Editing Second Founding

The [[Horus Heresy]] proved that, despite the [[God-Emperor of Mankind | Emperor's]] efforts, the [[Primarch|Primarchs]] were not perfect; they could easily be led astray and fall to [[Chaos]].

In order to prevent one man from gaining as much power as [[Horus]] had, the branches of the Imperial armed forces were separated, the [[Inquisition]] was founded, and the loyal [[Space Marine]] Legions were divided into Chapters of roughly one thousand Marines, in accordance with the [[Codex Astartes]].

The Second Founding was not universally accepted; the [[Space Wolves]] and [[Imperial Fists]] in particular objected to dividing their Legions, and the Imperium was nearly torn apart by another civil war.  For better or for worse, [[Leman Russ]] and [[Rogal Dorn]] finally relented, although the Space Wolves and [[Black Templars]] have since grown their numbers to many more times the usual size.

==List of Second Founding Chapters==

===[[Dark Angels]]===

*Angels of Absolution
*Angels of Redemption
*Angels of Vengeance

===[[White Scars]]===

*Marauders
*Rampagers
*Destroyers
*Storm Lords

===[[Space Wolves]]===

*Sons of Russ
*Wolf Brothers

===[[Imperial Fists]]===

*[[Black Templars]]
*[[Crimson Fists]]
*[[Soul Drinkers]]

===[[Blood Angels]]===

*Angels Encarmine
*Angels Sanguine
*[[Flesh Tearers]]
*Angels Vermillion
*Blood Drinkers

===[[Iron Hands]]===

*Red Talons
*Brazen Claws

===[[Ultramarines]]===

*Novamarines
*Patriarchs of Ulixis
*White Consuls
*Black Consuls
*Libators
*Praetors of Orpheus
*Inceptors
*Genesis Chapter
*Mortifactors
*[[Doom Eagles]]

===[[Salamanders]]===

''None, as there weren't enough Salamanders left after the [[Horus Heresy]] to fill one Chapter, let alone two.

===[[Raven Guard]]===

*Black Guard
*Revilers
*Raptors

===[[Grey Knights]]===

''The Grey Knights were not created from any of the Space Marine Legions, as their geneseed was specially created by the [[God-Emperor of Mankind]] himself.  They were founded to supply the newly-formed [[Inquisition]] with a strike force against future [[Chaos]] threats.''

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