degrade Imperial defensive capabilities at that time.
7th Black Crusade - History: The 7th Black Crusade began when the Black Legion fleet slipped out of the Eye of Terror undetected and fell covertly upon the worlds of the Imperium. Whole planets were lost before the Emperor's armies could muster the forces to repel the Traitor Legions. Abaddon proved himself a masterful tactician and a match for the combined Imperial Navy commanders of the Battlefleet Obscurus, repeatedly outmanoeuvring their scouts and confounding their attempts to bring him to battle. While the Imperium tried to find and defeat Abaddon's fleet, his Black Legion laid waste to Imperial settlements and star systems. In the volcanic depths of the Harnas Collective, the Traitor Legion broke the great steam seals and left millions to die screaming as scalding clouds engulfed their cities.On the storm-tossed oceans of Jyrro, Renegade Space Marine warbands sunk the silt-mining platforms and fed their workers to rift sharks. Black Legionaries assaulted the Adeptus Mechanicus void stations of Niess, deep within the Magorium Nebula. The Traitors ransacked the void stations' stores, taking ancient Eldar artefacts recovered by the Adeptus Mechanicus. When Imperial forces arrived, they discovered the Black Legion gone and the station decorated with the corpses of Tech-priests and Servitors.
7th Black Crusade - Midian: When the Blood Angels Space Marine Chapter battled against the Forces of Chaos at Midian, Abaddon singled them out with implacable fury. He led a band of Khornate Berserkers into the teeth of the Blood Angels' Devastator positions. Even the Blood Angels' own Assault troops could not dislodge the frenzied warband and recapture the bodies of their comrades. But there is an obscure reference to the Blood Angels being saved by an unidentified Space Marine Chapter of mysterious origin.Written within the The Canticle of Cassandria Lev - Vol. CVI, the eponymous Sainted Sisters' highly mythologised and oblique account of the wars of the 7th Black Crusade, is found mention of a "grey-clad" Space Marines Chapter who came from "The outer night" to aid the Imperium, and whose "Jagged maw did swallow the stars ... and whose ... black gaze did mirror the void of oblivion." In the course of the canticle this Chapter's warships set upon Abaddon's forces following the disastrous defeat and routing of the Blood Angels at Midian and attacked the pursuing forces as Saint Lev writes: "...fell upon the servants of the skulled-one with great fury from the darkness, unseen as the beast that lurks beneath the black waters, death for death, blood for blood...thus were the Sons of Sanguinius bought respite, and did turn back upon their pursuers and so were the damned traitors of the false gods driven unto their ruin."Images of these events can be found upon the walls of the Cemetery World of Hypasitis created to house the honoured dead of that war, depicted in repeated fresco and bar relief. Curiously, the faces of the intervening Space Marines depicted there are obscured with featureless disks of black obsidian. Given the largely unknown history of the star-faring Carcharodons Chapter, accounts of their activities can only be constructed from recorded historical incidents and fragmentary records that are believed to have involved the Carcharodons on balance of evidence. This notable engagement is listed by Imperial savants as a "[Special] Probable Encounter/Recorded Sighting" of this notorious and mysterious Space Marine Chapter.
7th Black Crusade - Mackan: While the Ghost War would rage for many standard years before the Traitor Legions finally retreated to the Eye of Terror, a single engagement stands out among the long list of bloody deeds. On the world of Mackan, the Black Legion and its allies faced a company of Blood Angels. The Traitor Legion had ravaged the world, putting its remote dust-mill towns to the torch and tearing apart the grand Cathedral of Radiance raised to honour the might of the Emperor. Arriving in time to halt the escape of the Traitors, the sons of Sanguinius set up defensive positions around the Black Legion landing zone in an attempt to cut them off from their fleet.Although the conflict ultimately ended in the near-extinction of the Blood Angels at the hands of Abaddon the Despoiler and his primary lieutenants -- the Sorcerer-Lord Iskandar Khayon and the swordmaster Telemachon Lyras -- the Blood Angels Reclusiarch Thalastian Jorus becomes one of the few Imperial heroes to ever land a blow against the Warmaster of Chaos. With his Chapter devastated, the Chaplain endured weeks of hardship in the wilderness and the constant trials of keeping his crazed warriors undetected on Mackan. When the time proved right, Jorus lead his Death Company in a lightning raid behind enemy lines, butchering the unprepared sworn warriors of the Despoiler’s honour guard, and allowing the Reclusiarch to lock blades with Abaddon himself. It is said the Chaos Warmaster still bears the scars of that battle, even three standard millennia later.Whatever the truth of the matter, it is known that the Despoiler honoured Jorus once the war was over -- perhaps in mockery, or perhaps with nothing but sincerity.After Mackan, hundreds of Blood Angels corpses were desecrated, their gene-seed ruined beyond recovery. Of all the Chapter, only a handful of bodies were left undefiled: Reclusiarch Jorus and his Death Company, clad in their battered and broken black ceramite, were seated in makeshift thrones made from the armour of those Black Legion warriors they had killed on that fateful night.In the final decades of the 37th Millennium, the Blood Angels were a broken Chapter, ravaged by the Black Legion on the world of Mackan during the tumultuous final years of the Ghost War.Although the Blood Angels restored their strength over the following centuries, for the first time it introduced the threat of mortality upon one of the proudest and noblest First Founding Chapters.Abaddon would go on to use gene-seed stolen from Loyalist Space Marines during this conflict to create new Chaos Space Marines with the aid of Fabius Bile.
7th Black Crusade - Canon Conflict: There is some confusion as to where the attack by Abaddon and his forces of Chaos against the Blood Angels actually took place. In Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex) it states, "When the Blood Angels battled against the horde at Mackan, Abaddon singled them out with implacable fury."But in the recently released Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, under the Notable Campaigns of the Carcharodons Chapter, "...following the disastrous defeat and routing of the Blood Angels Chapter at Midian." It now seems likely that the chroniclers are referring to two separate events that occurred during the 7th Black Crusade.
7th Cadian - 7th Cadian: The 7th Cadian is is a unit of Cadian Shock Troopers in service to the Imperial Guard. "The Lucky Sevens" were involved in the Battle of Tyrok Fields on Cadia itself where were they were caught unawares by the Renegade Volscani Cataphracts regiments during the 13th Black Crusade. The main body of the Cadian 7th  were mercilessly cut down before they could properly form a defence in response to the sudden assault.The regiment was rescued by the actions of the Cadian 8th , under the command of Lord Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed. The 7th  Cadians' Regimental Banner was carried forward by no fewer then 12 separate troopers during the course of the engagement.