Origins
Born of the Second Founding, when the shattered Legions were divided into smaller Chapters, the Angels of Vengeance were raised from the gene-seed of the Lion and inducted at once into the darkest of secrets. They are counted among the Unforgiven, the brotherhood of Dark Angels successors who share the terrible knowledge of Caliban's fall and the treachery of Luther. From the first they made that hidden war the whole of their purpose, shaping every rite around its pursuit.
Heraldry & Temperament
Every company of the Chapter goes to battle in power armour of unbroken black, a deliberate echo of the panoply the First Legion wore at the dawn of the Great Crusade. Their Chapter badge, a pale skull hooded in blood-red and framed by angelic wings upon a field of night, speaks of death delivered in penance. The brothers themselves are famed for their silence and their severity, warriors who regard mercy as a weakness the galaxy can no longer afford.
The Hunt
Like their forebears, the Angels of Vengeance maintain an Inner Circle sworn to the pursuit of the Fallen, and they have refined that pursuit into a Chapter-wide doctrine of relentless retribution. They deploy a Terminator-armoured elite, the Dreadwing, to crush the most obstinate of foes, and a swift striking force, the Raptorwing, to run their quarry to ground across the void. When word reaches them of a Fallen at large, no distance is too great and no cost too high, for these grim Angels believe that only through vengeance can the ancient stain upon their honour ever begin to fade.
Space Marines
Order of battle
The Angels of Vengeance field the units of the Space Marines — a detachment from the roster:
Kindred formations
Other Space Marines formations
Angels VermillionSecretive to the edge of paranoia, the Angels Vermillion are a Blood Angels successor who bear their bloodline's curse in bleak isolation, shunning their brother Chapters and guarding their darkest secrets with quiet menace.
Angels of AbsolutionThe Angels of Absolution are a Second Founding successor of the Dark Angels who wear their gene-sire's shame more lightly than any of their kin. Armoured in stark bone-white, they hold the singular conviction that their sins were washed clean in the fires of Caliban's fall, and so they have set aside the very name of the Unforgiven. Serene where other successors are haunted, they nonetheless ride to the secret war with undimmed resolve, hunting the Fallen not to purchase their own salvation but because justice demands the guilty answer for their crimes.
Black TemplarsZealous crusaders without a true homeworld, the Black Templars roam the stars in vast fleets, purging heresy and xenos wherever they are found. Sworn to unending crusade in the name of the Emperor, they answer doubt with faith and the sword, the most relentless holy warriors of the Adeptus Astartes.
Blood AngelsNoble and haunted, the Blood Angels wage constant war against the twin genetic curses of thirst and rage inherited from their martyred primarch Sanguinius. From the blasted world of Baal they answer the Imperium's darkest calls, warriors of aching beauty forever poised on the edge of the abyss within.
Carcharodons AstraGrey ghosts of the void, the Carcharodons emerge from the darkness between the stars to slaughter the enemies of Mankind, then vanish once more. Few know their origins, and fewer still survive their coming.
Crimson FistsBattered but unbroken, the Crimson Fists rose from the ashes of near-extinction to become a byword for defiance. Sons of Dorn, they fight on when all hope is spent.
Dark AngelsThe secretive First Legion, the Dark Angels wage two wars at once: one for the Imperium, and a hidden one to hunt down the traitors of their own broken past. Knightly, disciplined, and consumed by ancient guilt, they pursue the Fallen across ten thousand years, guarding a shame no outsider must ever learn.
Flesh TearersCursed with the worst of Sanguinius's flaws, the Flesh Tearers wage war on the knife's edge of madness. They are the most savage of the Blood Angels' sons, forever fighting their own extinction.
Howling GriffonsBound by oaths they will die to keep, the Howling Griffons pursue their sworn foes across the centuries. Their quartered heraldry marks warriors who never forget and never forgive a debt of vengeance.
Imperial FistsThe Imperium's peerless masters of siege and defense, the Imperial Fists are the stoic sons of Rogal Dorn, sworn to hold the line where no other can. From the mobile fortress Phalanx they answer the most desperate calls, breaking enemy strongholds and standing immovable behind walls that must not fall.
Iron HandsThe Iron Hands despise the frailty of flesh and replace it, limb by limb, with unyielding metal. Cold, methodical and unforgiving, they honour their slain primarch by becoming the machine he could not save.
LamentersA sorrowful, star-crossed brotherhood sprung from the blood of Sanguinius, the Lamenters are held to be the unluckiest Chapter in the Imperium, forever seeking to atone through selfless sacrifice even as ruin stalks their every crusade.
MinotaursBronze-clad and merciless, the Minotaurs answer only to the High Lords of Terra and turn their wrath upon Space Marines themselves. Their true history is sealed beyond even the Inquisition's reach.
Raven GuardMasters of shadow and the sudden strike, the Raven Guard wage a war of ambush and misdirection, bleeding the enemy from the darkness. They are the silent sons of Corax, unseen until the killing blow.
Red ScorpionsZealous guardians of genetic purity, the Red Scorpions hold to the Codex Astartes with obsessive rigour and abhor all taint of mutation. Their origins are a mystery even to themselves.
SalamandersMaster smiths and compassionate protectors, the Salamanders of volcanic Nocturne temper ferocity in battle with a rare and genuine devotion to the common citizen. Sons of Vulkan, they wield fire and master-forged weapons against the Imperium's foes while sheltering the innocent none of their kin would think to save.
Space WolvesWild, loyal, and fiercely independent, the Space Wolves scorn the Codex Astartes in favor of a savage saga-culture forged on the ice world of Fenris. Sons of Leman Russ, they fight as legendary heroes of old, boastful in the mead hall and terrifying in the charge, the Imperium's untamed executioners.
UltramarinesThe disciplined heirs of Roboute Guilliman, the Ultramarines embody Imperial order, tactical doctrine, and the ideal of the philosopher-soldier. From the star-realm of Ultramar they wage a tireless crusade to hold a wounded galaxy together, exemplars of the very Codex their primarch wrote.
White ScarsSwift as the tempest and pitiless as a steppe winter, the White Scars strike in lightning assaults and are gone before the foe can answer. They are the hunters of the Adeptus Astartes, sons of the Great Khan.