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==Chapter Beliefs==

The Savage Hearts hold that they have never won a single battle, for all conflicts are merely extensions of the Great Scouring, and while a single Traitor Astartes lives there can be no victory feast. The fulfillment of this ancient grudge is their highest purpose, the unattainable dream for which they bend every ounce of their being to the pursuit. Their Chapter fortresses and naval vessels are almost eerily unadorned with the usual trappings of a Space Marine Chapter, honoring their first Chapter Master's example before the Thunder Kings. Famed for their brutal utilitarianism and stoic demeanor, the Savage Hearts do show a deeply felt warmth towards those other Astartes who have proven themselves against the Traitors, and have nothing but good humor and camraderie to share with such warriors. Even mortal soldiers can expect to rise high in the Savage Hearts' esteem, should they have wrought the Emperor's judgement upon those who betrayed him, and many Imperial Guardsmen have been feasted in the Savage Hearts' halls and warcamps.

Interestingly and somewhat unusually for Astartes, the Savage Hearts are also accomplished spies and infiltrators, having learned that to root out the most cowardly or entrenched evils it is often necessary to quietly listen for the scuttling sounds of vermin. Their younger soldiers are frequently used for this purpose, training them to be filled with righteous wrath while never letting their control slip, even when face to face with blasphemy. Though a Savage Heart lurking in the shadows may boil with hatred while observing heretical rituals, he must come to understand that to strike in reckless haste is to risk leaving the task incomplete, an unthinkable shame. Not one seed of evil must escape when the Savage Hearts move against it, a mantra drilled into them from the moment a young boy enters their halls to begin his trials.