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{{Loyal Founding Chapters
|Name=Dark Angels
|Symbol=Darkangelsymbol.png
|Marine Image=DAProfilePrimaris.jpg
|Miniature=DALT.jpg
|Legion Number='''I'''
|Primarch=[[Lion El'Jonson]]
|Chapter Master=[[Azrael]]
|Homeworld=[[Caliban]] (destroyed); [[Fleet-based]]
|Fortress-Monastery=[[The Rock]]
|Battle Cry='''''"Repent! For tomorrow you die!"'''''{{Fn|1}} or '''''"For the Lion!"'''''{{Fn|21b}}
|Chapter Strength=~1000 marines
|Descendants=
*[[Angels of Absolution]],{{Fn|35b}} [[Angels of Defiance]],{{Fn|35b}} [[Angels of Redemption]],{{Fn|35b}} [[Angels of Vengeance]],{{Fn|35b}} [[Angels of Vigilance]] (rumored),{{Fn|8}} [[Angels of Wrath]]
*[[Blades of Vengeance]],{{Fn|35b}} [[Bringers of Judgement]],{{Fn|53b}} [[Bladekeepers]]
*[[Consecrators]],{{Fn|35b}} [[Cowled Wardens]]{{Fn|53b}}
*[[Disciples of Caliban]]{{Fn|35b}}
*[[Fallen]]
*[[Guardians of the Covenant]]{{Fn|35b}}
*[[Knights of Abhorrence]],{{Fn|53b}} ‎[[Knights of the Crimson Order]], [[Knights of Redemption]],{{Fn|57}} [[Knights of the Shrouded Skull]]{{Fn|59}}
*[[Lions Sable]]
*[[Penitent Blades]],{{Fn|53b}} [[Persecutors of Darkness]], [[Prime Absolvers]]{{Fn|53b}}
*[[Repentant Brotherhood]]
*[[Star Phantoms]] (suspected),{{Fn|8}} [[Stewards of the Sanctum]]{{Fn|62}} 
*[[The Unnamed]]{{Fn|53b}}
|Colours='''Pre-Heresy:''' Black; '''Post-Heresy:''' Dark Green;<br>
'''Deathwing:''' Bone; '''Ravenwing:''' Black
|Specialty=Combined arms,{{Fn|61}} [[Plasma Weapon]]ry{{Fn|4b}}<br>[[Deathwing]]: '''Terminator veterans and hunting the [[Fallen]]'''.<br>
[[Ravenwing]]: '''Fast attack'''<br>
Experimental weaponry & tactics, extermination (pre-[[Horus Heresy]]){{Fn|27}}
}}

The '''Dark Angels''' were the '''I Legion''' of the twenty original [[Space Marine Legion]]s. Their [[Primarch]] is [[Lion El'Jonson]]. After remaining loyal to the [[Emperor]] during the [[Horus Heresy]], this legion was later re-organized and divided into several [[Chapters]] during the [[Second Founding]]. One of these chapters would keep the original legion's name and assets, though all of the Dark Angels descendants continue to work together to hunt [[The Fallen]] as the [[Unforgiven]].{{Fn|19}}
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==History==
===Unification Wars===
[[Image:DAHeresyArt.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Dark Angels Space Marine, original colours]]
[[Image:DAOriginalSymbol.jpg|thumb|right|150px|The winged reaper, the original symbol of the 1st Legion{{Fn|50d}}]]
The Dark Angels have the honour of being the first [[Space Marine Legion]] created by [[The Emperor of Mankind]]. Their origins are however shrouded in mystery and secrecy, though it is said their [[Gene-Seed]] was in production a century before the end of the [[Unification Wars]]. During their earliest days [[Prototype Legionary|Prototype Space Marines]] such as [[Abraxus Ghent]] were created from the [[Gene-Seed]] of [[Lion El'Jonson]] and served as the template for later Astartes to come. Known as the ''Primordial Strain'', almost none of these initial prototypes are known to not have survived the process of becoming Space Marines but they nonetheless formed the basis of the initial culture of the First Legion. The subjects of these early experiments were recruited from genetically pure and uncorrupted inhabitants of [[Terra]], themselves hard to find amid the many [[Atomic]] wars and genetic plagues. The [[Emperor]] mainly acquired such subjects through captured foes and purchasing slaves from nomadic clans. As a result the earliest Dark Angels were diverse culturally and recruited from across Terra, in contrast with most of the other Legions during their earliest days. The First Legion became the crucible in which all the cultures of Old Night combined with the Emperor's genetic prowess to create a new and formidable strain of warrior. Most of the new recruits threw aside their former cultures and instead took on new names drawn from the tales of Old Earth, such as Gilgamesh, Heracles, Tarchon, and Hengist.{{Fn|50c}}

The Dark Angels first known engagement - and indeed the first combat engagement of the Legiones Astartes - was combating the [[Palace Coup]] at the end of the [[Unification Wars]].{{Fn|46}} These earliest warriors quickly gained a reputation amongst the disparate armies of the Emperor as the '''[[Uncrowned Princes]]'''. Fighting at first as small groups within the Emperor's own hosts, these ''Crowns'' inspired both unity and a certain arrogance in the first Space Marines and spurred them to lead the way amongst the growing Astartes brotherhood. The Uncrowned Princes would become the first [[Hosts of the First Legion|Hosts]] of the '''First Legion''' and were later refined into the [[Hexagrammaton]] by [[Lion El'Jonson]]. These Hosts were not bound by Company or Commander and existed throughout the Legion, at any given battle at least some small number of a given Host would be present to advise and lead their comrades. As many as 18 Hosts were known to exist in the Legion's early years, though by the end of the [[Great Crusade]] only six existed. These early hosts gained fame in battles of the Unification Wars such as the [[Third Siege of Antioch]] in 603.[[M30]], in which nine Hosts spread across four Companies saw action, though they numbered less than 30 warriors each. In these actions the First Legion became the testbed for the various tactics and doctrines that would later become the [[Principia Bellicosa]] of the [[Legiones Astartes]]. As other Legions grew in size, some of the more specialized Hosts became obsolete and were disbanded while others were simply destroyed in combat due to their inadequacies. Far from harming the Legion, it left the First Legion a well-honed weapon forged by a bond between disparate warriors. This bond was based upon a sense of superiority and distinction instilled in them.{{Fn|50c}}

The First Legion was by far the largest Astartes force by the later of the Unification Wars, numbering 10,000 while the other Legiones were often a few hundred each. At the Siege of [[Wikipedia: Samarkand|Samerkend]] in 668.[[M30]] the First Legion took to the field en mass publicly for the first time. With the Emperor himself at their head, the First Legion faced its first true combat test as all 10,000 Astartes backed by contingents from four other Legions took to the field against 200,000 gene-forged [[Udug Hul]] of the [[Great King of Akkad]]. It took only ten hours for the First Legion to emerge victorious and slay the Great King of Akkad, whose head was given to the first [[Legion Master]] [[Hector Thrane]]. This first victory was to set a pattern of the First Legion's battles during the Unification Wars and the [[Sol System]], pitting them against the most horrific of foes with orders to eradicate them completely. This process repeated itself at Fortress Thirty-One in the [[Thulean Wastes]] and the [[Battle of Karnakon]] amid the cryo-volcanic mountains of [[Sedna]]. To prosecute these horrific campaigns the Emperor granted the First Legion the most forbidden and ancient weaponry from his vaults. These included biological weaponry which assailed the enemy at the genetic level, radiation weapons, nanite scourges, magna planet-breakers, and [[Vortex Weapon|vortrex]] weaponry.{{Fn|50d}}

Thus among the armies of Unification it was the First Legion which became synonymous with death and were feared and regarded with ominous superstition by their mortal allies. This reputation eventually found its way into the Legion itself, and they adopted the skeletal icon of death as their own. While other growing Legions were granted lesser honours of standing triumphant in mundane wars of conquest, the First realized that they were the left hand of the Emperor himself and took pride in their solitary self-imposed exile and dour demeanour. In time they became known as the '''Angels of Death''', a title that has since become synonymous to all Space Marines but was originally theirs alone.{{Fn|50c}}

===Great Crusade===
In the earliest days of the [[Great Crusade]] the First pushed out of the [[Sol System]], cleansing the [[Oort Cloud]] and keeping watch along the Heliopause border for terrors that sought to slip into the Emperor's new realm. They also liberated the outermost edges of the Sol System, recovering whatever few Human survivors could be found. By this point the Legion had become isolated and developed a complex culture of ciphers and rituals alongside the creation of the first specialized [[Orders of the First Legion|Orders]]. Upon their return from the outer Sol System their grey armor had been changed to pitch black. Upon their return they mustered at [[Saturn]], where the Emperor gifted them a fleet of ancient but highly advanced warships. In the ensuing Great Crusade across the greater Galaxy the First Legion continued their role as exterminators, using forbidden [[Archaeotech]]  such as [[Gene-Phage]]s and [[Rad-Wave]]s to annihilate enemies deemed too terrible to face in open battle. As other Legions and [[Expeditionary Fleet]] oversaw the colonization and compliance of countless worlds The First fought nightmarish creatures and [[Xenos]] without hesitation or complaint. Many of their campaigns, such as those as [[Behtelgen IV]], have been deemed classified and thus to many the early career of the First Legion seems lacking.{{Fn|50c}}

These trials would face the Legion into a fearsome weapon and its [[Legion Master]] stood as the Left Hand of the Emperor.  This role continued even as early [[Primarch]]s such as [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]] were rediscovered, with the Legion Master being 3rd in the Imperial Court after [[Malcador (Character)|Malcador]] and [[Horus]]. However amid the countless battles the Hosts of the [[Hexagrammaton]], once an ever-shifting body of knowledge that changed to meet each challenge, had become stagnant. The warriors of the First assumed they had reached the apex of skill and could learn no more. Recruitment from outside their enclaves on Terra was minimal and each battle led them further down the path of arrogance. Tradition and ritual became more valued than innovation, and each Order and Host jealously guarded their small fragments of lore. The Legion began to turn in upon itself as other Legions such as the [[Luna Wolves]], [[Ultramarines]], and [[Imperial Fists]] had grown in prestige and number of triumphs. The final blow for the Legion's fragile pride came at [[Canis-Balor]] where the First was overcome by an unknown [[Xenos]] breed and [[Exterminatus]] was enacted at the cost of Grandmaster Thrane's life.{{Fn|50c}}

In the aftermath of the Canis-Balor debacle turmoil swept the Legion as the various Orders and Hosts struggled for primacy. To settle this problem the First Legion held a great Council at [[Gramarye]] that saw bitter vitriol and admonition. The Council was unable to choose a new Grandmaster, forcing Malcador to intervene and choose [[Urian Vendraig]]. Vendraig's new task was to unify and rejuvenate the Legion and in an unprecedented move allowed [[Remembrancer]]s to stay by his side and document the First Legion's ascension. Shortly therafter, the Imperium encountered the vicious [[Rangda]]. In their initial campaigns against the Rangad at [[Advex-Mors]] the First Legion lost 5,000 Astartes over four months. In the initial [[Rangdan Xenocides]] the divisions of the Legion were only exacerbated. At [[Karkasarn]] the First Legion attempted to regain its glory, only for Grandmaster Vendraig to meet his end after launching a hasty assault.{{Fn|50c}}

Vendraig's death stung the First Legion hard, as did [[Roboute Guilliman]]'s scolding of them at the end of the battle. Command of the Legion fell to the Council of Masters who split it across the stars to seek vindication in conquest. They gave battle without remorse and without regard for their own life. The 9th and 14th Chapters took the coral citadels of [[Melnoch]] from the [[Fra'al]] in a single night at the cost of a tenth of their own, all to outpace the [[Luna Wolves]] elsewhere in the cluster. Upon [[Vorsingun]] a force of 1,000 [[Initiates]] and 4,000 war engines of the Host of Iron battled an [[Ork]] horde over three times its size. They prevailed, but again at a fearsome price. Yet for each victory the Legion could not regain its former reputation. By the mid Great Crusade they had become known as grim death-seekers as each Chapter, Host, and Order waged its own independent wars.{{Fn|50c}}

====The Coming of the Lion====
However the fortune of the Legion changed dramatically when the First Legion's [[Primarch]] [[Lion El'Jonson]] was discovered on [[Caliban]]. Upon reunion with his Legion The Lion tested his sons mettle by dueling the captain of the company presented before him. Though not clad in [[Power Armour]] and facing a [[Terminator]]-clad captain, The Lion bested his foe and it is said both sides learned respect for the other. From that day forth The Lion renamed the Legion the '''Dark Angels'''.  Announced by the Primarch, the connotation was in fact first drawn by his mentor [[Luther]], who quoted a section from the legend upon first seeing [[Astartes]] descending using [[jump pack]]s: "And the angels of darkness descended upon pinions of fire and light...the great and terrible dark angels."{{Fn|12a}} The first 500 Warriors to stand alongside The Lion on Caliban would become known as the [[Five Hundred Companions]].{{Fn|50d}}

The Council of Masters however became anxious at the news, with some worried what their Primarch would think regarding the state of the Legion and and others remaining prideful. However The Lion granted new purpose and vision for the fractured Legion, his first act being to merge the many teachings of Caliban with the First Legion's [[Hexagrammaton]]. He combined both to create something new and more refined. Alongside his [[Xana]] allies the Lion then took a newly mustered host of 20,000 Legionaries - a third of the Legion - and embarked on a Crusade of his own. He sought out the scattered Companies of Dark Angels across the Great Crusade. Each Company encountered accepted their Primarch with dour allegiance and each had their Captain tested in battle by The Lion. The Lion demonstrated his worth by actions and skill rather than words and vague promises, allowing those that might doubt him to match their blades against his in honest combat. Within a few short years The Lion had gathered 100,000 Legionaires to his side and mustered them at the Legion's ancient stronghold at [[Gramarye]].{{Fn|50c}}

At Gramarye another Legion Council was held and this time The Lion dueled the ceremonial Council Champion [[Pyrhus Calagat]], master of the [[Host of Fire]]. In an hour long legendary duel the Primarch won the trial and accepted the titles of Grandmaster of the First Legion and the six [[Wing]]s of the Hexagrammaton: the [[Deathwing]], [[Ravenwing]], [[Dreadwing]], [[Firewing]], [[Ironwing]], and [[Stormwing]]. Before his Legion the Lion took a final oath before his sons, and they in turn swore oaths of their own to their Primarch. His oath sworn, the Lion placed new masters over each Wing and formalized the various informal Orders in the style of Caliban's Knightly Orders. By this time the new recruits from Caliban were ready and The Lion swiftly incorporated them into The Legion. The Lion's first act was to move on [[Karkasarn]], which had since rose in rebellion against its [[Ultramarines]] garrison. The reorganized Dark Angels under The Lion fought brilliantly, sweeping aside any memories of their earlier humbling on the world and saving their Ultramarines allies from being overwhelmed.{{Fn|50c}}

As though to answer The Lion's call the [[Rangda]] renewed their invasion of the Imperium. In the [[Rangdan Xenocides]] waged on, this time with The Lion leading his Legion alongside his brother [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]].{{Fn|50c}} As the first of the Astartes Legions, the Dark Angels were quite large during the early to mid Great Crusade. However during the Rangdan Xenocides the First Legion lost 50,000 Battle-Brothers saving the northern Imperium, a steep cost they would never truly recover from. This contributed to the Dark Angels eventually losing their status as the most powerful Space Marine Legion, a title that would ultimately be claimed by the [[Ultramarines]].{{Fn|64}}

Caliban was made the [[Adeptus Astartes homeworld|homeworld]] of the Dark Angels and the whole of the Order moved to join the ranks of the [[Astartes]]. Those knights who were still young enough had the Legion's [[gene seed]] implanted within them. Those too old for this process underwent surgery to transform them into elite warriors of the [[Imperium]]. Although they were not full Space Marines, their enhancements granted them special abilities and a lifespan beyond those of normal men. The first to be brought into the Legion in this way was Luther, who became Jonson's second-in-command, just as he always had been within the Order. However, the Dark Angel's contributions to the Great Crusade had barely begun when the Lion sent Luther and a small contingent of Dark Angels back to Caliban, purportedly to garrison the world and increase the speed and quality of the training given to the Legion's recruits. Whatever the reason, the force sent back felt disgraced and rejected.{{Fn|12b}}

[[Image:Descent_of_angels_clean.jpg|thumb|250px|right|Dark Angels Space Marines on Caliban.{{Fn|12c}}]]

The Great Crusade had to go on: there were countless human worlds that were still under the influence of [[Chaos]] or suppressed by the harsh rule of alien races. In an [[Dulan Campaign|infamous episode of the Great Crusade]], the Lion and [[Leman Russ (Primarch)|Leman Russ]], Primarch of the [[Space Wolves]] Legion, came to blows over the latter's action during the siege of the Crimson Fortress. This event began a feud that still continues strong in the 41st millennium, usually taking the form of a ritualistic duel between two elected champions,{{Fn|2b}} although it has been known to manifest itself in a very violent manner.{{Fn|14}} As Jonson's fame spread throughout the galaxy and reports of his great deeds and prowess in battle reached the Legion's homeworld, Luther felt robbed of his share of the glory. He wanted the fame and recognition that he felt he deserved as Jonson's equal. His role as planetary governor of some half-forgotten backwater world seemed more and more to him like an insult. The seed of jealousy and dissension that had been planted within Luther when Jonson was made the Grand Master of the Order now began to grow and rankle within his heart as the Primarch became more and more celebrated and famous.{{Fn|1}}

The seeds of heresy were further planted during the Dark Angels crusade against the [[Sarosh]], who managed to sneak a nuclear warhead onto the Lion's flagship. ''[[Invincible Reason]]''. Luther discovered the plot and for a moment, overcome by jealously, wondered if he should leave Jonson to his fate. However he quickly proved his loyalty by foiling the Sarosh assassination attempt, but somehow The Lion discovered his hesitation. Luther and a portion of the Dark Angels were sent to [[Caliban]], but left to aid [[Horus]] during the [[Zaramund Campaign]]. The Lion was furious at this unapproved deployment and angrily demanded Luther return to his banishment. Feeling abandoned on Caliban and dealing with [[Unrest on Caliban|a rebellion by the landless nobility]] and [[Chaos]] agents, Luther, and his forces would slowly turn against their Primarch.{{Fn|13a}} However the many internal Orders and sects of the Dark Angels made them all but immune to the [[Warrior Lodge]]s of the now-treacherous [[Horus]] and the [[Word Bearers]], allowing them to be immune from the subversion that befall other Legions.{{Fn|50d}}

===The Horus Heresy===
[[Image:Dark Angels black.jpg|thumb|right|220px|Heresy-era Dark Angels]]
By the end of the [[Great Crusade]] the Dark Angels had a strength slightly under 200,000 Space Marines, but many of these were spread out across the Galaxy and unaware of the greater galactic developments.{{Fn|50d}} 

During the [[Horus Heresy]], the Dark Angels were far from Terra, campaigning on the [[Gordian League]] shield worlds, and were unable to participate directly in the events taking place there. Nonetheless, The Lion was able to lead a small strike force to the [[Forge World]] of [[Diamat]], [[Battle of Diamat|denying]] traitor forces an important supply base.{{Fn|13b}} Once the bulk of the Legion was free from the war against the Gordian League, [[Warmaster]] [[Horus]] ordered the [[Night Lords]] to intercept them on the [[Eastern Fringe]] and stop them from aiding the Emperor, but after ambushing and destroying much of the Night Lords fleet in the [[Thramas Crusade]]. During the battle, Night Lords Primarch [[Konrad Curze]] became stranded aboard the Dark Angels flagship ''[[Invincible Reason]]'', eluding capture and killing every search team sent against him. While the Lion hunted Curze himself, the Dark Angels fleet set course for [[Terra]] but became lost due to the [[Ruinstorm]].{{Fn|25a}}
[[Image:HHDAArt.jpg|thumb|right|300px|[[Lion El'Jonson]] leads the Dark Angels during the Horus Heresy{{Fn|49}}]]
During their battles against [[Daemon]]s in the [[Warp]], the Dark Angels violated the [[Council of Nikea]] on direct orders from The Lion by reestablishing [[Librarian]]s.{{Fn|26}} Due to the [[Warp Storm]]s plaguing the Eastern Fringes the Dark Angels followed the [[Pharos (Device)|Pharos]] and moved to [[Ultramar]] and joined with [[Roboute Guilliman]] and his [[Ultramarines]], helping form the brief [[Imperium Secundus]].{{Fn|25b}} During the Lion's obsessive hunt for Curze, the Dark Angels were used to enforce martial law on [[Macragge]] and the [[Dreadwing]] hunted the Night Haunter across Ultramar.{{Fn|33b}} Meanwhile, another detachment of Dark Angels under Captain [[Ormand]] reinforced the [[Space Wolves]] against the [[Alpha Legion]] at the [[Alaxxes Nebula]]{{Fn|27}} while another under [[Corswain]] was tasked by The Lion with hunting down [[Calas Typhon]] following the [[Battle of Perditus]].{{Fn|33c}}

Ultimately after a number of disasters, clashes between Guilliman, Sanguinius, and [[Lion El'Jonson]], and a vision by Sanguinius that the Emperor was alive, Imperium Secundus was abolished. The three Primarch's led their Legions in an attempt to breach the [[Ruinstorm]] and reach Terra. Through an arduous journey, they eventually reached [[Davin]], the nexus of the Ruinstorm, and [[Second Battle of Davin|engaged a vast Daemonic host]]. After the battle and the destruction of Davin, a way to Terra through the Ruinstorm was clear. However, in their way stood many enemy blockades as Horus had foreseen this route. Sanguinius and the Blood Angels raced directly for Terra, as was their destiny, while Guilliman and Lion El'Jonson led the [[Ultramarines]] and [[Dark Angels]] in diversionary attacks against Horus' blockade.{{Fn|34}} 


By the time of the [[Siege of Terra]] the Lion hoped to draw away traitor forces from the Throneworld by striking at their own homeworlds. As a result, the Dark Angels [[Passage of the Angels|destroyed several traitor homeworlds]] such as [[Chemos]], [[Nuceria]],{{Fn|48}} and [[Barbarus]].{{Fn|38a}} Meanwhile [[Corswain]]'s fleet of Dark Angels was able to reach Terra and aid the loyalists.{{Fn|48}} Rendezvousing with [[Admiral]] [[Niora Su-Kassen]] and using the ''[[Imperator Somnium]]'' to break the traitor blockade of Terra, Corswain and his 10,000 Dark Angels were able to land upon the Throneworld's surface and recapture the [[Astronomican]].{{Fn|55}}

The Dark Angels main fleet was eventually able to set course for Terra.{{Fn|38b}} Their impending arrival, closely following that of the [[Ultramarines]] and [[Space Wolves]] legions, (who had overcome similar obstacles), forced Horus to gamble everything on a duel with the Emperor, his former master. Horus was defeated by the Emperor, although the Emperor himself was fatally wounded and had to be entombed within the life-preserving mechanism of the [[Golden Throne]]. Lion El'Jonson was stricken with grief over the fact that he had not been able to protect the Emperor against Horus. After the Heresy, the Dark Angels helped restore order to the Imperium. However, during this time, the Dark Angels who had been left behind on Caliban became agitated at being forced to essentially babysit a backwater planet. This led to the leader of the garrison, Luther, turning to the [[Gods of Chaos]], who had just been defeated with the death of their champion [[Horus]] during the Heresy.{{Fn|1}}

===The Great Betrayal===
{{Main|The Fallen}}
The Dark Angels returned to Caliban after the war, but they were fired upon by the planetary defences. They were forced to assault their own homeworld, where they found that their brethren had betrayed them. In a duel which mirrored that of the Emperor and Horus, Luther and Lion El'Jonson fought, resulting in Luther mortally wounding his former friend. Luther went insane upon realizing he had struck down his close friend and was captured. In a fit of rage at being defeated once again, the Chaos Gods opened a warp rift in the planet which scattered the traitorous "[[The Fallen|Fallen Angels]]" throughout the galaxy.{{Fn|1}} Other sources state that the Warp Rift was caused by a [[Wikipedia:Causal loop|causal loop]] in the [[41st Millennium]] after [[Azrael]], [[Cypher]], [[Typhus]], and others attempted to rewrite the history of Caliban with the [[Tuchulcha]] Engine.{{Fn|29c}} Regardless of the truth, one of the "Fallen Angels" who escaped is [[Cypher]], who reportedly took with him the Lion Blade, the sword of El'Jonson, when he was sent through the warp.{{Fn|29b}}

[[Image:Fallen_angels_clean.jpg|thumb|250px|right|The Dark Angels Legion{{Fn|13c}}]]

The Dark Angel space fleet also bombarded the planet mercilessly, and this caused the structure of the planet to collapse. The bombardment, combined with the newly formed warp rift, broke the planet up and it is now an asteroid field. This betrayal has tainted their honour in the eyes of the Dark Angels themselves. Given that the event was purely within the Legion itself, and was on a world far from Terra, nobody outside of the Legion knows it occurred. Within the Chapters itself, only the elite veterans are permitted this knowledge - in the modern Dark Angels Chapter, only the [[Deathwing]] and senior officers know this secret. The Chapter leadership will go to great lengths to ensure that this knowledge does not reach the Imperium at large, even at times going so far as to disobey direct orders from [[Inquisitors]] and cause overly curious individuals to "disappear".{{Fn|1}}

Only the most senior members, known as the Inner Circle, know the greatest secret - that Luther, the great traitor, is still alive and insane, living in a stasis cell deep within the Rock. Lion El'Jonson's body was supposedly never found; Luther claims, in his near-senseless mutterings, that the Lion is near and will return and forgive him. The Lion actually sleeps in the most secret chamber in the rock, his presence known only by the [[Watchers in the Dark]] and the Emperor himself, until the time he will awaken and lead his chapter on a new and even greater crusade. That day, so Luther said to current Supreme Grand Master [[Azrael]], is almost at hand.{{Fn|1}}

===Post-Heresy===
*{{Main|Destruction of Caliban}}
Caliban was destroyed during the Betrayal, shattered by the warp rift and orbital bombardment. The remains now form a sizeable asteroid field. The largest piece, which survived due to the massive void shields in operation around the largest fortress-monastery, called the [[Tower of Angels]], was hollowed out and became a gigantic spaceship/monastery which is now the home of the Dark Angels. This ship is known simply as [[The Rock]]. Sometime after the Betrayal, the Dark Angels changed their primary heraldry colour from black to dark green. Lion El'Jonson had previously decreed that Dark Angels could change their armour to green in memory of the war against the [[Great Beasts of Caliban]].{{Fn|28}}

This story of treachery and betrayal is the Dark Angels' secret shame. None know of it other than some of the Dark Angels, their Successor Chapters, and, maybe, the Emperor on his Golden Throne. Within the Chapter itself very few Brother-Marines know exactly what happened during those fateful days.{{Fn|1}} At the '''Council of Farith''', the first [[Chapter Master]] of the newly christened Dark Angels [[Chapter]], [[Farith Redloss]], proclaimed that the Sons of the Lion could never be forgiven of their shame until all of the [[Fallen]] are hunted down and forced to repent. The Dark Angels and their successor Chapters, the [[Unforgiven]], have never ceased in this quest.{{Fn|54a}}

===Recent History===
[[Image:DAvsCSM.jpg|thumb|right|320px|The [[Deathwing]] battles the forces of [[Chaos]].]]
;[[M32]]
*'''580.M31 - 635.M32:''' The [[Forgotten Wars]] — The Dark Angels battle [[Chaos]] forces at the edge of the [[Eye of Terror]].
*'''544.M32:''' [[War of the Beast]] — As the Dark Angels battle the [[Orks]] across the galaxy, the [[4th Company (Dark Angels)|4th Company]] under [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Adnachiel]] arrived on [[Terra]] to take part in the push on [[Ullanor]].{{Fn|32}}

;[[M33]]
*'''560.M33:''' [[2nd Mortis Gate Campaign]] — Almost the entire chapter deploys for battle.{{Fn|24c}}
*'''732 - 822.M33:''' [[Red Stars Campaign]] 
**After the Red Stars Campaign, Supreme Grand Master [[Morderan]] is convinced by the word of [[Luther]] to seek parlay with [[Cypher]]. However the Fallen Angel leads the Dark Angels to a disaster that naerly destroys the Chapter and led to Mordrean's fall to despair.{{Fn|54b}}

;[[M34]]
*'''101.M34:''' [[Bloodpox Campaign]]

;[[M35]]
*'''975.M35:''' [[Hrakon Campaign]]
*'''980.M35:''' [[Hrud Rising]]

;[[M36]]
*'''408.M36:''' [[Plague of Unbelief]]
*'''439.M36:''' [[Rebulus Cleansing]]{{Fn|24c}}
*'''673.M36:''' [[Siege of Dominus Prime]]
*'''913.M36:''' Suppression of [[The Bellis Rebellion]]{{Fn|5b}}

;[[M37]]
*'''551.M37:''' [[Battle of Persembe]] — The [[3rd Company (Dark Angels)|3rd Company]] under Master [[Baradiel]] battles the hordes of the [[Chaos Lord]] [[Potchek]] on the world of [[Persembe]].{{Fn|4a}}
*'''551.M37:''' [[Battle for Kurin's Acropolis]]{{Fn|2c}}
*'''871.M37:''' [[Battle of Midpoint]]
*'''883.M37:''' [[Zambeque Rebellion]]

;[[M38]]
*'''299.M38:''' [[Altid Crusade]] — The Dark Angels assault the world of [[Altid 156]] and battle [[Elucidax the Keeper]].{{Fn|2a}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' The [[Hundred Planet Rebellion]]{{Fn|24c}}

;[[M39]]
*'''814.[[M39]]:''' [[Relief of Rael's World]]

;[[M41]]
*'''Date Unknown, Early M41:''' [[Macharian Heresy]]{{Fn|24c}}
*'''775.M41:''' [[Fourth Quadrant Rebellion]] — The entire Chapter deployed, playing a crucial role in crushing the insurrection.{{Fn|7}} [[Sammael]], [[Ravenwing|Master of the Ravenwing]] defeated the [[Fallen]] [[Kaligar]] in a duel lasting a full day and a night.{{Fn|2f}}
**[[Egamonnon Revolt]]{{Fn|24}}
*'''821.M41''' [[Siege of Vraks]] — [[Dark Angels Grand Master|Supreme Grand Master]] [[Azrael]] led nearly half of the chapter during the Siege. The force arrived on board the [[Battle Barge]] ''[[Angel of Retribution]]'' and the [[Strike Cruiser]]s ''[[Sword of Caliban]]'' and ''[[Salvation]]'' and a small number of [[Escort]]s.{{Fn|6}}
*'''897.M41:''' [[Faze V Uprising]] — The Dark Angels battle a diabolical machine intelligence and insurgent uprising on the world of [[Faze V]].{{Fn|2b}}
*'''Date Unknown, Late M41:''' [[Battle for Honoria]] — The Dark Angels and their [[Imperial Guard]] allies battle [[Waaagh! Groblonik]].{{Fn|40b}}
**[[Battle for Sularian Gate]] — Last major engagement of the Battle for Honoria. [[Librarian]] [[Ezekiel]] defeats [[Warboss]] [[Groblonik]] in a duel and kills him, shattering his Waaagh!.{{Fn|2d}}
*'''Date Unknown, Late M41:''' [[Second Battle of Exyrion]]
*'''959-961.M41:''' [[Pandorax Campaign]]
[[Image:TyranidsVsDA.jpg|thumb|right|350px|Dark Angels battle [[Tyranid]]s{{Fn|35h}}]]
*'''996.M41:''' [[Cleansing of Durganion XIII]]
*'''997.M41:''' [[Battle of Piscina IV]]{{Fn|2a}} — The [[3rd Company (Dark Angels)|3rd]]{{Fn|5a}}{{Fn|21a}}, [[5th Company (Dark Angels)|5th]]{{Fn|5c}} and [[9th Company (Dark Angels)|9th]]{{Fn|5d}} Companies took part in the campaign; the 3rd company was honoured for its defence of the [[Koth Ridge]].{{Fn|5a}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' Elimination of [[Makir’s Chaos coven]].
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[Kapua Campaign]] — The [[Ravenwing]] battles a [[Chaos]] force in the Kapua system. [[Sammael]] becomes [[Grand Master of the Ravenwing]].
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[Battle for Bane's Landing]] — The [[5th Company (Dark Angels)|5th Company]] under Master [[Balthasar]] confronts the Chaos Space Marine warband known as the [[Crimson Slaughter]] in a quest for vengeance for their earlier killings of Battle-Brothers.{{Fn|17}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' Battle for [[Prefectia]] — Dark Angels with support of the [[Imperial Knight]] [[Capulan]] fought there with the [[Tau]] [[KV128 Stormsurge]], piloted by [[Shas'vre]] [[Doros]].{{Fn|31}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[Gehöft]] Incursion — When the planet Gehöft became the point of the [[Blighted Claw]] attack and [[Daemonic]] incursion, Dark Angels of Sammael with the aid of the [[White Scars]] Chapter and [[Brindelweld]] Imperial Guard arrived to help the inhabitants. Unfortunately it was to late and despite the fury confrontation, the planet was lost and undergo [[Exterminatus]].{{Fn|22}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[Battle of the Caliban System]] — The entirety of the Dark Angels chapter battles the combined fleet of [[Typhus]] and the [[Fallen Angel]] [[Astelan]] at the [[Caliban]] System to prevent them from bringing the [[Fallen]] into the present.{{Fn|29c}}
*'''999.M41:''' [[13th Black Crusade]] —  All 10 Companies are deployed around the [[Eye of Terror]] to combat [[Abaddon the Despoiler]]. The Dark Angels search for the mysterious [[Voice of the Emperor]].{{Fn|16}}
*'''999.[[M41]]:''' [[Siege of the Fenris System]] — Due to the manipulations of the [[Changeling]], the Dark Angels are tricked into gathering a coalition and moving on the Homeworld of the [[Space Wolves]], [[Fenris]].
*'''~999.M41''' The [[Siege of The Rock]] — During the formation of the [[Great Rift]], a [[Daemon]]ic army under the Fallen [[Daemon Prince]] [[Marbas]] invades [[The Rock]]. The incursion is quickly defeated, by [[Azrael]] quickly realizes it was a diversion in order to set [[Luther]] free.
*'''~999.[[M41]]:''' [[Ultramar Campaign]] & [[Terran Crusade]] — Dark Angels elements answer the call of the reborn Primarch [[Roboute Guilliman]] fighting alongside not only Space Wolves but even the Fallen.

;[[M42]]
*'''~999.[[M41]] — Present:''' The [[Indomitus Crusade]]
*'''Date Unknown:''' The [[Massacre at Darkmor]] — Six Unforgiven chapters are devastated in an ambush orchestrated by [[Cypher]]. In the aftermath of the disaster [[Azrael]] organizes a summit of all Unforgiven Chapters Supreme Grand Masters at The Rock. During the summit, [[Roboute Guilliman]] and his new [[Indomitus Crusade]] docks at The Rock and delivers much-needed [[Primaris Space Marine]] reinforcements. Relieved that Guilliman apparently did not know or at least did not care about the truth of [[The Fallen]], Azrael pledges his forces to the new Crusade.{{Fn|35d}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[Invasion of the Stygius Sector]]
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[Hundred Day War]]
*'''Date Unknown:''' Combating a [[Genestealer Cult]] rebellion on [[Muz]].{{Fn|43}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' The secret Purging of [[Allhallow]] in cooperation with the [[Tau]] due to a psychic plague affecting its population.{{Fn|36}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' The Battle for [[Artisan (World)|Artisan]].
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[War of Beasts]] — The Dark Angels lead a force of Unforgiven to [[Vigilus]] for their own ends. Though they aid the Imperial defenders, during the height of the fighting the [[Ravenwing]] abandons the battle to pursue their unknown agenda.{{Fn|37}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' [[Assault on Sortiarius]] — The Dark Angels 5th Company under Master [[Lazarus (Dark Angels)|Lazarus]] battles the [[Thousand Sons]] on [[Sortiarius]] alongside the [[Grey Knights]] in order to foil the ritual of [[Magnus the Red]].{{Fn|45}}
*'''Date Unknown:''' Battle on [[Dekidua]] against the [[Necrons]] alongside the [[Blood Angels]].{{Fn|52}}
*'''Date Unknown''': The [[Octarius War]]{{Fn|56}}
*'''Date Unknown''': As part of the [[Arks of Omen Campaign]], [[The Rock]] is assaulted by [[Vashtorr]] and allied Chaos forces in search of a fragment of [[The Key]]. After being lured into an ambush, Vashtorr's forces board The Rock and nearly capture its key fragment. However due to intervention by [[Be'lakor]], the Dark Angels are able to hold out long enough to regroup and reinforce themselves with forces from a nearby [[Indomitus Crusade]] taskforce.{{Fn|58}} Shortly afterwards, a vengeful Azrael summons nearly three fourths of the total strength of the [[Unforgiven]] to hunt down Vashtorr in the [[Somnium Stars]]. In the subsequent [[Battle of Idolatros]], the Dark Angels and their Successors discover that [[Lion El'Jonson]] has returned to the [[Imperium]] after ten thousand years of absence. Though Imperial forces are able to inflict heavy losses on the forces of Chaos, Vashtorr is able to acquire the [[Tuchulcha]] and complete [[The Key]]. Azrael remains Supreme Grand Master of the Unforgiven as Lion El'Jonson goes on to establish his [[Lion's Protectorate|own Protectorate in Imperium Nihilus]] and recruits [[The Risen|Loyalist Fallen]] to defend it.{{Fn|60}}

;Unknown/Uncategorised
*The [[Battle of Quintus]] — ???
*[[Pontus Rebellion]] — ???
*[[Tyrannic Wars]]: [[Defence of Straton]]{{Fn|20b}}

==Gene-seed==
[[Image:Darkangelsminiature.jpg|thumb|250px|right|A Dark Angel]]
As the first Space Marine Legion, Dark Angels Gene-Seed is among the purest and least degraded. Remarkably, Dark Angels [[Apothecaries]] have observed that gene-seed carried by [[Primaris Space Marines]] is universally of the highest quality they have ever seen, and so the Chapter's stock is qualitatively and quantitatively in excellent health. There are no known aberrations in the Dark Angels gene-seed, which makes the historic reluctance of the [[High Lords of Terra]] to use it in new [[Founding]]s perplexing. In the [[Era Indomitus]], however, this policy appears to have been relaxed. Some in the [[Inquisition]] argue that [[Roboute Guilliman]] was involved in this decision, while others claim that there is a desire in [[Terra]]n and [[Mars|Martian]] circles to counter-balance the amount of [[Ultramarines]] successors.{{Fn|41}}

===Successors===
The Dark Angels and their successor chapters are collectively known as the "[[Unforgiven]]" and generally maintain close links with each other. The Chapter Masters of each chapter belong to the Inner Circle and also carry the honorific of "Grand Master of the Inner Circle". The [[Dark Angels Grand Master|Dark Angels Chapter Master]] is also the Inner Circle supreme leader and every member of the circle answer to him when it comes to the hunt for the Fallen.{{Fn|15}}

Dark Angel's Successor Chapters, much like themselves, will abandon everything for the hunt of the Fallen. It's known that the Dark Angels Legion sired at least three Second Founding chapters, although several others are also thought to hail from this Founding.{{Fn|15}}

==Culture==
[[Image:DVAngel.jpg|thumb|right|250px|A Dark Angels Space Marine]]
The organisation of the Dark Angels Chapter has been shaped primarily by events in its history; as a result, it is different from that of any other. The Chapter is monastic in nature with much time being given over to worship and prayer. There are also many different levels within the Chapter that individuals may gradually rise through. On attaining each level, they find out a little more about the truth behind the Dark Angels' origins. Most Dark Angels themselves know nothing about the beginnings of the Chapter. It is only those at the very top who have learned the whole truth.{{Fn|1}}

The Dark Angels are known for their bewildering array of ancient rites and rituals, such as the Feast of Malediction and the Rite of Sins Renounced to the three-day Mindchant of the Iron Penance and the Liturgy of the Thrice-avenged. Most of these rituals are led by [[Chaplain]]s and are all cold and solemn ceremonies. None of these are without meaning, and are heavily tied to ascension deeper into the [[Inner Circle]].{{Fn|53a}}

The Dark Angels themselves are known to speak amongst one another in Calibanite, a collection of dozens of languages carried on from their origin world of Caliban. These are officially Codified as '''Lingua-Mortis''' by Imperial Census-takers.{{Fn|66}} The written version of at least one Calibanite tongue was described as being inscribed with a neat, rounded script.{{Fn|33d}} A dedicated Battle-Cant is also known to be made use of by the Lion’s sons. Where it is sometimes spoken between brother’s in a more casual manner outside of the field of Battle.{{Fn|66}}

The Dark Angels have accepted the new [[Primaris Space Marines]] out of necessity, but the [[Inner Circle]] remains sceptical of their presence as they have not gone through the strict rituals and tests of loyalty present to the rest of the Chapter. The Inner Circle debated over what to do about initiating Primaris into the [[Deathwing]].{{Fn|35d}} However, this issue was resolved when one of the existing Deathwing members, [[Lazarus (Dark Angels)|Lazarus]], survived the [[Rubicon Primaris]] and a newer Primaris named Apharan was vouched for to take the trials by Azrael himself.{{Fn|41}} Since then, more Primaris have joined the ranks of the Deathwing, including Primaris [[Bladeguard Veteran]]s.

==Combat Doctrine==
In the same vein as their father Lion El'Jonson, Dark Angels officers are expert tacticians and specialists and have been quick to capitalize on the skills of [[Primaris Space Marine]]s and the particular varieties of their squad types. New specialized formations have been developed alongside ancient patterns such as the '''Hammer of Caliban''' and '''Scout Recon Stalker Strike'''. '''Caliban's Reach''' is but one example, which combines the firepower of [[Hellblaster]]s and [[Devastator]]s with [[Centurion]]s to devastating effect. The advanced infiltration and reconnaissance skills all Primaris Space Marines learn as part of their [[Vanguard Space Marine|Vanguard]] training is of great value to a chapter seeking hidden foes. The [[Omniscrambler]]s of [[Infiltrator Squad]]s can severely disrupt enemy communications, allowing [[Ravenwing]] squadrons to strike without their quarry being warned. The Divinator-class [[Auspex]]es of the [[Incursor]]s collect data from battlefields that previously would have been almost impossible to extract. This yields new information to the [[Inner Circle]] to act upon without Vanguard Space Marine's knowledge.{{Fn|41}}

In addition, the Dark Angels are known to have access to a disproportionate amount of [[Plasma Weaponry]].{{Fn|4b}} During the time of the [[Great Crusade]] the Dark Angels were known for their strategic flexibility thanks to the [[Hexagrammaton]] as well as vaults of forbidden weaponry. They also sported perhaps the largest fleet of the [[Space Marine Legion]]s including highly advanced relic capital ships including multiple [[Gloriana Class Battleship]]s. The demands of the Crusade combined with the Legion's own strategic flexibility saw it deployed over a wide swathe of the Galaxy over a single warzone, and thus they maintained few in the way of major strongholds.{{Fn|50d}}

==Organisation==
[[Image:DARanksHeresy.jpg|thumb|right|The various Dark Angels titles of the Heresy era{{Fn|50d}}]]
===Great Crusade & Heresy-era===
*{{Main|Hosts of the First Legion}}
*{{Main|Hekatonystika}}
**{{Main|Orders Militant of the First Legion}}
*{{Main|Hexagrammaton}}
Initially during the [[Unification Wars]] and Early [[Great Crusade]] the Dark Angels Legion was divided into a number of [[Hosts of the First Legion|Hosts]] and [[Orders of the First Legion|Orders]]. Most of these Hosts were later reorganized by [[Lion El'Jonson]] into the [[Hexagrammaton]], although the [[Orders of the Hekatonystika|Orders of the Hekatonystika]] endured all the way into the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|50}} The Hekatonystika served as the hidden counterpart of the Hexagrammaton and was charged with keeping its most dangerous secrets safe.{{Fn|50b}} Publicly, the Dark Angels maintained traditional Chapters and Companies, but each of their Commanders secretly held allegiance to one of the Dark Angels Orders. There were hundreds of Dark Angels orders, which varied in size; some only had a dozen or so members. Each Order had its own strict hierarchy, and unlike the Hosts they were far more secretive. Members of the Orders communicate with one another via ciphers and cryptic signals.{{Fn|50d}}

By the time of the [[Horus Heresy]] the [[Hexagrammaton]] consisted of six specialized "Wings": the [[Deathwing]], [[Ravenwing]], [[Dreadwing]], [[Ironwing]], [[Firewing]], and [[Stormwing]].{{Fn|25c}} These formations were a legacy of the [[Unification Wars]].{{Fn|50d}}

Members of the Heresy-era Dark Angels often had allegiance to three different bodies: That of their Order, that of their [[Hexagrammaton]] host, and that of their Chapter and Company. It was only through superb skill, familiarity, and long-term indoctrination that the Dark Angels were able to avoid chaos with such a system and indeed used it to their full potential.{{Fn|50d}}

Supreme authority of the Legion rested with its Primarch, Lion El'Jonson. Before this, a [[Legion Master|Grandmaster]] ruled but, after two successive deaths of these figures during the [[Great Crusade]], the '''Council of Masters''' (consisting of the six heads of the [[Hexagrammaton]]) took over strategic operations of the Legion. Even after Lion El'Jonson's arrival, the Council of Masters continued to play an important role. Below these were the Conclave of Preceptors from the various Orders. The Preceptors took on a strategic leadership role only when their specialist skills were demanded by the conflict at hand. This created a flexible chain of command that allowed for a multitude of simultaneous deployments rather than massing in a single warzone. It played to the strengths of The Lion, who had little interest in micro-managing his Legion's strategies and instead excelled in direct battlefield command.{{Fn|50d}}

===Post Heresy-era===
To outside observers, the Dark Angels seem to follow the standard [[Codex Astartes]] organization - comprising 10 companies of roughly 100 Marines plus Headquarters Staff, however, they do have several organisational differences which are unique to them and their Successor Chapters -

*[[Inner Circle]]: It is in the organization of the Dark Angels' higher levels that the chapter deviates from the dictates of the [[Codex Astartes]]. At the highest level of the Chapter is the Inner Circle, which consists of a number of officers who stand apart from the company organization, and include the Chapter's Librarians and Interrogator-Chaplains. Companies are each led by a Master, who is part of the Inner Circle.{{Fn|24b}}

The first two companies are also uniquely organized{{Fn|24b}}:
*The [[First Company]] is called the [[Deathwing]], which often fights in [[Terminator armour]].
*The Second Company is the [[Ravenwing]], which is a formation consisting entirely of fast and highly mobile units such as [[Space Marine Bike|bike]] and [[Land Speeder]] squadrons.

The remainder of the Chapter is organized along Codex lines, though they are not deployed as such. Rather than being deployed on the Company level, the Dark Angels frequently deploy as '''Strike Forces''' based around the lore of [[Caliban]] such as the heavy assault ''Beastslayer Strike Force'' and ''Scourge of Caliban'' many-pronged assault force. The most frequently used type of strike force is the '''Lion's Blade''', a demi-company formation supported by elements of Deathwing and Ravenwing. It is often strengthened by drawing squads from the 10th Company as well as [[Scout]]s.{{Fn|24a}}

===Chapter Disposition===
====Headquarters====
{|style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;border-radius:5px;" border="2" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"
!style="background:#030;color:white" colspan=6|Chapter Command
|- 
|rowspan=2|[[File:Darkangelsbanner.jpg|center|120px]]
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green" colspan=5 |[[Inner Circle]]
|-
| colspan=5 |
*[[Azrael]], [[Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels]]{{Fn|4c}}
*The [[Dark Angels Grand Master|Company Masters]], including :
**[[Belial]], [[Dark Angels Grand Master|Grand Master]] of the [[Deathwing]]{{Fn|2e}}{{Fn|24b}}
**[[Ezekiel]], [[Chief Librarian|Grand Master of Librarians]]{{Fn|2d}}{{Fn|4e}}
**[[Sammael]], [[Dark Angels Grand Master|Grand Master]] of the [[Ravenwing]]{{Fn|2f}}{{Fn|24b}}
**[[Sapphon]], [[Master of Sanctity|Grand Master of Chaplains]]{{Fn|4e}}
|-
|}

{|align=center style="border-radius:5px" border="2" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0"
|-
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green" align="center"|[[Chaplaincy|Reclusiam]]
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green" align="center"|[[Librarius (Fortress-monastery)|Librarius]]
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green" align="center"|Armourium
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green" align="center"|Apothecarion
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green" align="center"|Fleet Command
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green" align="center"|Others
|-
|[[File:ReclusiamSymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
|[[File:LibrariusSymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
|[[File:ArmourySymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
|[[File:ApothecarionSymbol.jpg|center|50px]]
|
|
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:85%"
|rowspan=2|
[[Sapphon]]{{Fn|4e}}<br>[[Master of Sanctity|Grand Master of Chaplains]]
*30 [[Interrogator Chaplain]]s
|rowspan=2|
[[Ezekiel]]{{Fn|4e}}<br>[[Chief Librarian|Grand Master of Librarians]]
*4 [[Epistolaries]]
*8 [[Codicier]]s
*8 [[Lexicanium]]s
*4 Acolytes
|rowspan=2|
[[Belaphor]]{{Fn|24b}}<br>[[Master of the Rock]]{{Fn|24b}}
*22 [[Techmarine]]s
*113 [[Servitor]]s
*[[Razorback]]s
*16 [[Predator]]s
*12 [[Whirlwind]]s
*21 [[Land Raider]]s
*[[Stormraven Gunship]]s
|rowspan=2|
[[Razaek]]<br>[[Chief Apothecary|Master of the Apothecarion]]
*10 [[Apothecary|Apothecaries]]
|rowspan=2|
[[Nephalor]]{{Fn|24b}}<br>[[Master of the Fleet|Grand Master of the Fleet]]
*8 [[Battle Barge]]s{{Fn|24b}}
*16 [[Strike Cruiser]]s{{Fn|24b}}
*21 [[Rapid Strike Vessels]]{{Fn|24b}}
*31 [[Thunderhawk]]s{{Fn|24b}}
|
[[Sepharon]]<br>''Warden of the Gates''
*1,200 [[Servitor]]s
*Administrative Staff
*Support Personel ([[Chapter Serf]]s)
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:85%"
|Brother [[Apharan]]<br>'''Warden of the Rock'''
*6 [[Venerable Dreadnought]]s
|-
|}

====Companies====
The current Companies and their Captains are as follows.{{Fn|35a}}

{| border="1" cellpadding="12" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center;"
!style="background:#030; color: white" colspan=1 align=center|1st Company
!style="background:#030; color: white" colspan=1 align=center|2nd Company
!style="background:#030; color: white" colspan=3 align=center|Battle Companies
|-
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|"The [[Deathwing]]"
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|"The [[Ravenwing]]"
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|[[3rd Company (Dark Angels)|3rd Company]]
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|[[4th Company (Dark Angels)|4th Company]]
!style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|[[5th Company (Dark Angels)|5th Company]]
|-
|[[File:Deathwinglogo.png|center|120px]]
|[[File:Ravenwinglogo2.png|center|120px]]
|[[File:DA3.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Unmerciful"'''''
|[[File:DA4.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Feared"'''''
|[[File:DA5.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Unrelenting"'''''
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:85%"
|
[[Belial]]{{Fn|2e}}<br>'''Master of the''' [[Deathwing]]
*2 [[Deathwing Strikemaster|Strikemaster]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*[[Deathwing Knight]]s
*[[Deathwing Command Squad]]
*20 [[Terminator]] Squad
*9 [[Venerable Dreadnought]]s
*[[Land Raider]]s
|
[[Sammael]]{{Fn|2f}}<br>'''Master of the''' [[Ravenwing]]
*2 [[Ravenwing Talonmaster|Talonmaster]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Ravenwing Command Squad]]
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*[[Ravenwing Black Knight|Black Knights]]
*6 [[Space Marine Bike|Attack Squadron]]s
*4 [[Space Marine Bike|Support Squadron]]s
*[[Land Speeders]] (Including<br>
:[[Land Speeder Vengeance|Vengeance Patterns]]<br>
:and [[Darkshroud]]s).
*[[Dark Talon]]s and [[Nephilim Jetfighter]]s.
|
Master [[Astoran]]<br>[[Master of the Arsenal]]{{Fn|24b}}
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]]
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*[[Space Marine Veteran|Company Veteran]]s
*6 [[Battleline Squad]]s
*2 [[Close Support Squad]]s
*2 [[Fire Support Squad]]s
*3 Dreadnoughts
*Rhinos
*[[Razorback]]s
*[[Repulsor]]s
|
Master [[Korahael]]<br>[[Master of the Fleet]]
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*[[Space Marine Veteran|Company Veteran]]s
*6 [[Battleline Squad]]s
*2 [[Close Support Squad]]s
*2 [[Fire Support Squad]]s
*2 Dreadnoughts
*Rhinos
*Razorbacks
*Repulsors
|
Master [[Lazarus (Dark Angels)|Lazarus]]<br>Keeper of the Unseen Ritual{{Fn|17}}
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]]
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*[[Space Marine Veteran|Company Veteran]]s
*6 [[Battleline Squad]]s
*2 [[Close Support Squad]]s
*2 [[Fire Support Squad]]s
*4 Dreadnoughts
*Rhinos
*Razorbacks
*Repulsors
|-
|style="background:#030; color: white" colspan=4 align=center|'''Reserve Companies'''
|style="background:#030; color: white" colspan=1 align=center|'''Scout Company'''
|-
|style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|'''[[6th Company (Dark Angels)|6th Company]]'''
|style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|'''[[7th Company (Dark Angels)|7th Company]]'''
|style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|'''[[8th Company (Dark Angels)|8th Company]]'''
|style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|'''[[9th Company (Dark Angels)|9th Company]]'''
|style="background:white;color:green;border:5px solid green;align:center"|'''[[10th Company (Dark Angels)|10th Company]]'''
|- 
|[[Image:DA6.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Resolute"'''''
|[[Image:DA7.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Unbowed"'''''
|[[Image:DA8.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Wrathful"'''''
|[[Image:DA9.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Remorseless"'''''
|[[Image:DA10th.jpg|center|80px]]<br>'''''"The Redeemed"'''''
|- style="vertical-align:top;text-align:left;font-size:85%"
|
Master [[Araphil]]{{Fn|24b}}<br>[[Master of the Rites]]
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]]
*[[Space Marine Veteran|Company Veteran]]s
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*10 [[Battleline Squad]]s
*1 Dreadnought
*Rhinos
*Razorbacks
*Repulsors
|
Master [[Ezekiah]]<br>[[Master of the Watch]]ers{{Fn|24b}}
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Space Marine Veteran|Company Veteran]]s
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*10 [[Battleline Squad]]s
*3 Dreadnoughts
*Rhinos
*Razorbacks
*Repulsors
|
Master [[Molochi]]<br>[[Lord Executioner|Master of Condemnation]]
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]]
*[[Space Marine Veteran|Company Veteran]]s
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*10 [[Close Support Squad]]s
*2 Dreadnoughts
*Rhinos
*Razorbacks
*Repulsors
|
Master [[Xerophus]]<br>[[Master of Relics]]{{Fn|24b}}
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*[[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]]
*[[Space Marine Veteran|Company Veteran]]s
*[[Company Ancient]]
*[[Company Champion]]
*10 [[Fire Support Squad]]s
*4 Dreadnoughts
*Rhinos
*Razorbacks
*Repulsors
|
Master [[Ranaeus]]<br>[[Master of Recruits]]{{Fn|24b}}
*2 [[Space Marine Lieutenant|Lieutenant]]s
*[[Chaplain]]
*[[Apothecary]]
*10 [[Scout Squad]]/[[Vanguard Space Marine|Vanguard]]s
*117 Unassigned
*[[Neophyte]]s
|-
|}

==Recruitment==
[[Image:Deathwing terminator.JPG|thumb|right|150px|Deathwing Terminator]]
As the Dark Angels are no longer based on an actual world, they draw their recruits from a variety of planets, mainly highly primitive worlds. The Dark Angels have sworn oaths to protect thousands of worlds which, in return, supply potential [[aspirant]]s for the chapter.{{Fn|40a}}

Representatives of the Dark Angels visit each recruiting world once within a normal human's lifetime and take the strongest juveniles from the population. Each recruit is thoroughly screened, and from the moment he is accepted into the Chapter as a Space Marine his past becomes irrelevant.{{Fn|1}}

After the Heresy, the Dark Angels recruited from a single planet (known as the [[Plains World]]). Sometime before the 41st Millennium a group of returning Deathwing found that their planet had been overrun fifty years earlier by [[Genestealer]]s, with only a few untainted humans remaining. The Terminators, whose duty and honour required the extermination of the genestealers, prepared themselves for battle. Because the odds of their success were nearly non-existent, the Terminators engaged in their native death ritual. Instead of anointing their skin with white ash, they anointed their armour. The Terminators cleansed the world and rescued the enslaved populace, and in honour of those few Terminators, their armour was ever after white. Meanwhile, the Dark Angels leadership, the Inner Circle, recognized the folly of relying upon one planet for manpower and so diversified their recruiting grounds.{{Fn|9}}

===Known Recruitment Worlds===
The Dark Angels recruit from thousands of worlds across the galaxy.{{Fn|40a}} Known recruitment worlds include:
*[[Aginor Sigma]]{{Fn|39}}
*[[Bartia]]
*[[Bregundia]] — [[Feral World|Semi-Feral World]].
*[[Duthovan]] — Recruitment world during the [[Great Crusade]].
*[[Gramarye]] — Great Crusade/Heresy-era.{{Fn|50c}}
*[[Grymmport]]{{Fn|35g}}
*[[Grymm's Landing]] — Destroyed.{{Fn|35c}}
*[[Kalabria]] — [[Desert World]].{{Fn|21b}}
*[[Kimmeria]] — [[Feral World]].{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|35e}}
*[[Narcium]]{{Fn|35f}}
*[[New Macedon]]
*[[Numarc]] — [[Ice World]]
*[[Nymidae]]
*[[Piscina V]]{{Fn|21a}}
*[[Plains World]] — Overrun by [[Genestealer]]s.
*[[Slathe]]
*[[Styx]]{{Fn|35c}}

In addition, the Dark Angels are known to maintain fortified bastions on other worlds, including [[Piscina IV]].{{Fn|21a}}

==Fortress-monastery==
*{{Main|The Rock}}
The ruins of Caliban are located in the [[Cadian Sector]], close to the [[Eye of Terror]]. Prior to the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, the planet of Caliban was covered with lush forests inhabited by creatures warped by Chaos. The humans of the planet were a proud, martial people forced to live in great fortress monasteries of stone.{{Fn|1}}

The Dark Angels rebuilt their fortress-monastery on the asteroid that had borne the old one, drilling deep into the bedrock and rebuilding the ruins. The new fortress is known officially as The Tower of Angels but is more commonly referred to as The Rock. The Rock has been equipped with warp engines, enabling faster-than-light transit through the Immaterium.{{Fn|1}}

The warrens beneath The Rock are where the Dark Angels bring their fallen brethren to be redeemed by their [[Interrogator-Chaplain]]s. It is believed by the [[Inquisition]] to hold many other secrets.{{Fn|1}}

However, even this pales in comparison to the greatest secret held by the Dark Angels. This secret is known only to the [[Watchers in the Dark]] and to the Emperor himself. Deep within the bedrock of the asteroid which is their home, there is a solitary chamber. In this chamber, attended to by the Watchers in the Dark, lies the sleeping form of Lion El'Jonson.{{Fn|1}}

==Noted Elements of the Dark Angels==
[[Image:DAvsChaos8th.jpg|thumb|right|Dark Angels, including [[Primaris Space Marines]], battle the forces of Chaos]]
====Vessels====
{{main|Known Vessels of the Dark Angels}}
*[[The Rock]] — Space station, current base of operations and [[Fortress Monastery]]
*''[[Invincible Reason]]'' — Flagship & [[Gloriana Class Battleship]]{{Fn|12}}{{Fn|25a}}
[[Image:DAIntercessor.jpg|thumb|right|Dark Angels [[Primaris Space Marine]]{{Fn|35f}}]]

====Vehicles====
{{Main|Dark Angels Armoury}}
*''[[Corvex]]'' — The last known Imperial Jetbike and personal transport of [[Sammael]]

====Notable Members====
{{main|Known Members of the Dark Angels}}
=====Heresy Era=====
*[[Lion El'Jonson]] — The Dark Angels [[Primarch]]{{Fn|1}}
*[[Luther]] — Grand Master of [[the Order]]
*[[Corswain]] — Seneschal, Captain-[[Paladin (Dark Angels)|Paladin]] of the Ninth Order
*The [[Lord Cypher]]
*[[Holguin]] — Voted Lieutenant of the [[Deathwing]]
*[[Farith Redloss]] — Voted Lieutenant of the [[Dreadwing]], became the first post-Heresy [[Supreme Grand Master]]{{Fn|54a}}
*[[Astelan]] — [[Praetor (Rank)|First Master]] on Caliban
*[[Alajos]] — Master of the Ninth Order during the Horus Heresy. Killed by [[Sevatar]] during the [[Thramas Crusade]]{{Fn|23}}
*[[Tragan]] — Was a Sergeant in the Dark Angels Legion's [[Space Marine Company|Ninth Order]] during the [[Horus Heresy]], where he served under Captain [[Alajos]] command. He took part in the [[Thramas Crusade]]. Later he became the Captain of the Ninth Order instead of Alajos
*[[Abdaziel Magron]] — [[Horus Heresy|Heresy]] era Sergeant awakened in 41 Millennium{{Fn|11a}}
*[[Nemean]] — [[Blackshield]] and later [[Knights-Errant]]
*[[Urian Vendraig]] - Legion Master{{Fn|50}}
*[[Marduk Sedras]] - [[Dreadwing]] [[Eskaton]]{{Fn|42}}

=====Post Heresy=====
*[[Primarch]] - [[Lion El'Jonson]] (recently returned){{Fn|60}}
*[[Azrael]] — Current Supreme Grand Master of The Dark Angels and Keeper of The Truth{{Fn|4c}}
*[[Sapphon]] — Current Grand Master of Chaplains & [[Master of Sanctity]]. He received the post neither due to age nor ability as an interrogator (Asmodai is his superior in both these things) but due to his ability as an inspirational leader, also referred to as the ''Finder of Secrets''.{{Fn|4e}}
*[[Asmodai]] — Master [[Interrogator-Chaplain]]{{Fn|4e}}
*[[Raguel (Interrogator-Chaplain)|Raguel]] - Interrogator-Chaplain
*[[Librarius (Fortress-monastery)|Librarius]]
*[[Ezekiel]] — Current Chief [[Librarian]], Keeper of the [[Book of Salvation]] and Holder of The Keys{{Fn|4d}}
*[[Zadkiel (Dark Angels)|Zadkiel]] — [[Epistolary]]
*[[Sepharon]] — [[Master of the Logisticiam]] and Warden of the Gates
*[[Belial]] — Master of the Deathwing.{{Fn|2e}}
*[[Apharan (Primaris)|Apharan]] - First [[Primaris]] [[Deathwing]] Member{{Fn|41}}
*[[Sammael]] — Master of the Ravenwing.{{Fn|2f}}
*[[Astoran]] — Master of the 3rd Company and [[Master of the Arsenal]]{{Fn|24b}}
*[[Korahael]] — Master of the 4th Company and [[Master of the Fleet]]
*[[Lazarus (Dark Angels)|Lazarus]] — Master of the 5th Company and [[Keeper of the Unseen Ritual]]{{Fn|41}}

====Notable Fallen Angels====
*[[Cypher]] — The most hated of the Fallen, supposedly took the [[Lion Sword]]{{Fn|51}}
*[[Luther]] — Former right-hand man to [[Lion El'Jonson]]{{Fn|1}}
*[[Astelan]] — Former Master of the Order on [[Caliban]], a Terran{{Fn|10}}
*[[Cadmus]] — Tracked and killed by [[Jeremiah Gieyus]]{{Fn|14}}
*[[Zhebdek Abaddas]] — former [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] {{Fn|11}}
*[[Marbas]] - Only Fallen to have become a [[Daemon Prince]]{{Fn|51}}
*[[Zabriel]] - [[Uncrowned Princes|Uncrowned Prince]], Former initiate of the Dreadwing, first to be redeemed as one of the [[Risen]], currently serves as the Lion’s emissary.{{Fn|65a}}
*[[Kai (Fallen Angel)|Kai]] - Former [[Lord Commander (Legiones Astartes)|Knight-Commander]], redeemed as one of the Lion’s Risen.{{Fn|65b}}

====Unique Troops & Vehicles (Also used by Successor Chapters)====
*[[Interrogator-Chaplain]]
*[[Deathwing]]
**[[Deathwing Strikemaster]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Deathwing Command Squad]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Deathwing Champion]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Deathwing Apothecary]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Bladeguard Veteran|Deathwing Bladeguard Veteran]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Deathwing Knight]]
**[[Deathwing Land Raider]]{{Fn|53c}}
*[[Ravenwing]]
**[[Ravenwing Command Squad]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Ravenwing Ancient]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Ravenwing Champion]]{{Fn|53c}}
**[[Ravenwing Black Knight]]
**[[Ravenwing Darkshroud|Darkshroud]]
**[[Land Speeder Vengeance]]
**[[Nephilim Jetfighter]]
**[[Dark Talon]]
*[[Inner Circle Companion]]s
*[[Mortis Dreadnought]]
*[[Land Raider Ares]]
*[[Land Raider Solemnus Aggressor]]
*[[Deathwing Companions]] (Heresy-era){{Fn|47}}
*[[Stormwing]] (Heresy-era)
*[[Ironwing]] (Heresy-era)
**[[Excindio]] [[Battle-Automata]]{{Fn|50}} 
**[[Forge-Wright]]
*[[Dreadwing]] (Heresy-era)
**[[Interemptor]]s{{Fn|42}}
**[[Naufragia]]{{Fn|50a}}
*[[Firewing]] (Heresy-era)
**[[Enigmatii]]
*[[Knights Cenobium]]{{Fn|44}} (Heresy-era)
*[[Gun-crawler]]{{Fn|50}} ([[Unification Wars|Unification]] era)
*[[Promethean Class Cruiser]]{{Fn|50}} (Heresy-era)
*[[Tiamat Class Destroyer]]{{Fn|50}} (Heresy-era)

==Alternative colour schemes==
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DarkAngelsEgammononRevolt.jpg|[[Rhino]], [[Egamonnon Revolt]], [[Fourth Quadrant Rebellion]], ''Codex Pattern variant'': Sub-arctic: Tundra{{Fn|24}}
LandRaiderDarkAngelsDefenceofStraton.jpg|[[Land Raider]], [[Defence of Straton]], [[Tyrannic Wars|Last Tyranic War]], Temperate: variable terrain pattern{{Fn|20b}}
DarkMillenniumDarkAngelCaptain.jpg|Dark Angels [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] in personalised heraldry.{{Fn|63}}
SpaceMarine1989E.jpg|Dark Angels [[Space Marines]] in alternative colour scheme, with the chapter symbol being sculpted on the pauldron and in the same color as the rest of the armour. The [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] showing of personal heraldry on his right pauldron.{{Fn|3}}

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===Trivia===
{{Trivia}}
*At the 2012 [[Black Library Weekender]], [[Gav Thorpe]] said the Dark Angels are unique among the [[First Founding]] [[Space Marine Legion]]s in that, although they obeyed the [[Codex Astartes]] and divided into [[chapter]]s, they are so single-minded in their pursuit of the Fallen that, in a way, they remain united as a Legion.

===Conflicting sources===
In the novel [[Angels of Darkness (Novel)|Angels of Darkness]] by [[Gav Thorpe]], a different version of the events on Caliban is presented: instead of Luther, the order to open fire on the Lion's fleet come from [[Astelan]], a [[Terran]] "[[Chapter Master]]" of the Dark Angels. This terrible truth is uncovered by the Dark Angels Chaplain [[Boreas]].{{CME}}

This version is partially reconciled with the previous version in the novel [[Fallen Angels (Novel)|Fallen Angels]] by [[Mike Lee]], where Luther leads the Fallen's revolt against Lion El'Jonson and the rest of the Dark Angels, while Astelan is Luther's subordinate and placed in charge of Caliban's entire defence.

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==See also==
*[[Dark Angels Armoury]]
*[[Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)]]
*[[Space Marine Forces (List)]]
*[[Unforgiven]]

===Related Publications===
*[[Honour of the Third (Short Story)]]


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**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 20
**{{Endn|2c}}: pg. 21
**{{Endn|2d}}: pgs. 40-41
**{{Endn|2e}}: pgs. 42-43
**{{Endn|2f}}: pgs. 44-45
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Space Marine (1st Edition)]] box art
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
**{{Endn|4a}}: pg. 21
**{{Endn|4b}}: pg. 51
**{{Endn|4c}}: pg. 78
**{{Endn|4d}}: pg. 80
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**{{Endn|5a}}: pg. 18
**{{Endn|5b}}: pg. 96
**{{Endn|5c}}: pg. 109
**{{Endn|5d}}: pg. 150
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*{{Endn|12}}: [[Descent of Angels (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|12a}}: Chapter 13
**{{Endn|12b}}: Aftermath
**{{Endn|12c}}: Cover
*{{Endn|13}}: [[Fallen Angels (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|13a}}: Chapter 20
**{{Endn|13b}}: Chapter 3
**{{Endn|13c}}: Cover
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Sons of Fenris (Novel)]] – Chapter 7
*{{Endn|15}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pg. 59
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Codex: Eye of Terror (3rd Edition)]], pgs. 9-12
*{{Endn|17}}: [[White Dwarf 393 (UK)]], pgs. 34-35
*{{Endn|18}}: [[Prince of Crows (Novella)]] – Chapter 
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**{{Endn|20a}}: pg. 78
**{{Endn|20b}}: pg. 117
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**{{Endn|21a}}: ''The Tale of Boreas: Dark Cathedral''
**{{Endn|21b}}: ''The Tale of Naaman: Cut and Run''
*{{Endn|22}}: [[Kor'sarro Khan: Huntmaster (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|23}}: [[Savage Weapons (Short Story)]] — [[Age of Darkness (Anthology)]]
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**{{Endn|24a}}: pg. 18 — ''Strike Forces''
**{{Endn|24b}}: pgs. 10-11 — ''Chapter Organisation''
**{{Endn|24c}}: pgs. 26-29 — ''In the Name of Absolution''
*{{Endn|25}}: [[The Unremembered Empire (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|25a}}: Chapter 3
**{{Endn|25b}}: Chapter 8
**{{Endn|25c}}: Chapter 10
*{{Endn|26}}: [[The Lion (Novella)]] — [[The Primarchs (Anthology)]], Chapter IV
*{{Endn|27}}: [[Wolf's Claw (Audio Drama)]]
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Call of the Lion (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|29}}: [[The Unforgiven (Novel)]]
**{{Endn|29a}}: Heirlooms of the Lion
**{{Endn|29b}}: The Hidden Chamber
**{{Endn|29c}}: Secrets and Lies
*{{Endn|30}}: [[Wolf King (Novella)]]{{CME}}
*{{Endn|31}}: [[White Dwarf 88 (2015)]] — ''KV128 Stormsurge''
*{{Endn|32}}: [[The Hunt for Vulkan (Novel)]], Epilogue
*33: [[Angels of Caliban (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|33a}}: Chapter 12
**{{Endn|33b}}: Chapter 1
**{{Endn|33c}}: Chapter 5
**{{Endn|33d}}: Chapter 10
*{{Endn|34}}: [[Ruinstorm (Novel)]], Chapter 18
*35: [[Codex: Dark Angels (8th Edition)]] 
**{{Endn|35a}}: pgs. 12-13 — ''Chapter Organisation''
**{{Endn|35b}}: pgs. 18-19 — ''Dark Angels Successor Chapters''
**{{Endn|35c}}: pg. 21
**{{Endn|35d}}: pg. 23
**{{Endn|35e}}: pg. 26 — ''Azrael''
**{{Endn|35f}}: pg. 36 — ''Asmodai''
**{{Endn|35g}}: pg. 37
**{{Endn|35h}}: pgs. 24-25
*{{Endn|36}}: [[War of Secrets (Novel)]] – Chapter 10
*{{Endn|37}}: [[Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant]], pg. 79
*{{Endn|38}}: [[Dreadwing (Novella)]] 
**{{Endn|38a}}: Chapter 2
**{{Endn|38b}}: Chapter 5
*{{Endn|39}}: [[Ravenwing (Novel)]], Chapter One
*40: [[The Eye of Ezekiel (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|40a}}: Chapter Five
**{{Endn|40b}}: Chapter One
*{{Endn|41}}: [[White Dwarf September 2019]] — ''Index Astartes: Dark Angels''
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*{{Endn|43}}: [[The Test of Faith (Short Story)]]
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*{{Endn|45}}: [[Psychic Awakening: Ritual of the Damned]], pgs. 16-19
*{{Endn|46}}: [[Valdor: Birth of the Imperium (Novel)]], Chapter 12
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*{{Endn|48}}: [[Saturnine (Novel)]], Epilogue
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**{{Endn|50a}}: pg.35-37
**{{Endn|50b}}: pg.107
**{{Endn|50c}}: pg.81-100
**{{Endn|50d}}: pg.101-113
*{{Endn|51}}: [[Dataslate: Cypher - Lord of the Fallen]], pg. 19
*{{Endn|52}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition)]], pg. 85
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**{{Endn|53a}}: pgs. 9-10
**{{Endn|53b}}: pg. 27 — ''Successor Chapters''
**{{Endn|53c}}: pgs. 67-73 - ''Datasheets''
*54: [[Luther: First of the Fallen (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|54a}}: ''Tale of the Traitor''
**{{Endn|54b}}: ''Tale of the Book''
*{{Endn|55}}: [[Mortis (Novel)]], Chapters 14-16
*{{Endn|56}}: [[War Zone Octarius - Book 1: Rising Tide]], pgs. 30-31
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*{{Endn|58}}: [[Arks of Omen: Vashtorr]], pgs. 21-29
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*{{Endn|60}}: [[Arks of Omen: The Lion]] pgs. 31-40
*{{Endn|61}}: [[First Founding (Background Book)]], pg. 10
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*{{Endn|63}}: [[Warhammer 40,000: Dark Millennium (Box Set)]] box art
*{{Endn|64}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five]], pg. 96
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**{{Endn|65a}}: Chapter 24
**{{Endn|65b}}: Chapter 32
*{{Endn|66}}: [[Lion El'Jonson: Lord of the First (Novel)]] Chapter 2 Section I

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