Imperial Harbingers

The Imperial Harbingers are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown origin that was founded during the 23rd Founding in the 37th Millenium.

Chapter History
The Imperial Harbingers Chapter was created during the Sentinel 23rd Founding, to help replace the considerable losses suffered by the Adeptus Astartes in the preceding millennia. Along with several other Chapters, the Imperial Harbingers were from the outset, conceived as a replacement Chapter that would spend its existence on continuous crusade and was to be created from the most stable gene-seed stocks available to the Adeptus Mechanicus. Like many of the Space Marine Chapters created during this tumultuous period in Imperial history, their exact primogenitor Chapter remains unknown. The Imperial Harbingers hail from the feral world of Birmingham, "the Black Planet," so named because it receives very little visible light. The Chapter is called the Harbingers and the Imperial Harbingers interchangeably and the terms do not refer to separate Chapters. The Chapter specializes in boarding actions and planetary drop assaults. The Harbingers consider themselves sworn enemies of the Death Guard Traitor Legion.

Notable Campaigns

 * 13th Black Crusade - When word reached the Chapter of the outbreak of the 13th Black Crusade, the Imperial Harbingers were engaged in battle with the Orks of the Piscinan Belt. The Chapter redirected their forces away from the Orks, and committed eight companies to combat the threat of Abaddon and his 13th Black Crusade.
 * Piscina IV - The Imperial Harbingers fought alongside the Dark Angels against the combined forces of the Ork Warlords Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka and Nazdreg Ug Urdgrub. The fiercest fighting was at the Dark Angels' Basilica.
 * Scylla Incident - The Scylla Incident was a naval engagement that was fought by the Harbingers in the Gothic Sector. The Imperial Harbingers' battle-barge, the Unrelenting Fury, intercepted the Ork-controlled Space Hulk Scylla and delivering a series of punishing salvos against it. The Unrelenting Fury suffered severe engine damage from repeated attacks by Ork attack-craft, but was otherwise unharmed.

Chapter Colours
The Imperial Harbingers Chapter colours are white with a white Aquila and a yellow helmet.

Chapter Badge
The Imperial Harbingers' Chapter badge is a flaming skull in profile.

Notable Characters

 * Nimrod Grudge - The current Chapter Master of the Imperial Harbingers is Nimrod Grudge.