Topic: Post your chapter ideas here

[Lord Ulthanash]

heres my chapter, getting started this saturday

Name of Chapter: The Sons of Mars

Colors: orange, Reddish brown, orange, black, gold details

Chapter Symbol: The Machine God (dragon)

Home World: Mars

Chapter Traits: Advantages- take the fight to them, no mercy, no respite
                 Major Drawbacks- eye to eye

History: The Sons of Mars are successors to the Dark Angels Chapter. During the Horus Heresy a full battle barge was sent to reinforce Terra when Horus had besieged it, but they were assaulted by a lightning fast raid by Horus himself, as the ones who had sent them on the mission were the Dark Angels who would eventually side with Horus. The battle barge crashlanded on Mars, where the adeptus mechanicus found them. They were badly wounded, but the adeptes of Mars took them in and repaired them. The Captain who led the battle barge was to injured and was placed in a dreadnought. When all the marines where healed the Adeptes of Mars asked them to take an oath of fealty to Mars and act as there troops whenever neccassary. The Dark Angels took the oath and from that day forward where known as the sons of Mars. The Sons of Mars have never forgiven the Dark Angels for what happened to them and they refuse to fight alongside them. The chapter gets its gene-seed from the material sent in the the Adeptes on Mars for checks. The Adeptes clone the gene-seed and use it for their new recruits. The Sons of Mars have taken an extremely offensive approach to battle, having most of their bethren armed with close combat weapons and pistols instead of bolters. Because they are Mars' chapter they have some of the best weaponry and many of their weapons are master crafted.

[Despoyler]

Name: The Angels Revenant
Symbol: a Skull on a red background
Armour Colour: Black, Red Shins and shoulderpads, silver (boltgun metal) helmets silver (mithril) guns and swords, occasional gold detailing
Chapter Traits: Codex
Home System: The Kedav System, I(Dead World) II(Forge World) III(Agri-World) IV and V (Double Planet, Death Worlds), and VI(Cold Feral World)
Background: 7th founding, Genseed splice of Dark and Blood Angels

[Harlean]

chapter:knights of omega
geneseed: salamanders
homeworld: Tauros omega
chapter master: Dreasus Tharian
symbol: omega sign
traits: never dispair, cleanse and purify, eye to eye
colours: black pads with gold trim, light green armours, red weapons and helmets, green lenses
fluff: the knights of omega were fonded on the world of Tauros omega to guard against invasions from the malestorm.

[Erin]

Probably should have posted this here....  Nyah... looking at all the cool chapters already posted... my young and besieged marines feel so insignificant...

I just recently started a SM army after finishing up my dark eldar one. I've spent considerable time looking through the codex and developing fluff, and here's what I got:

Obsidian Legion
Chapter master: Kharthaine
Homeworld: Kharthalion IV
Traits:
Dutiful: Honor your Wargear
Sombre: Cleanse and Purify
-Aspire to Glory
-Faithful unto death

Here's the fluff:

The Obsidian Legion is a succesor chapter to the Imperial Fists, and a relatively young one too (having been founded only about a centery ago).

The chapter barely had time to establish itself on the barren world of Kharthalion IV before it was beset on all sides by the enemies of mankind. The chapter was unprepared for the sudden attacks, and was nearly destroyed in the first months of the conflict, but they managed to hold at the fortress of Jurgen, and have been fighting for survival ever since.

The few Terminators the chapter had were the first line of defense, proudly believing that they could hold off the combined forces of Chaos and the Orks. They were wrong.

Thus, the chapter no longer has access to Terminators, and the few Dreadnoughts that remain are a precious commodity. The chapter's resources have been running thin, and so Devestators are also highly valued.

And so, the Obsidian Legion has been awaiting imperial aid... for the past decade. The chapter is fighting a losing battle, and the enemies seem inexhaustible, but Kharthaine staunchly refuses to give up.


Good? I hope you all like it. Any constructive criticism is welcome, and complements are always nice  . Advice for the future is good as well, as I haven't much experience actually using space marines on the table.

Oh, by the way, chapter colors are black(duh), silver lining, red eyes, and the higher-ups get red shoulderpads. At least, that's what I plan to paint them, but I'm not too sure it'll look good on the marines...

[skalnok]

chapter: Shadow Legion
chapter master: Grand Librarian Skalnok
colours: black, dark blue and golds/silvers to show rank
symbol:a golden Aquila
home world:a belt of asteroids in the ultima segmentum
chapter traits: cleanse and purity, suffer not the alien to live (dark eldar),flesh over steel
geneseed: nothing seems to be wrong with their gene seed but they seem to have a high rate of psykers than other chapters
backround: skalnok the chapter master was once an adeptus custodes going from legion to legion inspecting them during the great crusade and when the Horus heresy irrupted headed towards Terra as fast as the warp drives could take him, what for him took 10 days int he warp was in real space 9.5 thousand years so by the time he emerged the emperor was already on the golden throne and he was far too late to do anything. skalnok and the group of marines he was with were considered to be lost in the warp and lost to mankind. as it was there was a distress beacon from a near by planet about an eldar attack so the 100 marines and him went to their aid only to be cut down by harlequins and a detachment from the craftworld bel-tan he was the only survivor and was determined to kill as many as he could so he followed them into the webway where he fought them for a while until he could not fight anymore and finally gave in and befriended the only surviving harlequin in an effort to stay alive and have at least 1 ally in this unforgiving place eventually aldrian brought him into the black library where he learned to combat the evils of chaos better and also learned to respect the eldar and hate the dark eldar. skalnok and aldrian have had an arrangement since that time to come to one another's aid should the need arise. after escaping the webway he found the shadow legion under attack and came to their aid killing the archon and sundering their forces apart but not before their old chapter master had been killed and he stepped up to take the place for this chapter had been a successor from the original legion he had been lost in the warp with. the original chapter is unknown to this day.


fixed spelling errors

[Atticus]

Name:The Knights of Winterfel.
Symbol: A black cross with a white inlay.
Chapter Traits: Seen but don't be seen, Cleanse and Purify, Eye to Eye
Homeworld:Winterfel
Background:The Knights of Winterfel were founded after the Horus Heresy.  Winterfel is 90% covered in Pine forests.  Winterfel has long nights and days (about 20 days on earth= one on winterfel).  The world is mostly uninhabited with a population of about 11 million.  There is also a guard regiment stationed on the world that owes a battle debt to the Knights of Winterfel.

[nerdking]

Chapter Name -- Crimson Blood of Jensaarai
Home World -- Jensaarai Secundus [Eastern Fringe]
Founding -- approximately 23rd [1500 years ago]
symbolism -- a White cross on a crimson background
                  White Wings on a crimson background
Chapter Master -- unnamed/TBA
traits -- See but don't be seen, Trust your Battle Brothers
geneseed -- built from the Blood Angels format, mutated.  Mutation resulted in stubby vestigal limbs growing from the back of the shoulders.  Elite/Veteran troops are equipped with anti-gravitic robotic wings.
Affiliations -- Tech Priest Justinius

Background

Originally chartered as a chapter to combat the Tau and Tyranid threats, the mutations of the Crimson geneseed was almost the bane of the Chapter itself.  Techpriest Justinius, seeing a potential ally in a mutated chapter, fashioned the anti-gravitic wings first worn by Chapter Founder Laisarin Aiodh and have been worn by every subsequent Chapter Leader as a sign of their unity with the Tech Priest and his Forge world. 

The Crimson Blood have become adept as fire support soldiers, developing tactics to lay down walls of suppressing fire while their Battle Brothers in the assault companies proceed to flank the enemy.  These tactics have been successful in their campaign against a Tau expansionary force, resulting in the founding of a Tau Veterans Squad.

[Stray Bullet]

Name: Pheonix Wardens
Founding Chapter: Blood Ravens
Chapter Master: Thaeseus Serinus, successor of Lacien Yarrat.
Home World: Carpathia, but travel in fleets establishing chapter keeps on various worlds a'la Black Templars.
Symbol: A stylised pheonix with wings unfurled in a great arc, obscuring the body.
Traits: Advantages: Signifcant Divergence: See, But Don't Be Seen; Cleanse and Purify; Trust Your Battle Brothers; No mercy, No Respite; Drawbacks: Eye to Eye; Death Before Dishonour.
Combat Doctrine: Being of a numerous 30 companies, neatly organised like the Ultramarines, unusual for a fleet chapter. 10 companies stay behind to defend Carpathia, and use the planet as the staging point if they decide to go to war. The other 20 companies being crusader fleets like the Black Templars, placing chapter keeps from world to world, helping where they are needed.

In battle, they rely on an armoured front, advancing foward from strongpoint to strongpoint, securing areas for the rest of the force. The large numbers of troops following in their wake if not covering the flanks of the spearhead. Land speeders and bikes aren't widely used among most of the companies, usually only used for scouting or countering forces that try to out maneuovre the main force. When an oppurtune area is reached, the armour form two flanks and unload the troops, most of whom charge headlong into the enemy line, the other battle brother providing cover fire while methodically advancing from cover to cover.


History: (Coming soon)

[Daryl Blaber]

Chapter: Soul Reavers
Chapter master: Lt. Razeil (see avatar)
sucsessor of: Blood Angels
Colour: Primary, Red Secondary, White, Trim bolt gun metal, weapons, Greyish white, Eyes, green
History:How the Soul Reavers came to become a chapter
  The Soul Reavers used to be the 11th company of the Blood Angels chapter and they were nick named soul reavers beacuse of there ferce close combat and ranged powers. The Blood Angels 11th company was tasked to find a new planet to set a monastry so that they can get a better footing in most areas of there system.

  They found a planet called Hydra, so there task force Led by Captain Hakka, librarian Pharias and Chaplin Gylus make a base only to find a new and powerful clan of orks led by a warboss called 'Herny'.They deep striked in to battle fighting off a squiggoth and killing it. but once 'fluffy' was killed 'Hernys' elite squad of mega armoured nobs came round swamed Gylus and killed him. So the reavers made one final push but ended up in a retreat. The rest of the men falled back under the covers of a land raider called 'Hell's Death' but was distroyed by Fluffy no.2.

  So the 11th company was brought back to there ship, the battle barge blood omen, to find a new planet. they came across a planet not yet know. just like Terra. But it had a dark back ground. 'Vampires', Daemons, and worse.It is called Nosgoth. They made planet fall with there Company Leuitenant Razeil. They landed at the seat of this planet. 'The pillars of Nosgoth' were the bench mark of the planet. Only to find there no enemy. But one man. Well not man an old vampire. Looking down at a crate. Razeil walked towards him. questioning him. threatning him but he look at Razeil in amazment. He pushed the Vampire aside and Gylus restrained him within his grasp.

  Razeil opened the crate and pulled out an odd looking sword. The Reaver. Once impaled on an enemy it would drain there life blood and eat its soul. the blade contained vampiric sorucery. it had to be destroyed so Razeil Smashed it. only to find im self in agony. The shock was so powerful it sent every one on there backs trying to scrable to there feet and see what is going on. Razeil finaly got a grasp of himself and looked at his arm. A curling line of enrgy cruled down his arm. He picked up his Thunder hammer. The energy dispersed and entered the hammer possesing it with a soul and a elemental weapon. Razeil looked at the vampire he told him his name. Kain. the Blance Gardian of Nosgoth. He explained every thing to Razeil and his commanders. So weak but he mumbled about going with them.

  So they did. And they Placed kain in a unique Furiso MkV dreadnought made to adapt to his blood thirst. The 11th Company whent to the chapter master of the Blood Angels and he declared the Soul Reavers a new chapter. But while they were gone one problem came back. Herny invaded Nosgoth And Hakka and his commanders were ordered to Purge the new or well old threat once and for all. New friends layed round the corner. Tau and the Angel Of Retribution Space marine Chapter...

Learn more at my website:http://www.freeweb.com/razeil

[Corrupt]

Emperors Regal Knights
Colours: Regal Blue Armour, Lightning Blue helmets and shoulders
Insignia: Wing Bearing Sword
Traits: Trust your Battle Brothers, No Mercy no Respite
Drawbacks: Eye to eye, Have Pride in your colours

A of unknown origin, their regal blue armour and proud stance shows their honour and commitment. Drawing heavily for their battle tactics on the somewhat antiquated medieval knights, they favour a close assault and honourable combat to win the day, replacing horses with jump packs or bikes, and swords with chainswords.

Curiously, the notion of honour applies to some enemies they regard as honourable, such as the vile orks, tho who errenous in their ways are willing to fight and die in the proper way of martial combat. The Tau they despise especialy for refusing to enter the fight proper.

Their tactic consists mostly of a knights charge down the centre, to break their opponents line and their general, and hopefully allowing the company chamion or captain to defeat him in melee combat and tho casualties can be heavy, they do not flee and fight to the last as knights should. This tactic applies against all armies and on the one recorded engagement between Tyranids and the Regal Knights it was applied succesfully, if somewhat suicidally. Using the local imperial guard as peasent levy providing supressive fire and other dishonourable jobs too dirty for knights, they dropped from thunderhwaks into the heart of the horde and made straight for the hive tyrant. Despite horrendous rates of attrition a few hard core veterans and their captain made it and were able to wear the beast down before they were overrun. Devoid of leadership the bugs were easily defeated by the Guard's superior firepower and the world was saved

[ShaneM]

Here's my chapter that I've been working on over the past year!

Chapter: White Revenants
Colours: White base with gold trim.
Insignia: Standard Imperial Skull symbol.
Traits: Notable Divergeance: Courageous
(+)See but Don't Be Seen, Trust Your Battle Brothers.
(-)Eye to Eye.
Chapter Master: Maximian Augustus.

Background:

My lord,

The chapter that has come to be known as the 'White Revenants' has an obscure past. All that is known for sure is that there has been no record of their creation, and nothing seems to have been heard of them before their appearance on the planet Twycross, in the Erccssam systen on the Eastern Rim. Twycross is a planet bearing few natural resources, but featuring a small population of hardy sub-feudal and feudal humans.
       This chapter of the Adeptus Astartes apparently arrived on the planet on board a commandeered rouge trader vessel. The Inquistion has at this time been unable to discover the name of this vessel or the identity of its captain, and an investigation is currently underway.
      Inquisitor Tarlen was despatched to investigate the source of the Astartes, and arrived on Twycross with a small elite bodyguard. There he met with the Chapter Master, Maximillian Augustus, and witnessed the chapter's efforts at establishing a base of operations in the heartlands of the Poignard peninsula. Augustus was a most accomodating host, but Alimon was unable to prise the secret of their origin from him. He had enough contact, however, to assure me that Augustus is free from the taint of heresy, and that the same could be said of his men.
     It quickly became apparent that the White Revenants are a chapter that has taken catastrophic losses, with barely enough marines to constitute a full company. Augustus informed Tarlen that it was his intention to claim Twycross as his own, and to induct new marines from the planet's human population. He also made an official request for aid in the form of military supplies and equipment, and also for some space assets to be assigned to them.  
    It is my reccomendation that we comply with these requests, on the basis that the Chapter reveal their true origins to us. Deathwatch Kill teams have already been dispatched to Twycross to observe and report on their actions, and if there appears to be any duplicity on the part of the Revenants, a regiment of the Imperial Guard will be drafted in to purge them. I only hope it does not come to that, as we need all the military might we can muster in that region, and the White Revenants could act as a useful bulwark against our enemies

+++The Emperor Protects+++
Inquisitor Toth

[Corrupt]

A few Basic Color testers for my Emperors Regal Knights

From left to Right,
Librarian, Captain, Tactical, Assault

[chainsmoking guard player]

Name: The Emerors Many
Symbol: A silver  infinity  sign on a Black background
Chapter Traits: none.............  SM  from a multitude of chapters are  amongst its ranks. A high  quantity  of Kill  Team members though
Homeworld: Based  in  the Terran system  on the  moon  Io
Background: Not any really,  i was never fond of painting a hundred+ models identical, so they are all different instead.  I'll fire up some fluff in the future

[Spider-King]

Chapter: Crimson Dragons
Colours: Dark red, highlighted with lighter reds, green lenses, and other details.
Insignia: I will be using the alpha legion iconography.
Geneseed: That of the salamanders.
Traits: Cleanse and purify, See but dont be seen. I cant honestly remember my drawbacks at the moment, and i havent got the marine codex anywhere near me, but i know i cant use many bikes/landspeeder squadrons.

I have not written any fluff for them, but basically, they are almost like the salamanders, they just like getting closer quickly and burining things.

[AbstractDaddy]

Prophets of the Seraph  - created after the Age of Apostasy which occurred during the second century of the 36th millennium. The 'Plague of Unbelief', spread by the insane tyrant Lord Vandire, had severely destabilized the Imperium in a way not seen since the Horus Heresy.

The Prophets of the Seraph were secretly created within the Ordo Hereticus as a check on The Ecclesiarchy, they are to the Ordo Hereticus as the Grey Kights are to the Ordo Malleus . Although the Ordo Hereticus and The Adepta Sororitas have their own internal regulatory bodies, the Prophets of the Seraph secretly  act as another line of defence against corruption.

Traits:
 - Cleanse & Purify
 - No Mercy, No Respite
 - Eye to Eye

The basic colours for the Chapter are as follows:
   Main Colours - Scab Red, Brazen Brass and Bleached Bone
   
   Chapter Icon - A robed woman

[Jehan-Reznor]

chapter:The Doombringer
geneseed: geneseed from the loyal marines of the chapters that turned to Horus
homeworld: The Large battleship (now part of a spacehulk) previously used by the Emperor. "the light of the Emperor"
chapter master: Jehan Reznor
symbol: Inverted nuclear sign
traits: Blessed be the warrior,see but not be seen
colours: Black and red armor intermittend and white Helmets with red dot



Back ground:
(Note: the chapter was based on a little story in the rulebook of the first Epic game space marine).


It was after the Istvan Campaign, that seventy space marines chose for the Emperor, They Mutinied for the
sake of the Empire turning against their chapters and their warmaster HORUS.
Were these marines traitors or the most loyal of them all?
Seventy marines: fifteen World Eaters, twelve Death Guard, twenty from the Thousand Sons, ten Luna
Wolves, ten Emperor's Children and the 3 officers who accompanied them. But there were more, from
every chapter that defected to HORUS, there were some who had their doubts (From the Iron Warriors, Night
Lords, The Word Bearers, Alpha Legion, Etc). Some were killed escaping their chapter and only a few could
escape their traitorous brothers. The Inquisition turned those who reached Terra inside out. Even while going
through this horrid torture their faith in the Emperor was unshaken. Now the Emperor knew that this
impossible news was true, that the inconceivable was at hand, marines fighting marines.
As the war was raging on, more chapters crossed over to HORUS, and consequential some of these marines
chose for the Emperor. These Marines were kept under close guard and were subjected to numerous loyalty
tests. Only a few marines were traitor spies and these were dealt with.
When the final confrontation was about to start, the battle at HORUS rebel command centre. The Loyal
"defected" marines were also teleported in. The bitter hatred and ferocity with which they fought their former
mutated battle brothers surprised the other loyal marines. Where other marines screamed in agony because
of the horrors they had seen, these "defected" marines fought in almost in a berserker rage. They fought hard
but never reached Horus. But they managed to keep the chaos renegades at bay. So the Emperor could fight
HORUS without being interrupted by traitor marines. The fight between the Emperor and HORUS was grim
but in the end the Emperor was victorious. Of the loyal "defected " marines only a few were slain. The
Emperor, now in his golden throne because of his injuries was still conscious, redirected the organisation of
the space marine chapters. The emperor had sensed the DOOMBRINGERS Immunity against Chaos, so
their task was clear, they would become a chapter specialised in hunting these traitor marines down, directly
under the Emperors Command.
In the early years the inquisition closely watched the marines. It became clear that this chapter is the most
loyal chapter to the Emperor. The only setback is their distrust to the other chapters. And because they are
directly under the emperors command their dealings with the high lords of Terra and the inquisition are
strained. And so the DOOMBRINGERS chapter was born.
Because the chapter was not involved in the reorganisation of the other chapters their organisation has not
the limitation that other chapters have. For example the DOOMBRINGERS currently consists of about 570
thousand marines, have their own space fleet, Titan Legion, weapon factory and are thus totally self sufficient.
The Doombringers extreme hatred against chaos renegades. Has left them with animosity against almost all
other chapters with a few exceptions. So you have to take animosity tests, whenever
you fight with other chapters. One exception is the Dark Angels chapter. The Doombringers cannot fight
alongside them (The Doombringers have once captured some of the Fallen, so they know the truth of the
treachery of the Dark Angels during the Horus Heresy) they see them as traitors and will attack them on sight.
Because Doombringers Hate Chaos Renegades use the rules for hatred, the Doombringers can make a ld.
test to restrain themselves or choose to forego the test and attack them.

[iron Sw0rd]

chapter name - Dark spartans
symbol - white upside down v like the spartans on red backround
colour scheme - black, red crouch elbows and knees back pack, 1 silver shoulder
chapter master - titanicus
backround - well there based around the atitude of spartans so there tuff.

[Invisible Elephant]

Chapter Name: Matsumae Samurai
Symbol: black heron on red sun
Colour Scheme: regal blue armour, black and white detailing
Background: Based on feudal japan, haven't written fluff yet

[Bournstar69]

Chapter: Soul Reavers


I don't believe this. A chapter called the Soul Reavers on the latest page. I have to declare that as gay. Unfortunately. Yeah, so here's mine:

Chapter Name: The Soul Reavers
Symbol: Skull from transfer sheet with a black marking on the top. The Sergeants wear a '9' on their left shoulder pad as they revere the 9 first founding chapters that stayed loyal to the Emperor during the Horus Heresy.
Colour Scheme: Black armour with 'Eavy Metal style extreme highlighting, silver helmets and detailing, Skull white detailing and white helmets on the veterans and the standard boltgun metal weapons.
Chapter Master: Ezekiel, Primarch of the Soul Reavers
Homeworld: Xhoros IX, a ghost planet from the Ursus Meridian. Previously were on a crusade to prove their worth to the emperor.
Geneseed: First founding geneseed, but only emerged relatively recently. The chapter  is still led by a direct descendent of the founding Primarch Agammon; Ezekiel.
Traits:No Mercy, No Respite and Clense and Purify
Background:One of the two founding chapters that were expunged from Imperium records around the time of the Horus Heresy.

Chapter History:After being expunged from the Adeptus Astartes around the time of the Horus Heresy, the Soul Reavers undertook a grand crusade to prove their worth to the Emperor. They would take no homeworld, instead travelling from planet to planet to fight the enemies of the Emperor. After a thousand years, they stumbled upon war-stricken Planet 9 of the Ursus Meridian. Xhoros. It was decided that after purging the system of attacking Chaos forces they would take Xhoros IX as their homeworld.

Forged in the fires of a thousand battles, Ezekiel, Chapter Master of the Soul Reavers, carries the Stormsoul Bolter, a master-crafted Strom bolter that Ezekiel maintains will never leave his person. (It is chained to him) and an admantium and ceramide clad power fist that crackles with furious energy when flexed. It carries the marks of many battles, as does his knee-pad and lower-leg armour. Many Techmarine have offered repairs, but they are always turned away. Ezekiel is clad in a suit of ancient Artificer armour, forged by the Tech-priests of Mars and granted to Ezekiel to mark his position. 

The Soul Reavers have huge respect for the nine chapters that remained loyal to the Emperor and as such wear a mark of reverance on their armour. A number '9' adorns the shoulder pad of a sergeant or commander of a Soul Reaver formation.

"Throughout all the battles we have fought, throughout all the worlds we purged, through all the horrors we have seen...we remember the 9." -Attributed to Ezekiel, Chapter Master of the Soul Reavers

[Bournstar69]

Hmmm... I didn't mean to quote that whole thing. Cos' It's not a quote. Oh well. One thing I forgot to put about my chapter is the motto. Because they have a preferred enemy, Chaos Marines, the chapter motto is: Twisted souls, you belong to us.  This appears on the banner of the chapter.