Guardians
of the Blood Space Marine Chapter
Progenitor:
Imperial Fists
Specialty:
Shock Troops
Colors:
TBD
Heraldry:
Bleeding Cross
Home
World: Fleet Based
Chapter
Command
Chapter
Master: Elias Sturm
High
Chaplain: Caecilius Tesh
Chief
Librarian: Arrian Ventris
Chief
Medic: Vitus Govax
Veteran
Master Sergeant: Judas Rapt
Battle
Companies
Blades
Edge Brotherhood: Veteran Master Sergeant Judas Rapt- 13
Veteran Battle Brothers.
First
Company: Captain Valens- 10 Veterans, 50 Tactical Marines, 30
Assault Marines, 25 Devastators.
Second
Company: Captain Marinus- 10 Veterans, 50 Tactical Marines,
30 Assault Marines, 25 Devastators.
Third
Company: Captain Dacius- 10 Veterans, 50 Tactical Marines,
30 Assault Marines, 25 Devastators.
Fourth
Light Company: Captain Janus- 20 Sternguard, 30
Tactical Marines, 10 Assault Bikes, 20 Scouts.
Fifth
Heavy Company: Captain Galenus- 10 Veterans, 40
Devastators, 40 Tactical Marines.
Sixth
Armored Company: Captain Corvin- 3 Land Raiders, 12
Predators, 4 Vindicators, 6 Whirlwinds.
Background
999.M41-
The full weight of the Guardian Knights emerges from the warp in the Baal
system in answer to summons from Chapter Master Dante of the Blood Angels
calling for help. Chapter Master Elias Sturm coordinates his chapter’s
deployment with Dante across the region. Beset upon by Daemons under Ka’Bandha
and Hive Fleet Leviathan the sons of Sanguinius and Rogal Dorn fight for their
right to exist on a daily basis. The Guardian Knights were tasked with
defending against the Tyranid invasion, allied with elements from successor
chapters such as the Flesh Tearers and Angels Encarmine as well as the Blood
Angels themselves. Guardian Knight assault squads learned many new techniques
from their allies and used them with deadly efficiency cutting away at Tyranid
synapse monsters to devastating result. As the war in the sector dragged on
more Blood Angel successor chapters were called to the opposite front to combat
the Daemon hosts of Ka’Bandha leaving the Guardian Knights stretched thin.
Having found the planet that was providing a significant portion of biomass to
Hive Fleet Leviathan Chapter Master Elias Sturm sent his elite Blade’s Edge
Brotherhood and first company elements to kill the synapse creature there.
Veteran Master Sergeant Judas Rapt took his force along with two of the
chapters librarians to deliver a telling blow to the Tyranids. On the surface
of the planet the chapter elite cut a bloody path to the biomass pools and after
planting melta charges the veterans began their hunt for the brood lords. As
soon as the Thunderhawk touched down both librarians had begun convulsing and
frothing at the mouth, not wanting to slay his brothers Judas had the squad
apothecary administer a strong sedative and left him with them. For two days
the Brotherhood hunted down Gene steeler brood lords, Tyrvigons, and
Zoanthropes before falling back to the Thunderhawk to extract. Upon leaving the
planet’s atmosphere both librarians were taken off their powerful sedatives and
regained consciousness they reported to Rapt that they had glimpsed part of the
hive minds plan and that the chapter was about to face its biggest trial yet.
Chapter Master Sturm learned from his librarians that the Tyranids were massing
for an attack designed to crush his strongest defensive positions. Redeploying
his chapter to defend against this new offensive, nearly all of the chapters
strength was recalled except for those that were needed to keep a presence in
battles that were already raging. Sturm called upon his Astropaths to get a
message to Dante to warn about this new threat but this close to the shadow
that the Tyranids cast in the warp they all died a gruesome death when they
attempted to send the message. In desperation Chief Librarian Arrian Ventris
brought together his fellow psyker kin and with their combined might sent a
message out through the warp. The cost of this message was nearly all of the
psykers were killed or suffered some sort of mental crippling that they were
granted the Emperors grace.
Final
Days
The first losses of the chapter were to the fleet.
While they fought bravely the fleet was driven off by the sheer mass of Tyranid
vessels. Unable to oppose the Tyranid landings except from fire from heavy
weapons from Devastator squads the horde was soon assembled to wipe out the
Guardian Knights. Assault squads were sent ahead of the defensive lines to
harass the advancing swarm and guide them into ambushes put in place by the
chapter’s scouts and tactical marines. While that tactic worked for a time
eventually the bigger monsters and synapse creatures caught up the advancing
swarms and were able to control them more efficiently. Losses started to pile
up on the exposed assault squads and scouts who were eventually recalled to the
static lines, but not before melta mines were planted to further slow the
swarm’s progress. A notable achievement from the scouts was exploding the side
of a mountain to crush a Carnifex brood under the weight of the massive
boulders crashing down on them. Still the day came when the swarm was within
bolter range and the fight began in earnest. Guardian Knight Assault squads
split into kill teams that prowled the back of the lines until synapse
creatures appeared, then upon wings of fire they would jump into the fray and
bring it down. Tactical marines were reassigned to assault squads to keep their
dwindling numbers up to assault strength. The Guardian Knights were slowly
driven back to secondary and tertiary defense lines yet the hive tyrant had yet
to show itself. On the fifth day holes started to be punched through the
defense lines and the assault marines were tasked with closing them with
counter charges, Chapter Master Elias and his Terminator clad bodyguard also
led the counter charges where the biggest breaches were. Bone weary and bolter
ammunition almost depleted on the dawn of day six the Hive Tyrant approached at
the head of a new swarm. Elias smiled as he sent out a sonic pulse that would
reach all three of the planets moons.
Final
Hours
For over a week Veteran Master Sergeant Judas Rapt
and his Brotherhood along with elements of the Veteran First Company had been
in underground bunkers waiting for the signal from the Chapter Master and it
had finally came. A number of bunkers had gone silent in the waiting week and
the Tyranids were actively looking for them now. It had been hell for each
battle brother so not move for that week fearing to cause the slightest
vibration that would alert the Tyranids to their presence, now the time for
stealth was over. Judas turned on the teleporter that would send his
Brotherhood to where the Chapter Master willed it. These teleport bunkers had
been stripped out of the warships and buried here under the watchful eyes of
the tech marines who would also stay behind to make sure they functioned
through the whole process. The smell of ozone reached Judas’ nostrils even
through his helmet, the next thing he saw was a Tyranid Hive Tyrant looming up
before him. If a Tyranid could show surprise Judas knew it was showing it now
as he swung his thunder hammer at the beast.
Even the intervention of the Brotherhood and First
Company elements the battle was doomed from the start. The Terminators were
pushed back to the lines after creating a mountain of pulverized Tyranid flesh.
Bolters were dropped in favor of chain swords and combat blades, even the
Devastator squads were now fighting tooth and nail. The few Chaplains left were
chanting the Mass of Doom to spur the chapter onto one last glorious charge.
Before he could give the order Elias looked into the rising sun and saw a
number of golden angels burning his way, and he knew he would be by the
Emperor’s side very soon.
The Elite Sanguinary Guard and Lord Dante screamed
over head of the Guardian Knights and slammed into Tyranid mass with a
righteous fury. In space the combined efforts of the Blood Angel successor
fleets and an Imperial Navy combat flotilla with the remnants of the Guardian
Knight ships reengaged the Tyranid bio ships.
New
Life
After the successful campaign against the Tyranids
and Daemons the Guardian Knights and Blood Angels signed a pact of brotherhood
between the two chapters. Commander Dante, out of respect for the losses Elias
had suffered in defense of his own chapter, gave 10 scouts and 20 neophytes as
well as a small vial of blood that came from the grail that the Sanguinary
Priests keep pure to his new found friend as a gesture that they would regrow
their chapters together. In honor of such gifts Sturm changed his chapters name
to Guardians of the Blood and that they would display a new chapter symbol, a
bleeding cross, to represent the blood they spilled with the sons of
Sanguinius.
This is a very rough sketch of my Guardians of the Blood chapter insignia. The idea is that it is a cross with a blood drop in the middle and the arms of the cross are the imperial eagles with a shield running between the neck and head sections. Go ahead and make fun of my childish drawings if you really feel like it lol.
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