Fire Lords

Overview
The Fire Lords is a Codex Chapter. Their founding date has not been established. There is no definite information on what chapter's gene-seed was used for their creation. There are several theories on the subject. One school of thought states that they are successors of the Salamanders. Another school of thought believe that the Imperial Fists are the source of the gene-seed.

Chapter Home World
The Fire Lords home world is the planet Mundus Pyra

Combat Doctrine
The Fire Lords precede assaults with a barrage of incendiary missiles, and hurl themselves at the charred foe before the flames have burnt themselves out.

The Grissen Campaign
Due to a clerical error in the Imperium's labyrinthine bureaucracy, the once-prosperous world of Grissen had gone unnoticed. A mid-level functionary discovered that the planetary tithes were now some eight thousand year overdue. An Imperial Guard regiment was immediately raised to bring the Emperor's law back to Grissen. When the regiment found itself overwhelmed by the sheer ferocity of the fighters they found on the surface of the planet, they requested support. A task force from the Fire Lords Chapter, under the command of Jaric Phoros, joined the fray.

At first the Space Marines made little progress. The natives were so entrenched that even the most devastating orbital bombardments made scant impact on their positions. Nonetheless, the Imperial decree was that Grissen should be brought back into the fold. Grissen would prove an excellent recruiting ground for the Imperial Guard, and so Phoros held back from ordering Exterminatus. Biting back his mounting frustration, Phoros directed his Techmarines to construct a weapon that would win the war. Within a week of the first Land Raider modifications the Fire Lords took Grissen's capital city. Within a month, the largest planetary faction was suing for peace and Grissen was part of the Imperium once more.

Land Raider Redeemer
In the wake of the Grissen campaign, Phoros disseminated his new design's schematics. Hawing always been possessed of a sardonic frame of mind, he named the new pattern "Prometheus" after a god from Terran legend who brought fire to men. He changed the official designation to Redeemer only upon learning that the name was already taken by a variant developed by the Salamanders. Nonetheless, the original Redeemer still serves in the Fire Lord's second company, the name Prometheus resplendent on its flanks and honored in the Chapter's Histories.



Chapter Colors
The Fire Lords' power armor is painted red, with a yellow helmet, greaves, vambraces, aquila, and markings.

Chapter Symbol
Symbol for the Fire Lords is a black fist with yellow flame on a red background.