Chaplain - Armour and Appearance: In battle, Chaplains are sinister and foreboding figures. The armour of a Space Marine Chaplain is a daunting sight, adorned with icons of battle and death. Every aspect of a Chaplain's garb serves as a reminder of mortality's impermanent nature, and thus, the significance of preserving the immortal soul. They often wear variant types of standard-issue Mark VI, Mark VII, Mark VIII or even the new Mark X Power Armour.A Chaplain can appear stylised and archaic in his power armour when compared to his fellow Astartes, which makes him stand out and act as a focus for his brethren in battle. Some or all of a Chaplain's power armour is usually painted in the traditional black. Chaplain novices usually wear standard Space Marine power armour. However, the helmets, right shoulder plates and right arms of their armour are painted black rather than in the Chapter's formal colours.The black shoulder plate replaces the previous Devout markings which were shown there. Once declared as a novice, the Space Marine's devotion needs no further advertisement. Chaplains often also wear or make use of one or more primarchal relics or pieces of wargear which are worn or carried into battle. It is believed that something as trivial as a single gauntlet from the armour of a Chapter hero passes on a little of the primarch's fortitude and faith to the Chaplain.A skull insignia usually adorns the right shoulder of a Chaplain's power armour and this is often displayed on both shoulder plates. A skull is a common symbol in the iconography of the Imperial Cult and it is used to represent the sacrifice of the Emperor in giving up His conscious life so that He might ascend to a new state of spiritual being in the Immaterium through the use of the Golden Throne. It is a symbol of His willingness to suffer to protect Humanity from the evils of Chaos, xenos and Heretics. Skulls are a motif often repeated throughout a Chaplain's armour.One of the most iconic elements of a Chaplain's wargear is his macabre Skull Helm, a stern visage that depicts the face of the Emperor mordant, evoking the Emperor's wrath. These helmets may take many different forms and have been crafted by numerous Space Marine Artificers across the galaxy. Universally, however, they are all fearsome in aspect. The Chaplain's upper chest armour or even the whole of the torso armour may also be cast in the shape of a skull. Skull-shaped groin-guards are also not unknown.The formal regalia of an Astartes Chaplain includes a deadly staff of office called the Crozius, which is used during Chapter ceremonies. Many Chaplains carry them into battle, a visible sign that battle is the highest ritual in the Chapter's devotional calendar. The Crozius is usually adorned with the Imperial Aquila or symbols that reinforce the Chaplain's role, such as winged skeletons or skulls. Some Crozius Arcanums are shaped by the Chapter's iconography, such as a smith's hammer or a dragon's head for the Salamanders.Within the Crozius is a generator that produces a powerful energy field capable of disrupting matter in the same manner as a Power Weapon. Chaplains are powerful warriors, and the blows struck with a Crozius can overwhelm nearly any defence. The most ancient of these staffs is the rare Crozius Arcanum; a mace forged from an alien relic which contains a neuro-disruptor in the haft.Chaplains are also often recipients of the treasured Rosarius, a symbolic gift from the Ecclesiarchy to express spiritual unity in spite of deep differences in creed between the Adeptus Ministorum and the Adeptus Astartes' Chapter cults. This usually takes the form of a gorget or amulet worn about the neck.The Rosarius often bears the image of the Imperial Aquila and serves as the "armour of the soul" for the Chaplain. The most common form of the Rosarius is a Crux Terminatus richly embellished with gemstones and precious metals. Concealed inside it is a potent personal shield generator that symbolically bestows the blessed prayers of protection from the faithful for their champions to triumph in the battle against evil.To this existing panoply Deathwatch Chaplains also commonly add many xenos trophies: strips of tanned alien hide, strings of bones, skulls or shrunken heads inscribed in High Gothic with liturgies of hate and remembrance. Their passion for killing aliens is without peer and each trophy will mark a noteworthy foe or memorable battle. A Deathwatch Chaplain is a deep well of tried and trusted techniques for slaying xenos, not only from personal experience but from the vast tracts of Chapter legend and lore that they can draw upon. A Deathwatch kill-team led by a Deathwatch Chaplain will plunge into the fires of hell and emerge victorious no matter the price.