After making the transition to warp space, they were caught in a terrible warp storm. Basically, they got their shit royally fucked.
The recorder revealed what happened to the ill-fated Fire Hawks. They quickly dispatched the xenos and vanished, leaving behind only a recorder, some sealed items and their chapter banner on which was inscribed the words "In dedicato imperatum ultra articulo mortis" or for those of you who don't speak Gothic "For the Emperor beyond the point of death" A few years after their disappearance, however, they emerged to help an Imperial garrison besieged by Orks.
The emergence of the Legion of the Damned was slow at first, starting with destroyed worlds and unmarked coffins containing marines whose equipment serial numbers matched Fire Hawk records but whose bodies had unnaturally decayed beyond recognition. The Fire Hawks were no more and the Legion of the Damned was born.Ī Legionnaire helping out the Blood Angels. Supposedly, the Emperor himself ordered a black candle lit for them. They were next called into action against Eldar pirates, and made the 120 light year warp jump with their entire chapter (the Rex, five other ships, and more than 800 battle brothers).Ģ0 years after they disappeared, the Bell of Lost Souls rang 1000 times in their honor and they were declared lost in the Warp. They became a fleet based chapter as a result.Īfterwards, they participated in the Badab War on the side of the loyalists, where they were reduced to about 22% effective strength (though the Rex was instrumental near the end of the war). After this, Sebastian Thor gave them a massive Great Crusade era void fortress, the Raptorous Rex, in commemoration of their deeds. They made a name for themselves during the Age of Apostasy, where they fought well and were rewarded with the destruction of their homeworld, Zhoros, by thermal bombs. The Legion of the Damned was originally a Space Marine chapter known as the "Fire Hawks", made from the geneseed of the Ultramarines ( or so they claim). Granted this IS the Warp we're talking about.) (Note: the below has been heavily retcon'd and implied to either be no longer true, or only true if you apply liberal use of time travel.
Rogue trader era Fire Hawk (Note the chapter symbol). Recently got a new squad look that comes with a Sergeant that looks like a GODDAMNED CHAPLAIN! (Recent as in 2009.12 years ago.Figures GW would make something cool but forget they exist until reminded by players.)įire Hawks File:Knight Terminator.jpgĮven before their transformation, the Fire Hawks incorporated flames into their armours. GW has given them an ID crisis, because it can't make up its mind between an ever-growing army of badass GOOD dead people, something original, or a dwindling group of badass mutated Space Marines that are slowly getting killed by mutation. They constantly suffer, but make up for it popping up from the Warp and saving endangered IG regiments. Put simply, imagine the zombie/spirit of a Space Marine that kills things that are bad.
They are Space Marines that were mutated, killed, and trapped in the warp, all the while remaining faithful to the Emprah. Perhaps one of the most BADASS Space Marine Chapters.
They are literally undead space marines that are on warp-fire. "We are the Angels of Death" – Space Marine motto Showing up to turn the tide (and being awesome as fuck)īlack with bone and flame coloring (though that may be actual flames), formerly red and yellow Raptorous Rex, formerly Zhoros and Cousteau XI Stibor Laezaerek (at time of disappearance) (Try to pronounce that on your 1st try) They don't need one because they are terrifying as hell Legion of the Damned, formerly Fire Hawks (maybe)