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The '''Executioners''' are a [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]] of [[Imperial Fists]] descent.{{Fn|1}} They sided with the rebel forces during the [[Badab War]], but were granted the Emperor's forgiveness at the conclusion of that conflict.{{Fn|2h}}
===Aftermath===
Although they had suffered relatively the least amongst the Chapters that had sided with the Tyrant of Badab, the Executioners were still required to undergo a hundred-year penitent crusade to atone for its actions. They were given a measure of clemency however, and their twin homeworlds were held in trust by the Salamanders and the Executioners' own successors, to be returned to them if they returned from their quest for contrition.{{Fn|2b}}.
In the first decade of their penitent Crusade, a dozen [[cult]]s are purged from the [[Telamon Cloud]] and three minor [[xenos]] species infesting the [[Garya Rift]]s are exterminated. The most glorious of many action fought during the opening years of the Crusade is against a previously unknown empire deep within the [[Galactic Core]]. Under the control of [[Chaos]], it controlled at least three [[Traitor Legion]] warbands and one [[Traitor Titan Legion]]. The Executioners earned countless honours far from the gaze of the Imperium.{{Fn|7}}
==Organization==
[[Image:DeathSpeaker.jpg|thumb|right|250px|[[Klarkash]] — "Death Speaker" [[Chaplain]] of the 3rd [[Space Marine Company|Company]] of the Executioners, Confessor and Sub-Commander of the [[Night Hag]]{{Fn|2j}}]]
For a Chapter with such a savage reputation, it would surprise many to learn that the Executioners adhere very strictly to the tenets laid down in the ''[[Codex Astartes]]'', with only a few variations. The most notable of this is the replacement of the standard [[Devastator Squad]] in a [[Battle Company]] with a squad of [[Veterans]] equipped in the [[Sternguard]] configuration.{{Fn|2c}}.
Another change is that each Company is assigned three [[Chaplains]] instead of one. These individuals, called the '''Death Speakers''' serve the dual role of recounting the tallies of the honored dead (diligently recording both victories and defeats of the Marines), as well as keeping order in the Chapter. Death Speakers reports to the [[High Chaplain]], or '''Lord Speaker of the Dead'''.{{Fn|2e}}
The Executioners seem to disdain the use of bikes and attack bikes, and instead rely on Land Speeders for scouting duties.{{Fn|2c}}
Each Captain of the Chapter is allowed a degree of autonomy, and considered a warlord in their own right. Although the Chapter Master, called the High Executioner, holds the ultimate authority in matters regarding the Chapter's practices, but if he should be found unfit or unworthy by popular assent, then any Captain has the right to challenge the incumbent for the position. Such contests are almost always bloody.{{Fn|2d}}.
==Noted Elements of the Executioners==
===Vessels===
*''[[Blade of Perdition]] '' — [[Battle Barge]], boarded by the [[3rd Company (Salamanders)|3rd Company ]] of the [[Salamanders]] during the [[Badab War]].{{Fn|3}};*''[[Phaeton's Wrath]] '' — [[Battle Barge]] and flagship of the chapter.{{Fn|2h}}*''[[Night HagMethuselah]] '' — [[Strike Cruiser (Unknown Class)]].{{Fn|2h11}}*''[[MethuselahNight Hag]] '' — [[Strike Cruiser]] (unknown class).{{Fn|112h}}
===Named Vehicles===
*''[[Heart of Blood (Land Raider Redeemer)|Heart of Blood]]'' — [[Land Raider Redeemer]].*''[[Sire of Methusa]]'' — [[Land Raider Achilles]].
===Notable Executioners===
*[[Vorkogun]] — [[Chapter Master]] during the [[War of the Beast]].
*[[Thulsa Kane]] — [[High Chaplain]]. The overall leader of the Chapter's forces during the Badab War, Thulsa Kane was charged with fulfilling the blood debt the Executioners owed to the Astral Claws. Possessed of a macabre wit and scornful demeanor, Kane is nonetheless a potent warrior, whose tally of heads taken in the name of the Emperor he himself had long lost count of.{{Fn|2i}}
*[[Acas Seneca]] — [[Chapter Master]] in late [[M39]]. Slain in the [[Siege of Darkenvault]].
*[[Amalros]] — [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] — took . Took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident''', cited by Chapter Cult as 'Rite of Blessed Steel', rated as Seccesionist by [[Imperium]].{{Fn|8a}}*[[Amon (Executioners)|Amon]] — Vanguard Brother. Chronicled to have seized the [[Hyrcania]]'s Dorsal Gun Vault and Slain all he Found There, the [[Red Hour]].{{Fn|2l}}*[[Arkan Karnasha]] — [[Epistolary]]. Was killed Killed in personal combat with an [[Archon]] of the [[Kabal of the Sundered Veil]] due to psychic momentum of the bounced off [[astropath]]ic message that going through the [[Immaterium]] near the fighting place.{{Fn|4}}*[[Belloch]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], '''Master of Blades''', '''the Unconquered''' — took . Took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident'''.{{Fn|8a}}*[[Castigar]] — Axe Brother 'The Taker', 6th Company Chapter Tactical Reserve, ''Sundered Armour Recovered'', [[The Corcyran Massacre]].{{Fn|2j}}*[[Dunwych]] — Vanguard Brother. Chronicled to have taken the Head of Centurion [[Mendak]], the '''Red Hour'''.{{Fn|2l}}*[[Fafnir Rann]] — Founder and first leader of the Chapter. Formerly - one of the best Captains of Rogal Dorn's Imperial Fists.{{Fn|2e}}*[[Hadraker]] — Veteran Sergeant of the 6th Squad, 3rd Battle Company, Strike Leader, Boarding Assault Forces, [[The Phaeton Wrath]].{{Fn|2l}}*[[Heltak]] — Terminator Brother. Chronicled for his Remorseless Slaughter in The Battle of Khymara.{{Fn|2j}}*[[Igikura]] - [[Librarian]] (deceased).{{Fn|11}}*[[Jahnu Marut]] — [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of the 6th [[Space Marine Company|Company]].{{Fn|6}}*[[Khalil]] — [[Chaplain]] — took . Took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident'''.{{Fn|8b}}*[[Kharola]] — [[Apothecary]], - took . Took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident'''{{Fn|8a}}*[[Klarkash]] — "Death Speaker" [[Chaplain]] of the 3rd [[Space Marine Company|Company]] of the Executioners, Confessor and Sub-Commander of the ''[[Night Hag]]''.{{Fn|2j}}*[[Laskho]] — [[Venerable Dreadnought]] Mk V Chassis.{{Fn|2d}}*[[Osric (Executioners)|Osric]] — Vanguard Brother, Stigmatun Majoris, the '''Red Hour'''.{{Fn|2l}}*[[Razel]] — [[Death Speaker]].{{Fn|11}}*[[Sagor]] — Axe Brother od the 3rd Company Tactical Marine, ''The Night Hag''.{{Fn|2j}}*[[Skaran]] — Vanguard Brother. Slain during the '''Red Hour'''.{{Fn|2l}}
*[[Tranikar]] — [[Codicier]] — took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident''', cited by Chapter Cult as 'Rite of Blessed Steel', rated as Seccesionist by [[Imperium]].{{Fn|8a}}
*[[Trokaro]] — '''Battle-brother''' — took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident''', cited by Chapter Cult as 'Rite of Nlessed Steel', rated as Seccesionist by [[Imperium]].{{Fn|8a}}
*[[Xanak]] — '''Battle-brother''' — took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident''', cited by Chapter Cult as 'Rite of Nlessed Steel', rated as Seccesionist by [[Imperium]].{{Fn|8a}}
*[[Xuthol]] — [[Chaplain]] — took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident'''.{{Fn|8a}}
*[[Zoarello]] — [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] — took part in the '''[[Khymara]] Incident''' (KIA), cited by Chapter Cult as 'Rite of Nlessed Steel', rated as Seccesionist by [[Imperium]].{{Fn|8a}}
**{{Endn|2k}}: pg. 81
**{{Endn|2l}}: pgs. 90–91
*{{Endn|3}}: [[Salamander (Novel)]], Chapter One, Part Section II, pg. 40
*{{Endn|4}}: [[The Ascension of Balthasar (Audio Drama)]], Prologue
*{{Endn|5}}: [http://www.forgeworld.co.uk/Downloads/Product/PDF/l/Last-stand-on-Khymara.pdf Forge World Scenarios for Badab War campaigns] ''(last accessed 13 June 2015)''
*{{Endn|6}}: [[Death Speakers (Short Story)]]
*{{Endn|7}}: [[Imperial Armour Volume Thirteen - War Machines of the Lost and the Damned]], pg. 25
*8: [[Imperial Armour Volume Two - Second Edition: War Machines of the Adeptus Astartes]]:
**{{Endn|8a}}: pg. 13
**{{Endn|8b}}: pg. 23
