Editing The Risen (Dark Angels) (section)

==History==

The Risen were unofficially formed when the Dark Angels Primarch [[Lion El'Jonson]] woke up from his 10-millenia nap and vision quest, and found how much the Imperium, [[Great Rift|ESPECIALLY the half he had woken up in]], had gone to shit in the time he had been asleep. Though it started with just '''Zabriel''', by the Lion's own decree it is open for all non-Chaos aligned Fallen to join, and since then has grown to almost a score or so Heresy-era veterans.

This... is not a lot, and as more worlds join the Protectorate, the Risen are already feeling the pressure as their force is getting spread thin across all these worlds. And while Zabriel is trying to court more of the Fallen to their banner, their numbers are still nowhere near enough to challenge the apparently Legion-sized number of Chaos Fallen now gathered under Luther and the Daemon Prince Marbas. (Which in hindsight is amusing given Luthor has said he will only ever recant to the Lion himself, and that he had constantly rants and raves about the Lion coming to absolve the Fallen-which is [[just as planned|exactly what seems to be happening]]. Perhaps this is a trap by Luther to gather all of the chaos-aligned Fallen in a single place for them to be wiped out in one fell swoop? We will only know if GW ever finds out how to complete plot lines without pissing off the general public.)

This isn't as weird as it may seem at first-by this point the Lion and the Fallen likely have more in common with one another in terms of history and beliefs than the modern Dark Angels do with the Lion, and so pragmatically offering the carrot when possible instead of the Dark Angel's previous policy of just stick may be more fruitful in the long run.

Though many joined for their own reasons, they are all loyal to the Lion and the Imperium, regardless of what the modern [[Dark Angels]] [[RAGE|feel about the matter]].