Zekk_Sirius

After the Emperor's Children turned traitor, the use of the aquilla on the chest was passed to all loyalist Legions as a sort pro-loyalist emblem. The corrupted Emperor's Children probably largely discarded it due to a desire to replace it with new icons, and the fact it was no longer 'special'. That and its possible they got tired of their fellow traitors taking pot-shots at them. :D

Awesome as ever. Something unique, yet drawn from the strong imagery already established around the Primarchs. For the love of the Emperor, yes! Particularly for Fulgrim & Ferrus!

Could it not be argued that the 'zealots' might have a certain degree of respect too, however? After all, the Librarians' function within the Castigators is finding and eliminating nascent witches in their ranks. The witch-haters hate the witch-killers? ;)

No problem Fire Fists Captain, but I can only speak of published Chapters as I don't keep up with all the DIY ones. I do recall the Black Consuls were described as being even more hardline than possibly the Ultramarines, but there's little background on them. Ah, I think you have misunderstood me, I'm not saying the Castigators must have psykers in their ranks (it surprises me actually the Black Templars are the only GW not to have any), but why should they keep the defunct Librarium organization, and all it entails. Records could easily be maintained by Chapter serfs, who record battle-brother accounts, just as Chaplains could watch the ranks for any hint of warp-touched witches. Um, the one in the story "Machinery of Hate" does. Sorry if that's outdated now. ;)

Apologies Commissar, just sharing my thoughts. Just seems that monitoring battle-brothers could be handled jointly between the Chapters' Apothecaries and Chaplains. While it does leave an empty spot about who records the Chapters' victories and battle details, this could just as easily be handled as a responsibility of the battle-brothers (the Black Templars also lack a Librarium, so must do something similar). Having a rotation of brothers paint their power armour blue to create a Librarium just seems done solely for the sake of honouring the Codex Astartes (a fair enough reason in itself), but if that logic is followed, surely Librarian-psykers are 'sanctioned' as seen in their use by the strongest adherents to the Codex, the Ultramarines? Just my thoughts. ;)

Do the Castigators really need 'Librarians' though, I must ask? Surely their role could be better performed by Chaplains?