Crimson Fists

"Brothers, today we have come to reclaim that which is ours and defend the Imperium as the Primarch instructed. Show these greenskins no mercy, for they are nothing but a pox upon the galaxy."

- Chaplain Jorge Martinez, Crimson Fists 4th Company

The Crimson Fists are a Loyalist Space Marines Chapter. They are a Second Founding Successor Chapter of the Imperial Fists Legion. The Crimson Fists are a Chapter on the edge of extinction, their fortress-monastery destroyed and their numbers all but annihilated when the Ork WAAAGH! Snagrod descended on the Loki Sector and their Chapter homeworld of Rynn's World in 989.M41. Yet the Crimson Fists fight on, bearing the blows of a cruel fate with a stoicism that has become legend across the Imperium. Even amongst the elite ranks of the Space Marines, the remaining Crimson Fists are held as warriors without peer, forged in the fire of the most terrible and hopeless battles. As one would expect of successors to the Imperial Fists, the Crimson Fists are steadfast and stubborn warriors, reluctant to yield so long as victory is possible. Nonetheless, the Chapter's brush with annihilation has tempered this ardour with grim reality. The Crimson Fists' future now lies with a handful of Space Marines, their lives to be expended for greater rewards than the salving of personal pride. Now the Battle Brothers of the Crimson Fists fight for more than the Emperor of Mankind, more than honour and renown. They fight so that their Chapter may survive, and one day regain its former glories.

Foundation and Crusades
In the aftermath of the tragic conflict known as the Horus Heresy, Roboute Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarines Legion, penned his sacred manual of warfare, the Codex Astartes. With the creation of this tome, Guilliman demanded that his brothers accept his example by dividing their own Space Marine Legions into 1,000-member Space Marine Chapters so that no single commander could ever control the power of an entire Astartes Legion again. Initially, Primarch Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists Legion was opposed to such a notion. He argued that more than ever before, it was crucial for his Space Marines to remain as a consolidated Legion so that they could continue to work closely together in order to protect the Imperium from the remnants of the Traitor Legions. This issue became an increasingly critical point of contention between the two Primarchs, as their arguments grew in intensity. Ultimately, following the events known as the Iron Cage, Dorn eventually relented, choosing to concede to Guilliman's demands and allow the surviving Astartes of his Legion to be divided into three Chapters. The Crimson Fists Chapter's members were selected by Dorn from those Astartes who had been most recently initiated into the VII Legion, with the exception of its leaders, who were all Veterans.The newly Founded Chapter's first Chapter Master was Alexis Polux, a Battle-Brother who had won the Primarch’s respect countless times. Known as much for his massive physical size and prowess as his leadership and tactical expertise, Polux led the Crimson Fists for the first 800 standard years of their existence. During this time, he did much to shape their interpretation of the Codex Astartes and their combat doctrines.

The Crimson Fists were a crusading Fleet-based Chapter for the next nine millennia much like their brother Chapter the Black Templars. The Crimson Fists travelled throughout the Imperium, defeating the enemies of the Emperor. Their Battle-Barge Rutilus Tyrannus served as their mobile fortress-monastery, though a large fleet of additional Strike Cruisers supported it. Across the ages, the Crimson Fists continued to build a reputation of loyal service and utter competency in the fight against any who would oppose the Imperium of Man. Much of their activity was focused within the Loki Sector of the Segmentum Tempestus, but this was not the only region of the galaxy in which they defended the realm of the Emperor. No matter the nature of the foe, this Chapter remained loyal to the Imperium and its sacred cause, answering the calls of both the Inquisition as well as the Adeptus Administratum throughout their long service. Their service has led to that trust being reciprocal, to the extent that twice the Chapter has been assigned to eliminate other Space Marine Chapters that have embraced heresy. These were the Sons of Gideon, who surrendered to madness, and the Marines Vigilant, whose minds were shattered by xenos exposure.

Perhaps their most famous Crusade was the Crusade of Righteous Liberation fought for 300 Terran years during the 36th Millennium that nearly destroyed the Chapter, leaving only 128 Crimson Fists Astartes remaining before it was completed. Unlike the Black Templars, the Crimson Fists showed a more rigid adherence to the Codex Astartes, and tended to maintain close ties with the Loki Sector. It was not until almost eight hundred years into the 40th Millennium that the Crimson Fists were granted feudal rights to their own Chapter planet, Rynn's World, which was located in the Loki Sector. The world was granted to the Chapter as a reward by the High Lords of Terra for their success in the Voltigern Crusade. Over the course of this Crusade, the Crimson Fists had blunted countless significant Ork forces within the sector, preventing them from unifying into a single overwhelming threat. The proximity of Rynn's World to several of the Crimson Fists' primary recruiting worlds like Blackwater in that sector was ideal, and the Chapter constructed their fortress-monastery, the Arx Tyrannus, from the dismantled remains of their ancient Battle-Barge Rutilus Tyrannus in the middle of the inhospitable and frigid Hellblade Mountains of the planet's southern continent.

The Battle of Rynn's World
In 989.M41, an Ork Warlord known as Snagrod, the Arch-Arsonist of Charadon, united many of the warring Ork factions surrounding the Loki Sector and began a massive WAAAGH!, taking several human colonies with minimal resistance, Snagrod boasted that his next conquest would be Rynn's World. In response, the Third Company of the Crimson Fists was sent to stall the WAAAGH! and gauge its strength. The size of Snagrod's forces had been significantly underestimated, and only a few Space Marines escaped to relay vital intelligence back to Chapter Master Kantor. Kantor ordered the immediate recall of all Crimson Fists, and set about organising the defences of Rynn's World.

When Snagrod's WAAAGH! hit Rynn's World, it was with a force unseen among Orks since the Second War for Armageddon. During the initial invasion of Rynn's World, a great tragedy befell the Crimson Fists.A single missile, launched by one of the planetary defence installations, faltered in its trajectory and struck the Crimson Fists fortress monastery. The missile managed to strike an unknown weak point in the fortress' design, detonating the Chapter's entire arsenal of weapons. The resultant explosion levelled the monastery, the mountain it rested on, and wiped out everything within a half mile's radius. Of the forces stationed around and within the monastery, there were just sixteen survivors, Kantor among them.

The survivors, forced to move stealthily through territory captured by the Orks, were able to link up with a detachment of Crimson Fists assigned to defend Rynn's World's capital, New Rynn City, in the process remaining awake for 328.7 standard hours. Faced with the destruction of the vast majority of his Chapter at Rynn's World, Kantor was faced with a choice few Chapter Masters have ever had to make. He could lead the remnants of his decimated force in a vainglorious last stand, determined to slaughter as many of the enemy as possible before succumbing to their overwhelming numbers, or, as he eventually chose, he could marshal his resources and deploy his remaining force in missions that favoured small, elite units, looking to the eventual rebuilding of the Chapter and retaking of his world.

Taking command of the Imperial forces, Kantor was able to eventually repulse the Orks from Rynn's World, although the siege of New Rynn City lasted eighteen months, and the effort to fully cleanse the planet of Greenskin taint took many years. It has been noted that many Chapter Masters in Kantor's position would have chosen the former option, ensuring their Chapter a place in legend rather than accept their virtual defeat. It is to Kantor's eternal credit, and is a mark of a leader of superior character, that he made the choice he did, for the Imperium can ill afford the loss of such a fine Chapter of Astartes as the Crimson Fists.

The Rynn's World Campaign resulted in catastrophic losses for the Crimson Fists, with the Chapter almost completely wiped out. As a result, Kantor's primary focus is currently on rebuilding the Chapter. Though famous across the Imperium as Ork fighters, Snagrod's WAAAGH! has induced a deep hatred of Orks within the Chapter, and it is said that Crimson Fists Space Marines will go to any lengths to defeat any Ork forces they encounter. The Crimson Fists are often on the move, no longer having a true home base and reverting to their ancient practice of operating as primarily a Fleet-based Chapter. Yet, they often return to Rynn's World to mourn the Battle-Brothers who died so heroically in its defence.

Zealous Servants
While many Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes are firm in their beliefs and zealous in defending the Emperor's Imperium, the Crimson Fists' zeal is, if anything, greater than usual. This Chapter trait has lead to the Crimson Fists being called upon numerous times by the High Lords of Terra to exterminate their fellow Space Marine Chapters who have been declared Excommunicate Traitoris. At least three such instances have been recorded in Imperial history. The first such occurred after a routine examination of the gene-seed of the Chapter known as the Sons of Gideon revealed that it had mutated to such an extent that the Space Marines of this Chapter had been driven insane by a chemical imbalance. The Crimson Fists mercilessly destroyed the Sons of Gideon's homeworld of Gideon IV and then hunted down the Sons of Gideon's 3rd Company which had escaped the initial assault and had been butchering its way through the 4 billion citizens of the Colar System. The second Chapter the Crimson Fists took action against was the Marines Vigilant, who had come under the influence of a strange and rare Warp entity that had wiped away the Chapter's willingness to engage in combat. Tragically, the Marines Vigilant put up no resistance at all as the Crimson Fists bombarded their verdant homeworld into a wasteland.

The third Chapter the Crimson Fists fought against were the Soul Drinkers. Dark rumours persist that there were 3 Second Founding Chapters of the Imperial Fists, the final one being the Soul Drinkers. For unknown reasons, in the last century of the 41st Millennium the Soul Drinkers were declared Excomunicate Traitoris and all records of the Chapter were destroyed by an Inquisitorial Edict of Obliteration. Somehow these Renegade Space Marines escaped destruction. On Entymion IV, an entire Battle Company of the Crimson Fists sought to eradicate the remaining traitors of the Soul Drinkers. Remarkably, the Soul Drinkers not only out-maneuvered the Crimson Fists but managed to escape the planet as well. While the Crimson Fists did manage to foil a brewing plot concocted by a Dark Eldar Kabal, the Chapter was furious that the Soul Drinkers had escaped the righteous retribution of the Emperor. The Crimson Fists' willingness to sanction their fellow Space Marines has earned them a reputation as the High Lords of Terra's lapdogs by the more unorthodox Chapters such as the Space Wolves, White Scars and the Exorcists.

Notable Campaigns

 * The Crusade of Righteous Liberation (Date Unknown.M36) - The Crusade of Righteous Liberation was the most legendary military campaign executed by the Crimson Fists in their history. The Crusade lasted for over three hundred Terran years before the Crimson Fists had given up their original role as a Fleet-based Chapter and settled on their new homeworld of Rynn's World. This Crusade occurred during the Age of Apostasy when the Imperium was wracked by internal strife. In total, 84 worlds were reconquered by the Crimson Fists over the course of the Crusade. The Chapter's numbers dwindled as a result of attrition during the long campaign, because the Crimson Fists were unable to recruit new Initiates to replace their losses whilst on Crusade. Only 128 Crimson Fists were left at the successful conclusion of the Crusade, and forever after the Chapter's 1st Company has always been kept at 128 Astartes in memory of this time, and is always led by the Crimson Fists' Chapter Master. Known as the Crusade Company, it is considered a bad omen if the Chapter goes to war without the 1st Company being at full strength.
 * Chapter Dispute (819.M41) - A perceived slight causes the Mortifactors and Crimson Fists to come to blows. Only a personal intercession by the Ultramarines' Chapter Master Marneus Calgar ends the dispute before it escalates into open warfare. The matter is kept from the attention of the Adeptus Terra.
 * Battle of the Steel Cross (853.M41) - During the decisive moments of the Battle of the Steel Cross, Captain Cortez single-handedly slew an Ork Warlord and his entire bodyguard. Cortez had managed to disarm the Ork leader with a twist of his torso after the Ork's sword had become embedded in Cortez's ribs.
 * The Toran VI Massacres (934.M41) - The Crimson Fists defeat the warband of Chaos Lord Sathash the Golden.
 * The Declates Crusade (Date Unknown.M41) - The Declates Crusade was a joint Imperial Crusade against the Ork WAAAGH! Gitzmott carried out by both the Crimson Fists and Black Templars Space Marine Chapters in the heavily-populated Declates System. As a symbol of solidarity against what seemed to be an innumerable foe, Astartes from both Chapters "exchanged" iconography and often fought in mixed squads. Black Templars painted their left hands red, and Crimson Fists painted a Templar Cross onto their right knee. This unusual gesture of unity helped establish a tight bond that steeled the resolve of the brave warriors involved in the ultimately successful cleansing of the system from the Greenskins' taint.
 * Battle of Rynn's World (989-990.M41) - The Battle of Rynn's World began in mid-989.M41 when the Ork Warlord Snagrod, the Arch-Arsonist of Charadon, united the warring Greenskin factions bordering the Loki Sector and launched the largest WAAAGH! the Peryton 163 Cluster had seen since the Great Crusade, attacking the isolated Imperial Agri-world of Badlanding. The Imperial defenders of Badlanding were utterly unprepared for the invasion, and within days the only major strongpoint of resistance was the capital city of Krugerport, where the remnants of the 18th Mordian, 24th Lammas and 49th Boros Imperial Guard Regiments, commanded by Commissar Alhaus Baldur, put up a bold, but ultimately doomed, defence. Confident that he had the world in his grasp, Snagrod put out incessant, ranting broadcasts, boasting that his next conquest would be Rynn's World, which lay only a few weeks Warp travel from Badlanding. Chapter Master Pedro Kantor responded immediately, despatching the 3rd Company under Captain Ashor Drakken to Badlanding to stall the Ork WAAAGH! and determine its strength. The Battle of Krugerport was a tragic defeat for the Crimson Fists who found WAAAGH! Snagrod to be far larger and more aggressive than any could have predicted. In the resulting defeat, the Crimson Fists suffered a loss of 56 Space Marines out of a detachment of 84; Captain Drakken was among the fallen. The handful of Space Marines that survived the battle were able to escape to bring valuable intelligence back to Rynn's World. Upon hearing of the size and strength of the Ork war host, Chapter Master Kantor ordered the immediate recall of all Chapter companies fighting away from Rynn's World, mobilised the Planetary Defense Force, and prepared for the inevitable invasion. When the WAAAGH! Snagrod hit Rynn's World, it was with a force unparalleled by any other Ork invasion save for the second Greenskin assault on the Hive World of Armageddon that would come 9 standard years later. As the Ork dropships and “Roks” fell through the night sky, the Chapter’s automated defence systems responded, and all was well until a malfunctioning plasma missile from the Space Marines’ surface-to-space defence system, in a trillion to one malfunction, impacted the Crimson Fists’ fortress-monastery. The errant missile scored an impressively accurate, if altogether unintentional, hit on the fortress-monastery's main Armoury. The arsenal, the fortress-monastery, the mountain, and an area half a mile wide were instantly atomised. The Chapter was almost obliterated in the ensuing holocaust Only 16 Crimson Fists garrisoned in their fortress-monastery survived its destruction, including Pedro Kantor and Captain Alessio Cortez. These Astartes then traveled overland while protecting what civilians they could until they linked up with what remained of the Chapter in New Rynn City. There they held out against the Ork siege of the city. The siege of New Rynn City ground on for 18 months, but the Crimson Fists maintained their stoic defence of the beleaguered city until Imperial reinforcements which included 6 Space Marine Chapters finally arrived in 990.M41, 18 months after the invasion began, to drive the Orks from the world, although small pockets of Greenskins would remain to trouble the planet's reconstruction for years afterwards. These reinforcements arrived just in time, as the Orks had constructed a series of Gargant war machines that not even the Crimson Fists' heroism could have repelled. The Chapter's losses in the wake of the reclamation of Rynn's World proved most grievous, with only nearly the loss of over half the Chapter's Battle-Brothers.
 * Zeist Campaign (999.M41) - The Zeist Campaign was a military conflict fought between the Imperium of Man and the Tau Empire in the Zeist Sector of the Ultima Segmentum. Taking place in 999.M41, during the Tau Empire's Third Sphere Expansion, it ran concurrently with Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade and the assault on Imperial space by the Tyranid Hive Fleet Leviathan. As the Imperium's military was heavily involved with preventing the breakout of the Forces of Chaos from the Cadian Gate on the other side of Imperial space, the Tau took advantage of this distraction to rapidly expand their territory. Marneus Calgar despatched Captain Cato Sicarius and the 2nd Company to the Zeist sector where they would draw a line in space to halt the Tau advance. Word was also sent to all nearby Chapters, asking for aid in the coming campaign. Heeding the Lord of Macragge's summons, the Crimson Fists send fresh tactical squads to be placed under Sicarius's command. Putting aside all rivalries of Chapter and status to fight as brothers against a deserving foe, a formidable strike force of close to a dozen Space Marine Chapters assaulted the Tau occupied world of Augura. They Tau could not hope to prevail against such an assemblage of might. The fortresses of Augura were smashed asunder and its shipyards and weapons factories destroyed. This effectively ended the Tau expansion as their forces retreated to more secure territory in dismay. Though fully prepared to carry the assault into the Tau Empire and reclaim those worlds captured at the start of the campaign, it was not to be, for the might of the Adeptus Astartes was needed elsewhere.

Chapter Organisation
The Crimson Fists are classified as a Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter, because they are strict followers of the holy tome with only a few minor variants. At the end of the Crusade of Righteous Liberation in the 36th Millennium, only 128 Marines were left in the Chapter. Since that time the Crusade Company (1st Company) has always numbered 128 Space Marines. Since the Crimson Fists started as a crusading Chapter, they always had access to a large, well maintained fleet of starships. Although many vessels were lost over Rynn's World, the surviving fleet was more than capable of entangling the Orks' space forces until the Imperial Navy was able to reinforce the system.

After Rynn's World, the Crimson Fists found themselves in the interesting position of having more specialists than Battle-Brothers. The Chapter's Apothecaries and Techmarines have been forced to take on roles not normally assigned to them, although without their skills the Chapter would have dwindled beyond repair within a few years. The process of rebuilding the Chapter has been slow and arduous, although any rush would result in complications that would corrupt or destroy the Chapter at a later date. A number of Scout Squads have been inducted into a newly formed Tenth Company, and are said to be forging the future of the Chapter with their every action.

Various Imperial sources seem to conflict over the actual number of Battle-Brothers who survived the Rynn's World Campaign.One set of records record that just after the destruction of their fortress-monastery—but before the battle for Rynn City began in earnest—the Crimson Fists numbered 400 Battle-Brothers, mostly those stationed in Rynn City, in their Fleet and on outlying settlements. However, given the length of the Battle of Rynn's World, it is unlikely that anything even approaching that number of Space Marines were still alive at the end of the campaign. One quote made in reference to the Crimson Fists mentions the fact that a Chapter reduced to less than a company of Battle-Brothers is unlikely to recover. However, an additional record mentions that the Crimson Fists fielded four "reduced companies" at the turning of the millennium. Given that this is less than a decade after the end of the Rynn's World campaign (997.M41), it is unlikely that the Chapter has managed to "graduate" many new Battle-Brothers from its reduced Scout Marines cadre. While the actual number of Crimson Fists Marines who survived the Rynn's World campaign is unknown, it seems fair to assume that, by the end of the 41st Millennium, the Chapter is unlikely to field more than 200 Battle-Brothers.

Chapter Recruitment
Though Rynn's World is the Crimson Fists' home, it is not a planet from which they actively recruit. During their millennia as a crusading Chapter, the Crimson Fists established the practice of recruiting on many worlds of the Loki Sector. While a few had significant technological bases, the Chapter has generally recruited preferentially from Feral Worlds such as Blackwater, which is situated relatively close to Rynn's World. While Aspirants are sometimes taken from other worlds, this practice has become increasingly uncommon. However, the Crimson Fists have never sought out those who engaged in savagery for its own sake. Rather, they seek the most appropriate candidates who are characterised by a combination of honour, athleticism, and stoicism in the face of overwhelming odds.

However, the Crimson Fists also now recruit from Rynn's World itself and other worlds near to it. Having been a fleet-based Chapter for several millennia, the Chapter had grown accustomed to recruiting from many worlds but always came back to Blackwater and several nearby star systems for a steady source of reliable recruits, making the move to become a ground-based Chapter relatively simple. The Chapter annually travels to Blackwater to conduct the Festival of the Bloodied Fist. Through the course of this ceremony, Aspirants are subjected to a battery of trials that are used to evaluate their martial, mental, and spiritual prowess. Few of those who attempt the trial make it to the later stages. For those who do, the final challenge requires a worthy Aspirant to travel deep into the planet’s toxic swamps and kill a barb dragon with their bare hands. Each year, there are few who manage to complete this brutally challenging test. However, those who successfully survive are far more likely to complete their initiation into the Crimson Fists Chapter than are Initiates with most other Chapters.

Upon recruitment, a Crimson Fists Neophyte will serve in the Chapter's 10th Company as a Scout Marine just as in any other Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter. Upon completing the ritual known as "The Steeping," the Neophyte goes on to become a full Battle-Brother of the Chapter and takes his place in one of the Crimson Fists's Reserve Companies. Failed Aspirants, primarily those whose bodies proved metabolically and/or immunologically unable to accept the Chapter's gene-seed and Astartes implants, become Chapter Serfs.

Specialist Ranks and Chapter Titles
As Scions of Rogal Dorn, the Crimson Fists are regarded as a Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter, as their organisation, order of battle and tactical operations adhere closely to the tenets laid down in that most sacred of tomes for the Adeptus Astartes. There are, however, several noteworthy and substantial deviations from the Codex's prescribed doctrine. Most notable among these deviations are the use of certain honourific ranks and titles within the Chapter in place of the standard Space Marine ranks, which include the following:
 * Lord Hellblade - Noble title accorded by the people of Rynn's World to the Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists, who is recognised as a member of the Imperium of Man's feudal nobility with Rynn's World as his demesne. Lord Hellblade is also always the commander of the Chapter's elite Crusade (1st) Company.
 * High Chaplain - Informal title for the Crimson Fists Reclusiarch who serves as the Master of Sanctity for the Chapter.
 * Master of the Librarius - The title used by the Chapter's Chief Librarian.
 * Master of the Technacarum - The formal title used by the Chapter's Master of the Forge.
 * Master of the Shield - Title held by the Captain of the 2nd Company.
 * Master of the Line - Title held by the Captain of the 3rd Company.
 * Master of the Charge - Title held by the Captain of the 4th Company.
 * Master of the Watch - Title held by the Captain of the 6th Company.
 * Master of the Gates - Title held by the Captain of the 7th Company.
 * Master of Blades - Title of the Captain of the 8th Company.
 * Master of the Siege - Title of the Captain of the 9th Company.
 * Master of the Shadows - Title of the Captain of the 10th Company.
 * Master of the Fleet - Rank held by a senior headquarters Astartes of the Chapter with proven void combat experience, rather than a company Captain.
 * The Chosen - The Chapter's Serfs are made up of failed Astartes Aspirants collectively called "The Chosen," who serve the Chapter in multiple combat support roles. It is from these Serfs that messengers, skilled labourers and even the Chapter Master's Major-Domo are all drawn.

The Arx Tyrannus
The Arx Tyrannus, the former fortress-monastery of the Crimson Fists, was situated in the Hellblade Mountains of the Sorocco Province on Rynn's World. It comprised a central citadel surrounded by buildings dedicated to the Chapter Reclusium, Apothecarion, Technicarum and other specialist enclaves and was protected by a curtain wall featuring four mighty towers known as the Sercia, Protheo, Marez and Laculum Bastions. It was an anti-ship torpedo fired from the Laculum Bastion that ultimately destroyed the Arx Tyrannus during WAAAGH! Snagrod's invasion of Rynn's World in 989.M41. Roughly 600 Astartes were within the Arx Tyrannus when it was destroyed and the loss of all but 16 of them was the greatest loss of life the Chapter has suffered since the Siege of Barenthal.

At its height, the Arx Tyrannus was staffed by specialised Chapter Serfs, including a senior Astropath known as The Monitor who presided over the fortress' Communicatus, and the Major-Domo who served as the overseer of the Chapter Serfs and the personal attendant and confidante to Lord Hellblade himself. The last serving Monitor was Durlon Cholo, while the last Major-Domo was a failed Aspirant named Ramir Savales. Savales had been a promising recruit to the Chapter but was unable to become a Space Marine when his body rejected the Astartes implants and the genetic alterations initiated by the gene-seed's viral machines. Savales' direct predecessor was a man named Argol Kondris. As with many of the Chapter's serfs, Savales became Major-Domo after being selected as an apprentice to Kondris, which was a tradition for many of the more important positions held by the Chapter's support staff. All but 400-odd Chapter Serfs were killed when the Arx Tyrannus was lost, and none within the fortress survived the explosion.

In addition to the Arx Tyrannus, the Crimson Fists possessed a Chapter keep known as The Cassar within New Rynn City, an orbital dock known as Raxa Station that serviced the Chapter fleet and had lunar tracking stations on Rynn's World's moons of Dantienne and Syphos. Of these assets, only The Cassar apparently survived the invasion of the Arch-Arsonist and his WAAAGH!. It is unknown at this time if the Crimson Fists will begin the reconstruction of the Arx Tyrannus or move their fortress-monastery to an entirely new location.

The Cassar
The Cassar is a Chapter keep of the Crimson Fists that was situated in the Zona Regis, also known as the Silver Citadel of New Rynn City. The Citadel is situated on a small island at the center of New Rynn City, with the rapid flowing River Rynn on either side. The Cassar and the entire Silver Citadel are protected by potent Void Shields which made it the most protected location on the planet next to the Arx Tyrannus itself. With the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus, the Crimson Fists based themselves within The Cassar until such time as the Chapter can salvage the ruins of the Arx Tyrannus and build a new fortress-monastery. Fortunately, 400 Chapter Serfs and nearly 30 Servitors were despatched to The Cassar to prepare it for Snagrod's invasion, ensuring that the Chapter still possesses some of its original support services as it attempts to rebuild its strength.

Chapter Homeworld
Rynn’s World is a feudal Agri-world within the Loki Sector. Its primary exports have historically been particularly exotic foods, which became renowned delicacies among the Imperial nobility of the sector. The world is largely isolated from other human inhabited planets, but the Crimson Fists presence has led to the implementation of an extensive planetary defence system. Further, the Chapter’s actions during the Voltigern Crusade in M40 significantly mitigated the Ork presence within the Sector. The Crimson Fists take little direct involvement with the human population of Rynn’s World. Their fortress monastery is located within the Hellblade Mountains. The huge structure’s main hall is dominated by a statue dedicated to the memory of The Great Father, Alexis Polux, which remained within the battle barge for centuries. With its arrival on Rynn’s World, the structure continues to serve as one of the Chapter’s most holy sites.

Chapter Combat Doctrine
During the nine thousand years of their crusade, the Crimson Fists became skilled at combating many alien species, most notably the Orks. These skills have been valuable to the Ordo Xenos of the Inquisition, with many members of the Chapter serving terms with the elite Deathwatch. Captain Octavius, an Imperial Fist seconded to the Deathwatch once commented that no other Chapter has provided as many Space Marines to the Deathwatch as the Crimson Fists. As a result, the Crimson Fists are among the most highly regarded xenos fighters in the Imperium. Captain Octavius also ruminated on the loyalty and sense of duty possessed by the Chapter and its Astartes. Despite their severe losses on Rynn's World, the Crimson Fists continue to second Battle-Brothers to the Deathwatch. In fact, no less than one quarter of Captain Octavius' own eight-man Kill-team were Crimson Fists.

Though famed for their stubborn, intractable defensive actions, much like their progenitors, the Imperial Fists, after the Battle of Rynn's World, the sheer number of casualties suffered by the Crimson Fists has prevented the Chapter from fighting in the way prescribed by the Codex Astartes. Instead, Chapter Master Pedro Kantor has fielded his surviving Astartes as infiltrators and guerrilla troops, attacking specific, high-value targets in an attempt to minimise casualties as opposed to engaging enemies in open battle. This will change in the coming decades once the Crimson Fists begin to refill their depleted ranks.

Chapter Beliefs
The Crimson Fists venerate the Emperor of Mankind as the gene-father of the Adeptus Astartes, though not as a God, and Rogal Dorn as the Primarch of the Imperial Fists Legion and thus their own founder. They maintain a strict calendar of holy days, one of the most sacred being the Day of Foundation, during which the entire Chapter gathers to celebrate its creation. During the ceremony, extracts from the works of the first Crimson Fists Chapter Master, Alexis Pollux, are recited, as well as the words of Dorn himself. The Chapter's greatest victories are remembered, and its boldest sacrifices commemorated. In this way, the lessons of the Chapter's history are passed down through the ages, ensuring the brethren learn from the actions of their predecessors. This sort of critical introspection is encouraged by the Codex Astartes, but actually practised by very few Space Marine Chapters, whose pride will often preclude any admission that they have anything to learn from past mistakes, or indeed that their predecessors erred in any way.

Chapter Traditions
The Crimson Fists are noted for practising a number of traditions and rituals unique to their Chapter:
 * Miracle of the Blood - A sacred ritual that is observed by the Crimson Fists is known as "The Miracle of the Blood," which is performed once every standard year on the Chapter's Foundation Day. A group of 20 or so Chaplains collectively known as the Sacratium perform the ritual in which a small portion of Rogal Dorn's blood, preserved for 10,000 Terran years in an ornate scepter, reverts from a dried lump to liquid blood once more before the eyes of the onlookers. The Miracle of the Blood is a constant reminder to the Chapter that their lost Primarch is still with them in spirit.
 * The Steeping - When a Crimson Fists Scout Marine is ready to be elevated to the status of a full Battle-Brother, he participates in a ritual known as "The Steeping" in which the Scout submerges his left fist into the blood of one of his kills. The ritual reflects the right of the new Astartes to wear the crimson gauntlet that is the namesake of the Chapter over his left fist.
 * Gauntlets - Once a Crimson Fist Neophyte becomes a full Battle-Brother, his left gauntlet is painted crimson. Upon becoming a member of the Crusade (1st) Company, he is allowed to paint his right glove crimson as well. The most honoured Crimson Fists warriors are gifted with one of the Chapter's ancient Power Fists as a symbol of their might at arms.
 * Emperor's Champion - The Crimson Fists, true to their ancestry, have been observed on occasion to field an Emperor's Champion. While the Crimson Fists traditionally fielded an Emperor's Champion far less frequently than other Imperial Fists Successor Chapters such as the Black Templars, there have been occasions recorded when a Battle-Brother on the eve of battle was overcome by visions of the Emperor. These Battle-Brothers would take up the Black Sword and the Armour of Faith and lead their brethren into battle. However, no instance has been recorded of the Crimson Fists fielding an Emperor's Champion since the destruction of the Chapter's fortress-monastery on Rynn's World in 989.M41. It is entirely possible that the sacred vestments of office were lost in the fortress' destruction. It is also possible that no brother has taken up the vestments of the Emperor's Champion since the Battle of Rynn's World, but given the great loss suffered by the Chapter it is likely that many relics were lost forever, and some may never be replaced.

Chapter Gene-Seed
Being a Successor Chapter of the Imperial Fists Legion, the Crimson Fists share their genetic legacy with that First Founding Chapter, and have inherited many of the characteristics of their common Primarch, Rogal Dorn. The Chapter's gene-seed is highly stable, though the Imperial Fists', and therefore the Crimson Fists', genome is lacking the Betcher's Gland that allows a Space Marine to spit corrosive acid, and the Sus-an Membrane that allows him to enter a life-sustaining state of deep hibernation. The Crimson Fists gene-seed is remarkably stable and healthy example. Were it not, it is unlikely that the Chapter could have survived the extreme losses that they have suffered during their history. With the incidents they have suffered, the Chapter has been forced recruit new members at rates substantially higher than would normally be expected. Under such conditions, the failure rate of the surgeries required over the course of an Initiates career increases substantially, a fact that is likely due to the workload of individual Apothecaries.

The Chapter only narrowly escaped extinction during the destruction of its fortress-monastery on Rynn's World. According to the Genetors of the Adeptus Mechanicus, a Chapter reduced to less than a single company of brethren has only a 20-25% chance of long-term survival, for the failure rate of the Progenoid Glands will often preclude the successful harvesting of new gene-seed, resulting in an inability to induct new brethren. It was only the Chapter's superior gene-seed that saved it from extinction, for the Crimson Fists have been reduced to less than a company of brethren, yet seem more than capable of rebuilding their numbers—however it will take many decades before those numbers are at anything approaching the Chapter's full strength.

Like their founding Chapter, the Crimson Fists are more than willing to fight to the last, holding their ground with a siege-like mentality which will see them triumph or die in the attempt. 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! In these instances the Battle-Brother sees only death; the death of their comrades, the death of the world, and the death of their foes. They consider that the only righteous path lies in the expenditure of their lives for these purposes and will face them with a stoic heart and a single-mindedness that can only lead to the complete annihilation of everything and everyone he faces, often eventually including himself and those that fight beside him.

Chapter Colours
The Crimson Fists paint their Power Armour deep blue, with crimson trim and white markings. When a Neophyte joins the ranks of the Chapter his left glove is painted crimson, symbolic of Rogal Dorn's tradition of cutting the palms of new recruits and sharing his blood with them directly, creating a bond between them, upon reaching Veteran status his right glove is also painted Crimson.

Chapter Badge
The Chapter's badge is a direct copy of the badge of the Imperial Fists but in the Crimson Fists' colours, with a crimson fist and roundel on a deep blue background.

Notable Crimson Fists

 * Chapter Master Alexis Pollux - Alexis Pollux was the Crimson Fists' first Chapter Master, drawn like the rest of the Chapter from the ranks of the Imperial Fists Legion after the end of the Horus Heresy.
 * Chapter Master Traegus - Traegus was the controversial 16th Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists. Traegus tried to implement a serf-breeding program using the non-sterile failed Aspirants of the Chapter. However, the results were unpredictable at best and the program was quickly scrapped after his death.
 * Chapter Master Klede Sargo - The 17th Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists who was quick to scrap the serf-breeding program of Chapter Master Traegus.
 * Chapter Master Kordova - Kordova was the Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists during The Crusade of Righteous Liberation, and lead the Chapter throughout the 300-year-long Crusade until at its conclusion the Chapter was reduced to 128 Battle-Brothers. Since that time, the Chapter Master has traditionally been the Captain of the 1st Company, which has been renamed the Crusade Company and always possesses exactly 128 Astartes.
 * Chapter Master Visidar - Visidar was the 28th Chapter Master and direct predecessor to Pedro Kantor.
 * Chapter Master Pedro Kantor - Known as Lord Hellblade by the populace of Rynn's World, Pedro Kantor is the 29th and current Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists and the commander of the 1st (Crusade) Company. He brought the Chapter back from the brink of annihilation during the invasion of Rynn's World by WAAAGH! Snagrod in 989.M41. Kantor served the Chapter for 250 standard years before being elevated to the esteemed rank of Chapter Master and has now served in that position for nearly a century. He first achieved prominence at the Battle of Melchitt Sound. As a young Sergeant, Kantor led his squad in a boarding action of an Ork Kill Kroozer called the Growler. Kantor managed to disable the Kroozer, which allowed the Crimson Fists Strike Cruiser Crusader to break the Ork battle line and scatter the Ork fleet. Kantor also proved to be both courageous and compassionate when he led his squad, against all tactical sense, to hold open the pass during the Battle for Braxa Gorge, saving thousands of refugees. Later he became the Captain of the 3rd Company before his eventual election as Chapter Master. Kantor has defeated two Gargants personally, both in boarding actions, though 100 years separated the two feats. Faced with the near-destruction of the Chapter on Rynn's World, Kantor proved a wise leader by making the hard choice to fight on with guerrilla tactics instead of fighting to the last in a vainglorious final stand, a noble choice for the Imperium as it can ill afford the loss of such a potent and honourable Astartes Chapter as the Crimson Fists.
 * Ancient Amentus - Ancient Amentus is a Dreadnought Chaplain of the Crimson Fists.
 * High Chaplain Marqol Tomasi - Marqol Tomasi was the High Chaplain of the Crimson Fists Chapter who was killed in action during the Battle of Rynn's World.
 * Chief Librarian Eustace Mendoza - Eustace Mendoza was the Chief Librarian and Master of the Librarius for the Chapter.
 * Epistolary Delevan Deguerro- Epistolary who assumed command of the New Rynn City detachment of the Crimson Fists during the Battle of Rynn's World after the death of Captain Drigo Alvez.
 * Codicier Ruthio Terraro - Librarian of the Chapter and present at the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Codicier Corda - Librarian of the Chapter and present at the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Codicier Thracio - Librarian of the Chapter and present at the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Librarian Haxualpha - Librarian attached to the 2nd Company during the Entymion IV Campaign. Haxualpha was killed early in the fighting in a duel with a Renegade Soul Drinkers Sorcerer. Noted for wielding a Force Weapon in the form of a Rapier.
 * High Chaplain Marqol Tomasi - The Crimson Fists' Master of Sanctity prior to the Battle for Rynn's World.
 * Ancient Chaplain Amentus - One of the first Chaplains of the Crimson Fists Chapter, a warrior who helped form the Chapter during the time of the Second Founding when the Astartes Legions were first split into Chapters over ten millennia ago. Chaplain Amentus wielded the Crozius Arcanum called Traitor's Bane, a weapon that survived the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus and is now wielded by the young Chaplain Argo.
 * Chaplain Inhuaca - Inhuaca joined Commander Rienez's detachment on Entymion IV under the direct orders of Pedro Kantor, bringing with him the rest of the 2nd Company. Inhuaca and the Crimson Fists wished to destroy the traitorous Soul Drinkers once and for all, though they failed in this ambition for the Soul Drinkers' destiny was not theirs to determine. In the course of the campaign the detachment also thwarted the plans of a Dark Eldar Kabal that could have threatened the security of the Imperium throughout the entire sector. The victory was undermined nonetheless by the loss of Entymion IV and the failure to destroy the Soul Drinkers.
 * Chaplain Rhava - Rhava was the Chaplain who fought alongside Captain Cortez at the Arx Tyrannus during the Battle for Rynn's World. Killed in the destruction of the fortress-monastery.
 * Chaplain Argo - Young Chaplain present at the defence of New Rynn City. Suggested spreading the diminishing number of Crimson Fists around the walls of New Rynn City to inspire the defenders. Later led a single squad of Battle-Brothers to the contested world of Syral to recover a squad of scouts thought lost, trapped beneath the rubble of a demolished building. Promoted from the Scout Squad Nochlitan along with Apothecary Vayne seven years previous to the battle for Syral. Chaplain Argo wields the Crozius Arcanum Traitor's Bane that once belonged to Ancient Chaplain Amentus, one of the first Crimson Fist Chaplains.
 * Chaplain Hauis Argento - Chaplain of the 2nd Company.
 * Forgemaster Javier Adon - Techmarine and Master of the Technicarum prior to the Battle for Rynn's World. Javier controlled the defences as the first Ork warships began their attack on the Chapter homeworld but was unable to prevent the faulty anti-ship torpedo from malfunctioning and destroying the fortress-monastery.
 * Techmarine Ruzco - Techmarine present during the defence of New Rynn City. One of two Techmarines who joined the assault force of Pedro Kantor to retake New Rynn Spaceport. Re-activated the Air-Traffic Control Tower and then remained there to liaise with the incoming Imperial Reclamation Fleet alongside his Battle-Brothers Padilla and Lucevo.
 * Chief Apothecary Curien Droga - Chief Apothecary of the Crimson Fists Chapter.
 * Apothecary Arvano Ruillus - Apothecary attached to the 3rd Company during the assault on Badlanding.
 * Apothecary Lyrus Vayne - Apothecary attached to the 3rd Company during the assault on Badlanding. Vayne was a squadmate of Chaplain Argo in Scout Squad Nochlitan. Vayne was badly burned by daemon fire during the cleansing of the Warp-infested world of Chiaro two months before the Battle of Syral.
 * Master Ceval Ranparre - Master of the Fleet for the Chapter, Hero of Hesperidon, killed in action during the orbital battle to defend Rynn's World from Snagrod's invasion.
 * Commander Rienez - Commander of the 2nd Company, Rienez fought the Soul Drinkers on Entymion IV. While the Soul Drinkers escaped, the Dark Eldar trying to take over the world were thwarted in part thanks to the actions of Commander Rienez and the Astartes of the 2nd Company.
 * Captain Cazaquez - Current Captain of the Crimson Fists 2nd Company. Ceded command of the company to Chaplain Inhuaca and Commander Reinez during the Entymion IV Campaign.
 * Captain Drigo Alvez - Master of the Shield, Captain of the 2nd Company, Commander of the Crimson Fists in New Rynn City during the Ork invasion. Killed in action during the Battle of Rynn's World while defending the gates of New Rynn City.
 * Captain Steffan - Captain of the 2nd Company following the death of Drigo Alvez.
 * Assault-Captain Arca - Bearer of the Crimson Fists' 2nd Company banner during the Entymion IV Campaign. Arca was killed by one of the treacherous Soul Drinkers Chaos Champions early in the campaign.
 * Captain Ashor Drakken - Master of the Line, Captain of the 3rd Company, killed in action during the Battle of Rynn's World. Led and died during the recon-and-destroy mission to the world of Badlanding at the Ork invasion's opening.
 * Captain Alessio Cortez - Master of the Charge and Captain of the 4th Company, Cortez rose through the ranks alongside Kantor and the two were close friends. Cortez fought in legendary actions such as the Battle of Steel Cross, the Defence of the Fortress Maladon and the Kardian Campaign. Cortez earned a reputation for being invulnerable amongst the Chapter's Battle-Brothers after he was the sole survivor of his squad in the battles for Kalaphax and Gamma VI Monserrat. Cortez was mourned greatly when he disappeared fighting Dark Eldar pirates and raiders in the Wheel of Fire, though many in the Chapter including Kantor believe that the legendarily invulnerable Astartes fights on still somewhere within the Webway. One of Cortez's most notable achievements was during the Battle of Steel Cross where he single-handedly slew an Ork Warlord and his bodyguard, having managed to disarm the Ork Warlord with a twist of his hips after the Ork's sword became stuck in Cortez's ribs.
 * Captain Obiareus - Captain of the Crimson Fists' 3rd Company during the Third War for Armageddon.
 * Captain Ashor Drakken - Master of the Line and Captain of the 3rd Company prior to the Battle for Rynn's World. Drakken led the 84 Marines of his company in an attack on Badlanding to stall the Ork invaders but fell to a cowardly sneak attack by the Ork Warlord Urzog Mag Kull while attempting to drag a brother Space Marine to safety. His death ended a decorated service to the Chapter spanning over two centuries. Only 28 Marines of the 3rd Company survived the Battle of Badlanding to return to Rynn's World.
 * Captain Selig Torres - Captain of the 5th Company.
 * Captain Olbyn Kadena - Master of the Watch, Captain of the 6th Company.
 * Captain Caldimus Ortiz - Master of the Gates, Captain of the 7th Company.
 * Captain Matteo Morrelis - Master of Blades, Captain of the 8th Company.
 * Captain Raphael Acastus - Master of Siege, Captain of the 9th Company.
 * Captain Ishmael Icaro - Master of Shadows, Captain of the 10th (Scout) Company.
 * Captain Isseus Coredo - Captain of the Chapter who died 200 Terran years before Pedro Kantor was even born. His statue was tossed onto a mountainside following the explosive destruction of the Arx Tyrannus.
 * Veteran Sergeant Huron Grimm - Second-in-command to Captain Drigo Alvez of 2nd Company
 * Sergeant Phaedron - Participated in the Bunker 472 Incident.
 * Sergeant Marnoc - Participated in the Bunker 472 Incident.
 * Sergeant Barrien Gallacus - Veteran Sergeant and commander of the 1st Vanguard Terminator Veteran Squad.
 * Sergeant Zarran - Veteran Sergeant and commander of a Terminator Veteran Squad, placed in command of the defences at New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Sergeant Valdeus - Veteran Sergeant and commander of a Terminator Veteran Squad tasked with defending New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Sergeant Phrenatas - Veteran Sergeant and commander of a Sternguard Terminator Veteran Squad tasked with defending New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Segeant Grylinus - Veteran Sergeant and commander of a Sternguard Terminator Veteran Squad tasked with defending New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Sergeant Rogo Victurix - Veteran Sergeant and commander of the Terminator Veteran Squad that met Pedro Kantor as he entered New Rynn City. Squad Victurix later spearheaded Pedro Kantor's assault on New Rynn Spaceport along with 19 other strike teams and fought to hold the lower levels of the Spaceport's Control Towers while Kantor and the others fought their way to the vital control systems to clear the way for the arrival of the Imperial Reclamation Fleet that drove the Orks from Rynn's World.
 * Sergeant Erdys Phrenatas - Sergeant of the 4th Sternguard Veteran Squad during the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Hurien Thanatar - Sergeant of Vanguard Squad Thanatar during the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Zavier - Commander of Tactical Squad Zavier of the 2nd Company during the Entymion IV Campaign.
 * Sergeant Padros - Commander of Tactical Squad Padros of the 2nd Company during the Entymion IV Campaign.
 * Sergeant Kroya - Member of Caltax Squad during the Entymion IV Campaign. Kroya took over command of the squad upon the death of Sergeant Caltax.
 * Sergeant Caltax - Member of Commander Reinaz's detachment commanding a Devastator Squad during the initial battle for Entymion IV. Killed in action against the Renegade Soul Drinkers.
 * Sergeant Althaz - Member of Commander Reinaz's detachment during the initial battle for Entymion IV.
 * Sergeant Ladric Lician - Sergeant of Devastator Squad Lician during the defence of New Rynn City. Joined Pedro Kantor in the assault on New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Sergeant Tirius - Sergeant of the 3rd Company Devastator Squad Tirius sent to hold the Jadeberry Underpass open long enough for Pedro Kantor to make it into New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Viejo - First surviving Crimson Fist located by Cortez and Kantor after the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus fortress-monastery. Found defending the corpse of Chaplain Rhava.
 * Sergeant Cabrero - Member of the 4th Company prior to the Battle for Rynn's World.
 * Sergeant Maurillo Rectris - Sergeant commanding Squad Rectris in the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Gualan - Sergeant commanding Squad Gualan in the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Salvador Ulias - Sergeant commanding squad Ulias in the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Anto - Sergeant commanding Squad Anto in the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Haleos - Sergeant commanding Squad Haleos in the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Leoxus Werner - Deathwatch Veteran who served with the Ordo Xenos for seven years and a member of the 3rd Company during the attack on Badlanding.
 * Sergeant Solari - Commanded the Land Speeder Squadron of the 3rd Company during the attack on Badlanding. Tasked with searching the caves north of Krugerport for any survivors of the Ork assault. His search unfortunately found nothing but bodies.
 * Sergeant Delos - Veteran Sergeant tasked with commanding the defence of the Northern Umbris Gate of New Rynn City.
 * Sergeant Romnus - Member of the 2nd Company and prior officer of Captain Alvez's Command Squad, killed 3 years before the Battle for Rynn's World.
 * Sergeant Huron Grimm - Veteran Sergeant in command of the 1st Tactical Squad and second in command to Captain Alvez of the 2nd Company. Grimm has served the Chapter faithfully for 103 standard years.
 * Sergeant Dremir Soto - Veteran Sergeant of the 3rd Company placed in command of the Gorian Wall in the absence of Captain Alvez.
 * Sergeant Faradis Anto - Member of the 2nd Company with over a century of service to Captain Alvez.
 * Sergeant Ferraganos Daecor - Deathwatch Veteran and Sergeant commanding Squad Daecor during the defence of New Rynn City. Joined Pedro Kantor in the assault on New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Sergeant Segala - Second Sergeant located by Kantor and Cortez and one of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus. Joined Pedro Kantor in the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Killed during a close-quarters fight with the Orks during the attack.
 * Sergeant Demetrian - Sergeant of the 5th Company, Demetrian returned to Syral with the Battle-Brothers of his squad and Chaplain Argo to recover the lost Scouts of Squad Nochlitan. Demetrian is a Veteran of the Declates Crusade in which the Crimson Fists and Black Templars fought side by side in mixed squads against the enemies of the Emperor. He still wears the Black Templar Cross on one knee-plate in honour of that campaign.
 * Veteran Sergeant Grevius - Veteran in service to the Deathwatch during the Herodian IV Campaign.
 * Veteran Brother Talazar - Member of Terminator Squad Victurix.
 * Veteran Brother Toma - Deathwatch Veteran and member of Squad Demetrian of the 5th Company during the battle for Syral. Returned with Chaplain Argo and his brothers of Squad Demetrian to recover the Scouts of Squad Nochlitan. Toma is quiet and reserved but a proficient and economical warrior, and wields a highly advanced Bolter gifted to him by the Ordo Xenos during his service in the Deathwatch.
 * Veteran Brother Imrich - Veteran Space Marine of the Chapter and member of Squad Demetrian of the 5th Company. Imrich is a promising and deadly warrior who personally killed Warboss Golgorrad during the Battle for the Cantorial Palace when the Crimson Fists first came to Syral in force. Later returned with Chaplain Argo and a handful of comrades to recover the lost brothers of Scout Squad Nochlitan. Imrich adorns his armour with scrolls of his deeds, bones from slain enemies and the skulls of seven of the biggest Orks Imrich has slain.
 * Brother Kyama Shae - Renegade Battle-Brother who fought in the warband of the Raven Guard Renegade Ardaric Vaanes and was killed fighting the Iron Warriors in the Eye of Terror on the Daemon World of Medrendgard.
 * Brother Ishmael - Participated in the Bunker 472 Incident.
 * Brother Adalbert - Member of Assault Squad Rodolf, 2nd Company.
 * Brother Jurgen - Member of Assault Squad Rodolf, 2nd Company.
 * Brother Walther - Member of Assault Squad Rodolf, 2nd Company.
 * Brother Wenzel - Member of Assault Squad Rodolf, 2nd Company.
 * Brother Olcama - Member of the 2nd Company, Tactical Marine armed with a Meltagun. Participated in the assault on the Dark Eldar-held palace during the Entymion IV Campaign alongside Commander Reinez.
 * Brother Arroyox - Member of the 2nd Company and the gunner of Commander Reinez's personal Razorback APC during the Entymion IV Campaign.
 * Brother Tehuaca - Member of the 2nd Company, Tactical Marine armed with a Flamer, killed by a Soul Drinkers Scout Marine in a ploy to pit the Crimson Fists against the Dark Eldar Kabal operating on Entymion IV.
 * Brother Paclo - Member of the 2nd Company and part of Commander Reinez's squad during the Entymion IV Campaign.
 * Brother Bacar - Member of Squad Segala during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Fell to the Ork Warlord Urzog Mag Kull's Power Klaw.
 * Brother Verna - Member of Squad Segala during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Brother Lucevo - Member of Squad Segala during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Left to guard the Air-Traffic Control Tower.
 * Brother Oro - Member of Squad Daecor during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Remained behind on the Coronado landing plate as a rearguard for the assault force.
 * Brother Padilla - Member of Squad Daecor during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Left to guard the Air-Traffic Control Tower.
 * Brother Cassaves - Member of Squad Daecor during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport.
 * Brother Gaban - Flamer-bearing member of Squad Lician during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Killed in the same melee as Sergeant Segala.
 * Brother Morai - Heavy Bolter-wielding member of Squad Lician during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Killed in the same melee as Sergeant Segala.
 * Brother Romos - Plasma Cannon-bearing member of Squad Lician during the assault on New Rynn Spaceport. Killed in the same melee as Sergeant Segala.
 * Brother Santanos - Second to Veteran Sergeant Grimm and member of the 2nd Company.
 * Brother Rapala - Member of the 7th Company and one of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus. Temporarily commanded by Cortez.
 * Brother Benizar - Member of the 7th Company and one of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus. Temporarily commanded by Cortez. Died breaking through the Orks' line into New Rynn City.
 * Brother Fenestra - Member of the 5th Company and one of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus. Temporarily commanded by Cortez.
 * Brother Delgahn - Member of the 8th Company and one of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus. Temporarily commanded by Cortez.
 * Brother Alcador - One of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus.
 * Brother Galica - Member of the 5th Company and one of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus.
 * Brother Olvero - One of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus. Died breaking through the Orks' line into New Rynn City.
 * Brother Teves - One of the 16 survivors of the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus. Died breaking through the Orks' line into New Rynn City
 * Brother Agorro - Member of the 2nd Company and the driver of Captain Alvez's Land Raider, Aegis Eternis.
 * Brother Iamad - Member of the 4th Company prior to the Battle for Rynn's World.
 * Brother Benedictus - Member of the 4th Company prior to the Battle for Rynn's World.
 * Brother Silesi - Known as "old one-eyed Silesi" by his friends and comrades, Silesi was a member of the 4th Company prior to the Battle for Rynn's World.
 * Brother Vesdor - Member of the 4th Company prior to the Battle for Rynn's World.
 * Brother Cero - Heavy Bolter-wielding member of the 3rd Company during the assault on Badlanding. Injured while retreating from Krugerport, Captain Drakken attempted to drag Cero to safety but was slain by a shot from a Kustom Mega Blasta to the back by Warlord Urzog Mag Kull. Cero was left to try and kill as many of the Orks in retaliation as he could before death claimed him.
 * Scout Sergeant Ezra Mishina - While not yet a full Battle-Brother of the Chapter, Sergeant Mishina is nevertheless a highly accomplished and respected individual and a potent asset on the battlefield. Elevated to the 3rd Company as a full Battle-Brother after Badlanding.
 * Scout Sergeant Bariax - Commander of Scout Squad Bariax tasked with providing intelligence for Captain Alvez in the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Scout Sergeant Nochlitan - Veteran of the Crusade Company, Nochlitan chose to serve as an instructor for the Chapter's next generations of warriors. Chaplain Argo and Apothecary Vayne both served in Sergeant Nochlitan's squad before their ascension to full Battle-Brothers. Trapped with his squad beneath the rubble of the Cantorial Palace on Syral, Sergeant Nochlitan managed to survive the four-month wait for rescue and was the only survivor still able to speak after the experience, notedly complaining about the loss of his Bolter.
 * Scout Frael - Member of Scout Squad Nochlitan, lost under the rubble of the Cantorial Palace on Syral. Trapped beneath the ruins for four months, Scout Frael finally died just three or four days before Squad Demetrian's digging teams located the body, the first of the Scout Squad recovered.
 * Scout Amadon - Member of Scout Squad Nochlitan, killed when the Cantorial Palace on Syral collapsed.
 * Scout Zefaray - Member of Scout Squad Nochlitan and the Squad's Epistolary candidate. Trapped on Syral under the ruins of the Cantorial Palace with the rest of his squad, Zefaray screamed his voice through the Warp, his still largely untrained mind desperately seeking to catch the attention of one of the Crimson Fists' Librarians, his psyche jumping through a hundred minds to reach one that the Chapter might trust. He succeeded, though the effort nearly cost him his life, his mental calls bringing Squad Demetrian back to Syral to rescue the three survivors of the Scout Squad and the bodies of the fallen.
 * Scout Janus Kennon - A young and impetuous Scout Marine but an absurdly good shot with his Sniper Rifle with the best accuracy of any recruit for over a hundred standard years. However, his lack of discipline resulted in the loss of many Battle-Brothers, including Captain Drakken, when he disobeyed orders to take a shot at the Ork Warlord Urzog Mag Kull. The shot never penetrated the Warlord's force-field and as a result of his disastrous actions, Scout Kennon was sentenced to become a Servitor.
 * Scout Vermian - Tasked with clearing a route through the Ork sentries to the water plant on Badlanding for Sergeant Werner's assault group.
 * Scout Rogar - Tasked with clearing a route through the Ork sentries to the water plant on Badlanding for Sergeant Werner's assault group.
 * Brother Julio - Battle-Brother of the 3rd Company during the Third War for Armageddon.
 * Venerable Dreadnought Rhodomanus - Rhodomanus was a notable Venerable Dreadnought that led a suicide attack to sink an Ork Stompa into the glaciers of the Dead Lands on the Hive World of Armageddon during the Second War for Armageddon. Despite the ferocious nature of the assault, Rhodomanus survived, lost in the ice for 50 Terran years, until he was unearthed and recovered by the Black Templars of strikeforce "Ansgar's Avengers" during the Third War for Armageddon. With the assistance of the Black Templars, Rhodomanus completed his original task of 50 years previous and destroyed the Ork Stompa that was being uncovered by the Blood Scar tribe. He was eventually returned to his previous post with the 3rd Company of the Crimson Fists by Marshal Brandt of the Black Templars.
 * Goremann the Elder - Dreadnought and celebrated Veteran of the Chapter who served honourably in the Deathwatch on 15 occasions prior to his internment within his Dreadnought sarcophagus. Goremann's craftiness and cunning as an Ork fighter were legendary and it is said that at the Battle of Urkano Rift even the Orks chanted Goremann's name to honour him after he slew their Warboss in single combat. During Goremann's last Vigil five centuries ago, he suffered mortal wounds and at his request the Deathwatch petitioned the Crimson Fists for his remains to be kept at Watch Fortress Erioch. Now he rests in the cyborganic web of an armoured sarcophagus so that in time of need he can fight alongside his Battle-Brothers once more. Goremann normally fights in his favoured Dreadnought armour, known as Furiosa Rex, with its twin Dreadnought-sized Power Fists and underslung Flamers. Goremann's heavy fire support is seldom required in the field and so his experience more often serves the Deathwatch in tactical analysis and threat assessments. In truth, the venerable warrior chafes at such mundane work and will seize any opportunity to see action once more.
 * Dreadnought Jerian - Dreadnought serving in the defence of New Rynn City, Brother Jerian was entombed after he fell to the Tyranids in the Battle for Emerald Sands.
 * Dreadnought Ulis - Revered Old One (Dreadnought) of the Crimson Fists Chapter
 * The Aegis Eternis - The personal Land Raider transport of Captain Alvez.
 * Rynn's Might - A Land Raider with a fierce Machine Spirit that was thrown from the Crimson Fists' fortress-monastery after its fiery destruction during the Battle of Rynn's World. With no driver and alone, the Land Raider's Machine Spirit was overcome with rage at the xenos invaders and over several days Rynn's Might exhausted its weapons, killing countless Orks before finally overloading its engines to kill an Ork Warboss attempting to claim the disabled tank. The Machine Spirit of the venerable war machine was reverently recovered by th Chapter's surviving Techmarines for internment in a new chassis at a later date.

Chapter Relics

 * The Book of Dorn - The principle sacred text of the Crimson Fists Chapter that is read aloud by the High Chaplain during important sermons and days sacred to the Chapter. It contains the recorded deeds and teachings of Rogal Dorn, the Primarch of the VII Space Marine Legion. It is unknown if the book survived the destruction of the Crimson Fists' fortress-monastery.
 * The Book of Honor - A holy tome of the Chapter that records the deeds of every fallen member of the Crimson Fists so that they may be remembered and held up as inspiration by those who follow in their footsteps. It is unknown if the book survived the destruction of the fortress-monastery.
 * The Scepter of the Sacred Blood - An ornate Scepter containing a small amount of Rogal Dorn's sacred blood. During the celebration of the Crimson Fists' Foundation Day, a group of twenty Chaplains known collectively as the Sacratium perform a ritual called the Miracle of the Blood in which the dried blood of Rogal Dorn reverts back to liquid within the head of the Scepter. It is unknown whether the scepter has been recovered after the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus.
 * Monument Hall - The names of every fallen Battle-Brother of the Chapter were inscribed in this hall of the fortress-monastery.
 * Riad - A Relic Blade carried by Captain Drigo Alvez during the defence of New Rynn City.
 * Dorn's Arrow - Relic Storm Bolter wielded by Chapter Master Pedro Kantor.
 * Traitor's Bane - Originally wielded by Ancient Chaplain Amentus, one of the Chapter's Chaplains from the time of its Founding, this venerable Crozius survived the destruction of the Arx Tyrannus and is still in service to the Chapter in the hands of the young Chaplain Argo, a hero of the defence of New Rynn City.

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