Traitor Legion Loyalists
As the name indicates, this article is about those Space Marines who stayed loyal to the Emperor and the Imperium despite hailing from the Traitor Legions. While most of the information is just hints, this is a matter that has been popping up every now and then since a few years ago.
The Origin of the Blackshields comes from the Horus Heresy, where a marine with no emblems or markings can petition to join with the Deathwatch, no questions asked. Although rare, this indicates that there were enough for such a tradition to begin with.
Those groups with enough numbers, or perhaps ties to the right people, were able to pass themselves off as successors of other chapters after the Second Founding. Or their founders purged and changed their own records, so that over time, no one within the chapter knows who their true progenitor is (which can lead to some fun times when an inquisitor comes across evidence that it occurred).
Generic armies of them can be fielded in 30K with the Orphans of Betrayal Rite of War.
Known Loyalist Members of the Traitor Legions
- Death Guard
- Nathaniel Garro
- Andus Hakur
- Meric Voyen
- Solun Decius
- Emperor's Children
- Saul Tarvitz
- Argentus Kiron
- Ancient Rylanor (Contemptor Dreadnought)
- Iron Warriors
- Barabas Dantioch
- Zygmund Tarrasch
- Venerable Vastopol
- Kyr Vhalen
- Narik Dreygur
- Auric Saxton
- Luna Wolves
- Garviel Loken
- Iacton Qruze
- Severian
- World Eaters
- Macer Varren
- Endryd Harr
- Tagore
- Subha
- Asubha
- Thousand Sons
- Atharva
- Revuel Arvida
List of suspected chapters
- Blood Ravens (Thousand Sons) - heavily implied
- Grey Knights (Founders were initially drawn from the Knights-Errant) - outright stated
- Minotaurs (World Eaters)
- Silver Skulls (Iron Warriors) - all but confirmed
- Red Scorpions (Emperor's Children)
- Death Eagles (Emperor's Children) - all but confirmed
- Storm Wardens (World Eaters) - speculated
- Space Sharks (Night Lords) - heavily implied (using terror tactics, mostly pre-heresy gear, Tyberos the Red Wake)