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Eagle Warriors
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The Eagle Warriors are a successor Chapter of the Ultramarines[1].
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Background
The Eagle Warriors are a Fleet Based Chapter that was founded during a particularly dark period of anarchy within the Imperium[9] and continually campaign in the systems conquered by Roboute Guilliman during the Great Crusade[4a][5]. They are noted as being the forebears of the Marines Errant Chapter, although the reason they were given this honour is not recorded.[6]
During the Thirteenth Black Crusade, the Chapter lost several ships and two whole Companies in the aftermath of the Great Rift's creation.[9]
Battles and Campaign
- 914.M40-224.M41 — Baran War
- 919.M41[8] — The 7th Company took part in the "Balur Secundus Strike Force".[3b]
- The Defence of Hyth in 994.M41
- The Zeist Campaign in 999.M41 — The Eagle Warriors heeded the call of Marneus Calgar and provided a score of Terminators to fight for the liberation of Augura, a staging point for the Tau forces.[4b]
- Undated — The assault on Kyran's Pass.[3a]
- ~???.M42 — The Indomitus Crusade. Two companies are lost.[10]
Notable Members
- Axcillian — Dreadnought and member of the Deathwatch
- Nzahan — Veteran Sergeant and only survivor of a battle on Balur Secundus in 915.M41. Due to his injuries from the battle, Nzahan has been entombed within a Contemptor Dreadnought.[8]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition), p. 9
- 2: Insignium Astartes, [Needs Citation]
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition
- 4: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
- 5: Index Astartes I, pg. 24
- 6: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One, pg.74
- 7: How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 84
- 8: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes, pg. 22
- 9: Codex: Space Marines: Your first look! - Success Chapters
- 10: Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) pg.30
