PROGENITOR LEGIONS (now Chapters): FIRST FOUNDING
CHAPTER
1 Dark Angels
3 Emperor's children
ICON
Chapter Colors
Primarch's PRIMARCH World
Lion El' Dark Green Jonson (missing)
Current Base of Operations
The Rock Caliban (X) (asteroid base)
Notes Characters: Luther (traitorled Dark Angels now known as the Fallen). Azrael (CMDR), Ezekiel (GM librarian), Bethor (Standard), Sapphon (chaplain), Asmodai (Interrogator)
Successor Chapters
Angels of Absolution, Ange of Redemption, Angels of Vengeance (unforgiven)
All records expunged from library- order origination unknown Slaanesh. Fulgrim Chemos Character: Excommunicat (EOT) Purple (Daemon (X) Traitoris Fabius Bile Prince) (ex- Lt. Cmdr)
4 Iron Warriors
5 White Scars
6 Space Wolves
7 Imperial Fists
8 Night Lords
Perturabo Steel, Brass (Daemon Prince) Jaghatai Khan (missing)
White
Grey
Olympia (X)
Fortified Planet (EOT)
Siege masters. Rivals: Imperial Fists.
Excommunicat Traitoris
Mundus Planus
Mundus Planus
Fast attack.
Marauders, Rampagers, Destroyers, Storm Lords
Fenris (the Fang)
Geneseed Flaw (Wulfen) Wolf Brothers Rivals: Thousand Sons.
Lemann Russ Fenris (missing)
Siege masters. Rivals: Iron Warriors.
Yellow
Rogal Dorn (killed)
Inwit? Earth?
Fortress Monastery "Phalanx"
Dark Blue
Konrad Curze, aka Night Haunter
Nostramo (X)
Tsagualsa Night [EF] until fighters, Excommunicat Curze Stealth Traitoris assassinated, infiltrators,
Characters: Sgt. Lysander, Chapter Master Vladimir Pugh, Chaplain Lo Chang, Librarian Franz Grenstein
Black Templars, Crimson Fists
(assassinated)
9 Blood Angels
10 Iron Hands
12 World Eaters
13 Ultramarines
14 Death Guard
now in EOT Terror tactics, Night vision Geneseed Flaw (Red Thirst).
Red
Black
Sanguinius (killed)
Ferrus Mannus (missing)
Baal Secundus
Medusa
Baal Prime, Secundus
Medusa
Characters: Dante (LORD), Cleutin (vet sgt), Mephiston (chief librarian), Corbulo (apothecary), Tycho (captain) Bionics used to replace perceived weakness. Characters: IronFather Paullian Blantar, Dreadnought Blannus
All records expunged from library- order origination unknown Khorne. PsychoUnknown Angron (Planet included a Scattered Surgery Mtn. known as since Red (daemon (agression) Fedan Mhor- site Character: of slave rebellion Skalathrax prince) led by Angron)
Blue
Roboute Guilliman (killed by Fulgrim)
Green/brown Mortarion (off-white pre- (daemon heresy) prince)
Macragge
Barbarus (X)
Macragge (Defended from Hive Fleet Kraken invasion) Charadon Crusade
Plague Planet (EOT)
Kharn the Betrayer Most stable Geneseed. Originator of Codex. Characters: Marneus Calgar (MASTER), Tigurius (Chief Librarian), Cassius (Chaplain), Helveticus (Standard), Invictus (Capt, 1st Co.)
Nurgle.
Angels Encarmine, Angels Sanguine, Angels Vermilion, Blood Drinker Flesh Tearers Red Talons, Brazen Claw
Excommunicat Traitoris
Aurora, Black Consuls, Eagle Warriors, Genesi Chapter, Inceptors, Libators, Nemesis, Novamarines, Patriarch of Ulixis, Praetors of Orpheus, Silver Eagles, White Consuls.
(total 23 2nd founding)
Excommunicat Traitoris
Tzeentch. 15 Thousand Sons
Blue, Yellow (red preheresy)
Magnus the Prospero Red (daemon (X) prince)
Most mutated gene seed of all Planet of the primarchs. Excommunicat
Sorcerors (EOT)
Rivals: Space Wolves.
Character: Ahriman.
Traitoris
16
(light grey) (pale green)
(Luna Wolves) (Sons of Horus)
Black Legion
Black
Horus (killed)
17 Word Bearers
Crimson
Lorgar
Green, Black Vulkan pads (missing)
18 Salamanders
19 Raven Guard
Black
20 Alpha Legion
Blue, Green Alpharius
Corax (deceased?)
Cthonia (X) EOT
Character: Excommunicat Abaddon (current Traitoris Commander)
Colchis (X) .
Chaos Excommunicat undivided. Traitoris
Nocturne
Smallest 1st founding legion. Loyal in Prometheus Badab War. Characters: (moon of Nocturne) Tu'shan (chapter master), Xavier (Chaplain)
None Known
Deliverance .
.
Black Guard, Revilers, Raptors
No Record EOT
.
Excommunicat Traitoris
THESE CHAPTERS ARE KNOWN BY NAME ONLY(In italics = from 40K novels): Absolvers, Adulators, Angels of Damnation, Angels of Penance, Angels of Purgatory, Angels of Repentance, Angels of Retribution, Angels Penitent, Angels Redeemed, Angels Repentant, Angels Resplendant, Angels Revenant, Avengers, Avenging Sons, Benedictors, Black Inculpators, Contenders, Crimson Shades, Crusaders, Dark Brotherhood, Desert Lions, Dictators, Espandors, Excubants, Execrators, Exemplars, Hounds of Demos, Inculcators, Invictors, Inviolators, Liberators, Lords of Wrath, Marines Errant, Oblators, Panthers, Penitents, Purple Stars, Purgators, Ravagers, Redeemed, Redeemers, Reparators, Retractors, Rhetors, Supplicators, Tempestors, Terror Tigers, Tormented, Tormentors, Tributors, Valedictors, Venerators, Venerators of Osiron, Victors, Vindicators, Warriors Tempest.
These names are assumed to be variants, misspellings or otherwise duplicates of listed names, the listed name mentioned in (parentheses): Emperor's Scythes (Scythes of the Emperor), Lamentors (Lamenters), Malevolant (Marines Malevolant), Mantis Warriors (Mantis Legion), Marines Errantor (Marines Errant), Tiger Claws (Astral Claws).
Chapter Colors
Notes
Base of Founding Operations
Angels Encarmine
Red
Highly active chapter- rarely at full strength
.
Second (M31)
Blood Angels
Angels of Absolution
White
Unforgiven Charadon Crusade
.
Second (M31)
Dark Angels
CHAPTER
ICON
Descended from:
Angels of Fire
Crimson
Angels of Redemption
.
.
(M36)
.
Dark Green / White Unforgiven halved
.
Second (M31)
Dark Angels
Angels of Vengeance
Black
Unforgiven
.
Second (M31)
Dark Angels
Angels of Vigilance
Tan
.
.
(M40)
.
Angels Porphyr
Blue / White halved
Brother Damos. Dreadnought
(M31)
.
Angels Sanguine
Red / Black terrible secret halved
.
Second (M31)
Blood Angels
Angels Vermilion
Crimson
History since second founding . largely unknown
Second (M31)
Blood Angels
Astral Claws
.
Led Badab war revolt. Became Red Corsairs (Excommunicate). Lufgt Huron, CMDR. (Huron Blackheart).
Badab (forfieted) now Maelstrom
.
.
Aurora Chapter
Green
.
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Black Consuls
Black
.
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Black Dragons
Black
Mutants with bony crests on head and blades on arms formed into Dragon Claws units.
Fleet?
21st (Cursed) (M36)
Salamanders?
Black Guard .
.
.
.
Second (M31)
Raven Guard
Black Talons
.
Black Templars
.
.
High Marshal Black, Helbrecht, Fleet White pads Marshal Actoan
Second (M31)
Imperial Fists
Blood Drinkers
Red
Codex Chapter .
unknown? Second Blood Angels (M31)?
Brazen Claw
Red, Blue quartered
.
.
Second (M31)
Iron Hands
Celebrants
Yellow blended up . into red
.
(M36M41)
.
Celestial Lions
Gold, Blue . pads
.
(M38)
.
Crimson Fists
Dark Blue, Crimson
Nearly destroyed by malfunctioning defense missile (vs. Orks). Master Kantor. Captain Cortez, Captain Drakken.
Rynn's World
Second (M31)
Imperial Fists
Dark Crusaders
Black
.
.
.
.
Death Eagles
Purple, white quartered
.
.
.
Ultramarines?
.
Albino warriors .
.
.
Death Spectres
.
Deathwatch
Destroyers
.
.
.
Black with Silver left arm, original chapter pad on right
Ordo Xenos equivelant of Grey Knights. First line of defense against ancient alien threats (from the Halo stars mostly).
On station in Halo zone . and elsewhere
.
.
.
Second (M31)
Marines recruited from regular chapters, such as the Mortifactors, Ultramarines, Scythes of the Emperor, and Lamenters.
White Scars
Doom Eagles
Silver, Red . trim
.
Second (M31)
.
Eagle Warriors
Blue, White . halved
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Executioners
Badab War Homeworld (renegade). On Forfeited to Black / grey . 100 year Loyalist camo penitent chapter. crusade.
Exorcists
Red
Badab War (loyal).
Fleet
(M40)
.
Fire Angels
White, Red
Badab War (loyal).
.
.
.
Fire Hawks
Lost in Warp 963.M41 Yellow, Red flames (became Legion of Damned)
21st (Cursed)
Ultramarines?
21st (Cursed) (M36)
.
Flame Falcons
.
.
Homeworld=Zhoros (X=thermal bombed.) Mobile Space Fortress "Rapturous Rex" (Lost in Warp)
Excommunicate, Lethe mutation
.
Flesh Tearers
Black rage Crimson, Only 4 Black pads companies
PlanetCretacia (BargeVictus)
Second (M31)
Blood Angels
Genesis Chapter
Red
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Grey Knights
Daemon Grey Hunters(terminators branch of Ordo in Steel, Malleus. Gold) Titan OR? Bio-engineering, Black, steel Psycho- surgery arms, gold used to increase resistance to insignia
secret (probably Second)
A complete, unique chapter custom made by Adeptus Mechanicus
.
daemons.
Grey Slayers . Grief
.
Mutants purged . unknown from chapter Green with Cmdr. Hachard Vs. Enslavers . Grey?
. .
Harbingers
.
Howling Griffons Inceptors
.
Iron Champions Iron Fists
(Valhall II)
purple Chevorns
Bringers
.
Lamenters
Legion of the Damned
.
Use Battle Barges . (Unrelenting Fury)
.
.
Red, Yellow quartered
Badab War (loyal).
.
.
.
.
.
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Black, Steel . pads
.
unrecorded .
.
Verchen(Chapter Master)
.
.
.
Yellow
Badab War (rebel). On 100 year penitent crusade. Charadon Crusade. Hive Fleet Kraken (hvy losses)
.
.
.
Fire Hawks Was Fire lost in Hawks warp in 40,963 Second Ultramarines (M31)
Black
Undead
Warp
.
.
.
Mantis Legion
Green
Badab War (rebel). On 100 year penitent crusade
Homeworld Forfeited to . loyal chapter
Marauders
Yellow
.
.
Second (M31)
White Scars
Marines Errant
White/blue Charadon halved Crusade
.
.
.
Marines Malevolent
Yellow
.
(M32)
.
Mentors
White, Cmdr. Nisk Green Trim Ranthall
.
unknown (dark . period). Chapter 888
Libators
.
.
.
Minotaurs
Yellow/red Badab War striped (loyal).
.
.
.
Mortifactors
Off-white, Black, . Yellow trim
.
(M40)
.
.
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Nemesis
.
.
Novamarines
White, Blue Badab War quartered (loyal).
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Omega Marines
Black / White halved
.
.
(M40)
.
.
.
.
.
.
Orpheus (world)
Second (M31) Second (M31)
Rainbow Warriors
Blue
.
.
.
.
Rampagers
Red
Facial Scars
.
Second (M31)
White Scars
Raptors
Olive Green
.
.
(M31)
Raven Guard
Red Scorpions
Red
Badab War (loyal) Carab Culln . (CMDR)
.
.
Red Talons
Red
.
.
Second (M31)
Iron Hands
Relictors
Steel, black . pads
.
(M36)
.
Patriarchs of . Ulixis Praetors of . Orpheus
Ultramarines Ultramarines
Revilers
Grey
.
.
Second (M31)
Raven Guard
Scythes of Emperor
Black, Yellow
Hive Fleet Kraken (hvy losses)
.
.
.
Silver Eagles .
.
May actually be Doom Eagles (typo?)
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
Silver Skulls
Steel, black Charadon pads Crusade
Recruit from Garanda II
exact date unknown Ultramarines (M31)
Sons of Guilliman
Blue / White Quartered
.
.
(M33)
.
Sons of Medusa
Green
Badab War (loyal)
Medusa?
.
Iron Hands??
Space Sharks
Grey
Badab War (loyal)
.
.
.
.
Badab War (loyal)
.
.
.
Star Phantoms
.
Storm Giants
Off-White .
.
(M41)
Salamanders? White Scars?
Storm Lords
White / Red . halved
.
Second (M31)
White Scars
White Consuls
White
.
.
Second (M31)
Ultramarines
White Panthers
Black, White
.
.
recent
.
.
Disbanded due to genetic instability
.
Second (M31)
Space Wolves
Wolf Brothers
.
765.M41: Chapter Losses to date: 13 Lost in warp, 21 Irrecoverable battle losses, 9 Gene seed failure, 4 Inquisitorial purge, 16 Other circumstances. (For the record, 134 chapters listed above) THE FOUNDINGS There have reportedly been 26 foundings so far. M31- FIRST- PROGENITOR. (?)- Legions made up from gene seed samples of the primarchs, even while primarchs scattered and undiscovered. M31- SECOND- PRIMOGENITOR. (30,021)- Legions split up into chapters. It is unclear whether new chapters were built up from gene seed as well. M33 ????- THIRTEENTH- DARK FOUNDING. Unknown number or fate of chapters. M36? TWENTY-FIRST. Known as the Cursed Founding. Occurs shortly before the age of apostasy (which was in early M36). M38 M40 M41- (40, 736)- TWENTY-SIXTH. PRIMARCHS THAT SURVIVED THE HORUS HERESY According to 2nd edition background, 9 of the Primarchs "survived" the Horus Heresy- the rest died or fled into the Eye of Terror. We know that Sanguinius and Horus died. We also know (as of WD 261) that Ferrus Manus is presumed dead at Isstvan V (though his body may have been recovered and taken to Mars). We know that Guilliman, Jonson, Khan, Russ, Dorn, Vulkan, and Corax survived (especially since they are mentioned in the most recent Black Templars background). That makes 7 loyal primarchs. The other two could be those from the deleted records (the 2nd and 11th legions). Makes it even more interesting to know what happened to the two legions if their primarchs count as surviving loyalists though.... The other possibility is that Konrad Curze and Alpharius count as survivors, as they did not immediately flee into the eye of terror after the battle, or possibly Lorgar (assuming any traitor Primarchs count towards the total). Note also that the 2nd edition background indicates that of those 9 primarchs, all of them had died (or disappeared?) after 1400 years (of being created, presumably). Their remains have since become relics, particularly the tomb of Roboute Guilliman. Rumours exist of the possibility that Lemann Russ, Ferrus Manus, and Lion El' Jonson will return some day, of course... At least five of the Traitor Primarchs have gone on to become Daemon Princes (Fulgrim, Angron, Mortarion, Magnus the Red, Perturabo). Konrad Curze is the only traitor Primarch to be confirmed dead (by an Assassin) according to background in the 2nd Edition Chaos codex and the 3rd edition Assassin codex, though he was probably killed after the heresy, not during. That leaves Lorgar and Alpharius presumably still alive at the end of the Heresy, but whether they are daemon princes or have expired since then is not known. Perhaps they will be covered in the Index Astartes articles in the future... THE ISSTVAN V DROP SITE MASSACRES According to various backgrounds (which all agree on this point), Horus had Five Legions that had sided with him (and against the Emperor) before the Isstvan V event. Seven legions were sent against him at Isstvan V- Four of which changed sides and joined Horus, the other Three of which were completely destroyed. So how does it break down?
OBSOLETE INFORMATION According to background in First Edition Space Marine (SM1ed.), the original 5 were Sons of Horus, World Eaters, Emperor's Children, Death Guard, and Thousand Sons. The ones sent against them (and who summarily defected) were the Word Bearers, Night Lords, Iron Warriors, and the Alpha Legion. The remaining 3 sent were reported as "Purged from the records", being the ones completely wiped out. However, this information already conflicts with more current background in a number of places, the most notable being the 3 "purged records", as the current index of 20 chapters only has 2 purged chapters listed. ORIGINAL 5 TRAITOR LEGIONS Obviously, Horus' own legion is included (Sons of Horus). According to the 2nd (and 3rd) edition Chaos codexes, the Death Guard, Alpha Legion, and the Word Bearers and the Thousand Sons all turned traitor prior to the Isstvan V event. This conflicts with more recent background however, in the Index Astartes article on the Iron Warriors (WD Issue 255) which states: The Thousand Sons (since they were attacked by the Space Wolves before Isstvan V), Sons of Horus, World Eaters (whom Horus was sent to subdue before Isstvan V, and he recruits them instead), Death guard, and the Emperor's Children (who tried to persuade Horus against rebellion at the start of Isstvan V, but were then turned by Horus). 4 LEGIONS JOIN HORUS AT ISSTVAN V The Iron Warriors themselves are specifically said to turn at Isstvan V. They were to join 6 other legions to face Horus, specifically the Night Lords, Word Bearers, and Alpha Legion, with whom they joined to wipe out the other 3 legions in the task force that remained loyal. The Night Lords are stated to have gone renegade before the Horus Heresy even broke out, so their alliance with Horus at Isstvan V was merely a formality. 3 LEGIONS WIPED OUT My original assumption was that two of the three Legions destroyed at Isstvan V are the ones Deleted from Records (Number 2 and 11). However, in the Iron Hands Index Astartes article (WD 261), it is clearly stated that Ferrus Manus and his veterans spearheaded the attack on Horus' forces along with 2 other Legions (and later refers to the Salamanders and Raven Guard legions). However, this is in contradiction with the statements made prior that the three loyal legions were COMPLETELY destroyed, since all three of these chapters are currently operational! Since only a small force of Iron Hands could get to Isstvan V in time, the rest of the Legion survived the massacre, carrying on to this day and yielding successor chapters. The Salamanders continue on (though they have no successor chapters!)- Vulkan survived the heresy according to the background in Codex: Armageddon (under the Black Templars of all places), so it was possible for the Salamanders to be built back up from almost nothing if need be. But we won't know more about the fate of the Raven Guard (and their successor chapters) until July 2002...
5 WITH HORUS BEFORE ISSTVAN V
4 JOINED 3 2 6 NONHORUS DESTROYED(?) PARTICIPANTS DELETED AT (role unknown) AT ISSTVAN V ISSTVAN V
Sons of Horus (Horus' own Legion) World Eaters (Recruited instead of subdued by Horus)
Death Guard Thousand Sons (attacked by Space Wolves prior)
Emperor's Children (corrupted by Horus just before conflict)
Iron Warriors Night Iron Hands Lords Salamanders Word Raven Guard Bearers Alpha Legion
Ultramarines, White Scars, Imperial Fists, Blood Angels, Dark Angels, Space Wolves
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