The Flame Falcons was 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 following their Founding. The cause of the Inquisition's attack was the fact that during an engagement, members of the Chapter had burst into flame. These Astartes came to no harm, and believing the flames to be a gift from the Emperor of Mankind, they fought with a fierce savagery that won the day. This ability was very likely the result of an unforeseen psychic mutation within their gene-seed that had come about as a result of the modifications the Adeptus Mechanicus had made to the gene-seed of all the Chapters created during the 21st Founding. The members of the Inquisition did not share the Chapter's belief that they had been blessed by the Emperor, and when the Chapter returned to their homeworld of Lethe to celebrate their victory, they were attacked and almost completely destroyed by a force of Grey Knights who believed them to have been possessed by daemons.
Chapter Appearance
Chapter Colours
The Flame Falcons' Chapter colours are not recorded in Imperial records.
Chapter Badge
The Flame Falcons' Chapter badge is not recorded in Imperial records.
Sources
- Chapter Approved: The Fourth Book of the Astronomican (2004), "The Cursed Founding by Andy Hoare, Graham McNeill & Phil Kelly, pp. 4-9
- White Dwarf 260 (UK), "Index Astartes: The Cursed Founding"