The badge of the 5th Company.[1]
The 5th Company of the Imperial Fists, known as The Heralds of Truth, are one of the Chapter's Battle Companies.[1][2a][2b]
Overview
The 5th Company are the wardens of what remains of the Scriptum Ascenda, an archive composed by Rogal Dorn concerning the Great Crusade, Horus Heresy and Great Scouring.[2b]
Notable Battles
- Date Unknown, Post-Heresy: The 5th Company defended a Chapter shrine on Mithron from an attack by the Black Legion.[4]
- 968.M41: Khai-Zhan Uprising[3]
- 999.M41: 13th Black Crusade[2b]
- ???.M42: Defence of Obstinax[9]
- ???.M42: War on Ghyre[7b]
- ???.M42: War of Beasts on Vigilus[8]
Company Assets
Relics
Ships
Aircraft
Notable Members
- Dravastis Fane — Current Captain.[2a][2b]
- Ercuros Tor — Former Captain[7b][7c]
- Maluan — Former Captain[1]
- Khrusaor — Former Captain[5]
- Aster Lydorran — Primaris Epistolary[7b]
- Carnak — Chaplain[4]
- Thyssus Storn — Chaplain[7b]
- Lordas — Apothecary[7b]
- Asphor — Techmarine.[7d]
- Elrich Hastur — Chapter Champion[7b][7e]
- Tarsun — Ancient[7b]
- Ghesmund — Dreadnought[7b]
- Larrus Torgan — Sergeant. Commander of the Honour Guard Squad charged with protecting the Mining World of Ghyre.[7a]
- Ullas — Primaris Outrider Sergeant[7c]
- Holun — Invictor Warsuit pilot[7d]
- Victarian — Invictor Warsuit pilot[7e]
Sources
- 1: Codex Supplement: Angels of Death (7th Edition), pg. 26 — Imperial Fists Chapter Organisation
- 2: Codex Supplement: Imperial Fists (8th Edition):
- 3: Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 45 — A Glorious History: The Khai-Zhan Uprising
- 4: Ultramarines - A Warhammer 40,000 Movie
- 5: Sons of Dorn (Novel), Chapter Seven
- 6: Warhammer Community: Thunderhawks From 12 Chapters Rule The Skies in This Epic Aeronautica Imperialis Showcase (posted 18/10/2021) (last accessed 09 February 2022)
- 7: Fist of the Imperium (Novel)
- 8: Imperium Nihilus: Vigilus Defiant, pgs. 82–83
- 9: Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pg. 81