List of Space Marine Chapters

A large list of many of the Space Marine Chapters created by Games Workshop, including Space Marines and Chaos Marines.Not every chapter is known

Angels Encarmine
A Second Founding chapter of the Blood Angels. They participated in the effort to reclaim the Crimson Fists' homeworld from the Orks. Their power Armour is painted red, with black trim and a black backpack. The Chapter symbol is a bat-winged drop of blood.

Angels Porphyr
The Angels Porphyr Chapter was founded in the 31st millennium.[1]

Angels Sanguine
A Second Founding chapter of the Blood Angels.

Angels Vermillion
A Second Founding chapter of the Blood Angels.

Angels of Absolution
A Second Founding chapter of the Dark Angels. The power armour of the Angels of Absolution is painted bone-white, and the Chapter's symbol is a skull superimposed over a stylised wing.

The entire Chapter is listed as serving during the 13th Black Crusade

Angels of Fire
A chapter founded during the 36th millennium.[2] The Angels of Fire wear red power armour, decorated with stylised orange flames.[3] They participated in the Third War for Armageddon and fought alongside their Space Marine brothers of the Black templars, Salamanders, Angels Porphyr, Storm Giants and the Angels of Redemption Chapters. It is unknown who their Primarch is or where their homeworld is located. The Angels of Fire are a young but strong Space Marine Chapter, they are willing to prove themselves for the Emperor and the other Space Marine Chapters

Angels of Redemption
The Angels of Redemption is a Second Founding chapter of the Dark Angels.[1]

Angels of Vengeance
A Second Founding chapter of the Dark Angels. The power armour worn by this chapter is black, and the Chapter's symbol is a white winged skull. An inverted red V rests over the skull; a stylised hood.

Angels of Vigilance
The Angels of Vigilance is a chapter surrounded with Controversy. Information concerning their founding and what chapter provided the gene-seed for their creation is somewhat contradictory.

Astral Claws
The Astral Claws were created during the 35th millennium to guard against the numerous threats emerging from the Maelstrom.

Astral Knights
A Chapter from an unknown founding, the Astral Knights sacrificed their chapter to destroy the World Engine. This Necron weapon was a planet sized spaceship that was devastating planets around their homeworld. The Astral Knights along with Space Marines from the Ultramarines, Invaders and Aurora Chapters. The battle against the World Engine was desperate as every attempt to attack the Ship was defeated. The Necrons superior technology and weapons were unstopable. They destroyed a third of an Imperial Navy Battlefleet before the Chapter Master of the Astral Knights decided to take his chapter and went on to ram the World Engine with his Battlebarge. Before the ship impaceted with the machine the Astral Knights deployed from Drop Pods onto the engines surface. For 100 hours they destroyed everything they came across until only the Chapter Master and five others were left. Then they made an attack on a vital command node and with the Masters dying breath he detonated melta-charges that disabled the World Engines shields. It was then ripped apart by barrages of cyclonic torpedoes. The Ultramarines create a monastry for them using their wrecked battlebarge as a foundation.

Aurora Chapter
The Aurora Chapter is descended from Ultramarines gene-seed.

Avenging Sons
A 19th Founding chapter from the world of Trækonnis Major. They wear navy blue power armour, and their symbol is a stylised white cross. A white diagonal stripe with a Roman numeral in the centre denotes the company. A strike force of Avenging Sons fought in the war on Taros. During the attempted liberation of Antillis IV, the entire Second Company, led by Commander Selleus, was wiped out save for a single scout that escaped the planet in a Thunderhawk gunship with a large portion of the company's geneseed as described in the short story, Apothecary's Honour by Simon Jowett.

Black Consuls
A Second Founding chapter of the Ultramarines. The Chapter's power armour is black with trim in the company colour. The symbol of the Black Consuls is a white eagle's head.

Black Dragons
The Black Dragons is a chapter from the cursed 21 founding.

Black Guard
A Second Founding chapter of the Raven Guard Their armour scheme consists of black armour, snot green trim on their shoulder pads purple greaves with copper bracers. Their army badge is a white spartan helmet set on a black relief.

Black Templars
The Black Templars are a Second Founding chapter derived from the Imperial Fists and their Primarch, Rogal Dorn.

Blood Angels
The Blood Angels are one of the twenty First Founding Legions of the Space Marines.

Blood Drinkers
A Second Founding chapter of the Blood Angels. Unlike the other Blood Angels Successor Chapters, the Blood Drinkers are strict followers of the Codex Astartes. The Chapter participated in the effort to reclaim the Crimson Fists' homeworld from the Orks. The Chapter's armour is painted red, with yellow trim. The Chapter's symbol is a drop of blood above a chalice.

The name "Blood Drinkers" comes from the Chapter's craving for blood, the result of a mutated omophagea gene-seed.

Blood Ravens
The Blood Ravens are a chapter of Space Marines that prize information greatly, but ironically know little of their earliest centuries of service.

Brazen Claws
A Second Founding chapter of the Iron Hands. They participated in the defence against the Thirteenth Black Crusade. The Chapter's power armour is painted in a quartered blue and red pattern. The Chapter's symbol is the depiction of red claws or talons.

Brotherhood of a Thousand
A later-founding chapter of unknown origin. The Brotherhood follow the Codex Astartes and are loyal to the Imperium of Man.

Brotherhood of Ultramar
A second founding chapter of the Ultramarines. . They follow the codex in most aspects except in the fields of stealth and shock in which they excel; this is due to the chapter carrying out it's recruitment amongst the warrior peoples of a feral world that is in perpetual twilight, where stealth and shock tactics are the only way to survive more than one battle. All space marines in the chapter are described as being of pale complexion, with dark brown eyes and hair; this has been attributed to the unique conditions of their homeworld, though most shave off all their hair (some of the Brotherhood wear it in an elaborate top-knot). The armour is entirely black with the trims on the shoulder pads painted gold as such numbers on power armour are used as visual recognition for each company within the chapter. Their chapter symbol is identical to that of the Ultramarines. , as they are immensely proud of having descended from this legendary chapter.

Celebrants
A Chapter founded during the 36th millennium. The entire chapter participated in the Third War for Armageddon. Their armour starts with yellow lower legs then seamlessly blends to orange for the mid body and then red for the upper body/helmet/arms; the chapter badge is a winged five-pointed star.

Celestial Lions
The Celestial Lions were founded during the 38th millennium. Their Home World is Elysium IX. Their armour is primarily gold, with blue shoulderpads and helmet. The chapter symbol is a roaring lion's head, and lion decorations are often incorporated into their armour. The Celestial Lions participated in the Third War for Armageddon, and were almost completely annihilated due to Inquisition treachery.

Children of Purgatos
A chapter that went excommunicate, their primary colour is emerald green highlighted with gold and they decorate their armour with images of flames. Chapter badge is a large, gold-coloured flame emblem.

The Consecrators
A Dark Angels Successor Chapter. Almost entirely absent from Imperial records, it was first recorded in the 3rd century of the 40th millennium. Noted for bearing all manner of holy relics, and ancient patterns, of arms, armour and vehicles.

The Consecrators are essentially the original Rogue Trader Dark Angels; black instead of dark green, and shown in the more early "beaked" style of power armour, with a red stripe down the centre of the helmet. Their chapter symbol is a variation of the Dark Angels symbol: a winged flame topped by a halo.

Crimson Fists
The Crimson Fists are one of the Chapters created during the Second Founding, drawn from the Imperial Fists Legion.

Damned Company of Lord Caustos
A group of Space Marines that turned to the Chaos gods after they were declared traitor by an Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus, based on some flimsy and circumstantial evidence. They only turned to chaos to survive in a galaxy hostile to them, they now live their lives as mercenaries.

Their armour is primarily grey/purple, with gold decoration. Their chapter's symbol is yet to be seen.

Dark Angels
The Dark Angels are considered among the most sinister and secretive of the loyalist Space Marine Chapters.

Dark Hands
A chapter that fought the Hrud at Chinchare. The Chapter's armour is painted dull green, and the Chapter symbol is of an outstretched black hand facing the viewer as if in a halt gesture. The gloves are also painted black.

Death Eagles
A later founding Codex Chapter of unknown gene-seed origin. The Chapter's armour is all black (including trim), with the exception of the shoulder pads (white with black trim), and helmet and chest eagle (both bone). The chapter badge is an eagle's skull with black wings.

Death Spectres
The Death Spectres are a chapter of Space Marines that participated in the Siege of Lelithar and the defence of the Cadian sector against the 13th Black Crusade.

Death Strike
The Death Strike Chapter participated in the Assault on Moros and acted as the rearguard during the Verdan II Extraction.

Deathwatch
Like the other Ordos of the Inquisition, the Ordo Xenos have their own Space Marine Chapter, the Deathwatch.

Destroyers
A Second Founding chapter of the White Scars. Their armour is acid yellow with a red chevron pattern down the arms. Their symbol is two crossed lightning bolts.

Disciples of Caliban
A Dark Angels Successor chapter. Believed to have been formed under unusual circumstances, when the then-Dark Angels Chapter Master Anaziel made a request for a Chapter to be raised to the High Lords of Terra. Such a request was, and is, unheard of, and much debate followed before Anaziel's request was granted. It is rumoured that the Chapter was formed a very specific task - the capture of the Fallen known as Cypher.

Doom Eagles
At a basic level, all Doom Eagles accept that they are already dead. This is the root of their courage, their unshakeable determination to face the greatest odds. As such the men of this Chapter are almost impossible to deter, but they are dour, grim and depressive, albeit staunchly loyal to the Imperium.

The Doom Eagles may be a Second Founding chapter of the Raven Guard. However, unlike the Raven Guard, their use of dreadnoughts is more extensive, fitting with their belief that they are fighting while dead. While they do follow the codex closely, they have the Sombre trait divergence, using See, But Don't Be Seen, and the drawback Death Before Dishonor. They emphasize the use of stealth tactics and speed.

At least five Companies of the Doom Eagles are known to exist, which participated in the defence of the Cadian Sector during the Thirteenth Black Crusade of Abaddon the Despoiler.

Doom Eagles armour is primarily silver, with red decoration. The chapter's symbol is a stylised eagle, with a human skull replacing the eagle's head.

The Doom Eagles also featured in Dan Abnett's short story "Pestilence".

Eagle Warriors
A fleet based Progenitor chapter from the Ultramarine's Legion, the Eagle Warriors wear a halved uniform of blue and white and display individual company colours on the left kneepad. The Chapter badge consists of a blue wing. Weapons and equipment are usually detailed in red. They participated in the Balur Secundus Strike Force and the 4th company earned particular renown in the battle for Medusa V. Current chapter master is Gaius Aegius.

The Eleventh Chapter
The lost Chapter of the First Founding, lost to the Warp after creation. Though there is no evidence of this chapter surviving. During the Horus Heresy series, in a state of higher conciousness, Horus traveled back in time to the capsules of the First founding and placed his hand over the crack in the pimarchs chamber, declaring that there was untold power in the chapter, that would never come to be. This confirms the non-existence of this chapter.

Emperor's Hawks
This Chapter has red armour, with a yellow trim on the shoulder pads. Their chapter symbol is a single wing. The Hawks specialise in jump pack-assisted assaults, followed by squadron-strength units of Landspeeders.

Emperor's Shadows
This Chapter was built using gene seed recovered from the bodies and survivors of the Emperor's Children that remained loyal to the Emperor and were subsequently butchered on Istvaan III by traitor forces. The gene seed was not corrupted. The Chapter wears black armour with a badge consisting of a white oval with 3 red skulls in a diamond shape.

Emperor's Swords
This chapter was decimated by the Alpha legion Traitor Space marines after 300 years of infiltration and subversion by the Alpha Legion. It is unclear if there are any loyalist survivors but several members who were 'conditioned' by the Alpha Legion prior to their recruitment by the Emperor's Swords have gone on to lead their own bands of renegades some under the colours of the Alpha Legion themselves.

Emperor's Templar
Speculated First Founding Chapter II, lost in the Warp after creation.

Emperor's Wrath
This chapter is based in Segmentem Solar. Their home world is in a system where there are no planets only asteroids. This system contains three asteroids that have been hollowed out and made into three massive hive cities. This is where the Chapter recruits new members. .

This chapter has a deep hatred for Tyranids and Orks. The Emperor's Wrath has purged many Ork held systems using Extermanis. The chapter has done the same on many worlds that have fallen to Tyranids. Some of the worlds purged still had large numbers of Imperial forces on them.

The Chapter Master and the first, second and third company are currently on a crusade against the forces of [Chaos]] on Cadia. Their tactics are very brutal when dealing with the forces of Chaos.

The Chapter wears metallic purple armor with gold shoulderpads. The armor has small golden triangles all over it that seem to move when you watch. The chapter badge is a purple triangle on the golden background.

Emperor's Warbringers
The Emperor's Warbringers Space Marine Chapter wear a gray-green power armor, with crossed swords as its badge.

Emperors Wolves
A space marine chapter whose gene seed contains the wolf gene similar to the one that afflicts the Space Wolves. The Emperors Wolves lost their eighth company in the warp.

Excoriators
One of the chapters founded to make up the Astartes Praeses, twenty chapters assigned to guard the regions surrounding the Eye of Terror. Their chapter is a stout Codex one. Their armour is white with silver gauntlets and trim, and their symbol is a flaming, double-headed axe.

Executioners
One of four chapters that rebelled during the Badab Uprising. The Chapter was believed to have found itself on the wrong side through little fault of its own, and was permitted to continue in its service to the Imperium. The Chapter's power armour is painted in a blue and grey camouflage pattern, with the exception of a single shoulderpad which is painted green for tactical squads, yellow for assault squads, purple/blue for devastator squads or red for recon squads. The symbol of the Executioners is an axe on a red background.

Exorcists
The Exorcists were founded during the 36th millennium, some time before the Age of Apostasy. They were created through secret Inquisition experiments in which test subjects were deliberately allowed to be possessed by daemons for a time before the daemons were banished by daemon hunters. There were casualties, but the majority of test subjects survived and were versed in the ways of combating daemonkind. The test subjects, two companies strong (200 Space Marines) were released onto a daemon-infested planet where they displayed extremely impressive results. They have since been sanctioned as an official Chapter and are often involved in operations overseen by the Ordo Malleus of the Inquisition. They wear red power armour with black trim. The chapter's symbol is a horned skull.

The Exorcists participated in the Badab War, the Gothic War, the Third War for Armageddon and in the defence against the Thirteenth Black Crusade.

Extinction Angels
One of the chapters that turned to chaos after the Horus Heresy, the chapter is famous for its assault skill. During the 13th Black Crusade the chapter fought alongside the Black Legion on the planet Demios Primary, where they scattered the Skitarii forces who were protecting the many forges of the Adeptus Mechanicus. The planet was liberated by the Black Templar space marines and it is believed that the Angels are still hidden in the lower depths.

Their armour is a dark purple with gold details and their symbol is a skull wearing a red hood, behind a grey Scythe.

Fire Angels
This chapter wears white with red trim, and displays a red cross bottony as their symbol. They fought in the Badab War and in the Battle of Sagan's Moon.

Fire Hawks
One of the chapters created during the Cursed 21st Founding, from Ultramarines gene-seed. The Fire Hawks disappeared into the Warp during the 41st millennium, and were declared Lost in the Warp.

ghost Space Marines began to appear on various battlefields. These apparitions came to be known as the Legion of the Damned, appearing when needed to support beleaguered Imperial forces, and disapearing again as soon as the battle was won. This has caused some to suspect that the Legion of the Damned and the Fire Hawks are one and the same, although older information makes no suggestion of a link.

The armour of the Fire Hawks is predominantly yellow, trimmed with red flames. The Chapter's symbol is a mushroom cloud. The Legion of the Damned armour is black and marked with symbols of death and damnation: skulls, bones and flames.

The Fire Hawks participated in the Badab War and in the Assault on Terra at the end of Goge Vandire's Reign of Blood.

Flame Falcons
One of the cursed Space Marine chapters created during the Cursed 21st Founding. Although their earlier successes promised a great future for the chapter, they were almost completely wiped out by the Inquisition before a hundred years had passed.

The cause of the Inquisition's attack was the fact that during an engagement, members of the Chapter burst into flame. These Marines came to no harm, and believing the flames to be a gift from the Emperor, fought with a fierce savagery that won the day.

The members of the Inquisition did not share this belief, and when the Chapter returned to their homeworld of Lethe to celebrate, they were attacked and almost completely destroyed by a force of Grey Knights.

Flesh Eaters
The Flesh Eaters are a Third Founding successor chapter of the Blood Angels.

Flesh Tearers
A Second Founding chapter of the Blood Angels,[1] they are afflicted by a dangerous gene-seed alteration which causes most veterans to succumb to the effects of Black Rage.

Genesis Chapter
A Second Founding chapter of the Ultramarines. The chapter's power armour is red with yellow details; their symbol is an "Alpha" or upside-down "V" on top of a white triangle.

Grey Knights
They act as the military arm of the Ordo Malleus, the Daemon-hunting branch of the virtually omnipotent Inquisition.

Grey Claws
The Grey Claws armor is all grey and they prefer close combat. They are also one of the chapters that defend the Eye of Terror.

Grey Slayers
A chapter only mentioned in the short opening piece to Realm of Chaos, the Grey Slayers became corrupted by Chaos; Inquisitor Thrax purged the Chapter of mutants and daemons, and the Chapter Master took his own life. Untainted officers were raised up to lead the chapter. The purge was apparently not quite thorough enough, as Inquisitor Thrax himself was soon afterwards corrupted and turned into some sort of daemonic Chaos beast. The Grey Slayers' eventual disposition is unknown.

Grief Bringers
A chapter that suffered heavy losses fighting against Enslavers on Valhall II. Their armour is described as "principally a sickly pea-green, with engrailed chevrons of headachey purple."

Guardians of the Covenant
A Dark Angels Successor Chapter, the Guardians of the Covenant's homeworld lies close to the Imperium's western rim. The Chapter is extremely monastic, even compared to other chapters, and its brothers regularly wear crimson robes over their silver armour. they are very brave will never back down on many occasions have been reduced to one or two companys.

Harbingers
The Harbingers hail from Birmingham ("the Black Planet") and are specialists at drop assaults. They consider themselves sworn enemies of the Death Guard Traitor Legion, and as soon as word reached them of the 13th Black Crusade, they redirected their forces away from the Orks of the Piscinan Belt towards this new threat.

They are currently led by Nimrod Grudge, and sent eight companies to combat the threat of the 13th Black Crusade. Their chapter colours are white with a yellow helmet and their chapter symbol is falling star, with the star replaced by a skull.

Hawk Lords
A Codex chapter whose armor is colored purple with gold trim and chest eagle.[1]

Heralds of Ultramar
A Codex chapter derived from the Ultramarines.

Howling Griffons
A Codex chapter who traces their origin from the Ultramarines.

Imperial Fists
The Imperial Fists are one of the first founding chapters of Space Marines. They stand out from other space marines due to having no fixed home world

Imperial Ravagers
Their headquarters orbits Vindict V. They were summoned to perform Exterminatus upon the planet Stalinvast in the Inquisition War trilogy novel Draco.

Immortal Hearts
One company present after the first Season of Fire during the Third War for Armageddon.

Inceptors
A Second Founding chapter of the Ultramarines.

Iron Champions
The Iron Champions were one of the chapters that participated in the 3rd Armageddon War; they dispatched seven companies. During the war, the chapter launched a massive drop-pod assault to support the Celestial Lions and were it not for the two chapters, Hive Volcanus would have remained in Ork hands.

The chapter's power armour is painted black with the helmet and shoulder pads painted grey. The chest eagle is red and the face of the helmet often has a gold skull painted on it. The chapter's symbol is a skull in the middle of an Iron Halo.

Iron Fists
They are mentioned in Realm of Chaos as using power shields "moulded with a medieval gauntlet." Their armour is painted a light blue-grey with gold arms. Their symbol is a gold gauntlet in the shape of a fist upon a field of light blue-grey.

Iron Dragons
Unknown founding, due to their chapter and homeworld being all but destroyed by an ork waagh. Later refounded using recovered gene seed. Believed to be descended from the Black Dragon chapter due to a mutation of the Ossmodula that causes two horns to develop upon the top of the forehead. These horns are usually no bigger than a few centimetres, but some horns have been found to grow up to 4-inches long. This obviously restricts the use of helmets so such marines often have custom made helmets or simply go with out. Colour scheme is silver with red trim, helmets (if avaliable) tend to be either black or red (because they are often custom made), although other colours have been noted. Their symbol is a simple red dragon's head (similar to the salamander's icon) with a puff of stylised fire emanating from the mouth. Tend to enjoy using fire based weapons and lightning claws/power fists where ever avaliable. High use of assault marines.

Iron Hands
The Iron Hands are one of the initial Space Marine Legions. Although unwavering in their faith towards the God-Emperor, they also believe that human flesh is weak and corruptible, and strive to replace their bodies with 'pure' cybernetic substitutes.

Iron Hearts
Briefly mentioned in the short story "Hell in a Bottle" by Simon Jowett published in Let the Galaxy Burn. Their Primarch is mentioned as "Primarch Rubineck", possibly one of the unknown primarchs listed in the space marine codex. The removal of this chapter's name may be resultant of the content of the short story where at the end a chaos lord gains entrance to a training centre via the body of a failed space marine. Further canon disregards the use of the name primarch and goes on to state that the Chapter was all but annihilated fighting the Chaos Lord who manifested in their system. Only two companies, the Sixth and Tenth, remain at full strength.

Iron Knights
A chapter of Space Marines who were on a self-imposed penitence crusade when they were called into action during the 13th Black Crusade. They are described as having "gleaming, blue-grey armour".

The chapter's marines curiously bear their squad marking on both shoulderpads, with the chapter badge relegated to a small shield located in the front corner of their left shoulderpad.

The Iron Knights are a smaller chapter and are primarily a strike force style chapter which focus on attacking with terminators and other heavily armoured units and vehicles.

Iron Snakes
A Second Founding chapter, the Iron Snakes were one of the many who participated in the defence against the Thirteenth Black Crusade. The chapter also contributed Marines towards the Sabbat Worlds Crusade. Amongst the battles fought in that Crusade were: the relief of the Guard on Ambold Eleven and the assault on Pelbury Civitas, the cleansing of the daemon-infested Fornax Aleph, the support of the final extermination of the Zoican horde on Verghast, and the destruction of the mechanised mutant army of Presarius.

However, their primary task is to guard a cluster of solar systems known as the Reef Stars, the closest to their homeworld of Ithaka, and which is frequently plagued by Ork and Dark Eldar attacks. The Iron Snakes take their name from the giant sea serpents that inhabit Ithaka's oceans and one of the Chapter's rites of passage is to hunt and kill one using only a sea lance. Though their Fortress Monastery is actually based on Ithaka's moon, Karybdis, they frequently descend to Ithaka itself, using its many hostile environments in training exercises to sharpen battle brothers and new recruits alike.

Their power armour is gunmetal, and the Chapter's symbol is a blue snake on a white background. Their shoulder pads are lined in red.

K
Knights of Gryphonne A chapter wearing red armour with black trim. Their emblem is a black gryphon on the red background. Their chest eagles are also black.

Knights of Order
The Knights of Order are a very early successor chapter of the Dark Angels. The chapter has a complete knowledge of the actions of the fallen. Their chapter badge is the winged sword of the Dark Angels. Their armour is black and bears a close resemblance to the Dark Angels' pre-heresy colours. Most Knights of Order bear no heraldry at all as to bear the heraldry of the chapter is considered an honour, a marine must understand the true nature of the chapter's past before he may bear it's markings. As a result of this only the upper ranks may wear the badge.

Lamenters
The Lamenters were an unfortunate Chapter of Space Marines who took part, on the losing side, in the Badab War, before being devastated by the Tyranids.

Legion of the Damned
The Legion are afflicted by a warp contagion that destroys their sanity; as it progresses their bodies decay, but they grow in supernatural strength.


 * See also Fire Hawks

Liberators
A Second Founding chapter of the Ultramarines. Their armour is blue with a maroon checked pattern on the leg armour; their emblem is two crossed black pickaxes on a red field. The colour changes to designate the company. Their one peculiarity is that their basic weapon is the storm bolter.

Lords of Wrath
Lords of Wrath chapter is mentioned in the 3rd edition of Codex: Imperial Guard on P.32. They are said to have participated in the capture of Decius Mus a.k.a. Arch-Heretic of Auscum with assistance from the 23rd Bruttiam Regiment.

Mantis Legion
Sometimes referred to as the Mantis Warriors, the Mantis Legion was one of the three chapters that joined the Astral Claws in rebelling during the Badab Uprising.

Marauders
A Second Founding chapter of the White Scars. The Marauders' power armour is yellow, and their symbol is a red double-headed axe encircled.

Marines Errant
They use a two-colour scheme of half white and blue, with a shooting star, graduating from red to yellow, as their symbol. Their name apparently refers to the wandering nature of the Chapter, as they are mentioned as to have been recalled by the Emperor from the Eastern Fringe to take part in the Badab War, and to have formed the "Second Outer Galactic Expeditionary Force."

Marines Exemplar
The Marines Exemplar dedicated all but one reserve company to the efforts against the 13th Black Crusade of Chaos. They were one of the chapters founded to make up the Astartes Praeses, twenty chapters created to guard the regions surrounding the Eye of Terror.

Their power armour is black with red arms and shoulderpads (including trim); their chapter badge is a black skull with spikes radiating from the top.

Marines Malevolent
The Marines Malevolent Chapter was founded in the 32nd millennium. Their power armour is yellow (including trim) with the exception of the torso and backpack which are black. Their chapter symbol is a black winged thunderbolt.

During the Third War for Armageddon, the Marines Malevolent were censured for launching attacks that cost the lives of thousands of innocent civilians. Apparently this chapter believes that the end justifies the means and are therefore prepared to conduct war as they see fit regardless of who is hurt in the crossfire. Captain Vineyard of the Marines Malevolent and Master Tu'Shan of the Salamanders were involved in a tense altercation in the aftermath of this incident. Some sources imply that one participant went so far as to strike the other - a severe gesture in the ethos of the Adeptus Astartes - but this is unconfirmed.

Mentors
Often referred to as the Mentor Legion. The Mentors are a Twenty-Sixth Founding Chapter and are the second chapter to be designated number 888 (the first one being the destroyed Star Scorpions).

Metamarines
A Space Marine Chapter that participated in the 13th Black Crusade.

Minotaurs
One of the chapters created during the Cursed 21st Founding, the Minotaurs possess a reputation for being extremely xenophobic soldiers, along with being considered an unreliable and unpredictable force by many commanders within the Imperium. This chapter saw action on Rynn's World during the attempt to reclaim it from the Orks. The most famous of the Minotaurs actions though, was an assault against the Lamenters' fleet during the Badab Uprising in which the Lamenters sided with the renegade Astral Claws in what they thought was a threat to the sovereignty and independence of the Adeptus Astartes as a whole.

Minotaur power armour is yellow, with red decorations (usually warning markings). The chapter's symbol is a blue bull's head.

Mortifactors
A chapter founded during the 40th millennium from Ultramarines gene-seed.

Night Watch
One of the chapters founded to make up the Astartes Praeses, twenty chapters created to guard the regions surrounding the Eye of Terror. The Night Watch do not appear to follow the Codex Astartes as rigidly as most chapters, having at least eleven active companies at the start of the 13th Black Crusade. Their armor is grey with light blue trim.

Novamarines
The Novamarines are a Second Founding chapter of the Ultramarines.[1]

Omega Marines
A chapter founded during the 40th millennium. The Omega Marines wear divided white and black armour, shoulder pad trim and chest eagle are in the company colour, veterans wear entirely black helmets. The chapter symbol is a white omega on a black background, with a skull surrounded by the omega. They participated in the Third War for Armageddon.

Praetors of Orpheus
A Second Founding chapter of the Ultramarines.[1] Stationed on the world of Beta Entebes II within a subterranean base called the Labyrinth of Orphia

The Pyre
A chapter that went excommunicate before the 13th Black Crusade, they use assault troops mainly backed up with armoured fire support, The Pyre bolster a unusually high number of Predators and Defilers. Their armour is orange with a black rim. Their chapter badge is currently unknown and they do not have a certain Chaos god that they rally to, using the benefits of the four Chaos Gods to their advantage.

Purple Stars
A Space Marine Chapter featured in "Eye of Terror" by Barrington J. Bayley. The armor is a royal purple with five gold colored stars on the right shoulder. In the novel "Eye of Terror" Purple Star Marines were sent on a one way mission into the Eye of Terror with a research team, and were wiped out to the last man when their shuttle was boarded.

Rainbow Warriors
The Rainbow Warriors appeared as an example chapter in Rogue Trader (the first edition of Warhammer 40,000), but there is no mention of them in later editions of the game.

Rampagers
A Second Founding chapter of the White Scars. Their power armour is red. The chapter symbol is of a fist clenching a yellow lightning bolt. According to How To Paint Space Marines, squad badges are placed on the outer side of the right greave.

Raptors
A Second Founding chapter of the Raven Guard.[1] The chapter first appeared in Rogue Trader era Warhammer 40K as the "Raptor Legion,"

Raven Guard
The Raven Guard is one of the original first founding chapters of Space Marines. The primarch of the Raven Guard is Corax, which is part of the Latin for raven (the full being corvus corax).

Reclaimers
A chapter that took part in the anti-Tyranid action at Coronia. They are mentioned several times in Sandy Mitchell's Ciaphas Cain series of novels, and are also one of the Astartes Praeses. They wear cherry-red armour and their symbol is a pair of gauntleted fists imposed on a blue pentagram

Red Hunters
This chapter has strong ties to the Inquisition; the entire Chapter has been known to serve under an Inquisitor Lord on occasion.

Red Scorpions
The Red Scorpions are the chapter responsible for the Land Raider Helios artillery support vehicle.

Red Talons
A Second Founding chapter of the Iron Hands. Their power armour is red with black trim, and the chapter's symbol is of a red bird's talons on a black circular background.

Red Templars
A Chapter of unknown origin, possibly founded from the Black Templars previous to the Second War for Armageddon, although the zeal of the Black Templars makes this unlikely and there is no evidence to support this theory. Their power armour is red with a gold aquila. The Chapter's symbol is a gold Fleur-de-lis

Relictors
Founded in the 36th millennium as one of the twenty Astartes Praeses Chapters.

Revilers
The Revilers are the successors of the Raven Guard who specialize in jungle warfare.

Salamanders
The Salamanders are a First Founding Chapter.

Scythes of the Emperor
The Scythes of the Emperor are a Chapter of Space Marines who along with the Lamenters, were virtually destroyed during the invasion of the Tyranid Hive Fleet Kraken.

Shadow Hunters
Unknown origings - dark blue camoflaged armour - slightly divergent from the Codex Asteres

Silver Guards
Turned Renegade after the "Obscuran Uprisings" in late M34

Silver Skulls
An Ultramarines successor chapter founded during the 31st millennium. The armour of the Silver Skulls is silver (including trim) with black shoulderpads. According to some sources the chapter denotes company by the colour of the squad badge. The chapter symbol is a silver, stylised skull mask. They participated in the Third War for Armageddon. They are headhunters, wearing the heads and skulls of their enemies as trophies.

Skull Bearers
This Space Marine chapter wears bone-colored power armor. Its chapter symbol is a black skull with yellow eye sockets and nasal cavity.

Sons of Antaeus
A chapter created during the Cursed 21st Founding, records of the Sons of Antaeus are few. In these, the reporters marvel at the Space Marines bearing grey and black livery, the Marines apparently larger and hardier than even the other superhumans of the Adeptus Astartes. Only sighted once in M41, appearing out of nowhere to aid The Subjugators who were under attack by the Eldar, then vanishing without a trace.

In the battle, Eldar forces attacked the Sons of Antaeus believing them the weaker foe, however the Marines were far more resistant to the eldar's firepower and stood their ground. As soon as the Eldar were defeated and the Subjugators were victorious the Sons of Antaeus vanished as mysteriously as they had arrived.

Sons of Guilliman
A chapter created during the 33rd millennium from Ultramarines gene-seed.

Sons of Justice
The Sons Of Justice armour is purple with bronze shoulder pad trim, backpack and head. The Sons Of Justice are also known as "The Defenders of Varlite" because they fought along side the Storm Lords and the Black Ravens in an apocalyptic battle to defend the fortress of Varlite, an important air field and military camp built around and over the mountain ranges of Valkador V.

Sons of Malice
The Sons of Malice turned to Chaos some time prior to the Thirteenth Black Crusade. The chapter was founded to watch over the Eye of Terror, but were excommunicated for ritually sacrificing and devouring an Inquisitor of the Ordo Hereticus who had objected to them ritually devouring some cultists.

Their homeworld was Scelus, in the Cadian Sector, although it was declared Perdita when the Chapter turned on the Imperium. In retaliation, the chapter allied itself with Abbadon's 13th Crusade.

The armour of the Sons of Malice is quartered black and white, with silver trim. Their symbol, colours and name associates the chapter with the Chaos God Malal. Although turning to Chaos they maintain their enmity against it.

Sons of Medusa
A loyalist chapter involved in the Badab War.

Sons of Vengeance
Turned Renegade after the "Obscuran Uprisings" in late M34

Sons of Ulthunas
Turned Renegade during Ganymathian betrayal Now known as the Angels of Ecstacy

Soul Drinkers
The Soul Drinkers are a Space Marines Chapters created during the Second Founding, drawn from the Imperial Fists Legion.

Space Sharks
There is speculation that the Space Sharks chapter was a successor of the Raven Guard.

Space Wolves
The Space Wolves are one of the twenty First Founding Legions of Space Marines serving the Imperium of Man in

Star Phantoms
The Star Phantoms participated in the Badab War. This Chapter was responsible for the final assault which ended the Badab War. Over five hundred marines assaulted the palace, and during the assault, crippled Huron Blackheart. The Cities of Death expansion book claims Captain Androcles of the Star Phantoms wounded him with a combi-melta in an ambush, although other sources claim this was an orbital bombardment.

Star Scorpions
The Star Scorpions were a chapter of the 25th Founding. They had the dual misfortune of producing redundant gene-seed and being utterly devastated by warp entities when the Chapter's Fleet became trapped in the warp. Due to their unusable gene-seed the chapter could not be refounded. In the 26th Founding, the Mentors received the Star Scorpions' colours and chapter designation, number 888, but were given a completely new set of gene-seed. The fate of the Star Scorpions is said to be unknown, however there are reports of ancient Marines in Star Scorpions uniform fighting in the Third War for Armageddon.

Steel Cobras
A chapter of Space Marines that turned on the Imperium after a puritanical crusade was led against them for their worship of the Emperor as an animal-totem. The Steel Cobras are now based beneath the ammonia seas of Tukaroe VII, where nothing short of an invasion by another Space Marine Chapter will dislodge them.

The chapter's power armour is dark brass with dark metallic green details; their chapter symbol is yet to be seen.

Steel Confessors
A chapter created in M36 by the Adeptus Mechanicus for its own use using Iron Hands gene-seed. The Inquisition discovered its existence, but the High Lords allowed it to continue providing it took all the vows other chapters have to take. They are harsh and uncompromising, and are currently under investigation by the Ordo Hereticus after the destruction of the Tallarn 54th for "Failure to complete objectives".

Storm Giants
A chapter founded during the early 41st millennium. The Storm Giants wear bone-coloured armour (including trim) with a yellow or gold chest eagle; according to Insignium Astartes they bear no company markings on their armour at all. The chapter symbol is a stylised red thunderbolt, pointing upwards. The chapter is believed to be descended from Salamanders gene-seed. They participated in the Third War for Armageddon.

Storm Lords
A Second Founding chapter of the White Scars.

Storm Ravens
The Storm Ravens are a chapter famous for the first use of the suppression doctrine, the creation of which is credited to Jagrvelj Skyhammer, Master of the Arsenal. This involves Land Speeders, equipped with minimal weaponry and additional sensor arrays, scouting enemy formations and directing fire from supporting Whirlwinds.

The success of this doctrine in the Rhopara Crusade lead not only to the doctrine being used by the rest of the Storm Ravens Chapter, but across the Adeptus Astartes.

The Chapter's colors and heraldry are unknown.

Storm Warriors
The Storm Warriors committed their entire chapter's forces to the defence of the Cadian sector during the Thirteenth Black Crusade.

Subjugators
Founded only a short time before the 13th Black Crusade, the Subjugators were almost wiped out during the various actions on Cadia. While fighting a campaign against the Cell-kin of the Technetium Belt, several of the marines were infected by the Xenos they fought (the Cell-kin breed by viral dissemination, their DNA infecting the body of the host, reshaping it into another Cell-kin). Though most of the chapter were cured, twenty of the 3rd Company couldn't be cured; they escaped and are still at large in the galaxy.

They also participated in a battle against Eldar forces in M41, they were at a lost when The Sons of Antaeus appeared and aided them in battle and then vanished when all was done.

Their power armour is mid-green (including trims). The chapter badge is a black clenched fist.

Terror Tigers
The Terror Tigers played a small part in the Inquisition War trilogy novel Harlequin. They lost one quarter of their Chapter when a mutant warlord assaulted their homeworld, after which their Chapter Master ordered his own execution as punishment.

An exploration team of Terror Tigers rediscovered the lost feral world of Hannibal, intervening on an Eldar attempt to reclaim the world as their own. The team dramatically came to the primitive human natives' rescue.

Thunder Barons
A Traitor Chapter mentioned in Soul Drinker and Daemon World.

Tiger Claws
The original name of the Astral Claws. They were depicted as wearing black and orange tiger-striped armour with a tiger head as their symbol (The Badab War, Rick Priestley). The name is no longer recognised by Games Workshop as canon.

Ultramarines
The Ultramarines are considered one of the greatest of all the Space Marine Chapters in the Imperium of Man, almost single handedly holding the Imperium together after the Horus Heresy.

Valedictors
Originally a First Founding Legion which saw action on the Eastern Fringe against Orks, Eldar, and traitors during the Horus Heresy. They were described in detail in two Epic articles in White Dwarf magazines 126 and 136, circa 1990-91. The status of the Valedictors changed in White Dwarf 235, where they are said to be of a "later founding," (post-Second Founding). Therefore, in the most recent canon literature, the Valedictors are no longer a First Founding Legion.

Some canon lists them as one of the two Legions "deleted from Imperial Records".

The Valedictors armour is oak-leaf green with a teardrop on the kneecap plate with a Roman numeral inside to denote the company. The symbol is a winged "V".

Violators
A Traitor Chapter dedicated to Slaanesh. Their armour is a shade of blue and their chapter symbol is a lightning bolt crossed with a dagger. They are known to use electrical pulses to stimulate certain parts of the brain to increase pleasure.

They fought in the 13th Black Crusade; most of their actions during it was in the Cadian Sector. During this war they repeatedly took recruits from the worst Imperial prisons.

War Bearers
The War Bearers chapter's color scheme is olive green. their symbol is a pair of black battleaxes, crossed.

Warp Ghosts
A chapter that betrayed the Imperium and turned to Chaos, the chapter allying themselves to Abaddon's 13th Black Crusade. Being only a chapter, they have far less marines compared to the Chaos Legions, but are renowned for their ferocity.

Their chapter colour is a dark green/grey with black and gold details; the renegade chapter's symbol is yet to be seen. Players and fans of the chapter have chosen a symbol that looks like a squid/human human, similar to an Illithid or Mind Flayer.

White Consuls
The White Consuls are a Second Founding Chapter of Space Marines. They are listed in the Apocrypha of Davio as having derived from the Ultramarines gene-seed

White Minotaurs
Believed to be a codex chapter. Armour is Gold with a white bulls head on a red field.

White Panthers
The White Panthers were part of the 26th Founding. They are organized according to the Codex Astartes.

White Scars
The White Scars were one of the First Founding Legions of Space Marines. Known and feared throughout the Imperium for their highly mobile way of war.

Wolf Brothers
A Second Founding chapter of the Space Wolves. They were eradicated due to rampant mutation of the unstable Space Wolf geneseed.

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