Purifiers

[Colonel Falkenberg]

Alrighty.. here is the start of the fluff for my chapter. I can thank forum member Chapter Master Ignis Domus for giving me the name "purifiers" for my space marines. After doing some reading I've put a few ideas together for some basic history. Nothing really indepth, but a base for more thoughts and mussings.... I do plan to post a couple of pictures once I get the 1st 500 pts painted.

 

 

Chapter Name: Purifiers

 

Chapter Number: 901 (The Star scorpions were chapter 888 and were a 25th founding if your wondering where I got the number from)

 

Chapter Origin: Founded during the 25th founding using Utramarine succesor geneseed in responce to the increased threat of Necron and Dark Eldar activity.

 

Homeworld: None. Recruits among the feral worlds along the Centarus arm.

 

Fortress-Monestary: Fleetbased chapter operating in Segmentum Ultima near the Easter Fringe.

 

Main Colours: Black with red helmets, pauldrons, & backpacks.

 

chapter Symbol: still working on that.

 

Specialty: Drop pods & Thunderhawks. 1st Company evenly split between Terminator squads and Sternguard / Vanguard squads. High use of speeders in Assault squads.

 

Motto: "Immundus Purificatur" - the unclean shall be purified

 

Notable Battles: Took part in the Zeist Campaign, heeding the Ultrmarine request for aid.

*Info from the Lexicanum states - " Forces from the Night Watch, Halo Dragons, Silver Skulls, Sable Swords, Crimson Fists, Iron Lords, Aurora Chapter, Eagle Warriors and the Knights of the Raven, as well as many others, had all joined the Ultramarines in the attack on Augura." I figured that this was a safe bet to include since the other chapters are not named.

 

As the chapter is under 1500 years old, it is still rather new and still looking to establish it's self. The Purifiers are a Codex chapter but do not tolerate non-humans very well. This galaxy is for humanity as the Emperor intended. The Eldar, Tau, Ork, and Necron are the unclean and must be purified and cleansed.

 

There it is, any and all thoughts are welcome!

[Ecritter]

My Sons love purifying the unclean, join us :pirate:

[snorkle]

Good to see another chapter join the good fight :pirate:

 

For a symbol I think something with flames would look good, seeing as flames purify everything they touch. To go with that you could use lots of flame weaponry if you like, as (to me at least) it would fit well with their name. I don't think that any marines tolerate nonhumans too well, especially the factions you mentioned, so I think that point is unnecessary.

Hope I could help.

[Roma]

Yay go on!

I had a chapter called the purificators!

[Colonel Falkenberg]

Still looking for a symbol for these guys, If I could do free hand worth a damn it would not matter to much. I like the flames idea... fire is always good for purifying. I took a look at some of the decal sheets available here and I'm leaning towards using the red legion symbol. It fits with the theme of my chapter and since there is nothing writen about the red legion besides their name... they can go pound salt if theyt don't like it. :rolleyes:

[Roma]

Worst case scenario, use the skull decalls. About fifty chapters use those so its ok.

[gil galed]

Still looking for a symbol for these guys, If I could do free hand worth a damn it would not matter to much. I like the flames idea... fire is always good for purifying. I took a look at some of the decal sheets available here and I'm leaning towards using the red legion symbol. It fits with the theme of my chapter and since there is nothing writen about the red legion besides their name... they can go pound salt if theyt don't like it. :D

 

go for a chalice with flames coming out of it... there are chalice transfers right?

 

~Gil :)

[Ferrata]

The vulture is linked to purification according to this quite useful website. So a talon or birds head might work well as a symbol.

 

Chapter Origin: Founded during the 25th founding using Utramarine succesor geneseed in responce to the increased threat of Necron and Dark Eldar activity.

The Necrons were not a known force at the time of the 25th Founding. Whilst we had had contact with one of their fleets, the Imperium did not know them as Necrons nor as a unified race.

[Colonel Falkenberg]

The vulture is linked to purification according to this quite useful website. So a talon or birds head might work well as a symbol.

 

Chapter Origin: Founded during the 25th founding using Utramarine succesor geneseed in responce to the increased threat of Necron and Dark Eldar activity.

The Necrons were not a known force at the time of the 25th Founding. Whilst we had had contact with one of their fleets, the Imperium did not know them as Necrons nor as a unified race.

 

 

I took that quote from the Lexicanum on the 25th founding. Other than that site I have not read any other info on that founding. Do you know of anymore sources?

[gil galed]

The vulture is linked to purification according to this quite useful website. So a talon or birds head might work well as a symbol.

 

Chapter Origin: Founded during the 25th founding using Utramarine succesor geneseed in responce to the increased threat of Necron and Dark Eldar activity.

The Necrons were not a known force at the time of the 25th Founding. Whilst we had had contact with one of their fleets, the Imperium did not know them as Necrons nor as a unified race.

 

 

I took that quote from the Lexicanum on the 25th founding. Other than that site I have not read any other info on that founding. Do you know of anymore sources?

 

the sticky'd time line in this forum is the best, very good with dates. :wallbash:

 

~Gil

[Ferrata]

Which quote is this? The 25th Founding occured in the latter half of m.40. The Necrons didn't arrive as a force until very late m.41 :pinch:

[Banelord]

Which quote is this? The 25th Founding occured in the latter half of m.40. The Necrons didn't arrive as a force until very late m.41 :pinch:

 

 

 

I’ve had the same problem, the confusion comes straight from the Time Line ;) :

 

Founding Year Date Reason

25th M40 700.M40 WD248 suggests and potentially in response to Necron and Dark Eldar activity in middle of M40

 

Like I said before its down to hindsight. I’m guessing at the time they didn’t know it was a Necron fleet but they still must have considered it a major threat and its activity must have been recorded. It probably was not until after 897.M41 that they put 2 and 2 together and thought that it must/could have been Necron activity. So in hindsight it would have been reasonable to suggest that the Necrons are only one of the reasons for the 25th founding. :)

[Colonel Falkenberg]

Which quote is this? The 25th Founding occured in the latter half of m.40. The Necrons didn't arrive as a force until very late m.41 :D

 

Crap. I can't find that quote now... but I did read it. Promise! Anyway the necrons (as told by lexicanum... for what it's worth) were sited 666.M40 in the Yuctan incident.

http://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Yuctan_system

 

Now I'll be all day trying to find that info again... not that it really matters in the grand sceme of things, but it would be nice to have. Should of bookmarked it the first time. ;)

 

 

Edit; I should of read the next post. I guess I don't have to hunt anymore. :rolleyes:

[Ferrata]

This is where there is a little bit of grey area - there was contact with the Necron fleet, but this seemed to purely Space-borne and it wasn't for 1000 years later that a land army was encountered. I know the Time Line suggest this could be a reason for the 25th founding, but that was someone elses work and I personally disagree with the conclusion. You could always ignore which species of Xenos and simply state Xenos. Sometimes people forget the little guys out there that only inhabitat a handful of systems at most.

[chuk dred]

seems pretty straight forward. I would perhaps suggest a subtle name change as "purifiers" are a new grey knight unit and you may wish to make your new chapter something with its own identity.

Good luck brother!

[Chapter Master Ignis Domus]

Hush, hush. The Purifiers have been around for much longer than the new Grey Knights. I think GW stole the idea from me. :(

[CantonWC]

I will throw in my two pence.

 

Main Colours: Black with red helmets, pauldrons, & backpacks.

 

Hmm, black and red. Octavulg will cry delicious tears when he hears of this :)

 

As the chapter is under 1500 years old, it is still rather new and still looking to establish it's self.

 

The common era (real life) is a little over 2,000 years now. They're not young anymore. If they're still looking to establish themselves, what have they been doing all this time?

 

The Purifiers are a Codex chapter but do not tolerate non-humans very well. This galaxy is for humanity as the Emperor intended. The Eldar, Tau, Ork, and Necron are the unclean and must be purified and cleansed.

 

Pretty much par for the course. You would be hard pressed to find any Astartes that does NOT hate the alien.

 

So have you come up with anything new? what's at the core of this Chapter? Describe them in one sentence.

[Colonel Falkenberg]

Nothing new fluff wise I must admit. Been concentrating on getting painting done since I'm not home that much. I just completed my roughrider conversion using scout bikes... now they need paint, and I just finished painting my second IG platoon for an upcoming game this weekend. I'm still deciding which army I plan to use in the campaign the group is going to run... IG or SM. :lol:

 

Anyway, working out of town most of the year tends to leave a backlog of projects needing finishing, I'll have to sit down and write some more fluff on the chapter... one thing I have been toying with is adding a Fellblade for Apoc games, that's after I pick up a Stormlord for my IG. I was thinking it would have been found and salvaged by the Chapter techmarines. Depending on what type I went with would determin which legion it came from, and that of course could raise issues with those succesor chapters. Anyway it's another project on the burner.

[Colonel Falkenberg]

Need to change the fluff.. bought the BA codex today and downloaded the FAQ/update from GW. I guess my model of Telion will have to find a spot on the shelf

somewhere...

[Olis]

I'm surprised CMID hasn't popped up yet. :tu:

[Colonel Falkenberg]

I'm surprised CMID hasn't popped up yet. ;)

 

You got me on that one... CMID???

[Heru]

I'm surprised CMID hasn't popped up yet. ;)

 

You got me on that one... CMID???

The guy you reference in your first post. :)

[Olis]

I'm surprised CMID hasn't popped up yet. :)

 

You got me on that one... CMID???

 

Ah, my apologies for not being clearer - Chapter Master Ignis Domus. It's a bit of a keyboard-ful so he has the dubious honour of having his own acronym. :D

[Colonel Falkenberg]

I'm surprised CMID hasn't popped up yet. :)

 

You got me on that one... CMID???

 

Ah, my apologies for not being clearer - Chapter Master Ignis Domus. It's a bit of a keyboard-ful so he has the dubious honour of having his own acronym. :D

 

 

ahh... all is clear. :D

[Talthus]

I don't know if you are still working on this, but I felt I should pipe up as the name is too good to let fade into the warp. First things first though. Lets look at your chosen name: Purifiers.

 

A quck look at dictionary.com comes up with the following definition;

 

PURIFY

pu·ri·fy   

verb (used with object)

1.

to make pure; free from anything that debases, pollutes, adulterates, or contaminates: to purify metals.

2.

to free from foreign, extraneous, or objectionable elements: to purify a language.

3.

to free from guilt or evil.

4.

to clear or purge (usually followed by of or from ).

5.

to make clean for ceremonial or ritual use.

verb (used without object)

6.

to become pure.

 

Going from the definition, why would the Purifiers be named the Purifiers? Well perhaps they seek to purify an Imperium they see as unclean with the filth of the heretic and xeno, bringing Holy flame and bolt shell as cleansers. Perhaps they are extremely devout followers of the Imperial Creed, going so far as to participating in Wars of Faith alongside the Ecclesiarchy.

 

This line of thinking could go so far as the Purifiers purging any mutant populous they come across, even if the established Imperial authorities on the planet are lenient with the muties. They would refuse to fight alongside abhumans such as ogryns and ratlings, and may even come to blows with those who would sanction their use.

 

They could focus on the purity of their geneseed, throwing out zygotes other chapters would be perfectly willing to implant into an aspirant, such is their belief in genetic purity. They could even refuse to fight alongside Chapters they see as degenerate, such as the Blood Angels and their successors, the Raven Guard, and of course the Space Wolves.

 

As to their chapter symbol, how about a burning torch? What better way to purify than with fire? Torches start fires...

 

These ideas are all really hard line and perhaps you don't want to go this way. The Imperium is a rough and dark place though, who better to bring purifying light to the benighted masses of the Imperium than the mighty Purifiers? :D

 

Hope some of this will help...