Marines Malevolent
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| Founding: | M32[2] | ||
| Colours: | Yellow, with black torso, backpack, and weapon receivers.[1] Silver aquila[1][11] | ||
| Battle Cry | "Hate is the surest weapon!"[8] | ||
The Marines Malevolent are a Space Marine Chapter.[2]
Contents
Overview
The Marines Malevolent are a chapter known for brutality, aggressiveness, and a pragmatic disregard for innocent life, collateral damage, or one another. They have poor relations with other Chapters, most notably the Salamanders.[7]
The Marines Malevolent were deployed during the Third War for Armageddon. They deployed two companies,[5] a fairly small number, although evidence shows they had Whirlwind artillery support.[1]
They have an arrogance about them that has brought many requests for Inquisitorial investigation.[1][3] An example of this was during an Ork attack on the Emperor's Deliverance Refugee Camp near Hades Hive.[14] In excess of five thousand Orks penetrated the defences of the camp and took the entire population, over 12,000 refugees and nearly 1,000 member of the Adeptus Ministorum as hostages. The Marines Malevolent proceeded to use their Whirlwind anti-personnel artillery pieces to bombard the Orks while they were still in the camp. On the proceeding attack to retake the camp, a huge amount of collateral damage had been done to the camp's population. Nearly four thousand refugees had been killed, but the Marines Malevolent seemed to believe them to be acceptable casualties.[1][3][14] When Colonel Destrier Celestine of the Armageddon Command Guard complained of this, the Marines Malevolent Captain Vinyar spat on him[14] then gave a speech that was tantamount to saying that those in the camp were not worthy of living and speaking of his force's supremacy in war, before turning round to face the Salamanders Chapter Master Tu'Shan, who verbally rebuked Vinyar on his chapter's actions, saying they had betrayed those they were sworn to protect.[1][3] The Marines Malevolent were seen later in the same campagin administering beatings to civilians and purposefully withholding aid for them.[14]
Actions
- Macharian Crusade[6]
- The Macharian Heresy - Battled with their former allies, the Star Phantoms, and nearly destroyed by them.[6]
- Third War for Armageddon - See Above
- Standoff with the Salamanders over spoils on the derelict Mechanicum vessel Archimedes Rex. The Marines Malevolent backed down in the face of the Strike Cruiser Vulkan's Wrath, but the vessel later crash landed on Scoria. The Marines Malevolent quickly arrived, and saved Salamanders survivors but only in exchange for the weaponry they were originally seeking. The Marines Malevolent later appeared on Nocturne to again face off with the Salamanders, resulting in Tu'Shan finally giving them what they sought but not forgetting their behavior.[4b][4c]
- The Siege of the Fenris System
- The Battle of Loqe II
- The Revolt on Kamidar[13]
Heraldry
The Marines Malevolent wear yellow and black power armour.[1]
Veteran markings are black-and-yellow hazard stripes.[2]
Chapter Assets
Vessels
Notable Marines Malevolent
- Kastor — Captain of the Elite 1st Company Veteran "Vilifiers".[4b]
- Renyard — Primaris Captain of an unknown Company, assigned to Battle Group Praxis.[13a]
- Vinyar — Captain of the 2nd Company and commander of the Chapter vessel Purgatory.
- Vorr — Captain.[9]
- Vintar — Primaris Lieutenant of an unknown Company, serving under Captain Renyard within Battle Group Praxis.[13a]
- Turrok — Veteran Sergeant, 2nd Company.[7]
- Lorkar — Sergeant, 2nd Company.[4a]
- Ballack — Veteran (deceased). A member of the 1st "Vilifiers" Company.[10]
- Harkane — Techmarine.[7]
- Vortan — Member of the Deathwatch.[8]
See also
Sources
- 1: Armageddon Website - Details of the Third War for Armageddon Worldwide Campaign
- 2: White Dwarf 249 (UK) - Index Astartes: "Emperor's Shield"
- 3: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 47
- 4: Salamander (Novel):
- 5: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 32
- 6: Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War: Part Two, pg. 134
- 7: Bitter Salvage (Short Story)
- 8: Machine Spirit (Short Story) — Xenos Hunters (Anthology)
- 9: The Lost King (Short Story)
- 10: Vengeful Honour (Short Story)
- 11: Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters, pg. 68
- 12: White Dwarf 477, pg. 88 - Kill. Maim. Burn.
- 13: The Iron Kingdom (Novel)
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- 13a: Dramatis Personae
- 14: White Dwarf 252 (AU), pg. 72 - Armageddon - The Aftermath
