Death Eagles

Space Marines Portal Raven Guard

This article is about the Space Marine Chapter; for the Blackshields warband, see Death Eagles (Blackshields).

Death Eagles Founding Chapter: Raven Guard (allegedly)[1] Colours: Black armour with white shoulder pads and bone helm[2]

The Death Eagles are a Codex Chapter of Space Marines. They are thought to be a Successor Chapter of the Raven Guard from an unknown founding.^[1]

Known Engagements

• Solar Rebellion — M32. Disputed Inquisitorial studies record the Death Eagles as participating in the suppression of waves of Traitor Legion-led Chaos cult uprisings across the western systems of the Segmentum Solar.^[4]
• War of the False Primarch — 860.M33. Convened as part of the Pentarchy of Blood to enact the judgement of the High Lords of Terra, systematically destroying eleven chapters of the Adeptus Astartes judged Traitoris Perdita.^[3]

Gene-Seed Origin

The Death Eagles are believed to trace their origins back to the Raven Guard through an indeterminate founding.^[1]

Trivia

The following information is not to be regarded as officially sanctioned and/ or is not written from an in-universe point of view. A detailed explanation of the term "Trivia" as used in the Lexicanum can be found here.

Original colour scheme

The Death Eagles originally appeared in White Dwarf 112 (UK) and White Dwarf 123 (UK) where they were depicted with notably different colours from the Chapter's current ones:

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  Original colour scheme of the Death Eagles.^[6]

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  Original Death Eagles.^[5]

See also

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

Sources

• 1: Imperial Armour Volume Eight - Raid on Kastorel-Novem, pg. 104
• 2: How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 88
• 3: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition, pg. 17
• 4: Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned, pg. 21
• 5: White Dwarf 112 (UK), pg. 7
• 6: White Dwarf 123 (UK), pg. 22