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This entire section is one attempt to describe the long history of the Dark Angels in a linear form. Every known piece of history and event based on GW publications has been written in my own words and linked together in a reasonably plausible manner by additional fiction. This is in no way the official GW version nor is it in anyway an attempt to infringe on their IP. There are many versions of imperial history buried within the sands of time and this is but just one of them. Read on if you dare!
EPIC Strategy
Gathering of Angels
Apocrypha Caliban
Codex Astartes Angelus Mortis
Legio Infitiales Venia
Battle Honours
PHALANX MORTIS
ARCANUM QUINTUS ( Level V )
Chronicled By ( Shadow Guard )
CODEX ASTARTES ANGELUS MORTIS
Chapter High Command
Librarius Angelus Tenebrae
Reclusium Angelus Mortis
Battle Fleet Angelus Mortis
Custodes Castellanus
Commeatus Consul
Administratum Arx
Apothecarium Medicor
Fabricium Mortis
First Company "Deathwing"
Second Company "Ravenwing"
Third Battle Company
Fourth Battle Company
Fifth Battle Company
Seventh Reserve (Tactical) Company
Sixth Reserve (Tactical) Company
Ninth Reserve (Devastator) Company
Tenth (Scout) Company
Eighth Reserve (Assault) Company
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ANNULUM INTIMA
"The Inner Circle"
ANNULUM MEDIANUS
"The Middle Circle"
ANNULUM EXTERNA
"The Outer Circle"
Arcanum Primus
Arcanum Terius
Arcanum Primus
Arcanum Quadratus
Quadratus Surreptius
Arcanum Quintus
Quintus Surreptius
Arcanum Sextus
Sextus Surreptius
Arcanum Septimus
Septimus Surreptius
This is the highest level within the Outer circle (Annulus Externa) of the Deathwing.

Admission criteria and process

Only those who have served with distinction in the sixth level are considered for advancement to this level. Only around one in ten battle brothers finally reach this level. Those ranked within the Arcana Fidelis must accomplish a significant length of time within the Deathwing Company before they are approached for promotion to this level. This advancement is available only to those who have been accepted in to the rank and file of the Deathwing Company. The mental fortitude and battlefield accomplishment required for admission are stringent even by the harsh standards of the Deathwing.

Knowledge

Under the careful scrutiny of their mentor chaplain and the librarians of the Deathwing, the battle brother is allowed to learn the truth about the battle for Caliban. From the betrayal of Luther, his corruption of the members of the legion left behind and the climactic battle for and the destruction of Caliban, the enormity of the truth finally hits home. It says much for the fortitude of the dark Angels and the selection process that no one has ever balked at the truth.

Eligibility

Once a Dark Angel has been inducted in to the fifth level, he is now eligible to command one of the Deathwing terminator squads within the first company.

Training and Deployment

The Dark Angels who are selected for advancement in to the fifth level are all members of the first company. Advancement to this level, brings with it a battle line promotion within the Deathwing company to that of veteran sergeant and thus become a squad leader. Since all the Deathwing Company squad members have been either sergeants, or more likely veteran sergeants within the battle line companies, the position of squad leader is of greater significance.

While at the level of the Arcanum Quintus, the battle brother spends all his time in the service of the Deathwing Company, leading his squad in to a myriad of conflicts and accumulating the battlefield experience and psychological fortitude necessary for commanding larger formations.