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{{Loyalist Chapters
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==Culture==
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|quote = '''''"[...] We are not traitors. I have only ever had one loyalty, to the brothers you see before you, the ones who stormed your bridge and will momentarily relieve you of the supplies you carry. Maybe it does look like treachery to you. Maybe you actually believe warriors like me – the pinnacle of gene-bred evolution in the galaxy – truly exist only to protect your pitiful life. Maybe you do not know of the others. There are far darker beings out there than those you see before you, captain. Ones as ancient as us, but enslaved to powers beyond your reckoning. We are not them. We will not tear out your soul and feed it to daemons, or bind you to nightmares made flesh. We'll just kill you. [...]"'' '''|source = - Unidentified Ashen Claw to the captain of the [[Solar Wind]], [[Inax System]], 6093755.M41{{Fn|3e}}
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[[File:ArtalHelocCrop.jpg|thumb|right|230px|[[Contemptor Dreadnought]] [[Artal Heloc]] in the colors of the Ashen Claws, his armour adorned with trophies and [[Great Crusade]] markings.{{Fn|5}} ]]
To replenish their [[gene-seed]] stocks, ammunition, weaponry, and other technologies, the Ashen Claws traded with the Carcharodons over millenia. Despite this, many Ashen Claws disdained the Carcharodons due to their alleged "mongrel" origin, unquestioning submission to the Imperium, and the latter's extremely cruel and inhuman culture.{{Fn|3b}} The Ashen Claws also deeply despise [[Chaos Space Marine]], viewing them as slaves and monsters.{{Fn|3b}}{{Fn|3e}}
===Known worlds===
By M31, the Ashen Claws ruled the following planets:
* [[Atargatis Prime]]{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|4}}
When they were exiled, the Ashen Claws numbered about 4,000 Space Marines.{{Fn|1}} By the 800s.M41, their numbers had diminished, but they still numbered thousands.{{Fn|3b}}
====Fleet====
*''[[Wicked Claw]]'' — An [[Infernus Class Battleship]] dating back to the Great Crusade. Originally used by the Chapter when first exiled to the ghoul stars. The ''Wicked Claw'' served as the flagship of the Ashen Claws ever since, used through the millennia up to M41, when it was used to reinforce a Carcharadons fleet under assault from Tyranid forces.{{Fn|3a}}{{Fn|3d}}
*''[[Bloodhawk (vehicle)|Bloodhawk]]'' — [[Primaris Lightning]]. Destroyed 4 [[Ultramarines]] [[Xiphon Interceptor]]s in the [[Battle of Desperation]]{{Fn|1}}
*''[[Liminal Plunderer]]'' — [[Rhino]]{{Fn|5}}
===Known Units===
*'''Vasrak Squad''' - [[Assault Squad]]{{Fn|5}}
===Notable Members===
====Heresy-Era====
