Blood Jaguars

Blood Jaguars
Undecided
Battle Cry	none
Number	?
Founding	M34
Successors of	Flesh Tearers
Successor Chapters	None
Chapter Master	Xipet T'otec
Primarch	Sanguinius
Homeworld	Tenocit
Strength	400, discluding the Death Company
Specialty	Terror Tactics
Allegiance	Imperium
Colours	Undecided

The Blood Jaguars are a chapter once again created from the Deathwatch Chapter creation table. The result was an Aztec-themed Flesh Tearers chapter. And it is glorious.

Summary

A Blood Jaguar undertaking the Black Road to the Sun. Note Macahuitl-Pattern chainsword and Tenocit-pattern Boltgun. Pic by Marauder.

The Blood Jaguars are a chapter with a history of violence. One could go so far as to say that it is in fact their geneseed itself that contributed to what they are today. Founded in M34 for the specific purpose of fighting Orks, and parented by the infamous Flesh Tearers; They, like their predecessor, suffer from the Black Rage at a higher rate than other Blood Angels successors. An attempt to correct this was made in their founding, but failed to prevent the Red Thirst and Black Rage from occurring at the same level as the rest of the Blood Angels successors. In fact, it may have made the Red Thirst even worse, if certain rumors whispered hold true.

At some time the Blood Jaguars home sector was swallowed by a warp storm that lasted 2000 years. During this time Xipet T'otec rose to the position of chapter master and majorly reformed the chapter, earning him much respect in the chapter. Nearing the end of their interment, the Blood Jaguars home world was beset upon by a warp incursion led by a daemon prince. Xipet fought the daemon, getting skinned alive amongst many other injuries during the fight. In the end, he was able to defeat the leader of the chaos forces, but at the sacrice of his own life. After this he was entombed into a custom dreadnought, though. Due to his mighty changes, the defeat of a mighty enemy in single melee, and seemingly bringing the end of the warpstorm with his victory, he is regarded as the most mighty to exist amongst their ranks.

After the warpstorm ended the Blood Jaguars emerged entirely divergent from the Codex. Gone were the Devestator squads, and in came chain bladed bolters, scout squads ripping apart Orks in frenzied close combat, and a Death Company whose acts of terror cause entire cities to commit suicide rather than face them. Suspected of Khornate worship on multiple occasions though never found tainted outside of Battle Brothers whom they kill themselves, the Blood Jaguars have a rocky relationship with the rest of the Adeptus Astartes and Inquisition. Despite this, the Chapter still seconds Brothers to the Deathwatch, though the eye of suspicion never leaves them.

The Blood Jaguars homeworld, Tenocit, is a jungled hive world, notorious for it's massive felinid predators, and large avian carnivores. Recruits are trained in the harsh jungles, expected to fight and kill predators with little more than stone knives they craft themselves and carry with them for the rest of their time with the chapter. Harsh survival and combat-trials are favoured over years of disciplined apprenticeship, to ensure that every Blood Jaguar will be able to adapt if separated from the group, as often happens in the dense jungles of Tenocit. A strong emphasis on self-sufficiency, coupled with relentless drills, forms an instinctive awareness of battlefield movements, momentum and finding weakness in the enemy lines. Indeed, particularly zealous Jaguars sometimes sacrifices themselves in displays of individual courage and bloodthirst, in order to saw terror in the hearts of opponents, creating panic and disorder where there previously were none.

Chapter Master Xipet T'otec is a figure of legend among the Blood Jaguars. One of the first generation of recruits from Tenocit, he quickly rose through the ranks, becoming the Chapter Master in M38, while the warp storm still isolated Tenocit from the rest of the Imperium. Soon after, a warp incursion on their homeworld occured, and the Blood Jaguars rose to meet it. T'otec faced a Daemon Prince of Khorne in hand to hand combat, and songs are still sung by the people of Tenocit of that day. Battered, broken, and skinned alive, T'otec emerged the victor, carving out the Princes heart with his stone knife and ripping it from his body before kicking the corpse off the top of the hab spire. Inturred in a dreadnaught soon after, he still is officially the Chapter Master of the Blood Jaguars, though he has not been awakened in two centuries.

A Heritage of Hatred Excavated

In a massive showing of rage and honor, the Blood Jaguars set out to find the remnants of the force belonging to the daemon prince that "killed" their chapter master then uterly and completely eviscerate them. They were able to find them and lay seige to their forces that included a titan. Partway into the fight it became clear a second group was engaged with the chaos forces, as the titan disengaged from combat surrounded on the ground by orks. Fully engaged in combat with chaos with no troops to send after the titan, they could only look on horrified at the sight of the very xenos scum that they were founded to destroy walked off with a piece of the very group they had sworn to eviscerate in the name of their chapter master.

The Order of the Martyred Heart

Every year, many youths travel to attempt to climb the pyramid of the gods, to be chosen to become a Blood Jaguar. Both boys and girls set off, but only boys arrive at the pyramid for the rite of ascension. Stories and rumour spread from hive to hive, talking about horrific monsters that prey on those who travel in the thick jungle, or of the women being chosen by the Blood Jaguars as their brides.

The truth of the matter is a well kept secret.

On the far side of the planet from the Blood Jaguars' fortress monestary lies a small convent of the Adepta Sororitas, located on an island in the middle of a colossal river, they are members of the Order of the Martyred Heart, an offshoot of the Order of the Valourous Heart. The Sisters track down each girl attempting to do what none have before done, and seize them, taking them back to their convent, where they are raised and trained in the lessons of the Martyred Heart.

The Martyred Heart and Blood Jaguars are allies, and it is not unknown for the Martyred Heart to provide artillery support for the Jaguars in battle.

Important Members

Xipet T'otec: THE chapter master. A grand man amongst the Blood Jaguars, he is known for many completely badass feats. Some of which are: Reformed the chapter design, killing a daemon prince in single mêlée, and ending the chapters 2000 year warp imprisonment (as the Blood Jaguars see it)

Deathwatch Rules

Founding: M34

Primoginator: Blood Angels

Predecessor: Flesh Tearers

Codex Demeanor: Purity Above All

Chapter Flaw: Eye to Eye

Codex Adherence: Unique

Combat Specialty: Terror Tactics

Solo Mode: Uses the Flesh Tearers, as described in Honor the Chapter.

Attack Pattern: Uses the Flesh Tearers, as described in Honor the Chapter.

Defensive Stance: Courage Under Fire, as described in Rites of Battle.

Primarchs Curse: Uses the Flesh Tearers, as described in Honor the Chapter.

Chapter Advance Table: Uses the Flesh Tearers, as described in Honor the Chapter.

Psychic Powers: Uses the Flesh Tearers, as described in Honor the Chapter.