The Righteous Brotherhood (Successor fluff)

[Djulius]

Work in Progress, not familiar with all the fluff and lore, but here's my thoughts on my successors:

 

 

“Honour is an ethereal concept which many seek, and few achieve. For many that seek honour it is the reason to exist; and to have it questioned or even denied would drive many to desperate, even unforgivable acts. A lucky few realised that ‘bestowed honour’ was a currency exploited by those seeking power and control over them; that the only honour that matters is that which is self-bestowed through knowledge of deed and intent.

 

"As with any chapter descended of the Dark Angels, Leonidas’ chapter would be classified as one of ‘the Unforgiven’; however as the Astartes records about his particular chapter had been expunged millennia previously no record of them existed to be so classified. They suspected however that some knowledge of them remained on the Rock and that surely they weren't completely forgotten.

 

"Even in the chapter all but a few, known as the inner circle, had either forgotten or never even known the Chapter’s original name used back in the age when honour had been bestowed on them on a regular basis. Leonidas knew as did Plutarch, the chapter’s epistolary Librarian; but they had both resigned themselves to the fact that it may as well be forgotten completely as the hope of one day resurrecting it, together with the chapter’s reputation, was a futile dream.

 

"As far as official records would have shown, had they existed, the chapter was destroyed completely during the destruction of their home planet of Caliban. Their disappearance raised concerns and following an inadequate investigation their records had been expunged due to rumours that they had somehow been turned, like many others, by chaotic influences into an act of betrayal; however Dark Angels' records might have shown that, shortly before the return of Lion El'Johnson, a small specialist chapter known as the 'Rangers of Caliban' had been despatched by Luther from Caliban to investigate ###. They might, had such records not evaporated under the bombardment that destroyed Caliban - if they even existed in the first place.

 

"As all records of them that might have suggested their innocence and, more importantly, loyalty now no longer existed all they could hope to now achieve was to demonstrate their true status through their acts and deeds.

 

"So the chapter was to all effects outcast by history and would most likely be treated as renegade should their day of reckoning arrive. Worse were fragments of rumours that had somehow reached them thorough snippets of psychic thoughts that Leonidas and Plutarch were being hunted by their (former?) brethren for reasons not clear to them. Given that they now operated on the fringe of a massive universe, for x years the chance of their discovery had seemed an almost impossible likelihood; however the universe was a dynamic maelstrom of war and conflict and they knew their luck would eventually run out.

 

"All they could do was to continue the lonely quest for their own, self-bestowed honour. By doing so their lore, their memories and what they knew in their hearts satisfied them that they had nothing to be forgiven for; so nothing to answer for to any who would judge them. That’s why they now simply called themselves 'the Righteous Brotherhood' ".

 

Any similarity to the 'A-team' back-story is purely accidental ;-)

Feedback on anything that conflicts lore would be appreciated. Images showing controversial colour scheme to follow.

[Djulius]

OK - no replies, but I can guess as a newb to DA, now having read a bit more since writing it, that as my timelines are all over the place people are probably being kind by not replying ;-)

(I really should have done my research before writing it, I was bored on a long train journey)

 

So I can rework this into something vaguely consistent with the core fluff I have some specific questions:

 

a) Am I correct in successor's weren't established until after everything went wrong, and in DA terms Caliban had already been destroyed?.

 

b.) Is there an alternative scenario that could lead to my group being MIA at the time of the destruction of Caliban? What force structure/entity could there be that Luther sent on a mission to get them off the planet so his betrayal might work? (Needs elements of DW,RW & Green)

 

c) If no reasonable explanation for b.), is there another MIA explanation later in the timeline that would work, perhaps for a newly established successor chapter getting lost and assumed renegade?

 

I want my army to fundamentally be good, if maybe misunderstood. Colour schemes are not conventional (i.e. minimal bone in DW) and they don't feel they need to be forgiven by anyone.

 

Your help and experience with such matters would be much appreciated, in return I'll post some pics of my work in progress on 2 boxes worth of DV (I'd better as I just pledged to do them).

[facmanpob]

Unfortunately I can't resist the temptation to ask if your Righteous Brotherhood have lost that lovin' feelin'? Sorry!

a) Am I correct in successor's weren't established until after everything went wrong, and in DA terms Caliban had already been destroyed?.

Yes, successors weren't established until the formal agreement by the remaining Primarchs to implement Guilliman's Codex Astartes. Until that time, the Legions were still operating as Legions.

b.) Is there an alternative scenario that could lead to my group being MIA at the time of the destruction of Caliban? What force structure/entity could there be that Luther sent on a mission to get them off the planet so his betrayal might work? (Needs elements of DW,RW & Green)

There's always a plausible reason ..... after all, Magnus sent a company of 1000 Sons away from Prospero shortly before the Wolves arrived.

c) If no reasonable explanation for b.), is there another MIA explanation later in the timeline that would work, perhaps for a newly established successor chapter getting lost and assumed renegade?

There are several accounts of Space Marine chapters entering the Eye of Terror and being assumed lost, the most famous being the Relictors, who were declared Excommunicate Traitoris and fled into the Eye of Terror, even though they were still fighting against Chaos at the time.

I want my army to fundamentally be good, if maybe misunderstood. Colour schemes are not conventional (i.e. minimal bone in DW) and they don't feel they need to be forgiven by anyone.

In which case you should read up on the list of Unforgiven, as the Angels of Absolution do not feel the same sense of guilt over the Fallen as the other Unforgiven do. Good luck :tu:

[Djulius]

Thanks Facmanpob... or should that be FAQmanpob. I did note the Angels of Absolution fluff in the new codex gave that impression. I've also noted another thread about whether renegades/lost/mia are treated same as Fallen.

 

Will probably rework it on the basis of a MIA successor being treated as renegade, although can still work in some strand back to the betrayal of Luther. What's the best book, apart from the codex, that covers the main legion background?

[facmanpob]

Well, there are a few books out there, and this is a short, non-exhaustive list:

 

Heresy era novels - Descent of Angels, Fallen Angels

Heresy era short stories - Call of the Lion (Tales of Heresy anthology), Savage Weapons (Age of Darkness anthology), The Lion (The Primarchs anthology)

 

40k era novels - The Purging of Kadillus, Angels of Darkness, Ravenwing

40k era short stories - Deathwing, Unforgiven (both in the Deathwing anthology)

 

Of the heresy era stuff, the short stories are much, much better than the novels, unfortunately. All of the 40k era stuff listed is good, and the novels essentially follow on from each other in the order listed.