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Feral World natives fighting for their very survival. The population of a Medieval World is organised into relatively stable nation states, with complex webs of vassal obligations linking extended groupings. This has both its advantage and disadvantagesenemies find it extremely hard to assault a fortress in such an environment, but the Chapter will most likely have to look farther afield for recruits. The world's occupants are packed into industrial centres called hive-cities so that as much of the surface remains as accessible as possible and the workforce can be controlled and focused to maximum effect. The character of a chapter is defined by how and why it does things differently from other chapters; but do not fall into the trap of loading your chapter with all number of flashy plot hooks and the "flavour of the week" in the belief this will add character. The simplest reason for not using Traitor gene-seed for your Homebrew Chapter is that the Imperium has a massive stock of Loyalist gene-seed. Astra Militarum, Adeptus Mechanicus, Imperial Knights, This page was last edited on 23 January 2023, at 21:51. Some Chapters specialise in this tactic, honing it to perfection so that the first and last thing an enemy sees of the Space Marines attack are the black contrails of dozens of drop pods streaking through the air, and Battle-Brothers disembarking inside his lines to gun him down with ruthless efficiency. These Space Marines adhere to the Codex as the model for their organization, identification markings and tactical doctrine. Such Chapters may recruit from a variety of nearby planets, drawing their recruits from Feral World tribes, Hive world gangs or any other source. The Ultramarines Legion was the largest of those bodies raised to prosecute the Great Crusade so long ago, and as a result it provided the largest number of Chapters when the Second Founding occurred in the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. In surviving the Blood Duel, the Battle-Brother was truly gifted by fate, for dozens fell on the bloody field so that he might take his place as a Neophyte. Launching his Indomitus Crusade, Guilliman gifted thousands of Primaris Space Marines to help alleviate the losses suffered by several existing Chapters. They wear specially painted black Power Armour, and are often led by the few Chapter officers, notably Blood Angels Chaplains, who are still able to communicate orders to the insane troops and who are still obeyed by them, perhaps because Chaplains directly represent the authority of the Emperor. Even the bones of the Chapter's Primarch have been engraved in this manner, preserved as the most sacred relic the Chapter possesses. This Founding occurred in M39, when Age of Waning began. Those who fall victims to the Darkness are left in the care of the Chapter's Reclusiarch, or senior Chaplain, offering the victims of the Darkness a spiritual treatment that either cures them or ultimately results in their deaths. The exact opposite of those who revere the purity of the human form, there are those Chapters that believe that the flesh is weak and that only steel can withstand both time and the rigours of eternal war. Don't try to break three decades of background by creating your own "secret Primarch". Such worlds are rarely highly populated, unless hives have been built to house a workforce, and even then, vast tracts of the surface is left untouched and unexplored by all but hardy desert nomads, mutant clans or those who wish to avoid unwanted attention. Many native populations display hylotheistic practices, worshipping the Emperor not as a god seated upon a golden throne, but residing in the heart of the sun that burns in their world's sky. Should the home world face invasion, the Space Marines may revert to direct rule for the duration of the emergency, or at the very least have the power to issue grand strategy to the worlds indigenous armies. Though this was done at least once, when the Adeptus Mechanicus secretly Founded the Steel Confessors Chapter by utilising the gene-seed of the Iron Hands. Some things no man wishes to learn about himself. Though the Imperial Fists are the best known practitioners of this type of Trial, many other Chapters use it too, especially those that recruit from feral societies with strong shamanic tendencies. The Blood Angels Successor Chapters, with the exception of the Angels Vermillion, hold a deep respect and loyalty for the Blood Angels and stand united with their brethren with an intensity rarely found among the Successors of other Chapters. Space Wolves embrace their lot with an uncomplicated enthusiasm, from the headstrong, newly recruited Blood Claw to the grey haired and taciturn Long Fang. However, not all Successors follow their Progenitor's traditions or share all of its genetic inheritance. The specifics of the cult develop over the millennia, so that two Chapters sired by the same Progenitor during the same Founding may, after several centuries, exhibit radically divergent religious practices. Long-settled planets are riven by pollution, the toxic waste of thousands of years of industry seeping into the very bedrock and raining from the skies in a constant downpour. The Space Wolves, known in their own dialect of Juvjk as the Vlka Fenryka or "Wolves of Fenris", are one of the original 20 First Founding Space Marine Legions, and were once led by their famed Primarch, Leman Russ. Whatever their state, the Successor Chapters of the Blood Angels are an honour to the pride and glory of their ancestors. But keep in mind, even then, it still does. Fleet-based Chapters recruit from a wide range of planets. Yet such conflicts are common, as Imperial Commanders vie for territory and seek to settle old scores. Ryan Hilton. The temptation to have a character appearance of an Inquisitor should be resisted at all costs. Established GW canon has already made this clear - there are NO Space Wolves Successor Chapters! To pique one's interest, when writing about your own potential rivalry for your Space Marine Chapter, listed below are some sample feuds and rivalries. A feral battle-brother of the Space Wolves Chapter. Thus, the blood offering is made and the victor led away to join the ranks of the sky warriors. Despite such incidents, many Dark Angels have served with distinction and honour. Others utilise large numbers of bike-mounted warriors, sometimes mounting entire Tactical squads on bikes and attack bikes. is the Exorcists Chapter. One must be careful to not make these rivalries too heavy on strife between the various Chapters. The events an Aspirant experiences during that trial will live on in their hearts and minds for the rest of their lives. When the terrain and strategic conditions require it, the Imperium is able to field vast formations of armoured vehicles, forming a titanic mailed fist able to smash aside any opposition. Unless conducted with swift, overwhelming efficiency, a purge may soon become a war of attrition. This has bred an inherent distrust of anything NOT human. Deep within the psyche of every Blood Angel is a destructive yearning, a battle fury and blood-hunger that must be held in abeyance in every waking moment. Not all Blood Duels are to the death, and some have highly ritualistic and specific victory conditions. Due to Cawl's interpretation of his orders and the millennia-spanning labour of his task during which Guilliman was injured and suspended in stasis the secrets of these new Primaris organs were not released until late in the 41st Millennium. As before, these codices remain valid until superseded by newer versions (currently the oldest valid codexes are Codex: Astra Militarum - 8th Edition and Codex: Craftworlds - 8th Edition, released simultaneously). The nature of this Trial varies hugely from Chapter to Chapter and world to world. Distant and aloof, they were separated not only by bellicose demeanour, but by an almost impenetrable web of self-generated myth and allegory which guarded well the ancient VI Legion's secrets, not only of who they were but what they had done in the service of the Master of Mankind. were already deliberately expunged from all known Imperial records and archives before the onset of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. Do to their outlook and character, an Ultramarine is likely to turn to the vast tracts of the Codex Astartes that he has memorised for the solution to a problem. Entire cities are reduced to rubble, bitter enemies fight hand-to-hand in the ruins, refusing to surrender a single city block. They have a habit of escalating as that which the Imperium seeks to excise proves to be far more widespread than previously thought. Amongst the undercities, lawless gangs fight for control, and from their numbers new Space Marine Aspirants are often recruited (typically forcibly). Some Chapters concentrate their efforts in and around one region, particularly those based near the Eye of Terror. From gruelling sieges lasting decades to the bitter one-on-one fighting of a cityfight, there is no expression of the art of war that Mankind has not experienced, or mastered. Below are four most common gene-stock purity types: Even the most noble of Chapters with the most glorious of histories can suffer instabilities in their gene-seed. The first thing when writing about your Chapter is to determine why and when were they created? But keep in mind, this Chapter is the exception, not the norm. Releases photo-chromatic skin pigments to protect against radiation. If the Chapter conducting the Trial has need of a large number of recruits, the Trial may be ended when a set number of Aspirants are left. Few worlds of the Imperium of Man are free from adversity and these rare exceptions are either the holdings of wealthy mercantile combines or pleasure retreats for retired, high-level Imperial servants or the local sector nobility, entirely inaccessible to the vast bulk of Mankind. The paralysing fear that even a man as great as Dorn experienced, for himself and for Mankind, over the Emperor's broken body after the end of His battle with Horus. Entire forge worlds may be turned over to the manufacture of the mighty arsenal of weaponry, ammunition, armour, vehicles and war ships that any such force will require. Space Marines residing on a Hive world are likely to maintain their Fortress-Monastery apart from the great bulk of the population. Many Chapters consider the Aspirant's spiritual and mental capabilities every bit as important as his physical characteristics and impose Trials not of the body, but of the mind. Battle-Brothers that underwent a Hunting the Hunter Trial before being accepted in the ranks of their Chapter's Neophytes are utterly relentless when hunting their foes, and will continue a hunt long after others might give up on ever locating its target. The most common elements between iterations include: Codex supplements provide additional rules for sub-factions of a parent army. The first among these, and a complete no-brainer as a release, is Codex: Ultramarines. This article, How to Create a Homebrew Space Marine Chapter, is part of WH40K Homebrew Wiki's "Guide" articles. When extremes of stress and trauma stretch even the prodigious mental and spiritual strength of a Space Marine, those qualities that make him a glorious exemplar of Humanity may turn him into the very opposite. By way of example, one of the Chapter Masters of the Dark Angels was born amongst the head-hunting savages of the Feral world of Kimmeria. New leaders are careful to try to avoid duplicating the name, icon and livery of an existing Chapter. Mia Pallas Blog: Gav Thorpe Live! A Space Wolves Aspirant successfully returns to the Fang from the brutal ordeal, known as the Trial of Morkai. Sometimes he will be afforded the adulation of his people before leaving, enjoying one last night with kith and kin. The Chapter follows the dictates of the Codex Astartes, fielding a balanced mix of Tactical, Assault and Devastator Squads, in addition to the prescribed compliment of support units. Your Chapter's history can run the gamut from simply conducting raids on foul xenos to deeply connected endeavours, filled with intrigue, that interact with Inquisitors, Rogue Traders, and other servants of the Imperium. As such, even Chapters that regard themselves as the most dedicated followers of Guilliman's wisdom may favour one approach over another. In other cases, the manner in which the Aspirant approaches the challenge is judged of more importance than whether or not he completes it in some cases, the Trial is deliberately impossible to complete, and the Aspirant's willingness to undertake it regardless all that matters. Warhammer 40K Codex Supplement: Deathwatch. Those who fail may be lucky to even survive, for many trials take the form of ritual combat, the hunting of a great beast, or the performance of incredibly dangerous feats of strength and bravery. The Space Wolves' dream of emulating the Ultramarines, Imperial Fists and the other First Founding Chapters in the creation of a legion of Successors seemed close at hand. The Successor Chapters of the Raven Guard are masters of the unseen war, fighting their battles with stealth and speed rather than fury and flames. Fresh-Faced New User I've always wanted to make a pony army for Warhammer 40k since I became a brony (as I'm an avid Warhammer 40k player, and I love the blending of passions), and after watching "Ponyville Confidential" and seeing Twilight's forcefield, the final pieces of said army . The Space Wolves are hungry for battle, yet sometimes overextend themselves and bite off more than they can chew. The Iron Hands are a Loyalist Space Marines Chapter and one of the original First Founding Space Marine Legions, born as the Xth Legion, created from the gene-seed of their martyred Primarch, Ferrus Manus. A suitable home world must be identified, which in all likelihood will provide not only a secure and defensible base of operations for the new Chapter, but a source of new recruits too. Targets are selected so as to cause maximum disruption of enemy command and control nets, with precision strikes called against leaders and communication nodes so that once coherent armies are reduced to disparate masses of uncoordinated and utterly demoralised mobs. Some Trials are watched over closely by the servants of the Chapter, who judge the Aspirant every step of the way. The idea that outsiders are not to be trusted is drilled into the recruits from an early stage, and they are tested continuously to ensure their compliance until it becomes second nature. Below are examples of the most common colour patterns utilised by Codex oriented Chapters: Each Company has a unique colour that its members wear, commonly on their power armour's shoulder plate rims, but some Chapters use chest eagles, bolter cases, knee pads, helmets or other parts of a Space Marine's Power Armour. This is where you start to link the various elements and build an overall picture of your custom Chapter. The following Demeanours are intended to represent the characteristics that might be displayed by Chapters that have some measure of their own tradition and history, yet still maintain some links with their Progenitor and other Chapters. This rarely manifests itself as outright insubordination, but it can occasionally cause tension. In either case, it is likely to be external causes that have brought such a change about, whether deliberate or not. Some Chapters have honed this ability to such a degree that the mere appearance of their vessels in system space is sufficient to bring about the enemy's total collapse. No homebrew Chapter shall have a home world on a Cardinal World, Forge World (or any other world governed by the Adeptus Mechanicus) or a Daemon World. A Battle-Brother that underwent a Challenge Trial before being accepted in the ranks of the Chapter's Neophytes are often possessed of a highly developed sense of their own superiority. The Dark Angels were the first of the Emperor's Space Marine Legions, and in their earliest incarnation fought as the personal army of the Master of Humanity in the dawning years of the Great Crusade and in the shadowed campaigns that preceded it. Thus, a Chapter of the Twenty-Sixth Founding could actually have a "purer" genetic inheritance than one of the Sixth, for example, depending on which Progenitor or Successor provided the gene-stock. The extent to which the nature of the home world reflects the character of the Chapter and its Battle-Brothers varies enormously, and in many cases it is simply a matter of providing an interesting background detail around which future adventure ideas can be built. There are twenty-seven Foundings that have occurred in total: All homebrew Chapters are to be created as part of a Founding. A suppression is a punitive war, launched against a world for the security of the surrounding region. Terminator Armour, Variants and Sub-Patterns. Those amongst humanity's enemies capable of rational thought are equally quelled by the sight of the Adeptus Astartes, proudly bearing their colours and marching fearlessly onwards. Mighty battle tanks can smash through the wreckage of once proud buildings, but they are vulnerable to lone enemies armed with tank-busting melta weapons. Furthermore, there have been many instances when environmental conditions have made it impossible for Imperial Guard infantry to operate, and only the sealed tanks can be fielded. despite this, some Chapters field a higher proportion of armoured vehicles, and integrate them far more into their tactics than others. Some may construct their base at the very highest levels of the hive-city, in rearing spires, but most are likely to claim an isolated region far out in the polluted wastes. . Battle-Brothers of the Ultramarines Chapter know well their place among the Adeptus Astartes and the importance of their Chapter to both the Imperium and the Emperor. Such deviation includes the fielding of specialised formations, such as the Dark Angels' uniquely specialised 1st and 2nd Companies, and such Chapters normally follow the Codex in other areas. Inside this 208-page hardback codex, you'll find everything you need to unleash the Space Marines in battle, plus thrilling lore and art to inspire your own collection. In others, mutations come about as an unanticipated side effect of an attempt to rectify another issue. In the more than 10,000 standard years that have passed since the First Founding of the 20 original Space Marine Legions by the Emperor of Mankind, there have been 25 subsequent Foundings of new Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes; with the most recent, the 26th Founding, occurring in the year 738.M41, approximately 250 years before the current year, which in the Warhammer 40K universe, is 999.M41. What caused such worlds to fall so far from glory is often a matter of supreme mystery, and often a cause for concern to the higher echelons of the Imperium's leadership. Space Marine helmets frequently display rank and battle honours, either through colour or insignia. For instance, it is not uncommon for a Salamander to serve as a clan leader among the Nocturneans and live with them when Chapter business does not require him to remain at the Chapter's Fortress-Monastery on Nocturne's moon of Prometheus. This subreddit is for anything and everything related to Warhammer 40k. The Imperial Fists engage in ceaseless duels against one another, sometimes to settle a point of honour but more often to test themselves and their swordsmanship. There are plenty of Chapters that prefer to maintain their secrecy and isolate themselves from nearby populations. The vast majority of Aspirants fail their Trials, and many of these die in the process though a failed Aspirant who lives through the Trial often garners much honour within his culture, his mere survival rendering him a hero and a potential future leader of his people. It is only those Civilised Worlds that maintain the most rigid military traditions that are likely to appeal to the Adeptus Astartes as s source for Aspirants. Given sufficient gene-seed and technical competence it is entirely possible for such a formation to maintain its strength over a protracted period, inducting and training new recruits in the same way as a normal modern-era Space Marine Chapter. Just because there is a GW chapter that has something, doesn't mean it's a good thing to do for your chapter 'just because'. Those Chapters that do not possess a Chapter home world, but do have one or more recruiting worlds. Technologically, most of the inhabitants are ignorant of advanced machinery, but may utilise basic firearms manufactured locally. Many of the Imperium's wars have escalated over the centuries, perhaps starting out as mere backwater rebellions before developing into full-scale wars engulfing entire sectors and involving every possible arm of the Imperium's military. This genetic curse usually occurs in three stages: Like many Chapters, the Raven Guard also suffer from certain genetic deficiencies. The chart below provides a random list of implants that do not function for the created Chapter: During the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium, the Space Marines were originally organised into 20 Legions each of which was further divided into companies. Homebrew Chapter: The Swords of Davion, a homebrew successor army, arrayed for battle. The Dark Angels are considered amongst the most powerful and secretive of the Loyalist Space Marine Chapters. The extreme hatred the Iron Hands hold for the weaknesses of the flesh is believed to gloss over an underlying psychological fear of their physical form. Durametallic coil cables woven into sinews to hugely increase strength and durability. The Ultramarines are by far the best known and most celebrated Adeptus Astartes Chapter in the long and bloody history of the Imperium of Man. Oftentimes the finished scrimshaws are worn as jewelry and ornamentation, particularly by the Chapter's officers. This is both disappointing and extremely lazy. The Warhammer 40k Eldar codex went to pre-order on February 26, 2022, and was up for sale the following week, on March 5. Another common variation of this Trial is exposure to pain. Furthermore, a Titan is able to carry weapons normally only seen in planetary defence emplacements or in the turrets of the battleships of the Imperial Navy. In times of dire need, faster development has been attempted, but this has often resulted in disaster. Listed below is a table that shows the percentage of deficiency for each First Founding Chapter: Chapters drawn from the gene-stock of the Ultramarines are very unlikely to exhibit any deficiencies in their gene-seed, for their Progenitor's stock is amongst the purest in existence. Of course, suppressions may fail in their objectives, and escalate into full blown wars consuming millions of lives and lasting Controls circadian rhythms, ensures peak performance without sleep. A battle-brother of the fan-made homebrew Lantern Marines Chapter. If you create a Chapter from the White Scars, keep in mind they many of these Chapter are aggressive and savage in nature, and have a tendency to compete with their forebears for glory.

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