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|Marine Px=200
 
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|Name=Black Dragons
 
|Name=Black Dragons
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|Founding Chapter=[[Salamanders]]{{Fn|15}}
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|Founding Chapter= Unknown{{Fn|19}}
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|Founding=[[21st Founding]]{{Fn|1}}
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|Founding=[[21st Founding]] ([[M36]]){{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3b}}
 
|Chapter Master=
 
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|Homeworld=[[Fleet-based]] [[Chapter]]{{Fn|3b}}
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|Homeworld=[[Fleet-based]]{{Fn|3c}}
 
|Fortress-Monastery=
 
|Fortress-Monastery=
 
|Colours=Black with white aquila and markings{{Fn|10}}
 
|Colours=Black with white aquila and markings{{Fn|10}}
 
|Specialty=Dragon Claws{{Fn|1}}
 
|Specialty=Dragon Claws{{Fn|1}}
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|Battle Cry="Fire and bone" or "Bless the curse".{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|16}}
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|Battle Cry="Fire and bone"{{Fn|3a}} or "Bless the curse".{{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|16}}
 
|Strength=
 
|Strength=
 
|Symbol=Black_Dragons_Symbol.jpg
 
|Symbol=Black_Dragons_Symbol.jpg
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The '''Black Dragons''' were long rumored to be a [[Salamanders]] [[Successor Chapter]],{{Fn|5a}} which has only recently been confirmed to be true.{{Fn|15}} It was founded in the cursed [[Twenty First Founding|21st Founding]], just prior to the [[Age of Apostasy]].{{Fn|1}}
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The '''Black Dragons''' were long rumored to be a [[Salamanders]] [[Successor Chapter]] {{Fn|15}}{{Fn|5}}. The chapter was founded in the cursed [[Twenty First Founding|21st Founding]], just prior to the [[Age of Apostasy]].{{Fn|1}}
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
 
[[File:Black-dragon-large.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A Dragon Claw.{{Fn|4}}]]
 
[[File:Black-dragon-large.jpg|right|300px|thumb|A Dragon Claw.{{Fn|4}}]]
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The '''Black Dragons''' are chiefly known for their status as a Cursed Founding chapter, and for their uniquely peculiar [[gene-seed]] mutation; their [[Ossmodula]] [[zygote]] has mutated, producing bony crests on their heads and blades from the forearm and elbow. Similar to the [[Death Company]] of the [[Blood Angels]], those with these abnormalities join a separate unit, known as the '''Dragon Claws'''. In this unit, they sharpen their protrusions to a killing edge and coat them with [[adamantium]] to turn them into horrifying [[Close Combat Weapon]]s.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5}} These forearm blades can be retracted into the Claw's arm and then extended at will. The most extreme mutations also cause rampant growth in the rest of the Marine's skeleton; some Dragon Claws stand more than three metres tall and must wear custom [[power armour]] to fit their gargantuan frames.{{Fn|3a}}
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The Black Dragons are chiefly known for their status as a Cursed Founding chapter, and for their uniquely peculiar [[gene-seed]] mutation; their [[Ossmodula]] [[zygote]] has mutated, producing bony crests on their heads and blades from the forearm and elbow. Similar to the [[Death Company]] of the [[Blood Angels]], those with these abnormalities join a separate unit, known as the '''Dragon Claws'''. In this unit, they sharpen their protrusions to a killing edge and coat them with [[adamantium]] to turn them into horrifying [[Close Combat Weapon]]s.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5}} These forearm blades can be retracted into the Claw's arm and then extended at will. The most extreme mutations also cause rampant growth in the rest of the Marine's skeleton; some Dragon Claws stand more than three metres tall and must wear custom [[power armour]] to fit their gargantuan frames.{{Fn|3b}}
  
 
There are many in the Inquisition who doubt their loyalty and several other chapters refuse to fight alongside them, including the [[Dark Angels]] and [[Marines Malevolent]].
 
There are many in the Inquisition who doubt their loyalty and several other chapters refuse to fight alongside them, including the [[Dark Angels]] and [[Marines Malevolent]].
 
{{Fn|1}}
 
{{Fn|1}}
  
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It is rumored that the Black Dragon [[Apothecaries]] deliberately encourage these growths, wishing to create more of the valued Dragon Claws.  This is a very dangerous practice and such gene-manipulation away from the genic template of a [[Space Marine]] is forbidden in the [[Imperium]]. When the usual 5% tithe of [[gene-seed]] is requested, the Black Dragons often resist giving it over, and sometimes have needed to be threatened with military action in order to comply with the tithe request. When they do send it in, the veracity of the gene-seed is unknown, as each passes the most stringent tests; some, therefore, believe that it is not even the gene-seed of the Black Dragons. How this is procured is a mystery, although the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and some ordos of the [[Inquisition]] are eager to investigate the medical practices of the Cursed Founding chapter.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3a}}
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It is rumored that the Black Dragon [[Apothecaries]] deliberately encourage these growths, wishing to create more of the valued Dragon Claws.  This is a very dangerous practice and such gene-manipulation away from the genic template of a [[Space Marine]] is forbidden in the [[Imperium]]. When the usual 5% tithe of [[gene-seed]] is requested, the Black Dragons often resist giving it over, and sometimes have needed to be threatened with military action in order to comply with the tithe request. When they do send it in, the veracity of the gene-seed is unknown, as each passes the most stringent tests; some, therefore, believe that it is not even the gene-seed of the Black Dragons. How this is procured is a mystery, although the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]] and some ordos of the [[Inquisition]] are eager to investigate the medical practices of the Cursed Founding chapter.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|3b}}
  
 
Only the turmoil formed by the [[Great Rift]]'s formation has halted the latest Inquisition investigation into the Black Dragons.{{Fn|12}}
 
Only the turmoil formed by the [[Great Rift]]'s formation has halted the latest Inquisition investigation into the Black Dragons.{{Fn|12}}
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===Notable battles and campaigns===
 
===Notable battles and campaigns===
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*[[232.M40]] - The '''Bone Cruse''': The [[Haemonculi]] of [[The Hex]] learn of the Black Dragons mutations and with the help of [[Duke Sliscus]], attack the Chapter in the [[Donorian System]]. After a vicious battle, several of the most mutated Black Dragons are captured and brought back to [[Commorragh]]. After multiple experimentation's, an osseovirus is developed that can birth bone 'dragons' from its hosts flesh.{{Fn|9}}
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*'''232.[[M40]]:''' The '''Bone Cruse''' — The [[Haemonculi]] of [[The Hex]] learn of the Black Dragons mutations and with the help of [[Duke Sliscus]], attack the Chapter in the [[Donorian System]]. After a vicious battle, several of the most mutated Black Dragons are captured and brought back to [[Commorragh]]. After multiple experimentation's, an osseovirus is developed that can birth bone 'dragons' from its hosts flesh.{{Fn|9}}
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*[[998.M41]] - The [[Third War for Armageddon]]: The Black Dragons committed 9 out of their 10 companies.{{Fn|2}} Notably, they broke assaulting [[ork]] forces on [[Phoenix Island]].{{Fn|13}}
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*Combating the [[Plague Zombie|Plague of Undeath]] on [[Antagonis]]{{Fn|3a}}
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*Combating the [[Plague Zombie|Plague of Undeath]] on [[Antagonis]]{{Fn|3}}
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*'''998.[[M41]]:''' The [[Third War for Armageddon]] — The Black Dragons committed 9 out of their 10 companies.{{Fn|2}} Notably, they broke assaulting [[ork]] forces on [[Phoenix Island]].{{Fn|13}}
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*[[M42]] - The [[Indomitus Crusade]]. The 4th Company under [[Jorn Tanna]] takes part in [[Battlegroup Hephaestus]].{{Fn|11}}
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*'''[[M42]]:''' The [[Indomitus Crusade]] — The 4th Company under [[Jorn Tanna]] takes part in [[Battlegroup Hephaestus]].{{Fn|11}}
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*[[M42]] - Battle of [[Rendolia]]. The 5th Company under Chaplain [[Darrigg]] fights alongside the [[Cadian 124th]] regiment and elements of the 3rd, 600th and 89th regiments against the forces of the [[World Eaters]].{{Fn|16}}
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*'''[[M42]]:''' Battle of [[Rendolia]] — The 5th Company under Chaplain [[Darrigg]] fights alongside the [[Cadian 124th]] regiment and elements of the 3rd, 600th and 89th regiments against the forces of the [[World Eaters]].{{Fn|16}}
  
 
===Culture===
 
===Culture===
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==Notable Elements of the Black Dragons==
 
==Notable Elements of the Black Dragons==
 
===Vessels===
 
===Vessels===
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*[[Argent Blade]] - [[Strike Cruiser]]{{Fn|11}}
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*''[[Argent Blade]]'' — [[Strike Cruiser]].{{Fn|11}}
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*[[Fist of Kraedor]]{{Fn|8b}} - [[Hunter Destroyer]], (M41).{{Fn|8a}}
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*''[[Sablewyrm]]'' — [[Strike Cruiser]].{{Fn|16}}
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*[[Sablewyrm]] - [[Strike Cruiser]]{{Fn|16}}
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*''[[Fist of Kraedor]]''{{Fn|8b}} — [[Hunter Destroyer]], (M41).{{Fn|8a}}
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===Aircraft===
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*''[[Battle Pyre]]'' — [[Thunderhawk|Thunderhawk gunship]].{{Fn|3a}}
  
 
===Known Members of the Black Dragons===
 
===Known Members of the Black Dragons===
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*[[Zartath]], Astartes, (M41){{Fn|6a}} - Trapped in the Volgorrah Reef region of the Webway, linked up with trapped elements of the Salamanders,{{Fn|6a}} subsequently rescued and detained by the Salamanders [[Firedrakes]].{{Fn|6d}}
 
*[[Zartath]], Astartes, (M41){{Fn|6a}} - Trapped in the Volgorrah Reef region of the Webway, linked up with trapped elements of the Salamanders,{{Fn|6a}} subsequently rescued and detained by the Salamanders [[Firedrakes]].{{Fn|6d}}
 
*Kor'be - Astartes, (M41) - Deceased, killed by Dark Eldar in the Volgorrah Reef.{{Fn|6c}}
 
*Kor'be - Astartes, (M41) - Deceased, killed by Dark Eldar in the Volgorrah Reef.{{Fn|6c}}
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*[[Volos]] - Captain of the Second Company (M41){{Fn|3a}}
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*[[Volos]] - Captain of the Second Company (M41){{Fn|17}}
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*[[Vritras]] - Captain of the Second Company{{Fn|18}}
 
*[[Jorn Tanna]] - Captain of the Fourth Company{{Fn|11}}
 
*[[Jorn Tanna]] - Captain of the Fourth Company{{Fn|11}}
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*[[Toharan]] - Former Sergeant turned Renegade, Second Company (M41), (Deceased){{Fn|3b}}
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*[[Toharan]] - Former Sergeant turned Renegade, Second Company (M41), (Deceased){{Fn|3c}}
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*[[Nithigg]] - Dreadnought, Second Company (M41){{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|7}}
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*[[Nithigg]] - Dreadnought, Second Company (M41){{Fn|3c}}{{Fn|7}}
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*[[Keryon]] - Thunderhawk Pilot, Second Company (M41){{Fn|3a}}
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*[[Keryon]] - Thunderhawk Pilot, Second Company (M41){{Fn|3b}}
 
*[[Urgaresh]] - Sergeant, (M41) - Leader of the 'Wrath' or 'Zorn' squad.{{Fn|8a}}
 
*[[Urgaresh]] - Sergeant, (M41) - Leader of the 'Wrath' or 'Zorn' squad.{{Fn|8a}}
 
*[[Thorast]] - Apothecary, (M41).{{Fn|8a}}
 
*[[Thorast]] - Apothecary, (M41).{{Fn|8a}}
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 279 (UK)]], pg. 50
 
*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 279 (UK)]], pg. 50
 
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition)]], pg. 32
 
*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition)]], pg. 32
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*3: [[The Death of Antagonis (Novel)]]
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*3: [[The Death of Antagonis (Novel)]]:
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**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter Two
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**{{Endn|3a}}: Chapter 1
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**{{Endn|3b}}: {{Cite This}}
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**{{Endn|3b}}: Chapter 2
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**{{Endn|3c}}: {{Cite This}}
 
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/enter-the-dragon.html Black Library's September 18, 2012 Blog Entry] (last accessed September 18, 2012)
 
*{{Endn|4}}: [http://www.blacklibrary.com/Blog/enter-the-dragon.html Black Library's September 18, 2012 Blog Entry] (last accessed September 18, 2012)
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Index Astartes I]], pgs. 7-8 - ''Rites of Initiation: The creation of a Space Marine''
 
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Index Astartes I]], pgs. 7-8 - ''Rites of Initiation: The creation of a Space Marine''
 
**{{Endn|5a}}: Promethean Warriors
 
**{{Endn|5a}}: Promethean Warriors
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*6: [[Firedrake (Novel)]]
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*6: [[Firedrake (Novel)]]:
 
**{{Endn|6a}}: Chapter Eleven
 
**{{Endn|6a}}: Chapter Eleven
 
**{{Endn|6b}}: Chapter Twelve
 
**{{Endn|6b}}: Chapter Twelve
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**{{Endn|6d}}: Chapter Eighteen
 
**{{Endn|6d}}: Chapter Eighteen
 
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Tribute of Flesh (Short Story)]]
 
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Tribute of Flesh (Short Story)]]
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*8: [[Salamanders: Rebirth (Novel)|Rebirth (Novel)]]
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*8: [[Salamanders: Rebirth (Novel)|Rebirth (Novel)]]:
 
**{{Endn|8a}}: Chapter 6
 
**{{Endn|8a}}: Chapter 6
 
**{{Endn|8b}}: Chapter 10
 
**{{Endn|8b}}: Chapter 10
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*{{Endn|14}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20020615025757/http://www.armageddon3.com/english/campaign/Anthrand/anthrand.html  Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Black Dragons] ''(archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 24th December 2020)''
 
*{{Endn|14}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20020615025757/http://www.armageddon3.com/english/campaign/Anthrand/anthrand.html  Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Black Dragons] ''(archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 24th December 2020)''
 
*{{Endn|15}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/24/when-is-a-dragon-not-a-dragon-more-often-than-youd-think/ Warhammer Community: When is a Dragon Not a Dragon? More Often Than You’d Think… (Posted on 24/11/2021)] (Last accessed on 24 November 2021)  
 
*{{Endn|15}}: [https://www.warhammer-community.com/2021/11/24/when-is-a-dragon-not-a-dragon-more-often-than-youd-think/ Warhammer Community: When is a Dragon Not a Dragon? More Often Than You’d Think… (Posted on 24/11/2021)] (Last accessed on 24 November 2021)  
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*{{Endn|16}}: [[Bless the Curse (Short Story)]]
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*{{Endn|16}}: [[Bless the Curse (Short Story)]] — [[The Successors (Anthology)]]
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*{{Endn|17}}: [[Sarcophagus (Short Story)]] — [[Yarrick: The Omnibus]]
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*{{Endn|18}}: [[The Vorago Fastness (Short Story)]]
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*{{Endn|19}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (10th Edition)]], pg. 64
  
 
[[Category:Armageddon Wars]]
 
[[Category:Armageddon Wars]]
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[[Category:Black Dragons| ]]
 
[[Category:Indomitus Crusade]]
 
[[Category:Indomitus Crusade]]
 
[[Category:Later Foundings]]
 
[[Category:Later Foundings]]

Latest revision as of 00:53, 23 February 2025

Salamanders.png Space Marines Portal
Salamanders
Black Dragons
 Black Dragons Symbol.jpg
Black Dragons Marine New.jpg Blackdragonsmini.jpg
Founding Chapter: Unknown[19]
Founding: 21st Founding (M36)[1][3b]
Homeworld: Fleet-based[3c]
Colours: Black with white aquila and markings[10]
Specialty: Dragon Claws[1]
Battle Cry "Fire and bone"[3a] or "Bless the curse".[3b][16]

The Black Dragons were long rumored to be a Salamanders Successor Chapter [15][5]. The chapter was founded in the cursed 21st Founding, just prior to the Age of Apostasy.[1]

History

A Dragon Claw.[4]

The Black Dragons are chiefly known for their status as a Cursed Founding chapter, and for their uniquely peculiar gene-seed mutation; their Ossmodula zygote has mutated, producing bony crests on their heads and blades from the forearm and elbow. Similar to the Death Company of the Blood Angels, those with these abnormalities join a separate unit, known as the Dragon Claws. In this unit, they sharpen their protrusions to a killing edge and coat them with adamantium to turn them into horrifying Close Combat Weapons.[1][5] These forearm blades can be retracted into the Claw's arm and then extended at will. The most extreme mutations also cause rampant growth in the rest of the Marine's skeleton; some Dragon Claws stand more than three metres tall and must wear custom power armour to fit their gargantuan frames.[3b]

There are many in the Inquisition who doubt their loyalty and several other chapters refuse to fight alongside them, including the Dark Angels and Marines Malevolent. [1]

It is rumored that the Black Dragon Apothecaries deliberately encourage these growths, wishing to create more of the valued Dragon Claws. This is a very dangerous practice and such gene-manipulation away from the genic template of a Space Marine is forbidden in the Imperium. When the usual 5% tithe of gene-seed is requested, the Black Dragons often resist giving it over, and sometimes have needed to be threatened with military action in order to comply with the tithe request. When they do send it in, the veracity of the gene-seed is unknown, as each passes the most stringent tests; some, therefore, believe that it is not even the gene-seed of the Black Dragons. How this is procured is a mystery, although the Adeptus Mechanicus and some ordos of the Inquisition are eager to investigate the medical practices of the Cursed Founding chapter.[1][3b]

Only the turmoil formed by the Great Rift's formation has halted the latest Inquisition investigation into the Black Dragons.[12]

During the Indomitus Crusade, a Torchbearer Fleet commanded by Custodian Alezandrios Menza delivered the technology necessary to create Primaris Space Marines and a squad of Black Dragons Greyshields, injected with the chapter's Geneseed, to the fifth company, which were accepted by chaplain Darrig.[16]

Notable battles and campaigns

Culture

While they are frowned upon and often investigated for traces of heresy, the Marines of the Black Dragons proudly bear their mutations and use them efficiently in battle. Most of their culture turns around bones and honour. Their Chaplain sits next to The High Dragon on thrones made from bones and sculpted to the likeness of their Chapter Symbol. Being implanted with the gene-seed of the Black Dragons isn’t enough to be one of them, the Rites of Bone, Rites of Fire and Rites of Claw seem to be essential to be called a battle-brother amongst the mutated Marines. Even those who do not have the mutations from the curse of their gene-seed fashion their armour in a way that resembles the bone growths their brothers have.[16]

Notable Elements of the Black Dragons

Vessels

Aircraft

Known Members of the Black Dragons

Images

Black Dragons old art.[14]

See also

Sources

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