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The '''Second Founding''' happened in 021.[[M31]]. Unlike every other founding since, new Marines were not created during this founding. Instead, the remaining loyal [[Space Marine]] [[Legion]]s were divided into smaller [[Chapter]]s, to fit with the restrictions of the new [[Codex Astartes]], created by the [[Ultramarines]]' [[Primarch]], [[Roboute Guilliman]]. Because the Marines that made up each of the Second Founding Chapters originated from one of the Legions that first served the [[Emperor]], the chapters that were created were called ''Successor Chapters'', a title not given to chapters created after that initial split.
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#REDIRECT [[Founding#Second Founding]]
  
Due to the flexible size of the Space Marine Legions and loss or wilful destruction of records in the wake of the immediately prior [[Horus Heresy|war]] it is unclear just how many Successor Chapters were created. Some Legions, such as the Ultramarines, produced vast numbers, where as others produced relatively few. The [[Salamanders]], consisting of only 7 Companies at the end of the Heresy, produced no recorded successors in the second founding at all. It is possible that certain Chapters that are not commonly attributed as descendents of any of the Space Marine Legions were created in the Second Founding.
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The '''Second Founding''', of [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]]s, occurred seven years after the [[Horus Heresy]]{{Fn|1}}, in 021.[[M31]]. This [[Founding]] involved the division of the existing Space Marine Legions into the smaller, autonomous Chapters into which the Space Marines are now organized - as decreed by the new [[Codex Astartes]], created by the [[Ultramarines]]' [[Primarch]], [[Roboute Guilliman]].
  
Some sources have placed the founding of the [[Grey Knights]] at the time of the second founding and, in an unprecedented action, they were created using [[gene-seed]] taken directly from the Emperor himself, rather than from a Primarch or a redevelopment. The facts surrounding this theory are unclear though, as it would seem unlikely that the Emperor would be willing to order the creation of such a chapter, or offer of his own flesh for the gene-seed, whilst in his incapacitated state in the [[Golden Throne]]. In either circumstance the Grey Knights are not considered part of the Second Founding.
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The remaining loyal Legions (sometimes referred to as the “Progenitor”){{Fn|1}} were divided into smaller Chapters - one chapter maintained their parent Legion's original name, symbol and colors, while the remaining chapters took new names and heraldry. These remaining Chapters are known as the Second Founding Chapters. Each Second Founding Chapter initially shared their parent Legion's gene-seed - subsequently each chapter's gene-seed was isolated, forming new genetic lines and forged their own histories and traditions distinct from their Progenitors, while still remaining proud of their roots.{{Fn|1}}
  
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Because the Marines that made up each of the Second Founding Chapters originated from one of the Legions that first served the [[Emperor]], the chapters that were created were called ''Successor Chapters'', a title not given to chapters created after that initial split.
  
'''Some Reputable Second Founding Chapters'''
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It is unknown how many Successor Chapters were created - exactly how many Chapters were founded and from which Legions is unclear. The [[Apocrypha of Davio]] attempted to categorize them all, but was never completed.{{Fn|2}} Some survive to this day, the proud inheritors of their Legion's histories and the traditions of their Primarch. One of the earliest known accounts is found within a version of the Codex Astartes known as the [[Apocrypha of Skaros]] claiming that the Ultramarines Legion sired twenty-three Primogenitor Chapters, but omitted to list them all. Furthermore, no version of the codex lists a Second Founding as having been raised from the Salamanders Chapter, though this does not mean that none ever were. Due to the scarcity of information regarding the identity and status of the Second Founding Chapters, a huge amount of mystery and legend surrounds many of them. Some Chapters that believe themselves Second Founding may not be at all, while others may be Second Founding but be ignorant of the fact. {{Fn|1}}
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The vast majority of the Second Founding Chapters were created from the ranks of the Ultramarines Legion; Other Legions were not large enough to be divided more than once.{{Fn|1}} The [[Salamanders]], consisting of only 7 Companies at the end of the Heresy, produced no recorded successors in the second founding at all. The division of the Space Wolves Legion produced only one additional chapter known as the [[Wolf Brothers]]. It is possible that certain Chapters that are not commonly attributed as descendants of any of the Space Marine Legions were created in the Second Founding.
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Some sources (such as 2nd edition's Ultramarines codex) have stated that the [[Grey Knights]] were the first of chapters created during the Second Founding. They are an exception among the other second founding chapters in that they have no antecedents, their gene-seed engineered from unknown sources. Their creation is unrecorded, and even their inclusion in the second founding is debatable.
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==List of Second Founding Chapters==
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Below is a list of confirmed 2nd Founding chapters with the sources.
 
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|[[Angels Encarmine]]
 
|[[Angels Encarmine]]
 
|[[Blood Angels]]
 
|[[Blood Angels]]
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
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|[[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
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[[Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)]]
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|-
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|[[Angels Sanguine]]
 +
|[[Blood Angels]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|[[2C:AOD]]
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|[[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
[[3C:BA]]
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[[Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)]]
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|-
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|[[Angels Vermillion]]
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|[[Blood Angels]]
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|[[Corinal]]
 +
|
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|[[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
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[[Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)]]
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|-
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|[[Blood Drinkers]]
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|[[Blood Angels]]
 +
|[[San Guisaga]]
 +
|
 +
|[[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
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[[Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)]]
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|-
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|[[Flesh Tearers]]
 +
|[[Blood Angels]]
 +
|[[Cretacia]]
 +
|
 +
|[[Index Astartes I]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Angels of Absolution]]
 
|[[Angels of Absolution]]
 
|[[Dark Angels]]
 
|[[Dark Angels]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
|[[2C:AOD]]
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[[Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition)]]
[[3C:DA2]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Angels of Redemption]]
 
|[[Angels of Redemption]]
 
|[[Dark Angels]]
 
|[[Dark Angels]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
|[[2C:AOD]]
+
[[Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition)]]
[[3C:DA2]]
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[[WD248|White Dwarf 248]] p. 76
[[WD248]] p.76
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Angels of Vengeance]]
 
|[[Angels of Vengeance]]
 
|[[Dark Angels]]
 
|[[Dark Angels]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
 +
|[[Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)]]
 +
[[Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition)]]
 +
|-
 +
|[[Black Templars]]
 +
|[[Imperial Fists]]
 +
|Fleet Based
 
|
 
|
|[[2C:AOD]]
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|[[White Dwarf 248 (UK)]] p. 76
[[3C:DA2]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Angels Sanguine]]
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|[[Crimson Fists]]
|[[Blood Angels]]
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|[[Imperial Fists]]
 +
|[[Rynn's World]]
 
|
 
|
 +
|[[White Dwarf 287 (UK)]] p. 86
 +
|-
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|[[Excoriators]]
 +
|[[Imperial Fists]]
 +
|[[Eschara]]
 
|
 
|
|[[2C:AOD]]
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|[[Legion of the Damned (Novel)]] p. 19,96
[[3C:BA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Angels Vermillion]]
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|[[Soul Drinkers]]
|[[Blood Angels]]
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|[[Imperial Fists]]
|
+
|Fleet Based
 
|
 
|
|[[2C:AOD]]
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|[[Soul Drinkers (Novel Series)]]
[[3C:BA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Aurora Chapter]]
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|[[Brazen Claw]]
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|[[Iron Hands]]
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|[[Talus IV]]
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]]
|[[2C:U]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Black Consuls]]
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|[[Red Talons]]
|[[Ultramarines]]
+
|[[Iron Hands]]
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|[[Raikan]]
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 22, 47
|[[2C:U]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Black Guard]]
 
|[[Black Guard]]
 
|[[Raven Guard]]
 
|[[Raven Guard]]
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]]
|[[3C:SM]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Black Templars]]
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|[[Raptors (Chapter)|Raptors]]
|[[Imperial Fists]]
+
|[[Raven Guard]]
|Crusade Fleet
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|[[WD248]] p.76
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]] p. 8
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Blood Drinkers]]
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|[[Revilers]]
|[[Blood Angels]]
+
|[[Raven Guard]]
|
+
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|[[2C:AOD]]
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 22, 47
[[3C:BA]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Brazen Claw]]
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|[[Wolf Brothers]]
|[[Iron Hands]]
+
|[[Space Wolves]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Space Wolves (2nd Edition)]]
|[[2C:U]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Crimson Fists]]
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|[[Aurora Chapter]]
|[[Imperial Fists]]
+
|[[Ultramarines]]
|Rynn's World
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|[[Firestorm (Planet)|Firestorm]]
 
|
 
|
|[[WD287]] p.86
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|[[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]]
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Destroyers]]
+
|[[Black Consuls]]
|[[White Scars]]
+
|[[Ultramarines]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]]
|[[3C:SM]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Doom Eagles]]
 
|[[Doom Eagles]]
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|[[Ultramarines]]
 +
|[[Gathis II]]
 
|
 
|
|Gathis II
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|[[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]]
|
+
[[How to Paint Space Marines]]
|[[2C:U]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Eagle Warriors]]
 
|[[Eagle Warriors]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|Fleet Based
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]]
|[[3C:SM]]
 
|-
 
|[[Flesh Tearers]]
 
|[[Blood Angels]]
 
|Cretacia
 
|
 
|[[IA:v1]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Genesis Chapter]]
 
|[[Genesis Chapter]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|[[Newfound]]
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]]
|[[2C:U]]
+
[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]]
[[3C:SM]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Inceptors]]
 
|[[Inceptors]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
 +
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 47
 +
|-
 +
|[[Iron Snakes]]
 +
|[[Ultramarines]]
 +
|[[Ithaka]]
 
|
 
|
|[[3C:SM]] p.47
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|[[Brothers of the Snake]] by Dan Abnett
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Libators]]
 
|[[Libators]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]]
|[[3C:SM]]
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Marauders]]
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|[[Mortifactors]]
|[[White Scars]]
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|[[Ultramarines]]
|
+
|[[Posul]]
 
|
 
|
|[[3C:SM]] p.22, 47
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|[[Warriors of Ultramar (Novel)]]
 +
[[Codex: Armageddon]]
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Nemesis]]
 
|[[Nemesis]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
|
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
 
|
 
|
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|[[Novamarines]]
 
|[[Novamarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|[[Honourum]]
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Warhammer 40,000: Compilation]] p. 34
|[[1Comp]] p.34
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[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 47
[[3C:SM]] p.47
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Patriarchs of Ulixis]]
 
|[[Patriarchs of Ulixis]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 47
|[[3C:SM]] p.47
 
 
|-
 
|-
 
|[[Praetors of Orpheus]]
 
|[[Praetors of Orpheus]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
 
|[[Ultramarines]]
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 47
|[[3C:SM]] p.47
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Rampagers]]
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|[[Silver Eagles]]
|[[White Scars]]
+
|[[Ultramarines]]
|
+
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|[[3C:SM]] p.22, 47
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|[[Chapter Approved 2001]]  
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Raptors]]
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|[[Silver Skulls]]
|[[Raven Guard]]
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|[[Ultramarines]]
|
+
|[[Varsavia]]
 
|
 
|
|[[4C:SM]] p.8
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|[[Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook]]  
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Red Talons]]
+
|[[White Consuls]]
|[[Iron Hands]]
+
|[[Ultramarines]]
|
+
|[[Sabatine]]
 
|
 
|
|[[3C:SM]] p.22, 47
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 22, 47
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Revilers]]
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|[[Destroyers]]
|[[Raven Guard]]
+
|[[White Scars]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]]
|[[3C:SM]] p.22, 47
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Storm Lords]]
+
|[[Marauders]]
 
|[[White Scars]]
 
|[[White Scars]]
 +
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
+
|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 22, 47
|[[3C:SM]] p.47
 
[[WD248]] p.76
 
 
|-
 
|-
|[[White Consuls]]
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|[[Rampagers]]
|[[Ultramarines]]
+
|[[White Scars]]
|
+
|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|[[3C:SM]] p.22, 47
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 22, 47
 
|-
 
|-
|[[Wolf Brothers]]
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|[[Storm Lords]]
|[[Space Wolves]]
+
|[[White Scars]]
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|Unknown
 
|
 
|
|
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|[[Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)]] p. 47
|[[2C:SW]]
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[[WD248|White Dwarf 248]] p. 76
 
|}
 
|}
 
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==Source==
[[Category:Space Marines]]
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*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deathwatch: Rites of Battle]], pg 53
[[Category:Later Foundings]]
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*{{Endn|2}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) pg.65
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[[Category:Later Foundings|#02]]
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[[de:Zweite Gründung]]
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[[fr:Seconde Fondation]]

Revision as of 09:49, 15 May 2015

The Second Founding, of Space Marine Chapters, occurred seven years after the Horus Heresy[1], in 021.M31. This Founding involved the division of the existing Space Marine Legions into the smaller, autonomous Chapters into which the Space Marines are now organized - as decreed by the new Codex Astartes, created by the Ultramarines' Primarch, Roboute Guilliman.

The remaining loyal Legions (sometimes referred to as the “Progenitor”)[1] were divided into smaller Chapters - one chapter maintained their parent Legion's original name, symbol and colors, while the remaining chapters took new names and heraldry. These remaining Chapters are known as the Second Founding Chapters. Each Second Founding Chapter initially shared their parent Legion's gene-seed - subsequently each chapter's gene-seed was isolated, forming new genetic lines and forged their own histories and traditions distinct from their Progenitors, while still remaining proud of their roots.[1]

Because the Marines that made up each of the Second Founding Chapters originated from one of the Legions that first served the Emperor, the chapters that were created were called Successor Chapters, a title not given to chapters created after that initial split.

It is unknown how many Successor Chapters were created - exactly how many Chapters were founded and from which Legions is unclear. The Apocrypha of Davio attempted to categorize them all, but was never completed.[2] Some survive to this day, the proud inheritors of their Legion's histories and the traditions of their Primarch. One of the earliest known accounts is found within a version of the Codex Astartes known as the Apocrypha of Skaros claiming that the Ultramarines Legion sired twenty-three Primogenitor Chapters, but omitted to list them all. Furthermore, no version of the codex lists a Second Founding as having been raised from the Salamanders Chapter, though this does not mean that none ever were. Due to the scarcity of information regarding the identity and status of the Second Founding Chapters, a huge amount of mystery and legend surrounds many of them. Some Chapters that believe themselves Second Founding may not be at all, while others may be Second Founding but be ignorant of the fact. [1]

The vast majority of the Second Founding Chapters were created from the ranks of the Ultramarines Legion; Other Legions were not large enough to be divided more than once.[1] The Salamanders, consisting of only 7 Companies at the end of the Heresy, produced no recorded successors in the second founding at all. The division of the Space Wolves Legion produced only one additional chapter known as the Wolf Brothers. It is possible that certain Chapters that are not commonly attributed as descendants of any of the Space Marine Legions were created in the Second Founding.

Some sources (such as 2nd edition's Ultramarines codex) have stated that the Grey Knights were the first of chapters created during the Second Founding. They are an exception among the other second founding chapters in that they have no antecedents, their gene-seed engineered from unknown sources. Their creation is unrecorded, and even their inclusion in the second founding is debatable.

List of Second Founding Chapters

Below is a list of confirmed 2nd Founding chapters with the sources.

Chapter Name Parent Chapter Homeworld Notes Source
Angels Encarmine Blood Angels Unknown Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)

Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)

Angels Sanguine Blood Angels Unknown Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)

Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)

Angels Vermillion Blood Angels Corinal Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)

Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)

Blood Drinkers Blood Angels San Guisaga Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)

Codex: Blood Angels (3rd Edition)

Flesh Tearers Blood Angels Cretacia Index Astartes I
Angels of Absolution Dark Angels Unknown Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)

Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition)

Angels of Redemption Dark Angels Unknown Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)

Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition) White Dwarf 248 p. 76

Angels of Vengeance Dark Angels Unknown Codex: Angels of Death (2nd Edition)

Codex: Dark Angels (3rd Edition)

Black Templars Imperial Fists Fleet Based White Dwarf 248 (UK) p. 76
Crimson Fists Imperial Fists Rynn's World White Dwarf 287 (UK) p. 86
Excoriators Imperial Fists Eschara Legion of the Damned (Novel) p. 19,96
Soul Drinkers Imperial Fists Fleet Based Soul Drinkers (Novel Series)
Brazen Claw Iron Hands Talus IV Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
Red Talons Iron Hands Raikan Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 22, 47
Black Guard Raven Guard Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
Raptors Raven Guard Unknown Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition) p. 8
Revilers Raven Guard Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 22, 47
Wolf Brothers Space Wolves Unknown Codex: Space Wolves (2nd Edition)
Aurora Chapter Ultramarines Firestorm Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
Black Consuls Ultramarines Unknown Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
Doom Eagles Ultramarines Gathis II Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)

How to Paint Space Marines

Eagle Warriors Ultramarines Fleet Based Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
Genesis Chapter Ultramarines Newfound Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)

Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)

Inceptors Ultramarines Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 47
Iron Snakes Ultramarines Ithaka Brothers of the Snake by Dan Abnett
Libators Ultramarines Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
Mortifactors Ultramarines Posul Warriors of Ultramar (Novel)

Codex: Armageddon

Nemesis Ultramarines Unknown
Novamarines Ultramarines Honourum Warhammer 40,000: Compilation p. 34

Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 47

Patriarchs of Ulixis Ultramarines Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 47
Praetors of Orpheus Ultramarines Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 47
Silver Eagles Ultramarines Unknown Chapter Approved 2001
Silver Skulls Ultramarines Varsavia Warhammer 40,000 3rd Edition Rulebook
White Consuls Ultramarines Sabatine Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 22, 47
Destroyers White Scars Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
Marauders White Scars Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 22, 47
Rampagers White Scars Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 22, 47
Storm Lords White Scars Unknown Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition) p. 47

White Dwarf 248 p. 76

Source