List of Space Marine Chapters

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After the Horus Heresy, the loyal Space Marine Legions were split into smaller Chapters of a thousand Space Marines each in order to prevent any one person from being able to control so many troops ever again. Over time, the number of chapters has grown, and is said to number a thousand.

This is a list of the chapters named by Games Workshop in official texts, and does not include any "home grown" chapters, though it does include the Chaos Marine Legions and Renegade chapters.

It should be noted, however, that Traitor forces may vary tremendously in size and composition compared to the Loyalist Chapters - the original Traitor Legions may comprise many thousands of troops, whilst some Chaos Warbands may only have a hundred or so members.

NOTE: This list includes 251 Loyal Chapters, discounting destroyed or missing chapters, which leaves another 749, give or take a few, unnamed.

List

Name	Origin	Founding	Allegiance	Source
Absolvers	???	???	Imperium	8
Adulators	???	???	Imperium	8
Alpha Legion	N/A	First Founding	Chaos	2,5
Angels Encarmine	Blood Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4
Angels Eradicant	???	???	Imperium	45
Angels of Absolution	Dark Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4
Angels of Damnation	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels of Ecstasy	???	???	Chaos	25
Angels of Fire	???	M36	Imperium	4,6
Angels of Flame	???	???	Chaos	25
Angels of Fury	Novamarines	???	Imperium	33
Angels of Iron	???	???	Imperium	2
Angels of Penance	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels of Purgatory	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels of Redemption	Dark Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4,6
Angels of Repentance	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels of Retribution	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels of Vengeance	Dark Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4
Angels of Vigilance	Rumoured Dark Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	6,16
Angels Penitent	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels Porphyr	???	M31	Imperium	1,4,6
Angels Redeemed	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels Repentant	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels Resplendent	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels Revenant	???	???	Imperium	8
Angels Sanguine	Blood Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4
Angels Vermillion	Blood Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4
Apocalypse Company	???	???	Chaos	15
Apostles of MinthRos	???	???	Chaos	25
Astral Claws	???	???	Renegade	18
Astral Fists	???	???	Imperium	40a
Astral Knights	???	???	Imperium - Extinct	33
Aurora Chapter	Ultramarines	2nd Founding	Imperium	(Aurora4)1,33
Avengers	???	???	Imperium	8
Avenging Sons	Ultramarines	19th Founding	Imperium	4
Beasts of Annihilation	???	???	Chaos	25
Benedictors	???	???	Imperium	8
Berserker's of Kharadon	???	???	Chaos	25
Betrayers of Pain	???	???	Chaos	15
Black Consuls	Ultramarines	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4,33
Black Dragons	???	21st Founding	Imperium	1,4,6,10
Black Guard	Raven Guard	2nd Founding	Imperium	2
Black Inculpators	???	???	Imperium	8
Black Legion	N/A	1st Founding	Chaos	2,5
Black Talons	???	???	Imperium	11
Black Templars	Imperial Fists	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4,6,26,28
Black Wings	???	???	Imperium	4
Bleak Brotherhood	???	???	Chaos	25
Blood Angels	N/A	1st Founding	Imperium	1,2,3,4,6
Blood Disciples	Emperor's Wolves	???	Chaos	25
Blood Drinkers	Blood Angels	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,3,4
Blood Gorgons	???	21st Founding	Chaos	36
Blood Legion	Blood Angels	???	Imperium	17
Blood Ravens	???	cM37	Imperium	1,2
Blood Swords	Blood Angels	???	Imperium	1,17
Brazen Claws	Iron Hands	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4,33
Brazen Minotaurs	???	???	Imperium	1
Brazen Skulls	???	???	Imperium	18
Brothers of Darkness	???	???	Chaos	25
Brotherhood of a Thousand	???	???	Imperium	1,4
Brotherhood of Blood	???	???	Chaos	25
Brotherhood of Darkness	???	???	Chaos	25
Brothers Penitent	???	???	???	50
The Carcharodons	???	???	Imperium	47
Celebrants	???	M36	Imperium	6
Celestial Guard	???	???	Imperium	33
Celestial Lions	???	M38	Imperium	6
Charnel Guard	???	???	Chaos	28
Children of Purgatos	???	???	Chaos	12
Claws of Lorek	Possibly Astral Claws	???	Chaos	25
The Cleaved	???	???	Chaos	15
Company of Misery	???	???	Chaos	25
Company of the Shadow	Death Falcons	???	Chaos	25
Consecrators	Dark Angels	???	Imperium	18,23
Contenders	???	???	Imperium	8
Crimson Castellans	???	???	Divided Imperium/Renegade	37
Crimson Consuls	Ultramarines	???	??? - Extinct	45
Crimson Fists	Imperial Fists	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,3,4
Crimson Guard	???	???	Imperium	1
Crimson Paladins	???	???	Imperium	33
Crimson Scions				31a
Crimson Scythes				50
Crimson Shades	???	???	Imperium	44
Crusaders	???	???	Imperium	8
The Damned Company of Lord Caustos	Possibly Night Stalkers	???	Renegade	12
Dark Angels	N/A	1st Founding	Imperium	1,2,3,4
Dark Crusaders	???	???	Imperium	14
Dark Brotherhood	???	???	???	13
Dark Eagles	Raven Guard	???	???	15
Dark Hands	???	???	Imperium	1,4
Dark Hunters	???	???	Imperium	1
Dark Sons	Novamarines	???	Imperium	1
Dark Tusks	???	???	Chaos	17
Death Eagles	Raven Guard	???	Imperium	1
Death Falcons	???	???	Chaos	25
Death Guard	N/A	1st Founding	Chaos	2,5
Death Knights	???	???	Imperium	15
Death Shadows	???	???	Chaos	25
Death Spectres	???	13th Founding	Imperium	1,16,33
Death Strike	???	???	Imperium	1,4
Deathmongers	???	???	Chaos	25
Deathwatch	N/A - Drawn from other Chapters	???	Imperium	1,4,9
Desert Lions	???	???	Imperium	3
Destroyers	White Scars	2nd Founding	Imperium	2
Dictators	???	???	Imperium	8
Disciples of Caliban	Dark Angels	M37	Imperium	18,23
Disciples of Destruction	???	???	Chaos	25
Doom Eagles	Ultramarines	2nd Founding	Imperium	1,2,4,16
Doom Legion	???	???	Imperium	31,33
Doom Warriors	???	???	Imperium	1,4
Dragon Lords	???	???	Imperium	33
Dragon Warriors	???	???	Chaos	25
Eagle Warriors	Ultramarines	???	Imperium	1,4,33
Emperor's Children	N/A	1st Founding	Chaos	2,5
Emperor's Hands	???	???	Imperium	1, 33
Emperor's Hawks	???	???	Imperium	4
Emperor's Shadows	Iron Hands	???	Imperium	1
Emperor's Spears	???	???	Imperium	1
Emperor's Storm	???	???	Imperium	2
Emperor's Swords (Bellicas)	???	???	Imperium/Extinct	33
Emperor's Swords (Ghorstangrad)	???	???	Imperium/Extinct	25
Emperor's Warbringers	???	???	Imperium	4
Emperor's Wolves	???	???	???	25
Espandors	???	???	Imperium	8
Excoriators	???	???	Imperium	6
Excubants	???	???	Imperium	8
Execrators	???	???	Imperium	8
Executioners	Imperial Fists	3rd Founding	Imperium	3,4
Exemplars	???	???	Imperium	8
Exorcists	Grey Knights	13th Founding	Imperium	1,3,4,6,16,33
Exsanguinators	Blood Angels	???	Imperium	39
Extinction Angels	???	???	Chaos	12
Fire Angels				3
Fire Claws				6
Fire Hawks (Legion of the Damned)				3,4
Fire Lords				1,33
Fire Reavers			Chaos	25
Flame Eagles				1
Flame Falcons			Renegade	10
The Flawless Host -			Chaos	25
Flesh Eaters				3,4
Flesh Tearers				1,2,4,6
Genesis(Genesis Chapter)				1,2,33
Golden Angels
Golden Halos
Golden Gryphons				1
Grey Knights				1,4
Grey Slayers				27
Grief Bringers				17
Guardians of the Covenant				18,23
Hakanor's Reavers			Chaos	15,25
Halo Brethren				31
Halo Dragons				33
Hammers of Dorn				32
Hammers of Retribution				34(PtU, page 59)
Harbingers				14,16
Hawk Lords				1,2,4,31,33
Heralds of Vengeance				2
Heralds of Ultramar				4
Honoured Sons				33
Hospitallers				1
Hounds of Demos				8
Howling Griffons				1,3,4,33
Imperial Castellans				4
Imperial Fists				1,2
Imperial Harbingers				1,4
Imperial Hawks				17
Imperial Heralds				46
Imperial Paladins				1,4
Imperial Stars				15
Imperial Talons				1,4
Inceptors				2
Inculcators				8
Interceptors				14
Invaders				1,4,33
Invictors				14
Inviolators				8
Iron Champions				6
Iron Crusaders				33
Iron Fists				1,2,27
Iron Hands				1,2,3,4,33
Iron Hearts				17
Iron Knights				1,33
Iron Lords				1,33
Iron Snakes				1,4
Iron Talons				50
Iron Warriors			Chaos	2,5
Killmongers			Chaos	15
Knights of Blood			Renegade	39
Knights of Eternity			??? - Extinct	37
Knights of Gryphonne				1,4
Knights of the Raven				1,33
Knights Sanguine				39
Knights Unyielding				50
Lamenters				1,3,4
Legion of the Damned				1,4
Legion of Night				33
Libators				2
Liberators				14
Lion Warriors				1
Lords of Decay			Chaos	25
Luna Wolves (Sons of Horus, Black Legion)			Chaos	12
Mantis Legion	Marauders	8th Founding		3,16
Marauders	White Scars	2nd Founding		1,2,4
Marines Errant	Eagle Warriors	23rd Founding		1,3,4,8,16
Marines Errantor				8
Marines Exemplar				1
Marines Malevolent		M32		6, 8
Masters of Protelus				1,4
Marines Vigilant				30
Mentors		26th Founding		1,2,3,4
Metamarines				4
Minotaurs	Classified	21st Founding		3,4
Mortifactors	Ultramarines	2nd Founding		1,4,6
Nemesis				8
Night Hawks				20
Night Lords			Chaos	2,5
Night Stalkers			Chaos	25
Night Watch				16, 33
Nightkillers			Chaos	15
Novamarines				1,2,3,4,16,33
Oblators				8
Omega Marines				1,6
Oracles of Change			Chaos	25
Panthers				8
Patriarchs of Ulixis				2
Penitents				8
Praetors of Orpheus				1,2,4,33
Punishers			Chaos	25
Purgators				8
The Purge			Chaos	15,25
Purple Stars				35
The Pyre			Renegade	12
Rainbow Warriors				4
Rampagers				1,2,4
Raptors				1,2,3,4,6
Raven Guard				1,2,4,33
The Reborn			Chaos	25
Reclaimers				17
Red Corsairs (Tiger Claws, Astral Claws)			Renegade	18,25
Red Hunters				4
Red Legion				1,33
Red Rage			Chaos	49
Red Scimitars				43
Red Scorpions				3,4,7
Red Seraphs				42
Red Talons				1,2,4
Red Templars				1,2
Red Wings				17
Red Wolves				1,33
Redeemed				8
Redeemers				8
Redemptors				11
Relictors			Renegade	1,4,6,16,33
Reparators				8
Retractors				8
Revilers				1,2,4
Rhetors				8
Sable Swords				1,33
Salamanders				1,2,3,4,6,33
The Sanctified			Chaos	25
Scythes of the Emperor				1,4
The Scourged			Chaos	15
Shadow Hawks				51
Shadow Wolves				41
Silver Eagles				8
Silver Guard				24
Silver Guards			Renegade	25
Silver Skulls				1,3,4,6,31,33
Skull Bearers				1,4,33
Skulltakers			Chaos	25
Sky Sentinels				33,37
Skyrar's Dark Wolves			Chaos	25
Sons of Antaeus				10
Sons of Dorn				48
Sons of Gideon				30
Sons of Guilliman				1,4,6
Sons of Hate			Chaos	25
Sons of Horus			Chaos	12
Sons of Malice			Chaos	12,16
Sons of Medusa				1,3,4,28
Sons of Orar				1,33
Sons of Vengeance			Chaos	25
Soul Drinkers			Renegade	17
Space Sharks				3,4
Space Wolves				1,2,3,4,6,16
Star Dragons				1,33
Star Leopards				18
Star Phantoms				8
Star Scorpions				18
Steel Brethren			Chaos	25
Steel Cobras			Chaos	12
Steel Confessors				18
Stone Gauntlets				36
Stone Hearts				19
Storm Callers				15
Storm Falcons				33
Storm Giants				1,4,6
Storm Hawks				1
Storm Lords				1,2,4,6
Storm Wardens				38
Storm Warriors				1,4
Storm Wings				1
Subjugators				1
Supplicators				8
Swords of Khargoth			Chaos	25
Tarantulas				17
Tauran				1
Tempestors				8
Templars of Blood				52
Terror Tigers				17
Thousand Sons			Chaos	2,5
Thunder Barons				17
Tiger Claws (Astral Claws, Red Corsairs)			Chaos	3,18
Tigers Argent				1,28,33
Tormented				8
Tormentors				8
Tributors				8
Ultramarines				1,2,3
Valedictors				8
Venerators				8
Venerators of Osiron				8
Victors				8
Vindicators				8
Violators			Chaos	12,16
Viper Legion				40b
Vorpal Swords				31
War Bearers				4,15
Warhawks
Warmongers				15
Warp Ghosts			Chaos	12,16
Warrior Adepts				15
Warriors of Aggannor			Chaos	25
Warriors of Mayhem			Chaos	25
Warriors Tempest				8
White Consuls				1,2,4
White Minotaurs				1
White Panthers				1,4,33
White Scars				1,2,3,4,6
White Templars				1,33
Widowmakers				20
Wolf Brothers				2
Word Bearers			Chaos	2,5,12
World Eaters			Chaos	2,5,12

See Also

• Pictorial List of Space Marine Chapters A-L
• Pictorial List of Space Marine Chapters M-Z
• Lost Chapter
• Renegade Chapters

Sources

• ¹: How to Paint Space Marines
• ²: Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)
• ³: Warhammer 40,000: Compendium
• ⁴: Space Marine Chapter Gallery (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁵: GW UK - Chaos Space Marines Home Page (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁶: Codex: Armageddon, Armageddon Imperial Forces (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁷: Forgeworld - Red Scorpions (accessed 2007.02.18)
• ⁸: Chapter Approved 2001
• ⁹: Chapter Approved 2003
• ¹⁰: Chapter Approved 2004
• ¹¹: Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)
• ¹²: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Codex)
• ¹³: Warhammer 40,000: Rogue Trader
• ¹⁴: Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
• ¹⁵: Insignium Astartes
• ¹⁶: Codex: Eye of Terror
• ¹⁷: Various novels from Black Library (see chapter listing for specifics)
• ¹⁸: Various White Dwarf magazine issues (see chapter listing for specifics)
• ¹⁹: Warhammer 40,000 Chapter Approved - The Book of the Astronomican
• ²⁰: Epic Rulebook by Jervis Johnson
• ²¹: Liber Chaotica. See article for Khorne, Nurgle, Slaanesh or Tzeentch.
• ²²: The Art of Warhammer 40,000 - page 70, ISBN 1-84416-284-2
• ²³: Codex: Dark Angels (4th Edition)
• ²⁴: The Sabbat Worlds Crusade
• ²⁵: Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)
• ²⁶: Codex: Black Templars
• ²⁷: Realm of Chaos, including Slaves to Darkness, and the Lost and the Damned
• ²⁸: Dark Heresy Timeline
• ²⁹: Codex: Assassins (3rd Edition)
• ³⁰: Games Day UK 99 program
• ³¹: Warhammer 40,000 5th Edition Rulebook
  • ^31a: pg 115
• ³²: Art of Clint Langley
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• ³⁴: Purge the Unclean
• ³⁵: Eye of Terror (Novel)
• ³⁶: Emperor's Mercy (Novel), Chapter Two
• ³⁷: Codex: Tyranids (5th Edition)
• ³⁸: Fantasy Flight Games Website
• ³⁹: Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition), p. 54
• ⁴⁰: Redemption Corps (Novel):
  • ^a: Chapter Two - III (p. 95)
  • ^b: Chapter Seven - VI (p. 407)
• ⁴¹: Helsreach (Novel), p. 76/77
• ⁴²: Imperial Armour Apocalypse II, p. 35
• ⁴³: Battle Missions, p. 9
• ⁴⁴: Index Astartes I, p. 61
• ⁴⁵: The Long Games at Carcharias (Short Story)
• ⁴⁶: The First Heretic (Novel), p.336
• ⁴⁷: Imperial Armour Volume Ten: The Badab War Part Two
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• ⁵¹: Painting Space Marine Devastators (accessed 2011.06.17)
• ⁵²: Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault, pg 54

Related Publications

• Black Library