Fire Angels

“Ours is not to judge His mind or purposes, for as the hand that turns the hourglass is our Emperor, and at His will are the grains of our lives spent.” - Consul-Master Uriaens of the Fire Angels, Reflections on War Vol IX



Chapter History
The Fire Angels' origins lie in the latter half of the 40th Millennium by the order of the High Lords of Terra. At their Founding the Fire Angles were granted the strategically important hive-world of Lorin Alpha located in the western Segmentum Solar. This Chapter doesn't have a specific named predecessor Chapter, but their gene-stock issue was sourced from Ultramarines stock, whilst their initial command and training structure was composed of honoured warriors drawn from several Ultramarines Successor Chapter.

Their recruitment base was drawn from a mixture of Lorin Alpha's military caste and the violent kill-gangs sub-hive networks by a tri-annual process of trial by combat, fear and endurance known as the 'Test of Fire'. The Chapter's Master of Recruits conducts these series of bloody tournaments and is carried out under the supervision of the Fire Angels' chaplains.

Despite a history that spans a little less than two thousand years, the Fire Angels have established themselves as a rising star among the more recently founded Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. Honourable to their allies and implacable to their foes, this Chapter's valiant record may yet see them eclipse Chapters of more ancient provenance in time.

This Chapter is also active and demonstrative in their faith, which has won them support from within the Ecclesiarchy and allies amongst the Cardinals Solar. As a result the Fire Angels have fought successfully alongside the Adeptus Sororitas and in numerous wars of faith since their inception. Their aid is often times actively sought by the Ministorum Synod as well as the [[Ordo Hereticus of the Inquisition.  Their detractors from some fellow Astartes Chapters view this close relationship with the Imperial church as unseemly and potentially compromising to the historic independence of the Space Marines.

Notable Campaigns

 * The Fenright Tithe Wars (760.M39-411.M40) - This was the Fire Angels' baptism in blood as a fully active Chapter. The Chapter committed in full strength to the Third Imperial Interdiction force to help suppress numerous apostates and heretics in the long burning civil wars that had riven the Cal-Sek, Nepthis and Sadusyne sectors.


 * The Battle for Grand Al'gul (666.M41) - At the behest of the Holy Ordos, the Fire Angels intercepted and fought the powerful Chaos Space Marines warband known as 'The Sanctified' in the cemetery worlds of Grand Al'gul system in a series of brutal assaults and counter assaults. The Fire Angels Chapter paid a heavy price before victory was achieved, including the martyrdom of Chapter Master Haran Stark when he battled a powerful Lord of Change, and the self-immolation of their Chief Librarian Mathias Dee in order to avoid Warp-possession.


 * The Badab War (901-908.M41) - Answering the Inquisition's call for aid, the Fire Angels arrived in the Badab Sector with an effective force of seven companies. The Chapter's largest and most costly engagement was the battle for the world of Sagan.  The Fire Angels' casualties on Sagan were such that they could no longer be deployed as a frontline force, and along with a contingent of the Sons of Medusa, were redeployed to carry out a suppression campaign in the Endymion Cluster.  After a series of brutal exterminations of the populations of several Seccessionist-held systems carried out by the savage Carcharodons Chapter, the Fire Angels voiced formal grievance with the Loyalist command.  Reduced in strength but refusing to back down from their position, the Fire Angels eventually withdrew from the Babab conflict in 910.M41 wishing to avoid open conflict between the two Chapter.

Chapter Beliefs
The Fire Angels view themselves solidly as part of the wider Imperium's web of power, and so have readily gained a good reputation with a number of Imperial commanders and generals as somewhat easier to work with than other more mercurial or shadowed members of the Astartes. Conservative in their viewpoint, they embrace the Imperial Creed as unassailable truth and see themselves as holy fighters in the God Emperor's service whose foremost duty is to defend the Imperium from those who would assail it.