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==History==
===The Epiphany and Renaming===
The Fire Claws generally fought in the area around the [[Eye of Terror]] alongside [[Cadian Shock Troopers]].{{Cite thisFn|11}} When the [[Emperor's Tarot]] showed a badly damaged [[Space Hulk]] emerging from the [[warp]] in the [[Stygies System]] 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 [[Excoriator (Chaos Champion)|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 [[Epistolary]] [[Decario]]{{Fn|6i}} 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.{{Fn|6d}}{{Fn|11}}
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 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.{{Fn|6d}}{{Fn|11}}
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 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'''.{{Fn|6d}}{{Fn|6f}}{{Fn|11}}
===Judgment and Crusade===
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 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. {{Fn|11}} In spite of requests for urgent assistance, the Relictors largely pursued their own goals in the campaign.{{Fn|6d}} Notably, under the guise of eliminating [[Feral Ork]]s in the jungles that could reinforce the main [[Ork]] forces besieging several [[Hive]]s, the Relictors scoured the area in search of a monument of Chaos known as [[Angron's Monolith]] with the assistance of the [[Radical]] [[Xanthite]] [[Inquisitor]] [[Halstron]].{{Fn|6e}}{{Fn|6i}}
On finding the Monolith, Decario, now [[Chief Librarian]] of the chapter, tried to enact a ritual to remove a shard of a [[Daemon Weapon]] from it - a fragment from an axe that was once wielded by the [[Daemon Primarch]] [[Angron]], left on Armageddon during the [[First War for Armageddon|first war for the planet]].{{Fn|6k}} As he tried to pull the shard from the monolith, it emitted a warp-scream which called the [[Feral Ork]]s of the jungles to the Relictors' position. Fighting against the Orks, a Battle-Brother named [[Nico Tarryn]] duplicated Decario's feat aboard the ''Captor of Sin'', pulling the shard from its prison and using the tool of Chaos to defend himself against the enemies of [[Human|mankind]].{{Fn|6l}} Entering a battle-rage, Tarryn used the shard to cut his way through the attacking Orks, pursuing them through the jungle before finally falling unconscious. The shard was claimed and placed with the two others that the Chapter had collected.{{Fn|6m}}{{Fn|6n}}
==Heraldry==
[[File:Relictors Armageddon War.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A Relictors battle-brother, as portrayed on the Armageddon Campaign website]]
As the Fire Claws, the chapter's colours were orange and black.{{Fn|6d}}After becoming the Relictors, the chapter changed their colours to grey and black.{{Fn|6a}}{{Fn|11}} The Chapter's symbol is a white skull in profile on a black background with dark grey borders.{{Fn|11}}
==Fortress-Monstery==
==Chapter Elements==
===Armoury===
{|align=center border="1" cellpadding="5" cellspacing="0" width=650px
|-
|style="background:#000; color: black" colspan=4 align=center|'''Relics'''
|-
|style=background:#FFF8DC align=center|'''Relic Name'''
|style=background:#FFF8DC align=center|'''Relic Type'''
|style=background:#FFF8DC align=center|'''Notes'''
|style=background:#FFF8DC align=center|'''Source'''
|-
|[[Screaming Flail|Artekus Scourge]]
|[[Daemon Weapon]]
|Also known as the [[Screaming Flail]]. Wielded by [[Chapter Master]] [[Artekus Bardane]].
|{{Fn|6f}}
|}
===Known Members===
*[[Artekus Bardane]] - [[Chapter Master]].{{Fn|6f}}
*[[Nico Tarryn|Tarryn, Nico]] - Fourth Company.{{Fn|6a}}
==Trivia=={{Trivia}}===Notes===
*{{Endn|Note 1}}: The battle aboard the ''[[Captor of Sin]]'' is said to have occurred roughly 150 years before the [[Third War for Armageddon]], which happened in '''998-999.[[M41]]'''.{{Fn|6d}}{{Fn|Conflicting sources}}
*{{Endn|Note 2}}: The chapter's exile from their homeworld is said to have occurred roughly 50 years before the [[Third War for Armageddon]], which happened in '''998.[[M41]]'''.{{Fn|6d}}
==={{Endn|Conflicting sources}}===
*The Relictors were known as the Fire Claws until the incident on board the ''[[Captor of Sin]]'', which occurred in [[M41]].{{Fn|6d}} Despite this, at least one source refers to the chapter as the Relictors in a campaign that happened many millennia before M41.{{Fn|3}}
==See also==
**{{Endn|10a}}: pg. 69
**{{Endn|10b}}: pg. 70
*{{Endn|11}}: [https://web.archive.org/web/20030620195631/http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/relictors.html Third War For Armageddon - Imperial Forces: Relictors] ''(archived page, last accessed via Wayback Machine 10th January 2021)''
===Uncited===
*[[White Dwarf 295 (UK)]], {{Cite This}}
*[[Sanctus (Novella)]]
