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==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}}
Similar positions also existed in other Legions, such as the [[Blood Angels]] [[Warden]]s, who served as the watchmen of the Blood Angels, serving as mentors and guides for the younger members of the Blood Angels, but also charged with upholding the laws of the IX Legion. These duties were varied, from offering a [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] advice on tactical doctrine, to leading a ceremony of remembrance for fallen Space Marines.{{Fn|2a}} Wardens also wore all-black armour and carried the Crozius Arcanum as a weapon.{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|6}} The [[SalamanderSalamanders]]s also had a body of chosen Legionaries who carried out the direct promulgation of the doctrines of [[Vulkan]], shaped by the culture of [[Nocturne]], called the 'Voices of Fire'.{{Fn|5b}} The [[Iron Hands]]' role of [[Iron Father]], which combines the position of Chaplain and [[Techmarine]] was brought into the legion from an order of engineer-mystics who maintained [[Dark Age of Technology]] machinery on [[Medusa]], following the re-discovery of [[Ferrus Manus]].{{Fn|7}}
After the [[Decree of Nikaea]], Lorgar offered his Chaplains' services to the other Legions. These Chaplains travelled among the Legions to counsel former [[Librarian]]s who felt uncomfortable at the loss of their [[psychic]] role, and ease them back into duty as ordinary [[Battle-Brother]]s. Many [[Primarch]]s accepted Lorgar's offer, the use of Chaplains spread to legions such as the [[Dark Angels]], [[Emperor's Children]], [[World Eaters]], and the [[Death Guard]] {{Fn|4}}. Other Primarchs such as [[Sanguinius]] declined, the duties being given to the already existing Wardens.{{Fn|6}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (6th Edition)]], pg. 30
*2: [[Fear to Tread (Novel)]]:
**{{Endn|2a}}: Chapter One
**{{Endn|2b}}: Chapter Two
*{{Endn|3}}: [[The First Heretic (Novel)]], {{Cite this}} pg. 175
*{{Endn|4}}: [[Distant Echoes of Old Night (Short Story)]]
*5: [[The Horus Heresy Book Two - Massacre]]:
**{{Endn|5a}}: pgs. 136-141
**{{Endn|5b}}: pg. 253
*{{Endn|25}}: [[Codex: Blood Angels (5th Edition)]], pgs. 43-45
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Black Crusade: Traitor's Hate]], pgs. 51-52
*{{Endn|27}}: [[The Devastation of Baal (Novel)]] – , Chapter 6
*{{Endn|28}}: [[Codex: Black Templars (4th Edition)]], pgs. 46-47
*{{Endn|29}}: [[Sons of Dorn (Novel)]], Chapter 7
