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==Organisation==
The Angels Resplendent were originally a Codex Chapter.{{Fn|4e}} Following their Reformation by Xoren Castaneda, they abandoned the Codex and reorganised into nine 'Rhapsodies', each with their character, duties and iconography.{{Fn|4i}}
*Rhapsody Celestial: Led by the Chapter Magister, it contained the Chapter's veterans and was equivalent to a Codex Astartes First Company. The Rhapsody Celestial was absent from Malpertuis during the events of the Chapter civil war and may return someday, if they have not been lost.
*Rhapsody Vigilant: In charge of the security of Kanvolis, the Chapter's fortress-monastery, they were the least artistic of the rhapsodies and the first to embrace the Lethean Revelation. Their sigil was a silver shield.
*Rhapsodies Fulminant, Conflagrant and Refulgent: The so-called 'Crusading Rhapsodies', they fulfilled the Chapter's duty to the Imperium by fighting wars in its name.
*Rhapsody Concordant: The most level-headed rhapsody, they undertook explorator duties. Their sigil was jade scales.
*Rhapsody Astral: One of the three 'Questing Rhapsodies', they were supposed to scour the stars for fitting recruits but mostly ignored this duty to pursue their own obsessions within their hidden quarters in Kanvolis.
*Rhapsody Empyrean: Another Questing Rhapsody, half their number accompanied Chapter Magister Czervantes when he left Malpertuis.
*Rhapsody Eternal: The final Questing Rhapsody, they were Varzival Czervantes' first command. Their sigil was an amethyst rose.
==Heraldry==
