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The Avenging Sons are a Chapter of Space Marines.

Marine	Basic Data	Chapter Symbol
	- Avenging Sons - Founding Chapter: Ultramarines3a Founding: 19th Founding Chapter Master: Unknown Homeworld: Trækonnis Major Fortress-Monastery: Unknown Colours: Navy Blue Specialty: Unknown Strength: Unknown Battle Cry: Unknown
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Background

Created during the 19th Founding, this chapter is based on the world of Trækonnis Major. They wear navy blue power armour with yellow trim on their shoulder armour and their symbol is a white cross. A white diagonal stripe with a roman numeral in the centre denotes the company.

Notable battles and campaigns

The Avenging Sons' 2nd Company took extremely heavy casualties during the Antillis IV campaign. Outnumbered by the forces of Chaos, led by a warband of the Black Legion , the detachment was ground down and eventually surrounded. Their defences broken, they fought to the end, detonating their position just at the moment of being completely over-run. The only known survivor was a single member of an attached Scout squad¹.

A strike force of Avenging Sons fought in the war on T'ros (Taros). Avenging Sons Captain Armaros led the Taros Intervention Force in order to kill Planetary Governor Aulis but they were surprised by the Planetary Defence Forces (PDF) forces and Tau warriors and failed².

The Avenging Sons Third Company turned renegade after taking heavy casualties against a numberless enemy whilst fighting in the civil war on Helmabad. Deciding that being a renegade band was better than staying and dying for little worth. They led a revolt, killing their Chaplain and those battle brothers who would not follow them. The Third then negotiated with the traitors for safe passage to their Thunderhawk in return for leaving the planetary governor undefended. After fleeing the planet, which was struck by a Warp Storm forewarned by their Librarian, the Third Company painted over their Chapter badges and other Imperial symbols and set course for the Eye of Terror.³

Notable Characters

• Captain Armaros - Kill Team leader, Taros Campaign
• Brother Hakael, Dreadnought
• Apothecary Korpus - 2nd Company Apothecary, Antillis IV Campaign
• Captain Gessart - Third Company Captain

Related Articles

• Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)
• Space Marine Forces (List)

Sources

• ¹:Dark Imperium (Anthology)
• ²:Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign
• ³:Renegades (Short Story)
  • ^a: Page 86
• ⁴:Insignium Astartes p. 60 (Image)
• ⁵:GW Space Marines Gallery (accessed 2007.02.18) (Image)