Gilded Aquilas
| Gilded Aquilas | ||
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| Battle Cry | "Sons of the Emperor - death to his foes!" | |
| Founding | 26th Founding (Assumedly) | |
| Successors of | Emperor's Children (Believed) | |
| Successor Chapters | N/A | |
| Chapter Master | Midas Mitarion | |
| Primarch | Fulgrim (Believed) | |
| Homeworld | Aurumios | |
| Strength | 934 Astartes | |
| Allegiance | Imperium | |
| Colours | Gold plate with purple trim and silver Aquila. | |
"That is what you do not understand, Brother. Perfection does not come from purity seals or the level of gilding applied to your armor. Perfection comes from knowing that your duty to the Imperium and its citizens is the righteous duty our Father demands of us. Our forebears forgot this - we shall not."
--Sergeant Iconos, during the Purge of Chemos
The Gilded Aquilas are a loyalist, homeworld-based Space Marine Chapter, created during an indeterminate period after the 26th Founding, believed to be the early 42nd Millennium. The Chapter was one of twenty-nine Astartes chapters conceived during a hard time in the Imperium's existence, wars having broken out upon a wide variety of fronts across the galaxy, resources strained to the limit. Though the chapter's gene-seed is pure and the efficiency of their tactical doctrines unquestioned, a somber reminder of the ever-bearing risk all Space Marines must take into account has forced them to consistently be on guard for any traces of heresy.
Chapter History[edit]
The story of the chapter known as the Gilded Aquilas began with the aftermath of the Horus Heresy. Upon the end of the Horus Heresy, the remainder of the gene-seed once utilized by the traitors was sealed within a great vault constructed underneath the laboratory the Emperor had originally utilized for genetic work on the Primarchs. For millennia it was recorded as untouched, lest a resurgence of traitors be spawned from the last vestiges of purity taken from the rogue Astartes.