Codex astartes

A company is one of the standard organisational units within a Space Marine Chapter, normally comprised of 100 Astartes led by an officer with the rank of captain. It is the largest of such formations within a Chapter, and a single company of Astartes is still a potent force to be reckoned with on the battlefield, fully able to engage and destroy the enemies of Mankind without any external support. The Space Marine Legions, also known as the Legiones Astartes in High Gothic, were the…

"We follow in the footsteps of Guilliman. As it is written in the Codex, so shall it be." — Marneus Calgar, Chapter Master of the Ultramarines The Codex Astartes is a great and sacred tome of military organisation, strategy and tactics written by Roboute Guilliman, the primarch of the Ultramarines Space Marine Legion. It outlines Guilliman's ideal for the moral behaviour, order of battle and tactical doctrine of a Space Marine Chapter. Its primary purpose was to restructure the Imperium of…

"For others, the Great Crusade ended long ago. For us, it will not cease until all the worlds of Mankind are united once more and the Emperor's golden age returns." —First Captain Darnath Lysander The Imperial Fists are one of the First Founding Chapters of the Space Marines and were originally the VIIthLegion of the Legiones Astartes raised by the Emperor Himself from across Terra during the Unification Wars. The Imperial Fists stand out from other Space Marine Chapters since they possess…

So, as many of you will know, the purpose of the Ravenwing is to hunt down the traitorous Dark Angels that betrayed the Legion in the depths of the Horus Heresy. The Dark Angel successor chapters (...

The Horus Heresy - Loyalist Legions, pre heresy armor, colours and markings

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An Iron Priest is a unique specialist officer within the Space Wolves Space Marine Chapter. Iron Priests essentially serve in the same capacity for the Space Wolves as the Techmarines of other Codex Astartes-compliant Chapters. The Iron Priests look after the many technical systems within the Space Wolves' fortress-monastery of The Fang, supervising engineering projects and all the other complex technical tasks undertaken every solar day by the Adeptus Astartes of Fenris. The skills of these…

"The Sons of Fenris they are, hardened in the forge of their harsh world, eager for battle and honour. They are the grey warriors, ashen like the wolf, whose greatest joy is to hear the clamour of steel amidst the din of war." —The Space Wolves Catechism The Space Wolves, known in their own dialect of Juvjk as the Vlka Fenryka or "Wolves of Fenris," are one of the original 20 First Founding Space Marine Chapters, and were once led by their famed primarch, Leman Russ. Originally the VIth…