Excruciators (Chapter)
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The Excruciators are a Space Marine Chapter.[1]
Background
The people of their Homeworld Motulu, hold immense spiritual significance for their Home System, Gildras. Each of its worlds and features represent an element and serve a deep purpose in Motulu's mythology. These cultural beliefs have been incorporated by the Excruciators as well. They use the Gildras System's various locations in their training and selection processes.[1]
During Typhus the Traveler's Charadon Campaign, the Chapter found itself safe-guarding the Gildras System, after it became a safe haven. Numerous refugee ships and space craft of various Imperial forces arrived there and soon the System's resources were overwhelmed. Not helping matters was that the System's worlds, including the Excruciators' Homeworld Motulu, were highly tumultuous and not suitable for the millions of refugees to live upon. This meant the new comers to the Gildras System were forced to live upon their ships and as supplies became scarce, order began to break down. This led the Excruciators to destroy several troop transports and Imperial Navy ships that threatened the Imperium's hold on the System.[1]
The Excruciators also had to cleanse the System's Wheel of Phaatuo, which contained wreckage and asteroids, as it became infested with Xenos raiders. The Chapter was also surpirsed to discover an Alpha Legion base there and, though it was a costly battle, they destroyed most of the traitors. Matters came to a head in the Gildras System, after Typhus conducted a Nurgle ritual, that caused a Neverdead Zombie Plague to breakout across the Charadon Sector. Soon the System's dead rose to feat upon the living and the ships there had to be cleansed, by the Excruciators and other Imperial forces.[1]
During the Charadon Campaign, the Excruciators led a coalition of dozens of Space Marine Chapters against the forces of Chaos. They are being led by Chapter Master Dhane Tanielu himself.[2]
Notable Members
- Dhane Tanielu - Chapter Master[2]
- Mosu Ioanu - Chief Librarian[2]
- Lhapsa Mata'hu - Captain[2]
- Usa Isolo - Chaplain[2]
Notable Vessels
- Eye of the Storm - Battle Barge[2]
- Fireheart - Strike Cruiser[2]
- Spear of Champions - Strike Cruiser[2]
- Bladebrother - Sword Frigate[2]
- Samu'asocho - Sword Frigate[2]
- Tumult - Sword Frigate[2]
- Waverider - Sword Frigate[2]
See Also
Sources
- 1: White Dwarf 462, pgs. 27-28 - Flashpoint: Charadon War Zone - Behind the Charadon Lines
- 2: War Zone Charadon - Act I: The Book of Rust, pg. 40
