Death Shadows
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The Death Shadows were a Chaos Space Marine warband specialised in sabotage and terror tactics.[1]
Overview
The Death Shadows were originally a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter known as the Lionguard and were among the thirty Chapters corrupted during the Abyssal Crusade.[3]
After a disastrous war against Ultramar, the Death Shadows withdrew to their secret stronghold on the Fortress World of Sybari. In 745.M41, while they were planning a strike against Macragge, tendrils of Hive Fleet Behemoth rampaged into Sybari[2] and devoured it.[5] Elements of the Death Shadows were not present at Sybari by the time of its destruction,[4] and some of these later aided the Bloodborn in their invasion of Ultramar.[7]
Known Members
See also
Images
Storm Eagle Assault Gunship, Death Shadows renegade Astartes. The Death Shadows were, before their fall, the Lionguard Chapter, and the ad hoc covering of their former Chapter heraldry dates this depiction to late fourth century M37. This vessel is known to have been destroyed when the renegade Chapter's base at Sybari was overrun by an advance tendril of Hive Fleet Behemoth.[6]
Sources
- 1: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition), pg. 20
- 2: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition), pg. 10
- 3: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 19
- 4: Black Crusade: Game Master's Kit, pgs. 8–9
- 5: Codex: Tyranids (8th Edition), pg. 16 — The Sybari Slaughter
- 6: Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned, pg. 64
- 7: The Chapter's Due (Novel), Chapter 5
