Shadow Hawks

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The Shadow Hawks are a Space Marine Chapter.^[1]

Overview

The Shadow Hawks' power armour is charcoal-grey with a red helmet. They have recently been on a campaign against the Eldar.^[1]

Notable Engagements

• The Cruach Mhorn Massacres (292.M39-304.M39) - After facing censure for the Massacres, Captain Mahaur leads the survivors of his Third Company into rebelling against the Imperium. The Company later became the Slaughterkin Warband.^[3]
• The First Punisher War (825.M41) - The Shadowhawks aid the Dark Hunters against the Punishers warband.^[1a]
• The Second Punisher War (982.M41) - The Shadowhawks again aid the Dark Hunters against the Punishers.^[2b]
• Specimen Collection (Date Unknown) - The Shadowhawks^[4b] are tasked by the Ordo Xenos with capturing one of the Vespid's leader strains that was still in its pupa stage, for the Ordo.^[4a] Captain Urotriorchis undertakes the mission for the Chapter,^[4b] but it ends in failure and the Ordo Xenos is not pleased by this.^[4c]

Known Members

• Urotriorchis - Captain^[4b]
• Buteogallus - Castraferrum Dreadnought^[4b]
• Mahaur - Former Captain of the Chapter's Third Company, who corrupted it into becoming the Slaughterkin Warband.^[3]

Known Formations

• Accipiter - Tactical Squad^[4b]
• Butastur - Tactical Squad^[4b]

Related Articles

• Loyal Space Marine Chapters (List)
• Space Marine Forces (List)

Sources

• 1: Painting Space Marine Devastators (accessed 2011.06.17)
• 2: Dark Hunters: Umbra Sumus (Novel)
  • 2a: Chapter 1
  • 2b: Chapter 23
• 3: Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned, pgs. 23-24
• 4: Games Workshop: Specimen Collection: Scenario and Battle Report (Saved archive page, dated 15 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/default.htm)
  • 4a: Scenario (Saved archive page, dated 19 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/scenario.htm)
  • 4b: Space Marine Force (Saved archive page, dated 19 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/2.htm)
  • 4c: Turn 4 - Conclusion (Saved archive page, dated 19 Jun 2006, last accessed 19 Sept 2024, original link: http://us.games-workshop.com/games/40k/tau/gaming/vespids/4.htm)