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They are part of the Dark Angels' Inner Circle, the secretive cabal that hunts the [[Fallen Angels]], members of the Dark Angels Legion who (allegedly) fell to [[Chaos]] during the [[Horus Heresy]] -- in fact, the ''traditional'' way to join the Inner Circle (and thus earn promotion to a [[Brother-Captain|Company Master]], [[Librarian]], or [[Chaplain|Interrogator-Chaplain]]) is to be inducted into the chapter's secrets during their time in the Deathwing. | They are part of the Dark Angels' Inner Circle, the secretive cabal that hunts the [[Fallen Angels]], members of the Dark Angels Legion who (allegedly) fell to [[Chaos]] during the [[Horus Heresy]] -- in fact, the ''traditional'' way to join the Inner Circle (and thus earn promotion to a [[Brother-Captain|Company Master]], [[Librarian]], or [[Chaplain|Interrogator-Chaplain]]) is to be inducted into the chapter's secrets during their time in the Deathwing. | ||
*However, there are exceptions: [[Sammael]] was "unofficially" inducted to the Inner Circle during his time in the [[Ravenwing]] and was promoted to [[Brother-Captain|Master]] of the 2nd without having passed through the Deathwing at all, whilst [[Azrael]] was inducted directly into the '''Deathwing Knights''' without passing through the [[Ravenwing]]. | *However, there are exceptions: [[Sammael]] was "unofficially" inducted to the Inner Circle during his time in the [[Ravenwing]] and was promoted to [[Brother-Captain|Master]] of the 2nd without having passed through the Deathwing at all, whilst [[Azrael]] was inducted directly into the '''Deathwing Knights''' without passing through the [[Ravenwing]] or the "lower" ranks of Deathwing. | ||
==History== | ==History== | ||
Like the Ravenwing, the Deathwing have a different colour scheme from the rest of the Dark Angels, wearing bone white Terminator armour. Deathwing armour originally retained the black and white colour scheme of the Dark Angels Legion, but according to Chapter legend, a group of Terminators under Captain Ezekiel (birth name Cloud Runner, no relation to the Chief Librarian) returned to the Dark Angels ancient recruiting world of Plains World to find that the planet had been overrun by [[genestealer]]s. Rather than subject the planet to [[Exterminatus]], at the urging of Librarian Lucian (real name Two Heads Talking), the Terminators, all natives of Plains World, decided to fight off the genestealers and save the native humans. They proceeded to undergo Plains World's death ritual, where warriors would paint themselves in ashes, but since they didn't have that, they repainted their armour white. Succeeding at the cost of everybody but Captain Ezekiel, the Dark Angels later returned and reclaimed the Terminator, which would be kept white as a remembrance of the Terminators sacrifice. The story was written way back in 2nd edition, and doesn't really gel with current 40k canon (especially the parts where 300-year-old veterans are worried about dieing of old age). It's also speculated in story that the legend was just made up by the Inner Circle to as a means to prepare the Dark Angels for eventually learning about the Fallen (warriors long gone from their homeworld returning to find outside influences corrupting it bears more than a little similarity to [[Lion El'Jonson]] coming back from the [[Horus Heresy]] to find [[Luther]] had fallen to [[Chaos]]). | Like the Ravenwing, the Deathwing have a different colour scheme from the rest of the Dark Angels, wearing bone white Terminator armour. Deathwing armour originally retained the black and white colour scheme of the Dark Angels Legion, but according to Chapter legend, a group of Terminators under Captain Ezekiel (birth name Cloud Runner, no relation to the Chief Librarian) returned to the Dark Angels ancient recruiting world of Plains World to find that the planet had been overrun by [[genestealer]]s. Rather than subject the planet to [[Exterminatus]], at the urging of Librarian Lucian (real name Two Heads Talking), the Terminators, all natives of Plains World, decided to fight off the genestealers and save the native humans. They proceeded to undergo Plains World's death ritual, where warriors would paint themselves in ashes, but since they didn't have that, they repainted their armour white. Succeeding at the cost of everybody but Captain Ezekiel, the Dark Angels later returned and reclaimed the Terminator, which would be kept white as a remembrance of the Terminators sacrifice. The story was written way back in 2nd edition, and doesn't really gel with current 40k canon (especially the parts where 300-year-old veterans are worried about dieing of old age). It's also speculated in story that the legend was just made up by the Inner Circle to as a means to prepare the Dark Angels for eventually learning about the Fallen (warriors long gone from their homeworld returning to find outside influences corrupting it bears more than a little similarity to [[Lion El'Jonson]] coming back from the [[Horus Heresy]] to find [[Luther]] had fallen to [[Chaos]]). | ||
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Deathwing Terminators are not very different from Terminators available to Codex Chapters, but they tend to operate as one army, as opposed to single squads distributed among deployed forces. This is represented in-game by allowing a Dark Angels army which includes [[Belial]], the Master of the Deathwing, to take Deathwing squads as Troops as well as Elites (allowing up to one hundred and two Terminators to take the field). The "-wing" suffix has come to be used as shorthand to refer to other all-Terminator armies, like Draigowing, where [[Kaldor Draigo]] allows a [[Grey Knights]] army to take Paladin (super-Terminator) squads as Troops, or Loganwing, where [[Logan Grimnar]] (of the [[Space Wolves]]) causes Wolf Guard (which may be Terminator-armored) to count as Troops. | Deathwing Terminators are not very different from Terminators available to Codex Chapters, but they tend to operate as one army, as opposed to single squads distributed among deployed forces. This is represented in-game by allowing a Dark Angels army which includes [[Belial]], the Master of the Deathwing, to take Deathwing squads as Troops as well as Elites (allowing up to one hundred and two Terminators to take the field). The "-wing" suffix has come to be used as shorthand to refer to other all-Terminator armies, like Draigowing, where [[Kaldor Draigo]] allows a [[Grey Knights]] army to take Paladin (super-Terminator) squads as Troops, or Loganwing, where [[Logan Grimnar]] (of the [[Space Wolves]]) causes Wolf Guard (which may be Terminator-armored) to count as Troops. | ||
Update: As of the 6th Edition Codex by [[Jeremy Vetock]] (praise be his name) the Deathwing can now [[rape]] [[Chaos]] Marines. Nothing says repent like a T5 [[Terminator]] with a mace the size of a man. The regular Deathwing got some handy new rules, including a [[Plasma]] Cannon, which while not entirely useful, is [[awesome]].{{Marines-Codex}} | Update: As of the 6th Edition Codex by [[Jeremy Vetock]] (praise be his name) the Deathwing can now [[rape]] [[Chaos]] Marines. Nothing says repent like a T5 [[Terminator]] with a mace the size of a man. The regular Deathwing got some handy new rules, including a [[Plasma]] Cannon, which while not entirely useful, is [[awesome]].{{Marines-Codex}} | ||
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Revision as of 07:44, 30 March 2014
The Deathwing is the Dark Angels' name for their First Company. Unlike the First Companies of Codex Astartes-compliant Chapters, the Deathwing exclusively fights in bone-white Terminator armor, and never forms power-armored Veteran Squads. The fact that the latest 6e Dark Angels codex is sketchy about how many members make up the Deathwing (though heavily implied that it's more than just a "mere" 100) and with the fact that each of the Unforgiven chapters also appears to include a similar formation (though under different names) implies that the Dark Angels Legion had a metric butt-ton of terminator armour lying around that no-one else knew about.
They are part of the Dark Angels' Inner Circle, the secretive cabal that hunts the Fallen Angels, members of the Dark Angels Legion who (allegedly) fell to Chaos during the Horus Heresy -- in fact, the traditional way to join the Inner Circle (and thus earn promotion to a Company Master, Librarian, or Interrogator-Chaplain) is to be inducted into the chapter's secrets during their time in the Deathwing.
- However, there are exceptions: Sammael was "unofficially" inducted to the Inner Circle during his time in the Ravenwing and was promoted to Master of the 2nd without having passed through the Deathwing at all, whilst Azrael was inducted directly into the Deathwing Knights without passing through the Ravenwing or the "lower" ranks of Deathwing.
History
Like the Ravenwing, the Deathwing have a different colour scheme from the rest of the Dark Angels, wearing bone white Terminator armour. Deathwing armour originally retained the black and white colour scheme of the Dark Angels Legion, but according to Chapter legend, a group of Terminators under Captain Ezekiel (birth name Cloud Runner, no relation to the Chief Librarian) returned to the Dark Angels ancient recruiting world of Plains World to find that the planet had been overrun by genestealers. Rather than subject the planet to Exterminatus, at the urging of Librarian Lucian (real name Two Heads Talking), the Terminators, all natives of Plains World, decided to fight off the genestealers and save the native humans. They proceeded to undergo Plains World's death ritual, where warriors would paint themselves in ashes, but since they didn't have that, they repainted their armour white. Succeeding at the cost of everybody but Captain Ezekiel, the Dark Angels later returned and reclaimed the Terminator, which would be kept white as a remembrance of the Terminators sacrifice. The story was written way back in 2nd edition, and doesn't really gel with current 40k canon (especially the parts where 300-year-old veterans are worried about dieing of old age). It's also speculated in story that the legend was just made up by the Inner Circle to as a means to prepare the Dark Angels for eventually learning about the Fallen (warriors long gone from their homeworld returning to find outside influences corrupting it bears more than a little similarity to Lion El'Jonson coming back from the Horus Heresy to find Luther had fallen to Chaos).
Tabletop
Deathwing Terminators are not very different from Terminators available to Codex Chapters, but they tend to operate as one army, as opposed to single squads distributed among deployed forces. This is represented in-game by allowing a Dark Angels army which includes Belial, the Master of the Deathwing, to take Deathwing squads as Troops as well as Elites (allowing up to one hundred and two Terminators to take the field). The "-wing" suffix has come to be used as shorthand to refer to other all-Terminator armies, like Draigowing, where Kaldor Draigo allows a Grey Knights army to take Paladin (super-Terminator) squads as Troops, or Loganwing, where Logan Grimnar (of the Space Wolves) causes Wolf Guard (which may be Terminator-armored) to count as Troops.
Update: As of the 6th Edition Codex by Jeremy Vetock (praise be his name) the Deathwing can now rape Chaos Marines. Nothing says repent like a T5 Terminator with a mace the size of a man. The regular Deathwing got some handy new rules, including a Plasma Cannon, which while not entirely useful, is awesome.Template:Marines-Codex