Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4948356-20130516175846/@comment-7974155-20130620000247

The Death Reapers were formed from the survivors of a Sun Warriors force that was attacked during the destruction of hive fleet Leviathan. They were corned on a long dead world by a Tyranid force numbering in the millions. They held out for two weeks killing hundreds of the creatures and among the corpses the leader of the survivors; Chapter Master Leonidas was visited by Khorne in a vision. Khorne knew of Leonidas’s love of a good challenge and gave him an offer; he would grant him strength and the power to crush any foe in his path at the cost of his legions worship which Leonidas immediately refused, then after another hours fighting Khorne re extended his offer this time with a twist his army would only turn traitor but not to chaos, Leonidas however would not get off so easy. In certain circumstances and sometimes at random he would turn to a rage state and at this point he would lose all control killing anyone he can until it ends, all blood, skulls and souls take in this time would all go to Khorne. Knowing that declining would result in the death of all of his men Leonidas took the offer and he immediately turned to rage and began to mow into the enemy hordes. He killed hundreds and as his forces charge in behind him thousands of daemons appeared around them and they proceeded to kill every Tyranid on the planet.

The survivors left immediately after the battle (only five hundred of them remaining) on their only surviving vessel, the Battle Barge Scythe. They travelled for little less than a week before stumbling onto a planet that seemed much to their liking, lush grasslands with rivers of lava and great mountains ranges in all directions, Harvest. They made planet fall and stumbled on a small imperial outpost and Leonidas quickly convinced the small force of guardsmen to join his force. He sent a message to the Sun Warriors informing them of his fall to chaos and respectfully nominated the captain of the 1st company for the new Chapter Master. In a mass ceremony Leonidas and all his marines revoked their oaths to the Emperor and replaced them with promises of honour and to respect those with it. He renamed his army the Death Reapers as they would reap the souls of the unhourable and spare those with it.

Fighting style: The Death Reapers specialise in close quarters and city fighting. They make immense use of flame weapons and every marine carries one of any kind. They are especially good in close combat and treat every fight as duel in itself and every combatant is either remembered or insulted after a battle depending on how much honour was shown.

''“Every combatant is to have a close combat weapon of equal length and made sure to have no other weapons available” ''

''Extract from “Honour Duelling” part 1 ''

''“We remember the Honourable ''

''As they deserve to be remembered ''

''We despise the tricksters ''

''As they have no honour” ''

''Death Reapers battle chant ''

''“We pledge ourselves to respect all who have honour ''

''To defend honour in all its forms ''

To deal swift justice to all without it 

''And to follow the individual who has the most.” ''

Death Reapers saying



Will be puting up colours and theme song soon