White Scars

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The White Scars are the fifth Space Marine Legion of the First Founding. Their Primarch is Jaghatai Khan.

Chapter Summary

Space Marines Portal White Scars Legion Number V Primarch Jaghatai Khan Homeworld Mundus Planus (Chogoris) Fortress-Monastery High in the Khum Karta mountains 6-p94 Chapter Master Jubal 3 Colours White Specialty Fast attack Strength ~1000 marines Battle Cry "For the Khan and the Emperor" 3g Successor Chapters: Marauders, Rampagers, Destroyers, Storm Lords

History

By the time the 5th Legion was united with their Primarch Jaghatai Khan, he had united the fierce tribes of his homeworld Mundus Planus. The Astartes adopted the facial ritual scars of the Talskar tribesmen and renamed themselves "White Scars".

Following the vision of the Emperor of a united mankind, the Khan departed, allowing many of his loyal tribesmen to join the Legion.^3a

The Great Crusade

The White Scars fought many bloody battles during the Great Crusade and under Jaghatai Khan they became infamous for their fast attacks and hit-and-run assaults.^3a

The Horus Heresy

Jaghatai Khan and his Legion had spent several years in a campaign against the Orks of the Chondax System when news about the betrayal of Horus and the Drop Site Massacre arrived. They were urged by Rogal Dorn to return to Terra^7-p344

The Khan was contacted by Leman Russ who had just returned from Prospero and offered him to join forces. Horus however had anticipated this and had send the Alpha Legion who launched an assault on Russ' outnumbered Space Wolves.^{7-p344 8}

Although he despised leaving the Space Wolves on their own, Jagathai Khan followed Dorn's urgent request to retreat to Terra immediately rather than engaging in a costly battle against the Alpha Legion.^7-p345

The Battle of Terra

During the siege of the Emperor's Palace the White Scars fought alongside the Blood Angels and Imperial Fists against the traitors. They launched several hit-and-run assaults and together with remnants of the 1st Terran Tank Division and several Imperial Infantry Regiments they successfully harassed the enemy supply lines on Lions Gate spaceport.^7-p357

After the Heresy

After the Horus Heresy, the White Scars adopted the Codex Astartes and the Legion was divided into several Chapters.

In order to contain the outlaws, renegades and aliens that dwell within the Maelstrom, Roboute Guilliman ordered the surrounding systems to be reinforced. The White Scars were tasked with the main responsibility of securing the area from their homeworld.^{5 p-7}

The Lost Kin

According to the writing of the Great Khan of Quan Zhou, the White Scars learned upon their return to Mundus Planus that their homeworld had been the target of numerous Dark Eldar raids. Jaghatai swore many oaths against the Dark Eldar and fought them in many battles. It was during the battle of Corusil V that he and his first brotherhood followed a mighty Dark Eldar lord through a gateway and vanished forever.

To this day the White Scars hold a great hate for these aliens.³

The first Tyrannic War

The Chapter played a role in the destruction of the Hive Fleet Behemoth¹.

Organization

Stormseer

The Chapter organization of the White Scars reflects their home world's tribal culture. White Scars recruit from a single planet, Mundus Planus. The steppes of the world are inhabited by feuding tribes, from which are chosen the best and most promising young warriors, regardless of tribe. Once a warrior becomes a White Scar, loyalty to his tribe is replaced by loyalty to the Chapter and the Emperor.

As their Primarch did during his campaign to unite the steppes, recruits from different tribes are mixed together in squads. Each squad becomes part of a Brotherhood, roughly equivalent to a standard Company.

The remainder of the Chapter is organized differently from most Codex Astartes chapters, due to the style of warfare favoured by the Chapter. For example, their Librarians are known as Stormseers.^{[Needs Citation]}

All White Scars bear a long, ritual facial scar.^{[Needs Citation]}

Combat doctrine

Veteran

The Chapter is highly mobile even for Space Marines, specializing in lightning warfare, and making use of attack bikes and other fast vehicles. The White Scars Fortress monastery is in the rugged, lonely passes of the Khum Karta mountains, in the palace of the Primarch himself.¹

Notable White Scars

• Jaghatai Khan - Primarch of the White Scars.²
• Kyublai - Great Khan during the 41st millenium.³
• Clan-Brother Jogaten - Sergeant of the White Scars. Bike Squadron^{[Needs Citation]}
• Jubal - Great Khan of the White Scars.³
• Suboden - Khan of the Tulwar Brotherhood of the White Scars.^{[Needs Citation]}
• Kor'sarro Khan - Captain of White Scars 3rd Company.⁶
• Mad Chainsaw Johnson - Commander of the White Scars⁹

Notes

• A brief description of the Chapter during the first edition of Warhammer 40k can be found here. ¹

Images

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  White Scars

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  White Scars Quick Attack

Sources

• ¹:Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican Chapter of Whitescars Space Marines, pp. 65–70
• ²:Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)
• ³:US WD256/UK WD257, Index Astartes I: Index Astartes - Lightning Attack - The White Scars Space Marine Chapter
  • ^3a:White Scars - Origins
  • ^3b:White Scars - Home world
  • ^3c:White Scars - Combat doctrine
  • ^3d:White Scars - Organisation
  • ^3e:White Scars - Beliefs
  • ^3f:White Scars - Gene-seed
  • ^3g:White Scars - Battlecry
  • ^3h:White Scars - Special Rules
• ⁴:http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/wscars.html (site is no longer active, accessed 2003.02.27)
• ⁵:Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition) 2nd Codex, p7
• ⁶:Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), p8, p28, p30, p42/43, p47, p49, p94
• ⁷:Horus Heresy (Artbook Series): Collected_Visions, p344/345
• ⁸:Fulgrim (Novel)
• ⁹:White Dwarf 93

See also

• List of Space Marine Chapters