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Mortifactors

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The Mortifactors are a Space Marine Chapter recruited from the Feral World Posul, which is shrouded in almost perpetual darkness. The population of the planet is broken down into tribes, and the mightiest tribe is ideal for recruitment into the Mortifactors. They are a successor Chapter of the Ultramarines.

1 Chapter Summary
2 History
3 Sources
4 Related Articles

Chapter Summary

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Basic Data

Chapter Symbol

Name:	Mortifactors
Founding chapter:	Ultramarines
Founding:	Second Founding
Chapter Master:	Lord Magyar
Homeworld:	Posul
Fortress-Monastery:	Basilica Mortis
Main colours:	Black, Bone, and Yellow
Speciality:	Codex Chapter (only in organization)
Battle Cry:	Unknown
Estimated strength:	~1000 marines

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History

Recruitment is done by the Chaplains who were originally part of the upper echelons of the society and tribes. The halls of their orbiting Fortress Monastery, The Basilica Mortis, are lined with the skulls and bodies of their dead, and the chapel with the skulls of their enemies. The Chaplains preach to their Marines that death will unite them with the Emperor, and regularly enter a state of near death prior to battles in order to find out how the Emperor would like them to fight this coming battle. If they do die, they are taken to Halls of Victors and sit at the feast table of the Ultimate Warrior (a divine being inhabiting the perfect body for fighting prowess), in the afterlife.

On the day of the Feast of the Emperor's Ascension (998.M41), the entire chapter entered a massed meditation. When they awoke, they prophesised that the Third War for Armageddon against the Beast would be the 'Last Battle' and all men who would be warriors were called up and recruited. They entrusted their fortress monastery to their underlings and the entire Chapter set off for Armageddon (all 10 Companies).

Upon return from Armageddon, the Mortifactors set about re-establishing those Marines and Companies that were lost defending the world. The next full action performed by the Morifactors was assisting the Ultramarines in defending the world of Tarsis Ultra against a splinter of Hive Fleet Leviathan.