The Bone Knives is a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown Founding and genetic origin.
Chapter History[]
Notable Campaigns[]
- Nusquam Fundimentibus Campaign (ca. 941.M41) - At the request of Inquisitor Amberley Vail of the Ordo Xenos, the Bone Knives deployed a strike cruiser in support of an Imperial relief expedition to reinforce the Valhallan 597th and Nusquan 1st Astra Militarum regiments against a Tyranid outbreak on Nusquam Fundimentibus. However the strike cruiser did not arrive until just after Ciaphas Cain, regimental commissar to the 597th, and his aide Ferik Jurgen detonated the geothermal power station of the capital city Primadelving, causing a volcanic eruption that incinerated a Hive Ship fragment at the city's core and ending the threat to the Damocles Gulf. A Bone Knives Thunderhawk gunship subsequently rescued Cain and Jurgen from the Ice World's surface and ferried them to safety.
Chapter Organisation[]
The Bone Knives routinely arm their mortal Chapter serfs, as they frequently find themselves close to or at the front lines while providing logistical support to the Chapter's Astartes.
Chapter Appearance[]
Chapter Colours[]
The Bone Knives Chapter wears magenta power armour.
Chapter Badge[]
The Bone Knives' Chapter badge is not listed in current Imperial records.
Sources[]
- The Last Ditch (Novel) by Sandy Mitchell, Chs. 19, 28-29
- Vainglorious (Novel) by Sandy Mitchell, Ch. 10