Novamarines - Notable Novamarines: Chapter Master Lucretius Corvo - Lucretius Corvo was the first Chapter Master of the Novamarines who was originally a highly honoured Captain of the 90th Company, 9th Chapter, XIII Legion. He led his company in countless successful engagements during the Great Crusade and served as one the Ultramarines' Champions during the vicious fighting against the apostate Word Bearers Legion on the planet Astagar during the Heresy. In this particularly brutal six-solar-day-long battle, Corvo led a desperate counterattack against an enemy force many times his own unit's number. His chosen band managed to destroy a Traitor Warlord-class Titan and break the siege. As recognition for his tenacity and heroic actions, a Laurel of Defiance was awarded to Corvo by Primarch Roboute Guilliman himself. The Novamarines' use of a quartered livery is based upon Lucretius Corvo's own personal heraldry. After the Second Founding, Corvo was chosen to become the first Chapter Master of the Novamarines, one of the first Primogenitor Successor Chapters of the Ultramarines.Chapter Master Gaius Hadraichus - Gaius Hadraichus was the Chapter Master of the Novamarines who served during the late 41st Millennium. The date and circumstances of his death remain unknown.Chapter Master Bardan Dovaro - Bardan Dovaro had become the Chapter Master of the Novamarines by the time the Indomitus Crusade came to an end at the Battle of Raukos in ca. 111.M42. He and his Chapter were later among the Imperium's forces that Lord Commander of the Imperium Guilliman led to Ultramar's defence during the Plague Wars. Dovaro was slain in that conflict when he fell defending the Starfort Galatan from a boarding assault by Nurgle's Plague Fleets.Captain Mordacai Blaylock - Mordacai Blaylock, "The Stormbreaker," the Captain of the elite 1st Company of the Novamarines, is one of the greatest warriors in the Chapter's long history. This no-nonsense officer's physical bravery is legendary, even amongst his fellow Astartes. Commanding the 1st Company for the last five solar decades, age has not diminished his strength nor his wits. During the lamentable conflict known as the Badab War, Captain Mordacai Blaylock commanded the Novamarines taskforce that served with the Loyalists. The Novamarines' reason for intervention was simple: a deep-seated revulsion at what they believed was Lufgt Huron and his Space Marine allies' unforgivable presumption and arrogance. The Novamarines Chapter was well-disposed to the overall command of the Loyalist assault by the Red Scorpions, as it knew that Chapter to be firm in the tenets of the Codex Astartes and to possess a hatred of the alien that matched its own. Captain Blaylock most notably came to the aid of the beleaguered Howling Griffons forces who had been driven back in bloody disarray by the Secessionist Executioners Chapter. The Novamarines quickly applied their forces to saving their brethren from further attack, intercepting several Executioners raiding forces with mixed success. With the aid of fleet elements the Novamarines managed to check the Executioners' attacks in the Khymaran Drift. At the behest of Lord High Commander Carab Culln, the Magister Millitant of the Loyalist forces, the Novamarines performed a crucial role in combating Secessionist raiders, as well as conducting punishing attacks against the Ork and Eldar Corsairs who sought to use the anarchy of the conflict to pursue their own dark purposes uncontested. Captain Mordacai Blaylock and the Novamarines withdrew from the conflict in 908.M41, having gained much renown for themselves and their Chapter.Captain Tyvo Gallemnus - Tylo Gallemnus is the commander of the Novamarines 3rd Company. He served with Battle Group Erastus of Fleet Primus during the Indomitus Crusade.Corben Nayle - Brother Nayle was an accomplished battle-brother before his arrival at Watch Fortress Erioch, and his skills in fighting xenos have only improved during his stay. Prior to his secondment to the Deathwatch, the Space Marine participated in a 20-year-long expedition through the star systems on the galactic rim, near the Ultima Segmentum. As part of his tactical reviews, he began to carefully study different techniques by which various xenoforms employ their natural weapons. He requested an assignment with the Deathwatch immediately after his successful and honourable return from that expedition. Since his arrival within the Jericho Reach, Brother Nayle has constantly studied xenos during his missions and those under containment at the Watch Fortress. The central focus of his studies is to identify a universally applicable approach to melee encounters with xenos that responds appropriately to the various forms of natural weapons. As he continues to expand his studies, he often requests that other Astartes provide any available information to him that they uncover through the course of their missions. While he has shown little sign of completing his treatise, it is clear that he has become a very capable melee combatant against xenos forces.Watch Captain Lyone - Brother Lyone of the Novamarines was a Primaris Marine seconded to the Deathwatch. He joined the garrison of the Null Breach watch fortress as an Intercessor. Within six solar months he had taken such a toll upon the Orks of Calverna that they feared him as "Da Black Butcha," while his brothers took to calling him "Orksbane." When Watch Captain Daxis was crushed by a rampaging Squiggoth, Lyone slew the beast with pinpoint fire to its eyes and earned his former captain's place. Primaris Watch Captain Lyone assumed the mantle of command, and has excelled himself ever since as one of the first of the Primaris Marines to reach this exalted rank within the Deathwatch.Ancient Horest Cain - There are very few Space Marine Dreadnoughts in service to the Deathwatch. Most who fall in battle and earn the privilege to continue their service are first returned to their Chapter of origin. Only a select few individuals become so devoted to the Deathwatch that they continue to remain in its service for centuries after their first death. The stories of the few Deathwatch Dreadnoughts within the Jericho Reach are mostly the stuff of rumour and legend. Many individuals' tales have been lost as battle-brothers completed their tours of service and returned to their original Chapter. The legends of Ancient Brother Cain are shrouded in mystery and uncertainty, as there are no known documents to verify the stories he recounts. It is clear that his frame bears the iconography of the Novamarines in addition to his own. It is also clear that he is a loyal member of the Deathwatch who has proven his value to the organisation countless times since he was interred within his metal frame. However, it is unknown why he never returned to his original Chapter, and it is even more curious that the Novamarines claim to have no records of ever seconding an Astartes by his name to the Deathwatch.