Ice Wraiths

Ice Wraiths
Battle Cry	"Who Killed The Greenskins!? THE ICE WRAITHS!!!" or "Blood on ice"
Number	Unknown
Founding	34th Millennium
Successors of	Blood Angels
Successor Chapters	None
Chapter Master	Lord Marshall Riddick XXII
Primarch	Sanguinius
Homeworld	Nixarteria
Strength	~500 Marines
Allegiance	Imperium
Colours	Light Blue, Grey, White, and Red

WIP as of right now.

A group of /tg/ denizens got bored one day so, in a time honoured tradition, they got together and got shit done by rolling up a new custom chapter. The Results came in as a Blood Angels successor with Mutated Occulobes, a hard-on for technology, with special mounts, that ruled over a Feral Ice world and who hate tyranids. Naturally this immediately resulted in the Chapter becoming cyborg-ice-vampires with Riddick as their chapter master that ride armoured, cyborg yetis into battle and are constantly at war with Furry Tyranids who have adapted to the cold. Fucking Awesome

Fluffy Parts

Chapter History

The Ice Wraiths were created during the 34th Millenium and commanded to bring the fight to a great horde of the hated Greenskin foe. Hundreds of years and countless battles later the Greenskin foe was defeated. Unfortunately the first chapter master, Lord Marshall Riddick I, succumbing to grievous injuries received during the final confrontation of the crusade and, due to his great deeds and mighty name two decrees were made. The first, was that the final world the Ice Wraiths had conquered, Nixarteria, would become their homeworld. The second, was that all Chapter Masters of the Ice Wraiths henceforth would leave their name and identity behind and be known by only a numeral so that the deeds and legend of their first Chapter Master could live on eternally.

Homeworld

Given to the chapter sometime in the 35th Millenium as a reward for countless forgotten deeds during the Crusade against the Greenskins they were created for, the Ice Wraith's Homeworld, Nixarteria is a Feral, Ice World that just barely supports life. The Only Major settlement of the World occurs at the south pole under inside a massive glacier. This is where the Fortress monastery of the Ice Wraiths lies, carved into the very ice of the world and reinforced with rockcreete and plasteel. The immense fortress itself is nearly always in total darkness and is a labyrinth of traps, dead-ends, and false passages that only members of the Chapter can navigate safely.

Recently Nixarteria has suffered at the claws and/or tentacles of Hive Fleet Mi-go, a splinter fleet of Hive-fleet Kraken that found it's way in-system. Upon landing on the world initially many of the vanguard organisms were immediately killed by the inhospitable conditions and the hive-fleet had to quickly adapt the to climate of the world. The result was tyranid organisms covered in a thick layer of fur to keep them warm in the arctic temperatures. Unfortunately for the hive-fleet the Ice Wraiths responded in force and the losses cause by the chapter, coupled with the resources needed to maintain the modified organisms and the lack of usable biomass on the planet resulted in the ultimate demise of Mi-go, though not without taking nearly half the Ice-Wraiths with them.

However, despite the destruction of the majority of Mi-go's forces there still lurk among the ice-caverns and glaciers of Nixarteria remnants of the swarm, perfectly adapted to their environment in the way only tyranids can, waiting for another fleet to arrive and take up the cause once more.

Mounts

The Ice Wraiths are known for employing a number of species of the local wildlife for use in warfare. The most prominent of these being the local equivalent of a terran "Yeti". These Yetis are extremely dangerous animals, although not the apex predator of the world. Yetis travel in family groups of 2-10. One of the most sacred trials of the Ice Wraiths is "The Taming" wherein before being presented with a suit of power armour but after the implantation of the black Carapace, a scout must go alone, with nothing but his wits and a thin bodysuit, and capture a young yeti. If the young astarte succeeds this animal becomes his constant companion for the rest of his life as an Ice Wraith. The animals themselves posses a rudimentary form of intelligence that, when combined with cortical implants maintained by the chapter, can reach the levels of modern-day chimpanzees in some older and smarter Yetis

Drill-pods

Pretty much what it sounds like. Ice-Wraith drop pods do not have to open up upon impact with the ground but are specially modified by chapter artificers to be able drill into the ground. This has the added bonus of being able re-deploy very rapidly if the enemy expects an attack and also makes the drop-pods more useful for fighting on glacier-bound worlds where normal modes of transportation are impractical.

The Red Wendigos

Those who fall to the Black Rage or Red Thirst among the Ice Wraiths are known as the Red Wendigos. These crazed marines are kept sedated until such a time as they are needed for war. When the Ice Wraiths go to war, the Wendigos are outfitted with special armour that is not quite power armour but also not quite scout armour either. These special suits have chameleonic properties that allow the wearer to move unseen, but are also harmful to the user and degrade their physical health quite rapidly. These marines are then dropped into enemy lines with no support, sometimes days ahead of the rest of the fighting force, to sow fear, death, and confusion among the enemy ranks. When the main attack finally hits many of the enemy positions have already been decimated by the ferocity of the Wendigos and their wailing howl is already feared as a harbinger of death and despair. The Wendigos are considered by the chapter to be already lost to the madness and dead to all their brothers, and as such upon succumbing to the flaws a brother's name is immediately struck from the chapter roster. If a Wendigo manages to survive the conflict his condition has likely been degraded by his suit to the point of near death anyways. He is cornered by his former brothers and given the Emperor's peace by either a Chaplain or a Sanguinary Priest and the suits are recovered for the next batch of unfortunate occupants.

Crunchy Part

Name

Ice Wraiths

Purpose

Crusading Chapter

Founding

34th Millennium

Chapter Progenator

Blood Angels

Gene-Seed Purity

Altered Stock

Gene-Seed Mutations

Oversensitive Occulobe

Chapter Demeanor

Scions of Mars

Figure of Legend

Lord Marshall Riddick (current Chapter master)

Deed of Legend

Killed lotsa orks. Like so many orks.

Homeworld

Nixarteria (Feral Ice World)

Type of Rule

Direct Rule

Chapter Organization

Divergent

Combat Doctrine

Drop Pod Assault

Special Equipment

Special Mounts (we ride motherfucking Yetis into battle)

Chapter Beliefs

Honour Thy Ancestors

Chapter Strength

Under Strength

Chapter Ally

Adeptus Arbites

Chapter Enemy

Hive Fleet Mi-go (specific Tyranid Splinter Fleet)

Gallery

• The Current Livelry of the Chapter

  The Current Livelry of the Chapter

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  The Original Lord Marshall Riddick Himself

The Ice Wraiths as Summed up by OP

"WE WERE MADE FOR A CRUSADE, CHAPTER MADE IN 34TH MILLENNIUM. OUR GRANPAS ARE BLOOD ANGELS AND WE HAVE OVERSENSITIVE EYES, WE SEE GOOD IN DARKNESS BUT NEED TO WEAR SHADES FOR OUTSIDE. WE'RE SCIONS OF MARS AND OUR LEGENDBRO IS MASTER CHAPTER WHO KICKED ORK ASSES SO HARD HE'S THE VOLDEMORT TO THEM NOW. WE LIVE ON FERAL ICE WORLD AND WE ASSUMED DIRECT CONTROL OVER THE SUB-HUMAN NOT CYBERVAMPIRES. WE DROP POD INTO BATTLE AND RIDE FUCKING YETIS OUT OF THE DROP PODS. WE HONOUR OUR ANCESTORS TOO BUT WHO CARES. WE RECENTLY GOT OUR SHIT BEAT IN BUT NOT TOO HARD, OUR BUTT-CHEEKS WILL HEAL IN A DECADE OR SO. WE LOVE THE ADEPTUS ARBITES AND HATE OVERSIZED SPACE COCKROACHES."

External Links

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