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The Fire Claws generally fought in the area around the [[Eye of Terror]] alongside [[Cadian Shock Troopers]].{{Fn|11}} When the [[Emperor's Tarot]] showed a badly damaged [[Space Hulk]] emerging from the [[warpWarp]] in the [[Stygies System]] in [[Segmentum Obscurus]], the Fire Claws were mobilized mobilised 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 realised 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 artifactsartefacts. Over the decades that followed they slowly collected more relics and became known as the '''Relictors'''.{{Fn|6d}}{{Fn|6f}}{{Fn|11}}

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 chapterChapter, 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 Orks 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}}

During this time, the Relictors are known to have fought against the [[Word Bearers]] on [[Subiaco Diablo]] and the [[Night Lords]] on [[Exeltra Minor]]. Their operations were not limited to sorties against the forces of Chaos, however; they also participated in a purge of [[Eldar]] raiders on [[Xersia]].{{Fn|10a}}

Conflict with the other forces in the area increased as the Relictors descended deeper into the Eye of Terror in their search for tools of Chaos to turn against their owners. This conflict eventually culminated with a Relictors raid on the remote [[Diamedes Archive]], where the Space Marines repulsed a Chaos attack, before destroying an [[Inquisition]] force that was guarding a Chaos artifact artefact of great power and claiming it for their own.{{Fn|10b}}

Continued conflict with the [[Inquisition]] during the [[13th Black Crusade]] resulted in them being declared ''[[Excommunicate Traitoris]]'' and were all but destroyed by the [[Grey Knights]] under the command of [[Inquisitor]] [[Cyarro]]. Only a few hundred now remain, and it is suspected that these survivors have fled to the relative safety of the [[Eye of Terror]].{{Cite This}}