Angels Amaranthine

[alanmckenzie]

Angels Amaranthine

Hi folks, thanks for reading. Around September last year I rediscovered 40k after a 14 year break (stopped around the 3rd ed release or shortly afterwards). After painting a few models for fun (was always more of a painter/modeller than a player), I began to get sucked in again and decided to start building an army with a view to start playing. I decided to go for Blood Angels but wanted to create my own successor chapter, mostly to allow myself greater freedom with regards to painting and modelling. Now, last year I put together a very brief outline for my chapter's background, but now I have around 1250pts painted up and am about to start getting some games together, I'd quite like to possibly pad some of this fluff out a bit. I've missed a lot of the official fluff that's been released during the years that I was absent and I have only read a handful Black Library, so I would really appreciate it if some of you guys wouldn't mind taking a quick look at what I've got so far and give me your opinions as to whether it all sounds reasonable and feasable and such. Also, some suggestions with regards to names, or places, or anything, would be most welcome.

Initially this fluff was deliberately a bit short and vague because I wanted a bit of freedom with it, but, like I say, I'd like to pad it out a bit now. Originally I had considered going with the Angels Vermillion simply because of their very limited and vaguely secretive background. I really only didn't go with them because I wanted a white chapter symbol instead of black. Purely for asthetics. Anyways, here they are...... Angels Amaranthine!

Let me know what you think. Thanks.

Angels Amaranthine


am·a·ran·thine
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or resembling the amaranth (an imaginary flower that never fades)
2. Eternally beautiful and unfading; everlasting.
3. Deep purple-red.

Name: Angels Amaranthine

Founding Chapter: Blood Angels

Home world: (need a name?). Now a dead world.

Founding: 3rd Founding (M32). Unconfirmed

Last known Chapter Master: (need a name?)

Specialties: Deep-strike actions; assault-oriented; close range firefights

Status: Unknown. Presumed lost.



Birth

Believed to have been sired by the Blood Angels during the 3rd Founding around the same time that the Flesh Tearers Chapter were also founded.

Despite being dubbed “The Everlasting”, created as they were in the image of their founding chapter and to continue the pure Blood Angels gene-line for eternity, they are believed to have existed for less than 3 millennia. Quite in keeping with their moniker however, Angels Amaranthine, were known to enjoy extremely long lifespans, even for descendants Sanguinius. In their short history, there were at least 5 Brothers known to have lived over 1000 years. This included their last known Chapter Master __________.

Home planet _______ found East of Baal on the fringes of Ultima Segmentum, almost within what is known as the Ghoul Stars region


Decline

The Angels Amaranthine were the first Chapter to respond to the threat from the Ghoul Stars known as the Pale Wasting. Such was the speed and ferocity of the sudden incursion, that by time the Chapter's only battle barge “The Immortal” could return home, the planet ________ was lost, along with a large proportion of the young chapter's marines.

The remnants of the already small chapter, The Immortal, and those on board believed to include much of the 1st, 3rd and 5th companies, fought furiously in revenge for their ruined home and lost Brothers. Indeed, they were still fighting fiercely and strongly, holding the border of Ultima Segmentum when they were finally joined in battle by the Novamarines and ten other Space Marine chapters.

After the long fought defeat and routing of the star spawned plague incursion, The Immortal was unaccounted for. Presumed destroyed, though no eyewitness accounts of the destruction of the battle barge were ever recorded and no wreckage ever recovered. ________ remains a dead world to this day.

It is a favoured belief among the Blood Angels and their successor chapters that The Immortal was not destroyed and in fact the ship, and battle brothers aboard in all their great rage pursued the enemy deep into the Ghoul Stars and fought eternally, endlessly for vengeance.

So, a couple of notes.

- The Pale Wastings thing. I just lifted this event from a lexicanum entry where it mentions the "Novamarines and eleven other chapters". I imagine my chapter as one of the eleven. This allowed me to insert my chapter into existing (vague) fluff, and suited my wish for their homeworld to be relatively close to Baal, but further out towards the fringes.

- Dead homeworld and recruitment. This is tricky. As I have it, there is no recruitment. My force is simply the remenants of the chapter onboard one ship. I mention about their long lifespans in order to somewhat explain their continued existence. I see them as a presumed lost chapter, but who have been rumoured to still exist and appear occasionally. If they aren't lost, I expect they will be soon. With no homeworld, no recruitment and no cure for the Flaw, I imagine that they are fairly accepting of their fate and fairly bitter and reckless.

So, again, I would very much appreciate your thoughts on where I am with this at the moment, and would very much welcome any ideas you might have on how I could improve or expand on what I have.

Thanks again for reading.

Alan

[Nomus Sardauk]

Hmm, interesting. I like the name, very fitting and majestic.

[Messor]

Interesting concepts, I agree. The first couple of lines of the Decline threw me a little. They responded to the threat in the Ghoul Stars (and so left their home world), and the incursion you refer to is the Pale Wastes, depleting them while they are gone? Or is it an incursion against their home world while they are gone, too rapid to halt with their reduced numbers? Or is their home world IN the Ghoul Stars, so a combination of both?

[alanmckenzie]

Hey, thanks for the replies.  Yeh, that first line is pretty unclear, a little poorly written.  The reason I incorporated the Pale Wastings event was to tie the chapter to known events.  I have the homeworld just on the edge of the Ghoul Stars and so was among the first hit by the incursion, was caught off guard and was rapidly overrun.  I have the chapters only battle barge (carrying the remenants of the chapter) being out of the system at the time but nearby, responding early to the call from the homeworld.

 

Hope this helps.

 

Alan

[Messor]

It does, but leaves it unclear as to why the Chapter is depleted to begin with. I got the impression that it was the Pale Wastings that caused them to be under strength. So they were under strength before or only after the incursion.

[alanmckenzie]

Yeah, you're right.  I'll perhaps get rid of that "already small" bit.  In fact, I'll just give that whole bit a quick rewrite.  How about something like;....

 

Decline

The Angels Amaranthine were the first Chapter to react and respond to the threat from the Ghoul Stars known as the Pale Wasting.  Being on the very edge of the Ultima Segmentum, (homeworld) was attacked early and with very little warning.  The chapter, based mostly within their home system fought bravely in defence of their home but such was the speed and ferocity of the sudden incursion, the defenders were quickly over run.  By time the Chapter's only battle barge “The Immortal” could hasten home from deployment further to the West, responding to the call, the planet ________ was lost, and the defenders reduced to a very small force holding a valiant last stand on one of _______'s moons.

The defenders,  bolstered and encouraged by the arrival of The Immortal which carried the remainder of the chapter (believed to be much of the 1st, 3rd and 5th companies), fought furiously in revenge for their ruined home and lost Brothers. Indeed, they were still fighting fiercely and strongly, holding the border of Ultima Segmentum when they were finally joined in battle by the Novamarines and at least ten other Space Marine chapters.

After the long fought defeat and routing of the star spawned plague incursion, The Immortal was unaccounted for. Presumed destroyed, though no eyewitness accounts of the destruction of the battle barge were ever recorded and no wreckage ever recovered. ________ remains a dead world to this day.

It is a favoured belief among the Blood Angels and their successor chapters that The Immortal was not destroyed and in fact the ship, and battle brothers aboard,  the remnants of the young chapter, in all their great rage pursued the enemy deep into the Ghoul Stars and fought eternally, endlessly for vengeance. 

 

Something along those lines?  Like I say,  it's to be padded out and all rewritten properly but as long as I'm kinda on the right track, and where I'm going with it is reasonably feasible and believable.  Really appreciate your input and welcome your opinions.

 

Thanks again,

 

Alan

[Messor]

Much improved; I'm sure additional padding will fill it out nicely!

[alanmckenzie]

Thanks. I've actually been reading some of the other guys stuff here and I'm quite inspired by some of it. Think I want to go into a good bit more depth than I have. I'll go and work on it for a bit. But you think it's a reasonable premiss to be going on with? Any suggestions or ideas would be welcome.

 

Thanks again

 

Alan