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Cleaning up the mess left for me - Part 16
====Attitude====
[[Image:Deathwing sml.jpg|thumb|right|250px|a Deathwing Terminator]]
More so even than the regular Dark Angels, the Deathwing are notoriously stubborn and resistant, refusing to buckle under extreme pressure from enemy advances, even when it would be more advantageous to retreat.{{CMEFn|4}}
The events on [[Thranx]], where a squad of Terminators freed a recruitment world of Genestealers (later known as ''"The Tale of Two Heads Talking"'') became one of a main legends that were told to young members of the Chapter. Other famous tales include the "Scouring of the [[Space Hulk]] ''[[Place of Fears]]''", "Fall of the [[House of Pervigilium]]", the "Whisper in the Gloom" and "Vengeance of Beleaguerest" amongst a lot of others. These stories tell about self-sacrifice and overwhelming odds so instil in every Dark Angel a zealous drive to right ancient wrongs and seek out the enemy no matter where he might hide. As they progress through the Chapter's ranks such preparing helps a Dark Angels to know the ultimate true about the dark past of their Chapter.{{Fn|3}}
The unique all bone white colour scheme was later adopted as a mark of remembrance for a lone squad of Dark Angel Terminators who freed a [[Adeptus Astartes Recruiting World|recruitment world]] from a [[Genestealer]] infestation and slew a [[Broodlord]] that had terrorized the [[Galaxy]].{{Fn|4}}{{Fn|20a}}{{Fn|20b}} As they did not expect to survive such a confrontation, they painted their armour white in preparation for their deaths. In the end the Deathwing triumphed and a vital part of the Dark Angels' heritage was saved.{{Fn|2}}
The company's armour is a bone white colour, rather than the dark green of the majority of the Chapter, or the black of the original Legion. Originally their armour were black but after a single squad of Terminators freed one of the Chapter's recruitment worlds - and the squad's original homeworld - from a [[Genestealer]] infestation it was forever decreed that the company's armour would be white to honour their valour.{{Fn|20a}}{{Fn|20b}} This alteration of the colour scheme applies only to the Dark Angels, not to their successor Chapters.{{CMEFn|20a}}{{Fn|20b}}
According to another version, the armour was painted white when the Dark Angels needed to reconquer a lost recruiting world, and the colour change was due to the warriors of the 1st Company being distinguished from the [[Heretic Astartes]].{{Fn|16}}
====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.{{CMEFn|26}}
==Forces==
*{{Endn|24}}: [[Liber Astartes (2nd Edition)]], pg. 170
*{{Endn|25}}: [[Dark Vengeance (Novella)]], Chapter 14
*{{Endn|26}}: [[Codex: Dark Angels (7th Edition)]] (E-Book) - ''The Deathwing''
[[Category:Formations (Dark Angels)]]
