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The '''Crimson Fists''' are a [[Space Marine]] [[chapter]]. They are one of the successor Chapters created during the [[Second Founding]], their progenitors being the [[Imperial Fists]] and their [[Primarch]] [[Rogal Dorn]].
 
  
 
{{Loyalist Chapters
 
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|Name=Crimson Fists
 
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|Founding Chapter=[[Imperial Fists]]{{Fn|1}}
 
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|Descendants=[[Rechista Fists]]{{Fn|46}}
 
|Chapter Master=[[Pedro Kantor]]{{Fn|2}}
 
|Chapter Master=[[Pedro Kantor]]{{Fn|2}}
 
|Homeworld=[[Rynn's World]]{{Fn|1}}
 
|Homeworld=[[Rynn's World]]{{Fn|1}}
 
|Fortress-Monastery=[[Arx Tyrannus]]{{Fn|10}}
 
|Fortress-Monastery=[[Arx Tyrannus]]{{Fn|10}}
 
|Colours=Dark blue, crimson red{{Fn|12}}
 
|Colours=Dark blue, crimson red{{Fn|12}}
|Specialty=Anti-Ork Warfare
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|Specialty=Anti-[[Ork]] Warfare{{Fn|22}}
 
|Battle Cry=''Chaplain:'' '''There is only the Emperor'''<br>''Reply:'' '''He is our shield and protector'''{{Fn|1}}
 
|Battle Cry=''Chaplain:'' '''There is only the Emperor'''<br>''Reply:'' '''He is our shield and protector'''{{Fn|1}}
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|Strength=Less than 500, but recently rebuilding strength{{Fn|15a}}
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The '''Crimson Fists''' are a [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]]. They are one of the successor Chapters created during the [[Second Founding]], their progenitors being the [[Imperial Fists]] and their [[Primarch]] [[Rogal Dorn]].{{Fn|1}}
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==Background==
 
==Background==
 
===History===
 
===History===
[[Image:Crimson Fists RT.jpg|thumb|Crimson Fists marine (Mk.VI armour)]]
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After the [[Horus Heresy]], it was decided (in the [[Codex Astartes]] written by the [[Ultramarines]] [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]]) that no single man should ever wield the power of a whole legion of Space Marines alone, and that each legion was to be split up into thousand-man strong chapters. [[Rogal Dorn]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] legion long opposed this, but decided to yield rather than risk the fragile peace of the post-heresy Imperium. The Imperial Fists legion was divided into four chapters: The marines most devoted to their Primarch were to remain Imperial Fists, the most zealous started the never-ending crusade of the [[Black Templars]] and the younger and more levelheaded marines formed the Crimson Fists. The first Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists was [[Alexis Polux]], a hero of the Heresy. The chapter's name derives from the ceremony conducted at the initiation of new chapter masters in the Imperial Fist legion. The Chapter Master and the Primarch would both cut their palm and share blood in a warrior handshake; strengthening the marine with the blood of the Primarch and forming a symbolic bond between them.{{Fn|1}}
After the [[Horus Heresy]], it was decided (in the [[Codex Astartes]] written by the [[Ultramarines]] [[Primarch]] [[Roboute Guilliman]]) that no single man should ever wield the power of a whole legion of Space Marines alone, and that each legion was to be split up into thousand-man strong chapters. [[Rogal Dorn]] of the [[Imperial Fists]] legion long opposed this, but decided to yield rather than risk the fragile peace of the post-heresy Imperium. The Imperial Fists legion was divided into four chapters: The marines most devoted to their Primarch were to remain Imperial Fists, the most zealous started the never-ending crusade of the [[Black Templars]] and the younger and more levelheaded marines formed the Crimson Fists.{{Fn|1}} It is also rumoured that the planetary assault company were formed into [[Soul Drinkers|another Chapter]] but all records have been wiped from Imperial history.{{Cite this}}
 
  
The chapter's name derives from the ceremony conducted at the initiation of new chapter masters in the Imperial Fist legion. The Chapter Master and the Primarch would both cut their palm and share blood in a warrior handshake; strengthening the marine with the blood of the Primarch and forming a symbolic bond between them.{{Cite This}}
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The Crimson Fists spent their first nine millennia as a space-faring [[Crusade Chapter]], based aboard the fortress-monastery [[Rutilus Tyrannus]]{{Fn|6}}, much like the [[Black Templars]]. Their first victory was against a large host of [[Exodite]] [[Eldar]] on Urolak Prime, followed by the cleansing of HR8518; the home system of an alien race known as the [[Scythians]].{{Fn|1}} Their most legendary campaign was the Crusade of Righteous Liberation - the retaking of planets lost after the [[Age of Apostasy]]. The largest Crimson Fist operation in more recent times was the [[Voltigern Crusade]] in late M40, where several [[Ork]] empires in the [[Loki Sector]] were attacked and destabilized, later to collapse in civil war. For this, the Crimson Fists were granted fiefdom over [[Rynn's World]], a prosperous [[agri world|agri-world]].{{Fn|1}} The ruins of the ''Rutilus Tyrannus'' were moved to Rynn's World and the Fists built their new [[Fortress-Monastery]] around it.{{Fn|22a}}
  
[[Image:tg-sternguard-large.jpg|thumb|left|Crimson Fists [[Sternguard Veteran]].]]
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[[Image:tg-sternguard-large.jpg|thumb|right|Crimson Fists [[Sternguard Veteran]]{{Fn|23}}]]
  
The Crimson Fists spent their first nine millennia as a space-faring [[Crusade Chapter]], based aboard the fortress-monastery [[Rutilus Tyrannus]]{{Fn|6}}, much like the [[Black Templars]]. Their first victory was against a large host of [[Exodite]] [[Eldar]] on Urolak Prime, followed by the cleansing of HR8518; the home system of an alien race known as the [[Scythians]].{{Fn|1}} Their most legendary campaign was the Crusade of Righteous Liberation - the retaking of planets lost after the [[Age of Apostasy]]. The largest Crimson Fist operation in more recent times was the [[Voltigern Crusade]] in late M40, where several [[Ork]] empires in the [[Loki Sector]] were attacked and destabilized, later to collapse in civil war. For this, the Crimson Fists were granted fiefdom over [[Rynn's World]], a prosperous [[agri world|agri-world]].{{Fn|1}}
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Their homeworld was [[Invasion of Rynn's World|invaded by Orks]] in mid-[[M41]]. The Crimson Fists, led by Captain Drakken of the 3rd company had earlier tried to sabotage an Ork [[Waaagh]] building on the nearby world [[Badlanding]], but failed. The Orks rallied under Warlord [[Snagrod]] — the Arch-arsonist of [[Charadon]] — and invaded in response, despite the almost suicidal nature of invading a Space Marine homeworld. The odds shifted in the Orks' favour when the Crimson Fists [[fortress-monastery]] was destroyed by a stray missile from its own defence system. Of more than six hundred space marines stationed there, only sixteen (among them Chapter Master Pedro Kantor and Brother-Captain Cortez) escaped the blast.{{Fn|10}} Circumstantial evidence, and coincidences have led some to believe the [[Officio Assassinorum]] may have had a hand in the strange destruction of the fortress-monastery, but no concrete evidence has ever come to light.{{Fn|4}}
  
Although the people of Rynn's World adore the Crimson Fists, they recruit from several nearby Feral worlds.{{Fn|6}}
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The last two-hundred and eighteen surviving Space Marines on Rynn's World consolidated their defences at the planet's capitol, [[New Rynn City]], and managed to stave off the invasion after a furious, 18-month siege behind the city's walls. The siege was broken by a relief force of more than 2200 ships and elements of 6 Space Marine Chapters (amongst them the [[Ravenwing]] of the [[Dark Angels]]{{Fn|3}}), the [[Titan Legion]]s, and the [[Imperial Navy]]. {{Fn|10}} With no more than a hundred surviving marines the Chapter came close to being disbanded due to irrecoverable battle losses, but have since managed to recover.{{Fn|1}} The chapter is back to half its original strength as of late M41.{{Fn|7}}
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[[File:The Madness Within cover full.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Crimson Fists marine (Mk.VIII armour){{Fn|24}}]]
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During the Imperial attempts to reclaim the planet of [[Entymion IV]], the Crimson Fists answered a request for reinforcements. During the first assault, the Crimson Fists' commander, Captain Reinez, discovered the presence of the [[Soul Drinkers]] on the planet after suffering an attack by [[Tellos]]. Additional companies arrived led by [[Chaplain]] [[Inhuaca]], but their campaign ended in failure as [[Entymion IV]] was lost and the [[Soul Drinkers]] successfully accomplished their goals and escaped off world.{{Fn|7}}
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[[Image:Crimson Fists RT.jpg|thumb|Crimson Fists marine (Mk.VI armour){{Fn|16b}}]]
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With the formation of the [[Great Rift]] the Crimson Fists homeworld of Rynn's World was again invaded, this time by [[Daemon]]s. Ultimately [[Roboute Guilliman]]'s [[Indomitus Crusade]] arrived to break the Dameonic siege. With them came new [[Primaris Space Marine]] recruits, allowing the Fists to rebuild their former strength and embark on new campaigns against the enemies of mankind.{{Fn|15a}}
  
Their homeworld was [[Invasion of Rynn's World|invaded by Orks]] in mid-[[M41]]. The Crimson Fists, led by Captain Drakken of the 3rd company had earlier tried to sabotage an Ork [[Waaagh]] building on the nearby world [[Badlanding]], but failed. The Orks rallied under Warlord [[Snagrod]] - the Arch-arsonist of [[Charadon]] - and invaded in response, despite the almost suicidal nature of invading a Space Marine homeworld. The odds shifted in the Orks' favour when the Crimson Fists [[fortress-monastery]] was destroyed by a stray missile from its own defence system.  Of more than six hundred space marines stationed there, only sixteen (among them Chapter Master Pedro Kantor and Brother-Captain Cortez) escaped the blast.{{Fn|10}} Circumstantial evidence, and coincidences have led some to believe the [[Officio Assassinorum]] may have had a hand in the strange destruction of the fortress-monastery, but no concrete evidence has ever come to light.{{Fn|4}}  
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===Notables Battles and Campaigns===
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*The [[War of the Beast]] — '''544-546.[[M32]]'''. During the war, [[Chapter Master]] [[Quesadra]] died and was replaced by [[Cuarrion]]. During the conflict, the Crimson Fists contributed a portion of their strength to rebuild the [[Imperial Fists]].{{Fn|13}}
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*Defending [[Thule (Planet)|Thule]] during the [[Eldar]] [[Thule Intervention]] — '''978.[[M39]]'''{{Fn|25}}
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*Assault on the [[Stormbeast]] ([[M41]]) — Terminators of the Crimson Fists teleported onto the Stormbeast's command bridge and, despite taking heavy casualties, succeeded in slaughtering its renegade crew.{{Fn|26}}
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*The [[Zeist Campaign]].{{Fn|5a}} ([[M41]]) — The Crimson Fists heeded the call of [[Lord Macragge]], and provided tactical squads to fight for the liberation of [[Augura]] (a staging point for the [[Tau]] forces).
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*[[Vortigern Crusade]] - '''745.[[M41]]'''{{Fn|21}}
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*[[Achilus Crusade]]{{Fn|6}} — '''777.[[M41]]''' — The Crimson Fist contributed a demi-company to a series of operations on [[Khazant]] in the [[Cellebos warzone]]. They achieved some victories before being recalled by their Chapter to combat the Orks of [[Charadon]]. Thy lost the Dreadnought and its pilot, Ancient Castores, who was once Captain of the Chapter’s First Company. Although the Chapter’s forces now fight elsewhere, those Crimson Fists assigned to serve in the Deathwatch in Jericho Reach maintain a watch for their fallen hero, hoping that one day his sarcophagus may be returned to Rynn’s World.
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*[[Battle of the Steel Cross]] — '''853.[[M41]]'''{{Fn|27}}
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*[[Battle of Hellabore]] — '''867.[[M41]]'''{{Fn|27}}
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*The defeat of the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Sathash|Sathash the Golden]] — '''934.[[M41]]'''{{Fn|5a}}
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*[[Battle for Rynn's World]] — '''988.[[M41]]''' - The Crimson Fists homeworld is lost to [[Ork]] forces.{{Fn|1}}
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*[[Rynn's World Reclamation]] — after '''988.[[M41]]'''{{Fn|1}}
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*[[13th Black Crusade]] - '''999.[[M41]]''' - The Crimson Fists send 1 Company{{Fn|28}}
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*[[Indomitus Crusade]] — '''???.[[M42]]'''. [[Rynn's World]] is besieged by Daemonic armies, forcing the Crimson Fists to defend their homeworld once more. [[Guilliman]]'s Indomitus Crusade and newly arrived [[Primaris Space Marine]]s bearing the markings of the Crimson Fists arrive at Rynn's World and break the siege. The Fists on Rynn's World marvel at the new Space Marines and see them as closer to the ideal of [[Rogal Dorn]].{{Fn|15a}}
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*[[Voltigern Crusade]] — '''???.[[M42]]'''{{Fn|29}}
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*[[War of Beasts]] - '''???.[[M42]]''' - 5 Companies{{Fn|30}}
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*A '''Crusade of Vengeance''' against the [[Ork]] race in retribution for the [[Invasion of Rynn's World]]. Strengthened by a great influx of [[Primaris Space Marines]], several greenskin [[Waaagh!]]s are diverted by their [[Warboss]]es in hopes of a better fight.{{Fn|18}}
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*Battle for '''Geo-Station [[Erpes]]''' — with the Orks{{Fn|16a}}
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*In one of battles with Orks Crimson Fists used an entire formation of [[Land Raider Redeemer]]s to destroy the '''Ork Mektown of Khurkhuk'''.{{Fn|15b}}
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*[[Declates Crusade]]{{Fn|31}}
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*Battle on [[Temportus]] — Crimson Fists Chapter eliminated [[Ork]] [[Freebooters]] from the planet.{{Fn|26}}
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*The ''Crimson Fists'' destroyed the chapter of the [[Marines Vigilant]]. This chapter, described by [[Pedro Kantor]] as "troubled", had suddenly and without explanation refused to even fight against [[Xenos]]. The ''Marines Vigilant'' did not defend themselves when the ''Crimson Fists'' attacked them on orders from the [[Adeptus Terra]]. Though they did so reluctantly, Pedro Kantor himself considers the destruction of the ''Marines Vigilant'' "the most distasteful act" in the Chapter’s history.{{Fn|11}}
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*The [[Nachmund Rift War]]{{Fn|45}}
  
[[File:The Madness Within cover full.jpg|thumb|200px|right|Crimson Fists marine (Mk.VIII armour)]]
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==Chapter Disposition==
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[[Image:Crimson Fists Marines.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Crimson Fists{{Fn|32}}]]
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The Crimson Fists embrace the Codex Astartes readily, and are probably the most traditional among the sons of [[Rogal Dorn]], and receive training of all aspects of combat as written by Roboute Guilliman. There are a few minor deviances; such as the first company being known as the [[Crusade Company]], a tradition started after the Crusade of Righteous Liberation left the Crimson Fists with no more than 128 survivors. The 1st company has been kept at 128 marines since, with the master of the Crusade Company always being the Chapter Master as well. It is considered a bad omen to march to battle with less than a full veteran company.{{Fn|1}}
  
The last two-hundred and eighteen surviving Space Marines on Rynn's World consolidated their defences at the planet's capitol, [[New Rynn City]], and managed to stave off the invasion after a furious, 18-month siege behind the city's walls.  The siege was broken by a relief force of more than 2200 ships and elements of 6 Space Marine Chapters (amongst them the [[Ravenwing]] of the [[Dark Angels]]{{Fn|3}}), the [[Titan Legion]]s, and the [[Imperial Navy]]. {{Fn|10}}  With no more than a hundred surviving marines the Chapter came close to being disbanded due to irrecoverable battle losses, but have since managed to recover.{{Fn|1}} The chapter is back to half its original strength as of late M41.{{Fn|7}}
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The Crimson Fists have always had close ties with the Imperium and the [[Inquisition]]. They have contributed many warriors to the kill-teams of the [[Ordo Xenos]], being renowned Ork fighters. They have also, at the order of [[Terra]] and the Inquisition, destroyed two chapters of brother Space Marines; the insane [[Sons of Gideon]] and the mind-wiped [[Marines Vigilant]]. This has earned them a reputation as lap dogs of the Inquisition among certain chapters{{Fn|1}}
  
Since the Ork invasion, the Fists have sworn vengeance on all Ork-kind.{{Cite this}}
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The Chapter's main colour is deep blue with white or silver details. When an initiate joins the ranks of the Chapter his left glove is painted red; when he becomes a member of the Crusade company his right glove is also painted red. Scouts are often portrayed with red gloves but blue hand guards.
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Their Chapter symbol is almost an exact copy of that of the [[Imperial Fists]] but uses different colours, namely dark blue and crimson red.{{Fn|1}}
  
During the Imperial attempts to reclaim the planet of [[Entymion IV]], the Crimson Fists answered a request for reinforcements. During the first assault, the Crimson Fists' commander, Captain Reinez, discovered the presence of the [[Soul Drinkers]] on the planet after suffering an attack by [[Tellos]]. Additional companies arrived led by [[Chaplain]] [[Inhuaca]], but their campaign ended in failure as [[Entymion IV]] was lost and the [[Soul Drinkers]] successfully accomplished their goals and escaped off world.{{Fn|7}}
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===Current organization===
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As of the beginning of the [[Indomitus Crusade]] [[M42]]:
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====Headquarters{{Fn|22a}}====
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|style="background:#4040ff; color: black" colspan=5 align=center|'''Chapter Command'''
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|colspan=5 align="center"|
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[[Pedro Kantor]], [[Chapter Master]]
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*[[Space Marine Honor Guard|Honour Guard]]
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*[[Chapter Serf]]s
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*[[Servitor]]s
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|style="background:#565656; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[Armoury]]
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|style="background:#565656; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[Apothecarion]]
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|style="background:#565656; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|'''Fleet Command'''
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|style="background:#565656; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[Librarius]]
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|style="background:#565656; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[Chaplaincy]]
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|-
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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[[Image:ArmourySymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
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*[[Jainas Ruzco]]
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''[[Master of the Forge]]''
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*[[Techmarine]]s
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*[[Servitor]]s
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*Tanks
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*Transports
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*[[Bike]]s
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*[[Land Raider]]s
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*Gunships
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*[[Thunderfire Cannon]]s
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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[[Image:ApothecarionSymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
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*[[Celurian Varendus]]
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''[[Chief Apothecary]]
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*[[Apothecaries]]
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|align="center"|
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*[[Master of the Fleet]]
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*[[Battle Barge]]s
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*[[Strike Cruiser]]s
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*[[Rapid Strike Vessel]]s
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*[[Thunderhawk]]s
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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[[Image:LibrariusSymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
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*[[Delevan Deguerro]]
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''[[Chief Librarian]]
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*[[Epistolary|Epistolaries]]
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*[[Codicier]]s
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*[[Lexicanium]]s
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*Acolytum
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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[[Image:ReclusiamSymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
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*[[Hauis Argento]]
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''[[Master of Sanctity|High Chaplain]]''
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*[[Chaplain]]s
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|-
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|}
  
===Organisation===
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====Companies{{Fn|22a}}====
[[Image:Crimson Fists Marines.jpg|thumb|150px|Crimson Fists]]
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{|align=center border="1" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0"
The Crimson Fists embrace the Codex Astartes readily, and are probably the most traditional among the sons of [[Rogal Dorn]], and receive training of all aspects of combat as written by Roboute Guilliman. There are a few minor deviances; such as the first company being known as the [[Crusade Company]], a tradition started after the Crusade of Righteous Liberation left the Crimson Fists with no more than 128 survivors. The 1st company has been kept at 128 marines since, with the master of the Crusade Company always being the Chapter Master as well. It is considered a bad omen to march to battle with less than a full veteran company.{{Cite This}}
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|-
 
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|style="background:#4040ff; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|Crusade Company
The Crimson Fists have always had close ties with the Imperium and the [[Inquisition]]. They have contributed many warriors to the kill-teams of the [[Ordo Xenos]], being renowned Ork fighters. They have also, at the order of [[Terra]] and the Inquisition, destroyed two chapters of brother Space Marines; the insane [[Sons of Gideon]] and the mind-wiped [[Marines Vigilant]]. This has earned them a reputation as lap dogs of the Inquisition among certain chapters{{Cite This}}. Though they did so reluctantly, Pedro Kantor himself considers the destruction of the Marines Vigilant, the most distasteful act in the Chapter’s history.{{Fn|11}} 
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|style="background:#4040ff; color: black" colspan=4 align=center|[[Battle Companies]]
 
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|-
The Chapter's main colour is deep blue with white or silver details. When an initiate joins the ranks of the Chapter his left glove is painted red; when he becomes a member of the Crusade company his right glove is also painted red. Scouts are often portrayed with red gloves but blue hand guards.
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|style="background:#fff; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[1st Company (Crimson Fists)|1st Company]]
Their Chapter symbol is almost an exact copy of that of the [[Imperial Fists]] but uses different colours, namely dark blue and crimson red.{{Cite This}}
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|style="background:#c80; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[2nd Company (Crimson Fists)|2nd Company]]
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|style="background:#811; color: white" colspan=1 align=center|[[3rd Company (Crimson Fists)|3rd Company]]
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|style="background:#141; color: white" colspan=1 align=center|[[4th Company (Crimson Fists)|4th Company]]
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|style="background:#000; color: white" colspan=1 align=center|[[5th Company (Crimson Fists)|5th Company]]
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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'''''"The Crusade Company"'''''
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[[Image:CF1stCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
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*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Ishmael Icario]]
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''Master of Crusades''
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*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
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*[[Company Ancient]]
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*[[Company Champion]]
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*[[Company Veterans]]
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*10 [[Space Marine Veteran|Veteran]] Squadrons
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*[[Dreadnought]]s
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*Transport Vehicles
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*[[Land Raider]]s
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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'''''"The Shieldwall"'''''
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[[Image:CF2ndCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
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*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Steffan Hios]]
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''Master of the Shield''
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*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
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*[[Company Ancient]]
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*[[Company Champion]]
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*[[Company Veterans]]
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*[[Battleline Squad]]s
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*[[Close Support Squad]]s
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*[[Fire Support Squad]]s
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*Dreadnoughts
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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'''''"The Red Lightning"'''''
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[[Image:CF3rdCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
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*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Faradis Anto]]
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''Master of the Line''
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*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
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*[[Company Ancient]]
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*[[Company Champion]]
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*[[Company Veterans]]
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*[[Battleline Squad]]s
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*[[Close Support Squad]]s
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*[[Fire Support Squad]]s
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*Dreadnoughts
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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'''''"The Crimson Lancers"'''''
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[[Image:CF4thCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
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*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Isidore Haleous]]
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''Master of the Charge''
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*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
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*[[Company Ancient]]
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*[[Company Champion]]
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*[[Company Veterans]]
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*[[Battleline Squad]]s
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*[[Close Support Squad]]s
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*[[Fire Support Squad]]s
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*Dreadnoughts
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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'''''"The War Riders"'''''
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[[Image:CF5thCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
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*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Razal Solano]]
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''Master of Steeds''
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*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
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*[[Company Ancient]]
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*[[Company Champion]]
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*[[Company Veterans]]
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*[[Battleline Squad]]s
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*[[Close Support Squad]]s
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*[[Fire Support Squad]]s
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*Dreadnoughts
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|-
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|style="background:#4040ff; color: black" colspan=4 align=center|[[Reserve Companies]]
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|style="background:#4040ff; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[Scout Company]]
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|-
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|style="background:#940;; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[6th Company (Crimson Fists)|6th Company]]
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|style="background:#535; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[7th Company (Crimson Fists)|7th Company]]
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|style="background:#565656; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[8th Company (Crimson Fists)|8th Company]]
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|style="background:#4040ff; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[9th Company (Crimson Fists)|9th Company]]
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|style="background:#fff; color: black" colspan=1 align=center|[[10th Company (Crimson Fists)|10th Company]]
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|-
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|align="center" valign="top"|
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'''''"The Iron Guardians"'''''
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[[Image:CF6thCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
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*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Alejandros Solari]]
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''[[Master of the Watch]]''
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*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
 +
*[[Company Ancient]]
 +
*[[Company Champion]]
 +
*[[Company Veterans]]
 +
*[[Battleline Squad]]s
 +
*Dreadnoughts
 +
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 +
'''''"The Wardens of Rynn"'''''"
 +
[[Image:CF7thCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
 +
*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Castian Alzonas]]
 +
''Master of the Gates''
 +
*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
 +
*[[Company Ancient]]
 +
*[[Company Champion]]
 +
*[[Company Veterans]]
 +
*[[Battleline Squad]]s
 +
*Dreadnoughts
 +
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 +
'''''"The Red Path"'''''
 +
[[Image:CF8thCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
 +
*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Gerarde Garrosso]]
 +
''Master of Blades''
 +
*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
 +
*[[Company Ancient]]
 +
*[[Company Champion]]
 +
*[[Company Veterans]]
 +
*[[Close Support Squad]]s
 +
*Dreadnoughts
 +
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 +
'''''"The Fists of Rynn"'''''
 +
[[Image:CF9thCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
 +
*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Raphael Acastus]]
 +
''Master of Siege''
 +
*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
 +
*[[Company Ancient]]
 +
*[[Company Champion]]
 +
*[[Company Veterans]]
 +
*[[Fire Support Squad]]s
 +
*Dreadnoughts
 +
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 +
'''''"The Wayfinders"'''''
 +
[[Image:CF10thCompany.jpg|center|85px]]
 +
*[[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Caldimus Ortiz]]
 +
''Master of Shadows''
 +
*2 [[Lieutenant (Space Marine)|Lieutenants]]
 +
*[[Company Ancient]]
 +
*[[Company Champion]]
 +
*[[Company Veterans]]
 +
*[[Vanguard Space Marine|Vanguard Squads]]
 +
*[[Scout Squad]]s
 +
*[[Scout Bike]]s
 +
|-
 +
|}
  
==Notables battles and campaigns==
+
==Homeworld & Recruitment==
*The [[War of the Beast]] - '''544-546.[[M32]]'''. During the war, [[Chapter Master]] [[Quesadra]] died and was replaced by [[Cuarrion]]. During the conflict, the Crimson Fists contributed a portion of their strength to rebuild the [[Imperial Fists]].{{Fn|13}}
+
Though the Crimson Fists are a based on [[Rynn's World]], they usually recruit from the nearby [[Feral World]] of [[Blackwater]]. They have also found Rynn's World unsuitable for training, and thus use the [[Loki Sector]] for such activities. Rynn's World largely occupies a ceremonial and aspirational role.{{Fn|22a}}
*Defending [[Thule]] during the [[Eldar]] [[Thule Intervention]] - '''978.[[M39]]'''
 
*The [[Zeist Campaign]].{{Fn|5a}} ([[M41]]) The Crimson Fists heeded the call of [[Lord Macragge]], and provided tactical squads to fight for the liberation of [[Augura]] (a staging point for the [[Tau]] forces).
 
*Assault on the [[Stormbeast]] ([[M41]]) - Terminators of the Crimson Fists teleported onto the Stormbeast's command bridge and, despite taking heavy casualties, succeeded in slaughtering its renegade crew.
 
*[[Achilus Crusade]]{{Fn|6}} - '''777.[[M41]]''' - The Crimson Fist contributed a demi-company to a series of operations on [[Khazant]] in the [[Cellebos warzone]]. They achieved some victories before being recalled by their Chapter to combat the Orks of [[Charadon]]. Thy lost the Dreadnought and its pilot, Ancient Castores, who was once Captain of the Chapter’s First Company. Although the Chapter’s forces now fight elsewhere, those Crimson Fists assigned to serve in the Deathwatch in Jericho Reach maintain a watch for their fallen hero, hoping that one day his sarcophagus may be returned to Rynn’s World.
 
*[[Battle of the Steel Cross]] - '''853.[[M41]]'''
 
*[[Battle of Hellabore]] - '''867.[[M41]]'''
 
*The defeat of the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Sathash|Sathash the Golden]] - '''934.[[M41]]'''
 
*[[Battle for Rynn's World]] - '''988.[[M41]]'''
 
*[[Rynn's World Reclamation]] - after '''988.[[M41]]'''
 
*[[Thirteenth Black Crusade]] - '''999.[[M41]]'''
 
*[[Indomitus Crusade]] - '''???.[[M42]]'''. [[Rynn's World]] is besieged by Daemonic armies, forcing the Crimson Fists to defend their homeworld once more. [[Guilliman]]'s Indomitus Crusade and newly arrived [[Primaris Space Marine]]s bearing the markings of the Crimson Fists arrive at Rynn's World and break the siege. The Fists on Rynn's World marvel at the new Space Marines and see them as closer to the ideal of [[Rogal Dorn]].{{Fn|15a}}
 
*A '''Crusade of Vengeance''' against the [[Ork]] race in retribution for the [[Invasion of Rynn's World]]. Strengthened by a great influx of [[Primaris Space Marines]], several greenskin [[Waaagh!]]s are diverted by their [[Warboss]]es in hopes of a better fight.{{Fn|18}}
 
*[[War of Beasts]] - [[M42]]. 5 Companies under Chapter Master Kantor and Captain [[Jhermandes]] are sent to [[Vigilus]] as part of the Imperial Defenses.
 
  
===Undated===
 
*The [[Declates Crusade]] 
 
*Battle for '''Geo-Station [[Erpes]]''' - with the Orks{{Fn|16}}
 
*Battle on [[Temportus]] - Crimson Fists Chapter eliminated [[Ork]] [[Freebooters]] from the planet.
 
*In one of battles with Orks Crimson Fists used an entire formation of [[Land Raider
 
Redeemers]] to destroy the '''Ork Mektown of Khurkhuk'''.{{Fn|15b}}
 
  
==Notable Crimson Fists==
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==Chapter Assets==
[[Image:M1860556 Crimson Fists Opener.jpg|thumb|right|Crimson Fists with Pedro Kantor]]
+
===Armoury===
* Chapter Master [[Alexis Polux]] - The Crimson Fists first Chapter Master  (dec.)
 
* Chapter Master [[Quesadra]] - Chapter Master during the [[War of the Beast]], killed in the war and replaced by [[Cuarrion]]
 
* Chapter Master [[Algernon Traegus]] - 16th Chapter Master (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 
* Chapter Master [[Klede Sargo]] - 17th Chapter Master (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 
* Chapter Master [[Kardova]] - Chapter Master during The Crusade of Righteous Liberation (dec.) {{Cite this}}
 
* Chapter Master [[Pedro Kantor]] - Lord Hellblade, current Crimson Fists Chapter Master (M41), Captain of Crusade Company, 29th Chapter Master{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Drigo Alvez]] - Captain of the 2nd, Master of the Shield, Captain in charge of defence of New Rynn City, overwhelmed and killed by Orks (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Ashor Drakken]] - Captain of the 3rd, Master of the Line, killed in the assault on Krugerport (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Alessio Cortez]] - Master of the Charge{{Fn|10}}, Nigh-invulnerable Captain of the 4th Company
 
* Captain [[Selig Torres]] - Captain of the 5th{{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Ruis Tracinto]] - Captain of the 5th. Killed on [[Cadia]] by [[Baranox]] during the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]].{{Fn|14}}
 
* Captain [[Olbyn Kadena]] - Captain of the 6th, Master of the Watch{{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Caldimus Ortiz]] - Captain of the 7th, Master of the Gates (.dec){{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Matteo Morrelis]] - Captain of the 8th, Master of Blades{{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Raphael Acastus]] - Captain of the 9th, Master of Siege{{Fn|10}}
 
* Captain [[Ishmael Icario]] - Captain of the 10th, Master of Shadows{{Fn|10}}
 
*Captain [[Jhermandes]]
 
* Captain [[Esteban de Dominova]] - Member of the [[Deathwatch]]
 
* Captain [[Telamon]] - fought during the [[Thule Intervention]]
 
*Captain [[Gauvian]] - [[Primaris Captain]]
 
*Captain [[Rigellus]] - 10th Company
 
* Librarian [[Carrigan Nos]]
 
* Veteran Sergeant [[Grevius]] - Member of a [[Deathwatch]] Kill-team and was killed by a [[Tyranid]] [[Lictor]] on [[Herodian IV]]{{Fn|8}}
 
*Sergeant [[Ricario Vicentius]] - Fought in the [[War of Beasts]]
 
* Brother [[Toma]] of the Fifth Company, Crimson Fists{{Fn|9}}
 
* Brother [[Konrade Karlito]] - later became Second Captain of the [[Imperial Fists]] during the [[War of the Beast]]
 
* Forgemaster [[Javier Adon]] - Master of the Technicarum (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 
* High Chaplain [[Marqol Tomasi]] (dec.) {{Fn|10}}
 
* Chaplain [[Argo (Crimson Fists Chaplain)|Argo]] - Chaplain of the 5th Company{{Cite this}}
 
* Chaplain [[Sagramor]]
 
* Chief Librarian [[Eustace Mendoza]] - Master of the Librarius (dec.) {{Fn|10}}
 
*Chief Apothecary [[Curien Droga]] - Master of the Apothecarion
 
* [[Agaston]] - a [[Dreadnought]] of the Chapter's Fourth Company
 
*[[Aldierrez]] - Member of the [[Deathwatch]]
 
*[[Iocles]] - [[Ironclad Dreadnought]]
 
*[[Morven]] - [[Dreadnought]]
 
*[[Vondel Omid]] - was a part of the [[Kill Team Excis]] of the [[Deathwatch]]. He was killed during the initial investigation of [[Ghosar Quintus]].{{Fn|17}}
 
*[[Endigio Gomarex]] - [[Chapter Ancient]]
 
 
 
==Armoury==
 
 
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|Wielded by [[Pedro Kantor]]
 
|Wielded by [[Pedro Kantor]]
 
|{{Fn|5b}}
 
|{{Fn|5b}}
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|-
 +
|[[Duty's Burden]]
 +
|[[Bolt Rifle]]
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|
 +
|{{Fn|33}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Sceptre of the Sacred Blood]]
 
|[[Sceptre of the Sacred Blood]]
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|Was lost during the [[Invasion of Rynn's World]], presumebly destroyed
 
|Was lost during the [[Invasion of Rynn's World]], presumebly destroyed
 
|{{Fn|11}}
 
|{{Fn|11}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Fist of Vengence]]
 +
|[[Power Fist]]
 +
|Mastercrafted power fist recovered from the ruins of the Fortress-Monestary on Rynn's World.
 +
|{{Fn|22b}}
 +
|-
 +
|[[Night's Edge]]
 +
|[[Power Sword]]
 +
|
 +
|{{Fn|34}}
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Vengeful Arbiter]]
 
|[[Vengeful Arbiter]]
|[[Bolter]]
+
|[[Bolt Pistol]]
|
 
 
|
 
|
 +
|{{Fn|30}}
 
|}
 
|}
  
==Related Articles==
+
===Fleet===
 +
The Crimson Fists fleet was largfely destroyed during the fall of Rynn's World. However recently [[Chapter Master]] [[Pedro Kantor]] made a diplomatic request for warships to [[Battlefleet Tempestus]], at their [[Ramilies Star Fort]] [[Goliath Vigilant]]. An agreement was then made, which saw the Battlefleet make several squadrons of [[escort]]s, a trio of [[cruiser]]s and the [[Emperor Class Battleship]] [[Throne's Fury]] available to the Chapter, in return for a permanent garrison of Crimson Fists aboard the Goliath Vigilant. Since then Battlegroup Vengeance has borne out Kantor's strategic genius in their every action, from the [[Kielden Reach]] to the second cleansing of [[Badlanding]].{{Fn|33}}
 +
 
 +
====Vessels====
 +
*''[[Throne's Fury]]'' — [[Emperor Class Battleship]] and flagship of [[Battlegroup Vengeance]].{{Fn|33}}
 +
*''[[Intractable]]'' — [[Strike Cruiser]].{{Fn|44}}
 +
 
 +
===Notable Crimson Fists===
 +
{{main|Known Members of the Crimson Fists}}
 +
*[[Chapter Master]] [[Alexis Polux]] – 1st Chapter Master (dec.){{Fn|1}}
 +
*Chapter Master [[Quesadra]] – Chapter Master in mid-[[M32]] (dec){{Fn|35}}
 +
*[[Chapter Master]] [[Algernon Traegus]] — 16th Chapter Master (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 +
*[[Chapter Master]] [[Klede Sargo]] — 17th Chapter Master (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 +
*[[Chapter Master]] [[Pedro Kantor]] — Lord Hellblade, current Crimson Fists Chapter Master ([[M41]]), [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of [[Crusade Company]], 29th Chapter Master{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|10}}
 +
*[[Master of the Forge]] [[Jainas Ruzco]]{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*[[Chief Librarian]] [[Delevan Deguerro]]{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*[[Chief Apothecary]] [[Celurian Varendus]]{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*[[Master of Sanctity]] [[Hauis Argento]]{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Drigo Alvez]] — Former Captain of the 2nd, Master of the Shield, Captain in charge of defence of New Rynn City, overwhelmed and killed by Orks (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Steffan Hios]] - Current Captain of the 2nd.{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Ashor Drakken]] — Former Captain of the 3rd, Master of the Line, killed in the assault on Krugerport (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Faradis Anto]] - Current Captain of the 3rd{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Alessio Cortez]] — Former Master of the Charge{{Fn|10}}, Nigh-invulnerable Captain of the 4th Company
 +
*Captain [[Isidore Haleous]] - Current Captain of the 4th{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Selig Torres]] — Captain of the 5th{{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Ruis Tracinto]] — Former Captain of the 5th. Killed on [[Cadia]] by [[Baranox]] during the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]].{{Fn|14}}
 +
*Captain [[Razal Solano]] - Current Captain of the 5th.{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Olbyn Kadena]] — Former Captain of the 6th, Master of the Watch{{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Alejandros Solari]] - Current Captain of the 6th.{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Caldimus Ortiz]] — Former Captain of the 7th, Master of the Gates (.dec){{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Castian Alzonas]] - Current Captain of the 7th{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Matteo Morrelis]] — Former Captain of the 8th, Master of Blades{{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Gerarde Garrosso]] - Current Captain of the 8th{{Fn|22a}}
 +
*Captain [[Raphael Acastus]] — Captain of the 9th, Master of Siege{{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Ishmael Icario]] — Captain of the 10th, Master of Shadows{{Fn|10}}
 +
*Captain [[Jhermandes]]{{Fn|30}}
 +
*Captain [[Julias]]{{Fn|33}}
 +
*Captain [[Telamon]]{{Fn|37}}
 +
*Captain [[Gauvian]]{{Fn|38}}
 +
*Captain [[Rigellus]]{{Fn|34}}
 +
*Captain [[Konrade Karlito]]{{Fn|40}}
 +
*Captain [[Isidor Montes]] - Betrayed the [[Imperium]] and joined the [[Red Corsairs]]{{Fn|44}}
 +
*Veteran Sergeant [[Grevius]] — Member of a [[Deathwatch]] Kill-team and was killed by a [[Tyranid]] [[Lictor]] on [[Herodian IV]]{{Fn|8}}
 +
*Brother [[Fuentas]] - Commanded the [[Strike Cruiser]] ''[[Intractable]]'' and successfully hunted down the rogue [[Gothic Class Cruiser]] ''[[Scourge of the Faithless]]'' under ex-Captain [[Haxan the Defiler]].{{Fn|44}}
 +
*Sergeant [[Ricario Vicentius]]{{Fn|30}}
 +
*[[Chapter Ancient]] [[Endigio Gomarex]]{{Fn|30}}
 +
*Brother [[Toma]] of the Fifth Company, Crimson Fists{{Fn|9}}
 +
*Forgemaster [[Javier Adon]] — Master of the Technicarum (dec.){{Fn|10}}
 +
*High Chaplain [[Marqol Tomasi]] (dec.) {{Fn|10}}
 +
*Chief Librarian [[Eustace Mendoza]] — Master of the Librarius (dec.) {{Fn|10}}
 +
*[[Librarian]] [[Carrigan Nos]]{{Fn|39}}
 +
*[[Apothecary]] [[Esteban de Dominova]] – [[Deathwatch]] [[Watch Captain]]{{Fn|36}}
 +
*[[Chaplain]] [[Sagramor]]{{Fn|41}}
 +
*[[Aldierrez]] – [[Deathwatch]] Member{{Fn|43}}
 +
*[[Vondel Omid]] — was a part of the [[Kill Team Excis]] of the [[Deathwatch]]. He was killed during the initial investigation of [[Ghosar Quintus]].{{Fn|17}}
 +
*[[Dreadnought]] [[Agaston]]{{Fn|26b}}
 +
*Dreadnought [[Morven]]{{Fn|28}}
 +
*[[Ironclad Dreadnought]] [[Iocles]]{{Fn|28}}
 +
 
 +
==Images==
 +
<gallery mode="packed" heights="200">
 +
RhinoCrimsonFistsNon-CodexChapterColours.jpg|[[Rhino]], Chapter Colours, Non-Codex{{Fn|19}}
 +
RhinoCrimsonFistsFieldCommanderPersonalLivery.jpg|[[Rhino]], Field Commander, personal livery{{Fn|19}}
 +
</gallery>
 +
 
 +
 
 +
==See also==
 
*[[Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)]]
 
*[[Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)]]
 
*[[Space Marine Forces (List)]]
 
*[[Space Marine Forces (List)]]
 +
*[[Space Marine Servitor]]
 +
*[[Iron Hands]]
  
{{Cite}}
 
 
==Sources==
 
==Sources==
 
*{{Endn|1}}: "Bloodied Fist: The Crimson Fists Space Marine Chapter" by [[Andy Hoare]], [[White Dwarf 287 (US)]] / [[White Dwarf 288 (UK)]] / [[Index Astartes IV]]
 
*{{Endn|1}}: "Bloodied Fist: The Crimson Fists Space Marine Chapter" by [[Andy Hoare]], [[White Dwarf 287 (US)]] / [[White Dwarf 288 (UK)]] / [[Index Astartes IV]]
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook]], p. 102
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 4th Edition Rulebook]], pg. 102
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)]], p.44
+
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)]], pg. 44
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Assassins (3rd Edition)]] p. 13
+
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Assassins (3rd Edition)]], pg. 13
 
*5: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
 
*5: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|5a}}: pg. 48
+
**{{Endn|5a}}: pgs. 48-49
**{{Endn|5b}}: pg. 90  
+
**{{Endn|5b}}: pg. 90
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pgs. 66-67
+
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pgs. 66–67
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Crimson Tears (Novel)]] by [[Ben Counter]],{{Cite this}}
+
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Crimson Tears (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Warrior Brood (Novel)]] by [[C.S. Goto]],{{Cite this}}
+
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Warrior Brood (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|9}}: ''[[One Hate (Short Story)]]'' by [[Aaron Dembski-Bowden]]
+
*{{Endn|9}}: [[One Hate (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Rynn's World (Novel)]] by [[Steve Parker]],{{Cite this}}
+
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Rynn's World (Novel)]],{{Cite this}}
*{{Endn|11}}: ''[[Pedro Kantor: The Vengeful Fist (Short Story)]]'' by [[Steve Parker]], pg. 2
+
**{{Endn|10a}}: Chapter 12
 +
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Pedro Kantor: The Vengeful Fist (Short Story)]]
 
*{{Endn|12}}: [[How to Paint Space Marines]], pg. 80
 
*{{Endn|12}}: [[How to Paint Space Marines]], pg. 80
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Shadow of Ullanor (Novel)]] Chapter 3
+
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Shadow of Ullanor (Novel)]], Chapter 3
 
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia]],{{Cite this}}
 
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia]],{{Cite this}}
 
*15: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]]
 
*15: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]]
 
**{{Endn|15a}}: pg. 21
 
**{{Endn|15a}}: pg. 21
 
**{{Endn|15b}}: pg. 91
 
**{{Endn|15b}}: pg. 91
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]], pgs. 102-103
+
*16: [[Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader]]
 +
**{{Endn|16a}}: pgs. 102–103
 +
**{{Endn|16b}}: pg. 169
 
*{{Endn|17}}: [[White Dwarf September 2016]], ''Deathwatch Overkill - Kill Team Excis''
 
*{{Endn|17}}: [[White Dwarf September 2016]], ''Deathwatch Overkill - Kill Team Excis''
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Codex: Orks (8th Edition)]] pg.30
+
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Codex: Orks (8th Edition)]], pg. 30
 +
*{{Endn|19}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 Compendium]], pg. 79
 +
*{{Endn|20}}: [[Codex Supplement: Angels of Death]], pg. 31
 +
*{{Endn|21}}: [[Aeronautica Imperialis: Rynn's World Air War]] Campaign Book, pg. 49 - Epilogue: The Air War Rages On
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*22: [[Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists (8th Edition)]]
 +
**{{Endn|22a}}: pgs. 27-28 - ''The Crimson Fists Chapter Organisation''
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**{{Endn|22b}}: pg. 58
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*{{Endn|23}}: [http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/a-return-to-rynns-world.html Black Library Return to Rynns World] (last accessed February 12, 2013)
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*{{Endn|24}}: [[The Madness Within (Audio Drama)]], ''Cover''
 +
*{{Endn|25}}: [[ Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition]], pg. 19
 +
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition)]] — The Chronicle of Heroes - Slaying the Beast
 +
**{{Endn|26a}}: ''Temportus''
 +
**{{Endn|26b}}: ''Imperial Fists Successor Chapters''
 +
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]], pgs. 38–39
 +
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)]], pg. 16
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*{{Endn|29}}: [[White Dwarf January 2019]], pg. 103 — ''Index Astartes: Crimson Fists''
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*{{Endn|30}}: [[Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant]], pg. 180
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*{{Endn|31}}: [[One Hate (Short Story)]]
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*{{Endn|32}}: [[White Dwarf 286 (US)]], pg. 41
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*{{Endn|33}}: [[White Dwarf January 2019]], pgs. 107-111 — ''Codex Supplement: Crimson Fists''
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*{{Endn|34}}: [[Legacy of Dorn (Novel)]], Chapter 10
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*{{Endn|35}}: [[Predator, Prey (Novel)]], Chapter 19
 +
*{{Endn|36}}: [[Deathwatch: Rising Tempest]], pg. 18
 +
*{{Endn|37}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition)]], pg. 60
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*{{Endn|38}}: [[White Dwarf September 2017]], ''Battle Report: The Blood of Heroes''
 +
*{{Endn|39}}: [[The Beast Must Die (Novel)]], Chapter 3
 +
*{{Endn|40}}: [[Shadow of Ullanor (Novel)]], Chapter 3
 +
*{{Endn|41}}: [[White Dwarf 279 (UK)]] — ''Battle Report: Return of the Grand Warlord''
 +
*{{Endn|42}}: [[Codex Supplement: Angels of Death]], pg. 31
 +
*{{Endn|43}}: [[Codex: Deathwatch (7th Edition)]] — ''Knights of the Long Vigil''
 +
*{{Endn|44}}: [[None More Loyal (Short Story)]]
 +
*{{Endn|45}}: [[War Zone Nachmund: Rift War]], pg. 30
 +
*{{Endn|46}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080406182420/http://uk.games-workshop.com/spacemarines/converted-cmd-sqd/10/ Games Workshop Online web article: Converted Command Squads], pg. 10 ''(archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 5th June 2023)''
  
 
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===Uncited===
 
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{{Uncited}}
*[[White Dwarf 43 (German)]]
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*[[White Dwarf 43 (DE)]]
 
*[[White Dwarf 94 (UK)]], Skirmish on Rynn's World: The Battle of Jadeberry Hill
 
*[[White Dwarf 94 (UK)]], Skirmish on Rynn's World: The Battle of Jadeberry Hill
  
 
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Latest revision as of 08:04, 12 July 2023

Targetdrone.gif This article is about the Space Marine Chapter. For other uses of Crimson Fist, see Crimson Fist (disambiguation).
Crimson Fists
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Founding Chapter: Imperial Fists[1]
Founding: Second Founding[1]
Descendants: Rechista Fists[46]
Chapter Master: Pedro Kantor[2]
Homeworld: Rynn's World[1]
Fortress-Monastery: Arx Tyrannus[10]
Colours: Dark blue, crimson red[12]
Specialty: Anti-Ork Warfare[22]
Strength: Less than 500, but recently rebuilding strength[15a]
Battle Cry Chaplain: There is only the Emperor
Reply: He is our shield and protector[1]

The Crimson Fists are a Space Marine Chapter. They are one of the successor Chapters created during the Second Founding, their progenitors being the Imperial Fists and their Primarch Rogal Dorn.[1]


Background

History

After the Horus Heresy, it was decided (in the Codex Astartes written by the Ultramarines Primarch Roboute Guilliman) that no single man should ever wield the power of a whole legion of Space Marines alone, and that each legion was to be split up into thousand-man strong chapters. Rogal Dorn of the Imperial Fists legion long opposed this, but decided to yield rather than risk the fragile peace of the post-heresy Imperium. The Imperial Fists legion was divided into four chapters: The marines most devoted to their Primarch were to remain Imperial Fists, the most zealous started the never-ending crusade of the Black Templars and the younger and more levelheaded marines formed the Crimson Fists. The first Chapter Master of the Crimson Fists was Alexis Polux, a hero of the Heresy. The chapter's name derives from the ceremony conducted at the initiation of new chapter masters in the Imperial Fist legion. The Chapter Master and the Primarch would both cut their palm and share blood in a warrior handshake; strengthening the marine with the blood of the Primarch and forming a symbolic bond between them.[1]

The Crimson Fists spent their first nine millennia as a space-faring Crusade Chapter, based aboard the fortress-monastery Rutilus Tyrannus[6], much like the Black Templars. Their first victory was against a large host of Exodite Eldar on Urolak Prime, followed by the cleansing of HR8518; the home system of an alien race known as the Scythians.[1] Their most legendary campaign was the Crusade of Righteous Liberation - the retaking of planets lost after the Age of Apostasy. The largest Crimson Fist operation in more recent times was the Voltigern Crusade in late M40, where several Ork empires in the Loki Sector were attacked and destabilized, later to collapse in civil war. For this, the Crimson Fists were granted fiefdom over Rynn's World, a prosperous agri-world.[1] The ruins of the Rutilus Tyrannus were moved to Rynn's World and the Fists built their new Fortress-Monastery around it.[22a]

Their homeworld was invaded by Orks in mid-M41. The Crimson Fists, led by Captain Drakken of the 3rd company had earlier tried to sabotage an Ork Waaagh building on the nearby world Badlanding, but failed. The Orks rallied under Warlord Snagrod — the Arch-arsonist of Charadon — and invaded in response, despite the almost suicidal nature of invading a Space Marine homeworld. The odds shifted in the Orks' favour when the Crimson Fists fortress-monastery was destroyed by a stray missile from its own defence system. Of more than six hundred space marines stationed there, only sixteen (among them Chapter Master Pedro Kantor and Brother-Captain Cortez) escaped the blast.[10] Circumstantial evidence, and coincidences have led some to believe the Officio Assassinorum may have had a hand in the strange destruction of the fortress-monastery, but no concrete evidence has ever come to light.[4]

The last two-hundred and eighteen surviving Space Marines on Rynn's World consolidated their defences at the planet's capitol, New Rynn City, and managed to stave off the invasion after a furious, 18-month siege behind the city's walls. The siege was broken by a relief force of more than 2200 ships and elements of 6 Space Marine Chapters (amongst them the Ravenwing of the Dark Angels[3]), the Titan Legions, and the Imperial Navy. [10] With no more than a hundred surviving marines the Chapter came close to being disbanded due to irrecoverable battle losses, but have since managed to recover.[1] The chapter is back to half its original strength as of late M41.[7]

Crimson Fists marine (Mk.VIII armour)[24]

During the Imperial attempts to reclaim the planet of Entymion IV, the Crimson Fists answered a request for reinforcements. During the first assault, the Crimson Fists' commander, Captain Reinez, discovered the presence of the Soul Drinkers on the planet after suffering an attack by Tellos. Additional companies arrived led by Chaplain Inhuaca, but their campaign ended in failure as Entymion IV was lost and the Soul Drinkers successfully accomplished their goals and escaped off world.[7]

Crimson Fists marine (Mk.VI armour)[16b]

With the formation of the Great Rift the Crimson Fists homeworld of Rynn's World was again invaded, this time by Daemons. Ultimately Roboute Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade arrived to break the Dameonic siege. With them came new Primaris Space Marine recruits, allowing the Fists to rebuild their former strength and embark on new campaigns against the enemies of mankind.[15a]

Notables Battles and Campaigns

Chapter Disposition

Crimson Fists[32]

The Crimson Fists embrace the Codex Astartes readily, and are probably the most traditional among the sons of Rogal Dorn, and receive training of all aspects of combat as written by Roboute Guilliman. There are a few minor deviances; such as the first company being known as the Crusade Company, a tradition started after the Crusade of Righteous Liberation left the Crimson Fists with no more than 128 survivors. The 1st company has been kept at 128 marines since, with the master of the Crusade Company always being the Chapter Master as well. It is considered a bad omen to march to battle with less than a full veteran company.[1]

The Crimson Fists have always had close ties with the Imperium and the Inquisition. They have contributed many warriors to the kill-teams of the Ordo Xenos, being renowned Ork fighters. They have also, at the order of Terra and the Inquisition, destroyed two chapters of brother Space Marines; the insane Sons of Gideon and the mind-wiped Marines Vigilant. This has earned them a reputation as lap dogs of the Inquisition among certain chapters[1]

The Chapter's main colour is deep blue with white or silver details. When an initiate joins the ranks of the Chapter his left glove is painted red; when he becomes a member of the Crusade company his right glove is also painted red. Scouts are often portrayed with red gloves but blue hand guards. Their Chapter symbol is almost an exact copy of that of the Imperial Fists but uses different colours, namely dark blue and crimson red.[1]

Current organization

As of the beginning of the Indomitus Crusade M42:

Headquarters[22a]

Chapter Command

Pedro Kantor, Chapter Master

Armoury Apothecarion Fleet Command Librarius Chaplaincy
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Master of the Forge

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Chief Apothecary

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Chief Librarian

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High Chaplain

Companies[22a]

Crusade Company Battle Companies
1st Company 2nd Company 3rd Company 4th Company 5th Company

"The Crusade Company"

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Master of Crusades

"The Shieldwall"

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Master of the Shield

"The Red Lightning"

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Master of the Line

"The Crimson Lancers"

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Master of the Charge

"The War Riders"

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Master of Steeds

Reserve Companies Scout Company
6th Company 7th Company 8th Company 9th Company 10th Company

"The Iron Guardians"

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Master of the Watch

"The Wardens of Rynn""

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Master of the Gates

"The Red Path"

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Master of Blades

"The Fists of Rynn"

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Master of Siege

"The Wayfinders"

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Master of Shadows

Homeworld & Recruitment

Though the Crimson Fists are a based on Rynn's World, they usually recruit from the nearby Feral World of Blackwater. They have also found Rynn's World unsuitable for training, and thus use the Loki Sector for such activities. Rynn's World largely occupies a ceremonial and aspirational role.[22a]


Chapter Assets

Armoury

Relics
Relic Name Relic Type Notes Source
Dorn's Arrow Storm bolter Wielded by Pedro Kantor [5b]
Duty's Burden Bolt Rifle [33]
Sceptre of the Sacred Blood Holy symbol Was lost during the Invasion of Rynn's World, presumebly destroyed [11]
Fist of Vengence Power Fist Mastercrafted power fist recovered from the ruins of the Fortress-Monestary on Rynn's World. [22b]
Night's Edge Power Sword [34]
Vengeful Arbiter Bolt Pistol [30]

Fleet

The Crimson Fists fleet was largfely destroyed during the fall of Rynn's World. However recently Chapter Master Pedro Kantor made a diplomatic request for warships to Battlefleet Tempestus, at their Ramilies Star Fort Goliath Vigilant. An agreement was then made, which saw the Battlefleet make several squadrons of escorts, a trio of cruisers and the Emperor Class Battleship Throne's Fury available to the Chapter, in return for a permanent garrison of Crimson Fists aboard the Goliath Vigilant. Since then Battlegroup Vengeance has borne out Kantor's strategic genius in their every action, from the Kielden Reach to the second cleansing of Badlanding.[33]

Vessels

Notable Crimson Fists

Images


See also

Sources

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