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The Silver Skulls are a Space Marine Chapter.

1 Chapter Summary
2 Background
- 2.1 Notable Campaigns
- 2.2 Notable Silver Skulls
3 Sources
4 Related Articles

Chapter Summary

Marine

Basic Data

Chapter Symbol

Name:	Silver Skulls
Founding chapter:	Ultramarines
Founding:	Second Founding
Chapter Master:	Argentius
Homeworld:	Varsavia¹
Fortress-Monastery:	Unknown
Main colours:	Steel color armor, silver helmet, and black shoulder guards. Right shoulder markings are in red (may be company color). Symbol is a stylized silver skull.
Speciality:	Unknown
Battle Cry:	Unknown
Estimated strength:	Unknown

Miniature

Background

The Silver Skulls are a successor Chapter of the Ultramarines and may have been created during the Second Founding. Although there is little background on the chapter, the Silver Skulls are said to be among the most renowned and honoured chapters of the Second Founding's ranks.²

Notable Campaigns

Charadon Campaign. In 698.M41 the Chapter was part of a combined Space Marine force led by Marneus Calgar, consisting of the Angels of Absolution, Lamenters, Marines Errant, and the Ultramarines. During a seven year crusade the force inflicted a series of major defeats on the Ork empire of Charadon which delayed the Waaagh Argluk invasion for thirty years.
Third War for Armageddon.³ Records show them to have been deployed to Armageddon during the Third War. Here they deployed seven out of ten companies of Space Marines to fight the Orks.
Beta-Garmon IV Expeditionary Force.⁵ The seventh company were deployed in support of the Expeditionary Force.
The Zeist Campaign.⁷ The Silver Skulls heeded the call of Lord Macragge, and provided tactical squads to fight for the liberation of Augura (a staging point for the Tau forces).

Notable Silver Skulls

Commander Argentius (presumably a Chapter Master; quoted in Rogue Trader)⁴
Apothecary Malus - guided Inquisitor Thraxx around the Silver Skulls' Apothecarion during his visit to inspect the Silver Skulls' gene-seed^6-p2