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|Homeworld=[[Firestorm (Planet)|Firestorm]]{{Fn|2c}}
|Fortress-Monastery=Unknown
|Colours=Green with Black trim on the shoulder guards{{Fn|9}}
|Specialty=Armoured Assault
|Battle Cry=Unknown
During the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]], the 4th [[Chapter]] of the [[Ultramarines]] [[Legion]] was known as the '''Aurorans'''. They possessed five times as many armored vehicles as a standard chapter.{{Fn|13}}
The Aurora Chapter operates largely in the [[Ultima Segmentum]] and are known for their armored assaults, and as such possesses three times the typical number of [[Land Raider|Land Raiders]] and [[Predator|Predators]]{{Fn|2a}}; all of which are manufacutred on their [[Homeworld]] [[Firestorm (Planet)|Firestorm]]{{Fn|10}}. After defeating the [[Alpha Legion]] in the [[Redemption Rebellion]] alongside the [[Knights of the Raven]] in 744.[[M41]], the Aurora Chapter blamed the Knights for their heavy losses and have been in a bitter feud with them since.{{Fn|66b}}
The Aurora Chapter are bitter rivals with the [[66th Armoured Company]], a [[World Eaters]] warband that also specializes in armoured warfare.{{Fn|19}}
*'''121.[[M31]]''' — [[Battle of Thessala]].{{Fn|15}}
*'''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|66a}}
*'''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}}
*'''[[M42]]''' — The [[Plague Wars]]. The Aurora Chapter provides 5 Companies.{{Fn|16}}
==ChaplainsHeraldry==The Aurora Chapter wear green armour with a golden [[aquila]]. [[Space Marine Company|Company]] affiliation is shown by the colour of a Marine's pauldron trim, as per the [[Codex Astartes]].{{Fn|6c}}
The Chapter's [[Chaplain]]s wear [[Rosarius|Rosarii]] gifted to them by the [[Ecclesiarchy]].{{Fn|7}}
==Chapter Elements==
*[[Donas Maxim]] — [[Codicier]].{{Cite this}}
*[[Laemodon]] — [[Space Marine Scout|Scout]].{{Fn|17}}
*[[Leydon]] — [[Watch Sergeant]] in the [[Deathwatch]].{{Fn|18}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition)]], pg. 42
*2: [[Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: pg. 25
**{{Endn|2b}}: pg. 28
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Malleus (Novel)]], Prologue
*{{Endn|5}}: [[Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter]], pg. 132
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)]] (E-Book Edition) pgs:**{{Endn|6a}}: pg. 18 — ''A Brotherhood at War: Armoured Assault''**{{Endn|6b}}: pg. 18 — ''A Brotherhood at War: A Wedge Between Allies''**{{Endn|6c}}: pg. 65–6730 — ''Ultramarines Successor Chapters: Aurora Chapter''
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Index Astartes: Chaplains]], pg. 7
*{{Endn|8}}: [[Dataslate: Tyranid Onslaught - Rising Leviathan III (Background Book)]], ''Introduction'', ''Invasion''
