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29th Zetic Tygers - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 29th Zetic Typers primarily wear red-coloured fatigues with black-coloured Carapace Armour, knee guards, Slate Monitron, and Omnishield Helm.

29th Zetic Tygers - Regimental Badge: The 29th Zetic Typers decorate their amrour with a distinctive Tyger's Eye icon. This striking design makes for a clear and easily identified signifier amid the madness of battle, but is further an intimidating design only one step removed from tribal warpaint.

2nd Black Crusade - 2nd Black Crusade: In 597.M32, the Warmaster of Chaos, Abaddon the Despoiler, launched his second offensive against the Imperium of Man and initiated the 2nd Black Crusade. This time, Abaddon placed a terrible curse upon the worlds of the Belis Corona Sector, infusing them with the touch of the Warp.Meanwhile, his Black Fleet attacked the sector's Imperial shipyards, destroying dozens of Imperial Cruisers being constructed or repaired. Before the Imperium could muster its strength to fight back, the Despoiler retreated into the Eye of Terror, his works complete.

2nd Black Crusade - History: As part of the 2nd Black Crusade, Abaddon wove a terrible hex upon a number of worlds close to the Eye of Terror, seeding them with the taint of the Dark Gods. Leading a small band of his elite warriors from the Black Legion, Abaddon breached the Imperial Navy base at Belis Corona. While his fleet launched a diversionary attack against the orbital shipyards, Abaddon and his Bringers of Despair, the strongest and most vicious members of the Black Legion's Terminator elite, landed on one of the system's outermost moons.Slaughtering the garrison, Abaddon crafted a complex sorcerous ritual using their mangled remains and invoking a curse that would sink deep into the core of the moon. Only centuries later would the curse awaken at the Despoiler's behest and do its terrible work, unleashing a mutagenic plague upon the Imperial defenders stationed there. By the time Battlefleet Corona had mustered to repel the attacks on the core worlds of the Belis Corona Sector, Abaddon had already departed, his mission complete.Shortly after the assault on the shipyards of Belis Corona, an attack occurred on the Inquisitorial vaults of the world of Nemesis Tessera. The Despoiler toppled its hexagrammic "Eldritch Needles," ravaging the black stone with sustained Melta fire before withdrawing. Hidden beneath layers of ice and snow, the Inquisition had constructed a watch station from which to study the Eye of Terror along with hexagramatically warded cells to hold daemonic prisoners. It remains unknown if this was the work of Abaddon, but in a swift and brutal assault, one of the cells deep beneath the station was opened and the daemon contained within was released. By the time Inquisitorial forces had secured the facility, the attackers were gone, leaving only a trail of smoking corpses and spent Bolt shells to mark their passage.

32nd Thetoid Eagles - 32nd Thetoid Eagles: 32nd Thetoid EaglesTempestus ScionsOrdo Tempestus

32nd Thetoid Eagles - Regimental History: The regimental traditions of the 32nd Thetoid Eagles had always been secretive, and their ancient training world of Begentus was an isolated one.Even though, like other Militarum Tempestus regiments, they possessed a pedigree of exceptional combat skills, the Thetoid Eagles were infamous for their particularly vicious methods of warfare.Indeed, Segmentum command grew increasingly skeptical about the regiment's ability to adhere strictly to their orders. Such wariness proved valid, for the 32nd Thetoid Eagles went missing shortly after the Xinon Wars.

32nd Thetoid Eagles - Notable Campaigns: Scouring of the Xinon System (Unknown Date,M41) - Throughout the Xinon System, the Tempestus Scions of the Thetoid Eagles fought a sustained campaign against a series of cultist uprisings attributed to the Alpha Legion. Under skies blackened by volcanic ash, the Scions seared through rank upon rank of Cultists in order to secure the cities before the arrival of the 32nd Elysian Drop Troops. The rebellions became more systematic until lumbering war engines finally emerged from underground lava flows. One such behemoth eviscerated the regiment's command structure as well as the Commissar attached to them. Before long, the remaining Scions were without any orders whatsoever. After the arrival of tile Elysian 32nd, the Scions proceeded to destroy the successive uprisings across Xinon and bring about a temporary calm upon the volatile worlds. But after the ash had settled and Elysian commanders sought to debrief to their own commanders, the Thetoid Eagles had simply vanished from the system entirely.

32nd Thetoid Eagles - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 32nd Thetoid Eagles primarily wear black-coloured fatigues with halved-black and red pattern Carapace Armour and knee guards, and black coloured Slate Monitron, and Omnishield Helm.

32nd Thetoid Eagles - Regimental Badge: The Warwing symbol of the 32nd Thetoid Eagles is commonly taken to represent their skill in airborne assaults. However, dark whispers abound that the symbol has some other, veiled meaning to the regiment's commanders.The truth of this matter, as well as the wider concerns regarding the regiment's recent record, have recently become the concern of alarmingly powerful Imperial bodies.

32nd Thetoid Eagles - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 30, 32

33rd Deltic Phoenixes - 33rd Deltic Phoenixes: The 33rd Deltic Phoenixes are an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus who have garnered a reputation for achieving high kill ratios against the vicious xenos known as the Dark Eldar.

33rd Deltic Phoenixes - Regimental History: The progena who graduated to the 33rd Deltic Phoenixes were originally orphaned by a vicious Dark Eldar strike upon Kaldamor. Though mindscaping has eliminated their knowledge of this event, the Scions of the 33rd Deltic Phoenixes have statistically proven to have a greater kill rate against this particular type of xenos. The 33rd Deltic Phoenixes' greatest hour came upon the twin moons of Erendix. A series of raids led by Archon Vaxmar of the Kabal of the Emerald Talon had crippled dozens of Imperial settlements, and numerous high-ranking officials had been taken back to Commorragh to be experimented upon by the Haemonculi Covens. The 33rd Deltic Phoenixes were scrambled to Erendix, where they awaited the next realspace assault. When it finally came, it was upon the most populous of the moons.The Scions stormed to the surface as separate, multiple fast-response squads, and their speed, tactics and technology enabled them to shred through the ranks of Kabalite Warriors, while their Taurox Primes destroying Raiders and Reavers without mercy. Segmentum command was greatly impressed by the speed and precision of the Scions' attack, and the 33rd Deltic Phoenixes have since been called upon whenever these deadly xenos have been sighted. But Archon Vaxmar, who survived the conflict, has not forgotten the destruction of half his Kabal. The embittered Dark Eldar follows the movements of the 33rd Deltic Phoenixes with great interest, and works to arrange a sufficiently painful revenge.

33rd Deltic Phoenixes - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 33rd Deltic Phoenixes primarily wear grey-coloured fatigues with black and red-coloured Carapace Armour, knee guards, Slate Monitron, and Omnishield Helm.

33rd Deltic Phoenixes - Regimental Badge: The 33rd Deltic Phoenixes bear the symbol known as the Infernum Ressurectus. Depicting a heavily abstracted phoenix set against the divided remains of a shattered world, the symbol evokes the Scions' rise from the fate of their ruined home world.

33rd Zetan Falcons - 33rd Zetan Falcons: The 33rd Zetan Falcons are an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Militarum Tempestus. Little else is known about them in Imperial records.

33rd Zetan Falcons - Regimental History: War in the Undercavern (998.M41) - The Tempestus Scions of the 33rd Zetan Falcons, accompanied by Commissar Krassus, use the tunnels bored by the world of Balk's native ironwyrms to isolate and destroy an Iron Warriors warband in their subterranean lair.

33rd Zetan Falcons - Regimental Colours: The regimental colours of the 33rd Zetan Falcons are not listed in current Imperial records.

33rd Zetan Falcons - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 33rd Zetan Falcons is not listed in current Imperial records.

34th Betic Centaurs - 34th Betic Centaurs: 34th Betic CentaursTempestus ScionsOrdo TempestusDeath Worldforces of ChaosAs a result, this world produces some of the hardiest and most battle-hardened warriors within the ranks of the Ordo Tempestus.

34th Betic Centaurs - Regimental History: The Scions of the 34th Betic Centaurs hail from the volcanic Death World of Makron V. The planet is situated in a sub-sector frequently assaulted by various piratical factions of Chaos Space Marines.The Militarum Tempestus training grounds are based alongside their old Schola Progenium facilities in order to protect the future progena from the sheer number of incursions -- although some of these battles provide ample training opportunities for the future Scions.Such a brutal planet breeds particularly hardened warriors, and the Betic Centaurs have endured some of the worst fighting in the sub-sector.

34th Betic Centaurs - Notable Campaigns: Vellix Wars (Unknown Date) - The 34th Betic Centaurs became famous during the Vellix Wars. On Valiar III, one of the most populous Imperial worlds in the system, a Lord of Skulls led a great wave of havoc which swept across the planet, including numerous Daemons and war machines. The behemoth had ground up thousands of souls under its tracks, and reduced whole hab-blocks to rubble. The small Astra Militarum regiment on the world had all but been wiped out, and so a vast contingent of the 34th Betic Centaurs was sent in to destroy the Chaos war machines. The Scions made planetfall behind one of the most robust fortifications on the planet as it was about to be besieged by the monstrous Daemon Engine. In stealth, the Scions awaited the Lord of Skulls' arrival and, when it finally burst behind the Imperial lines, they assaulted with a ferocious array of hot-shot weaponry, melta charges and munitions. The Daemon Engine roared its defiance, slaying scores of Scions in a wrathful counter-attack. The Tempestus soldiers' incessant and precise firepower, along with a barrage of grenades, eventually saw the Lord of Skulls reduced to a heap of smouldering slag.

34th Betic Centaurs - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 34th Betic Centaurs primarily wear terracotta red fatigues with black Carapace Armour with brass trim, as well as black knee guards, Slate Monitron, and Omnishield Helm.

34th Betic Centaurs - Regimental Badge: The 34th Betic Centaurs bear the the Bilinear Sash upon their armour. An ancient symbol, the sash is a representation of the symbiosis between Makron V's Tempestus training grounds -- the terracotta red -- and the Schola Progenium -- the clear white.It is common among the ranks of the 34th for this symbol to run vertically down the faceplate of the Scions' omnishield helms, a clear signifier of their allegiance. This symbol is oft repeated on the left knee guard as well.

34th Psian Vipers - 34th Psian Vipers: The 34th Psian Vipers are an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus that are known for the stalwartness and tenacity in the face of overwhelming odds.

34th Psian Vipers - Regimental History: The soldiers of the 34th Psian Vipers make up a tenacious regiment, even for the Militarum Tempestus. This has been proven on numerous occasions, but none more effectively than on the industrial Agri-World of Marunda II. In 998.M41 the Imperial mining operations delved too deep into the planet's crust and disrupted dormant Necrons. The awoken warriors marched through the colossal tunnels, their gauss weaponry flickering off walls and ancient machinery as they atomised thousands of menials and servitors. The vast regiment of the 34th Psian Vipers made planetfall and descended into the tunnels in their Taurox Primes to strike at the heart of the alien threat. They blasted away at swarms of Scarabs while their vehicle-mounted volley guns vaporised dozens of implacable Necron Warriors.When the main entrance tunnels collapsed the 34th Psian Vipers were forced to continue fighting within the total darkness. They were not concerned with the escape from the underground prison, for their orders were simply to destroy the Necron threat. Thus the Scions continued fighting for weeks. Their sensors and auspexes enabled them to keep track of the ever-advancing robotic forms, and through sheer dogged determination and intelligent, improvised tactics from Tempestor Prime Rodros, the Scions eventually destroyed every Necron on Marunda II. Only then did the Scions consider their escape options and set about leaving the planet.

34th Psian Vipers - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 34th Psian Vipers primarily wear sky gray-coloured fatigues with azure blue-coloured Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as azure blue-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron, and Omnishield Helm.

34th Psian Vipers - Regimental Badge: The origins of the 34th Psian Vipers' insignia are uncertain. Some believe it to be a simple sign of negation, a blunt statement against the regiment's many foes. Others claim that the cross itself has some deeper meaning, hidden within sealed files in the Vipers' Schola Progenium archives.

394th Deltic Lions - 394th Deltic Lions: The 394th Deltic Lions are an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus that are known for achieving a high kill ratio against the barbaric xenos known as the Orks.

394th Deltic Lions - Regimental History: It is perhaps unsurprising that when a single xenos race has been responsible for orphaning an entire year of cadets in the same atrocity, the resulting progena often fight with more determination against said aggressors when confronting them in battle. It is for this reason that the renowned 394th Deltic Lions are often deployed in war zones under attack from Orks. Every member of that infamous band of warriors came from the Shrine World of Chrondo V, a planet whose population was wiped out by an Ork WAAAGH! moving through the sector. In advance of the greenskins' arrival, great evacuations had been conducted for the families of the planet's ranking officers and officials. Many of the children on board the escape cruisers watched aghast through the scryholes as Ork ships began to swarm around their home world, before their craft finally escaped into the Warp.The survivors were taken to the Schola Progenium facility on Saint Phramona, and at first they were found to be within the expected parameters of new cadets. Yet, as they entered the ranks of the Militarum Tempestus as the 394th Deltic Lions, they proved particularly ferocious when deployed against Orks. Their marksmanship against greenskins was measurably better than that of any other regiment, and some speculated that the events of Chrondo V had been etched into their minds with such traumatic force that not even the indoctrination protocols of the Schola Progenium's homogenisation techniques could erase their desire for vengeance. Certainly, the Deltic Lions' exceptional performance against Orks is used as an advantage whenever possible, and their units are almost always deployed against the greenskins.

394th Deltic Lions - Regimental Colours: The regimental colours of the 394th Deltic Lions are not listed in current Imperial records.

394th Deltic Lions - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 394th Deltic Lions is not listed in current Imperial records.

39th Cadian - 39th Cadian: The 39th Cadian is a regiment of the Imperial Guard's Cadian Shock Troopers. They are also informally know as the "Xenobane." Their Flak Armour is coloured blood red while their uniforms maintain a tan camouflage pattern.They participated in the Imperial campaign to eliminate the Hrud infestation on Chinchare alongside the 1st Company of the Dark Hands Space Marine Chapter and also took part in the Veldt Campaign in the 41st Millennium. During the Third Aurelian Crusade in the late 41st Millennium, elements of the 39th Cadian Regiment turned Renegade and began to worship Ulkair, a Greater Daemon of Nurgle.

39th Cadian - Sources: Codex: Imperial Guard (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex), pg. 30Dawn of War II - Retribution (PC Game)

3rd Alphic Jackals - 3rd Alphic Jackals: The 3rd Alphic Jackals are an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Militarum Tempestus. The 3rd Alphic Jackals joined with the forces of the Flesh Tearers Space Marine Chapter to liberate the Fortress World of Helwynd from the worshippers of Chaos.

3rd Alphic Jackals - Regimental History: The Chainsword and the Knife (998.M41) - The Fortress World of Helwynd, its gradual corruption hastened by the Renegade Space Marines of the Company of Misery, declared itself the heartworld of the "Empire of Despair". Helwynd slowly pollutes the other Imperial world in its system with its bleak message, each broadcast robbing hope and loyalty from all those who hear it. The doom-mongering reaches not only the divinatory arrays of the local Schola Progenium but also the keen ears of the Flesh Tearers Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes on the nearby Feral World of Cretacia. Both the Flesh Tearers and Militarum Tempestus hasten to Helwynd with all speed. The Cretacians get there first, though to their mounting fury their Drop Pod assaults are swiftly countered by the Firestorm Nexuses comprised of multiple defence lasers that slide out from hidden bases in the planet's hillsides. Even the Stormravens and Thunderhawks that enter low orbit are forced to disengage by blistering fusillades of lascannon fire. The planet's defence net seems all but impregnable and, for a time, the Flesh Tearers are held at bay. When the drop ships of the Tempestus Scions of the 3rd Alphic Jackals enter orbit, their Tempestor Prime Vigilian volunteers his troops for an orbital drop that he believes will thwart the defences. Turning his voidships so their hulls are parallel to the planet's surface, Vigilian orders his Scions to cram themselves into each of the ship's starboard airlocks before forcefully ejecting them towards the planet. Though each trooper is protected from atmos-burn by little more than Carapace Armour and an ionised body-shroud of pressed alloy, the Scions hurtle towards the ground in tight formation. Vigilian's gamble pays off, for the individual soldiers are small enough to evade notice from the automated defences below, and their energy signatures are light enough to register as a shower of space debris. Discarding their shrouds once they enter the atmosphere proper, the Scions activate their Grav-Chutes and glide through the night to land undetected in the heart of the enemy complexes. Here the 3rd Alphic Jackals are in their element, disabling one Firestorm Nexus after another and holding the facilities against the rebel forces with grim resolve. As the defence network falls, the contrails of Flesh Tearers ships scar the skies once more, and the Space Marines make planetfall in great number. The carnage that follows is spectacular as the wrath of Cretacia's finest rips apart rebel soldier and Renegade Space Marine alike. Many of the planet's would-be rulers withdraw in the face of the fearsome assault, but they soon find their routes of retreat have already been cut off by cordons of Militarum Tempestus troopers. Those few vessels that attempt to escape off-world are shot down by their own Firestorm Nexuses, each now taken over by Imperial crews. The rebel forces are exterminated to a man. When the Space Marines holster their bloodied weapons and gather to make for their ships, the Militarum Tempestus have already left without a word.

3rd Alphic Jackals - Regimental Colours: The regimental colours of the 3rd Alphic Jackals are not listed in current Imperial records.

3rd Alphic Jackals - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 3rd Alphic Jackals is not listed in current Imperial records.

3rd Black Crusade - 3rd Black Crusade: Abaddon the Despoiler3rd Black CrusadeDaemon PrinceTallominCadian GatedaemonicImperial GuardSpace MarineChaptersSegmentum ObscurusEventually, warriors of the Space Wolves manage to send Tallomin howling back into the Warp. Under the cover of the attack, Abaddon led a dedicated strike force to desecrate the Shrine World of Gerstahl, breaking the ancient seal on the tomb of the Imperial Saint Gerstahl and utterly destroying his remains whilst the Imperium's attention was directed elsewhere.

3rd Black Crusade - History: The Shrine World of Gerstahl had long been a place of peace and tranquility in the Segmentum Obscurus, its faithful offering their prayers daily to the God-Emperor.The planet was named for Saint Gerstahl, an Imperial Army officer who had fallen defending the Cadian Gate during the first centuries after the Horus Heresy. Entombed under the world's alabaster capital, the saint was prophesied to rise again when the "Eye of Darkness opened for the last time" and stem the tide of the treacherous.When Abaddon launched his 3rd Black Crusade he attacked the Fortress World of Cadia, to distract the Imperium from his desecration of the saint's tomb in an attempt to forestall the saint's possible contribution to preventing the Imperium's collapse in the far future. With whispered lies and promises, Abaddon unleashed the Daemon Prince Tallomin, the so-called "Prince of Princes," against the Cadian Gate.Abaddon had convinced the creature that the blood of the loyal Adeptus Astartes could grant him unheard-of-strength and the power to crush his daemonic rivals within the Eye of Terror. In a gore-soaked assault, Tallomin and his minions slew many millions of Imperial soldiers and lured no less than a dozen Loyalist Space Marine Chapters to battle.In the end, the ferocious warriors of the Space Wolves finally drove the Daemon Prince screaming into the Immaterium, but Abaddon had already achieved his aim, destroying the remains of Saint Gerstahl and forestalling any chance of the prophecy's fulfillment.

3rd Founding - 3rd Founding: The 3rd Founding of the Space Marines occurred during the 31st Millennium in the wake of the Great Scouring. The 3rd Founding was called for by Rogal Dorn, primarch of the Imperial Fists Chapter, who presented the need for another Founding of the Adeptus Astartes to the High Lords of Terra.Over a hundred writs of succession were granted to the existing First and Second Founding Chapters with at least nine writs being granted to the Ultramarines alone. This Founding included two Successor Chapters created from the gene-seed of the Imperial Fists and the Ultramarines, respectively -- both highly aggressive Chapters.The Executioners are scions of the proud line of the Imperial Fists. Founded under the command of Fafnir Rann, reputedly the most vicious of Rogal Dorn's later captains, they were created for the sole task of seeking out and slaughtering Mankind's foes rather than undertaking a more defensive or strategic purpose.The Scythes of the Emperor are a fierce and proud Chapter created from the lineage of Roboute Guilliman. Their origins can be traced back to the bygone era of the Horus Heresy, when they were originally members of the Ultramarines Legion's 199th "Aegida" Company, who were assigned as sentinels over the restricted world of Sotha, and the mysterious xenos artefact known as the Pharos.Following the Second Founding in 021.M31, Guilliman charged the remaining members of Aegida Company with continued watch over the secrets of the Pharos as an 11th "ghost company" of the Ultramarines Chapter, in direct contradiction of the dictates of the Codex Astartes.Later, during the 3rd Founding, Captain Oberdeii, the last surviving member of Aegida Company, was reassigned as the first Chapter Master of a newly created Chapter which he renamed the "Scythes of the Emperor."They continued their vigil over Sotha and the surrounding sectors in the Ultima Segmentum. Recently, they faced near-annihilation at the hands of the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken in 992.M41. Though severely depleted, the surviving Battle-Brothers of the Scythes have vowed to wipe out the remnants of the Tyranids in the Ultima Segmentum, even while they continue with their efforts to rebuild the Chapter.The recent reinforcement of the Chapter by the Primaris Space Marines of Roboute Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade have allowed them to go on the offensive against the enemies of the Emperor once more.Finally, there is the Dark Paladins. Little is known about them apart from their destruction during the fall of the world of Jarrman Primus to the unliving legions of the Necrons.

3rd Founding - Select 3rd Founding Chapters: ChapterSuccessors ofPrimarchFounderHomeworldNotesAngels ErythreanBlood AngelsSanguiniusUnknownFleet-BasedCharnel Guard (Suspected)Blood AngelsSanguiniusZephonFleet-BasedThis little known fleet-based Chapter, whose chronicle threads through many dark passages of the Imperium's history, is believed by some sources to date from the Third Founding. Evidence for this can be seen in the number of ancient war relics it is known to possess.Dark PaladinsUnknownUnknownUnknownUnknownThe Dark Paladins were destroyed in battle with unknown xenos on the world of Jarrman Primus in the late 41st Millennium.Death WardensBlood Angels and Successor ChaptersSanguiniusUnknownUnknownUnknownExecutionersImperial FistsRogal DornFafnir RannStygia-Aquilon (Binary World)An ancient and proud Chapter, their patriarch was reputedly one of Primarch Rogal Dorn's most ruthless Captains, by the name of Fafnir Rann.Iron Knights (Suspected)Imperial FistsRogal DornUnknownBrycantia or SeherisThe Iron Knights Chapter existed at the time of the War of the Beast (544-546.M32).Scythes of the EmperorUltramarinesRoboute GuillimanOberdeiiSotha (Destroyed) /Fleet-Based (Currently)The Scythes of the Emperor can trace their long, glorious history to the dark days of the Horus Heresy when they were a part of the Ultramarines Legion's 199th "Aegida" Company, assigned as permanent protection over the world of Sotha and the mysterious alien artefact known as the Pharos.<Name Redacted>Iron HandsFerrus ManusUnknownUnknownThe Tears of the Gorgon is an allegorical and now prohibited treatise associated with the {NAME REDACTED} Chapter of the 3rd Founding.

412th Cadian - 412th Cadian: The 412th Cadian is a regiment of the Imperial Guard's Cadian Shock Troops raised from the Fortress World of Cadia. The 412th is the Imperial Guard regiment that fought on the Ice World of Lorn V in Dawn of War: Winter Assault under the command of General Sturnn.

412th Cadian - History: The 412th Cadian Regiment participated in the Imperial campaign on Lorn V under the command of General Sturnn. General Sturnn and the 412th Regiment landed on Lorn V, an Ice World ruled by Chaos Space Marines from the World Eaters Traitor Legion's warband known as the Blood Legion of Khorne and indigenous Orks led by the Warboss Gorgutz. The 412th Cadian intended to assist the Ultramarines already on Lorn V in escorting a crew from the Collegia Titanica to recover the Imperator-class Titan Dominatus, a massive and powerful humanoid war engine from the time of the Horus Heresy. The Dominatus was a potent war machine, one powerful enough to turn the tide of an entire war single-handedly. Built over 10,000 standard years before, the construction of an Emperor Titan was an enormous undertaking requiring the efforts of many Forge Worlds, and any Titans found in the wider galaxy left from the days of the Horus Heresy were considered treasured relics of the Imperium. Though the Imperial Guard's beachhead stalled trying to retake the Planetary Defence Fortress from the Forces of Chaos, the Eldar of Craftworld Ulthwe secretly assisted the 412th and disabled the gate preventing their progress. Eventually the troops of the 412th rescued the trapped Ultramarines and the Titan crew, and began the long trek through hostile territory to reach the disabled Titan.The Ulthwe Eldar, led by their Farseer Taldeer, did everything in their power to ensure their presence remained unknown, but when an Ork Mekboy with unique technology capable of sensing their teleportation appeared, they were forced to reveal their presence, destroy the Ork, and teleport away. Too badly damaged to accomplish their original goals following their combat with the Orks, Taldeer was forced to reveal herself and openly ask Sturnn for assistance. Sturnn agreed, and the Orks were defeated by the stubborn Imperial/Eldar defence.In the aftermath of the combat against the Greenskins, Taldeer revealed that she cared little about recovering the Titan, but instead her goal was the destruction of the Necrons who hibernated underneath the planet's frozen surface, for Lorn V was also a Necron Tomb World. Over 60 million standard years before, the ancient xenos species known as the Necrons had chosen to hibernate deep beneath their Tomb Worlds across the galaxy for millions of years during the period known as the Great Sleep. Taldeer explained that she could not allow the Necrons to escape from Lorn V, because if they did, they would cause untold damage to the surrounding star systems and potentially to her own Craftworld before being stopped. The two factions allied momentarily, but both knew their different objectives would eventually lead to acrimony.General Sturnn later assisted the Ultramarines and their leader Chaplain Varnus in escorting the Titan's crew past the uneasy alliance of Orks and the World Eaters warband on Lorn V. Fighting through heavy resistance, the Imperials lead the crew to the safety of a waiting psychic shield, preventing their enemies from following them directly to the Titan. However, Taldeer and her Eldar were abandoned and trapped with the Orks and the Traitor Marines of the Blood Legion. Taldeer defiantly told Sturnn he could not defeat the Necrons without her. However, Sturnn simply laughed off the prediction of the fey xenos, unwilling to risk the lives of his men to aid the fickle Eldar. Sturnn and the 412th Cadian Regiment marched on to their goal, while the Eldar were butchered a few feet away from them by the Ork-World Eaters alliance.Upon reaching the Titan, the alliance of the Orks and the Chaos Space Marines known as the Forces of Disorder descended on the Imperial encampment protecting the Titan. The Collegia Titanica crew worked furiously, but required a massive amount of energy to power-up the Titan's ancient systems, forcing Sturnn to protect the Titan, several Plasma Generators, and a nearby Imperial encampment full of survivors. Although the Titan was too badly damaged to move, its fully operational weapons systems easily dispatched the attacking Orks and Chaos Space Marines. However, the massive release of power caused the Necrons to fully awaken within their stasis tomb. Butchering the remaining forces of the Forces of Disorder alliance, the Necrons began their slow march to destroy the only living souls left on the planet.They very nearly succeeded. Fighting with exceptional bravery and skill, the 412th delayed the rise of the Necron Monoliths long enough for the Titan to recharge its weapons, and obliterate the entire Necron force with a massive artilery barrage. At the battle's conclusion, the 412th Cadian and the Ultramarines stood watch over the dig site while the Titan was repaired by Adeptus Mechanicus Tech-priests. The Forces of Disorder alliance collapsed immediately afterwards, with Lord Crull dead at the hands of the Ork Warboss Gorgutz. It is unknown how Farseer Taldeer managed to escape from Lorn V, but Imperial battle records lack any footage of the moment of her death. It is known that she later returned to plague the Imperium over the Tau colony world of Kronus during the campaign known as the so-called Dark Crusade.

417th Cadian - 417th Cadian: The 417th Cadian is a unit of Cadian Shock Troopers of the Astra Militarum. They are also known as the "Hellbringers." The 417th Cadian Regiment were veterans of the Damocles Gulf Crusade but met their fate at the hands of an Ork WAAAGH! on Seperus Prime where the regiment was almost completely wiped out by the Greenskins.

43rd Iotan Dragons - 43rd Iotan Dragons: The 43rd Iotan Dragons are an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus that are known for their extreme training methods and abilities to fight whilst virtually blind in the harshest of environments and against the vilest of foes.

43rd Iotan Dragons - Regimental History: The training regime of the 43rd Iotan Dragons is famous for simulating fights within darkened cave labyrinths, allowing these Tempestus Scions to further develop the ability to fight blind.This has enabled them to fight more effectively against foes that rely upon more stealthy and insidious methods of warfare.Though they have proven their capabilities against all manner of xenos foes, from Drukhari to T'au, the 43rd Iotan Dragons have become specialists within the Militarum Tempestus for fighting against Tyranid outlier organisms. Indeed, the Scions' training has made them exemplary warriors against this most horrendous and insidious of foes.

43rd Iotan Dragons - Notable Campaigns: Orbital Strike of Mondrax III (Unknown Date.M41) - The 43rd Iotan Dragons first displayed their skills upon the colossal space station situated above the Shrine World of Mondrax III. Lictors and Genestealers had caused carnage among the Imperial crew of the station, and limbs and offal trailed for kilometres around the structure by the time the Militarum Tempestus arrived. lt was feared a disaster was imminent, for a similar superstructure had been overrun by Tyranids over Mondrax II, only for the station to crash into the planet, the resulting explosion killing billions. The Scions of the 43rd Iotan Dragons spent several weeks aboard Mondrax III's station, patiently hunting Tyranids with its dark confines, lighting up the corridors with their hot-shot lasguns and flamers, searing xenos carapaces and outstretched claws until every last Tyranid had vanished from their Tempestor Prime's slate monitron.

43rd Iotan Dragons - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 43rd Iotan Dragons primarily wear black fatigues with dark gray Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as dark gray knee guards and Slate Monitrons. Their Omnishield Helms are coloured crimson.

43rd Iotan Dragons - Regimental Badge: 43rd Iotan Dragons display the tri-scale upon their wargear. The symbol represents unyielding defence against the monstrous foes, and is replicated in a five hundred foot wide adamantium mural on the floor of the regimental barracks-hall.

43rd Iotan Dragons - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 20, 34

47th Thetoid Dragons - 47th Thetoid Dragons: The 47th Thetoid Dragons were an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Militarum Tempestus.They were slain to the last man on a Crone World in the Eye of Terror after a mission to assault the Aeldari on the world of New Starhaven went drastically wrong.

47th Thetoid Dragons - Regimental History: The Lost Patrol (853.M41) - When an Aeldari raid is repelled at great cost on the recently settled world of New Starhaven, the Tempestus Scions 47th Thetoid Dragons Regiment, having successfully engaged the Aeldari command structure and survived, are given new orders to prosecute. Whilst the Officio Prefectus assesses the devastated planet's orphans for new recruits, the Dragons pass through the rune-inscribed dolmens that have been uncovered behind the Lemuelian Falls. On the other side they find a series of shimmering tunnels that never seem to end. Several harrowing solar days of full-alert march slide past, but the Scions proceed apace. They are finally forced to slow their march when they are assailed by capering Aeldari in multicoloured costume, who bewilder them with holographic and hallucinogenic assaults before dancing in close to deal lethal blows. Eventually the Harlequins that have been tormenting the intruding Scions are forced to turn their attention to unknown events elsewhere, and lead the humourless humans in a running battle towards a rune-inscribed portal that opens out onto the surface of the planet Exsanguille. The Scions plunge through the gate, only to find themselves stranded upon a blood-covered Crone World in the heart of the Eye of Terror. To their credit, the Dragons survive for a full two solar days before succumbing to the daemonic legions of Khorne that prowl that world.

47th Thetoid Dragons - Regimental Colours: The regimental colours of the 47th Thetoid Dragons are not listed in current Imperial records.

47th Thetoid Dragons - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 47th Thetoid Dragons is not listed in current Imperial records.

4th Black Crusade - 4th Black Crusade: 4th Black CrusadeEl'Phanor WarEye of TerrorAbaddon the DespoilerBlack LegionEl'PhanorAbaddon led the charge against the adamantium gates of this famously unbreachable citadel. Only one in ten of Abaddon's spearhead reached the gates before they were trapped by Heavy Bolter fire.Utilising his Daemon Sword Drach'nyen, the gates of the citadel proved harder than diamond, but they split apart like cordwood before Abaddon's dolorous blow.In an orgy of violence, the Traitor Legions and their daemonic allies fall upon the Kromarch, the Imperial Commander of El'Phanor and his kin, extinguishing their ancient line forever and weakening the defences of the Cadian Gate for future Chaos assaults.

4th Black Crusade - History: The world of El'Phanor was a stronghold of the Cadian Gate and a key defence against Chaos raiders trying to slip out of the Eye of Terror into the Segmentum Obscurus. Commanded by the Planetary Governor known as the Kromarch, it had repelled countless attacks by the Forces of Chaos in the centuries since the Horus Heresy.Central to the defences of El'Phanor was the Grand Citadel of the Kromarch, overlooking the vast fertile flood plains of Arabor. The Black Legion descended upon the world like a plague of darkness, half a dozen warbands of the other Traitor Legions slavering for blood in their wake. The Imperial Guard struck repeatedly at the attackers, their assaults supported by massed artillery from the citadel that remained long beyond the reach of the Traitor Legionaries. During this 4th Black Crusade Abaddon personally led the charge against the citadel's adamantium gates through a storm of Heavy Bolter rounds and exploding artillery shells. Only a fraction of the Bringers of Despair, Abaddon's Terminator-armoured elite personal bodyguards, made it to the gates, the great obsidian road to the fortress littered with bloodied and broken Black Legionaries.Trapped before the gate of the citadel, the Traitors hammered against its mighty doors even as the Imperial Guardsmen swept their ranks with fire from above. Raising Drach'nyen over his head Abaddon struck the gate and the Daemon Weapon split it like cordwood. With the gate sundered, Abaddon and his followers spilled into the fortress, butchering and dismembering all before them.Abaddon himself took the head of the Kromarch, tearing it from his shoulders in a bloody shower of gore before holding it aloft in triumph. Summoned by the nexus of death within the fortress and this final sacrifice, hungering daemons ripped free of the Warp and added to the pandemonium.When the last Imperial soldier was hacked apart, the forces of Chaos fell upon themselves, lost in the joy of slaughter. Daemons and Traitors feasted on the ravaged flesh of El'Phanor until it was a dead, wasted planet, and the Fortress World of Cadia was left with a chink in its armour.

4th Founding - 4th Founding: The 4th Founding of Space Marines occurred several solar decades after the disastrous events of the War of the Beast ended in 546.M32 -- the massive WAAAGH! of the Ork warlord known only as The Beast -- which laid waste to much of the known galaxy and threatened to destroy Terra itself.Following the successful eradication of the massive greenskin invasion force and the defeat of its Warlord, the Lord Commander of the Imperium Maximus Thane, the former Chapter Master of the Fists Exemplar, and now the newly-appointed commander of the reconstituted Imperial Fists, decreed that the Imperium would raise as many new Chapters as they had gene-seed in the great vaults of Terra to sustain.All Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes were ordered to release a portion of their Veterans to provide the initial basis for this Founding, the greatest since the First Founding. Gene-seed tithing would be doubled for the next standard century to replenish the vaults. When it was done, there would be hundreds of Chapters to ring the Imperium in adamantium and ceramite instead of dozens.After enough gene-seed had been collected in the Mechanicus vaults on Terra, the High Lords of Terra authorised the 4th Founding of the Adeptus Astartes, sometime in the middle centuries of the 32nd Millennium, to help bring order to an Imperium rife with civil strife and insurrection, and to help restore Imperial law.Soon after the War of the Beast, the Grand Master of Assassins Drakan Vangorich deployed the elite Assassins of the Officio Assassinorum to slay all of the other High Lords of Terra. Afterwards, the Imperium descended into a period of anarchy, and was ruled by the iron hand of Vangorich for nearly a standard century.In ca. 626.M32, nearly eight solar decades after Vangorich seized total control over the Senatorum Imperialis, two of these newly created 4th Founding Chapters, the Halo Brethren and the Sable Swords, fought alongside the newly returned crusading Imperial Fists Chapter, to help forcibly remove Vangorich, who had become a mad tyrant, from power.

4th Founding - Notable 4th Founding Chapters: ChapterSuccessors ofPrimarchHomeworldNotesHalo BrethrenUnknownUnknownUnknownThe Halo Brethren are a 4th Founding Chapter created from an unknown lineage sometime during the middle centuries of the 32nd Millennium. They would fight alongside their newly created cousins, the Sable Swords Chapter, and the Imperial Fists, to help forcibly remove the mad tyrant Drakan Vogorich from power. There is little other information on this obscure Chapter in official Imperial records.Imperius ReaversUltramarinesRoboute GuillimanPraedis ZetaThe Imperius Reavers are a 4th Founding Successor Chapter of the legendary Ultramarines, created during the 4th Founding of the 32nd Millennia. The Chapter's homeworld is the Hive World of Praedis Zeta in the Vidar Sector, which is located in the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy at the farthest edge of the Ultramarines' Realm of Ultramar.Sable SwordsUnknownUnknownObsidiaThe Sable Swords are a Loyalist Space Chapter created in the latter years of the 41st Millennium, making them one of the newer Chapters Founded within the Adeptus Astartes. They would fight alongside their newly created cousins, the Halo Brethren Chapter, and the Imperial Fists, to help forcibly remove the mad tyrant Drakan Vogorich from power.Tome KeepersUltramarinesRoboute GuillimanIstroumaThe Tome Keepers are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter and successor of the Ultramarines, raised during the 4th Founding shortly after 546.M32. They call the Desert World of Istrouma home.

50th Kappic Eagles - 50th Kappic Eagles: The 50th Kappic Eagles are an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus. Though they barely number a single company, their boldness, stalwartness and bravery in the face of overwhelming odds makes them worth more than a regular Imperial Guard Regiment. Under the inspiring command and tactical brilliance of their fearless commander, Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock, the ruthless efficiency of the 50th have garnered them numerous victories in the face of extreme adversity.

50th Kappic Eagles - Regimental History: Though there is very little official background on the 50th Kappic Eagles, what is well known is their bold reputation and fearlessness in the face of overwhelming odds. They are reckoned to be the most decorated company of the Tempestus Scions this side of the Segmentum Solar. Led by their bold and courageous Tempestor Prime, Salem Whitlock, the 50th have achieved a long tally victories that are the envy of many a Tempestus Scions regiment. There are few Imperial Guard officers who can coordinate the actions of an entire company as fluently as Tempestor Prime Whitlock. Even fewer can do so in the thick of the fight, where Whitlock can be seen barking orders while snapping off shots with his bolt pistol. Whitlock insists on leading from the front, facing the same dangers as his men and assessing the battlefield first hand. It is this selfless bravery that inspires the Kappic Eagles to victory, the same quality that saw them at the front when the fate of Alaric Prime hung in the balance, while facing the overwhelming threat of the Red WAAAGH! of Ork Warlord Grukk Face-rippa in 998.M41.

50th Kappic Eagles - Notable Campaigns: The Red WAAAGH! (998.M41) - The Ork Warlord Grukk Face-rippa rampages across the Sanctus Reach system and is met in battle at Alaric Prime. Amongst the defenders under the command of Castellan Stein of Cadia are Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock and his Tempestus Scions of the 50th Kappic Eagles. Whitlock leads a daring raid to destroy an immense Mekaniak tractor beam that threatens to give the Orks their victory in one fell swoop, making a near-suicidal drop directly onto the Ork position and destroying the device.

50th Kappic Eagles - Notable Kappic Eagles: Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock - Tempestor Prime Salem Whitlock is the epitome of a Schola Progenium officer -- bold, courageous and utterly dedicated to the Imperium. Whitlock's personal honours and roll of victories would put most career officers to shame, and the respect he instills in his men is the envy of any Commissar. The Tempestor Prime commands none other than the 50th Kappic Eagles -- the toughest, most decorated company of Tempestus Scions this side of Segmentum Solar. Though they number barely a single company, under Whitlock's command they are worth more than a regiment of regular Guardsmen -- and they know it. If Whitlock and the Kappic Eagles have any flaw at all, it is their assumption that their orders will be obeyed to the letter regardless of whom they are delivered to.

50th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 50th Kappic Eagles primarily wear tan-coloured fatigues with black-coloured Carapace Armour with gold-coloured trim. Their Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms are also black crimson in colour. The faceplace of the omnishield helm is silver in colour. When not in battle, these Scions will often wear a red-coloured beret in lieu of their usual omnishield helms.

50th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 50th Kappic Eagles is not listed in current Imperial records.

54th Psian Jakals - 54th Psian Jakals: 54th Psian JakalsTempestus ScionsOrdo TempestusFlak ArmourTheir verdant homeworld of Mayloc often suffers from incursions by the insidious Aeldari, and as a result, the Jakals have learned to adapt and anticipate the xenos' movements. They are the preeminent Scions regiment when it comes to defending against the Aeldari threat.

54th Psian Jakals - Regimental History: After their ancient training world was destroyed by the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan, the 54th Psian Jakals now possess a temporary garrison upon the Maiden World of Malyoc. Since adjusting to the planet's environment, they have developed more sophisticated methods of tracking and surveillance. Because of the numerous warhosts that frequently make planetfall upon Mayloc, the 54th Psian Jakals are now specialist hunters of Eldar. Indeed, very few in the Militarum Tempestus are as adept at tracking their warriors and wraithbone constructs or at evading their reality-bending firepower. Much of the Scions' equipment has been reprogrammed accordingly and their theoretical tactics dispatched in monoslate briefing files to other Militarum Tempestus regiments. In order to test the robustness of these tactics, the Ordo Tempestus has sent the Jakals on missions to combat Eldar from numerous Craftworlds. On each occasion the Scions have proven increasingly proficient at dealing with these ancient and elusive aliens.

54th Psian Jakals - Notable Campaigns: Defence of Rax V (Unknown Date.M41) - One of the Scions' most glorious missions was on the death world of Rax V, where the Scions were forced to march through miles of toxic jungle to deal with the numerous attacks of an Ulthwé strike force. For days the Eldar had been assaulting the Imperium's fortifications in revenge for an Astra Militarum raid against one of their support craft. The Scions of the 54th Psian Jakals were ordered simply to purge the Eldar from the planet. Thanks to the skills they had developed upon Mayloc, the Tempestus troopers correctly anticipated 67 percent of the Ulthwé Eldar's movements and flight patterns. The Jakals were even able to ambush and destroy a squad of Aspect Warriors as they emerged from a wraithgate.Strike on Bhuran (Unknown Date.M41) - When the Eldar of Craftworld Iyanden launched a sudden strike upon the shrine moon of Bhuran in search of an ancient staff, which had been stolen by the Imperium centuries ago, it was the 54th Psian Jakals who answered their cries for help. Battle-hardened from the constant incursions launched against their base of operations upon Mayloc by the Eldar, there is no other regiment within the Militarum Tempestus who is better-suited to counter this xenos threat than the 54th Psian Jakals. Under the superlative leadership of Tempestor Prime Valderack, the tried and tested battle-tactics of this Tempestus Scions regiment were instrumental in predicting the Eldar's movements before they even knew they were there. Making their way towards an underground shrine within the heart of the Buric Mountain where the relic was supposedly stored, the Jakals were positioned in staggering formations around the entrance to the underground shrine-compound. The Tempestor Prime then directed further squads of Scions to locations deep inside the labyrinthine chamber. In a ferocious battle, the Scions seared through the ranks of Eldar constructs, and drove spear-like into the ranks of unliving warriors. They feigned retreats, luring the constructs into thick formations of other Scions, who proceeded to cut them down with their superior firepower. Even when the Eldar adapted to the Scions tactics, Valderack would ingeniously adapt his tactics to the fluid situation. After sacrificing whole squads of Scions to the Eldar's vengeful counter-attack, the Jakals' Valkyries assault arrived and made short work of the Eldar forces. Finally, a Lunar-class Cruiser's swift attack drove away the Iyanden's wraithship before the mountain could disintegrate entirely, and the sacred compound remained safe. Tempestor Prime Valderack lost forty-six percent of the 54th Psian Jakals in the action upon the moon of Buhran. Disappointed with this loss, he forced the remaining Scions into more disciplined training regimens upon their return to Mayloc.

54th Psian Jakals - Specialist Squads: As well as being famed for their skills against the Eldar, the 54th Psian Jakals are also known for their powerful and effective formations. These squads may be rapidly assembled in the heat of battle, their organisation having been committed to memory, or be deployed together, depending upon the requirements of the mission.Savage Claws - Though only ten men strong, the Savage Claws bear the 54th Psian Jakals' most formidable firepower. Whereas the regiment most often relies upon hot-shot las weapons, the Savage Claws bring extra potency to battle in the form of Flamers, hot-shot volley guns and Meltaguns. Each member is trained in the use of each of these specialist weapons, and they are deployed according to the pre-planned tactics of Tempestor Prime Valderack, their objectives ranging from scouring hordes of corrupted Cultists to eliminating alien monsters.Strike Pack Alphic - Strike Pack Alphic is the first into the fight and the last to leave. Comprised only of the most hardened warriors, even among the Militamm Tempestus its Scions are known for their tenacity and relentlessness as their foes bombard them. Valderack often calls upon Strike Pack Alphic to hold critical objectives under the most severe firepower.Eyes of the Jakal - When inserted deep behind enemy lines, the warriors of the Militarum Tempestus occasionally discover prior intelligence to be radically different to reality. In such circumstance, the Eyes of the Jakal are formed. Made up of ten of the swiftest warriors in the regiment, Tempestor Prime Valderack rilies upon the Eyes to scout ahead of the rest of the regiment and relay essential information back to his unit.Jaws of the Jakal - The regiments of the Militarum Tempestus are not as plentiful as those of the Astra Militarum, so they cannot rely upon sheer weight of firepower to fell a target. When Valderack needs enemy squads of or war engines to be taken down immediately, it is the Jaws of the Jakal that he sends in to do the job. Typically only thirty warriors strong and led by Tempestor Zellius, the Jaws of the Jakal are the finest shots in the regiment. It is a rare occasion that they fail to eliminate a target in short order by focussing on its weakest point.

54th Psian Jakals - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 54th Psian Jakals primarily wear black-coloured fatigues, Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as black-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. The Tempestus Scions of this regiment also tend to paint white-coloured skulls on their helms in order to invoke fear and revulsion.

54th Psian Jakals - Regimental Badge: The Black Jakal -- the regimental symbol of the 54th Psian Jakals -- is amongst the most menacing used by the Militarum Tempestus. This is in keeping with the iconography of the regiment as a whole, and speaks volumes about the morbid and menacing character of these dispossessed warriors.

54th Psian Jakals - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 26, 35, 45-47

55th Alphic Hydras - 55th Alphic Hydras: 55th Alphic HydrasTempestus ScionsOrdo TempestusUltramarinesSpace MarineChapterSegmentum Ultima

55th Alphic Hydras - Regimental History: The 55th Alphic Hydras are one of the most well-respected Militarum Tempestus regiments in the Imperium. This is in part because of the number of missions that they have fought alongside the Ultramarines -- to date they have made planetfall alongside the 2nd, 5th, 7th and 8th companies over their illustrious career. So close is the association between these Scions and the Space Marines that the Alphic Hydras have recently been permitted additional training grounds throughout the Ultramar sub-sector. Some within the Ordo Tempestus whisper that some of the regiment's best young Scions have even been recruited by the Adeptus Astartes and are now Initiates of the Chapter.The Scions of the 55th Alphic Hydras first went to war alongside the Sons of Guilliman on the Agri-World of Masali, where they aided the Ultramarines in purging the planet of Orks. Tempestor Prime Vallius Delt steered his regiment through the impassable Masali poison jungles and the vine-thorn deeps, around the flanks of a vast Greenskin mob, which they then funnelled right into the heart of an Ultramarines trap - bringing an end to the invasion with swift brutality. Chaplain Trajan of the Ultramarines 2nd Company observed that these humans fought with discipline, nobility and profound loyalty to the Ultramarines' orders, and it took little discussion for other Space Marines in the Chapter to recognise the value of the Scions.Before long the 55th Alphic Hydras were making repeated planetfalls with the Adeptus Astartes, at the Ultramarines' request. Their most recent success was a battle upon the Crone World of ldzyk II, where they formed a stealth unit to ambush and disable an Eldar Wraithknight, turning the tide of battle in favour of the Ultramarines.

55th Alphic Hydras - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 55th Alphic Hydras primarily wear drab grey fatigues, with gold-trimmed crimson Carapace Armour, as well as crimson knee guards and Omnishield Helms.

55th Alphic Hydras - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 55th Alphic Hydras has a twofold meaning. Firstly, it echoes a sigil form the Dark Age of Technology that has been linked to the Hydras ever since their inception. Yet it also harks back to Mount Charas, where the 55th maintain their training facilities.

55th Kappic Eagles - 55th Kappic Eagles: The 55th Kappic Eagles are an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus, who have won countless victories against the various multitude of the Imperium's foes. A contingent of Storm Troopers from this regiment were deployed to serve as the bodyguard of Inquisitor Katarinya Greyfax of the Ordo Hereticus. They became trapped with her for several standard centuries within a Tesseract Labyrinth as part of the Imperial "collection" of the Necron Lord Trazyn the Infinite. When Trazyn released Greyfax to aid the Imperial defence of Cadia against the Forces of Chaos just before its fall in 999.M41, they served with her in the final days of the 13th Black Crusade.

55th Kappic Eagles - Regimental History: The deeds of the 55th Kappic Eagles are legendary among the forces of the Militarum Tempestus. Tempestor Prime Magnus Krassus, whose brother is also renowned throughout the Ordo Tempestus, is a formidable soldier and an inspiration to thousands of new progena. Under Krassus' leadership, the 55th Kappic Eagles have won countless victories on behalf of the Ordo Tempestus.Few regiments of the Militarum Tempestus have achieved greater honours in war, and their deeds typify the obedience, excellence, and efficiency for which they are known. It was the 55th Kappic Eagles who boarded the Ork scrapship Scarfist and destroyed it, saving the Valtlax System. The 55th Kappic Eagles aided the Space Wolves of Erik Morkai's Great Company against Word Bearers upon Fellbrek III. These elite Militarum Tempestus soldiers were responsible for crippling the Crimson Slaughter strike force upon the Ybrekian Ice Worlds, and led the destruction of a traitor filled hive city upon the Vorrul Shrine World. When the legendary Ordo Tempestus relics, the Barbed Gauntlets of Avitus, had been stolen by Eldar from Craftworld Altansar, the Scions of the 55th Kappic Eagles were summoned to retrieve them. With vengeful purpose, the Eagles smashed through wave upon wave of Guardians in order to reclaim them.

55th Kappic Eagles - Notable Campaigns: Assault on the Scarfist (Unknown Date) - When the Ork Kill Kroozer Scarfist entered the Valdax System, planning its destruction became a top priority for the system's Imperial commanders. The ship was commandeered by the notorious Kaptain Troglazik, who led a highly vicious and highly destructive band of Ork Freebooterz outcasts. The 55th Kappic Eagles were despatched on a mission to bring a halt to the rampage of the Scarfist before its Freebooter crew could reach the Valdeax System. However, the mission was jeopardised when the elite Scions of the Militarum Tempestus, led by Tempestor Prime Magnus Krassus, unexpectedly found themselves up against the greenskins' own elites. The Militarum Tempestus warriors found themselves beset by dozens of Freebooter Kommandos and Stormboyz, some of the most cunning Orks in existence. At a single signal, the Scions altered their tactics, drawing the Orks towards the largest fight, as Tempestor Prime Krassus ordered his forces to split into two. Krassus remained with the majority of the Scions, who stood their ground against the greenskins. Tempestor Gerynus led a smaller team carrying promethium accelerator back through the Scarfist's air vents, making their way to the heart of the vessel, where they eventually cast the promethium accelerator into the fuel ducts of the massive warship. Racing against time, the Scions made a tactical withdrawal before the fuel system was compromised. As the Scions drew the Orks forces along with them, they detonated the last of their munitions, showering scrap and shrapnel upon the rising greenskin tide. Amidst a storm of fire from the Kill Kroozer's flak batteries, the Scions made good their escape aboard their Valkyrie assault carriers, as the Ork ship's fuel reserves finally began to overheat. The resulting explosions as the Scarfist ignited lit up the sector like a dying star.

55th Kappic Eagles - Notable Kappic Eagles: Tempestor Prime Magnus Krassus - Brother of Commissar Decius Krassus, Magnus is the Tempestor Prime of the 55th Kappic Eagles. A legendary commander amongst the Militarum Tempestus, he is renowned as a formidable soldier and leader who has led the 55th to countless victories and serves as an inspiration to thousands of new recruits of the Regiment's Schola Progenium.Tempestor Prime Caltus - Caltus served as the former Tempestor Prime of the 55th Kappic Eagles, leading several of his Scion squads alongside the 92nd Cadian Regiment's Delta Company, during the defence of the Imperial Hive of Alarum from an attack by the Dark Eldar Archon Witherchill and his Kabal of the Poisoned Tongue. During the final assault, Tempestor Prime Caltus and his Scions launched a daring lightning assault against the Dark Eldar high command, killing the Kabal's Archon and his elite Incubi bodyguard. However, the battle soon turned against the Astra Militarum forces, as they suffered massive casualties at the hands of the vicious Dark Eldar, including Delta Company's commanding officers. Tempestor Prime Caltus suffered an ignominious death, as his body was liquefied by a monstrous Grotesque. As the battle neared its finale, Tempestor Soth found himself the ranking officer in charge, and was forced to order the tactical retreat from the Hive in the face of imminent defeat.

55th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 55th Kappic Eagles primarily wear tan-coloured fatigues, with azure blue-coloured Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as azure blue-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. As optional headgear, sometimes these Scions will wear a red-coloured beret in lieu of their helms, when not on the battlefield.

55th Kappic Eagles - Regimental Badge: The vertical white bar of stone displayed upon the armour of the 55th Kappic Eagles is said to be an embodiment of their singular purity of purpose. Clear, cold, free from embellishment and individuality, this minimalist icon epitomises everything it means to be a Tempestus Scion of this renowned regiment.

55th Kappic Eagles - Sources: Codex: Militarum Tempestus (6th Edition), pp. 16, 32, 36-38White Dwarf Weekly 35 (UK) September 27, 2014, "The Razing of Hive Alarum," pg. 31, 39

5th Betan Tygers - 5th Betan Tygers: The 5th Betan Tygers are an elite Tempestus Scions regiment of the Militarum Tempestus. Little else is known about them in Imperial records.

5th Betan Tygers - Regimental History: The Tyger and the Bull (939.M41) - The Tempestus Scions of the 5th Betan Tygers scramble to defend the Ogryns of Drannon Prime from the massive Ork WAAAGH! that descends upon it.

5th Betan Tygers - Regimental Colours: The regimental colours of the 5th Betan Tygers are not listed in current Imperial records.

5th Betan Tygers - Regimental Badge: The regimental symbol of the 5th Betan Tygers is not listed in current Imperial records.

5th Black Crusade - 5th Black Crusade: Abaddon the Despoiler launched his 5th Black Crusade out of the Eye of Terror in 723.M36, one of his infamous incursions into the realms of the Imperium. The campaign is also remembered as the "Tide of Blood," "the Scouring of Elysia," and the "Black Crusade of Doombreed." Abaddon's forces scoured the Elysia Sector, raiding hundreds of worlds and causing untold death and destruction.On the world of Tarinth, the Despoiler lured the Warhawks and Venerators Chapters of Space Marines into the ruins of the ancient Imperial city of Kasyr Lutein where he trapped them between the Daemonic hordes of Khorne and the Heretic Astartes forces of the Black Legion.In a bitter last stand, both Loyalist Chapters were utterly destroyed, their skulls taken by the ancient Daemon Prince Doombreed, whose existence precedes that of the Imperium itself, to be mounted upon the mighty throne of Khorne.

5th Black Crusade - History: The 5th Black Crusade included among its many atrocities the scouring of the Elysia Sector of the Segmentum Obscurus, culminating in the destruction of the ancient Imperial city of Kasr Lutien on the world of Tarinth. Abaddon purposefully fomented Chaos invasions on a dozen worlds within the sector, entrusting the destruction of Imperial cities, shrines and temples to his warlords while using his Black Fleet to keep the Imperial Navy's Battlefleet Obscurus engaged in deep void skirmishes. It was Abaddon's intention to create a sector-wide conflict that would provoke a massive response from the Imperium and draw in Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes. His plans set in motion, Abaddon led the bulk of his Black Legion to the city of Kasr Lutien on the world of Tarinth, burning the great city to the ground and enslaving its people.When the Warhawks and Venerators Space Marines arrived on Tarinth in Chapter-size strength, they made an immediate assault upon Kasyr Lutien. At the same moment, Abaddon ordered the mass sacrifice of ten million Imperial citizens. Their blood funnelled via the city's great canals into a vast lake of gore. Above the lake, a rift into the Warp cracked open and the Daemon Prince Doombreed stepped into reality, howling in triumph.Abaddon had made a dark pact with Doombreed, promising it the skulls of an entire Chapter of Space Marines in return for its service. With thousands of Bloodletters pouring forth from the lake of blood, Doombreed waded into the ranks of the Warhawks and Venerators. The Black Legion then sprang their own trap, and from prepared positions across the city, they opened fire on the Loyalists, blocking their retreat. Though they fought without fear or respite, both Chapters fell that day, their warriors mutilated by the daemonic host and their gene-seed forever lost to the Imperium. The skulls of the fallen Space Marines were taken by Doombreed to be mounted upon the mighty throne of the Blood God.Among the forces mobilised against Doombreed was a contingent of Blood Angels aboard the Battle Barge Eclipse of Hope. The Battle Barge disappeared during the Crusade when the Blood Angels aboard sacrificed their own freedom to imprison Doombreed on the planet Pallevon.While the Imperial forces battled against Abaddon's assault, a Flawless Host warband led by squads of Possessed Chaos Space Marines tormented the Agri-worlds of Galvan II and Galvan IV. Not only did they smash their way through Imperial defence emplacements which were woefully undermanned as Abaddon's forces kept reinforcements from reaching the beleaguered worlds -- but they went on to horrifically massacre the populations of several cities. The Possessed raided Imperial temples and sacred shrines, seizing powerful artefacts of the Imperial Creed that Abaddon had requested of them. Not satisfied with all that they had taken, Flawless Host destroyed both worlds' orbital shipyards and major manufactoria before leaving orbit with their prizes, delivering a critical blow to the Imperium during a dark hour.In truth, while the Chaos victories were savoured in their own right by the Warmaster of Chaos and his dark servants, their purpose had also been to loosen the psychic equilibrium in the Elysia Sector. Each act of violation and violent horror shattered the divide between the Warp and realspace that prevented an increase in psychic mutation in that part of the galaxy. In truth, the 5th Black Crusade, like all the Black Crusades before the 13th, was intended to further weaken the barriers between the mortal realm and the Warp, in the hopes of eventually giving birth to the Great Rift and the final destruction of the Emperor's domain.

62nd Rhoin Cobras - 62nd Rhoin Cobras: The 62nd Rhoin Cobras is an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus that hails from the Jungle World of Skell II.

62nd Rhoin Cobras - Regimental History: Though they generally practice an emotionless resolve in battle, it is said that the Scions of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras have a particular detestation for any of the foul forces in the galaxy that utilise sorcery. When a warband of Thousand Sons came to attack their former Schola Progenium facilities on the jungle-covered world of Skell II, the Scions of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras came to the planet's aid. The entire 190-strong regiment of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras had been stationed on the orbital space station, engaged in training and monoscope debriefing from a recent mission, when reports came of the crisis. Their ships descended to landing platforms within the nearby jungle, and Taurox Primes rolled out to meet the onslaught of the Rubric Marines.The Scions reached the fortifications of the Schola Progenium in time to see clouds of swirling sorcery above it. Activating a series of munitions, they blasted their way in, and poured into the corridors. Traitors battled against Scions in the darkness. The confines were lit up with muzzle flashes and the red streaks of hot-shot weaponry. The Sorcerer's magic disrupted all vox-communication and the Militarum Tempestus' slate monitrons. Tempestor Prime Vallarix Thetus' knowledge of the ancient facilities remained robust even after many years. From his memory of the passageways and by signing orders to his men, Thetus coordinated an overwhelming strike by his Scions upon the Sorcerer. The fiend finally vanished in a cloud of foul smoke. Half the 62nd Rhoin Cobras had died during the fighting, but thanks to Thetus, all the Schola's future Scions had been saved.

62nd Rhoin Cobras - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 62nd Rhoin Cobras primarily wear dark green-coloured fatigues, with jade green-coloured Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as jade green-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. As optional headgear, sometimes these Scions will wear a black-coloured beret in lieu of their helms, when not on the battlefield.

62nd Rhoin Cobras - Regimental Badge: The 62nd Rhoin Cobras bear the regimental symbol known as the Serpentia Vigilant. Rumours abound that some latent wording property is associated with this icon, for the regiment's disdain of pysker witchery is well documented. Whether there is any truth to this claim, however, seems unlikely.

63rd Expeditionary Fleet - 63rd Expeditionary Fleet: The 63rd Expeditionary Fleet was one of the Imperium of Man's interstellar military expeditions sent out as part of the Emperor of Mankind's Great Crusade to reunite all the human-settled worlds of the Milky Way Galaxy under his rule during the late 30th and early 31st Millenniums. The 63rd Expedition was commanded by the Primarch and Warmaster Horus of the Luna Wolves (later renamed the Sons of Horus) Space Marine Legion.It formed the core of the Traitor forces that would challenge the Emperor for control of the Imperium during the terrible interstellar civil war known as the Horus Heresy. The 63rd Expeditionary Fleet's attached Imperial Army contingent included the Byzant Janizars, commanded by Lord Commander Hektor Varvarus. The 63rd Expedition was also assisted by the powerful Legio Mortis Titan Legion as well as Horus' massive flagship, the Gloriana-class Battleship Vengeful Spirit. The fleet was known to also contain at least 10 Light Cruisers and 5 mass conveyances for the Legio Mortis Titans.

68th Deltic Lions - 68th Deltic Lions: The 68th Deltic Lions is an elite and renowned Tempestus Scions regiment of the Ordo Tempestus. They have garnered a reputation for being a hardy and resilient regiment -- having proven an ability to endure highly toxic Zone Mortalis warzones -- and have fought in some of the most horrific conditions throughout the galaxy. They have also earned renown for being experts at fighting the daemonic minions of the Plague God Nurgle, having faced those plague-ridden nightmares in multiple campaigns.

68th Deltic Lions - Regimental History: The 68th Deltic Lions are well-known for their ability to endure some of the most toxic worlds in the Imperium. Indeed, numerous noxious quagmires have proven to have little effect upon their bodies. Where other regiments have perished upon planets ravaged by plagues, the Deltic Lions have survived some of the most virulent contagions in the galaxy. Their renowned immunity has led to them being summoned regularly when the Inquisition's Ordo Malleus suspects the minions of the Plague God, Nurgle, are at work in a war zone. However, their resilience against disease has also made the 68th Deltic Lions objects of curiosity for Grandfather Nurgle himself, and he often sends his daemons to investigate the Scions in this uniquely horrifying manner.As such, the 68th Deltic Lions possess a long and glorious history of combatting Nurgle's forays into the galaxy. With a sequence of blistering strikes, they destroyed a Cult of Nurgle on Hive World Mularion before their foulness could spread to the rest of the populace. On the ring world of Avatroid, the Scions fought alongside the Space Marines of the Aurora Chapter -- together, they controlled a burgeoning daemonic incursion and destroyed the infected citizens, saving the majority of Avatoid's populace.

68th Deltic Lions - Notable Campaigns: Defence of the Scams Sector (Unknown Date) - Perhaps the 68th Deltic Lions' greatest victory came against a warband of The Purge who attacked their Schola Progenium facility in the Scams Sector. Having rushed back to the defence of their Schola's progena, the Scions utilised decoy units to lure the corpulent Chaos Space Marines into a nearby ice ravine where the deep snow and cold confounded the traitors' movement. Surrounding Scions opened fire with overlapping fields of ruby-red hotshot fire and incinerated the threat. Ever since that day, a small garrison of the Deltic Lions remains attached to the Schola Progenium, vigilantly checking the skies for further visits from Nurgle's minions to ensure their Schola is safe.Vindication of Brellius (Unknown Date) - When a huge incursion of plague-carrying Daemons invaded the ringworld of Avatroid, the 68th Deltic Lions were summoned to the Avatroid System to assist. A small force of the Aurora Chapter had diverted from their mission to investigate a Warp rift which had opened there, but the daemonic surge from within soon proved beyond even their ability to control. The Space Marines sent an astropathic request for aid, and a large contingent of the 68th Deltic Lions arrived swiftly. Fighting alongside the Aurora Chapter, they drove the daemonic forces back towards the rift, which lay in a quarantined sector of the city that would be destroyed from space. Imperial citizens -- or soldiers -- who showed symptoms of the plague were to be either killed outright or driven into that same quarantined section. Dividing into two separate contingents, the 68th Deltic Lions each linked up with two of the Aurora Chapter. Once both forces linked up, the Imperials began the systematic purge, and drove the Daemons down the streets of the ringworld, pushing them into the quarantined zone. They were soon set upon by a massive daemonic counter-strike of Plague Drones and Rot Flies with their Plaguebearer riders swarming around the Space Marines. More Plaguebearers and Nurglings oozed from nearby building to surround the Scions, isolating them further. Then a Great Unclean One, a Greater Daemon of Nurgle, lumbered out of the atrium of a hab-block and lurched towards the Scions' commander, Tempestor Brellius. Though the commander fought bravely against the Greater Daemon, he was no match for its massive bulk and sheer power. With a great strike of its massive plague sword, the Daemon struck the Tempestor, throwing him from his feet and severing his breathing apparatus. Brellius only managed to survive, when fierce combined hot-shot fire of the remaining squads drove the Greater Daemon away from the fallen commander. One of the hitherto untouchable 68th Deltic Lions had now succumbed to one of Nurgle's diseases. Brellius still had orders, and so he concealed his suffering from his fellow Tempestus troopers. The Imperial forces continued to push the Daemons back towards the quarantined zone, but soon realised there was once more avenue of escape. Someone needed to stay at the perimeter to keep the infected throng in place. Whoever remained would surely die in the blast. Still concealing his bilious coughs and bleeding eyes, Tempestor Brellius volunteered himself. The doomed Tempestor valiantly fought the horde of daemons, pouring hot-shot gunfire into the Daemons and citizens who threatened to spill from the quarantine zone. A minute later the Space Marine Strike Cruiser fired its colossal lasers, and a whole sector of the ringworld became a raging inferno.

68th Deltic Lions - Regimental Colours: The Tempestus Scions of the 68th Deltic Lions primarily wear red-coloured fatigues, with black-coloured Carapace Armour with silver-coloured trim, as well as black-coloured knee guards, Slate Monitron and Omnishield Helms. Parts of their carapace armour have red-coloured stripes along the edges. A red-coloured stripe runs vertically down the left side of the faceplate of the Scions' omnishield helms.

68th Deltic Lions - Regimental Badge: The provenance of the symbol born by the 68th Deltic Lions is unclear. Some believe it to be an ancient Terran symbol associated with victory in the face of misfortune. If so this would certainly seem apt, for the Lions have endured and achieved victory amid some of the most horrific conditions in the galaxy.

6th Black Crusade - 6th Black Crusade: 6th Black CrusadeEye of Terrorforces of ChaosHorus HeresyWarmasterChaosAbaddon the DespoilerDuring this campaign, Abaddon visited his wrath upon the treacherous warband of Chaos Space Marines known as the Sons of the Eye.The Sons of the Eye were a splinter warband of the Black Legion, founded and commanded by the Chaos Lord Drecarth the Sightless, the Blind Butcher of Irridous VII.Drecarth was a former battle-brother of the Sons of Horus who had fought alongside Abaddon during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy that followed.Always jealous of the Primarch Horus' favour for the Despoiler, the Sons of the Eye considered Abaddon a usurper when he took command of the XVI Legion following the Slave Wars in the Eye of Terror.Abaddon aided the Sons of the Eye in an assault on the Forge World of Arkreach during the 6th Black Crusade, the Black Legion fighting side-by-side with them until the Adeptus Mechanicus defenders were finally crushed.The triumphant Abaddon then slowly killed Drecarth, impaling him with the Talon of Horus, even as the Despoiler made his victim watch every member of the Sons of the Eye bow before their new master.

6th Black Crusade - History: When Ezekyle Abaddon ascended to command of the Sons of Horus following the Slave Wars in the Eye of Terror in the mid-31st Millennium, not every warrior of the XVI th Lrgion swore allegiance to him.Many of the Traitors clung to their worship of Horus as a god, believing that he would one day return to lead them and punish those who had forsaken their oaths.Others considered the Horus Heresy to be the end of their subservience to gods and masters; the Emperor and their slain primarch were the last overlords they would ever bow down to and they saw no reason to make an exception for Abaddon.Most of these Renegades were gradually lost to the Warp, disappearing into the Eye and vanishing from record, though some prospered and would return to be a thorn in the side of the Despoiler at a later date.One of these splinter warbands was the Sons of the Eye, led by the Chaos Lord Drecarth the Sightless. Drecarth had formed the Sons of the Eye out of those Sons of Horus who refused Abaddon's oath. A former battle-brother of Abaddon's, Drecarth had been one of Horus' captains, escaping in the chaos after the Sons of Horus' Daemon World of Maeleum fell to the Emperor's Children during the Slave Wars.Drecarth and his warband fled deeper into the Eye, only to return time and again to launch raids against multiple Daemon Worlds as well as other Renegade warbands.They initiated the Battle of Keening Deep in 892.M32, where the Sons of the Eye defeated the Chaos Lord Voslok and his World Eaters warband, claiming their fortress and hurling their foes' skulls into the world's soulfires. Drecarth personally ripped Voslok's Daemon Axe from his grip during the battle, turning the treacherous weapon upon its former master.Abaddon had heard whispers of Drecarth's escape and treachery from his cabal of Chaos Sorcerers, who also claimed that an old ally would one day rise to subvert the newborn Black Legion, twisting its loyalty with the memory of its dead Primarch Horus.So, under the guise of a truce, Abaddon made a pact with the Sons of the Eye and allied with them during the 6th Black Crusade in 901.M36.Abaddon wanted to make an example out of the Sons of the Eye, one that would serve as a dire warning to any that would consider challenging his power, but he needed to set the stage for his vengeance so that none would ever doubt his resolve.During the campaign of the 6th Black Crusade, Abaddon besieged the Imperial Forge World of Arkreach, offering Drecarth and his Sons of the Eye an equal share of the plunder. For solar months, the two forces of Chaos Space Marines fought side-by-side against the defences of the Adeptus Mechanicus, bombarding their great forge cities from space.Finally, the Traitors stood triumphant in the smouldering ruins of the great manufactoria, Mechanicus dead littering the ground. As Drecarth extended his hand in greeting, Abaddon grasped it with his own, only to thrust the claws of the Talon of Horus into his fellow Chaos Lord's gut.Drecarth lived just long enough to see the Sons of the Eye bow to Abaddon and be reabsorbed into the Black Legion before the new Warmaster of Chaos tore out his skull and spine.Thus did Abaddon deliver a dire warning to any who dared challenge his power.