Imperius Reavers



The Imperius Reavers  are a Fourth Founding Successor Space Marine Chapter of the legendary Ultramarines. The Chapter's homeworld is the planet Praedis Zeta, located in the Vidar System, which is located in the Eastern Fringe at the farthest edge of the Ultramarines' Realm of Ultramar. The Imperius Reavers Space Marines are adept at hunting aliens, having been embroiled in many wars with the Tyranids in years past. Their 2nd Company, know on Praedis Zeta as "The Stormbringers" are veterans of the First Tyrannic Wars and experts in rooting out Genestealer hybrids.

Chapter History
Led into battle by their vigilant Chapter Master, Vassile Belousov, the Imperius Reavers are a fourth founding chapter of the Ultramarines. The Reavers fought alongside their Founding Chapter in the Tyrannic Wars, and the notion of the organic abominations created by the Genestealers on Praedis Zeta is abhorrent to the Astartes. They will stop at nothing to have their home planet clear of this alien threat, and will be utterly merciless in their pursuit of this goal. But how many of the enemy have infiltrated the ranks of his allied army?

Notable Campaigns

 * The Cleansing of Praedis-Zeta (645.M39) -

Chapter Gene-Seed
The Ultramarines gene-seed is by far the purest stock of Astartes gene-seed in the Imperium and there are no known aberrations in its genetic structure. Every one of the esoteric organs utilised in the arduous creation of a Space Marine by the Imperius Reavers Chapter are fully functional. The terrible schism known as the Horus Heresy highlighted weaknesses inherent in the gene-seed of several other Space Marine Legions and this was exacerbated by the accelerated zygote harvesting techniques used to keep the Legions up to full strength during that terrible conflict. When the Legions were broken down into Chapters after the Heresy, a genetic repository was set up on Terra to store their gene-seed and monitor its purity. As the largest of the Space Marine Legions, the Ultramarines' contributions to this resource was greater than that of any other Legion and, as a result, their gene-seed became the stock type for many subsequent Chapters of later Foundings. Those Chapters created from the Ultramarines gene-seed stored on Terra venerate Roboute Guilliman as their founding father.

Chapter Colours
The Imperius Reavers wear a unique halved-heraldry of red (right) and black (left) coloured Power Armour. In lieu of an Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard, the Imperius Reavers often wear neither, or substitute these icons with their own Chapter iconography. It is not currently known what squad or company markings they use to identify themselves with, but as an Ultramarines' Successor Chapter, they more than likely emulate their Progenitor forebears.

Chapter Badge
The Imperius Reavers' badge is a white coloured "Omega" letter drawn from the Greek alphabet, in emulation of their Ultramarines progenitors, superimposed over a gladius sword, centred on a field of red.