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'''Space Marine Chaplains''' are the spiritual leaders of [[Space Marine Chapter]]s. Warrior-priests, they fight alongside their battle-brothers, chanting the Chapter's sacred battle creeds, and inspiring their brethren to greater feats of bravery. To enemies they appear as terrifying and sinister figures in black [[power armour]] and [[Skull Helm|skull-visaged helmets]].

==History==

During the [[Great Crusade]], the Emperor specifically outlawed religious worship of any kind, but several [[Space Marine Legion]]s still employed spiritual advisors of some kind. The first known Space Marines who bore a resemblance to Chaplains were members of the XVIIth Legion, known as the Imperial Heralds. The Legion's 'heralds' wore black armour with a skull-faced helmet and a winged mace and delivered the Emperor's ultimatum to new worlds: submission or destruction.{{Fn|5a}} After the [[Primarch]] [[Lorgar]] joined the XVIIth, renaming them the [[Word Bearers]], he created a role for spiritual advisors, referring to them as 'Chaplains', who were assigned to minister to their brothers' psychological needs.{{Fn|2b}} Like the heralds, these Chaplains carried a skull-faced helmet and a winged mace but initially wore the same colours as other Word Bearer Legionaries. They later repainted their armour black in remembrance of the ashes of [[Monarchia]].{{Fn|3}}

==Chapter Variations==

[[Image:SpaceMarineChaplain.jpg|thumb|right|300px|A typical Space Marine Chaplain of the [[Aurora Chapter]].]]

As each chapter has its own distinct cult, the specific roles of Chaplains can vary from Chapter to Chapter. The most notable differences in the roles of Chaplains of different Chapters are as follows:

InterrogatorChaplain01.jpg|[[Interrogator-Chaplain]]

DCChaplain.jpg|[[Death Company Chaplain]]

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*{{Endn|10}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition)]], pg. 145

*{{Endn|11}}: [[Codex: Grey Knights (8th Edition)]] pg.31

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