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The Red Talons' never-ending vendetta against traitors is a direct continuation of the independent war Autek Mor waged after the death of his [[Primarch]], [[Ferrus Manus]]. He operated beyond the sight of [[Terra]], becoming a "byword for destruction" behind enemy lines. This explains the chapter's singular focus and relish for hunting down renegades, as it was their original, self-appointed reason for existing.{{Fn|2}} After the Heresy, Clan Morragul was allowed to retain its independence as a new Chapter, named after Autek Mor's personal flagship during the [[Horus Heresy]], the [[battle barge]] Red Talon and adopting Mor's clan sigil—a red talon on a black field—as their new heraldry.{{Fn|2}}{{Fn|5}}
During the [[Moirae Schism]] in M35, a major civil war within the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], the Red Talons dealt with the heretical Moirae believers within their own ranks by simply destroying their recalcitrant elements, in contrast to other Iron Hands successors who exiled them. {{Fn|3}}
During the [[12th Black Crusade]], the Red Talons were among the Chapters, alongside the [[White Consuls]] and [[Exorcists]], that entered the [[Gothic Sector]] after the [[Warp storm]] that had isolated the [[sector]] ended and fought in the [[Gothic War]].{{Fn|4a}}
==Notable Campaigns==
*'''~544-546.[[M32]]''': The Defence of Lankast - During the [[War of the Beast]], Iron Father [[Bassan Terak]] led the Red Talons' [[Third Company]] in a defense of [[forge world]] [[Lankast]] in the [[Segmentum Tempestus]], besieged by the [[Orks]].{{Fn|7}}
*'''860.[[M33]]''': The [[Pentarchy of Blood]] - During the [[War of the False Primarch]], the Red Talons were one of five chapters convened by the High Lords of Terra into the "Pentarchy of Blood." This force was tasked with enacting judgment upon renegade Astartes, systematically destroying eleven chapters judged [[Traitoris Perdita]] and their homeworlds to end the eight-decade-long conflict. {{Fn|8a}}
*'''???.[[M35]]''': Moirae Schism - During the Moirae Schism, the Red Talons purged their chapter from every heretical element.{{Fn|3}}
*'''321.[[M37]]''': Purging of the Argent Hammers and Fists of Olchis - After the [[Abyssal Crusade]], the surviving loyalist [[Argent Hammers]] and [[Fists of Olchis]] returned from the [[Penance Crusade]] in the [[Eye of Terror]] only to be attacked by the Red Talons Chapter who described both as "outcast Chapters", almost being completely wiped out.{{Fn|8b}}
