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==Heraldry==
===Heresy Era===
[[File:DeathwingPauldron30K.jpg|thumb|200px|Heresy-era Deathwing armourial. The field of bone-white marked a warrior that had survived a mortal wound.{{Fn|11c}}]]
During the Horus Heresy, and prior to the events on [[Thranx]], the Deathwing coloured their armour in the black of the legion. Having some of their armour plating painted bone white signified a warrior of the Deathwing that has taken a mortal wound meant for another and survived.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|11a}}{{Fn|15}} Votive ceramite plugs were placed to mark the breach’s taken to a [[Brother|Knight’s]] armour as a badge of honour with few equals among the pragmatic Dark Angels. The members of the Deathwing bore a number of elements of the unique heraldry used by the Dark Angels, and were often considered indecipherable by their brethren in the other [[Space Marine Legion|Legions]]. Symbols of crossed keys were worn on the left greave and the Deathwing’s initiation icons worn on right pauldron, both of which marked the Dark Angel as a warrior who is master in the arts of the Deathwing, as a champion and linebreaker, on the field of battle should he be needed.{{Fn|11a}}
====Insignia====
The Deathwing's insignia is a variation of winged sword worn by the rest of the Chapter - the blade of the sword is depicted as being broken in Deathwing iconography.{{citethis}}
==Forces==