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The '''Relictors''' are a [[Renegade Space Marine]] [[Chapter]], originally known as the '''Fire Claws'''.{{Fn|1}} They are believed to have been created from [[Ultramarines]] and [[Dark Angels]] [[gene-seed]] and were one of the [[Astartes Praeses]] Chapters{{Fn|9}} which, according to the ancient tome known as the [[Mythos Angelica Mortis]],{{Fn|1b}} were created to guard the [[Eye of Terror]].{{Fn|5}}.
==History==
===The Epiphany and Renaming===
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|space hulk]] emerging from the [[Warp]] in the [[Stygies System]] in [[Segmentum Obscurus]], the Fire Claws were 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 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}}
Arriving at the start of the [[13th Black Crusade]], the Relictors elected to operate independently of other Imperial forces, even clashing with [[Logan Grimnar]] on multiple occasions before the [[Great Wolf]] refused to communicate with them. 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}}
Returning to the vicinity of [[Cadia]], the Chapter once again refused to fight alongside the rest of the Imperial defenders, instead making way to an [[Agri World]] called [[Fremas]]. 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 artefact of great power and claiming it for their own.{{Fn|10b}}
===Excommunication===
==Fortress-Monstery==
Following the Chapter's exile from their [[Adeptus Astartes Homeworld|homeworld]] in roughly '''948.[[M41]]'''{{Fn|Note 2}}, the Relictors became a [[Fleet Based|Fleet Based Chapter]] based out of a [[Ramilles Class Star-fort]] known informally as their 'sky fortress'. Although the fortress had a name, it was not used often (with many in the chapter seeing the name as outdated) and very few even remembered it.{{Fn|6d}}
Within the bowels of the fortress-monastery lies the Vault, the repository of artefacts that the chapter has collected. The Relictors were forced to relinquish most of their collection at the commencement of their [[Crusade|penance crusade]], but have begun to gather more.{{Fn|6f}}
==Chapter Elements==
|[[Screaming Flail|Artekus Scourge]]
|[[Daemon Weapon]]
|Also known as the [[Screaming Flail]]. Wielded by [[Chapter Master]] [[Artekus Bardane]].
|{{Fn|6f}}
|}
===Known Members===
*[[Artekus Bardane]] - [[Chapter Master]].{{Fn|6f}}
*[[Baeloch]] - [[4th Company (Relictors)|Fourth Company]]. Killed attempting to subdue [[Nico Tarryn|Tarryn]].{{Fn|6a}}{{Fn|6m}}
*[[Bylar]] - [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] active during the [[Blood Star Campaign]].{{Fn|6c}}
*[[Decario]] - [[Chief Librarian]].{{Fn|6d}}
*[[Divolio]] - [[Space Marine Sergeant|Veteran Sergeant]] of [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Maegar|Maegar's]] [[Space Marine Command Squad|Command Squad]]. Fell to [[Feral Ork]]s on [[Armageddon]].{{Fn|6g}}{{Fn|6l}}*[[Excorius]] - [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[3rd Company (Relictors)|Third Company]] ([[M33]]). Killed by [[Rubric Marine]]s on [[Aggaros]].{{Fn|3}}
*[[Harkus (Relictors)|Harkus]] - [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] of [[Artekus Bardane|Artekus Bardane's]] [[Space Marine Honour Guard Squad|Honour Guard]].{{Fn|6i}}
*[[Ibraxin]] - [[Codicier]].{{Fn|6f}}
*[[Illonus]] - [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] of [[Artekus Bardane|Artekus Bardane's]] [[Space Marine Honour Guard Squad|Honour Guard]].{{Fn|6i}}
*[[Juster]] - [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]], Fourth Company. Killed by [[Feral Ork]]s on [[Armageddon]].{{Fn|6a}}{{Fn|6e}}{{Fn|6h}}*[[Kantus]] - Fourth Company. Killed by [[Feral Ork]]s on [[Armageddon]].{{Fn|6a}}{{Fn|6e}}
*[[Kharran]] - [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]], Fourth Company.{{Fn|6b}}
*[[Maegar]] - [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]], [[4th Company (Relictors)|Fourth Company]].{{Fn|6b}}
*[[Nabori]] - Fourth Company. Killed by [[Feral Ork]]s on [[Armageddon]].{{Fn|6a}}{{Fn|6e}}{{Fn|6h}}*[[Parvhel]] - [[Veteran Squad (Space Marines)|Veteran]]. Member of [[Artekus Bardane|Artekus Bardane's]] [[Space Marine Honour Guard Squad|Honour Guard]].{{Fn|6i}}
*[[Carcinus Quoda|Quoda, Carcinus]] - [[Librarian]]. Joined [[The Redacted]], an [[Alpha Legion]] warband, post-excommunication.{{Fn|12}}
*[[Nico Tarryn|Tarryn, Nico]] - Fourth Company.{{Fn|6a}}
*[[Saul Torqhuil|Torqhuil, Saul]] - [[Techmarine]]. Associate of [[Inquisitor]]s [[Raimus Klute|Klute]] and [[Czevak]].{{Fn|13}}
==Trivia=={{Trivia}}===Notes===
*{{Endn|Note 1}}: The battle aboard the ''[[Captor of Sin]]'' is said to have occurred roughly 150 years before the [[Third War for Armageddon]], which happened in '''998-999.[[M41]]'''.{{Fn|6d}}{{Fn|Conflicting sources}}
*{{Endn|Note 2}}: The chapter's exile from their homeworld is said to have occurred roughly 50 years before the [[Third War for Armageddon]], which happened in '''998.[[M41]]'''.{{Fn|6d}}
==={{Endn|Conflicting sources}}===*The Relictors were known as the Fire Claws until the incident on board the ''[[Captor of Sin]]'', which occurred in [[M41]].{{Fn|6d}} Despite this, at least one source refers to the chapter as the Relictors in a campaign that happened many millennia before M41.{{Fn|3}}
==See also==
