Dark Angels (Warhammer 40,000)
The Dark Angels are an army that feature in Warhammer 40,000.
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History
The I Legion were a legion of the Adeptus Astartes that were created by the Imperium of Man.
Overview
They were considered a dour brotherhood who were characterised by their deep commitment to millennia-old rituals, loyalty, discipline, and self-sufficiency.
They were a fighting force whose allegiance to the Emperor and his Imperium was nigh impossible to dispute, yet few call them friends. None knew much of them due to their determined reclusiveness.
Lieutenants acted as the right hands of their Captains by providing flexibility and helping to direct their battle-brothers in engagements. Battle Companies were often split into 2 Demi-companies, each of which fell under the command of a Lieutenant who led his brothers unflinchingly into battle. The position gives rising leaders experience in command, and the longest-serving Lieutenants of the Dark Angels are presented with robes and cowls – the austere markings of a veteran amongst the descendants of the First Legion.
Within the hierarchy, the Dark Angels were divided into six specialised divisions:
- Deathwing : The bulk of the 1st Company was composed of Terminator Squads, indefatigable warriors who blast apart their enemies with storm bolters while advancing into assault range The highest-ranking members of the 1st Company’s Inner Circle are sometimes accompanied by a Command Squad from the 1st Company. Such a hand-picked formation of the most veteran Deathwing Terminators makes a formidable unit, ideal for a bodyguard or to be assigned special duties.
- Ravenwing :
- Dreadwing :
Among the forces of the Dark Angels included:
- Interrogator-Chaplains : lent and intense, watching constantly for any sign of weakness or heresy from their brothers, the Interrogator-Chaplains of the Dark Angels are not like the Chaplains of other Chapters. Every one has learned the grim secret gnawing at the heart of the Dark Angels’ history, and has become a shadow of their former self, capable of impassively administering the most shattering agonies to those from whom they would force repentance. The Fallen must be saved, by any means necessary.
- Deathwing Knights : an imposing sight, for in them lives on some semblance of the Lion himself; they too embody silent strength and a veiled, yet palpable nobility. The Deathwing Knights stand resplendent in the iconography of the Dark Angels and Space Marines, as well as wing motifs, rivets, searchlights and studs. They are garbed in long robes, hold huge storm shields, and the weapons included are the Mace of Absolution, while the Knight Master holds the flail of the Unforgiven.
Vehicles used by the Dark Angels:
- Attack Bikes :
- Dreadnoughts :
- Storm Speeders :
- Rhino :
- Vindicator :
- Land Raider :
- Nephilim Jetfighter : an interceptor that establishes air superiority of over the battlefield, allowing troops to concentrate on ground targets with little concern for aerial assaut.
Members
- Lion El'Jonson :
- Achrabael :
- Apharan :
- Arafael :
- Arakiel :
- Araphil :
- Asmodai :
- Azazel :
- Azaziel :
- Azrael : Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels, defender of his Chapter's honour, and a beacon of inspiration to his battle-brothers. The Keeper of the Truth is renowned for his tactical abilities, a masterful commander who quickly grasps changing battlefield realities and orchestrates his forces to maximum advantage. Even in the fray, Azrael fights with decisive precision, decapitating enemies of the Unforgiven with every strike from the Sword of Secrets.
- Belial : the Grand Master of the Deathwing earned such an honour with deeds that would fill volumes, if the Dark Angels allowed such things to be written.
- Ezekiah :
- Ezekiel :
- Ranaeus :
- Sammael : the Grand Master of the Ravenwing and Leader of the Hunt. He was bold to the point of being reckless – a trait required in order to head a mobile company whose success depends upon speed and hard-hitting surprise.
- Sepharon :
- Xerophus :
- Zaelion :
- Zakariah : a Primaris Lieutenant
Notes
- The Dark Angels were created by Games Workshop and featured in the setting of the Warhammer 40,000 universe.
In other media
Video games
- In Space Hulk: Deathwing, the Dark Angels featured in the setting of the first-person shooter video game with players taking the role of a Librarian of the Dark Angels 1st Company of Space Marines known as the Deathwing. The Chapter learnt of a massive Space Hulk emerging from the Warp with this being designated as the Umbra Mortalis and that it contained a vessel with ties to the Dark Angels past.
Appearances
- Warhammer 40,000:
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