Commander of the Chaplaincy: Sapphon Command Title: Grandmaster of Chaplains Honorific Title: Finder of Secrets Overview The chaplaincy is the spiritual center of every space marine chapter. Tasked with maintaining the spiritual purity and faith in the emperor and their primarch these fiercely dedicated warriors lead from the fore of their brothers in battle. Armed with their badge of office, the Crozius Arcanum and protective Rosarius, they don their characteristic black power armour for battle and covered by bone white robes. The chaplains of the Dark Angels have a further dark duty, one that relates to the treachery of their brothers ten thousand years ago. Complement The full strength of the chaplaincy is in a constant state of flux. Young space marine warriors who show promise and fierce dedication to the Lion and the Emperor are picked out as potential future chaplains and undergo further training as chaplain-adepts under their more accomplished brethren. All the chaplains come under the overall command of the grandmaster of chaplains and are one is seconded to each line company. Once assigned to a particular company, they usually remain there for the rest of their combat lives. Others form a pool from which they may be detached to lead strike forces on highly confidential missions, or rotated through various duties in the tower of angels including guardianship of the dungeons and secret chambers and interrogation of the enemy and redemption of their fallen brethren. The full complement is as follows: Grandmaster of Chaplains: Sapphon, Finder of Secrets. Interrogator-Chaplains: 18 (including those assigned to the line companies) Chaplain-Adepts 7 Duties The functions of the chaplains of the Dark Angels chapter are numerous. The more important ones are listed below: Spiritual purity and Morale conditioning: The chaplains play a leading role in the maintenance of morale and spiritual integrity of their combat brethren. Each interrogator-chaplain assigned to their respective company takes as his duty the maintenance of mental discipline, faith in the emperor and the spiritual purity of his battle brothers. Training and recruitment: The chaplains play an integral part in the spiritual training as well as combat training of new recruits and weeding out those whose mental stamina is weak and may be a potential source of threat to the chapter. Interrogation: They guard the dungeons and the secrets hidden within the Tower of Angels. They practice their duty with dedication and armed with the tools of their trade, the Blades of Reason they perform their rites of salvation on any of their captured brethren who fell from the grace of the emperor and the lion ten thousand years ago. Battlefield Combat: Interrogator-Chaplains are fiercely dedicated warriors and are all but unstoppable in the assault. Their rousing speeches and pious dedication tends to stimulate their battle brothers to greater deeds. Every dark Angel commander appreciates their presence on the battlefield. |
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! |
RECLUSIUM ANGELUS MORTIS Dark Angels Chapter Chronicled By ( Shadow Guard ) |
CODEX ASTARTES ANGELUS MORTIS |
