Armorial of the Iron Snakes.
Saur Damocles was the founder and first Chapter Master of the Iron Snakes, a Second Founding Successor Chapter of the Ultramarines Legion.
History
Saur Damocles was a veteran of the wars of both the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy. At the time of the Battle of Calth, he served as a Captain of the Ultramarines Legion's 6th Company. His company's sigil was that of a serpent coiled into a figure-eight shape. Following the sundering of the Legiones Astartes into separate Chapters during the Second Founding, he was raised to the esteemed position as the first Chapter Master of the newly incepted Iron Snakes Chapter. It's symbol was likewise take the form of a coiled serpent, and one of its most notable Tactical Squads would be named Damocles in honour of the Chapter's founder.
Sources
- Know No Fear (Novel) by Dan Abnett, Ch. 3
- Dark Imperium (Novel) by Guy Haley, Ch. 3
- Brothers of the Snake (Novel) by Dan Abnett, Part Two: Undertaking to Rosetta, Ch. 1