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==Backround==
The Dark Hunters were founded in the dark days of the [[Occlusiad]]. {{Fn|3c}} Their first [[Chapter Master]] was [[Angnar]], the former [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the [[White Scars]].{{Fn|7}} That their the first campaign of Dark Hunters saw fighting against the [[Daemon Engine]]s and corrupted [[Warlord Titan]] ''Repellus Maximal'' of [[Warpsmith]] [[Hilghar]] during the [[Battle of Bloodsteel]] has left a deep rooted mistrust against machines within their psyche. Even today, they have strained relations with the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].{{Fn|3a}} Later in the [[Dellrond Campaign]] - where a single company of Dark Hunters held the entrance of the Cathedral of the [[Emperor]] Ossified for five years against [[Waaagh! Nagrut]] - they earned a resolute and stubborn reputation.{{Fn|3b}} In the [[Lonal Ambush]], they were used as [[Tyranid]] bait by the [[Raven Guard]].{{Fn|3c}}
The Dark Hunters have a reputation for being particularly grim and resolute warriors. They are one of the seven chapters charged with elimination of the [[Punishers]], a faction of [[Chaos Renegades]].{{Fn|1}} They succeeded in eliminating half the Punishers at the [[Battle of the Black Star]] in 939.[[M41]].{{Fn|3}}
===Notable Dark Hunters===
*[[Angnar]] - former Captain of the White Scars and first Chapter Master of the Dark Hunters{{Fn|7}}
*[[Hyron]] - [[Chaplain]] in the Dark Hunters [[Fourth Company]], who earned a bloody reputation over the course of the [[Dellrond Campaign]].{{Fn|6}}
*Brother [[Pieter]] (deceased) - left behind after battling the Punishers on [[Perreken]], he managed to send a distress signal to the battle fleet before his death.{{Fn|2}}
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Codex: Necrons (7th Edition)]] - A New Epoch Begins
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Dataslate: Reclusiam Command Squad (Background Book)]] - ''Notable Reclusiam Command Squad''
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Blind King (Short Story)]] by [[Paul Kearney]]
[[Category:White Scars]]
