Editing Obsidian Glaives (section)

==History==

These guys were fucking ''old'' -- one of the first 23 chapters the Ultramarines shit out, though they were technically [[retcon|revealed as being one in the 7th Ed. Ork codex and their short stories]] as opposed to being one from the start.

Their homeworld was an irradiated hellhole, like Baal but even hotter and with rocks instead of deserts. Most of the planet was battered with constant deadly radiation due to the sun's proxmity, which many of their brothers exposed themselves to as a means of "atoning" for their failings. It also fucked with their [[Dreadnoughts]] something fierce -- the radiation gradually broke down the links between the pilot's sarcophagus and slowly drove them nuts, causing them to start thinking they were back in their old bodies or just plain dropping dead; while they usually kept the 'noughts inside their fortress-monastery to protect them, [[Derp|the Codex had to be honoured and so every Dreadnought ended up having to stand guard over the fortress for a year or so before being rotated back inside despite the consequences]].

In 998.M41, the Red WAAAGH! hit the Sanctus Reach, with Grukk Face-Rippa at its head. A bunch of [[Evil Sunz]] and [[Freebooterz]] jumped the gun and hit Obstiria before the Warboss officially got there, managing to land several hundred thousand Orks and lay siege to the Penumbral Spire despite getting the shit kicked out of them by the planet's AA defences. Five companies of Obsidian Glaives managed to hold the fortress, but it was a narrow thing -- the Chapter took heavy casualties and lost almost all of their Dreadnoughts to the Orks and simple environmental hazards.

And then Grukk arrived.

The Obsidian Glaives proceeded to spend the next few weeks getting the absolute shit kicked out of them now that the bulk of the Red WAAAGH! had hit the ground. During the Slaughter of Black Gulch, Grukk ripped open a malfunctioning Obsidian Glaives [[Drop Pod]] and went full [[RIP AND TEAR]] on the Marines inside, [[RAGE|royally cheesing off the Captains and Chapter Master]]. The Chapter decided to make one last attack, trying to take Grukk himself down to simultaneously avenge their brothers and break the back of the WAAAGH!, with basically all their remaining Marines committing to the attack.

Unfortunately for them, Grukk was a hard bastard who endured the Chapter Master's attempts to cut him up with a [[chainsword]] then pinned the guy and [[Rip and Tear|literally bit the CM's head off.]] What few Obsidian Glaives remained were swiftly mopped up by the greenskins, leaving the path to the Knight World of Alaric Prime open and setting the Red WAAAGH! on the warpath once more.