Editing Legion of the Damned (section)

==Fire Hawks==
[[File:Knight Terminator.jpg|200px|thumbnail|left|Even before their transformation, the Fire Hawks incorporated flames into their armours.]]
[[File:RogueTraderFireHawk.png|200px|thumbnail|right|Rogue trader era Fire Hawk (Note the chapter symbol).]]
(Note: the below has been heavily retcon'd and implied to either be no longer true, or only true if you apply liberal use of time travel. Granted this IS the Warp we're talking about...) The Legion of the Damned was originally a Space Marine chapter known as the "Fire Hawks", made from the geneseed of the [[Ultramarines]] ([[A Game of Pretend|or so they claim]]). They made a name for themselves during the Age of Apostasy, where they fought well and were rewarded with the destruction of their homeworld, Zhoros, by thermal bombs. After this, Sebastian Thor gave them a massive Great Crusade era void fortress, the ''Raptorous Rex'', in commemoration of their deeds. They became a fleet based chapter as a result. It is believed that their Techmarines came up with the Infernum Pattern Razorback.

Afterwards, they participated in the [[Badab War]] on the side of the loyalists, where they were reduced to about 22% effective strength (though the ''Rex'' was instrumental near the end of the war).

They were next called into action against [[Eldar]] pirates, and made the 120 light year warp jump with their entire chapter (the ''Rex'', five other ships, and more than 800 battle brothers).

They never arrived.

20 years after they disappeared, the Bell of Lost Souls rang 1000 times in their honor and they were declared lost in the Warp. Supposedly, the Emperor himself ordered a black candle lit for them. The Fire Hawks were no more and the Legion of the Damned was born.