Expanded Minor Chapters

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Auric Patricians

"The Emperor's vengeance is swift and merciless. Strike at their hearts, brothers!" - Chapter Master Sellic, while performing a raid within the Realm of Celeres.

Auric refers to Aura surrounding a living creature and Patrician refers to a aristocrat or a nobleman so in a way, they could be loyalist Emperor's Children making them similar to the Red Scorpions who are believed to be the same.

I believe that their homeworld must be a Hive City with a larger than average population of Imperial Nobles or higher ups. They give away their toughest sons to the Auric Patricians to become Space Marines to bring honour, wealth and power to their family. These families are likely to be Spyrers meaning that their toughest sons are Spyrers. Nobles coming to age journey to the underhives to prove themselves. They are watched by the Auric Patricians and the Spyrers that show the most potential are taken away to be made into Space Marines.

I would see the Chapter as having small numbers due to this recruitment process but having elite weaponry and armour to give out to their smaller number of Space Marines (and better resources). Highly arrogant and elite and would expect them to hate mutants and see Imperial Guard as lesser. Have respect for Imperial Knight Households due to similar upbringings. Would decorate armour in ornate patterns and rich materials due to the higher quality of resources.

Guardians of Celeres

"The Emperor's vengeance is swift and merciless. Strike at their hearts, brothers!" - Chapter Master Sellic, while performing a raid within the Realm of Celeres.

Guardians of Celeres
Battle Cry	For the Home we Guard, Our Lives are Forfeit!
Founding	M33
Successors of	Unknown
Chapter Master	Acroteleutium Sellic
Homeworld	Celeres
Strength	300-500
Allegiance	Imperium
Colours	Green, White Pauldrons

The Guardians of Celeres have their origins when a small, under-manned young chapter escorted an Imperial colonizing effort in the Segmentum Tempestus in M34. Then called the Green Blades, the chapter helped with the foundation of the settlement which would one day become the great city of Celeres. Once it was secured, the chapter left...only to find itself called back soon after as Orks were overruning the settlements. Heavy casualties were taken but ultimately the orks were held back. On the brink of extinction, the chapter opted to settle down in Celeres and recruit from the colonists. In time, most marines eventually came from Celeres and the chapter eventually renamed itself based on the monicker given by the citizen: the Guardians of Celeres.

The Guardians are not codex-compliant. They specialize in rapid-deployment and swift surgical strikes within their domain, the Realm of Celeres. It is rare for them to deploy more than a few squads outside of large war-zones. In general they face the constant threat of alien raids which they need to respond quickly to. Larger deployments are usually done with 'Numerus Auxillia', human warriors of the Celeres Planetary Defense Forces.

The Guardians usually number around 300 and 500 and form in large companies which usually number in the hundred, like a codex-compliant chapter. When the chapter is at a higher battle strength, these companies grow in size: rarely do they split into smaller companies. Their companies are all Battle Companies, as the concept of 'Battle' and 'Reserve' companies is pointless to how the chapter operate. Scouts and Veterans are, likewise, part of their respective companies rather than organized in special ones.

The chapter specialize in various formations which make heavy use of heavy and special weapons. Squads are assembled as needed for the mission and the marines are expected to learn to master all possible weapons the chapter use and adapt to whatever tactic their sergeant for the mission might demand. Some of the formations used by the Guardians of the Celeres include:

Breacher Like the Breacher Squads of the Legiones Astartes. Used in hazardous assault situations, such as boarding.

Crematoris This formation has its origins in the formation of the Celeres. Crematoris Squads are equipped with Flamer weapons.

Formido When the Guardians need to strike fear into their enemies, they form squads into Formido: terror units. These are commonly used against rebels. Because they are dishonorable, Formido duties are given to marines which are deemed to not live up to expectations. As such, marines of the Guardians strive to meet the expectations of their commanders to avoid such a punishment.

Ballistarius In these rare moments the Guardians need to deploy their heavier artillery, such as Thunderfire Cannons, each cannon is assigned a squad for defense.

Persecutors of Darkness

"The Emperor is the LAW, and the LAW is absolute! I am the harbinger of justice! I am the mercy afforded to heretics!" - Brother-Marshal Lex, whilst assaulting a Tzneetch cabal of upper echelons.

There's chapters allied with the Mechanicus and Inquisition and stuff, but I don't know any that work closely with the Adeptus Arbites! Persecutors of Darkness are stalwart marines whose specialty is dealing with the Imperium's most disgusting foe: High Traitors and the obscenely corrupt. They root out Heresy throughout the Segmentum Pacificus before it can fully rear its ugly head. While the consequences for treachery is sift and brutal, the chapter's definition is ranges greatly. Those that obstruct the Imperium in its holy endeavors is a traitor deserving of death. In this, they work closely with the Adeptus Astartes, inform the chapter on criminals too large for them to properly handle.

A Dark Angel successor founded in 33M, they inhabit the world of Ius, a medieval urban world with sprawling concreate mega-cities, ruled by an iron fist. Their Fortress Monastery of Raus towers over the planet's capital, where intensive study of the Law occurs inside its brutalist halls. The planet's Enforcers directly answer to the marines of Ius, acting as both a PDF and police force. Outside of the culturally primitive Mega-Cities lies only farmlands and red-grass plains, with the occasional nomad tribe forever roaming.

Each marine is well versed in the Imperium's Law, and trained in the tight alleys and crowded streets of their homeworld. The Marines are experts in cramped environments, being urban and hiveworld specialists. Combat shotguns are just as common as bolters in the chapter, and power mauls coupled with large combat shields are chapter favorite. Veteran squads even employ cyber-mastiffs