10th Company, Howling Griffons Chapter
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The Tenth Company of the Howling Griffons is made up of its Scout Marine Squads.
Notable Actions
- 905-906.M41: Shortly before the Badab War the Howling Griffons Fourth along with parts of their Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, and First Companies carried out a lengthy search and destroy campaign within the Caradryad Sector. It can be safely assumed that a large number of planetary assaults were carried out during this action as they were severely lacking in Thunderhawks and drop pods when answering the call for aid in the Badab War as they had not had the chance to return to Mancora.[1]
- 906-909.M41: Badab War — The Howling Griffons, along with the Novamarines, responded to calls for aid. Having just finished a campaign in the Caradryad Sector, the Howling Griffons' task force was no more than 250 Space Marines and had insufficient planetary assault resources to aid in front line assaults. As a result, their initial engagements were to carry out garrison duties or convoy protection. Their largest deployment was to garrison the airless moons in the Khymara system, rebuilding old listening posts as staging areas for later in the war. Unfortunately this posting put them in the path of the Executioners in 907.M41[3] who were coming to aid the Secessionists as part of their blood oath to Huron. The Howling Griffons were annihilated; after the Executioners' withdrawal, the casualty rate was more than 70%, including the catastrophic loss of their strike cruiser, Augeias, and Chaplain Dreadnought Titus. Despite these losses, the remaining force continued to fight wherever they could until officially relieved in 909.M41[1]
- 978.M41:[4a] War for Bhorc Prime (Scrap at da Scrap Yard) — A contingent of Howling Griffons was dispatched to prevent the Orks from building bigger and better idols. They managed to seize the high ground, and, with commanding fire positions, they could press their attack on the Warlord's Gargantt fields and slow the invasion.[4b]
- Liberation of Vanqualis — Vanqualis was under attack by Orks. The Howling Griffons along with the 901st Penal Legion fought against the Orks.[2a] Shortly after landing they turned on the Soul Drinkers chapter, believing them to be the bearers of a Chaos artifact, the Black Chalice.[2b]
Notable Members
Sources
- 1: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One, pgs. 124–131
- 2: Chapter War (Novel):
- 3: Forge World Scenarios for Badab War campaigns (last accessed 13 June 2015)
- 4: White Dwarf 349 (UK):
