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Among the known Fallen Angels the most famous is [[Cypher]] whom [[Games Workshop]] hasn't given an update for in years. But he will return. Soon. | Among the known Fallen Angels the most famous is [[Cypher]] whom [[Games Workshop]] hasn't given an update for in years. But he will return. Soon. | ||
It also highly possible, that one of the Death Watch commanders Izrafil (the only Black Shield commander in a history of Death Watch)was in fact a Fallen ex-chief librarian Izrafael. This suspicions feeded not only by similar names, but also with strange disappearance of Izrafil just in the middle of xenocidal campaign where also was Dark Angels forces. | |||
==Ophidium Gulf Crusade incident== | ==Ophidium Gulf Crusade incident== | ||
Revision as of 15:51, 11 March 2013
| The Fallen | ||
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| Battle Cry | Unknown | |
| Original Homeworld | Caliban | |
| Current Homeworld | Various/none | |
| Primarch | Lion El'Johnson | |
| Champion | Cypher | |
| Strength | Suspected to be 100-150 | |
| Specialty | Avoiding the Unforgiven | |
| Allegiance | Various (see below) | |
| Colours | Pre-Heresy Dark Angel black | |
REQUESTING DATA ACCESS, security_clearance: INQUISITOR. Processing...
Database error #0754339867, access: DENIED
Greetings Inquisitor Yzaguirre, the information which you are attempting to access is classified and may no longer exist. Your service record and citizen number have been logged and recorded, any further interest in this subject on your behalf may result in the unfortunate early termination of your career.
REQUESTING DATA ACCESS, security_clearance: INNER_CIRCLE. Processing...
Adeptus Astartes DNA confirmed, scanning... chapter: Disciples of Caliban, rank: Company Master, access: GRANTED
Welcome son of Lion El'Jonson, here is the latest intel on the movements of the Fallen ones. As always this information is EYES ONLY and takes precedence over all other duties, no matter how urgent. For the Emperor and the Lion!
Incoming Data Stream...
The Fallen Angels are renegade members of the Dark Angels Legion who turned on Lion El'Jonson during the Horus Heresy. To those Dark Angels who know of their existence, they are simply known as "The Fallen".
History of The Fallen
Okay, so after the Emperor found Caliban, Lion was made commander of the Dark Angels, and they began recruiting from Caliban's population, including taking on many of the Knights that served in the Order with Lion, including his friend and mentor Luther. According to conflicting accounts, most of the Terran Dark Angels were relegated to garrison duty on Caliban while Lion and the Calibanian Dark Angels went off and fought in the Great Crusade. This apparently caused no small amount of discontent among the garrisoned Angels, who were under the command of Luther; Chaos was quick to take advantage of Luther's resentment and convinced him to betray his Primarch.
At some point after the Siege of Terra, Lion El'Jonson returned to Caliban, and the Dark Angels garrison opened fire on his fleet. Heading to their fortress-monastery, Lion fought Luther in single combat while the Dark Angels continued their orbital bombardment. Unfortunately, Caliban was never really tectonically stable, and the force of the bombardment caused the planet to break apart. The only thing to survive was the fortress-monastery. By the time Lion's loyalists got in, Luther was a gibbering wreck and Lion was nowhere to be seen. The garrisoned Dark Angels were apparently thrown through the Warp and scattered across the stars. Ever since, the Dark Angels have hunted for the Fallen Angels to restore their honor in the eyes of the Emperor.
However, things are a bit more complicated than that.
Over the years, it has been shown that not all of the Fallen Angels are followers of Chaos, and many (possibly even most) of them regret their pre-Heresy actions and realize that they were wrong; these members of The Fallen have gone into exile and try to blend into the local population and live a "normal" life, although quite how an eight-foot tall, five hundred pound superhuman with enough muscle to tear a bear limb from limb is supposed to just "blend in" is anyones guess.
Additionally, some of the captured Fallen have claimed that Lion El'Jonson took his sweet time to get to Terra, implying that Lion El'Jonson was trying to wait and see who would win the civil war and side with the victor. Lion certainly had reason to be displeased with the Emperor (Horus correctly suspected that he resented not being chosen as Warmaster, as he was the first Primarch), however the consensus viewpoint amongst fa/tg/uys seems to be that these are just the ramblings of tortured Fallen repeating lies told to them by Luther and that the Lion's ABSOLUTE LOYALTY remains intact. Whatever the truth is, only the Emperor knows, and he isn't talking. Mostly because Horus ripped out his tongue and his vocal cords have faded to dust, but that's beside the point.
There are even reports that some members of The Fallen may be Closet Loyalists attempting to subvert Chaos from within by drawing the Dark Angels' attention to where it is needed most only to disappear once the Dark Angels arrive leaving them free to battle the true threat to the Imperium, Just as Planned.
Among the known Fallen Angels the most famous is Cypher whom Games Workshop hasn't given an update for in years. But he will return. Soon.
It also highly possible, that one of the Death Watch commanders Izrafil (the only Black Shield commander in a history of Death Watch)was in fact a Fallen ex-chief librarian Izrafael. This suspicions feeded not only by similar names, but also with strange disappearance of Izrafil just in the middle of xenocidal campaign where also was Dark Angels forces.
Ophidium Gulf Crusade incident
The precise details of this incident are somewhat sketchy, not being helped by the fact that Games Workshop have released several seemingly conflicting versions of the event. What they all agree upon however is that the Black Templar Strike Cruiser Ophidium Gulf disappeared in mysterious circumstances shortly after making contact with a larger Dark Angel force and taking captive a Fallen Angel in a "joint" operation. Initially reluctant to comply with the Dark Angels' demand to hand over their prisoner, they realise that the Dark Angels aren't messing about when their ships start powering up their weapons and, greatly outmatched, are left with no choice but to relent. They hand over the prisoner and make a single astropathic communication on way to the system jump point but are never heard from again, the implication being that the Dark Angels ambushed them to prevent the secret of The Fallen from becoming public.
There are several interesting notes we can take from this:
- This is the first (known) time that any chapter outside of The Unforgiven has had contact with The Fallen; the Black Templars immediately realized that the individual was an Astartes however they chose to take him prisoner rather than execute him as a heretic giving some credence to reports that not all Fallen are Chaos worshipers.
- In the story as told in White Dwarf 312, the Fallen taken prisoner is none other than Cypher, who remarks upon seeing the Templars "You are not the lapdogs of the Lion... how curious."; the Templars agree to meet the Dark Angels at a pre-arranged point for a prisoner transfer but are never heard from again afterwards and Cypher mysteriously and inexplicably disappears from his cell, thus proving he is AWESOME! Other versions of the story have the prisoner as wearing ancient Mark 1 Power Armour and seemingly being rescued by other Fallen masquerading as Dark Angels before the real Dark Angels presumably turn up to destroy the Ophidium Gulf to stop the story leaking out.
- When The Unforgiven say that they're willing to do anything to keep their secret safe, they're not kidding; murdering brother Astartes is pretty fucked up by the moral compass of most loyalist Chapters, for the Dark Angels however it's not something which they will hesitate to do or agonize about later as long as they keep their secret safe and "honour" intact. In fact, it's probably not too big a stretch to say that no other loyalist Chapter is as close to being excommunicated from the Imperium as the First Legion and it may have already been so were they not tolerated due to their strength and importance.
- The Black Templars have not forgotten about this incident, and have strong suspicions as to the eventual fate of their battle brothers; despite their apparent mutual affinity for entering battle dressed in robes, the Dark Angels (whom were already regarded with suspicion by the Templars' for their rampant secrecy) are now openly distrusted even more than the Templars distrust any Chapter who aren't sons of Rogal Dorn, which is saying a lot as the Templars distrust pretty much everyone anyway. Seeing as how the Templars are at close to Legion strength, and could probably count on support from the Space Wolves who are also well above Codex strength and whose not-so-friendly rivalry with the sons of Lion El'Johnson has on occasion spilled into open conflict, we could make the supposition that if The Unforgiven weren't at or near Legion strength themselves then the Templars and Space Vikings might have tired of waiting for the Inquisition to dig up the Dark Angels secrets and taken matters into their own hands. The Dark Angels sure do like making powerful enemies!