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Index Astartes: Deathsworn

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 Index Astartes: Deathsworn Founding: Ultima Founding Homeworld: Celestia Tertius-Sigma Fortress Monastery: The Jarlhalle (Vigilant Station) Origins The Deathsworn are one of a handful of known Ultima Founding successors of the Space Wolves chapter. Unlike most Ultima founding chapters however the Deathsworn are rumored to have been founded around a cadre of veteran firstborn sons of Russ. Where these warriors came from or how they came to be absorbed into a new primaris chapter are secrets closely guarded by the Deathsworn themselves. Some stories contend that the chapter's founders must have been a lost company, long isolated from their chapter brothers, while others contend they could have been Deathwatch veterans who were honored for their service with the opportunity to lead a new chapter rather than return to the Space Wolves themselves. Still other rumors suggest warriors displaced in time by the vagaries of warp travel or redeemed former renegades who joined the Lord Comman...
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Index Astartes: Death Wolves 2.5

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    Index Astartes: Death Wolves   Cognomen: Death Wolves Founding: Ultima Founding Homeworld: Celestia Tertius-Sigma Fortress Monastery: The Vigilant (Jarlhalle)    Origins The Death Wolves are one of a handful of known successor chapters of the Space Wolves established as part of the Ultima Founding on the direct orders of Lord Commander Roboute Guilliman, the Primarch of the Ultramarines. Unlike many of the other Ultima founding chapters however the Death Wolves were established around a core of veteran firstborn astartes absorbed into the chapter as it's founding cadre of officers and specialists, reinforced with several hundred Primaris marines from the Unnumbered Sons of Russ. How this unusual circumstance came about is a long and troubled story. In 433.M41 the Great Company of Torstein Ironfang fought a bitter campaign against a warband of Thousand Sons traitor marines. The fighting was fierce and led to the loss of many of the company's warri...
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