Angels Vermillion Chapter Colour Scheme
The Angels Vermillion is a Second Founding Successor Chapter of Space Marines created from the gene-seed of the Blood Angels. Their Chapter planet is Coinal, which lies in the Eastern Fringes of the galaxy.
Chapter History
The Angels Vermillion is a secretive Second Founding Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels, shunning all contact with their Brother Chapters who are also descended from the Primarch Sanguinius, choosing to bear their lingering curse in solitude and isolation. Ironically, little is recorded in Imperial records of the Chapter's exploits since the Second Founding, but whenever they are mentioned, their battle record is nothing short of exemplary. It is impossible to say why the Chapter has chosen to endure its curse without the support of its Brother Chapters. One wonders about the cause of their self-imposed exile from their brethren, and whether it is simply a case of a shame that must be endured alone, or something far darker.
Notable Campaigns
- Persecution by the Order of the Argent Shroud (Date Unknown.M41) - Sometime prior to the Third War for Armageddon (in which the Chapter did not participate) the Angels Vermillion were subjected to attacks by the Adepta Sororitas' Order of the Argent Shroud for perceived heresy on their part under the leadership of Canoness Dissenta.
- The Hives of Hollonan (992.M41) - In 992.M41, the Angels Vermillion aided the Blood Angels during the battle for the Hives of Hollonan. The Chapter sent a strike force to that world in answer of the astropathic call for assistance that was made to their Chapter homeworld of Coinal by the Blood Angels' Chief Librarian Mephiston when a splinter fleet of Hive Fleet Kraken descended upon that Hive World. The Angels Vermillion fought alongside the Blood Angels and the Eldar of Craftworld Ulthwe under the command of the venerable Farseer Eldrad Ulthran, who had brought his people into the fight for enigmatic reasons of his own. The Tyranids were crushed between the attacks of the three descending armies and this splinter of the coming Hive Fleet Kraken was removed from existence before its parent Hive Fleet arrived in full. Eldrad Ulthran and his forces remained just long enough to see Mephiston recovered from the rubble, terribly wounded but miraculously still clinging to life. This second resurrection only served to increase Mephiston's legend within his Chapter -- and beyond.
Chapter Organisation
The Angels Vermillion use the same organisation scheme as the Blood Angels. As such, they are considered a partially Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter, like their ancestral Chapter.
Chapter Appearance
Chapter Colours
The Chapter wears dark red Power Armour with a yellow Aquila or Imperialis emblem upon the chest plate. The Angels Vermillion were originally depicted as wearing carmine-coloured armour with a yellow chest Aquila. In the book How to Paint Space Marines, however, the Chapter is depicted in the scheme used by the Angels Encarmine: vermillion-coloured armour with a yellow chest eagle, black shoulder plate trim and backpack. The Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition) restore their original armour colour scheme.
Chapter Badge
The Chapter's badge is a winged blood drop, with a small skull at the base of the drop, which is very similar to the badge of the Blood Angels.
Sources
- Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)
- Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)
- Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)
- How to Paint Space Marines
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