Iron Champions
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
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| Founding Chapter: | Executioners (Imperial Fists lineage)[3] | ||
| Homeworld: | Khoraj[5] | ||
| Colours: | Black with grey pauldrons and red aquila, stylized bone skull on helmet[7] | ||
The Iron Champions are a Space Marine Chapter of Imperial Fists descent.[3]
History
The Iron Champions are a Successor Chapter to the Executioners of an unknown founding.[3]
Notable Battles
- 610.M36: Dark Marches Crusade[4]
- 998.M41: Third War for Armageddon - The chapter committed 7 companies to the defense of Armageddon.[1] During the war, the chapter launched a massive drop-pod assault to support the Celestial Lions and were it not for the two chapters, Hive Volcanus would have remained in Ork hands.[2][6]
Related Articles
Sources
- 1: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 32
- 2: White Dwarf 249 (UK), pgs. 30-33 - The Emperor's Shield: Chapters of the Armageddon War
- 3: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part Two, pg. 84
- 4: Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus, pg. 18
- 5: Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition, pg. 8
- 6: Third War for Armageddon website: Hive Volcanus Warzone News (archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 27th December 2020)
- 7: Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters, pg. 58
