Angels of Wrath

The Angels of Wrath are a Successor Chapter of the original Dark Angels Space Marine Legion and were numbered amongst the ranks of the Unforgiven. Though their Founding is unknown, they might have possibly been created during the 10th Founding in the mid-35th Millennium, as by the 36th Millennium, they were still considered a young Chapter. During the Age of Apostasy, the seeds of the Angels of Wrath's destruction were sown due to the machinations of the insane High Lord Goge Vandire, during the Age of Apostasy. It is unknown if this Chapter still exists in the modern era.

History
During the Age of Apostasy, terrible conflicts grew out of a political struggle between the Administratum and the Adeptus Ministorum for dominance over the Imperium. The struggle began when control over the Imperium's government was essentially seized by a single man, the High Lord of Terra, Goge Vandire, who commanded both the Administratum and the Ecclesiarchy and ruled the Imperium according to his own wishes instead of in-accordance with the Emperor's will. Since his inauguration to the Senatorum Imperialis, the Imperium was torn asunder. Vandire wanted the Ecclesiarchy to consolidate its power and this meant that institutions who were traditionally exempt from its authority were now being brought to heel. Vandire wished to replace the Chapter's Chaplains with Ecclesiarchy Missionaries, to proselytise the divinity of the God-Emperor to the Astartes of the Chapter, and to allow the Ecclesiarchy easier control over them. The 'proselytiation' of this relatively young chapter was to have been an experiment, and an example. But the Angels of Wrath wanted none of it, their loyalty was only to their Emperor and to the memory of their Primarch Lion El'Jonson. They had opted to fight and die to a man, rather than have their ranks diluted by men who were not of their gene-seed.

Decimation
Enraged by the upstart Chapter's refusal to allow Ecclesiarchy representatives to be incorporated into their Chapter, Vandire sought to make an example out of the Angels of Wrath. Therefore, he sent a large fleet of zealous Frateris Templar forces to the Angels of Wrath's Chapter homeworld. When the fortress-monastery's long range sensors had detected a rapidly closing Imperial warfleet. Every one of the one thousand warriors who comprised the Angels of Wrath Chapter had known exactly what the fleet represented -- Ecclesiastical retribution. By protesting against the Church's proposal, to replace the Chapter's company Chaplains with its own Imperial missionaries, the Angels of Wrath had signed their own death warrant. Soon the massive invasion fleet arrived and thousands of troop transports descended on the Chapter's fortress-monastery.

The Angels of Wrath fought the zealot usurpers ferociously, but were soon overwhelmed by sheer numbers. As the walls of the fortress-monastery were breached, and the Angels of Wrath made their last stand, within a span of five hours since the attack commenced, ninety percent of the Chapter had fallen, including their Grand Master Tristan Dare. In the final hours of the epic battle, Captain Cornelius Makallan, commander of his Chapter's 10th Company, found himself the last commander officer of his Chapter. Rathern than face inevitable death at the hands of the zealots, Makallan ordered the remnants of his Chapter to evacuate. It was his fervent hope to bring word of the Vandire's betrayal to the Dark Angels and their fellow Unforgiven Chapters, and someday return in force to seek out retribution against those who had brought them low. Making a fighting withdrawal through the waves of Frateris Templars, Makallan and the Angels of Wrath escaped to their last remaining vessel in orbit. Evading the invading Ecclesiarchal fleet, they managed to make for a mandellian point and make a jump into the Warp, and escaping Vandire's wrath.

Covert X Squads

 * Unit Composition - 1-8 Scout Squads
 * 1 Sergeant
 * 4 Scout Marines

Arkangel Scout Squads
Arkangels are Covert X Scouts who have received the required training and bio-surgery, receiving their Black Carapace, to become fully-fledged Battle-Brothers. But due to lack of resources, and because of Covert X's unique modus operandi, the Arkangels are still equipped and deployed as standard Scouts.
 * Unit Composition - 2 Arkangel Scout Squads
 * 1 Sergeant
 * 4 Arkangel Scout Marines

Notable Angels of Wrath
Master of the Angels of Wrath. Makallan is an espionage and close-combat specialist par excellence and is habituated to missions that most would consider suicidal.
 * Grand Master Tristan Dare - The last Grand Master of the Angels of Wrath Chapter. He was killed during the Decimation by the Ecclesiarchy when a massive Frateris Templar force attack his Chapter's homeworld.
 * Commander Cornelius Makallan - Cornelius Makallan was the former Captain of the Angels of Wrath's 10th Scout Company before his Chapter's Decimation at the hands of the Ecclesiarchy. As the sole surviving senior officer Makallan has taken on the title of Commander but refues the laurels of Grand Master as a mark of respect to his old friend Tristan Dare the last Grand
 * Radfael - One of the Angels of Wrath's Captains who died during the fighting within the Chapter's overrun fortress-monastery during the Decimation. With his death, this left Makallan as the last commanding officer of the Chapter.
 * Epistolary Julius Zenobi - A Librarian assigned to the Angels of Wrath 10th Company, he is one of the few survivors who managed to escape the Decimation of their Chapter. Specialising in propaganda and subversion, Zenobi was pivotal in turning the population of Megiddio Primus against the Ecclesiarchy and instigating the citizens' uprising in the Metroplex.
 * Brother Aurellius Fabricus, "The Fixer" - Brother Aurellius Fabricus was a Techmarine assigned the Angels of Wrath 10th Company. Even then he showed signs of borderline mental instability. Unfortunately the Decimation occurred before this problem could be addressed. As an agent of Covert X. 'The Fixer' has taken to 'civilian' life with perhaps more enthusiasm than befits a Space Marine.
 * Scout Sergeant Casus -
 * Scout Sergeant Destitutus -
 * Scout Sergeant Venabulum -

Non-Astartes Personnel

 * Buzbox - Buzbox was held in an experimentation camp where he underwent artificial intelligence enhancement. At the same time his captors were investigating captured Ork technology. This is generally acknowledged as a futile exercise since Ork engineering passed on genetically and i practically incomprehensible to the human mind. However, in this instance a laboratory experiment yielded unexpected results. The melding of Buzbox's cybernetically altered mind to an Ork Force Field Projekta somehow imbued the Ogryn with the ability to create an impenetrable bubble of energy. The projection unit is extremely unstable, however, and prone to potentially lethal feed-back. Fortunately Buzbox's one and only friend, the Fixer, is often at hand to sort things out before the unit becomes dangerous. Buzbox is fiercely loyal to the Fixer and considers himself to be a key figure of Covert X.
 * Tandi Chann - Tandi is a young Callidus Assassin who has been roped into Governor Konnar' vendetta against the Ecclesiarchy. The Officio Assassinorum have not sanctioned her assignment and he does not carry all of the wargear normally issued by her temple.

Chapter Colours
The Angels of Wrath colours are not listed in current Imperial records.

Chapter Badge
This Angels of Wrath badge is not listed in current Imperial records.