Lamenters

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Lamenters
Battle Cry	For those we cherish, we die in Glory!
Number	Unknown
Founding	21st Founding
Successors of	Blood Angels
Successor Chapters	None
Chapter Master	Unknown
Primarch	Sanguinius
Homeworld	Medusa
Strength	Less than 400
Specialty	Failing
Allegiance	Imperium
Colours	Mustard yellow with black & white detailing.

The most fucked-over chapter in Warhammer 40K history. Cursed to die horribly, turn to Chaos, or both in every single bit of fluff they appear in. You think the White Scars got fucked by Games Workshop? Nothing compared to the Lamenters. Think the Chaos Pretty Marines got owned hard by Angron? Nothing compared to the Lamenters. Think that the Raven Guard, Salamanders, and Iron Hands got beaten horribly on Istvaan V? Nothing compared to the Lamenters.

They are truly the Unlucky Marines.

How unlucky can they get?

The Lamenters were formed during the 21st Founding; while most Chapters founded at that time had some kind of mutation, the Lamenters ended up not suffering from the Red Thirst and Black Rage, unique among the Blood Angels and their descendents. Unfortunately, they seem to have been the specific target of Tzeentch's eternal dicking, they have been cursed with more misfortunes than any other chapter out there.

Also, the Black Rage came back. Sometimes you just can't win.

List of how hard the Lamenters were screwed over

• Founded during the cursed founding, earning them distrust among fellow Space Marines.
• Were tasked by the High Lord of Terra to partake in the defense against Failbaddon's 9th Black Crusade. They were abandoned by the Mortifactors chapter in the defense of Corillia due to their origins. Outnumbered as they were facing against numerous combined traitor forces, only 200 marines were left after the Ultramarines and White Scars came in to reinforce them.
• The 200 survivors were subsequently lost in the warp after a freakish warp storm appeared. They did however return afterwards.
• Started the Corinth Crusade with 300 marines on hand, 2/3 of them became casualties.
• Were tasked to defend the area around the Maelstrom along with the Astral Claws and the Mantis Warriors after they got back to strength. Lugft Huron instigates the Badab War with the Imperium with the Lamenters and Mantis Warriors are drawn into the conflict. In an ambush by the Minotaurs chapter, they were so brutally fucked over that only 300 marines were left after the fighting, most of whom were wounded.
• Started a crusade after they were given pardon by the Imperium like the Mantis Warriors.
• In their first crusade action, they encountered the Tyranid Hive Fleet Kraken. With only 300 marines on hand, they were presumably nomed by the Tyranids.
• The return of the Black Rage and formation of a Death Company meant that the cure was a bust.

Where are they now?

The Lamenters today are now almost all (if not completely) dead, presumably OM NOM NOMed by the Tyranids. Only a handful of marines are confirmed to have survived the slaughter, with the chapter now scattered to an impossibly small size. Most wound up joining up with other Blood Angels descendant chapters.

The only confirmed Lamenters special character confirmed to remain today: Brother Chyron, a Dreadnought that serves with the Deathwatch.