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  1. NAME: Pansyfish. PRIMARCH: Disputed. The Pansyfish claim Roboute Guilliman is their father; but there are persistent rumors the Chapter was founded with Emperor's Children, Death Guard, World Eaters, or some chimeric fusion of the Traitor Legions' gene-seed. FOUNDING: 21st (M35). SYMBOL: A pink and purple blowfish on a black background. COLORS: Pink with purple polka dots. Veterans often adorn their armor with purple spikes in place of the dots, to imitate the blowfish that is the Chapter symbol; this makes their silhouettes resemble that of the Traitor Marines who are rumored to be the Pansyfish's brothers. Officers are identified not with an iron halo, but with a “Lord Baby,” an auramite belt buckle housing a conversion field generator; the buckle bears an infant Primarch’s face, to draw the Emperor's gaze upon the wearer. BATTLE CRY: "Make them choke!" The Pansyfish Chapter adopted as its namesake a pink-and-purple blowfish species that is considered a delicacy-- not due to its taste, but due to its many toxic organs, which make a difficult and time-consuming task of preparing the fish for human consumption. Indeed, Initiates will knowingly consume these toxic organs to "test themselves" as a rite-of-entry into the Chapter, and again when they are honored for merit and valor, promoted, and accept others into their ranks. In battle, the Marines will throw themselves at the enemy, determined to "Make them choke on their own blood, the way a mortal man chokes when he ingests pansyfish toxin," in Pansyfish Gutsy Major Biribiri Herrington's words. Indeed, the Marines find close combat so alluring, Veterans will spray pansyfish venom onto their armor, using the spikes adorning their suits as weapons. Monodominant Inquisitors-- most notably Inquisitor Philippos Westboro Baptiste of the Ordo Hereticus, who survived multiple battles against Chaos Space Marine warbands, and held special enmity towards those of the Emperor's Children-- have claimed the use of such colors and such rites are evidence the Pansyfish are the Traitor Primarchs Fulgrim or Mortarion's sons– a claim that will enrage the Pansyfish, inciting great violence that, in turn, fuels rumors they are the Traitor Primarch Angron's sons. The High Lords of Terra have been reluctant to investigate these claims since the Pansyfish canceled plans to divert three companies from a campaign against Waaagh! Dubya, to aid Imperial forces during the Badab War, as they refused to fight beside Baptiste after the Inquisitor so grievously insulted their honor. As Red Scorpions Chapter Master Carab Culln, Lord Commander of Imperial forces during the Badab War, said in confidence to his Minotaurs counterpart, "His foolishness denied us additional forces with which we could have defeated the traitors 69 Terran days earlier, according to my war council's calculations," when the latter asked why the Red Scorpions frigates escorting Baptiste’s battleship as the latter spearheaded an attack on an enemy fortress world, failed to match the Inquisitorial ship's speed and shield Baptiste from orbital defenses, resulting in the Inquisitor's death. HOMEWORLDS: The Pansyfish primarily recruit from three planets in the Amaterasu star system: the “blue world” of Dakuwanga, the “black world” of the Fukumi asteroid field, and the “red world” of Anzack. The newfound Chapter's Marines accompanied Rogue Trader Nico Nikodouga when the latter discovered the star system in M36, allowing the Pansyfish to claim a portion of its material and human resources; in exchange, the Chapter defends Nikodouga’s in-system interests. Dakuwanga is the second planet from the star. Named after a mythical shark god, this aquatic world’s fish, seaweed, and plankton are exported to sustain other worlds in-system. The arctic and antarctic continents are both too small to accommodate much more than the 480,000 people working at each of the Adeptus Mechanicus operated titanium mines, geothermal generatoria, and ground stations for the space elevators linking the world to its polar star forts. Dakuwanga’s colonists are concentrated on the thousands of islands ringing the equator-- it is impossible to know the exact number, as volcanic activity will sink an island, only to raise new ones in its place-- forcing the inhabitants to sail in search of a new home, and to fight each other if accomodations cannot be made. As the islanders cannot mine metal without destroying their own food sources, they make arms and armor from animal skins, bones, and teeth, reinforced with wood and plant fibers; notable examples include the “moto,” a spear tipped with stingray stingers, which lends its name to the Chapter’s lascannons; the “tewinnarei,” a wooden sword with embedded shark teeth forming its cutting edge, which lends its name to chainswords and chainfists; and the “te barantauti,” a helmet made from pansyfish skin, which lends its spiny silhouette to the adamantium helm a Pansyfish Chaplain wears in place of his Codex counterpart’s skull helm. The Fukumi asteroid field lies between Dakuwanga and Anzack. Named after Nico Nikodouga’s wife, this is the star system’s primary metal supplier. Imperial scholars suspect these asteroids are the remains of a planet that was destroyed during the Horus Heresy, though they found no records of who destroyed this planet, or why. Anzack is the third planet from the star. Named after the Adeptus Mechanicus Explorator who accompanied Rogue Trader Nikodouga, this forge world’s desert climate provides easy access to rare earth elements critical to the production of cogitators and other electronic devices. ORGANIZATION: The Pansyfish Chapter is organized into three Strike Battalions or “Stallions,” each under a “Gutsy Major’s” command; each Stallion consists of three Companies, each under a Captain’s command. A Stallion recruits and trains its own Neophytes– even in war zones, if necessary to replace casualties– the Pansyfish rarely deploy less than 300 Marines to a war zone, preferring to wield a Stallion’s full might, with which they may crush all but the most dangerous enemies. The Stallions are referred to as Red, Black, and Blue– despite their names, membership is never restricted to a Stallion's namesake world– the companies as One, Two, and Three. The fact the Chapter has multiple First, Second, and Third Companies, is admittedly confusing; the Pansyfish repeatedly surprise ally and enemy alike, deploying to different war zones than expected, in greater numbers than expected. The Pansyfish Chapter Master is referred to as “Lord Figma”-- derived from “Fightmaster,” which the Pansyfish claim was Roboute Guilliman's Champion’s title during the Great Crusade, though the Ultramarines deny this-- the Veteran Company as “Gold One.” When the Lord Figma goes to war, the Gold One will be attached to one of the Stallions; during this, the Gutsy Major and his Captains will nominate promising Marines to the Gold One. If a Marine is accepted, he will serve one century with the Lord Figma’s Honor Guards, learning by example the skills he will need as a leader, before returning to his Stallion; a Pansyfish must serve as an Honor Guard, before he can be promoted to Captain and above. If a Pansyfish officer falls in battle, his subordinates will ritually wrestle in the nude, to determine who will replace him; the Nikodouga Rogue Trader dynasty sells holo-vids of nude Marines wrestling, as “audiovisual stimulants” throughout the Ultima Segmentum. The late Inquisitor Baptiste submitted these holo-vids as evidence for his claim the Pansyfish use Emperor's Children gene-seed; Lady Inquisitor Raquel de la Vine dismissed the evidence, as the Chapter does not monetarily benefit from the sales, though she notes the Rogue Traders provided the Chapter logistical support on multiple campaigns.
  2. How about giving the Chapter planet a legend of how a "hero with silver arms" (You Know Who) imprisoned a demon within the "steel bones of a bronze beast" (a Necron construct, or even a C'tan) and then beat the prison into a "holy sword" for his successor to wield in battle against the demon's successor?
  3. The fact blacksmiths are religious figures on the Chapter planet, makes me suspect the Iron Hands visited it during the Great Crusade. You might as well mention Iron Hands Captains have claimed Ferrus Manus forged the Sword of Potents, and challenged the Void Panthers once for it, leaving the weapon with the Void Panthers Chapter after the Void Panthers Champion won, as a hard fought but honorable victory proves the Void Panthers are more worthy wielders of the Iron Hands Primarch's weapon.
  4. Of course, the Founding Chapter should be identified in that case.
  5. Guilliman specifically ordered Cawl not to use Traitor gene-seed, and is already suspicious the Archmagos may disobey him; an Ultima Founding Chapter shouldn't be of "unknown" gene-seed. Best claim it's of Imperial Fists gene-seed, covering the genetic differences as the result of Cawl attempting to correct zygote deficiencies and restore the sus-an membrane and Betcher's gland's functionality. As for how to introduce this? Say the Void Panthers fought against the World Eaters in a campaign, during which the Traitors insulted the Loyalists' honor by falsely claiming they were brothers, sons of Angron, in a failed attempt to turn the Panthers to the World Eaters' cause; against Fabius Bile, during which the Primogenitor made such claims for reasons unknown to the Panthers, but considering Bile is known to be mercenary, he may be conspiring with a World Eaters warband leader to turn the Panthers to the Traitors' side, in exchange for some unknown boon; or a Radical Inquisitor made such a claim to justify his failed attempt to wipe out the Panthers and subject the Chapter planet to Exterminatus, as he lay dying in an oubliette after the Panthers boarded his ship and captured him.
  6. Your Chapter Organization demonstrates good imagination. If so, then why? Did the Void Panthers recently suffer heavy losses- maybe a cunning enemy subjected them to a decapitation strike- forcing the Chapter Master to take on additional responsibilities? Did Alpha Legionnaires or other Chaos cultists infiltrate the Void Panthers and then instigate a Chapter War, and after purging the Void Panthers of the infiltrators' corruptive influence, the new Chapter Master felt he must take on these additional responsibilities to ensure no trace of heresy or treason remains?
  7. You're off to a good start. Additional details will be appreciated, though. Why is the Chapter planet named "Spirevault"? Does "Spire" refer to hive cities for which the sewers were dug, or for something else, e.g., a pre-Imperial radio antenna to communicate across the star system? Does "vault" refer to the sewers- maybe a legend of a "treasure vault" or "prison vault" hidden in the sewers? And why would the Chapter planet's inhabitants live in the sewers instead of the cities for which these sewers were dug? Did some catastrophe render the cities uninhabitable? What is the Chapter planet's environment like?
  8. Excellent work on the officers. Is the wielder of the Sword of Omens named "Lion-O," or will you give him a Gothic name, e.g., "Leon Rex" (the Japanese word for "king" is transliterated as "o" or "oh," hence the suggestion Lion-O have a kingly name)?
  9. The IA is well-written, for the most part. My biggest issue is with the following: Lord Regent Guilliman gave Cawl a direct order prohibiting the use of Traitor gene-seed, an order he already suspects Cawl intends to defy. Leaving the Anvil Guard's Primarch "undisclosed," will raise a MASSIVE red flag. Best claim the Chapter was Founded with Iron Hands gene-seed. You're free to add mystery and doubt into that claim, by having in-universe characters note the Anvil Guard don't act like other sons of Ferrus Manus, e.g., they don't share the Iron Hands' impulse to replace healthy limbs with augmetic ones.
  10. Best reserve the golden armored mounts for Elite units, e.g., Honor and Victrix Guards, and the HQ units they guard. From where will you get the models? Does Games Workshop still manufacture mechanical steeds from Warhammer Fantasy for Age of Sigmar?
  11. Will this influence the Chapter Tactics, e.g., the Marines prefer to fight mounted, their Chapter armory has many bikes, the Chapter has close relations and/or a friendly rivalry with the White Scars and other sons of the Great Khan?
  12. Again, I commend your imagination and your worldbuilding. Why should one forge world's Skitarii disguise himself as another's? The obvious answer, to infiltrate and spy on the other forge world, makes me suspicious of Mjorn's loyalty to Mars and Holy Terra. Why disguise first-rate cybernetics as second-rate? Is Mjorn using forbidden technology- possibly XENO technology- for its Skitarii's cybernetic modifications, and the disguise is so orthodox tech-priests won't give these modifications the attention necessary to expose the forge world's Magi's sins? Nitpicks, in brackets:
  13. I'm sure the Heralds of Ash will appreciate having a fueling station on Boomtown, an additional source of recruits, training grounds to prepare the Marines for battle in toxic swamps, and scaled up City class ironclads to serve as mobile Chapter keeps. Is Arali along an important Warp route, making the planet a convenient rest stop for starships? Maybe the poisons in its atmosphere can be harvested for industrial use, e.g., collect radon for alchemical transmutation into radium, which is then used for various products? Maybe the Tarantulon colonists live on mobile manufactories resembling the mechanical spider seen in the 1999 film Wild Wild West, allowing them to outpace the planetquakes to mine in relative safety?
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