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The '''Relictors''' are a [[Renegade Space Marine]] [[Chapter]], 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]] Chapters{{Cite This}} which, according to the ancient tome [[Mythos Angelica Mortis]], were created to guard the [[Eye of Terror]]{{Fn|5}}.

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The Fire Claws generally fought in the area around the [[Eye of Terror]] alongside [[Cadian Shock Troopers]]. {{Cite this}} When the [[Emperor's Tarot]] showed a badly damaged [[Space Hulk]] emerging from the [[warp]] near in the [[Forge World]] of [[StygiesSystem]] 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 [[Champion of Tzeentch]] 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 de Marche]]. The renegades realized they were doomed and made their final stand in the vast engine room, where Decario and De de Marche both fought the Excoriator.{{Cite ThisFn|6e}}

The champion carried a [[daemon 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 axe]] had no effect. His armour was cut open and he had been grievously wounded. Decario's [[force sword]] was shattered and his [[Terminator Armour]] was cut open in one foul fell 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 ThisFn|6e}}

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 March de Marche 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 such artifacts. Over the decades that followed they slowly collected more relics and became known as the '''Relictors'''.{{Cite ThisFn|6e}}

It did not take long for the rest of the [[Imperium]] to discover their use of Chaos weaponry in warfare. A cell of Inquisitors, four Chapter Masters and an [[Emperor Class Battleship]] descended on the Relictors' [[Fortress Monastery]] and they were forced to hand over all relics and De 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 (all 10 companies) were deployed to [[Armageddon]]{{Fn|8}} in the Equatorial Jungles. In spite of requests for urgent assistance, especially around [[Angron's Monolith]]the Relictors largely pursued their own goals in the campaign.{{Fn|66e}}

The Chapter later left Armageddon after the Chapter's Librarians [[Librarian]]s had a vision of a lidless eye weeping blood; following this, the entire Chapter left the planet in their spaceborne [[Ramilies]] Ramilles Class [[starStar-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 of great power and claimed it for their own.{{Cite This}}

Continued conflict with the [[Inquisition]] during the [[13th Black Crusade]] resulted in them being declared ''[[Excommunicate Traitoris]]'' and were all but destroyed by the [[Grey Knights]] under the command of [[Inquisitor]] [[Cyarro]]. Only a few hundred now remain, and it is suspected that these survivors have fled to the relative safety of the [[Eye of Terror]].{{Cite This}}