Lesser-Known Chapters You Want Spotlighted

[Spinsanity]

 

I would love more lore and info on the Exorcists. They get passing mentions in some books, but I haven't found anything where there was any lore on them other than that they let daemons possess them and then exorcise themselves.

More details on the Chapter's history are welcome, especially on the historical battles they fought, the crusades they participated in.

 

I'm also concerned with how the Exorcists perform in-game. As they're rumored to be a Grey Knights successor (in Aaron Dembski-Bowden's The Emperor's Gift), we should be allowed to have the Exorcists "count as Grey Knights," unless Games Workshop writes original Chapter Tactics for them in a Codex: Space Marines supplement.

IIRC, there’s some incidental info on the Exorcists in Death of Antagonis, for what it’s worth...

[Brother Tyler]

There is a lot of information about the Exorcists, including notable battles, in the second Badab War book from Imperial Armour/Forge World. The Blood Ravens basically got the Exorcists Chapter Tactics in that Index Astartes article (not that I liked those Chapter Tactics for the Exorcists, but those were the last official rules for them).

[SickSix]

Well my beloved Silver Skulls just got a character in one of the Space Marine Adventures expansion boxes.

[Aurica]

Imagine GW making a supplement that features these successor Space Marine Chapters and it comes with their own Chapter Doctrines and Strategems, tying it to a specific founding.  I would totally buy that

[Volt]

Excoriators deserve far more limelight given that they've shown themselves to be among the most metal of Marine chapters there are.

[Sete]

Wow i cant believe no one asked for Marines Malevolent yet.

 

Btw any one has some info on them?

I have read the lexicanum and got a couple of ebooks, but i need moar.

[Gederas]

Wow i cant believe no one asked for Marines Malevolent yet.

 

Btw any one has some info on them?

I have read the lexicanum and got a couple of ebooks, but i need moar.

They appear whenever Black Library writers need Marines who are colossal holes.

 

That's the extent of their character.

 

They have a habit of knowingly shelling areas with civilians (see: Armageddon), will kill other loyalist Marines to steal their stuff (Salamanders series) [and yes, really], and just are all-around -bags.

[Bjorn Firewalker]

 

Wow i cant believe no one asked for Marines Malevolent yet.

 

Btw any one has some info on them?

I have read the lexicanum and got a couple of ebooks, but i need moar.

They appear whenever Black Library writers need Marines who are colossal holes.

 

That's the extent of their character.

 

They have a habit of knowingly shelling areas with civilians (see: Armageddon), will kill other loyalist Marines to steal their stuff (Salamanders series) [and yes, really], and just are all-around -bags.

The Marines Malevolent are the teenaged edgelords of centuries-old Astartes. Those who write their stories are the teenaged edgelords of adult professionals. The only reason they still exist (instead of being described declared "Excommunicate Traitoris" and exterminated in an easy-to-miss paragraph in Codex: Space Marines) is because Games Workshop's CEO is a teenaged edgelord of a middle-aged professional.

[Sete]

They are great. Better than the ironically white knights salamanders ;)

[Bjorn Firewalker]

They are great. Better than the ironically white knights salamanders ;)

I blame Nick Kyme's decision to have the Salamanders ritually brand themselves so often, Vulkan's sons seem like mega-masochists and closet Slaanesh worshipers to a casual audience. I bet some teenaged edgelords have already written stories in which Salamanders cry, "It hurts so good!" after picking a fight with the Marines Malevolent.

[Sete]

:D :D :D

 

The only bits of M&M i read were vs Templars at armaggedon, dunno about that Sally stuff.

[MegaVolt87]

 

They are great. Better than the ironically white knights salamanders

I blame Nick Kyme's decision to have the Salamanders ritually brand themselves so often, Vulkan's sons seem like mega-masochists and closet Slaanesh worshipers to a casual audience. I bet some teenaged edgelords have already written stories in which Salamanders cry, "It hurts so good!" after picking a fight with the Marines Malevolent.

 

 

I would argue the IF and successors obsession with the pain glove is just as dumb if we are comparing EC style mega masochists comparisons. 

[Bjorn Firewalker]

 

 

They are great. Better than the ironically white knights salamanders

I blame Nick Kyme's decision to have the Salamanders ritually brand themselves so often, Vulkan's sons seem like mega-masochists and closet Slaanesh worshipers to a casual audience. I bet some teenaged edgelords have already written stories in which Salamanders cry, "It hurts so good!" after picking a fight with the Marines Malevolent.

I would argue the IF and successors obsession with the pain glove is just as dumb if we are comparing EC style mega masochists comparisons.

It would if Dan Abnett and Aaron Dembski-Bowden constantly wrote of how the Black Templars inflicted pain upon themselves in time-wasting rituals in Damnation Crusade and Helsreach. Fortunately, those writers are competent enough to NOT crow on and on about pain and self-mutilation in their works- except when the subject is the Blood Pact and other Chaos worshipers, for whom such behavior is natural.

 

Nick Kyme is not a competent enough writer. He forgot to consider how others might view such behavior- a problem Matt Ward shares.

[Brother Tyler]

Let's get back on topic, folks.

[Medjugorje]

Excoriators deserve far more limelight given that they've shown themselves to be among the most metal of Marine chapters there are.

Their "Space Marines Battles" book was great. The chapter is very interesting.

[golfdeltafoxtrot]

I'd like to see more about the Red Hunters. I know they're in some Forge World Vraks books, but they're crying out for more exploration. Where did they come from? Why are they so closely associated with the Inquisition? How do they operate - are they a fourth, non-specific Chamber Militant?

[Felix Antipodes]

 

Excoriators deserve far more limelight given that they've shown themselves to be among the most metal of Marine chapters there are.

 

Their "Space Marines Battles" book was great. The chapter is very interesting.

I would love to see a return of this book series. Whilst there were more than a few 'bolter porn' stories served up, there were plenty of gems as well.

 

The last stand of the Sky Sentinals Chapter against the invading forces of Magnus, one disaster amongst many in the wake of the great rift forming, would make a great book or the basis for a campaign or WD battle report.

[daismith906]

Sons of orar ultramarine successor not much info on them and only mention in BL novels is when they assault the Craftworld in the Eldar pathway trilogy

[Medjugorje]

Wow i cant believe no one asked for Marines Malevolent yet.

 

Btw any one has some info on them?

I have read the lexicanum and got a couple of ebooks, but i need moar.

Because I dont like them. Cant say why (normally it would sound very interesting, but ...)

Sons of orar ultramarine successor not much info on them and only mention in BL novels is when they assault the Craftworld in the Eldar pathway trilogy

I think Space Marines are most interesting if they are not the main protagonists.

[Axineton]

What a great thread. I’d love to see more about the White Consuls, The Raptors, Hawk Lords and Castellans of the Rift to name but a few oh and the Sons of the Phoenix too just because they look cool as! 

[Felix Antipodes]

Years ago, BL did an advent like series of short stories, all of which were about a different Chapter (they were later collected into an anthology).

Would love to see them revisit the idea again on a semi-permanent basis.

[Dracos]

With a growing maker in the East. I’m surprised there isn’t a focus on more Asian tropes, especially to appeal to the Chinese culture.

 

White Scars are kind of a two edged sword, so I think either adapting Mantis Warriors or creating a new all Primaris chapter would be a good marketing tool. A melee Chapter focused on Chi and Martial Arts.

[Ingo Pech]

1. Red Hunters: the Inquisition´s Emperor-worshipping storm troopers. I love them. You could write so many good stories about them. Hunting Heretics, fighting loyal chapters, working for and with radical or purist Inquisitors, fighting demons at the side of the Exorcists. Perhaps featuring both chapters in one story would be fun.

 

2. Red Talons: what happened with Autek Mor? What has he stolen from the crypts at Bodt? Perhaps a tie-in with the...

 

3. Sons of Medusa: and the Moirae-Schism. A book (or a trilogy) about that conflict and schism would be great. Mechanicum, Iron Hands, all successor-chapters and the last sentence should be "We are the true Sons of Medusa" and the founding of a new chapter of Space Marines in a total unusual way.

 

4. Angels Vermillion: the most solistic Blood Angels-chapter, self-exiled, bearing their genetic heritage alone and hidden from others, even their brethren.

 

5. Hospitallers: since they´ve been featured in "The Voice of Mars" I really want to read more of them and their feud with the Iron Hands.

6. Star Phantoms: they anoint their armor with the ashes of fallen enemies, took part in the Badab-War and nearly annihilated the Marines Malevolent. I think that would make a great and very entertaining story...

Edited December 13, 2019 by Ingo Pech

[old git]

My first proper marine collection was Death Spectres, before they had even a hint of background, just a brief mention of the name (I think it was in the list of chapters who sent forces to the 3rd war for Armegeddon). If they got some love we might even find out just who the inhabitants of the Ghoul Stars are.

[Doghouse]

I personally think there is a danger of spotlighting some little known Chapters as although it can inspire someone to collect them it can also limit your creativity or vision if you want to make your own army of them.

 

Having said that some of them do deserve some love like a revamp of the original Mentors IA.