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Red Corsairs - Chapter Relics: Armour of Badab - The Armour of Badab is relic suit of Terminator Armour. This once magnificent suit of Terminator plate is now as degenerate as the soul who wears it, and it exudes a malign intent to survive.Maelstrom's Bite - This Combi-melta heretically blends the pinnacle of Imperial thermal weapon technology with the twisted energies of the Immaterium.Splinters of the Ghost Razors - These fragments placed into a relic Lightning Claw usable only by a Chaos Terminator are all that remains of the Ghost Razors Lightning Claw once wielded by Lufgt Huron that was destroyed during the fall of Badab to the Loyalists in the Badab War. These fragments still pulse with baleful energies.Traitor's Laurels - This mocking wreath is fashioned from the melted-down remains of service studs ripped from the skulls of Loyalist Space Marines. It serves as a potent morale booster for its wearer and allows them to better weather combat fatigue and attrition.
Red Corsairs - Warband Colours: Huron Blackheart's dreaded Red Corsairs were named after the blood-red colour they used to obliterate their old Imperial heraldry and symbols. The artifice pleased Huron greatly, and all of the Renegade Space Marines who have joined him since have taken these colours as their own to show their new allegiance.They are also known to incorporate the colour black as well as brass trim on their Power Armour. Otherwise, most Renegade Astartes that join the Red Corsairs usually obliterate or deface all of their former Imperial iconography by hastily painting over them with red saltires (a diagonal 'X').
Red Corsairs - Warband Badge: The Red Corsairs icon is that of a clenched, ebon-clawed gauntlet, reminiscent of Huron Blackheart's Tyrant Claw, on a crimson background.While the sigil of the blackened, closed fist is often taken to refer to the "Tyrant's Claw," it is also an oblique reference to the corrupted inheritance of the Red Corsairs as the remains of the former Loyalist Astral Claws Chapter.
Red Dragons - Red Dragons: The Red Dragons is a Loyalist Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter of unknown Founding and origin. Almost nothing is known about this Chapter in current Imperial records.
Red Dragons - Chapter Colours: The Red Dragons Chapter primarily wears red Power Armour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard is yellow. A white symbol indicating squad specialty (Tactical, Devastator, Assault or Veteran) is painted on the right shoulder pauldron. A black Roman numeral is painted on the squad specialty symbol, which indicates squad number. In accordance with the Codex Astartes, the colour of the shoulder pauldron trim indicates company number --  i.e. White (1st Company), Yellow (2nd Company), Red (3rd Company), etc.
Red Dragons - Chapter Badge: The Red Dragons' Chapter badge is a large white dragon's head breathing fire, centred on a field of red.
Red Grail - Red Grail: The Red Grail is a sacred relic of the Blood Angels Chapter of Space Marines and its Successor Chapters which is used to preserve the blood of their Primarch Sanguinius in the wake of his death during the Horus Heresy. This blood is drunk during certain rituals of the Chapter, including the one known as Insanguination when an Aspirant is preparing to begin the process of becoming a true Astartes. The Primarch's blood, preserved within the bodies of the Chapter's Sanguinary Priests, is used as a necessary catalyst to activate the recently implanted gene-seed organs.The ritual involving drinking from the Red Grail for any reason is always administered by a Sanguinary Priest, the name given by the Blood Angels and their Successors to the Apothecaries of their Chapter. The leader of the Blood Angels' Sanguinary Priests, currently Corbulo, often carries the Red Grail into battle, where the relic has been incorporated with a powerful Conversion Field emitter to provide its wearer with enhanced protection from attack.While this vessel is a key part of the induction mysteries of the Sanguinary Priests, it is also a potent relic upon the field of battle. Blood Angels and Astartes of their Successor Chapters in the presence of the Red Grail find themselves reinvigorated, the physical and psychological aspects inherited from their Primarch enhanced in some unknowable way. Impossible though it may seem, perhaps some residual trace of Sanguinius' spirit lingers within the grail, allowing him even in death to exhort his scions to ever greater deeds.
Red Heralds - Red Heralds: The Red Heralds were a warband of Chaos Space Marines of unknown origin or Founding. Little else is known about this particular warband in official Imperial records. Recently, they took part in the Cholercaust Blood Crusade in the 41st Millennium.
Red Heralds - Notable Campaigns: Cholercaust Blood Crusade (Unknown Date.M41) - The Red Heralds joined the massive Khornate force known as the Cholercaust which followed the path of the Keeler Comet and brought war and ruin to the worlds in its path. The Cholercaust Blood Crusade was finally stopped by a small coalition of Imperial forces on the Cemetery World of Certus-Minor. The Red Heralds and other Traitor Marines took to the field under the command of Chaos Lord Umbragg of the World Eaters and participated in the final attack on Obsequa City. The Cholercaust suffered a total defeat and all in its ranks were slain, including the Red Heralds, by the mysterious Legion of the Damned.
Red Heralds - Chapter Colours: The Red Heralds warband's colours are not currently recorded in Imperial records.
Red Heralds - Chapter Badge: The Red Heralds warband's badge is not currently recorded in Imperial records.
Red Hunters - Red Hunters: The Red Hunters is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown origins and Founding that has strong ties to the Inquisition.The Red Hunters Chapter has a long history of putting itself at the service of the Inquisition and the entire Chapter has been known to serve under the command of an Inquisitor Lord on certain occasions.
Red Hunters - Chapter History: What little is known about the Red Hunters Chapter suggests that it may have been founded immediately following the Horus Heresy, and was intended to hunt down and eliminate the Traitor Legions.So strong is the link between this Chapter and the three great Inquisitorial Ordos that rumours abound that it has been founded at the request of the Inquisitorial Representative on Terra, and that there was a secret pact between the Inquisition and the Chapter for mutual support.The Chapter is tied to the Inquisition by ancient bonds of honour and duty and is often called upon to face the servants of the Ruinous Powers and other fell enemies of Mankind. Fighting in Inquisitorial strike forces and providing honour guards for the most senior Inquisitor Lords, the Red Hunters have confronted numerous horrors no mortals can face and be allowed to live should they survive, lest they taint others.When Imperial forces serve alongside certain units of the Inquisition, many witness the full horror of a daemonic incursion or similar phenomenon. When those of the Imperial Guard or similar types of Imperial warriors witness such things, a common protocol that is utilised is that they are often put to death soon after, a mercy considering the corruption and insanity that will inevitably have taken root in their mortal hearts.As such, the Chapter's line brethren are routinely subjected to a mnemonic purgation ("mind-wipe") rite, a protocol that preserves their souls and their physical abilities, albeit at the cost of their memories, skills, experience and personality. This makes them an even more valuable weapon in the hands of the secretive and often necessarily brutal Inquisition.Many of the vehicles within the Chapter armoury appear to have served in many Inquisition-led operations, for their hulls are often etched with countless battle honours. Yet, key honours are often deliberately removed while others are unknown to the Red Hunters Chapter archives.What glories go unrecorded, having been expunged from the minds of the Chapter's brethren, as well as redacted from such rolls of honour as adorn the armoured flanks of their vehicles and assault craft, must remain unknown forevermore for the sake of the Imperium and those who shelter within it.The Red Hunters' most famous exploits came during the Siege of Vraks, an Imperial Armoury World that was seized by the forces of Chaos under the control of the Apostate Cardinal Xaphan in 812.M41, and was liberated by the Imperial Guard with aid from the Inquisition and numerous Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes in 830.M41.
Red Hunters - Chapter Organisation: Although still a Chapter of Space Marines that looks to the Codex Astartes for its organisation and spiritual guidance, the Chapter makes its squads available for rapid responses to Inquisitorial calls for assistance.Often times, an honour guard of Red Hunters squads is called forward to the frontlines to provide personal protection to high-ranking Inquisitor Lords.
Red Hunters - Notable Red Hunters: Chapter Master Daemar - Daemar was the Chapter Master of the Red Hunters who accepted the request from the Inquisitor Lord Ghesmei Kysnaros to join the Armageddon Containment Fleet intended to punish the Space Wolves for their obstruction of the Inquisition's efforts to sterilise and quarantine the survivors of the First War for Armageddon in 445.M41. Daemar led the entirety of the Chapter fleet and its complement of Astartes to the Space Wolves' Chapter homeworld of Fenris to force them to comply with the Inquisition's wishes in the final days of the Months of Shame campaign. It is unknown if Daemar is still the Chapter Master of the Red Hunters at present.Veteran-Brother Sameer - Sameer served in Squad Zokura (3rd Squad), 1st Company. Squad Zokura was attached to various Inquisitors for those missions it participated in during the final battles for the Citadel of Vraks during the Siege of Vraks campaign. It was held in reserve during the assault on the Cardinal Gate and stood down before being deployed, therefore becoming one of the few units assigned to that battle to survive it. Later on, Squad Zokura fought alongside the warband of Inquisitor Verily Wroth, earning her commendation when they saved her from certain death during a daemonic incursion. During tunnel clearing operations in the Undercroft, the squad achieved a kill ratio of 97:1.Sergeant Tenorius - Tenorious was a veteran squad leader for Squad Tenorius (2nd Tactical Squad), 3rd Company. During the Siege of Vraks, Squad Tenorious was attached to Inquisitor Giaus Kahn's strike force, and committed to the audacious, but doomed attempt to capture the Citadel of Vraks' armoury gate. It was cut off and annihilated in the battle; its deeds known only to the Emperor.
Red Hunters - Chapter Fleet: The Red Hunters Chapter fleet is known to contain the following starships:In Sacred Trust (Battle Barge) - The In Sacred Trust serves as the flagship of the Red Hunters Chapter. It participated in the Inquisition's Armageddon Containment Fleet after the First War for Armageddon and aided in the Inquisition's assault upon the Space Wolves homeworld of Fenris during the final days of the Months of Shame.Purity of Loyalty (Strike Cruiser) - The Purity of Loyalty was one of the Red Hunters' twenty ships sent to punish wild Space Wolves during the Months of Shame. Unfortunately, it was destroyed while fighting in the orbit of Fenris.
Red Hunters - Chapter Colours: The Red Hunters follow the dictates of the Codex Astartes in most regards. The Red Hunters' power armour is painted red with golden trim on the shoulder plates and a silver Aquila. The eyes of a Red Hunter's helm are green.According to the Insignium Astartes the Red Hunters originally denoted what company a battle-brother belonged to by the colour of the trim on their shoulder guards. It is notable that in recent decades they have ceased displaying company-specific colours, and all companies now sport golden trim instead.The white squad tactical specialty symbol (battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command) is indicated on the right shoulder guard. The black Low Gothic numeral centred on the squad specialty symbol designates squad number. The High Gothic numeral on the golden, left knee guard indicates company number.In the line companies, a golden helm stripe denotes a battleline squad's sergeant. A line company Veteran brother assigned to a combat squad has no golden left knee guard. Instead the High Gothic numeral identifying company number is painted in white/silver to demonstrate the battle-brother's Veteran status. In addition, Veterans will often display a golden sigil on the front of their helm, notably an inquisitorial stylised "I".The elite brethren of the 1st Company bear either white or silver heraldic bands on their helms, while squad sergeants often render the entire helm in the chosen colour.The Chapter's iconography is prominently displayed on the left shoulder guard. In the case of the 1st Company, the Crux Terminatus is borne on the left shoulder guard, while the Chapter's iconography is worn on the right.No squad number is depicted on Veteran brothers in Terminator Armour.
Red Hunters - Chapter Badge: The Red Hunters' Chapter badge is unique amongst Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, as it bears the symbol of the Inquisition prominently on the the Chapter's heraldry: a large white skull, indicating the formalised bonds between the two bodies. This skull is centred on a field of red.
Red Hunters - Sources: Imperial Armour - The Siege of Vraks (Compilation), pp. 138-141, 176-179Imperial Armour Volume Two, Second Edition - War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pp. 9, 19, 22-23, 143Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks Part III, pp. 38-40, 64, 104-109Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost & The Damned, pg. 25Insignium Astartes: The Uniforms and Regalia of the Space Marines, pg. 61The Emperor's Gift (Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Red Knights - Red Knights: Red KnightsSpace MarineChapterBlood AngelsFoundingAlmost nothing is known about this Chapter in Imperial records save that it has clashed with the Night Lords warband of Chaos Lord Cull, the so-called "Prince of Thorns," in orbit above the planet of Quelos.Like many of their fellow Blood Angels Successors, the Red Knights tend to display a violent savagery in battle. Created as they were from the Blood Angels' gene-seed, they carry the genetic flaws inherited from Sanguinius.
Red Knights - Chapter Colours: The Red Knights' Chapter colours are not listed in current Imperial records.
Red Knights - Chapter Badge: The Red Knights' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Red Legion - Red Legion: The Red Legion is a Loyalist Codex Astartes-compliant Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin and Founding. Almost nothing is known about this Chapter, save that it hails from the world of Oxitan.
Red Legion - Chapter Colours: The Red Legion primarily wears red Power Armour. The wings of the Aquila or Imperialis on the chest plate are yellow, while the skull is black. A white squad specialty symbol -- Tactical, Devastator, Assault or Veteran -- is located on the right shoulder plate. A white Roman numeral is located on the inside-corner of the inset of the right shoulder guard, next to the squad specialty symbol, indicating squad number. A white Roman numeral on the left poleyn (knee guard) indicates company number. The Chapter iconography is displayed on the left shoulder guard.
Red Legion - Chapter Badge: The Red Legion's Chapter badge is a large ebon skull surrounded by yellow flames, centred on a field of red.
Red Legion - Sources: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 30How To Paint Space MarinesImperial Armour Volume Two, Second Edition - War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 9
Red Scimitars - Red Scimitars: The Red Scimitars is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and genetic origin.Its homeworld is located within the Pandraxx Sub-sector of the Acteron Sector in the Segmentum Ultima. The culture of the Red Scimitars' homeworld stresses their role as kings. When going into battle, captains and other leaders of the Chapter often encourage their Astartes by reminding them that they are the "sons of kings."This inter-Chapter stress on kingship expresses itself in the way the Red Scimitars operate. They prefer to hunt in the void like kings on a lion-hunt, spending solar months or even Terran years tracking major prey or luring them into ambushes.The Red Scimitars have been known to attack or ambush everything from major space hulks to Ork Roks, Chaos Space Marine warships and more.
Red Scimitars - Notable Campaigns: Battle with the Black Legion (Unknown Date.M41) - In a clash with Heretic Astartes, after an unexpected failure of the rites of teleportation aboard their battle barge Edge of Rage, a full squad of Red Scimitars 1st Company Veterans were torn asunder by the forces of the Immaterium, their remains painted upon the walls of the vessel's teleportarium. Even so, the other Space Marines comprising Strike Force Ultra who successfully made the teleportation went on to complete their mission, materialising deep within a Black Legion stronghold and turning its warlord's throne room into a charnel house.Battle of Trantarion Station (913.998.M41) - When Chaos Space Marines belonging to the Angels of Pain Renegade Chapter mounted a raid on the Imperial world of Trantarion Station, they were engaged by the Space Marines of the Red Scimitars Chaper's 4th and 5th Battle Companies. The running battle lasted several solar days until the Renegade Astartes were defeated and forced to retreat from the star system. As a last act of defiance and vindictiveness, the Renegades unleashed a barrage of seismic missiles and Virus Bombs upon the doomed planet, destroying the colony and rendering the entire planet uninhabitable by Humans for standard centuries.
Red Scimitars - Chapter Gene-Seed: While dissecting a Red Scimitars Space Marine, the Renegade Emperor's Children Apothecary and Chaos Lord Fabius Bile noted that the Chapter may possess hybrid gene-seed drawn from the genetic lineages of multiple primarchs. Bile hypothesised that the Adeptus Mechanicus must have perfected the process of hybridisation of the gene-seed in later Foundings.
Red Scimitars - Chapter Fleet: Edge of Rage (Battle Barge) - The Edge of Rage was a battle barge of the Red Scimitars Chapter which took part in the Strike Force Ultra assault upon a Black Legion stronghold.Shahmsihr (Strike Cruiser) - The Shahmsihr is a strike cruiser of the Red Scimitars.
Red Scimitars - Chapter Appearance: When a new Red Scimitars Astartes is first granted the right to wear his power armour, he begins to write a poem about his accomplishments and victories upon the chest of the battle-plate, adding details of his every deed.Though the Red Scimitars paint their armour red, some of their older suits are so laden with these inherited scripts that they appear to be painted a deep crimson or even black from a distance.When a Red Scimitars Astartes dies and his armour is passed to the next young initiate to inherit it, the new Space Marine is inspired by the deeds of his predecessors in that suit, and knows that his own will soon be added to the Chapter's history for all time.
Red Scimitars - Chapter Colours: The Red Scimitars' Chapter colours are red and black.
Red Scimitars - Chapter Badge: The Red Scimitars' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Red Scorpions - Red Scorpions: The Red Scorpions Chapter of Space Marines is a fleet-based Chapter of unknown Founding and genetic lineage known to be composed of conservative Imperial purists who believe in the Emperor's divinity without question. These Astartes are famed for their complete and utter devotion to Imperial military and religious doctrine, past the point where pragmatism or even reason would seem to require otherwise.The Chapter is most renowned among other Adeptus Astartes for its absolute adherence to every line of the Codex Astartes, which is unheard of in any other Chapter -- including the Ultramarines. Its recorded history extends across five Terran millennia, but there are numerous indications that it may extend further than that.Due to their history of conflict with the forces of Chaos, the Red Scorpions refuse to deal with any xenos species or any Humans that they consider as tainted by mutation of any kind, even Imperially-sanctioned Abhumans like Ogryns or Ratlings. They will obviously not serve with Beastmen, but they also utterly refuse to serve with the Squats, whether of Imperial or Leagues of Votann origin.Fanatical in their pursuit of genetic and spiritual purity, their gene-seed's sanctity is essential to the Red Scorpions' core beliefs; as a result, they have more Apothecaries than most Chapters, and their Master of the Apothecarion is second in command of the whole Chapter.Equally unique in nature is the frequency with which the Red Scorpions' Apothecaries are present in the Chapter's Battleline Squads as squad leaders in place of a sergeant.
Red Scorpions - Red Scorpions Librarians: Like their fellow Adeptus Astartes Chapters, the Red Scorpions also maintain a Librarium of potent psykers who are highly talented and trained to master the power of the Warp at the highest levels. Each Chapter selects its Librarians in its own way, either from seed worlds, as it does with the bulk of its initiates, or from the ranks of gifted psykers brought to the Scholastica Psykana of the Adeptus Astra Telepathica.Most Chapters train and test chosen psykers following the ancient ways laid out in the Codex Astartes. Librarians of the Red Scorpions are trained in this way, and, with few minor traditional variances, have been taught to rigorously live by the word of the Codex.Red Scorpions Librarians have learned a number of unique psychic disciplines only used by the psykers of their Chapter:Bone Breaker - The Red Scorpions Librarian focuses his might and will into the blows he rains down on his enemies, filling his arm with righteous vigour. Even blows which would otherwise cause no damage send shockwaves through his enemy's body, pulping flesh and breaking bones.Tormented Flesh - The Librarian focuses on his foe's flawed physiology and corrupted spirit, turning it against them. The enemy's flesh will literally rebel against its owner as it twists, oozes, and bursts, fleeing the taint which saturates it.Word of the Codex Astartes - The Librarian calls to the common bond between battle-brothers as laid down by the Codex Astartes and reminds Space Marines of their sacred duty and powerful heritage. This power infuses nearby battle-brothers with new purpose and devotion, boosting their morale and banishing any doubt.
Red Scorpions - Primarch's Curse: Divine Purity: The Red Scorpions hold themselves to the highest of standards and consider their purity and loyalty second to none when compared to other servants of the God-Emperor and soldiers of the Imperium.Whatever the cause, the end result is a strong distrust in allies fostered by many Red Scorpions which can become more acute over time until many of the Chapter come to believe that none among the followers or children of the Emperor share their own purity and strength of loyalty, and can never be fully trusted.This genetic curse usually comes in three stages:Stage 1 - Only the Pure: The battle-brother has come to question the purity of all the servants of the God-Emperor and cannot believe that they are somehow without fault or flaw. This is especially true of obviously tainted allies, despite any kind of sanctioning, such as psykers, Abhumans, and Navigators. When the battle-brother must deal with anyone with a psychic gift (not including Librarians of his own Chapter), or a mutation (no matter how benign or beneficial) they find it extremely difficult to deal with such individuals. Such a cold reception is almost always reciprocated and such individuals often feel intensely uncomfortable in the presence of the battle-brother, aware of the hulking warrior's scorn, and this worsens their disposition towards them.Stage 2 - True Sons of the Emperor: While it has always been held that the Adeptus Astartes stand above all other warriors of the God-Emperor, many of the Chapters consider themselves equals and there is usually a degree of respect afforded between battle-brothers no matter their origins. Red Scorpions can come to believe that this is a falsehood, and that no other Chapter can hope to match their loyalty, seeing even other Space Marines as lesser copies of themselves and ultimately not as worthy of their position in the armies of the Emperor.Stage 3 - None but Us: In time, a Red Scorpions battle-brother can come to believe that only his Chapter alone can be trusted. Those around him, despite their outward claims and displays of loyalty, are in fact unreliable; traitors waiting to turn their cloaks. Though the battle-brother would not move against such individuals without just cause, as such rash actions would shame his Chapter and go against the Codex Astartes which he holds in such high regard, he will be careful not to give them too much power over him or expose his back unless he has to. A battle-brother of the Red Scorpions that has progressed to this point will not work well with members of other Chapters.
Red Scorpions - Chapter Fleet: The Red Scorpions are assumed to have a large fleet at their disposal, given their history and salvage rights following the Badab War, but so far only four starships have been mentioned in Imperial records, including:Auel's Bane (Battle Barge)Sword of Ordon (Battle Barge) - Deployed during the Siege of Vraks.Arx Fidelis (Strike Cruiser) - Deployed during the Siege of Vraks.Crux Puritatis (Strike Cruiser) - This ship was once captured by the Flawless Host but was later retaken by then-Chapter Master Thay Kraun.
Red Scorpions - Chapter Relics: Correction of Flesh - The Apothecaries of the Red Scorpions are zealous adherents to the sanctity of the Human form and the need to keep it pure, and to this end, the most learned of their number created a set of advanced medical tools to treat the transhuman flesh of Space Marines. These tools, collectively known as the Correction of Flesh, surpass the efficacy of a standard Narthecium, and can treat unenhanced Humans or warriors of the Adeptus Astartes with but minor alterations to the dosage.Icons of the Scorpion - The Red Scorpions often adorn their wargear with an engraved image of their Chapter namesake. These small talisman-like icons remind the bearer of their Chapter's heritage and their constant drive to purge corruption without as well as within. Bolstered by his conviction, a Red Scorpions battle-brother who possesses an Icon of the Scorpion gains a significant resistance to the psychic taint and temptations of Chaos.Tears of the Scorpion - The Red Scorpions have vast armouries, compared to many Chapters, with copious examples of master-crafted melee and ranged weapons carefully maintained and protected by the Chapter. Among all of these fine weapons none are as revered by the Red Scorpions as the Relic Blades known as the Tears of the Scorpion. Ancient weapons of immense spiritual value to the Chapter and of long-lost eldritch design, they are only ever gifted to the greatest of Red Scorpion battle-brothers, often reserved for its company commanders and Chapter Masters. In rare instances if a hero of the Chapter proves himself worthy, he may be allowed to wield one of the blades in battle, but such is a rare and great honour. The Tears of the Scorpion generate a power field of ancient and powerful design. Even other power weapons offer no protection from these vicious blades.
Red Scorpions - Chapter Appearance: The Red Scorpions are generally philosophically opposed to the use of covert techniques prior to and during a battle. They prefer to proudly demonstrate their presence and their markings.They firmly believe that their iconography and wargear are a crucial symbol of their allegiance to the God-Emperor. Anything that prevents their foes from seeing these insignia is a veritable affront to their faith.While they have been known to use Codex Astartes-standard camouflage patterns when a situation calls for it, even these are accepted only with extreme reluctance.
Red Scorpions - Chapter Colours: The Red Scorpions' power armour was originally painted black with a yellow helm stripe and yellow shoulder plate, leg and arm trims.At present the Chapter currently prefers a charcoal grey or black colour scheme with a mustard yellow helm stripe, shoulder plate trim and Aquila (irrespective of company designation).A single knee guard can also be in the same yellow, though this varies between individuals. The shoulder plates are black.During the Angstrom Incident, the Pursuit Squad of this Chapter wore a red and black camouflage pattern.
Red Scorpions - Chapter Badge: The Red Scorpions' Chapter badge is a red scorpion centred on a white field.
Red Scorpions - Sources: Apocalypse (5th Edition), pg. 171Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 73Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter (RPG), pp. 34-41Epic Armageddon, pg. 70Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition) - War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 94Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project, pp. 66-70, 121-129Imperial Armour Volume Four - The Anphelion Project Second Edition, pp. 112-122Imperial Armour Volume Six - The Siege of Vraks - Part Two, pp. 80-82, 86-87, 124-128, 129,Imperial Armour Volume Seven - The Siege of Vraks - Part Three, pp. 4, 70-73,Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One, pp. 5, 30-32, 34, 39-40, 43-45, 47-49, 82-89, 134, 153, 158-159, 165-167Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pp. 9, 14, 19, 22-23, 34, 36-39, 44, 46, 56-61Index Astartes, "Strength in Purity - The Red Scorpions Chapter"Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, "The Badab War", pp. 33-36Warhammer Community - New Heroes for Warhammer 40,000 Coming SoonForge World Webstore - Carab Culln the RisenForge World Webstore - Carab Culln the Risen Data SheetWhite Dwarf 94 (UK) "Skirmish on Rynn's World: The Battle of Jadeberry Hill", pp. 56-62White Dwarf 101 (UK) "Index Astartes: The Badab Uprising"White Dwarf 105 (UK) "Land Raider!"White Dwarf 235 (US) "Bloodied Fist: The Rynn's World Incident", 57-62White Dwarf 302 (US) "Index Astartes: Rogue Sons"White Dwarf 303 (UK) "Index Astartes: Rogue Sons"
Red Seraphs - Red Seraphs: The Red Seraphs is a Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist successor of the Blood Eagles, of the Blood Angels' genetic lineage, created during an unknown Founding.The Red Seraphs and Angels Numinous are both descended from the Blood Eagles.
Red Seraphs - Chapter History: The Red Seraphs are the successors of the Blood Eagles, a Blood Angels successor in turn that tore itself in half during an unknown conflict. The two halves of the Blood Eagles then formed their own Chapters, the Angels Numinous and the Red Seraphs.Those two Chapters joined with another Blood Angels successor, the Charnel Guard, to form an alliance of Sanguinius' sons known as the "Triarchy." Though allied, the Angels Numinous and Red Seraphs Chapters were noted to agree on nothing.They used the ritualistic phrase, "We are Three, drawn from Two, born of One," to define their traditional partnership and kinship to one another.It was a tradition of representatives of those three Chapters to meet at the abandoned homeworld of the Blood Eagles to determine a course of action that would involve the entire Triarchy. The ritual words were always spoken by the Triarchy representatives before any conclave could begin.At one such conclave held after the birth of the Great Rift during the Era Indomitus, Ynoch of the Red Seraphs, Jagudir of the Angels Numinous and Mordath of the Charnel Guard gathered to discuss how the Triarchy would deal with their growing isolation in the Imperium Nihilus, as the Chapters were unable to cross the Great Rift and were coming under increasing threat from xenos and the forces of Chaos.They decided to reject their traditions, and rather than defend their shrinking domains they would seek out the foes of the Emperor in the Dark Imperium and fight aggressively even if it meant the death of their Chapters. And they promised that if they could find Roboute Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade, they would join it.
Red Seraphs - Notable Campaigns: Dark Marches Crusade (610-759.M36) - In the wake of the Age of Apostasy, the Segmentum Tempestus saw a resurgence in power and renaissance of expansion, known to Imperial historians as the "Rising Storm." With the blessing of Terra, Segmentum Tempestus authorities launched a number of crusades and campaigns to destroy lingering threats within their domain, and push back and fortify the borders of the Imperium. The most successful of these was the Dark Marches Crusade, commanded by Lord Tempestus Hal Orpheus, lineal descendant of the Rogue Trader house that had first explored the Orpheus Region's sinister reaches millennia previously. The Red Seraphs sent three companies of Astartes to take part in the massive Imperial Crusade.Battle of the Gorgon Deeps (160.M39) - When the Orpheus Sector was attacked by a great Ork invasion, the Red Seraphs and their brothers from the Space Marine Chapter of the Revilers reinforced Battlefleet Orpheus and confronted the Ork menace. In a nineteen-week running space battle, the Chapter eventually succeeded in destroying the Ork flagship Mega-Kroozer by boarding it and planting seismic charges. With the loss of their flagship the Orks scattered but would go on to be a thorn in the Sector's side for centuries to come.Magdellan Prime Civil War (143-151.M41) - When the followers of the Cult of Balthalamus plunged the world of Magdellan Prime into anarchy and bloodshed, the battle-sisters of the Order of the Ebon Chalice bore the brunt of the fighting. The Order's Preceptory Reclusium was repeatedly targeted by the maddened hordes, but held out against seemingly impossible odds until relief eventually arrived. By the time a relief force consisting of Space Marines of the Red Seraphs, Fire Angels and Sons of the Kraken Chapters arrived, the battle-sisters had begun a determined counter-attack and victory was ultimately won.Orphean War (992.M41) - Eager to aid in the defence of a domain that they had helped to claim in the name of the Divine Emperor, the Red Seraphs sent out troops to the Orpheus Sector to participate in the Orphean War. Although they arrived too late to participate in the disastrous Battle of Amarah, the inbound Red Seraphs are expected to be drawn into the Orphean Salvation Campaign, striking out at the Maynarkh Dynasty of the dreaded Necrons whilst the Imperium fortifies the neighbouring Eurydice Sector.
Red Seraphs - Chapter Traditions: The Red Seraphs honour their dead with internment inside ornate sarcophagi in the beautiful bowels of their warships.The Red Seraphs are a very tradition-bound Chapter, like all the members of the Triarchy.
Red Seraphs - Notable Red Seraphs: Ynoch - Ynoch was the representative of the Red Seraphs on the Blood Eagles' abandoned homeworld at the Triarchy conclave that made the decision to take the offensive against the enemies of the Emperor in the Imperium Nihilus during the Era Indomitus.
Red Seraphs - Chapter Fleet: Misericordiae- A warship of unknown class that bore Ynoch to the Triarchy conclave on the Blood Eagles' abandoned homeworld.
Red Seraphs - Chapter Colours: The Red Seraphs' power armour is a rich, blood red. The battle-plate can be marked by oblique runes and decorated with talismans of faith and fury against the foe.Red Seraph battle-brothers often wear a white linen loros crafted by slaves.
Red Seraphs - Chapter Badge: The Red Seraphs' Chapter badge is a robed angel clasping a chalice.
Red Talons - Red Talons: The Red Talons are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and a Second Founding successor of the Iron Hands.The Red Talons were founded from a portion of the Iron Hands Legion's Morragul Clan, made up primarily of outcasts and the most unstable elements of the Xth Legion, who fought and died under the merciless command of their bloody-handed clan commander, the Iron Lord Autek Mor.Since their founding at the end of the Great Scouring, the Red Talons have been known for their bold style of warfare and never-ending vendetta against the Traitor Legions.Several times the High Lords of Terra have tasked the Red Talons with hunting down and destroying Renegade Chapters, a duty they discharge with relish.The Red Talons' fortress-monastery is located on their homeworld of Raikan in the Segmentum Tempestus.
Red Talons - Great Crusade: The Red Talons can trace their heritage back to the dark days of the galaxy-wide rebellion known as the Horus Heresy, which began in the waning days of the Great Crusade in the early 31st Millennium.This bloody-handed Chapter is descended from the ranks of the infamous Morragul Clan Company of the Iron Hands Legion, led by its unforgiving master, Autek Mor, who was both Iron Lord of the clan and an Iron Father of the Xth Legion.Mor held a sinister reputation within his Legion, and dark rumours accompanied him long before the outbreak of the Horus Heresy, including whispered accusations that the origins of his gene-seed or perhaps his bloodline were not as they should be.A Terran by birth, he was part of the Xth Legion's first intake and fought in the re-conquest of the Sol System during the early Great Crusade. He held field command by the time of his primarch's finding on the world of Medusa, having already developed a reputation both as a weaponsmith and malevolent soul.Mor was known to have killed several members of his own Legion in duels over "slights to his honour," and to rule his company with a cruel and unforgiving fist.On the Xth Legion's new homeworld, Medusa, he took over the outlaw Ra'Guln Clan's leviathan crawler in a bloody night of violence and made himself its lord, imprinting on it his name and will.In the years that followed, his Morragul Clan became a sink for the outcasts and most unstable elements of the Iron Hands Legion, who fought and died under Mor's merciless command. No love was later lost between Autek Mor and his primarch.
Red Talons - Horus Heresy: Despite the enmity between the primarch of the Iron Hands and the lord of the Morragul Clan, when his grand cruiser, the Red Talon, arrived at Isstvan V as the void battle of the Drop Site Massacre was at its height, he bravely attempted to go to his primarch's aid.During the infamous events which would become known in the annals of Imperial history as the Drop Site Massacre, three Loyalist Astartes Legions -- the Iron Hands, the Salamanders and the Raven Guard -- were betrayed by the four other Legions of the supposedly Loyalist second wave sent to defeat Horus' Traitors at Isstvan V -- the Alpha Legion, Night Lords, Iron Warriors, and a large contingent of Word Bearers -- who they had believed were loyal to the Emperor of Mankind.In fact, the Space Marine Legions of the second wave had already betrayed the Imperium and secretly turned to the service of the rebellious Warmaster Horus and Chaos.The Red Talon, flagship of the Iron Hands' Morragul Clan, was one of the first Iron Hands vessels to arrive in the Isstvan System after the treachery of the Loyalist reserves had been revealed, breaching into realspace amid the titanic space battle that had erupted between the Loyalist and Traitor fleets.Autek Mor ordered his ship to attempt a breach through the firestorm to reach the surface of Isstvan V, and the infamously powerful grand cruiser succeeded in punching through the void battle, but took such heavy damage that it was forced to bypass Isstvan V and flee, managing to escape, unlike many of the Iron Hands starships that would later arrive.
Red Talons - Shadow War of the Red Talon: The full role in the Horus Heresy taken by the independent battlegroup under the command of Autek Mor is impossible to collate. Nevertheless, fragmented accounts of dozens of battles are extant in the scattered records of the era.Some list no more than the warlord's name, soon a byword for destruction behind the Traitor lines, and can therefore be considered apocryphal, while others are more complete, offering a tantalising glimpse into the many shadow wars of this bloody age.One such substantiated account is the destruction of the Traitor Mining World of Saria Major. Here, the Red Talon unleashed an orbital bombardment that scoured the hive-refineries from the planet's surface and condemned the surviving population to a slow death in the poisoned aftermath.Viable imagery also places Autek Mor himself at the Battle of Locurtar Station, where his personal forces, the so-called Bloodwrought, counter-attacked a Sons of Horus-led company poised at the moment of victory over a holdout Loyalist garrison and routed it.Less certain is Mor's involvement at Kvalgron, where it is known that a powerful Loyalist fleet ambushed a heavily escorted Traitor-aligned supply convoy heading to the staging grounds at Paramar, capturing or destroying the entire convoy in twelve solar hours of bitter void warfare.Likewise, the incident at Nashe's World, where a Death Guard extermination detachment was destroyed amidst the cyclopean xenos ruins that towered over the deadly jungles, has often been attributed to Autek Mor, but no firm evidence remains extant for this.
Red Talons - Second Founding: In the wake of the calamity that was the Horus Heresy and the entombment of the mortally-wounded Emperor within the Golden Throne, the foundations of the Imperium of Man were reformed.In 021.M31, the Second Founding of the first Successor Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes commenced. The Red Talons were one such Successor Chapter, formed after the end of the Great Scouring from those battle-brothers of the Iron Hands Legion who were the most volatile and bloody-handed of the sons of the Gorgon, and were disposed towards aggressive and bold styles of warfare.Furthermore, the events of the Horus Heresy had imprinted upon this Chapter an unstoppable drive to continue to avenge the treacheries committed by the Traitor Legions. The sinister Iron Lord Autek Mor was given command of the newly created Chapter, becoming its first Chapter Master.
Red Talons - Chapter Fleet: Emperor's Blade (Battle Barge) - The Emperor's Blade fought in the Gothic War.The Red Talons are known to possess at least 2 strike cruisers, including:Claw of Justice (Strike Cruiser) - The Claw of Justice took part in the Gothic War.Holy Execution (Strike Cruiser) - The Holy Execution took part in the Gothic War.
Red Talons - Chapter Colours: The Red Talons primarily wear arterial red power Armour. The Aquila or Imperialis is silver.The black squad specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- is located on the right shoulder plate.A white High Gothic numeral is stenciled in the centre of the squad specialty symbol, indicating squad number.The colour of the shoulder plate trim indicates company number in accordance with the Codex Astartes -- i.e. White (1st Company), Yellow (2nd Company), Red (3rd Company), Green (4th Company), etc.
Red Talons - Chapter Badge: The Red Talons' Chapter badge is a crimson talon, centred on a black roundel.This symbol is reminiscent of the distinctive crimson heraldry of the Iron-Lord Autek Mor's personal guard, the Blood Wrought, as well as the Clan Company icon of the Morragul Clan of the Iron Hands Legion of old.
Red Talons - Sources: Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Release Booklet)Battlefleet Gothic (Specialty Game), "To Cleanse the Stars", pg. 75Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pg. 57Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition), pp. 22-23, 47Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 19Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pg. 56Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 71Codex: Tyranids (6th Edition)Imperial Armour: Apocalypse II, pg. 79Imperial Armour Volume Two Second Edition - War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pp. 17-18, 22, 28, 159The Horus Heresy - Book Two: Massacre (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 185, 237The Horus Heresy - Book Four: Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 55, 157The Beast Arises - Book Four: The Last Wall (Novel) by David AnnandaleWhite Dwarf 460 (January 2021), "The Keep Extremis," pp. 32-37
Red Tear - Red Tear: The Red Tear was a Gloriana-class Battleship of the Blood Angels Space Marine Legion that served as the flagship of Primarch Sanguinius during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy.The Red Tear was part of the Emperor's grand fleet before the age of the Great Crusade began around 800.M30. When the Emperor reunited with his long-lost son Sanguinius on the world of Baal, he gifted The Angel with the magnificent vessel to lead his IX Legion into the stars.Within and without, the Red Tear was a shipwright's work of art. The vessel carried the flag of the Blood Angels whenever the Primarch left the Legion homeworld of Baal, and like Sanguinius himself, his flagship was a beautiful sight to behold.Viewed from the bow, the flagship resembled an arrowhead ten kilometres from stem to stern, lined in bright copper, bronze and crimson steel. The maws of a Nova Cannon, Mega-lasers, mass-drivers and torpedo hives encrusted the forward quarter, presenting an arsenal comparable to that of a whole fleet of smaller vessels.Acres of towers ranged away down the length of the voidcraft, extending out from the dorsal and ventral hulls. In the fashion of Imperial starships, modelled on the deck-by-deck design ethic laid down for the Red Tear’s ancient, ocean-going ancestors, a massive citadel rose from the aft quarter.This huge conning tower resembled a gigantic fortress, an outer keep of soaring adamantium walls and glassaic windows forming the base and a wide cylindrical donjon rising higher still. At its apex, among the saw-tooth battlements and point-defence batteries, a massive transparent dome looked out into the void like an unblinking eye.
Red Tear - History: The Red Tear was present during the campaign on the Death World of Urisarach, officially codified as One-Forty-Twenty but unofficially dubbed "Murder" by those Astartes that were present for this brutal campaign. The Red Tear also participated in the Signus Campaign, a major Imperial military action conducted at the close of the Great Crusade in the early 31st Millennium by the Blood Angels Legion to cleanse the Signus Cluster -- a triple star system of the Segmentum Ultima near to the galactic centre.The Primarch Sanguinius' IX Legion was ordered by the Warmaster Horus to cleanse the 7 worlds and 15 moons of the Signus Cluster of xenos invaders and release the humans settled there from their xenos-overlords. Unaware of Horus' perfidy and determination to betray the Emperor of Mankind, Sanguinius willingly obeyed his brother Primarch and immediately set out for this volatile region of space.Unbeknownst to the Blood Angels, they were blindly walking into a deadly trap, for the Signus Cluster had fallen prey to agents of the Ruinous Powers and become a veritable Realm of Chaos in microcosm -- a system of hellish Daemon Worlds under the rule of a Greater Daemon of Slaanesh known as Kyriss the Perverse.The Red Tear eventually crashed onto the surface of Signus Prime after its commanding officer, Admiral Athene DuCade, was driven mad by the presence of Chaos. She destroyed the navigational controls and killed the remaining bridge crew. Most of the warship's line crew died from the Chaos-induced madness during the flagship's deadly descent to the surface or from the impact of the great vessel.Sanguinius declared the Covenant of Baal as the Blood Angels' new flagship and had the badly damaged Red Tear turned into a planetside fortress. Following the Blood Angels' pyrrhic victory on Signus Prime, the Primarch ordered the IX Legion to excise all evidence that it had ever come to that forsaken place.The salvaged Red Tear slowly rose from the surface of the conquered planet, sloughing off broken shards of metal and the earth that held it, fighting gravity every metre of the way into orbit. The warship had been terribly damaged, but like the Blood Angels themselves, she had defied the odds and the plans of a deceitful enemy to ascend again. The Blood Angels would leave nothing behind in that blighted, murdered place. Not their ships, not their relics and certainly not their precious dead.