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The '''Relictors''' are a [[Renegade Space Marine]] [[Chapter]], when they were first founded they were originally known as the '''Fire Claws'''. They are believed to have been created from [[Ultramarines]] and [[Dark Angels]] [[gene-seed]] and were one of the [[Astartes Praeses]] chaptersChapters, created to guard the [[Eye of Terror]].

The ''Fire Claws''' generally fought in the area around the [[Eye of Terror]] along side the alongside [[Cadian Shock Troopers]]. When the [[Emperor]]'s Tarot showed a badly damaged [[Space Hulk]] emerging from the [[warp]] near the [[Forge World]] of [[Stygies]] in [[Segmentum Obscurus]], the Fire Claws were mobilized to investigate. The hulk was codified as the ''[[Captor of Sin]]'' and contained a [[Chaos]] Warband led by a [[Tzeentch]]ian Champion known as the [[Excoriator]]. The Fire Claws used their [[Strike Cruiser]]s to cripple the hulk and then sent [[Terminator Assault Squads]] to investigate it, led by [[Librarian]] [[Decario]] and the shadowy [[Inquisitor]] [[De Marche]]. The renegades realized they were doomed and made their final stand in the vast engine room, where [[Decario]] and [[De Marche]] both fought the [[Excoriator]].{{Cite This}}

The champion carried a [[Daemon Weapon|Daemon Sworddaemon sword]], forged in the heart of the [[Eye of Terror]] that had the essence of a [[Greater Daemon]] bound within it. [[De Marche]] quickly found himself out of his league as his [[Power Weapon|Power Axepower axe]] had no effect. His armour was cut open and had been grievously wounded. [[Decario]]'s [[Force Weapon|Force Swordforce sword]] was shattered and his [[Terminator Armour]] was cut open in one foul swoop. Fortunately, [[Decario]] used his [[Power Fist]] to rip the Excoriator's sword arm from its socket. Even though it was wounded, the Champion fought on, smashing down the Librarian and killing four more Terminators before [[Decario]] grabbed the nearest weapon and, with a prayer to the [[Emperor]], took off the head of the [[Excoriator]].{{Cite This}}

[[Decario]] then noticed that the weapon he had was the Daemon Sword. Instantly he felt that this weapon could be used to defeat Chaos. [[De Marche]] warned the Librarian that only he was trained to handle such weapons. [[Decario]] handed over the weapon and they returned to their ships. Once back on their ships, [[De Marche]] March explained that this weapon could be used against Chaos and should not be destroyed. With the aid of [[Decario]], they convinced the [[Chapter Master]] of the Fire Claws and, under the eyes of the Inquisitor, they explored the worlds around the [[Eye of Terror]] for more artifacts. Over the decades that followed they slowly collected more relics and became known as the '''Relictors'''.{{Cite This}}

It didn't take long for the rest of the [[Imperium]] to discover their use of Chaos weaponry in warfare. A cell of Inquisitors, four [[Chapter Master]]s Masters and an [[Emperor Class Battleship]] descended on the '''Relictors''' [[Fortress Monastery]] and they were forced to hand over all relics and [[De Marche]] and take on a century -long penance crusade. [[De Marche]] was executed as a [[heretic]] and as part of their crusade, the entire chapter Chapter (all 10 companies) were deployed to [[Armageddon]] in the Equatorial Jungles, especially around [[Angron]]'s monolith.{{Cite This}}

The Chapter later left [[Armageddon]] after the Chapter's Librarians had a vision of a lidless eye weeping blood, ; following this , the entire chapter Chapter left the planet in their space borne spaceborne [[Ramilies]] Class Star-fort for the [[Eye of Terror]]. Conflict with the other forces in the area increased as the '''Relictors''' descended deeper into the [[Eye of Terror]] in their search for tools of [[Chaos]] to turn against their owners. This conflict eventually culminated with a '''Relictors''' raid on the remote [[Diamedes Archive]] where the Space Marines destroyed an [[Inquisition]] force guarding a Chaos Artifact artifact of great power and claimed it for their own.{{Cite This}}