the dark prophecy summary chapter 9 to 12

This bond was based upon a sense of superiority and distinction instilled in them. Far from harming the Legion, it left the First Legion a well-honed weapon forged by a bond between disparate warriors. As other Legions grew in size, some of the more specialized Hosts became obsolete and were disbanded while others were simply destroyed in combat due to their inadequacies. In these actions the First Legion became the testbed for the various tactics and doctrines that would later become the Principia Bellicosa of the Legiones Astartes. M30, in which nine Hosts spread across four Companies saw action, though they numbered less than 30 warriors each. These early hosts gained fame in battles of the Unification Wars such as the Third Siege of Antioch in 603. As many as 18 Hosts were known to exist in the Legion's early years, though by the end of the Great Crusade only six existed. These Hosts were not bound by Company or Commander and existed throughout the Legion, at any given battle at least some small number of a given Host would be present to advise and lead their comrades. The Uncrowned Princes would become the first Hosts of the First Legion and were later refined into the Hexagrammaton by Lion El'Jonson. Fighting at first as small groups within the Emperor's own hosts, these Crowns inspired both unity and a certain arrogance in the first Space Marines and spurred them to lead the way amongst the growing Astartes brotherhood. These earliest warriors quickly gained a reputation amongst the disparate armies of the Emperor as the Uncrowned Princes. The Dark Angels first known engagement - and indeed the first combat engagement of the Legiones Astartes - was combating the Palace Coup at the end of the Unification Wars. Most of the new recruits threw aside their former cultures and instead took on new names drawn from the tales of Old Earth, such as Gilgamesh, Heracles, Tarchon, and Hengist. The First Legion became the crucible in which all the cultures of Old Night combined with the Emperor's genetic prowess to create a new and formidable strain of warrior.

As a result the earliest Dark Angels were diverse culturally and recruited from across Terra, in contrast with most of the other Legions during their earliest days. The Emperor mainly acquired such subjects through captured foes and purchasing slaves from nomadic clans. The subjects of these early experiments were recruited from genetically pure and uncorrupted inhabitants of Terra, themselves hard to find amid the many Atomic wars and genetic plagues.

Known as the Primordial Strain, almost none of these initial prototypes are known to not have survived the process of becoming Space Marines but they nonetheless formed the basis of the initial culture of the First Legion. During their earliest days Prototype Space Marines such as Abraxus Ghent were created from the Gene-Seed of Lion El'Jonson and served as the template for later Astartes to come. Their origins are however shrouded in mystery and secrecy, though it is said their Gene-Seed was in production a century before the end of the Unification Wars. The Dark Angels have the honour of being the first Space Marine Legion created by The Emperor of Mankind. The winged reaper, the original symbol of the 1st Legion

8.6 Unique Troops & Vehicles (Also used by Successor Chapters).

One of these chapters would keep the original legion's name and assets, though all of the Dark Angels descendants continue to work together to hunt The Fallen as the Unforgiven. After remaining loyal to the Emperor during the Horus Heresy, this legion was later re-organized and divided into several Chapters during the Second Founding. The Dark Angels were the I Legion of the twenty original Space Marine Legions. 'Repent! For tomorrow you die!' or 'For the Lion!' Pre-Heresy: Black Post-Heresy: Dark Green ĭeathwing: Terminator veterans and hunting the Fallen.Įxperimental weaponry & tactics, extermination (pre- Horus Heresy) Repentant Brotherhood, Star Phantoms (Suspected), The Unnamed Penitent Blades, Persecutors of Darkness, Prime Absolvers , Angels of Absolution, Angels of Defiance, Angels of Redemption, Angels of Vengeance, Angels of Vigilance (rumored), Angels of Wrath, Blades of Vengeance, Bringers of Judgement, Consecrators, Cowled Wardens, Disciples of Caliban, Fallen, Guardians of the Covenant, Knights of Abhorrence, ‎ Knights of the Crimson Order, Lionguard (Suspected), Lions Sable,

The dark prophecy summary chapter 9 to 12