Dirty Down Rust effect has now been applied to Mortem. Really cool product and love the effect, might now add this to the entire army 🙌🏼.

Platoon

While reading through Guy Haley’s “Dark Imperium” there is an extract where Guilliman and Cawl Inferior are speaking and Cawl Inferior makes a statement:

”That of the Second, Third, Fourth, Eighth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Fourteenth, Fifteenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, and Twentieth Legions all shows no sign of degradation or incidence of unwelcome tendencies within the recipients.”

Is the Cawl Inferior making reference to the geneseed of the Second and Eleventh lost legions being active in Astartes Chapters in the Imperium? I know Guilliman states he will not allow such a thing to be, however with the complex of Cawl, is it out of the question for there to be lost legion descendants in service to the Imperium? Would Cawl go so far as to deploy them?

Which chapters in W40K are made exclusively of Primaris Space Marines, are there chapters made only with this type of Space Marine?

The battle is lost and what few comrades you have left are rapidly dying or being rounded up. To your left, you see the rapidly approaching hordes of Emperor’s Children and to the right the foul shrieking stampede of the xenos.

Death would be preferable, but you’ve lost your weapons hours ago and don’t have a knife or even a nearby rock handy to do the deed. There’s no way to die, nowhere to hide and if you don’t decide which fate you’d prefer within the next minute the battle lines will crash around you and the choice made for you by whichever side seeks to snap you up first.

So which fate do you choose? And why?

And what would there be in it?

What if a average human(and does not know anything about the universe at all) somehow found themselves in one of the worlds of 40k, how would they survive in those worlds? Or in one of the space ships or space stations etc.?

What kind of information would there be in this "Survivor´s guide" and what would you put in it if you wrote that book?

Happy Fourth of July my fellow Imperials!!!

Chapter Three is up now on FanFiction.Net

https://www.fanfiction.net/s/14096338/1/Hard-Faith

It’s a bit wordy but I hope you guys will like it.

The Black Templars are the biggest Space Marine chapter with 5K-6K Astardes (Why don't they follow the Codex)

A Space Marine chapter usually has a little less or a little more than 1,000 Astardes.

In the W40K lore what are some of the smallest W40K chapters?

So I'm sitting down with my current Kreig army, plotting what to add to it next, and then I start to think about what army I should do after I'm done with these guys. So ten minutes later I have approximately 257 tabs open for GW webstore, the wiki's lore for armies.

This happens so often that it's making me slowly go crazy with anticipation for the future.

I'd say about 41 percent don't survive the transition to full space marine. 😉

Who was the biggest/tallest Primarch

Suppose in a hypothetical scenario that in the year M31, the Adeptus Mechanicus had completely changed their ideology and they were going to follow the Belisarius Cawl as an envoy of Omnissiah.

If the Imperium technology had evolved for 11,000 years until the year of M42, in addition to looking for new STCs and creating totally new technologies, how do you think the IoM would be in the year M42 in terms of Power Armors, Spaceships, weaponry, technology in general(Including biological technology)?

House hawkshroud with marudares space marines chapter took back the breach finally score was 61 to 52

Not done. What do you guys think?

Imperial Tyrants: A Successor Chapter

The Imperial Tyrants were formed during the 23rd Founding. They are a Successor Chapter of unknown origin, and only consists of Primaris individuals. They are a notable for having many resources and weapons, and is even compared by some to the Ultramarines and Dark Angels. They are one of the very few Chapters that actually care about protecting the common folk of the Imperium.

They are theorized by many to be a Successor to the Ultramarines. Due to the “curse” that the long-gone Firstborns of this Chapter have, however, this is very unlikely, as the Ultramarines’ gene-seed is very stable, and not many catastrophic side effects have come from the 13th Legion’s gene-seed. There are theories that they may actually be of the Cursed 21st Founding.

They hail from their Homeworld of Zvagreb, a reasonably primitive death world that is constantly under threats from a mysterious Xenos species, dubbed the Berakhodians. The Ordo Xenos have speculated that the Berakhodians may not be from a completely different species, and is actually a group of Tyranids from a currently unknown Tyranid Hive Fleet. They were dubbed the Berakhodians, for they were first encountered in a city called Berakhodes, the capital one of one of the world’s poorer countries, Ganham.

The Berakhodians killed all of the people of this country, and multiple attempts from the international government were made in an attempt to eradicate these vile creatures. These attempts, however, were very unsuccessful, as the military of this world isn’t well-supplied. This caused the Genocide Of Zvagreb, and is one of the most devastating events that Zvagreb has ever had to go through. What’s worse, is that their communication systems can’t reach other Imperium worlds, as Zvagreb is at a star system that is very isolated.

Their isolation is another reason why they don’t have proper military equipment. The higher people of this world has constantly depended on this isolation, and has always believed that they will never get invaded. This is the part that puzzles the rest of the Imperium, because if they were isolated, the chances of other species knowing of their existence is very low.

When reinforcements came, it was already too late. The people are constantly trying to hide from the monstrous invaders of their beloved land, and as such, they have a difficult time to rebuild their society. This is when the Imperium decided to form the Imperial Tyrants. They took 5 kids and made them into Space Marines, forming the Founding Council: Marison Urdakh, Gabriellos Imon, Arthurios Legundo, Elphiar Masonne, and Belios Morikha.

Each formed a Company of 100 Space Marines:

1. Marison Urdakh = Firehouses

2. Gabriellos Imon = Eaglebolt

3. Arthurios Legundo = Thunderstorms

4. Elphiar Masonne = Pantherhands

5. Belios Morikha = Shadows

The Founding Council originally decided that the Chapter should only have 500 Members, so that if the Chapter were ever to fall to Chaos, there would be very few of them. At first, things were going very well, until Belios and Gabriellos decided to join Chaos, causing the fall of 200 Space Marines to Heresy. This led to a massive civil war within the Chapter called the Tyrant Fall, which led to the death of 234 Imperial Tyrants, not to mention the descent of 50 Members to Chaos. This would eventually lead to 16 Members, now called the Sacred 16. Elphiar, Arthurios, and Marison were the Original Three.

Elphiar, Arthurios, and Marison decided to rebuild the Chapter through experiments that involved tampering with their gene-seed. This, however, ended up horribly wrong, as this caused even more destruction to the Chapter, leading to the death of 13 of the Sacred 16, further weakening the Chapter. This was said to be the reason for the curse that they have, which basically permanently binds their soul to their Power Armor. Elphiar and the other two pleaded with the Ultramarines and a few other Chapters/Legions to let them borrow units from them. Most of them readily agreed and gave them 1000 Space Marines. The three were very happy with this, and they decided to fight off some Chaos Marines.

The Chapter, however, went missing for years, and only returned during the early days of the Indomitus Crusade, bruised up and scarce in numbers. They explain that they got trapped in the Warp for so long and that they got trapped in there fighting demons. They were sent to a chamber, where-in a group of Tech Priests monitor their behavior. They saw that the Space Marines are constantly vomiting something. When the substance was analyzed, they learned it was gene-seed samples, and they decided to make implants with it.

They tried the implants on a group of kids from Zvagreb, and the effects were horrifying. All the children ended up getting a lot of deadly diseases. They were eventually killed and burnt. Guilliman then told Belisarius Cawl and 7 other Tech Priests to experiment with their gene-seed and modify it, so that the catastrophic side effects would never appear in the Primaris Imperial Tyrants. This would then form the Gen-2 Imperial Tyrants, as they call themselves.

They refuse to follow the Codex Astartes, as they believe that limiting Chapter numbers will just further weaken the Imperium, that’s already in a terrible condition. Because of this refusal, they currently have 3000 Chapter Members and ten Companies of 300 Space Marines. They also hate the Inquisition, and consider them whiny hypocrites. Despite this, they still work a lot with the Grey Knights, as the Imperial Tyrants are considered as nigh incorruptible, and their loyalty is unyielding, so no matter what temptations are thrown at them while they are fighting demons, they can just most likely shrug it off and kill more demons, as if nothing happened.

Ever since they have been reformed, they have become one of the most well-supplied Chapters in the Imperium. They have been honored and rewarded by many other Chapters, including the Salamanders, Ultramarines, Dark Angels, and, at one point in time, a Custodes gave them a trophy as a reward for their bravery and loyalty. This trophy was a gauntlet made of ceramite, with some pieces of auramite. This, as many can imagine, pleased the Imperial Tyrants, as not only were they rewarded by other Chapters, but one of the Royal Guards of the Emperor gave them a trophy made out of a valuable material.

Some of their Companies are named after the Original Three’s own Companies, as they believe it can be considered as honoring them.

Companies:

1. Paragons - Pyragom Gag’ Halabor

2. Firehouses - Kelis Morkia

3. Thunderstorms - Thundra Omnus

4. Pantherhands - Burkye Dennicus

5. Stormcrafters - Morkago Demeus

6. Lionclaws - Pedikus Gag’ Halabor

7. Streakfire - Theodore Roosia

8. Deathwasps - Mandor Kevin

9. Masterblades - Benedict Hamor

10. Thunderbolts - Frankor Dehonorer

The Chapter actually has a secret group called the Fireclaws, the personal “Company” of their Master, Garuss Amonus. It consists of Garuss’ most trusted Brothers and allies.

The Imperial Tyrants have one Successor Chapter called the Emperor’s Embrace, a Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter that worships the Emperor. A speculated Successor is the Emperor’s Hawks, a non-Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter with at least 1500 Space Marines in-service.

They have a group of Imperial Tyrants named the Tech Priest Tyrants Squad, sometimes simply called Tech Tyrants. They are the Tech Marines/Apothecaries of this Chapter. They trained under the Tech Priests of Mars for 9 years. They are also known for being the guards of a Tech Priest named Alacawl Garogg, who’s currently in-stasis after suffering from a fatal wound, which led to him getting connected to a stasis pod/life-support system. The Tech Tyrants aren’t very different from normal Imperial Tyrants, except for the fact that they are smarter.

Their Chapter symbol is a white skull without a lower jaw, a lightning bolt insignia (coming from the top of the skull, all the way to just a little above the nostrils of the skull). There is multiple variants of this symbol, like one that belongs to the Tech Tyrants, which has a red X placed in the left socket of the skull, or one that has six thorns coming out of the skull’s back, which is used by the veterans. For Traitors, they use a variant that has 2 huge horns pointing down and a lower jaw with sharp teeth, not aligning with the upper jaw’s humanoid teeth.

The number on their right shoulder armor is a huge white 0, making it clear that they might not even know their own Founding Chapter, or they may not want anyone else to know.

Chapter colors (When formed):

Primarily crimson armor, black helmet, gold trim and Imperialis, purple eyes and shoulder pads.

Chapter colors (Post-war against Chaos Marines):

Primarily purple armor, gold trim and Imperialis, green eyes, black shoulder pads.

Chapter colors (Post-Indomitus Crusade):

Primarily purple armor, silver trim and Imperialis, red eyes.

Warcry:

“My Brothers, we are the flames of the Emperor’s wrath and judgement, and we shall bring about his divine retribution to the heretics!”

“Brothers, we are the Emperor’s passion for humanity, and we shall fight for the common-folk until our death!”

“Even in death, we shall protect the people of the Imperium!”

“There is no greater honor, than to die for the Emperor and humanity!”

“We are the Imperial Tyrants, and we shall bring about the Imperial Truth to the heretics!”

Recruitment:

When someone is recruited into this Chapter, they tend to be around 3 to 5 years old, and is raised by the Chapter’s Space Marines. Around 6 years old, their 2 year indoctrination begins, which is done by feeding-in traumatizing information in order for the aspirant, as they are called, to transition into a phase of trauma, and they will then spend one month in a fortress monastery, where-in an Apothecary will use minor brain cell manipulation technologies in-order for the trauma to disappear, with a bit of a therapist session with the Apothecary.

After one month, the aspirant will be released and given medications, which is called Tiranouismistines, which will eliminate the remaining trauma from the child’s brain. They are then taught advanced mathematics, science, and history by the Tech Tyrants. After 2 years, they will begin the first phase of their military training. This consists of how to use weapons and war-gears, in-order for them to learn how to operate in war.

In their second year, when they are 9 years old, the first implant, the second heart, will get

implanted. This is the beginning of their physical training. They will run for 120 kilometers per day, and perform heavy lifts of about 3 pounds. They will also learn how to use guns and different war-gears by actually using them. When the child is about 12 years old they will receive both the second and third implants. After this, they will continue their military training, except now it is much more difficult and there would be almost no time for rest.

2 years after the second and third implants are planted into the child’s body, they will receive the fourth, the fifth, and the sixth implants. This will then turn them into Protostallions, a phase in their transition from human to superhuman that takes place before the Scout phase. Their first task is too fight off a city of Berakhodians, which is extremely difficult, considering a city of these vile creatures can have 200 Berakhodians. This will most likely take 2 weeks, and after finishing this exam, they will get implanted with 4 more implants.

Their 2nd task is to bring supplies from various Imperium worlds to Zvagreb. If they succeed in bringing these supplies safely to Zvagreb, they will be given a tattoo of their Chapter’s symbol. They will receive their 11th implant, and this implantation is called Erematatism, a ritual where-in at least 29 people from Zvagreb should attend and watch. This is considered as sacred, because if the common folk are there to watch, it means they are completely trusting the Protostallion with their life. The 3rd task is aiding other Chapters in war. This is considered as essential, because the Protastallion could learn tactics and battle plans from this type of experience.

If the Protostallion finishes this task, they will be transferred to a chamber called a Aretherious. In here, they will try to figure out how to escape without causing damage to the chamber itself. This is the 4th task, and is called the Aretheriousismetics. When they finish this, the Protostallion’s chosen quote will be engrained into their bones microscopically, almost at a molecular level. The 12th and 13th implants will then get planted into their body. This will make them a Stallion. By this time, they would be a little younger than 17 years old. When they reach 18 years of age, they will get the 14th-17th implants, and after 2 years, they will become a Scout when they receive their 18th implant.

During this time, they will consult with the Chapter’s Chaplains, and they will talk about their experiences. This will help the Scout prepare for the 5th task, known as Mortaliaso. In this task they will fight 7 cities of Berakhodians, while simultaneously protecting 7 small cathedrals dedicated to the worship of the Emperor. They must also make sure at least 900 people, in these cities combined, will survive. If they succeed, they will receive the 19th implant. This will make them a Yahound, a stage before receiving the Primaris implants. The Yahound, around this time period, would be 20 years old. They usually use Mark 7 Power Armors. They must accomplish the 6th task, also known as the Asistemago.

The Asistemago is the most life-threatening of all of these tasks, only second to the 7th. In this mission, they will battle a country of Berakhodians, and in this mission, they should make sure very little civilian casualties should happen, 90 being the limit. When they finish this task with less than 91 civilian casualties, 2 of the Primaris implants will then get transplanted into their body. This is where things will get dangerous. The 7th task is called the Tachadosa, where-in they have to eradicate a small planet full of Berakhodians. When they succeed, they will receive their final implant, causing them to become a fully-fledged Imperial Tyrant.

Facts:

1. The Chapter is very superstitious, meaning they have a lot of myths involving things like Chaos, Xenos, and the Imperium. One such is that the Emperor is a actually a member of the Omnibalus, a council of godlike beings.

2. Their most prized reward so far is a gauntlet made of ceramite and auramite, given to them by a Custodes.

3. They once committed a Marines Malevolent genocide.

4. The Original Three’s attempt at expanding the Chapter may have caused the rise of a Chaos Warband called the Crimson Axes. Whether this is true or not, is unknown.

5. Taking your helmet off is considered as leaving yourself vulnerable.

6. Due to the substance in their planet’s atmosphere, which is dubbed the Orisis Dust, most Imperial Tyrants end up being pale.

Notable ally Chapters (All are Homebrew):

1. Black Wings (Dark Angels’ Successor)

2. Astral Caimans (Salamanders’ Successor)

3. Silver Sons (Blood Angels’ Successor)

Chapter Master:

Garuss Amonus is a mysterious Chapter Master, and it is rumored that he is 1200 years old, which is rather very old for a Space Marine, even if we take examples like Dante of the Blood Angels, or Dantioch of the Pre-Heresy Iron Warriors. His personal “Company” are the Fireclaws, and its leader is Daegone Kariale, and he is one of the most devastating swordsman the galaxy has ever seen.

He wears an Artificer Mark X: Gravis Pattern Power Armor that is heavily fortified. It has a modified Storm Bolter attached to its left gauntlet, using a belt magazine, and on the armor’s right gauntlet is a Power Sword. On his left shoulder pad, the Chapter’s symbol has a crown, and on the right shoulder pad, it has a 0 that is surrounded by a sculpted fire.

Garuss Amonus, on the other-hand, wears a special Artificer Indomitus Pattern Terminator Armor. It has been heavily modified, and even more fortified than Daegone’s. His right gauntlet has a Power Claw with four very long blades. His left gauntlet is reminiscent of Guilliman’s Hand Of Dominion, and has a modified sawn-off mini-gun that fires Kraken rounds, loaded into a belt magazine. On his left shoulder pad, the Chapter symbol has a halo, and the right shoulder pad has a 0 surrounded by a thorny halo. He is a devastating Psyker, and is feared by many.

No one, not even members of the Imperial Tyrants, except for the Fireclaws themselves, know a lot about the Fireclaws and Garuss Amonus.

Why:

Now, you may be wondering why their Founding Chapter/Primarch is unknown, and I get that. I don’t know even have an idea who their Founding Chapter is, and this stems from the fact that I made this very late at night. Now, enough about my life, there are a couple of theories on who their Primarch is. Some theories state that they’re the last of the 2nd/11th Legion, due to the fact that their gene-seed can’t be traced to any other Legion. This is a very weak theory, as it stems from the fact that there are very little information about the lost Legions, and their gene-seed may have been lost to time.

Another theory states that they are a part of a Legion that went heretic, except for them. This may be the reason why their Founding Chapter/Primarch is unknown. It may have been done to prevent a controversy that may lead to another civil war. It is widely theorized that they are of the Alpha Legion, as they are a very secretive, and it makes a lot of sense for them to be Alpha Legionnaires. But even after multiple genetic tests, their gene-seed doesn’t trace back to any other Legion. Not to mention, this is very heretical.

However, there is another option, and that they are a part of a different Legion entirely. This may be true, but it’s still a weak theory.