A battle-brother of the noble Blood Angels Chapter. Of course, suppressions may fail in their objectives, and escalate into full blown wars consuming millions of lives and lasting The fun is in joining up these disparate points, or changing them as you see fit to create a Chapter you can be proud of. By limiting the technology levels of a society, curtailing its access to natural resources, infiltrating it with Chapter serfs who spread hate, lies and paranoia, and occasionally even introducing psychosis-inducing substances into the food chain, the Astartes can ensure there is no break in the constant state of warfare that produces the Chapter's next heroes. Scrimshaw is considered a solemn undertaking to the Astartes of this Chapter. The Wolf Brothers suffered from rampant mutation of their gene-seed not long after their Founding and were later disbanded. Secretes a waxy substance onto the skin to seal against extreme temperatures and vacuum. Snipers become the lords of the battlefield, able to strike down enemy leaders, heavy weapons crew and tank commanders foolish enough to expose themselves to their all-seeing scopes. Some Chapters have honed this ability to such a degree that the mere appearance of their vessels in system space is sufficient to bring about the enemy's total collapse. Furthermore, wind-scoured wastes make ideal locations for the Space Marine Fortress-Monasteries, the harshness and inaccessibility of the environment only serving to bolster the Chapter's defences. Miniature Showcase - Originally a hobby section providing information on collecting, building and painting an army. The gene-seed of the Ultramarines is highly regarded as one of the most stable, with no singular or notable physical mutation beyond the expected pattern, with full functionality of implanted organs to projected specifications, and only a ten percent chance of mutation. The Warhammer 40k Eldar codex went to pre-order on February 26, 2022, and was up for sale the following week, on March 5. Far from the surgical strike of Space Marine insertion, a massed drop involves thousands of troops deploying by drop ships large enough to carry entire regiments of infantry or hundreds of battle tanks. Also be sure to browse around this wiki, as there are already a lot of Chapters that have been created. These might include special characters or units and other special rules that are only available to that particular sub-faction. The Ultramarines became so large, growing to a size that included over 100,000 Astartes, that a new, larger unit of division, the Chapter, was created to better organise the XIII Legion's forces. Battle-Brothers of the Ultramarines Chapter know well their place among the Adeptus Astartes and the importance of their Chapter to both the Imperium and the Emperor. They have the pride in knowing that theirs is the pinnacle of the Codex Astartes and the legacy of the loyalist legions which served Very occasionally, an Aspirant does manage to beat an Astartes and when this happens it is not uncommon for the individual to go on to become a legendary hero of the Chapter. 4th Edition was released in 2004. Standard Codex Astartes-compliant company colours applied to Space Marine Power Armour. Rather than fall into despair, the Iron Hands took refuge in their hate, and they have used that hatred to eliminate any perceived weakness so that they may remain strong. The two tables presented below provides some ideas for the various elements of the name should you need some inspiration. The industrial might of the Imperium's Forge worlds and Hive worlds makes it possible for entire armies to be equipped with the mightiest of armoured war machines. Generally, the people hold the Space Marines in awe, even if they rarely see them, and every family aspires to one of its sons being selected to serve in their ranks. The hunt may last days, weeks or even longer according to the conditions of the Trial and the weapons the Aspirant can either find or fashion for himself. There are a myriad of other concerns too. It is usual for the Aspirant to be armed and the Astartes to fight with his bare hands and probably without his Power Armour, yet still the Aspirant has virtually no hope of victory. Warhammer 40,000 Homebrew Wiki is a FANDOM Games Community. Airless worlds are simple barren lumps of rock and ice, and it is rare indeed for them to support life. The Great Crusade set the stage for many of the most memorable feuds. Few planetary militias will stand idly by and watch as Imperial Guard units from off-world conduct pogroms against their kin and burn their homes to the ground. Codex Supplements have their parent faction noted in brackets. Because they tend to recruit from a variety of sources, fleet-based Chapters are more unlikely than any other type to inherit the ways of the communities it recruits from. a homebrew WH40k Codex optimized for 3rd edition but portable to all editions My friend, let me tell of you of a time when giants walked the earth; not the fallen angels we see now, but true titans who cared for little save might and conquest. The following rules are in effect, when writing about your Space Marine Chapter's Founding: There are only two known Chapters that were Founded at this time -- the Mentors and the Storm Giants. This usually occurs in three stages: The Battle-Brothers of the Adeptus Astartes are the champions of Mankind, but in becoming so they have surrendered much of what makes them human. Medieval worlds are those planets where the population has either risen above the crude tribal structures of a Feral world, or regressed from a more advanced level. Games Workshop no longer produce campaign or battle zone codices, instead releasing 'expansions'. Sometimes he will be afforded the adulation of his people before leaving, enjoying one last night with kith and kin. Using Shooting, combat and Save modifiers. The Chapter's Primarch was a deeply devoted warrior who fought tirelessly at the right hand of the Emperor, but even this towering exemplar had his flaws, as he himself is known to have acknowledged. Each Primarch then set up their Legion's headquarters on his homeworld, from which they also recruited new Space Marines into the Legion. Purges are often led by individuals such as Inquisitors, whose powers are not subject to Imperial law and who will not flinch at doing what is necessary to locate and punish his targets. Here are a few finally things you should NOT do when writing a Homebrew Space Marine Chapter: This is a very sticky issue with many people in the Warhammer 40K community. 'Codex' is now a term solely used for army books. When the Imperium goes to war, it does so with total conviction, for its leaders know that ultimately the very survival of Mankind is at stake. While most Chapters avoid establishing their Fortress-Monasteries too close to an extant, functioning urban sprawl, several have made their home amongst the ruins of fallen cities, and become peerless experts in every aspect of warfare in such an environment. The Blood Angels are one of the 20 First Founding Legions of the Space Marines and were originally the IXth Legion before the Second Founding broke the Legiones Astartes up into separate Chapters comprised of 1,000 Space Marines. When inventing the name for your new Chapter, the best source is the character of the Chapter itself. Mighty statues of the Primarch grace the Chapters halls and his words are taught and read by every Battle-Brother. Others worship the ocean, storm, sky, fire or any number of similar aspects that may over time come to signify the Emperor or a Primarch in the Chapter's own rituals and teachings. Potential Aspirants fight a Blood Duel to the death. These worlds are often technologically backward with strong militaristic societies, where male children who show potential are pushed harder and harder, that they may one day have a chance to join the ranks of the Space Marines, who are often known to such peoples as "star warriors," "sky knights," or similar names. An ocean Hive-World might feature air-sealed hives at the bottom of the sea, or afloat on great man-made islands. Some planets are dominated by a mass of post-apocalyptic ruins, slowly crumbling away as the environment reclaims the land. Background - Information about the force and its place in the Warhammer 40,000 universe. Such Chapters may recruit from a variety of nearby planets, drawing their recruits from Feral World tribes, Hive world gangs or any other source. Sometimes he will find a Space Marine waiting for him at the conclusion of his challenge, and be led into a waiting transport to leave his former life forever. Warhammer 40K: Is GW Secretly Working On A Traitor Guard Army? The Dark Angels and their Successor Chapters, collectively known as the Unforgiven, have an unusually close bond, often working hand-in-hand with one another. 8th Edition Codex: Chaos Space Marines, Codex: Death Guard, Codex: Thousand Sons, Codex: Chaos Daemons, Index: Renegade Knights, 8th Edition Codex: Space Marines, Codex: Blood Angels, Codex: Dark Angels, Codex: Space Wolves, Codex: Grey Knights, & Codex: Deathwatch, 8th Edition Codex: Astra Militarum, Codex: Adeptus Mechanicus, Codex: Imperial Knights, Codex: Adepta Sororitas, Codex: Adeptus Custodes & Index Imperialis Articles, 8th Edition Codex: Craftworlds, Codex: Drukhari, Index: Xenos - Ynnari, Codex: Harlequins, & Codex: Necrons, 8th Edition Codex: Orks, Codex: Tau Empire, Codex: Tyranids, & Codex: Genestealer Cults. Every Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes uses some form of Trial to ascertain whether Aspirants are worthy of beginning the often-fatal process of becoming fully-fledged Battle-Brothers. The Salamanders are not swift to determine a course of action, and slower still to change their minds once they have decided. There was only ever one produced. In most cases, the savagery of the tribes from which the Chapter recruits is tempered by the training, indoctrination and psycho-conditioning imposed on its Neophytes, but in some cases the Chapter is very much shaped by the character of the population, inheriting not only its warlike qualities but many of its unique cultural mores. The Space Marine Chapters were now intended to primarily serve as highly mobile planetary assault and special forces troops, who would be deployed only for the toughest missions confronting the Imperium for which the forces of the Imperial Guard were simply insufficient. Only a very small number of Chapters can be described as truly unique, and even they share many qualities with plenty of other Chapters. overwhelming force, from such an unexpected quarter, that no defence is possible and the enemy is smashed aside and utterly defeated. Such a connection to a reviled Traitor Legion would also be a terrible dishonour and would explain why the Death Eagles' heritage and original Legion colours may have been deliberately obscured from the Imperial record. They also possess a well-deserved reputation for merciless slaughter. Keeping the story moving forward and advancing the overall storyline makes for an engaging and exciting read. Another common variation of this Trial is exposure to pain. In temperament, most Space Wolves are blunt and plain speaking, even to the point of giving offence to those not used to their ways. Space Marine Chapters utilising Medieval Worlds as their base may keep their distance from the populace, as they do on Feral worlds, or they may establish themselves as distant overlords, high-kings or secret warrior orders. Others utilise large numbers of bike-mounted warriors, sometimes mounting entire Tactical squads on bikes and attack bikes. The Imperial Army had been used primarily as a reserve force of garrison troops during the Great Crusade, but its successor would now bear the primary burden of the Imperium's defence. but just as often it is tied to the essential nature of the Progenitor's Primarch, the stock from which they recruit or to some other, inexplicable factor. They make ideal Space Marine recruits, and whole gangs of city-scum are sometimes hunted down and made to undergo the Trials. Other Chapters use Thunderhawks to deliver Assault Squads to the front line, the jump-pack equipped warriors leaping from the troop bays at a great height and descending directly on to the foe with chain swords howling and bolt pistols blazing. Older variant symbols utilise an upside down delta (triangle) or an explosion symbol instead. No challenge to their status intended. There might be one that is similar to the one you had in mind to create. This formal censure and erasure from official records is known as an Edict of Obliteration, also called a Damnatio Memoriae, a High Gothic phrase meaning "condemnation of memory." For some this is a matter of the controlled, almost scientific application of long-range fire, while others display a preternatural instinct for locating their foe's weak points and striking from afar. Instead, the Imperial Fists rely on their 10,000-year-old mobile space fortress, Phalanx, to serve as their Fortress-Monastery. When Dorn's Darkness takes one of their number it might appear to the untrained eye as merely a wretched palsy: a slackness of the jaw, a tremor of the limb, a blankness of the eye. If the latter, please contact a wiki administrator. Listed below are the allegiances and how they work: Example: Fidelitas Sine Recurso - Fidelitas mean 'Fidelity' or 'Faithful' in Latin, while Sine means 'Unaccompanied' and Recurso means 'To Return'in other words, a Chapter that is faithful, but often strikes out on their own (unaccompanied) but always returns. A Battle-Brother that underwent a Blood Duel Trial before being accepted into the ranks of their Chapters Neophytes have reason to be supremely confident in their ability to accept any challenge and face any foe. In spite of the fact that the Primarchs were separated from the Emperor of Mankind through the mysterious actions of the Ruinous Powers of Chaos and scattered through the Warp across the galaxy, He managed to keep a small sample of each Primarch's gene-seed, and used this genetic material to create the first Space Marines by further genetically enhancing His own elite, Terran-born soldiers. Again, they may not know the exact nature of that reward, but to be chosen is the greatest of honours a young man can aspire to. They are barely human at all, but superhuman; having been made superior in all respects to a normal man by a harsh regime of genetic modification, psycho-conditioning and rigorous training. A degree of environmental engineering might be required, and the natives (if they are to form the basis of the Chapter's recruitment) must be studied and tested for many generations to ensure they are free of any stain of mutation that might later affect the Chapter itself. In such societies, Trials are all but unnecessary and instead of staging formal tests and challenges the Space Marines simply watch these wars from afar, witness the deeds of the greatest heroes and select the victors as Aspirants. With his death, there were none left alive within the Chapter who understood his work, and the necessary genetic alteration equipment had been utterly destroyed. Because of this, a Blood Ravens BattleBrother is more characterised by the nature of his Chapter and its doctrines than the line from which he is descended. Some carry this notion through to a rejection of artificial augmetics, preferring death to the dishonour of concealing weakness with machine implants and totally abhor the practise of imprisoning a fallen warrior in the sarcophagus of a Dreadnought. The key is finding the right balance of personal interaction that makes all the characters you write about, seem real and lifelike, without having your story devolve into constant bickering and one-upping each other. Finally, there are a small number of Chapters whose organisation and methods bears little resemblance to those prescribed in the Codex Astartes. What may have started as a symbolic honouring of the volcanic nature of Nocturne and the fire-breathing beasts that live amongst the basalt-formed mountains has evolved into a lethal specialisation. See more ideas about space marine art, warhammer 40k artwork, space marine. This is an attitude that developed as a consequence of the Salamanders' own unusually close connections to the Nocturnean people, as they are one of the only Chapters of Astartes who continue to interact with their families and the people of their homeworld after their transformation into Space Marines. A Feral World savage might be deposited in a hive city, for example, or a Hive Worlder in a predator-infested Death World jungle. If a Carcharodon were to lose his grip on sanity, these traits would likely amplify with unpleasant results. While some cities remain viable, others fail, and eventually fall to destitution and ruin. But those who survive it report the experience as a living nightmare, a sleeping wakefulness in which they relive the bottomless woe of Dorn's most trying time -- the grievous mortal wounding of the Emperor of Mankind during the final hours of the Battle of Terra. Each plays the role fate lays before him, knowing that a life spent in service to the Emperor is a life well lived. Occasionally a Space Marine Chapter will establish its Fortress-Monastery in such a place, often due to its position or because the Chapter wishes to maintain its privacy and isolation. Most Chapters have feudal title to an entire planet of the Imperium which serves as its Chapter homeworld or to a large fleet of powerful and massive starships that serves as a mobile headquarters if the Chapter is fleet-based. The Space Wolves shelved their plans to create any further Successor Chapters after the disastrous failure of their previous attempt, but in the 32nd Millennium, a Wolf Priest named Thrar "Wyrmblade" Hraldir believed he was close to a breakthrough. As before, these codices remain valid until superseded by newer versions (currently the oldest valid codexes are Codex: Astra Militarum - 8th Edition and Codex: Craftworlds - 8th Edition, released simultaneously). The Successors of the Legion maintain especially close relations, their officers all being members of the Inner Circle. A small number of Chapters have inherited quite unusual beliefs from the cultures they recruit from, and these have become intermixed with their veneration of the Emperor or of the Primarch. Most elements have a melting point either so high or so low that life is simply not possible in oceans featuring a predominance of such elements, so in the main, planets used by the Space Marines as home worlds are capable of supporting life and generally of less toxic composition. Being a canon chapter. One this page are listed some examples of Space Marine battle cries, which the player might like to bellow when his character is engaging a particularly fearsome enemy! It has never been done well, so just don't do it! For example, a battle-brother from a Chapter created using the genetic inheritance of the Ultramarines, would more than likely be a Codex-oriented, and have the same demeanour and traditions as their Progenitors. The Ultramarines themselves follow the codex to the letter, and this is true of other Ultramarines Successors who strive to follow their example. They can often be quite competitive, especially if they perceive that another might reach the objective before them. From gruelling sieges lasting decades to the bitter one-on-one fighting of a cityfight, there is no expression of the art of war that Mankind has not experienced, or mastered. Some Chapters use symbols drawn from ancient heraldry, the elements or even arcane sources such as alchemy. Others set aside their rivalry and work together until the end. This is an oft-used, lazy plot device that is commonly used by new writers in one of two ways, either to make a Chapter skip a few centuries, to avoid centuries worth of backstory and campaigns to write about, as well as to explain away why one of their Chapter's companies split from their parent Chapter, to eventually become their own separate Chapter. Amongst other types of Trial, the Ultramarines make extensive use of the Exposure Trial. It is likely that many Chapters have been created with a specific role in mind, whilst others have been founded due to a general increase in the activities of the Emperor's numerous enemies. Dead worlds are those that millennia ago harboured signs of life, but which have long since become lifeless, arid rocks. This is both disappointing and extremely lazy. 40k Homebrew Catalogues for the Warhammer 40,000 data sets. 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In the 41st Millennium, almost anything is possible! Many Chapter utilise iterations of common Imperial icons, such as the eagle, eagle wings, skulls and armoured fists. Others regard it as their duty to dispatch strike forces to every corner of the Imperium. Some sport a single colour, applied to the entire surface of the armour while others use several colours, halved or quartered to produce a striking and recognisable pattern. Black Templars are filled with a righteous power and hatred for the witch and heretic, even beyond that of other Chapters. How does the Chapter prefer to fight? Sometimes the High Lords of Terra bestow the name at the Chapter's Founding, linking it to some sacred duty the Chapter must perform, as is the case with the Praetors (meaning "guardians") of Orpheus. At first, this hatred is indistinguishable from that of a normal member of the Adeptus Astartes, forming only the staunch disdain required to face them in combat and turn away their insidious advances against the domain of the Emperor. It is a long and sometimes fatal process that must be done in the correct order. Both the White Scars and Raven Guard fall under this designation. The Space Marines are regarded as figureheads, and may even attend traditional events and services, such as the Feast of the Emperor's Ascension or its local equivalent. There are approximately a thousand Chapters spread across the galaxy and only the priests of the Adeptus Terra have anything approaching a complete catalogue of these units and their heraldry. Dormant gland. Many Challenge Trials involve a test of martial skill, with the Aspirant fighting an armed duel against a Battle-Brother. Plenty of worlds feature environments that are inimical to life, yet due to some natural resource or the world's strategic value, humans eke out an existence there nonetheless. Adam Harrison. Some Trials are watched over closely by the servants of the Chapter, who judge the Aspirant every step of the way. This expression of duty can become exaggerated in members of the Chapter after long periods in combat, especially against numerous and unrelenting foes like the Ork hordes of a WAAAGH! The White Scars utilise the Thunderhawk Assault tactic to fearsome effect, ferrying entire bike squads to the front line, which ride down the stunned foe. In the 41st Millennium, autochthonic religions are often merged into the cult of the Emperor, so the practice is not entirely without precedent although it remains uncommon amongst the Adeptus Astartes. 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