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(First Time of doing this so uh MISTAKES are to be found lol) THE BASICS- Chapter Name: The Fading Blades

Founding: Ultima Founding

Homeworld: Lorevian, a dark planet covered with beautiful swamps and toxic mountain landscapes. It’s thanks to these lands that the Fading Blades have a better resilience to diseases and plagues. 

Genesire: Dark Angel Successors

Fighting Style: Heavy focus on Melee, using Chainblades, Power Blades, and their own Power Katannas. Though there are a few that use sniper rounds for their Bolters. The Fading Blades are deadly field operatives, rushing onto the battlefield with little to no fear for themselves. They aid guardsmen and other Space Marines in combat and are skilled with indoor melee combat, making them perfect for liberating cities and citadels. 

Defining Armor Traits: Typically wearing robes and hoods, The Fading Blade also typically wear chains and spikes around their armor. Though plenty still wear the basic Primiris Armor without any add-ons. Captains and Sergeants though DO have large makeshift horns built into their armor.

Ritual Markings: Every Fading Blade is permitted to give themselves a tattoo of anything they desire, whether that be a name, a face, or a symbol. This tattoo is what connects them to their humanity and mortality. 

Special Rituals: When becoming a Fading Blade, the newcomer must work with a selected guardsman and use only a standard chainblade in combat as the guardsman’s personal guardian. They will be protected by a fellow Fading Blades. Only when they prove themselves, which can take months or even years, can they ever wear their sacred power armor. 

Beliefs: The Fading Blades follow the belief that Humanity is something to protect with every last fiber in their bodies, but also that even if someone falls to Chaos, their past should not be forgotten. To the Fading Blades, MEMORIES of one’s Humanity is what makes them human. It’s why they try to have civil interactions with any Space Marine that is not a fellow Fading Blade. They want to learn about them.

Purpose: The Fading Blades were formed to fight the forces of Chaos, mainly Chaos Cults. The Fading Blades are trained to combat every Chaos Warband with incredible precision. 

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Chapter Master: Volux Axar is a quiet and intimidating Space Marine, his helmet sprouting two massive horns and instead of their classic neon green eye optics, he wears pitch black ones similar to those of the Minotaurs. Volux keeps the Legion united, gathering recruits who succeeded in their guard duties and telling them the duty they now hold, while also revealing great secrets and untold stories. He wields the chapter’s first Power Katana, which was found deep in the belly of a fallen titan, alongside main other relics they keep. Volux shows these Relics to the recruits, telling them their theories and ideas of the relics. Volux is a kind soul, and will protect his Marines with an uttermost ferocity that only a World Eater and/or demon of Khorne could match. 

Champion: Orion Venatorius is actually a Dreadnaught, but a very talented one at that, and was the first Chapter Master. When the Fading Blades were founded and sent on their first mission to take down a Thousand Sons stronghold on the planet Gregak III. During this mission, Orion faced down a Greater Daemon of Tzeetch. While he didn’t kill the beast, Orion was such a vicious opponent on the field the demon was constantly being forced back. Eventually Orion was facing down demons left and right, being the single Marine in the Chapter with the most Demon Kills. Even when he was placed inside his Dreadnaught (why, no one knows. He was just found beyond saving, surrounded by hoards of traitors and demons), Orion kept killing demons. He values his relationship with his fellow marines and like Volux will defend them vigorously. 

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Primary Relationships with other Chapters/Legions:

Salamanders: The Fading Blades are a lot like the Salamanders in the sense that they value human life over practically anything else. Thus the Salamanders and Fading Blades actually get along quite well.

Lamenters: Unlike (probably) most of the Imperium, the Fading Blades see the Lamenters as Space Marines that deserve a massive break. Thus whenever they are working together, the Fading Blades treat the Lamenters with respect. 

Space Sharks: To put it simply, the Fading Blades are afraid of the Space Sharks. For obvious reasons. They’d rather fight Angron than a single Space Shark.

Dark Angels: As the apparent founding legion of the Fading Blades, one would think they’d have at least a LITTLE respect for the Dark Angels. But no. The Fading Blades despise their secret keeping and the measures they go to keep them. 

Black Templars: While the Black Templars are perplexed by the Fading Blades, they work well in unison. The Fading Blades themselves are neutral overall about the Black Templars but do show interest in their virtues and skills. 

Ultramarines: HO-BOY. The Ultramarines. The Fading Blades DESPISE the Ultramarines. Their rulebook following ways and views of Humanity as a whole and more and more make the Fading Blades DESPISE working with the Ultramarines. When a Captain of the Ultramarines began to talk shit to the Fading Blades, they shot back. A Salamander and Dark Kraken there had to separate the two when a brawl started. So yeah, not positive.

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Other Basic Facts to Know:

Their flagship is called the Fallen Warhead. It holds many of the Fading Blades’s most powerful weapons and figures.

Their monastery on Lorevian is called Fortress Dusklight. This is where all their relics are held. 

One of their relics is a suit of Space Marine Armor that dates back all the way to the Horus Heresy but they can’t tell what model or Legion it belonged to. But it is written all over in an ancient tongue that the Fading Blades Scholars and Psychers are constantly trying to figure out.

While the use of Bolters are rare for the Fading Blades, they aren’t strangers to them. Small squads of Marines may use them solely as distraction so the main force can go in to attack.

Volux Axar once faced down a Thousand Sons leader, and the Thousand Sons would state later that the mere presence of Volux triggered some deep fear they had. Something dating back all the way to BEFORE the Heresy.