Fire Angels

Space Marines Portal Ultramarines

Fire Angels Founding Chapter: Ultramarines[1b] Founding: 25th Founding (M40)[1b] Chapter Master: Unknown Homeworld: Lorin Alpha[1b] Fortress-Monastery: Unknown Colours: Silver with red knee pads and rims on pauldrons[1c] Specialty: Unknown Strength: Unknown Battle Cry Unknown

The Fire Angels are a Space Marine Chapter descended from the Ultramarines that have a zealous devotion to the Imperial Creed.^[1b]

Background

The Fire Angels were created from Ultramarines gene-seed. They fought on the loyalist side during the Badab War. In one incident during the war, the rebel Astral Claws launched a suicidal counter-attack, in which a squadron of Rhinos broke through an Imperial salient to the Fire Angels' lines and detonated a virus missile, causing more deaths in one day than the Fire Angels had suffered in the war so far.^{[Needs Citation]}

The Fire Angels are a highly zealous chapter. Fervent believers in the Imperial creed, they do not revere their ancestral primarch as many chapters do, believing this to be a form of idolatry. They tend to rely on "basic" Imperial technology and codex equipment, such as Rhinos and Predators, while their 1st Company is mostly composed of Sternguard Veterans rather than Terminators.^[1b]

Known as a conservative chapter the Fire Angels are strict adherents to the Codex Astartes. Due to their belief that the Emperor is a god, they share many links with the Ecclesiarchy and regularly fight alongside the Sisters of Battle.^[4]

Campaigns

• M39: Aegisine Crusade — The Fire Angels witnessed the effectiveness of the 'Iron Cyclone' drop pod deployment pattern employed by the Black Templars and would go on to use the strategy themselves.^[6]
• 760.M39-411.M40: Fenright Tithe Wars^[5]
• 143-151.M41: Magdellan Prime Civil War^[2a]
• 666.M41: Battle for Grand Al'gul^[1a]
• 901-912.M41: Badab War^[1a]
  • Battle of Sagan's Moon^[3]
• 998.M41: Third War for Armageddon — At least sixth company fought there.^[2b]
• Date Unknown: Destroying the Psyker Cult known as the Seven Daughters of Oblivion on the planet Lament.^[2c]

Notable Members

• Haran Stark — Chapter Master.^[1a]
• Mathias Dee — Chief Librarian.^[1a]
• Tarnus Vale — Praetor of the 3rd Company.^[1a]
• Aviddan Tagas — Member of the Deathwatch.^[7]

Images

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  Veteran Brother Landgrave^[1a]

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  Veteran Sgt Revok ^[1b]

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  Brother Malsan^[1c]

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  Brother Dravholt^[1a]

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  Techmarine Ortrun^[1a]

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  Original colour scheme, Badab War^[3]

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  Drop Troop Camouflage, Battle of Sagan's Moon, Badab War^[3]

See also

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

Sources

• 1: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One
  • 1a: pgs. 91-93
  • 1b: pg. 94
  • 1c: pg. 95
• 2: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition
  • 2a: pg. 20
  • 2b: pg. 54
  • 2c: pg. 90
• 3: Warhammer 40,000 Compendium, pgs. 34-35
• 4: Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter, pg. 110
• 5: Imperial Armour Volume Eleven - The Doom of Mymeara, pg. 92
• 6: Imperial Armour - Apocalypse II, pg. 35
• 7: War Zone Octarius - Book 1: Rising Tide, pg. 30

Uncited

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• White Dwarf 101 (UK) "Index Astartes: The Badab Uprising" by Rick Priestley, reprinted in Warhammer 40,000 Compendium
• White Dwarf 103 (UK), Rampaging Rhinos by Rick Priestley
• GW UK's Campaign Weekends Badab War Rules (.pdf)