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"Enemy approach vectors confirmed. Targets entering the killbox in zero-zero-four, three, two, one... commencing Operation Scourge in the Emperor's name. Let none leave here alive."

— Captain Hastran of the Hawk Lords

The Hawk Lords is a Codex Astartes-compliant Loyalist Chapter of Space Marines and a Successor Chapter of the vaunted Ultramarines raised during an unknown Founding.

Many Imperial savants suspect that the Hawk Lords is a Second Founding Successor Chapter raised from the existing veteran pilot formations of the ancient Ultramarines Legion's 21^st Chapter, who were known as "The Hawks."

The Hawk Lords heavily favour the use of their various gunships, and so are unsurprisingly the undisputed masters of aerial combat amongst the Adeptus Astartes. It is not unknown for pilots from other Chapters to hone their piloting skills while on secondment to a Hawk Lords Talon Wing.

Chapter History

HL Marine — Hawk Lords Chapter Colour Scheme as displayed by a Firstborn Space Marine.

The origins of the Hawk Lords Chapter may be traced back to the Great Crusade over ten standard millennia earlier, when it may still have been a part of the Ultramarines Legion, then known as the XIII^th Legion, before its reunification with its Primarch Roboute Guilliman.

Following the unification with their primarch, Guilliman quickly set about restructuring his Legion's operational doctrine and hierarchy to suit his personal tastes and style of leadership.

While the newly espoused doctrine of structured adaptability became deeply ingrained within many of the Legion's chapters, there were some notable deviations from this pattern. Some few individual chapters, through long-held preference or some quirk of supply, maintained notable strengths of non-standard equipment or personnel.

HawkLordsKyres — Hawk Lords Chapter Colour Scheme as displayed by Primaris Marine Brother Kyres, 3rd Squad of the Hawk Lords 2nd Company.

One of the more noteworthy examples of this was the 21^st Chapter, known within the Legion as the "The Hawks", which was renowned for the skill of its pilots.

During the Calth conjunction it was assigned to security duties amongst the orbital platforms and docked warships in Calth's local orbit, and so witnessed the full fires of betrayal committed by the Word Bearers Legion during the Battle of Calth.

Following the end of the Horus Heresy, Roboute Guilliman was responsible for the restructuring of the Imperium's military forces as the lord commander of the Imperium. The vast Space Marine Legions would be broken down into numerous, smaller existing formations, known as a Chapter.

When the Second Founding of the Space Marines was decreed seven Terran years after the death of Horus and the end of his Heresy, most of the old Loyalist Legions divided into fewer than five Successor Chapters, but the Ultramarines were divided many times.

The existing veteran pilot formations of the Ultramarines 21^st Chapter may have become a part of the newly founded "Hawk Lords" Chapter.

Recently, in the latter years of the 41^st Millennium, the Hawk Lords played a role in defending the Imperial Fortress World of Cadia from the assault of the forces of Chaos during the 13^th Black Crusade.

The Hawk Lords' Chapter homeworld is the planet called Preyspire. At present, contact with the Chapter's 7^th Company has been lost not many light years from Preyspire due to a hostile engagement with unknown xenos forces.

At the start of the Noctis Aeterna, it was only the sublimely skilled efforts of the Hawk Lords' Stormtalon pilots that protected the Hive World of Thesor from doom.

Notable Campaigns

War of the Beast (544-546.M32) - The Hawk Lords participated in the defence of the Imperium from the Orks of The Beast during the War of the Beast in the 32nd Millennium. One of its battle-brothers, Atherias, was a founding member of the Deathwatch during this conflict.
The 13^th Black Crusade (999.M41) - The Hawk Lords committed 7 full companies against the forces of Chaos during the 13^th Black Crusade. The Hawk Lords' most important action during the crusade came in the defence of the hive city of Kasr Elisha on Cadia. The Hawk Lords' 5^th Company, under the leadership of Captain Augustus Hubertus, aided the Cadian 35^th Mechanised Imperial Guard regiment in the defence of Kasr Elisha by holding off elements of the Thousand Sons Traitor Marines in the hive's main government spire, buying the Cadians time to reposition themselves to defeat a Ravager-class Traitor Battle Titan. Unfortunately, many of the 5^th Company, including Captain Hubertus, were slain when elements of the Chaos Space Marine warband called the Brotherhood of Darkness entered the hive city. The survivors were relieved by a small portion of the Imperial Fists' elite 1^st Company led by Captain Darnath Lysander.
Battle of Thesor (Unknown Date.M42) - During the Noctis Aeterna after the birth of the Great Rift it was the Hawk Lords who saved the Hive World of Thesor using the skills of its Stormtalon pilots.
War of Beasts (ca. 001-025.M42) - The Hawk Lords deployed two companies to the world of Vigilus to defend that all important terminus of the Nachmund Gauntlet connecting the Imperium Sanctus and Imperium Nihilus through the Great Rift.

Chapter Combat Doctrine

HawkLordsFirstborn5thEdition — A Hawk Lords Firstborn Tactical Marine.

The Hawk Lords almost never use Drop Pods in their planetary assaults, preferring to make use of their Thunderhawk gunships for low-altitude insertions instead because of the greater control the use of those aircraft allows in making deployments.

So skilled are they in the use of such tactics that the Astartes pilots of other Loyalist Chapters have been known to spend time as pilots in one of the Hawk Lords' Talon Wings to gain the aeronautical skills displayed by the Hawk Lords.

The Hawk Lords wage planetstrike campaigns with greater alacrity than other Space Marine Chapters. They also utilise Stormtalon gunships which excel as a vanguard strike-craft, able to keep pace with their Assault Marines and Land Speeders. In these missions, the Stormtalon's traditional role in Astartes combat is reversed: for the Hawk Lords, it is the principal attack vehicle.

The remainder of the Chapter's rapid moving elements act as escorts and outriders, scouring the attack corridor clean of anti-aircraft fire as the Stormtalon roars in to obliterate its designated target, blasting holes in the enemy battle line before peeling off and engaging another target with similarly devastating effect.

Notable Hawk Lords

Atherias - Atherias was a member of the Hawk Lords and later a founding brother of the Deathwatch during the War of the Beast in the mid-32nd Millennium. He took part in the search for an Ork psyker on the world of Plaeos that could be used to defeat The Beast by channeling the anti-psychic Blank powers of the Sisters of Silence through the captured psyker's link to the greenskins' gestalt WAAAGH! energy. He also later participated in the second invasion of Ullanor during that conflict.
Captain Augustus Hubertus - Hubertus was the captain of the Hawk Lords' 5^th Company which led the defence of Kasr Elisha on Cadia during the 13^th Black Crusade in 999.M41. Though Hubertus was slain during this battle, his company was successful in maintaining Kasr's defences until it was relieved by the Imperial Fists' 1^st Company.

Chapter Relics

Hawk Wings - Hawk Wings are specialised Jump Packs first created and used exclusively by the Hawk Lords Chapter. Though they appear to be normal Jump Packs they also have a vast ammunition supply built into their harnesses that double as an Astartes backup ammunition supply, increasing the magazine size of any requisitioned heavy weapon. The Hawk Lords Chapter has long emphasised aerial superiority and rapid deployment, and all the skill of its Artificers have been bent towards these ends for untold centuries. One of their greatest successes was the creation of a pattern of Jump Packs that could bear a Devastator Marine into battle without costing him the use of his heavier armament. The artisan responsible died after creating but a few such masterpieces, and his accomplishment has not yet been matched. Watch Fortress Erioch has come into the custody of one Hawk Wing jump pack, and it has served with distinction with the Deathwatch across the Jericho Reach.

Chapter Appearance

Chapter Colours

The Hawk Lords primarily wear purple power armour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard is black.

The golden yellow squad specialty symbol on the right pauldron designates operational specialty -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command.

A black High Gothic numeral is stenciled on the centre of the squad specialty symbol which indicates squad number.

The colour of the shoulder plate trim indicates company number in accordance with the dictates of the Codex Astartes -- i.e. White (1^st Company), Yellow (2^nd Company), Red (3^rd Company), Green (4^th Company), etc.

The helms of this Chapter's Veterans and Veteran Sergeants are also golden yellow.

Veteran iconography is often displayed on a colour roundlet, matching the company colour, on the outside left greave.

Chapter Badge

The Hawk Lords' Chapter badge is a golden yellow hawk centred upon a field of purple. It is depicted in a similar style to the Chapter badge of the venerable Raven Guard.

Canon Conflict

Originally there was some confusion as to which Space Marine Legion was the parent of the Hawk Lords Chapter. Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem lists it as a successor of the Raven Guard, but in Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition) it is a descendant of the Ultramarines. The 8th and 9th Edition Codex: Space Marines both list the Hawk Lords as an Ultramarines successor.

Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition) also lists the Hawk Lords as a Primogenitor Chapter of the Ultramarines.

With the release of The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series), it was revealed that the Hawk Lords may have originally been one of several specialist Chapters, known as "The Hawks," created from the 21^st Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion after the Horus Heresy.

This is because the 4th and 22nd Chapters of the Ultramarines Legion were known as "the Aurorans" and "the Nemesis" respectively, and went on to become the Aurora Chapter and the Nemesis Chapter during the Second Founding.

It is thus possible the Hawk Lords are a Successor Chapter descended from the 21st Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion, taking their name from The Hawks like those other Primogenitor Chapters of the Ultramarines.

Sources

Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Release Booklet)
Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 47
Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pg. 29
Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), pg. 114
Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pp. 33, 141
Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pp. 26, 30-31
Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 8
Deathwatch - Honour the Chapter (RPG), pg. 128
Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem, pg. 104
Insignium Astartes, pg. 55
The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 39, 80-81
The Last Son of Dorn (Novel) by David Guymer, Ch. 1
Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team - Elites, pg. 32 (Quote)

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-| Founding = [[Second Founding]] (Suspected)
+| Founding = Unknown ([[Second Founding]] Suspected)
 | Number = Unknown
 | Successors of = [[Ultramarines]]
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-The '''Hawk Lords''' is a ''[[Codex Astartes]]''-compliant Loyalist [[Chapter]] of [[Space Marines]] and a Successor Chapter of the vaunted [[Ultramarines]] raised during an unknown [[Founding]], though many suspect that it is a [[Second Founding]] Successor Chapter, raised from the existing veteran pilot formations of the ancient Ultramarines Legion's 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter, who were known as "The Hawks".
+The '''Hawk Lords''' is a ''[[Codex Astartes]]''-compliant Loyalist [[Chapter]] of [[Space Marines]] and a Successor Chapter of the vaunted [[Ultramarines]] raised during an unknown [[Founding]].
+Many Imperial savants suspect that the Hawk Lords is a [[Second Founding]] Successor Chapter raised from the existing veteran pilot formations of the ancient Ultramarines Legion's 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter, who were known as "The Hawks."
 The Hawk Lords heavily favour the use of their various gunships, and so are unsurprisingly the undisputed masters of aerial combat amongst the [[Adeptus Astartes]]. It is not unknown for pilots from other Chapters to hone their piloting skills while on secondment to a Hawk Lords Talon Wing.
 ==Chapter History==
-[[File:HL_Marine.jpg|thumb|250px|Hawk Lords Chapter Colour Scheme]]
+[[File:HL_Marine.jpg|thumb|250px|Hawk Lords Chapter Colour Scheme as displayed by a [[Firstborn]] [[Space Marine]].]]
-The origins of the Hawk Lords Chapter can be traced back to the [[Great Crusade]] over ten standard millennia earlier, when it was still a part of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]], then known as the [[XIII Legion]], before its reunification with its [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]]. Following the unification with their Primarch, Guilliman quickly set about restructuring his Legion's operational doctrine and hierarchy to suit his personal tastes and style of leadership.
+The origins of the Hawk Lords Chapter may be traced back to the [[Great Crusade]] over ten standard millennia earlier, when it may still have been a part of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]], then known as the [[XIII Legion|XIII<sup>th</sup> Legion]], before its reunification with its [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]].
+Following the unification with their primarch, Guilliman quickly set about restructuring his Legion's operational doctrine and hierarchy to suit his personal tastes and style of leadership.
-While the newly espoused doctrine of structured adaptability became deeply ingrained within many of the Legion's Chapters, there were some notable deviations from this pattern. Some few individual Chapters, through long-held preference or some quirk of supply, maintained notable strengths of non-standard equipment or personnel.
+While the newly espoused doctrine of structured adaptability became deeply ingrained within many of the Legion's chapters, there were some notable deviations from this pattern. Some few individual chapters, through long-held preference or some quirk of supply, maintained notable strengths of non-standard equipment or personnel.
-One of the more noteworthy examples of this, was the 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter, known within the Legion as the "The Hawks", which was renowned for the skill of its pilots. During the [[Calth]] conjunction it was assigned to security duties amongst the orbital platforms and docked warships in Calth's local orbit, and so, witnessed the full fires of betrayal committed by the [[Word Bearers]] [[Legion]] during the [[Battle of Calth]].
+[[File:HawkLordsKyres.jpg|thumb|250px|Hawk Lords Chapter Colour Scheme as displayed by [[Primaris Marine]] Brother Kyres, 3rd Squad of the Hawk Lords 2nd Company.]]
-Following the end of the [[Horus Heresy]], Roboute Guilliman was responsible for the restructuring of the Imperium's military forces. The vast Space Marine Legions would be broken down into numerous, smaller existing formations, known as a [[Chapter]]. When the [[Second Founding]] of the Space Marines was decreed seven years after the death of [[Horus]] and the end of his Heresy, most of the old Loyalist Legions divided into fewer than 5 Successor Chapters, but the Ultramarines were divided many times. The existing veteran pilot formations of the Ultramarines 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter became a part of the newly founded "Hawk Lords" Chapter.
+One of the more noteworthy examples of this was the 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter, known within the Legion as the "The Hawks", which was renowned for the skill of its pilots.
-Recently, in the latter years of the 41<sup>st</sup> Millennium, the Hawk Lords played a role in defending the Imperial [[Fortress World]] of [[Cadia]] from the assault of the [[Forces of Chaos]] during the [[13th Black Crusade|13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade]].
+During the [[Calth]] conjunction it was assigned to security duties amongst the orbital platforms and docked warships in Calth's local orbit, and so witnessed the full fires of betrayal committed by the [[Word Bearers]] [[Legion]] during the [[Battle of Calth]].
+Following the end of the [[Horus Heresy]], Roboute Guilliman was responsible for the restructuring of the Imperium's military forces as the [[lord commander of the Imperium]]. The vast Space Marine Legions would be broken down into numerous, smaller existing formations, known as a [[Chapter]].
+When the [[Second Founding]] of the Space Marines was decreed seven Terran years after the death of [[Horus]] and the end of his Heresy, most of the old Loyalist Legions divided into fewer than five Successor Chapters, but the Ultramarines were divided many times.
+The existing veteran pilot formations of the Ultramarines 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter may have become a part of the newly founded "Hawk Lords" Chapter.
+Recently, in the latter years of the 41<sup>st</sup> Millennium, the Hawk Lords played a role in defending the Imperial [[Fortress World]] of [[Cadia]] from the assault of the [[forces of Chaos]] during the [[13th Black Crusade|13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade]].
 The Hawk Lords' [[Chapter Planet|Chapter homeworld]] is the planet called [[Preyspire]]. At present, contact with the Chapter's 7<sup>th</sup> [[Company (Space Marine)|Company]] has been lost not many light years from Preyspire due to a hostile engagement with unknown [[xenos]] forces.
+At the start of the ''[[Noctis Aeterna]]'', it was only the sublimely skilled efforts of the Hawk Lords' [[Stormtalon]] pilots that protected the [[Hive World]] of [[Thesor]] from doom.
 ===Notable Campaigns===
+*'''[[War of the Beast]] (544-546.M32)''' - The Hawk Lords participated in the defence of the Imperium from the [[Orks]] of [[The Beast]] during the War of the Beast in the 32nd Millennium. One of its battle-brothers, Atherias, was a founding member of the [[Deathwatch]] during this conflict.
-*'''The 13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade (999.M41)''' - The Hawk Lords committed 7 full companies against the [[Forces of Chaos]] during the [[13th Black Crusade|13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade]]. The Hawk Lords' most important action during the Crusade came in the defence of the [[hive city]] of Kasr Elisha on Cadia. The Hawk Lords' 5<sup>th</sup> Company, under the leadership of [[Captain (Space Marine)|Captain]] Augustus Hubertus, aided the Cadian 35<sup>th</sup> Mechanised [[Imperial Guard]] regiment in the defence of Kasr Elisha by holding off elements of the [[Thousand Sons]] [[Traitor Marines]] in the [[Hive City|hive]]'s main government spire, buying the Cadians time to reposition themselves to defeat a ''Ravager''-class Traitor [[Titan|Battle Titan]]. Unfortunately, many of the 5<sup>th</sup> Company, including Captain Hubertus, were slain when elements of the [[Chaos Space Marine]] warband called the [[Brotherhood of Darkness]] entered the hive city. The survivors were relieved by a small portion of the [[Imperial Fists]]' elite 1<sup>st</sup> Company led by Captain [[Darnath Lysander]].
+*'''The 13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade (999.M41)''' - The Hawk Lords committed 7 full companies against the [[forces of Chaos]] during the [[13th Black Crusade|13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade]]. The Hawk Lords' most important action during the crusade came in the defence of the [[hive city]] of Kasr Elisha on Cadia. The Hawk Lords' 5<sup>th</sup> Company, under the leadership of [[Captain (Space Marine)|Captain]] Augustus Hubertus, aided the Cadian 35<sup>th</sup> Mechanised [[Imperial Guard]] regiment in the defence of Kasr Elisha by holding off elements of the [[Thousand Sons]] [[Traitor Marines]] in the [[Hive City|hive]]'s main government spire, buying the Cadians time to reposition themselves to defeat a ''Ravager''-class Traitor [[Titan|Battle Titan]]. Unfortunately, many of the 5<sup>th</sup> Company, including Captain Hubertus, were slain when elements of the [[Chaos Space Marine]] warband called the [[Brotherhood of Darkness]] entered the hive city. The survivors were relieved by a small portion of the [[Imperial Fists]]' elite 1<sup>st</sup> Company led by Captain [[Darnath Lysander]].
+*'''Battle of Thesor (Unknown Date.M42)''' - During the ''[[Noctis Aeterna]]'' after the birth of the [[Great Rift]] it was the Hawk Lords who saved the Hive World of Thesor using the skills of its [[Stormtalon]] pilots.
+*'''[[War of Beasts]] (ca. 001-025.M42)''' - The Hawk Lords deployed two companies to the world of [[Vigilus]] to defend that all important terminus of the [[Nachmund Gauntlet]] connecting the ''[[Imperium Sanctus]]'' and ''[[Imperium Nihilus]]'' through the Great Rift.
 ==Chapter Combat Doctrine==
+[[File:HawkLordsFirstborn5thEdition.jpg|250px|thumb|A Hawk Lords [[Firstborn]] [[Tactical Marine]].]]
-The Hawk Lords almost never use [[Drop Pods]] in their planetary assaults, preferring to make use of their [[Thunderhawk]] gunships for low-altitude insertions instead because of the greater control the use of those aircraft allows in making deployments. So skilled are they in the use of such tactics that the [[Astartes]] pilots of other Loyalist [[Chapters]] have been known to spend time as pilots in one of the Hawk Lords' Talon Wings to gain the aeronautical skills displayed by the Hawk Lords.
+The Hawk Lords almost never use [[Drop Pods]] in their planetary assaults, preferring to make use of their [[Thunderhawk]] gunships for low-altitude insertions instead because of the greater control the use of those aircraft allows in making deployments.
+So skilled are they in the use of such tactics that the [[Astartes]] pilots of other Loyalist [[Chapters]] have been known to spend time as pilots in one of the Hawk Lords' Talon Wings to gain the aeronautical skills displayed by the Hawk Lords.
 The Hawk Lords wage planetstrike campaigns with greater alacrity than other Space Marine Chapters. They also utilise [[Stormtalon]] gunships which excel as a vanguard strike-craft, able to keep pace with their [[Assault Marine]]s and [[Land Speeder]]s. In these missions, the Stormtalon's traditional role in Astartes combat is reversed: for the Hawk Lords, it is the principal attack vehicle.
@@ Line 44: / Line 64: @@
 ==Notable Hawk Lords==
+*'''Atherias''' - Atherias was a member of the Hawk Lords and later a founding brother of the [[Deathwatch]] during the [[War of the Beast]] in the mid-32nd Millennium. He took part in the search for an [[Ork]] [[psyker]] on the world of [[Plaeos]] that could be used to defeat [[The Beast]] by channeling the anti-[[psychic]] [[Blank]] powers of the [[Sisters of Silence]] through the captured psyker's link to the [[greenskins]]' gestalt [[WAAAGH!]] energy. He also later participated in the second invasion of [[Ullanor]] during that conflict.
-*'''[[Captain (Space Marine)|Captain]] Augustus Hubertus''' - Hubertus was the Captain of the Hawk Lords' 5<sup>th</sup> Company which led the defence of Kasr Elisha on Cadia during the 13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade in 999.M41. Though Hubertus was slain during this battle, his company was successful in maintaining Kasr's defences until it was relieved by the [[Imperial Fists]]' 1<sup>st</sup> Company.
+*'''[[Captain (Space Marine)|Captain]] Augustus Hubertus''' - Hubertus was the captain of the Hawk Lords' 5<sup>th</sup> Company which led the defence of Kasr Elisha on Cadia during the 13<sup>th</sup> Black Crusade in 999.M41. Though Hubertus was slain during this battle, his company was successful in maintaining Kasr's defences until it was relieved by the [[Imperial Fists]]' 1<sup>st</sup> Company.
 ==Chapter Relics==
-*'''Hawk Wings''' - ''Hawk Wings'' are specialised [[Jump Pack]]s used exclusively by the Hawk Lords Chapter. Though they appear to be normal Jump Packs they also have a vast ammunition supply built into their harnesses that double as an Astartes backup ammunition supply, increasing the magazine size of any requisitioned heavy weapon. The Hawk Lords Chapter has long emphasised aerial superiority and rapid deployment, and all the skill of its Artificers have been bent towards these ends for untold centuries. One of their greatest successes was the creation of a pattern of Jump Packs that could bear a [[Devastator Marine]] into battle without costing him the use of his heavier armament. The artisan responsible died after creating but a few such masterpieces, and his accomplishment has not yet been matched. [[Watch Fortress Erioch]] has come into the custody of one ''Hawk Wing'' jump pack, and it has served with distinction with the [[Deathwatch]] across the [[Jericho Reach]].
+*'''Hawk Wings''' - ''Hawk Wings'' are specialised [[Jump Pack]]s first created and used exclusively by the Hawk Lords Chapter. Though they appear to be normal Jump Packs they also have a vast ammunition supply built into their harnesses that double as an Astartes backup ammunition supply, increasing the magazine size of any requisitioned heavy weapon. The Hawk Lords Chapter has long emphasised aerial superiority and rapid deployment, and all the skill of its Artificers have been bent towards these ends for untold centuries. One of their greatest successes was the creation of a pattern of Jump Packs that could bear a [[Devastator Marine]] into battle without costing him the use of his heavier armament. The artisan responsible died after creating but a few such masterpieces, and his accomplishment has not yet been matched. [[Watch Fortress Erioch]] has come into the custody of one ''Hawk Wing'' jump pack, and it has served with distinction with the [[Deathwatch]] across the [[Jericho Reach]].
 ==Chapter Appearance==
 ===Chapter Colours===
-The Hawk Lords primarily wear purple [[Power Armour]]. The [[Aquila]] or [[Imperialis]] on the chest guard is black. The golden yellow squad specialty symbol on the right shoulder guard designates operational specialty -- [[Tactical Marine|Tactical]], [[Devastator Marine|Devastator]], [[Assault Marine|Assault]] or [[Veteran Marine|Veteran]]. A black Roman numeral is stenciled on the centre of the squad specialty symbol which indicates squad number.
+The Hawk Lords primarily wear purple [[power armour]]. The [[Aquila]] or [[Imperialis]] on the chest guard is black.
+The golden yellow squad specialty symbol on the right pauldron designates operational specialty -- [[battleline]], [[close support]], [[fire support]], [[Veteran]] or [[command]].
-The colour of the shoulder plate trim indicates company number in accordance with the dictates of the ''Codex Astartes'' -- i.e. White (1<sup>st</sup> Company), Yellow (2<sup>nd</sup> Company), Red (3<sup>rd</sup> Company), Green (4<sup>th</sup> Company), etc. The helms of this Chapter's [[Veteran Marines|Veterans]] and Veteran [[Sergeant]]s are also golden yellow. Veteran iconography is often displayed on a colour roundlet, matching the company colour, on the outside left greave.
+A black [[High Gothic]] numeral is stenciled on the centre of the squad specialty symbol which indicates squad number.
+The colour of the shoulder plate trim indicates company number in accordance with the dictates of the ''Codex Astartes'' -- i.e. White (1<sup>st</sup> Company), Yellow (2<sup>nd</sup> Company), Red (3<sup>rd</sup> Company), Green (4<sup>th</sup> Company), etc.
+The helms of this Chapter's [[Veteran Marines|Veterans]] and Veteran [[Sergeant]]s are also golden yellow.
+Veteran iconography is often displayed on a colour roundlet, matching the company colour, on the outside left greave.
 ===Chapter Badge===
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 ==Canon Conflict==
-Originally there was some confusion as to which Space Marine Legion was the parent of the Hawk Lords Chapter. ''Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem'' lists it as a Successor of the [[Raven Guard]], but in ''Codex: Space Marines'' (6th Edition) it is a descendant of the [[Ultramarines]]. ''Codex: Space Marines'' (7th Edition) also lists it as a Primogenitor Chapter of the Ultramarines. With the release of ''The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest'' (Forge World Series), this issue was laid to rest when it was revealed that the Hawk Lords were originally one of several specialist Chapters, known as "The Hawks", created from the 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion after the Horus Heresy.
+Originally there was some confusion as to which [[Space Marine Legion]] was the parent of the Hawk Lords Chapter. ''Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem'' lists it as a successor of the [[Raven Guard]], but in ''Codex: Space Marines'' (6th Edition) it is a descendant of the [[Ultramarines]]. The 8th and 9th Edition ''Codex: Space Marines'' both list the Hawk Lords as an Ultramarines successor.
+''Codex: Space Marines'' (7th Edition) also lists the Hawk Lords as a Primogenitor Chapter of the Ultramarines.
+With the release of ''The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest'' (Forge World Series), it was revealed that the Hawk Lords may have originally been one of several specialist Chapters, known as "The Hawks," created from the 21<sup>st</sup> Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion after the [[Horus Heresy]].
+This is because the 4th and 22nd Chapters of the Ultramarines Legion were known as "the Aurorans" and "the Nemesis" respectively, and went on to become the [[Aurora Chapter]] and the [[Nemesis]] Chapter during the [[Second Founding]].
+It is thus possible the Hawk Lords are a Successor Chapter descended from the 21st Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion, taking their name from The Hawks like those other Primogenitor Chapters of the Ultramarines.
 ==Sources==
 *''Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters'' (Limited Release Booklet)
+*''Codex: Space Marines'' (9th Edition), pg. 47
+*''Codex: Space Marines'' (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pg. 29
 *''Codex: Space Marines'' (7th Edition) (Digital Edition), pg. 114
 *''Codex: Space Marines'' (6th Edition), pp. 33, 141
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 *''Insignium Astartes'', pg. 55
 *''The Horus Heresy - Book Five: Tempest'' (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pp. 39, 80-81
+*''The Last Son of Dorn'' (Novel) by David Guymer, Ch. 1
 *''Warhammer 40,000: Kill Team - Elites'', pg. 32 (Quote)
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery widths="210" columns="3" spacing="small" position="center">
-Hawk Lords.jpg|Hawk Lords [[Tactical Marine]]
+HL_Biker.png|Hawk Lords outrider on his [[Attack Bike]].
-HL_Biker.png|Hawk Lords outrider on his [[Attack Bike]]
 </gallery>
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