Dark Angels

The Dark Angels were one of the original Space Marine legions. They are a proud chapter with traditions and rituals that date back to the earliest days of the Imperium. Their origins are shrouded in mystery, because only very few records exist or many mentions of the part they played in the Emperor's great crusade.

But a legend persists that at one point the Dark Angels teetered on the very brink of heresy and that an act of the most terrible betrayal dishonored all of the chapter's feats of valor, leaving an enduring stain upon the chapter's honor. Such is their shame that from that time onwards, the Dark Angels have borne the mark of the Unforgiven and must strive for absolution from the sins of millennia past.

Whatever the truth, the chapter is secretive and monastic in nature, with much time given over to worship and prayer. With the exception of the special Deathwing and Ravenwing the Dark Angels follow the Codex Astartes. Their dogged resistance against overwhelming odds is legendary. In situations where even other Space Marines might withdraw and redeploy, the Dark Angels will fight on to the bitter end.

Their homeworld Caliban was once a verdant world of dense forests, but during the Horus Heresy it was torn asunder, all that remained was the rock upon which the fortress monestary stood. They transformed the asteroid into a space ship with which they can now travel the galaxy called aptly The Rock. Since then they have drawn there initiates from various planets they have fought on.