Sons of Orar
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| Founding Chapter: | Ultramarines[1b] | ||
| Chapter Master: | Achol Nadeus[11] | ||
| Homeworld: | Armato [1a] | ||
| Colours: | Red with white pauldrons and grey aquila.[5][6] Do not display company colours.[14] | ||
| Specialty: | Stealth and close-quarters strike[15] | ||
The Sons of Orar are a Codex Chapter and Successor Chapter of the Ultramarines.[1b] They are one of the ten Shield Chapters of Ultramar.[15]
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Overview
Though the history of the Sons of Orar has been lost, what is known is that they revere Orar, an Ultramarines Captain who won great renown in the wake of the Horus Heresy, and claim him as their spiritual patriarch.[1b][1c] They are currently one of the 10 Shield Chapters of Ultramar.[10]
The red omega chapter symbol is closely related to the Ultramarines symbol. They appear to possess a large amount of Corvus-pattern power armour suits in their armoury.
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Notable Battles
- 143.M41: The Jorun Retaliation — En route to the Gothic War an Imperial Battlegroup, the 15th Heraklion Ironclads turned on their Commissariat attachment and went renegade. Investigations into this turn of events uncovered the foul xenos taint of Dark Eldar, who had managed to ensnare and corrupt General Jorun and his command structure. Jorun and his fleet raided planet after planet, enslaving whole populations for their masters. The full Howling Griffons chapter was given command of the strike force, with support from the Ultramarines and Sons of Orar chapters.[2]
- Late M41: Siege of Alaitoc — The Sons of Orar provided the Astartes contingent for the Imperial assault on the craftworld Alaitoc. Committed to the second wave of the attack, the Sons did a great deal of damage to the Eldar defenders before Chapter Master Achol Nadeus ordered their withdrawal.[3a][11]
- 999.M41: 13th Black Crusade.[7]
- M42: Plague Wars — The Sons of Orar provide 3 Companies.[8]
- M42: The Ultramarian Reclamation - The Sons of Orar provide 4 companies and move on the world of Gavromor. However they encountered unexpected empyric anomalies and requested Inquisitorial assistance. They were further classified as Perditum Traitoris Diabolus, though the details of what this entails remains unknown.[15]
Recruitment
The Sons of Orar recruit from juvenile veterans of tunnel fighting on the hive world of Armato.[3b]
Chapter Assets
Armoury
| Armoury | |||
| Name | Type | Sources | |
| Valiant Legacy | Storm Shield | [4] | |
Notable Vessels
Members
- Achol Nadeus — Chapter Master during the assault on Alaitoc in late M41.[11]
- Typhon — Captain of the 3rd Company.[6]
- Marius Venatoris — Captain of the 5th Company.[9]
- Abraxus — Veteran Sergeant, 3rd Company.[9]
- Cominus — Member of the Chosen of the Tetrarchy.[10]
- Phelbor – Battle-brother, 6th Squad.
[Help] - Cyprias – Seconded to the Deathwatch.[14]
- Demitrion – Battle-brother, 6th Company.[5]
Images
Miniatures
Sons of Orar Firstborn Sternguard[1d]
Trivia
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- The Sons was originally created by 'Eavy Metal Team member Keith Robertson.[13]
- The chapter shares a name with the planet Orar, a Hive World in the Gothic Sector. The significance of this is unknown.
See also
Sources
- 1: Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition):
- 2: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One, pg. 124
- 3: Path of the Seer (Novel)
- 4: Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter, pg. 136
- 5: Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition), pg. 31
- 6: How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 87
- 7: Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia, pg. 97
- 8: Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook, pgs. 158–159
- 9: White Dwarf November 2019, pg. 51
- 10: Belisarius Cawl: The Great Work (Novel), Chapter 5
- 11: Path of the Outcast (Novel), Chapter "Resolution" (PDF edition)
- 12: White Dwarf November 2013, pg. 100 — Kit Bash: Space Marine Heroes
- 13: White Dwarf 306 (UK), pg. 119 — 'Eavy Metal Showcase, 'The Sons of Orar'
- 14: White Dwarf 467, pg. 101 - Blood and Snow Part II
- 15: 500 Worlds: Titus, pg. 17
