Honour Gift

Space Marines Portal White Scars

The ancient traditions of fealty and honour amongst the people of Chogoris are many and complex, woven as they are between many tribes once unified under the Great Khan, and many of these traditions are shared with the White Scars Space Marine Chapter.

Amongst these many traditions is that of honour gifts, where the spoils of a glorious hunt or battle are given to a trusted comrade to make stronger the ties that unite them, a ritual that dates back to the Khan's days when tribes fought as one against their oppressors. These gifts take many forms, from pelts taken from the great plains-dwelling beasts of Chogoris, to shards of shattered armour taken from enemy vehicles or combatants, to tusks, fangs and claws from beasts or monstrous Xenos foes.

Examples

• Torandor Pelt: The Torandor is a massive, hardy breed of plains-dwelling herbivore, often the target of great hunts that last for days, as individual beasts are singled out and brought down by hundreds of spears and arrows. To triumph in such a hunt is the work of an entire tribe (or a few Astartes) and requires great patience and endurance. Clumped and matted tufts of Torandor hair are divided amongst the triumphant hunters, who gift them to deserving comrades, whose fortitude matches that of these great beasts.

• Fragment of Foes Defeated: As befits warriors of their legendary prowess and accomplishments, many battles the White Scars fight result in the shattered detritus of enemy forces, the broken pieces of armour and vehicles, littering the battlefield. Proud White Scars may be inclined to take fragments that signify their kills, gifting them to their brothers that they might remember the glories of that conflict.

• Savage Totem: Monstrous foes like the Orks and Tyranids, and bloodthirsty predators on many worlds, are common enemies for the White Scars, and just as they may claim scraps of armour from technologically advanced foes, the talons and fangs of such creatures are common trophies taken from battles and hunts alike, and passed along to comrades who are as ferocious as the beasts they were taken from.

Sources

• 1: Deathwatch: First Founding, pg. 34