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[[Image:SilverSkullsRT.jpg|thumb|180px|right|A Silver Skulls Marine (Rogue Trader)]]
The '''Silver Skulls''' are a successor [[Chapter]] of the [[Ultramarines]] created during the [[Second Founding]] and are said to be among the most renowned and honoured chapters of the Second Founding's ranks.<sup>2</sup> They have earned a reputation for victory, no matter the odds.<sup>8</sup>They claim lineage from the line of the [[Ultramarines]] although records are hazy on the matter. Given the number of successor chapters who take their genestock from this great line, however, there is no dispute.
The chapter takes its name from its tradition of claiming the heads of their opponents, coating them in silver and then displaying them as trophies of battle in their ships and vaults.<sup>10</sup>
