Editing Ice Wraiths (section)

===You Keep What You Kill===
The guiding philosophy of the Ice Wraiths chapter is summed up in their motto "you keep what you kill". This philosophy presents the notion that the measure of an individual brother's worth depends on the deeds he accomplished personally. The way this worth is measured is by the quality of the trophies that he has taken from his slain enemies and the heroism and courage accompanying that trophy. For an Ice Wraith a trophy is not merely a memento of battles or events that they took part in, but a mark of honour, earned by accomplishing something significant in that brother's life. The trophy can take any form but those that are of significance to a worthy adversary slain by the brother are the favoured choice of the majority of brothers.

It is considered a great dishonour to take another marine's trophies and as such these relics of a brother's life are always buried with them in the Icy Depths of the Wraiths Frotress Monastery. Only a few, very specific, relics are not buried with their owners and instead borne by heroes of the chapter as badges of honour or office. The most notable of these would be the twin powerblades wielded by the first Lord Marshal himself. These hook-like blades are said to be carved from the tusks of a foul Greenskin warlord that Riddick I slew with his bare hand, tearing the foul xenos tusks off its' face and butchering the rest of its' elite guard with them. After the battle these blades were forged into powerblades by the Forgefather of the time using ancient technologies long since lost to the chapter. The blades have become known as the "Fangs of the Marshal" and every Lord Marshal Riddick of the chapter has wielded them not only as weapons but as a symbol that the legend of the first Lord Marshal lives on and he still kills today.