Angels Porphyr Colour Scheme
The Angels Porphyr are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter that was Founded during the 31st Millennium, though their specific Founding and Chapter of origin remain unknown.
Chapter History
Notable Campaigns
- Third War for Armageddon (998.M41) - In 998.M41 the Angels Porphyr Chapter deployed 8 companies in the Third War for Armageddon. When the Ork Warboss Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka led a second unsuccessful WAAAGH! against that strategic hive world, Dreadnought Brother Damos led the defence of Ghattana, Armageddon's main water processing plant. He and seven other Dreadnoughts of the Angels Porphyr stood their ground against over one hundred Ork war machines. They prevailed with the help of nine other Dreadnoughts from other Space Marine Chapters and successfully defended the plant from Ork attacks. Of the seventeen Dreadnoughts, nine were destroyed and along with them over 9,000 cumulative years of combat experience.
Chapter Appearance
Chapter Colours
The Angels Porphyr Power Armour is halved blue and white, with a yellow Imperialis or Aquila symbol on the chest and a different coloured knee plate on the left knee, the colour of which varies depending on the company designation of the Space Marine.
Chapter Badge
The Chapter badge is the profile of a winged skull (rather than the Imperialis, where the skull is face-forwards), and other skull icons are often incorporated into their armour.
Notable Angels Porphyr
- Brother Damos (Dreadnought) - Brother Damos commanded the 9th Company of the Angels Porphyr, a stalwart veteran of three centuries of battle. His Devastator Squads were the very model of efficient fire support wherever his men fought, the armoured might of the enemy would be wary. It was during the Scouring of Hume as he led his men in the defence of Hill 236 that a surprise attack on the Space Marines' position by rebel Marauder bombers caught him in the open as he moved between his linked bunkers. By all rights the bombardment should have killed Damos, but when the attack was over, his brother Space Marines found that the bloody shreds of his body still drew breath. He demanded the chance to fight on, and thus his remains were placed in stasis and transported back to the Chapter's Fortress-Monastery where he was implanted within the armoured sarcophagus of a Dreadnought. For 3,000 years he has remained entombed within his armoured body and, as he did in life, Damos provides a solid anchor of fire support for his brothers, guiding the deployment and firing of the Chapter's Devastators.
Controversy about Chapter
The Angels Porphyr Chapter appears almost identical to the Eagle Warriors Chapter, the only differences being the Chapter badge (the Eagle Warriors have only a blue wing). This leads many Warhammer 40,000 fans to believe the Angels Porphyr and Eagle Warriors to be the same Chapter. However, both Chapters appear separately in How to Paint Space Marines, which should probably settle the matter as to whether the two are actually separate Chapters.
Sources
- Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), p. 18
- How to Paint Space Marines
- Index Astartes I, "Warriors of Old - Space Marine Dreadnoughts", p. 55
- White Dwarf 255 (UK), "Index Astartes: Warriors of Old, Space Marine Dreadnoughts"
- White Dwarf 249 (UK), "Index Astartes - Emperor's Shield"
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