Nearly Destroyed Chapters

While certain Space Marine chapters have been utterly annihilated with no hope of being rebuilt (though some hope of being refounded) there are also several chapters that have been badly depleted but who are still kicking. This page aims to shed light on these chapters as they make fantastic army modeling ideas; everybody loves a wounded hero.

Celestial Lions

Get their shit handled to them by *cough* ork snipers *cough*, for having the ball so say the Inquisition to fuck off. Currently lost all their officers and apothecaries, and rely on Black Templar apothecaries to rebuild their numbers.

Crimson Fists

Perhaps the most famous chapter on the brink, these guys were famously messed up when their Chapter's fortress monastery's ammunition supply was detonated by a stray shell that somehow passed through its shields during an assault by Waaagh Snagrod. Over half the chapter was annihilated excluding its chapter master, Pedro Kantor. Despite this the chapter regrouped under its still living leader and proceeded to kick the Orks off their planet.

Black Consuls

Another chapter that refuses to die, the Black Consuls are currently extremely under strength after some pansy Iron Warriors detonated a Hive's nucleonic stacks right when they were about to be beaten and taking nearly the entire assaulting chapter with them. Apparently however the Word Bearers also had some unknown role in this and because the chapter tends to hate getting beaten, they are likely being hunted down by the survivors of the chapter.

Invaders

Lost like half of their chapter when they (sucessfuly) tried to solo entire fucking craftworld. Well, damaged and partially nommed craftworld, but still impressive. Then other Eldar invaded and purged their humeworld, wiping half of the remaining chapter. Few years later Invaders engaged in the World Engine conflict and lost two full terminator squads and probably few ships. While some other chapter could get a message from a fate and retrie for a decade or two to rebuild the numbers Invaders continued to jump into troubles likt they still have their full strength, unil they finally get into a trap set by none by Ahriman himself, from which only thirty or so of them get alive, and only thanks to the Grey Knight help.