Editing Consecrators (section)

==Symbol==
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The symbol of the Consecrators is a red abstract image, showing a ring consisting of probably-wings on the bottom and probably-a-halo above, with a flame in the center of the circle. Flame + Dark Angels = Firewing? Well, take a look at the Heresy-era marine on the right. This gentleman was an officer of the Firewing, and the symbol on his knee, while smudged and hard to make out, looks a lot like the Consecrator's symbol. Zoom in to see and you’ll notice it has detailed wings below a fire and above that a half halo. The whole is surrounded by laurels. In other words it looks almost exactly like the Consecrators’ symbol. So it seems plausible that they are not just Dark Angels descendants, but specifically made from Legio I's Firewing.

As of the Warhammer Community website's "Road to Thramas" update on the Hexagrammaton, it has been revealed that the Firewing specializes in "destroying enemy command structures", which seems to fit their modus operandi during the Second Kuppukin Schism.

The '''Living Relics''' short story by [[David Guymer]] sheds offers an interesting insight on the Consecrators, in that they are confirmed to be far younger than their wargear would have you believe. Apparently, they were indeed founded for the purpose of retrieving and preserving the history of the First Legion, specifically by snatching their archaeotech before others do (and also baiting [[Fallen]] with it).

Their Firewing iconography might be a deliberate attempt by the Unforgiven to make them pass for a Second-Founding chapter. An Ordo Astartes [[Inquisitor]] might have all sorts of theories about their Heresy-era wargear and isolationism, but it is unlikely they involve anything past M33, which [[just as planned|plays right into the Unforgiven hands]].

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