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Blades of Vengeance

2018-09-18T01:26:53Z

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[[File:BoV_Primaris.jpg|250px|thumb|left|Color Scheme of the Blades of Vengeance]]
{{Infobox Spess Mahreen Chapter
|Name = Blades of Vengeance
|Heraldry = [[File:BoV_SP.jpg|200px]]
|Battle Cry = Unknown
|Founding = [[Ultima Founding]]
|Successors of = [[Dark Angels]]
|Successor Chapters = None
|Chapter Master = Unknown
|Primarch = [[Lion El'Jonson]]
|Homeworld = Unknown
|Allegiance = [[Imperium]]
|Colours = Green and Bone White
}}

The Blades of Vengeance is a Loyalist Space Marine chapter created from [[Dark Angels]] Geneseed. Created during the [[Ultima Founding]], the BoV are comprised entirely of [[Primaris Marines]]. How they will deal with the fact that their parent chapter is actually in control of all their successors is TBD. How they are organized, since they won't fit in Terminator Armor or on Bikes, and hence can't join the Deathwing ''or'' the Ravenwing, is a mystery best left to Cawl for now - they might be throwing things at the wall and seeing what sticks. Knowing how Admech "improvement" works, it could be true. On the other hand, the NuMarines aren’t that much larger.

== On the Tabletop ==

The Blades of Vengeance are the "official" Dark Angels NuMarines chapter, and as such combine the shiny new True-Scale marines with the newer aesthetic with the themes of the Dark Angels chapter.

=== Colors and Heraldry ===

The Blades of Vengeance wear Dark Angels green into combat, with their face-plates and in the insets of their pauldrons being a bone white color. The Imperial symbol on the chestplate is ruby red. The Squad Specialty insignia is shown on the right pauldron, while the Chapter icon is on the left. The company designation is on the right kneeguard. In all other manner the Blades follow the standard heraldry as the other [[Unforgiven]].

=== Chapter Badge ===

Following the medieval crusader theme semi-common with the Ultima Founding chapters, the Blades of Vengeance chapter badge is a black silhouette of a stylized shield with a bone colored sword in the center of it.

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Fists Exemplar

2018-09-18T01:08:44Z

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{{Infobox Spess Mahreen Chapter
|Name = Fists Exemplar
|Heraldry =
|Battle Cry =
|Founding = [[Second Founding]]
|Successors of = [[Imperial Fists]]
|Successor Chapters = likely every Chapter from the 3rd Founding onward who thinks they are actually Imperial Fist successors.
|Current Chapter Master = Vorn Hagan (probably)
|Primarch = [[Rogal Dorn]]
|Homeworld = Originally fleet based, then '''Eidolica''', now likely the [[Phalanx]]
|Specialty = Embracing the codex more warmly than their brother chapters.
|Strength = Officially zero, secretly [[Imperial Fists|a full 1000]]
|Allegiance = [[Imperium]]
|Colours = The original Fists Exemplar left their armour unpainted (like the Grey Knights).
}}
{{topquote|Sometimes, you have to destroy something old to make something new. The Fists Exemplar know that better than any of Dorn's sons.|Marshall Behemond of the [[Black Templars]]}}

The '''Fists Exemplar''' were a [[Second Founding]] chapter of the [[Imperial Fists]] Legion, made up of those brothers who most closely embraced Guilliman's [[Codex Astartes]]

History fails to mention them after M32 however, and by the time of 40k they are utterly unheard of, not even counting amongst the Second Founding successors of Imperial Fists, for they became the imperial fists at the end stages (read: when good'old Slaughter Koorland died Manly). A company of them also defected to the Iron Warriors, leading Chapter Master Thane to wipe all knowledge of their existence, being the very first ever Chapter created after the First Founding to fall to Chaos.

==History==
When [[Rogal Dorn]] teetered on the brink of a second civil war with [[Roboute Guilliman|his own brother]] [[Second Founding|over the need to break up his Legion]], not all Imperial Fists agreed with him. One Captain: '''Oriax Dantalion''' spoke out in favour of the new codex, which unfortunately brought him the enmity of his own Primarch.

Thankfully, when Dorn finally came to realize that it wasn't worth fighting over, he rewarded Dantalion with a chapter of his own, who would be the "Exemplars of the new Order", while the zealous crusading types went with [[Sigismund]] to form the [[Black Templars]], the youngest and most liberal (by Astartes standards and grimdark) went with [[Alexis Pollux]] to form the [[Crimson Fists]], the most attrition specialists who fought on the walls of Terra became [[Excoriators]] while Dorn kept his closest few for himself in the Imperial Fists.

The Fists Exemplar were given a star fort: the ''Alcazar Astra'' and were tasked with patrolling a mini Eye-of-Terror called the '''Rubicante Flux''' and kept the region safe from traitor space marines and pirates who popped out every now and then.

That was until a warp flare up caught the star fort and forced it to land on the planet '''Eidolica''', where it beached and became a land bound fortress monastery because no-one in the Mechanicum knew how to fix those types of engines.

===544.M32 War of the Beast===

==The next Imperial Fists==
As noted, there is little to no mention of the Fists Exemplar in the fluff outside of the Beast Arises series, which took place on 544.M32.

During this war, the Imperial Fists chapter itself was reduced to a man following the initial Ork invasion of '''Ardamantua''', leaving the Phalanx near abandoned and the Chapter practically extinct.

However, the Imperial Fists are noted to have been involved in [[The Beheading]] in 546.M32, meaning they somehow made a miraculous recovery. Which is not feasible given the short space of time with which to culture new gene-seed and train marines.

Not only that, but captain '''[[Maximus Thane]]''' has purportedly inscribed his name on Dorn's skeletal hand; an honour usually reserved for Imperial Fist chapter masters.

That, coupled with the Fists Exemplars lack of recognition elsewhere seems to suggest that the Exemplars neatly replaced their parent Chapter in history, as the Imperium would likely not publicly allow a First Founding chapter and the protectors of Terra to fall in such ignominy.

Confirmed in Shadow of Ullanor, the Fists Exemplar formed the core of a "reborn" Imperial Fists chapter made up of the greatest Marines from all the successor chapters. When the remaining members of the old Fists Exemplar defected to join the Iron Warriors, Thane had all records of his former chapter destroyed- thus explaining their absence in the list of known Second Founding Chapters. Strange how they would tolerate them joining ranks however, the Iron Warriors would sooner exterminate themselves than allow pure Imperial Fists to join them. They ''barely'' tolerate the Warsmith [[Honsou]] for having both Iron Warrior and Imperial Fist gene-seed and even then they hate him for existing. Most likely the author realized the Fists Exemplar had been dropped out of the Codexes (perhaps forgotten about or just disliked by Geedubs for being an odd one out among their Legion) and decided to make a reason for it for whatever reason. Or in universe it could be explained by that that particular Iron Warrious commander was so low on troops at that time that they had no choice but to except them in as they were desperate for manpower. Alternatively, the gene-seed racism may not have been as bad several thousand years before Honsou's time.

(Perturabo might have smirked at the fact that Dorn's Sons have defected to his Legion)

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Storm Wardens

2018-09-18T00:54:57Z

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{{Wh40k-stub}}
{{Infobox Spess Mahreen Chapter
|Name = Storm Wardens
|Heraldry = [[Image:Storm-wardens-logo-flat.png|center|140px]]
|Battle Cry = "We are Storm! We are Fury!"
|Founding = Unknown (Was an established chapter in M36, though)
|Successors of = Unknown (Probably [[White Scars]])
|Chapter Master = Ward-Master Lorgath Maclir
|Primarch = Unknown (Probably [[Jaghatai Khan]])
|Homeworld = [[Sacris]]
|Specialty = Armoured assault, being the William Wallace
|Strength = Normally 1000 Marines, but they may be under strength, due to an [[Jericho Reach|ongoing crusade]]
|Allegiance = [[Imperium]]
|Colours = Blue and Silver
}}
[[File:Stormwarden1.jpg|300px|right|thumb|Is this how I use sword?]]

The '''Storm Wardens''' are similar to the [[Blood Ravens]], in that they were made by a company (in this case, [[Fantasy Flight Games]]) to be their personal chapter to <strike>screw over however they see fit</strike> give lots of tough love to in their product (in this case, [[Deathwatch (RPG)|Deathwatch RPG]]). They also have a secret past with an unknown Primarch and Founding. However, unlike [[Dawn of War|Relic]], Fantasy Flight Games has actually told us what caused this.
The Storm Wardens fit into the 40K RPG canon by having their homeworld, Sacris, placed in the Calixis Sector, where [[Dark Heresy]] takes place. They also help, and sometimes spearhead, crusades in the northern Halo Stars. However, they never got as popular as everyone's favorite [[Blood Ravens|bloody thieves]] <strike>because those Magpies stole their popularity</strike>. So they've been forgotten by most of the fandom, and now that Fantasy Flight Games' contract with Games Workshop has expired, they're probably just going to [[Squats|fade from GW's memory too]].

They are actually surprisingly [[fluff|flushed out]] and have a few smaller stories and details given; something that we don't usually hear about from chapters that aren't [[First Founding|one of the big ones]]. Many [[/tg/|fa/tg/uys]] also like to believe that the Storm Wardens are the 40k <strike>ripoff</strike> version of BRAVEHEARTS and attribute them with <strike>awful</strike> '''SCOTTASH''' accents (despite the fact their fist chapter master was named after a Welsh hero). They're also known as the Deathwatch chapter, because they came with the core rulebook (and they actually have a decent relationship with the [[Deathwatch]] in the fluff).

==History and Notable Battles==
A lot of their chapter history has been sealed away. An event, known as the Nemesis Incident (see below), caused the Storm Wardens to purge a lot of their history (and like every time this happens in 40k, somehow the [[Space Marines]], who are supposed to be better at remembering and memorizing than an average human and live much much longer too, [[Derp|just forget it]]).

In M41 they have fought a considerable number of threats in and around the Calixis sector (which is where their home planet is). When something is too big for them to fight on their own, they usually team up with the [[Alienhunters|Ordos Xenos]] or rally other chapters to their cause [[This Guy|(sending their own battle brothers instead of a messenger, to show honor and respect)]].

There's two notable battles (or at least notable enough for FFG to put extra emphasis on them) during [[Advancing the Storyline|this focused on millennia]]. One involves a battle against the Orks, which shows just how the Storm Wardens' Chapter Master managed to go from captain to chapter master in such a short period of time. The other involves an attack against the [[Slaugth]], which scarred the Chapter ([[PROMOTIONS|and got a lot of its veterans promoted to the]] [[Honour Guard|honour guard]]).

After the [[FAIL|13th Black Crusade]] the the Ork Warboss Kraazgrug showed a bit of cunning (for an Ork anyway) and took his Waaagh! to the Storm Warden's neighboring sector, hoping to take advantage of <strike>the chaos</strike> everyone focusing their attention elsewhere. The Ork Waaagh! had made it to the last planet in the sector, when the Storm Wardens managed to find out about the invasion. The Storm Wardens then assembled an armoured spearhead to assault the Orks, and headed out, with Lorgath Maclir, who was only a captain at the time, leading the way. [[Transformers|Probably saying something about rolling out.]]

This clever Warboss (or cowardly by Ork standards) managed to flank the space marines. So, instead of [[Rip and tear|assaulting the Orks head on]], Maclir decided to [[Just As Planned|trick the Orks]]. The space marines sent some fast attack vehicles to assault and then retreat from the Orks, to lure them into a box canyon. There, the Orks were assaulted by a mass of heavy weapon fire and [[Exterminatus|were all killed without a single survivor.]]

While that was a major success, they didn't have so much success against the Slaugth on the planet Vigil. They were forced to fight in [[Space Hulk|tight and narrow spaces]] that wouldn't even allow the use of heavy armor and [[Rocks fall, everyone dies|lost a lot of marines]] despite their [[Raven Guard|adapting methodical tactics.]] Those who survived the battle wished that they had [[Ultramarines|held more closely to the codex]] [[Steel Rain|and followed its tactical advice.]] Since the now chapter master, Maclir, also liked the codex (but not in the thumping Ultrasmurf way), he promoted many of the surviving veteran members to his honour guard. This battle was so gruesome, that when making a Storm Warden character in [[Deathwatch (RPG)|Deathwatch]], having memories of the battle is one of the past experience options.

Currently, the Storm Wardens are also involved in the [[Jericho Reach|Achilus Crusade]], which according to the Storm Warden's Chapter Master, [[Octarius War| has no viewable end.]] They committed 7 full Companies (with possibly 50 more on guard duty) to the crusade (and convinced several dozen other chapters to send available aid). These forces were then lead by Maclir in the opening battles, and smashed opposing Tau forces. While they were hoping that the Imperium would be given a warm welcome by human forces, [[Gue'vesa|they were instead given the middle finger.]] This set back strained the Imperium's communication, who had hoped that they could use the worlds as a staging area, but the space marines [[meme|kept calm and carried on]], and managed to smash through Tau forces anyways. Maclir thought he could taste victory and finish the campaign in months (when he planned for it to take decades) and ordered all the space marine forces together, so that they could destroy the last of resistance and assault the capital of the region. Things hit the fan though when it turned out the populace of Jericho Reach didn't want to deal with the Imperium, because they had already turned to chaos. They attacked the, very thinned and strained, space marine forces and prevented their final chance at victory. Maclir has since become bitter about the crusade, and how it is now a war of attrition. Even though he could pull his Chapter out at any time. Besides, the Imperium should pull out, let Chaos mulch the Tau (and probably infect the Tau “human helpers”) then come back and kill everyone left.

Some of the more minor battles by the Storm Wardens include:

-Boarding a [[Battlefleet Gothic|Chaos fleet's flagship]], resulting in the destruction of said flagship and crippling of three of its escorts.

-Fighting the [[Tyranid|Tyranids]] with the [[Space Wolves]].

-Sending three companies to help a [[Rogue Trader]] in the Halo Stars, but [[That Guy|when the Rogue Trader started burning too many worlds]] they left him to fight a war only they wanted.

-Capturing a pirate king, before he could have a chance to strike first, and holding him captive, so the Storm Wardens could make repairs to their ship in peace. Then launching him into space when they were finished.

-Rescuing a [[Navigator]] from a [[Feral World]], only to [[Not as planned|end up getting launched through time and space.]]

==Nemesis Incident==

===As They Know It===

As far as anyone in-universe is concerned, something called the Nemesis Incident happened some time during the end of the [[Age of Apostasy]]. The incident caused the Storm Wardens to seal their history (including information such as: who was their [[Primarch]] and when were they founded) and put both their first company and Chapter Master in stasis pods, somewhere deep in their fortress monastery. The [[what|crippled Chief Librarian]] during this incident, Brin Maxenat, wrote a tome discussing some of the things the chapter was doing during the Age of Apostasy, and read his works to his disciples. Upon his death, others in the Librarium read what he wrote and found out that there were different versions of the texts. Some of the differences were so big, that some thought they had been altered at some point, and schisms in the chapter nearly ensured. Several librarians decided to get together and figure out what was true, until one text was decided on. These texts were also named after those who compiled them, so if you're sensing some real world parallelisms, you're probably not too far off. Only senior officers are allowed access to the text though, and so [[Dark Angels|only a select few in the chapter know of their happenings during this time.]]
Some of the Dreadnoughts, who were also around at the time of the incident, actually know where the Veterans and Chapter Master are (somebody had to read those Space Marines their bed time story, tuck them in and plug in the nightlight). However, just like British royal guards, they just stand around silently. So, nobody is really sure which super secret sealed off part of the fortress they are in. Since the incident, the chapter has been rebuilt and a new Chapter Master has taken over. [[Roboute Guilliman|The chapter also has a legend of its old master one day returning from his stasis slumber to take back the chapter and bring it to new heights.]]

===As We Know It===

[[Old Ones|Like a lot of things in the 40k-verse]] we actually know a lot more than the characters; and thus, what really happened. The Nemesis Incident happened in 945.M36 and started when the Storm Wardens, along with help from the Ordos Xenos, attacked planets infested with Enslavers. [[Exterminatus|Instead of just blowing the planets to kingdom come]] the chapter master, Owin Glendwyr, decided to send his men to fight the Enslavers head on. [[This Guy|Probably so the planets could have some use for the Imperium]], [[Salamanders|and citizens of the planets wouldn't be sacrificed.]] This came at a great cost though, as many Storm Wardens died, [[That Guy|and the Inquisitor ended up Exterminatusing seven planets in the area anyways.]] However, the true cost of the battle wasn't realized until the Storm Wardens returned to their home planet, where they discovered that they had a lingering psychic [[Luke|ickiness]] that wouldn't go away, no matter how many times they took a bath. Instead of just doing what the Inquisition wanted and kill them all, Glendwyr made a deal. He and his infected first company would go into stasis, until a cure could be found, then their home planet would be declared a forbidden world and knowledge of the Nemesis Incident and the Storm Warden's chapter history would be purged from the records, just to be absolutely sure that the Enslaver taint couldn't spread somehow.

Since then, the Storm Wardens have rebuilt their first company and have chosen a new Chapter Master. These <strike>noobs</strike> second best <strike>(which is the first loser)</strike> marines have called themselves the Inheritors, and only see themselves as the temps who are filling in.

==Chapter Organization==
The Storm Wardens are a mostly Codex-adhering chapter, but because they tend to focus a lot on vehicle use, they have extra [[Techmarine]]s and closer ties to the [[Adeptus Mechanicus]].

The also have a special force within their [[Veteran Squad]]s, called Tempest Blades. These guys wield insanely big two-handed claymores (or other equally huge weapons) that are as tall as they are (and space marines are already big) and go to town on the biggest and toughest enemies they can find and sometimes [[Dougie McIsaac| caber tossing the heaviest ones]]. They also have a stricter code and must nominate someone from within the Chapter to carry on their legacy [[Dreadnought|at any cost]].

==Combat Doctrine==
The Storm Wardens are pragmatic fighters who [[Reasonable Marines|like to adhere to tactics and strategy, and will adapt as needed.]] However, they also like shooting things with their [[Dakka|big guns]] and have a go to strategy, they like to use, when it's appropriate.
First, they bombard the enemy with their ships from orbit. Then, while the enemy's still in shock, they shell them with [[Predator]]s and [[Land Raider]]s, which keep the [[Rhino]]s and Razorbacks alive long enough to let them unload their troops (where they then presumably slash as many things as they can with their huge claymores).
Being the SPEHSS BRAVEHEARTS, their preferred method of combat is one-on-one honourable swordfighting. This sort of martial honour has raised a few questions over their lineage in relation to [[Angron|a certain seriously pissed-off motherfucker]], but they've proven to be rather passable enough to not get any undue attention. Their preferred weaponry is a [[Power Weapon]] of some sort and a Storm Shield.

==Who's Their [[Primarch|Daddy?]]==
So just like their [[Blood Ravens|vidya gaem cousin]], there's been some speculation about who their Primarch might be. Some have pointed to [[Ultramarines|the smurfs]], due to their love of the codex (and Ultramarines' successors make up fifty to sixty five percent of all successor chapters). Others have thought they might be [[World Eaters]], because of similar colors and combat. However, the creator of the Storm Wardens at Fantasy Flight Games, Ross Watson, told us the biggest inspiration he had for making the chapter was a [[Warhammer 40,000 Fanon Wiki|fanon]] chapter, along with some inspiration from Sons of Dorn (a novel about the [[Imperial Fists]] recruitment), Brothers of the Snake (a novel about the [[Iron Snakes]]) and [[Horus Heresy]] novels thrown in their for good measure]. This fanon chapter, called Warrior's Eternal, was a successor of the [[Storm Lords]], a [[White Scars]] [[Second Founding]] chapter. So, if you put a gun to Ross Watson's head about the issue, he'd probably go with [[Jaghatai Khan]]. Of course, now that [[Games Workshop]] is in full control, they'll probably just go for their [[Matt Ward|favorite boys in blue]], assuming of course they remember that the Chapter exists. So, let's just never ask them, and remember the actual Storm Warden's creator's inspiration.

[https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2010/4/30/chapters-of-the-deathwatch-part-6/ Ross Watson talking about the origins of the chapter]

==Famous Wardens==
*Lorgath Maclir - The current Chapter Master (and apparently the chapter's favorite since the Nemesis Incident). He manages to love the Codex Astartes in a no homo kind of way.
*Owin Glendwyr - The old Chapter Master, who is currently taking a deep sleep, until the [[Slaanesh|psychic STDs he and his 1st company caught]] can be cured.
*Brin Maxen - The crippled Chief Librarian during the Nemesis Incident, who couldn't do anything but [[Writefag|write for the Chapter]]. He ended up making the only known source of information involving the Nemesis Incident that the Storm Wardens have.
*(No first name given) Varrus - the Third Company Captain during the [[Jericho Reach|Achilus Crusade]]
*[[Dougie McIsaac]] - Known for tossing a [[Chaos Lord|Chaos Terminator Lord]] to his doom.
*[[Old Man Henderson]] - Is believed to be hunting the gods of chaos to find [[Squats]]. "MUCKLE DAMRED CULTISTS 'AIR EH NAMBLIES BE KEEPIN' ME WEE MEN!?!?"
*[[Guts]] - Seriously, have you seen his sword and height? He doesn't even need his power armour.

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Vostroyan Firstborn

2018-09-18T00:02:53Z

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{{Topquote|Soldier, let's go, let's go, let's go! And for you my dear, I have sent you mail from here,Farewell, the trumpet calls, Soldiers - on the march.|V Put (Lets go), Soviet/Russian Drill Song}}
[[File:Vostroyan Firstborn.jpeg|300px|thumb|left|FEEL THE GLORY OF SPACE MOTHER-RUSSIA, BITCHES!]]
[[File:Vostroyan-trooper.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Holy crap, he's holding some sort of las-carbine-halberd-axe thing! So cool!]]

The '''Vostroyan Firstborn''' are Russian [[Wikipedia:Streltsy|Streltsy]]/Cossacks IN SPESS. They use old weaponry they consider valuable (being 40k, older is better anyway). They wear richly colored coats and large fur hats.
Vostroyans are experts at urban warfare and firing drills. So they are like the [[Mordian Iron Guard]] with less dress up <s>bullshit. IT'S NOT BULLSHIT, IT'S TRADITION YOU DICKNOGGIN.</s> {{BLAM}} {{BLAM | No infighting between Guardsmen!}} If you remove the coat and look at some art for them, they actually look extremely similar to the pre-Heresy Imperial Army's soldiers, which sort of make sense considering their origins in the Heresy. The Vostroyan Guardsmen/women are renown for their marksmanship. Given they are using weapons that are quite devastating when used with precision, this results in the predictable outcome of the enemy being butchered (see Cities of Death cover art).

Their name comes from the tradition of the first-born son of every family (from the commoners to the nobles) serving in one of these regiments, and they bear the name with pride. The reason for this tradition dates back to the [[Horus Heresy]]. As the [[Traitor Legions]] made their beeline for [[Terra]], the Loyalists sent out a call for anyone who could bear arms in defence of the [[Imperium]]. The Vostroyan officials declined, explaining that as an Industrial World, Vostroya would be more useful making weaponry for the Imperium than firing them. True or not, after the Traitors were routed, Vostroya was called to account for its actions. The planet was ultimately spared, and as a sign of repentance the Vostroyans swore to pledge their firstborn children to the Imperial Guard from then on.

[[File:B7fbea5adf2d9de019860a8a4ba826f4.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Fuck your [[Sisters of Battle|boob-plate]], this gal's a warrior and won't succumb to your... [[Promotions|Needs]].]]

This idea follows further, being explained that the different regiments are kept with a steady flow of recruits due to the nature of the regiment's recruiting methods. Thus, their regiments have a tendency not to be completely destroyed and have enough veterans kicking around to show newbies the ropes before they are used as a toothpick by a [[Carnifex]] or something. Also it's something of a tradition to serve in your family's particular regiment, i.e. you're likely to wind up in the same squad with your uncle, cousin, great-uncle or whoever. This serves multiple goals: first, you'll become part of the team faster; second - one is more likely to fight bravely and/or hold the line knowing not only his honor, but his family's would be screwed forever otherwise; third - most of Vostroyan weapons are relics passed from one Guardsman to another, some of them since the time of Great Crusade, and being able to simply [[Grimdark|pick it up from your relative's cold hands]] simplifies the inheritance procedure greatly. This begs the question - if this method works so well, why is nobody else doing it (or something similar)? The answer is because it's a logistical nightmare. Except it wouldn’t be if everyone did it or even just most regiments. It would radically yet cost-effectively increase the size of the Guard since everyone not firstborn would be busy making war shit for those who are and it would be far cheaper after the first wave of regiments since they would be paying for things piecemeal instead of all at once, giving time to recover from the expenses of each soldier and tank easily. On top of that, the Administratum would know where everyone is because each world would keep track and the Admin would only need to monitor. Plus the worlds (sometimes with Imperium help) would be footing most of the bill with this method which means more super and larger heavy warmachines. Also, the far more reliable and constant flow of replacement Guardsmen would be perfect for the Imperium’s method of attrition warfare. I’m mostly surprised the Mordian Iron Guard doesn’t do this. They seem like the sort who would. It also meshes flavorfully with the whole feudal space empire thing.

GLORY TO THE FIRST MAN TO DIE. Fantasy Flight Games change it a bit saying by adding that the first-born daughters often join as well, to cease the angry outburst from the female community who wish to don bearskin hats and speak like they're in Red October.

== Culture ==
They like their moustaches. Their coming of age is sprouting a four foot long moustache and goatee combo, if male, if female on your 16th birthday you take a deep breath and pop out breasts like a squeeze toy. They like them so much that if you don't have a moustache you must therefore lack [[fag| genitalia]]. Presumably Vostroyans drink a lot and dance like this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiakVUKYCSQ]

Typically they all look like so: [http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/011/392/manlyman.PNG]

== Vostroya ==
Their home world, Vostroya, lies in the [[Segmentum#Segmentum_Obscurus|Segmentum Obscurus]] and is quite cold. Vostroya isn't a [[Forge World]] nor is it an Imperial [[Hive World]], so it falls in between and gets the award of being an Industrial world. The Mechanicum still gets a fair bit of sway there though, being represented in their government and all, as they were found by Martians during their early exploration efforts, before the [[Great Crusade]], and as such produce a fair bit of wargear for their regiments, including some unique patterns, on-planet.

Vostroya isn't exactly a friendly place to live in as it's landscape is bleak and overpopulated with plant and animal life almost extinct outside of human control. Because of this the population of 9.3 billion is in a state of constant change over. This also means there is a plethora of firstborn sons to fuel the Vostroyan Firstborns' ranks.

They should be on the look out for the birth of Space Peter the Great/Taras Bulba. Whom the Imperium is in desperate need of.

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Vostroyan Firstborn

2018-09-17T23:48:21Z

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{{Topquote|Soldier, let's go, let's go, let's go! And for you my dear, I have sent you mail from here,Farewell, the trumpet calls, Soldiers - on the march.|V Put (Lets go), Soviet/Russian Drill Song}}
[[File:Vostroyan Firstborn.jpeg|300px|thumb|left|FEEL THE GLORY OF SPACE MOTHER-RUSSIA, BITCHES!]]
[[File:Vostroyan-trooper.jpg|300px|thumb|right|Holy crap, he's holding some sort of las-carbine-halberd-axe thing! So cool!]]

The '''Vostroyan Firstborn''' are Russian [[Wikipedia:Streltsy|Streltsy]]/Cossacks IN SPESS. They use old weaponry they consider valuable (being 40k, older is better anyway). They wear richly colored coats and large fur hats.
Vostroyans are experts at urban warfare and firing drills. So they are like the [[Mordian Iron Guard]] with less dress up <s>bullshit. IT'S NOT BULLSHIT, IT'S TRADITION YOU DICKNOGGIN.</s> {{BLAM}} {{BLAM | No infighting between Guardsmen!}} If you remove the coat and look at some art for them, they actually look extremely similar to the pre-Heresy Imperial Army's soldiers, which sort of make sense considering their origins in the Heresy. The Vostroyan Guardsmen/women are renown for their marksmanship. Given they are using weapons that are quite devastating when used with precision, this results in the predictable outcome of the enemy being butchered (see Cities of Death cover art).

Their name comes from the tradition of the first-born son of every family (from the commoners to the nobles) serving in one of these regiments, and they bear the name with pride. The reason for this tradition dates back to the [[Horus Heresy]]. As the [[Traitor Legions]] made their beeline for [[Terra]], the Loyalists sent out a call for anyone who could bear arms in defence of the [[Imperium]]. The Vostroyan officials declined, explaining that as an Industrial World, Vostroya would be more useful making weaponry for the Imperium than firing them. True or not, after the Traitors were routed, Vostroya was called to account for its actions. The planet was ultimately spared, and as a sign of repentance the Vostroyans swore to pledge their firstborn children to the Imperial Guard from then on.

[[File:B7fbea5adf2d9de019860a8a4ba826f4.jpg|left|thumb|250px|Fuck your [[Sisters of Battle|boob-plate]], this gal's a warrior and won't succumb to your... [[Promotions|Needs]].]]

This idea follows further, being explained that the different regiments are kept with a steady flow of recruits due to the nature of the regiment's recruiting methods. Thus, their regiments have a tendency not to be completely destroyed and have enough veterans kicking around to show newbies the ropes before they are used as a toothpick by a [[Carnifex]] or something. Also it's something of a tradition to serve in your family's particular regiment, i.e. you're likely to wind up in the same squad with your uncle, cousin, great-uncle or whoever. This serves multiple goals: first, you'll become part of the team faster; second - one is more likely to fight bravely and/or hold the line knowing not only his honor, but his family's would be screwed forever otherwise; third - most of Vostroyan weapons are relics passed from one Guardsman to another, some of them since the time of Great Crusade, and being able to simply [[Grimdark|pick it up from your relative's cold hands]] simplifies the inheritance procedure greatly. This begs the question - if this method works so well, why is nobody else doing it (or something similar)? The answer is because it's a logistical nightmare.

GLORY TO THE FIRST MAN TO DIE. Fantasy Flight Games change it a bit saying by adding that the first-born daughters often join as well, to cease the angry outburst from the female community who wish to don bearskin hats and speak like they're in Red October.

== Culture ==
They like their moustaches. Their coming of age is sprouting a four foot long moustache and goatee combo, if male, if female on your 16th birthday you take a deep breath and pop out breasts like a squeeze toy. They like them so much that if you don't have a moustache you must therefore lack [[fag| genitalia]]. Presumably Vostroyans drink a lot and dance like this: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qiakVUKYCSQ]

Typically they all look like so: [http://i3.kym-cdn.com/entries/icons/original/000/011/392/manlyman.PNG]

== Vostroya ==
Their home world, Vostroya, lies in the [[Segmentum#Segmentum_Obscurus|Segmentum Obscurus]] and is quite cold. Vostroya isn't a [[Forge World]] nor is it an Imperial [[Hive World]], so it falls in between and gets the award of being an Industrial world. The Mechanicum still gets a fair bit of sway there though, being represented in their government and all, as they were found by Martians during their early exploration efforts, before the [[Great Crusade]], and as such produce a fair bit of wargear for their regiments, including some unique patterns, on-planet.

Vostroya isn't exactly a friendly place to live in as it's landscape is bleak and overpopulated with plant and animal life almost extinct outside of human control. Because of this the population of 9.3 billion is in a state of constant change over. This also means there is a plethora of firstborn sons to fuel the Vostroyan Firstborns' ranks.

They should be on the look out for the birth of Space Peter the Great/Taras Bulba. Whom the Imperium is in desperate need of.

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