Background and Origin: The Forming After the Lion's speech, a group of Dark Angels broke away to the Cadian Gate, planning to wait there for the Lion to return and to follow Him into the Eye of Terror. The journey went without problems, and they arrived in fair time at the Cadian Gate and waited for the Lion to join them. They waited for several months for the Lion's return, and little did they know of what happened at Caliban. Grand Master Mordekai decided to send a message to Caliban, asking what happened to the Lion. After a few weeks he received word of what had happened. And, in his anger, ordered his fleet to plunge into the Eye of Terror, to exact vengeance upon their fallen brethren. The Eye of Terror As the name suggests, the Eye of Terror is a place that can drive the most hardened man insane, and yet they entered. As they appeared out of the warp, Grand Master Mordekai addressed the fleet; he told of what happened at Caliban and that vengeance was theirs. That it was their holy duty to make their fallen brothers repent, or to kill them if they didn't. While they were in the Eye of Terror, the other Chapters captured the Cadian Gate and constructed defences in its place. Making sure that no one could leave or enter the Eye of Terror without them knowing. his effectively locked both the Chaos Chapters as well as Grand Master Mondekai's fleet inside the Eye of Terror. |
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ANGELS OF DESTRUCTION By ( Onisuzume ) |
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The Change They fought many battles in the Eye of Terror on various daemon worlds. It happened on a Slaaneshi daemon world; they were struck by the vile magicks of Slaaneshi psykers, changing their very essence and mutating their geneseed. Fearing the worst, they withdrew from the planet to see what had happened to them. Their Apothecaries examined their geneseed and noticed only one small change, a change too horrible to reveal to the Imperium, or even to their own Legion Brothers outside the Eye of Terror. In reflection of the change, they changed their Chapter structure, as well as their names. Grand Master Mordekai announced this to the Chapter, as well as his name change; changing his name into Grand Mistress Onisuzume. They would be Battle Brothers no more; instead they would refer to each other as Battle Sisters. The Escape After their restructuring, they decreed that they would leave the Eye of Terror. Making their way to the Cadian Gate, they noticed that they would appear to be an Chaos Invasion to the defenders on Cadia, thus they decided to search for an other way to leave. Their chance came with the Gothic War, which opened a second path into the Eye of Terror which the legions of Chaos used to launch one of their Black Crusades. Grand Mistress Onisuzume ordered her fleet to follow their Chaos brethren out, and into the Gothic sector. The Gothic War With their main priority being their journey to Caliban and rejoin their Legion, they hid for the better part of the Gothic War. Only fighting to preserve their hidden existence, and leaving barely any impact on the Gothic War at all. Homecoming After the Gothic War, they set course for Caliban; a journey that took only a few weeks. When they dropped out of the warp, they noticed to their horror that their once beautiful homeworld was no more. Instead of finding a large planet with lush jungles of a verdant green and wide oceans of azure, they found clouds of fine dust, flecked by the occasional small asteroid. Their homecoming hadn't gone unnoticed, however, and soon they were hailed by a Dark Angels strike cruiser. Panicked, Grand Mistress Onisuzume donned her helmet in the hope that it would warp her voice. The captain of the strike cruiser, however, was surprised to find a fleet of Space Marines wearing ancient power armour and bearing the original Dark Angels markings. Thinking them to be fallen, he issued an order to the rest of the Chapter. The Confrontation As the rest of the Chapter dropping out of the warp, Grand Mistress Onisuzume hailed the flagship. Greeting the Supreme Grand Master and telling him of their crusade. The librarians examined their archives and noticed that a number of ships had been lost in the warp a few weeks after Caliban was destroyed, ships bearing the same names and markings as the ones they had encountered. Convinced that they spoke true, the Inner Circle called a meeting to decide on the fate of the returned Dark Angels. Their Fate With the entire fleet knowing of the fall of the Lion, as well as the Betrayal of Luther, it was decided that they were to be inducted into the Deathwing. They were to remain unknown to the Imperium so they could focus on hunting the Fallen, and nothing else. It was decided that they were to retain their black armour, while their Chapter Badge was to be changed with a sword broken painted red. Representing their status as members of the Deathwing, and reminding them of their duty to hunt the Fallen. |
Homeworld Walkura is a system situated north-east of the Gates of Varl, the very edges of Imperial Space. Walkura V, the homeworld of the Angels of Destruction, is a large planet orbited by three moons, which maintain a constant sea level with little to no ebb or flood. The planet is covered by large mountain ranges and huge forests, as well as a couple of large lakes which are filled with fish. The forests are teeming with wildlife ranging from various small rodents to large and docile cow-like creatures the size of a small house. Tall and foreboding, the mountains are thousands of feet high and are scarcely populated by the most dangerous beasts of the system, which occasionally prowl through the forests in search of prey. |
The local population has regressed into a medieval state ruled over by a matriarchy. They live in small to medium sized communities which are protected by wooden stockades. The land surrounding these small forts has been cleared and is used for agriculture. Because roughly 80% of the population is female, it isn't unusual for women to do work that would normally be done by men on other worlds. Located in a remote area of the planet is the Chapter's Fortress Monastery. The huge building is easily the size of a small city, if not larger, and houses almost the entire Chapter. Its gothic architecture stretches hundreds of feet into the sky; the main tower is so high that it can be seen from miles away. Most of the fortress' halls are decorated with statues of angels, many of which also serve as supporting pillars. Many walls are adorned with murals depicting the Chapter's history. The lush forests surrounding the fortress are excellent for training new recruits, or for keeping the Sisters battle ready by means of simulated battles. Because of the planet's three moons, the planet itself is lacking any form of planetary defences, which have been building upon the moons instead. The moons also serve as the Chapter's production centres, as well as the fleet station. The moons are also home to the Chapter's Librarian. The Librarians are deemed to dangerous to keep on the planet. Techmarines live most of their lives on the moons, where they work, live, sleep, eat and train new recruits in the ways of the machine cult. he Apothecaries is located in a wing of the main fortress on the planet, where they train new apothecaries, as well as maintain the Chapter's Geneseed. |
