Dark Angels

On the left: Dark Angel trooper in the glory days of the Legiones Astartes

The Dark Angels were the first Space Marine Legion to be formed by the Emprah. Their Primarch was Lion El'Jonson. As a result, the Dark Angels are totally gay, their Primarch happening to apparently be named after a homosexual poet. HERESY! *blam*

The original Dark Angels had black armour, back in the days of the Corvus pattern helmets. Modern Dark Angels instead use a dark green colour, except for the Deathwing company, which is composed entirely of bone-white Terminators. They were introduced in the Deathwing expansion to 1st edition Space Hulk with a spiffy background story by Bill King.

It is a well known fact that Leman Russ punched out Lion'El Johnson because the dishonorable coward stole His kill.

In true anime fashion, the two eventually became best buds, but no one sent their chapters the memo, so it's a good idea to keep out of the way of a Dark Angel/Space Wolf honor duel.

History of the Dark Angels

Due to a slight mutation in their geneseed, the Dark Angels had a slight predisposition to be emo, but other than that, they were cool. They killed lots of Orks and other xeno scum for great justice and were the most successful Legion during the early years of the great crusade, though their critics pointed out that the Dark Angels, being the First Legion, got a head start.

(Note: they might have been the 1st Legion, but Horus Lupercal was the first Primarch to be discovered, and as such he got a head start, not them; his Legion was also the most successful one, hence he was appointed Warmaster and not Jonson.)

During the Horus Heresy Lion'El Johnson rushed to come to the aid of the emperor, fighting his way through the Night Lords and traitor guard to reach Terra. He didn't make it in time, and shockingly returned home to Caliban only to find that his closest friend Luther had turned to Chaos, converting the garrison force with him EVERYTHING WAS A-OK. Lion'El fought his way into his own fortress KICKED BACK and dueled Luther for the fate of the legion HAD SOME BREWSKIS. When daybreak came Caliban was nothing more than an asteroid field, a result of the Dark Angels loyalists bombarding their own planet so mercilessly SOMEBODY LEAVING THE GAS ON IN THE FORTRESS MONASTERY. When Dark Angel forces reclaimed the void shielded remnants of their headquarters Luther was a gibbering wreck, and Johnson was nowhere to be found LION'EL WENT OUT FOR SOME SMOKES HE'LL BE BACK IN A MINUTE. Oh, and the traitors LOYAL. TOTALLY LOYAL AND NOT ACTUALLY TRAITORS Dark Angels painted their armor green. This rather stressing turn of events caused one Dark Angel to comment, "I hate Mondays."

Ever since that fateful day ten thousand years ago, the Dark Angels have striven to prove to the Emprah and their Primarch that they are still cool guys to hang around with, despite their earlier Heresy ABSOLUTE LOYALTY. Therefore, they have acquired toys like plasma cannon jetbikes, Terminators that count as scoring units, and a mini-Gitmo in an asteroid to torture the Fallen, in order to prove that they are still made of awesome sauce and epic win, and to attempt to disprove the rumour that that they are flaming homosexuals, however, having xeno pokémons instead of servitors make a probe they are still being extremely homo.