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{{UltramarinesPortal}}The '''Aurora Chapter''' is a [[Chapter]] of [[Space Marine|Space Marines]] formed from the [[Ultramarines]] Legion during the [[Second Founding]]. Like all descendants of the Ultramarines, they are strict followers of the [[Codex Astartes]].{{Fn|1}}
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==Battles and Campaigns==
*'''121.[[M31]]''' - — [[Battle of Thessala]].{{Fn|15a}}*'''544-546.[[M32]]''' - — The [[War of the Beast]]. The Aurora Chapter fought under [[Master of the Forge]] [[Aloysian]] as part of a force led by [[Maximus Thane]] on [[Ullanor]].{{Fn|12}}*'''282.[[M36]]''' - — An armored spearhead of the Aurora Chapter halted the [[Ork]] invasion of [[Grylos]].{{Fn|6}}
*'''650.[[M41]]''': The First Company was deployed against [[Chaos cultists]] during the [[Goru Heresy]].{{Fn|3}}{{Fn|11}}
*The chapter is mentioned in connection with [[Inquisitor]] [[Gregor Eisenhorn]] as having been responsible for saving another [[Inquisitor]] from the [[daemonhost]] [[Cherubael]] after it slew his entire retinue.{{Fn|4}}
*The Chapter was involved in a conflict with the [[Knights of the Raven]], a fellow Space Marine Chapter. The conflict was ended by the intervention of [[Marneus Calgar]], [[Chapter Master]] of the Ultramarines.{{Fn|2b}}
*'''926.[[M41]]''' - — Elements of the Chapter were sent to battle the [[Necron]] [[World Engine]].{{Fn|2d}}{{Fn|2f}}*Late [[M41]] - — The battle for the world of [[Satys]] against [[Hive Fleet Leviathan]].{{Fn|8}}
*An Aurora Chapter Predator spearhead aided [[Ultramarine]] Captain [[Cato Sicarius]] in the [[Zeist Campaign]], circa '''999.[[M41]]''', reclaiming several worlds previously annexed by the expanding [[Tau|Tau Empire]], including [[Augura]], which was being used as a Tau staging point.{{Fn|2e}}
*'''999.[[M41]]''' - — [[13th Black Crusade]].{{Fn|14}}*'''~111.[[M42]]''' - — The [[Battle of Raukos]]*'''~100s.[[M42]]''' - — The [[Plague Wars]]. The Aurora Chapter provides 5 Companies.{{Fn|16}}
==Chaplains==
==Noted Elements of the Chapter==
===Known Members===
*[[Ludon]] - — [[Chapter Master]] during the [[Battle of Thessala]].{{Fn|15a}}*[[Herak Nhuson]] - — former Chapter Master that was killed during the Goru Heresy*[[Aloysian]] - — [[Master of the Forge]] during the [[War of the Beast]]{{Fn|12}}*[[Donas Maxim]] - — [[Codicier]]
===Named Vehicles===
*[[Harbinger of Death]] - — [[Predator Destructor]] that fought alongside the first company of the Chapter against [[Chaos]] cultists during the [[Goru Heresy]].{{Fn|3}}
==Related Articles==
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]], ppg. 42
*2: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]
**{{Endn|2a}}: ppg. 25**{{Endn|2b}}: ppg. 28**{{Endn|2c}}: ppg. 30**{{Endn|2d}}: ppg. 44**{{Endn|2e}}: ppg. 48**{{Endn|2f}}: ppg. 49*{{Endn|3}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Space Marines and Forces of the Inquisition]], ppg. 31
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Malleus (Novel)]] by [[Dan Abnett]], Prologue
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter]], ppg. 132*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) pppgs. 65–67*{{Endn|7}}: [[Index Astartes: Chaplains]], ppg. 7
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Dataslate: Tyranid Onslaught - Rising Leviathan III (Background Book)]], ''Introduction'', ''Invasion''
*{{Endn|9}}: [[How to Paint Space Marines]], pg. 84
*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition)]] - — ''Ultramarines Successor Chapters''
*{{Endn|11}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two (Second Edition)]], pg. 20
*{{Endn|12}}: [[The Last Son of Dorn (Novel)]] Chapter 15
*{{Endn|13}}: [[The Horus Heresy Book Five]] pg.81
*{{Endn|14}}: [[Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia]], pg. 98
*15: [[Dark Imperium (Novel)]] by [[Guy Haley]]
**{{Endn|15a}}: Chapter Two
*{{Endn|16}}: [[Warhammer 40,000 8th Edition Rulebook]] pgpgs.158-159158–159
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