Lord_Hail Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 I have a friend and every time i see him he starts this debate with me. Did the DA, ever have an axe in their imagry? I think that the sword that the Deathwing's symbol is Jonsons' sword that broke in the battle (hence till the sword is reforged), but my friend (with a lot o french a few occasions) says i'm wrong and that Deathwings symbol was an axe and i'm crazy. Please settle this for me, (even though he still won't belive me after reading this, i just want a nail in the coffin.) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Master Neo Posted August 26, 2010 Share Posted August 26, 2010 as far as i am aware before th deathwing we the deathing they used the same symbol as every other dark angel then when they became the deathwing they took on the current symbol. i could be wrong but i'm pretty sure there has never been an axe in deathwing imagery Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2498006 Share on other sites More sharing options...
dynamicspartan Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 It's always been the sword. We aren't the Dark Hunters we are the Dark Angels. We use swords not axes. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2499288 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Tyler Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 I can't recall any time from the Rogue Trader era (1st edition) to now when it wasn't a sword. Does your friend have any official material that backs up his assertion? Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2499300 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rain Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Your friend curses you out because you refuse to share his delusion about the symbol of an imaginary group of homicidal monk-soldiers? Interesting friends you have :) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2499421 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord_Hail Posted August 29, 2010 Author Share Posted August 29, 2010 ya, i have interesting friends. No he has nothing to back up his crazed point (belive choas is envolved.....) Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2499654 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brother Kovash Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 If the Legion had all succumbed to Chaos, then maybe an axe would make sense. As others have already stated, the sword is what it always has been. Would some of the Fallen also use the sword as their marking? Sounds interesting. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2499675 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemal Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Might have been an army badge/campaign badge rather than a chapter marking - ever since RT as Bro T indicated. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2501193 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gillyfish Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 I have been in this hobby a fair old while now and I have never seen an axe used to denote the Deathwing. Always a sword. Maybe (as was suggested above) it was an army badge. But back when the original Deathwing-specific terminators were released they had a winged skull as their army badge and sword for the Chapter heraldry. Hmm, I wonder if he's thinking of the personal heraldry of the Plains World terminators? One of those might have included an axe and the Librarian carried a force axe I believe. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2501195 Share on other sites More sharing options...
Epistolario Konorr Vordan Posted September 5, 2010 Share Posted September 5, 2010 Maybe your friend confused the symbol of the company with an army symbol or other symbol to be used as the current Pervigilium. Link to comment https://bolterandchainsword.com/topic/209391-background-question-about-deathwing/#findComment-2504668 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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