W.I.P Harbingers of Sorrow (Blood Angels Sucessor)

[Sete]

                Harbingers of Sorrow

 

 

The Harbingers of Sorrow are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of Primaris Marines created during the Ultima Founding (ca. 999.M41) from the noble but cursed genetic seed of the Blood Angels.

 

Homeworld

* Velicus: A heavily ocean-covered world with sprawling, ancient port cities built into coastal cliffs and on vast floating platforms. The climate is rarely overcast but it is prone to heavy mists and sudden violent storms. The people are hardy, seafarers and traders, with a deep respect for both the bountiful and destructive power of the sea. Their culture is rich in maritime tradition and stoic endurance in the face of hardship. The architecture features intricate stonework, painted tiles and grand but often somber cathedrals and monuments overlooking the fierce oceans.

 

Combat Doctrine

Adherence to the Codex Astartes in terms of organization and battlefield procedures.

   * Favour shock assault and close air-support tactics, and are used to performing drop assaults and boarding actions.

 

Geneseed

The Flaw is present but with low incidence of the Black Rage.

* Brothers that fall to the Black Rage are put in stasis until the time for conflict predictably arrives. They are solemn equipped with golden armour and black wings, as they have the honour and curse of reliving their primarch last moments. Only one is deployed per battle and in their last singular honor, they soar through the battlefield and engage the champions and leaders of the enemy, every single one a shard of Horus the betrayer. 

They are known as the "Shade of Sanguinius"

 

 

Motto

"When Darkness falls, We Soar"

 

 

History:

 

The chapter was given tithe of Velicus a civilized planet on Segmentum Pacificus, to help reinforce the sector against heresy and the emerging threat of the Tyranids on the sector.

 

Home to around to 250 million people, it was, until the arrival of the Harbingers of Sorrow, a trivial planet with nothing of note about it.

 

The population is profoundly religious and took the arrival of the Emperors Angels of Death as a sign of being chosen by the God Emperor Himself, and as such it is with a humble pride they send their sons as tithe to the chapter.

Still familiar bonds are strong and it's not with fanfarre but with mourning that this is celebrated, as the hunger of war is forever unsated.

 

The chapter keeps chapels on the main continents, serving as recruiting grounds and places of worship, altough one particular chapel serves the opposite purpose...

On desolate island it stands alone, grim and foreboding, an ill omen to even mention its name, for those who go in are never seen again. Those who have commited unforgivable crimes  are abandoned there and forgotten, their fate forever a mystery.

 

 

The chapter spiritual and operational center is a heavily fortified orbital monastery built on an asteroid  (" Arx Lacrima ") featuring powerful void shields and an armed orbital ring, on a synchronous orbit with the planet.

 

At its inception and for a few initial decades the chapter battle brothers did not manifest the "flaw of Sanguinious", but eventually the curse of the primarch surfaced.

 

The chapter Judiciars, know as the Sentinels, keep constant vigil of their chapter brethren, and are responsible for identifying the signs that a warrior of the chapter is about to succumb.

Those who fall are surrendered into the care of the Reclusiam and put into stasis until the time is right. 

Unlike other chapters, they are not formed into Death Company squads, but given the singular honor of doning the Black Wings.

They are Sanguinious Wrath given form. Clad with Golden Power Armour, an Encarmine Blade and the bespoke winged jump pack, they take to the battlefield and are unleashed upon the enemy, an almost unstoppable force of nature, an echo of the fury of the lost primarch.

 

One particular idiosyncracie of the chapter is the refusal to use jump packs, a distinction reserved for the victims of the primarch curse. 

It is unknown what led to this decision, despite what rumours and conjecture say.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Edited 22 hours ago by Sete

[Sete]

I have been feeling a bit unhappy about my DiY as tend to focus always on similar themes. I decided to take a new approach and focus on theme core of Portugal cultural disposition. 

With this in mind I'm trying to focus more on the Fado (fate) Saudade (melancholic longing) and I do feel like the Blood Angels are the perfect medium for this.

 

One particular feature that I want on the chapter is to use the death company as a way to honor the battle brothers, as they are the epitome of the inescapable fate.

Edited Sunday at 12:27 PM by Sete