Brotherhood of the Gauntlet
| Brotherhood of the Gauntlet | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gauntlet holding a crescent moon | ||
| Battle Cry | Imperator Est Valde | |
| Number | Unknown | |
| Founding | Unknown | |
| Successors of | Iron Hands | |
| Successor Chapters | None | |
| Chapter Master | The Great Council | |
| Primarch | Ferrus Manus | |
| Homeworld | Airless Moon and Medieval desert world | |
| Strength | 1000+ | |
| Allegiance | Imperium | |
| Colours | Greyish Black, grey and dark green details with a silver gauntlet. | |
Moor/Feudal Islam based Space Marines.
Fluff
The Brotherhood of the Gauntlet's founding is unknown but it is known that they were created to drive back Ork presence in a number of sectors in a crusade, one filled with much glory that is retold to Brothers of the Chapter to this day. Record of their founding are lost, they claim to be descendants of the Iron Hands but due to this record loss and their aberrant beliefs in concern to the Omnissiah these claims are rejected by the Iron Hands themselves.
Their gene stock is flawed in that their Occulobe is especially sensitive, lending them keen sight in low-light environments but becoming a disadvantage in bright environments, especially if their helmets are off and their eyes are exposed directly. The Chapter has a strict belief in honour, believe they must be representative on the Emperor and exalt in his glory. As killing an opponent face to face in close quarters is the most glorious form of combat they direct their tactics to allow this option to be available as much as possible. To better delve into combat and decrease the amount of time spent at a distance the Chapter utilized drop pods often, believing them to be a fitting sigh for the Angels of Death to deliver Imperial wrath. While they prefer close combat the Marines of this chapter are equally skilled with melee and ranged weaponry, utilizing each according to the situation. They generally prefer to use ranged weaponry as cover to close a gap for close combat, their weapon of choice of elite Marines of the Chapter is usually the Power Fist, colloquially a Power Gauntlet within the chapter. The Brotherhood also, as it's name may suggest, believes in close bonds of fraternity within the Chapter believing that these bonds strengthen the Chapter and make it a more effective force, believing that the loyalty displayed in these bonds embodies the virtues of the Emperor and the Imperium, other virtues they believe in include stability and order, virtues that lead to their close relationship and positive attitude to the adeptus arbites. The chapter also places a special emphasis on learning, knowledge, technology but in particular medicine, the apothecaries of the Chapter are proudly proclaimed as some of the best of the Imperium. The Chapter has a high quantity of Apothecaries and they are rigorously trained. Other virtues of the Chapter are self-sacrifice, charity, restraint and asceticism.
The chapter's hero was the Jibraaiyl Emir of the first Pillar who single-handedly killed a Daemon Prince from their arch-enemy, the Glistening Host. The chapter has it's fortress monastery on an airless moon named Jannah of a medieval desert world where it recruits from called Andalus. The Glistening Host are regarded by the Chapter as the most vile of the Imperium's enemies, due to events described in detail elsewhere. The marines of the Chapter also have a cold and sometimes condescending nature to other Imperial factions outside of the Ecclesiarchy, due to their devotion to the Emperor, and the Arbites this often makes them no friends. The Inquisition is on very tense terms with marines of the Chapter due to events with the Glistening Host and their abnormal practices such as their lenient behaviour to non-Chaos worshipping religious sects. The Adeptus Mechanicus also distrusts the chapter despite their positive view on technology due to their belief there is no differentiation in the Emperor and do not revere the Omnissiah, their is also a tense history between them and the chapter. Not all of Andalus follows the Imperial Creed in a traditional manner, rather than wiping these factions out the chapter tithes them more highly and provides factions more in line with the Imperial Creed with better equipment. Due to the marines' inhabitance of the moon, the moon has become a revered symbol on Andalus, something adopted by the Chapter, and it is said the Angels descend from the moon in orbs of the Emperor's Wrath. Due to the history of Andalus it has a long record of Chaos infestation. Due to this there are many cults that still plague the planet to this day that marines play a role in destroying. Such cults include a Slaanesh cult left over from the events of the Glistening Host that infects the noble classes, born from a peasant claiming to be the son of Tzeentch and that he would lead the inhabitants to an era of hope, and a small cult led by a mad man who claims the Emperor is merely representative of the moon.
The Chapter follows on in the legacy of it's progenitor the Iron Hands that instead of a Chapter Master it has a council, which it calls the Pillars. The Pillars are made up of who are considered to be the five most important individuals to the Chapter these being; the Emir of the First Company, the Head Apothecary, the Head Librarian, the Head Teach-Marine and the Head Chaplain. Relatedly the Chapter is named the Brotherhood of the Gauntlet due to a gauntlet relic they discovered during crusade, this relic is rumoured to be a possession of their primarch Ferrus Manus. To keep the relic safe it is kept in a highly protected cube of a dark hue in their fortress monastery where it is regarded with great reverence. The chapter a unique naming scheme for units:
- Cataphract/Furusiyya - Biker Marines
- Janissary - Tactical Marines
- Malik - Similar to the Black Templar's Emperor's CHampion
- Emir - Synonym to Captain
The Chapter, once, had close ties with the AdMech before they came to revile the Omnisiah-Emperor division but their ties were different from their progenitors. For while the Iron Hands say the flesh is weak so we must turn to metal, the Brotherhood says the flesh is weak so let us make it stronger. They had close ties with divisio biologis and have come with many medical techniques to improve combat effectiveness. They work to improve these techniques. The battle brothers also carry a drug called “agga” (seruroid hetume injection) that improves their abilities in battle, they usually only take it if they are fighting in daylight with no helmet or are in dire circumstances. The drug dulls physical sensations like pain, but sharpens the mind, giving the marines preternatural focus and reflexes that seem to border on precognition. High doses of the drug can keep a marine alive and fighting well after they should be dead, at least until the drug wears off. Unfortunately this focus causes the marines to block out what’s happening around them. A marine might continue to fight and not notice all his battle brothers are dead. An apothecary designed the drug but it was a Sepah (terminator) who made it legendary. The drug gave the Sepah incredible fighting ability but made him an ineffective leader. The Malak is a warrior who on the eve of battle is given the best equipment and is pumped full of combat drugs, making him a nearly unstoppable force on the battlefield. The champion rarely survives the battle, because if the enemy doesn’t kill him, the drugs usually do. The chapter only has a very limited supply of dreadnoughts, and only entombs victorious champions immediately after battle so that the combat drugs don’t wear off, leaving the marine to die of shock. The chapter gives special reverence to dreadnoughts because they only wake for battle. An existence even the most hardened marine fears.
Initiates into the chapter must cross a very large desert called the Jahannam without provisions, their vision is impaired slightly as is their mobility as a standard Space Marine glove is put on them which is cumbersome to the unaugmented initiated. After crossing the desert they enter an enclave of the Chapter where a testing chamber housing a gauntlet is placed. It is almost a mile long, the warriors attempting to strike you are plentiful and will attempt to strike you in various way, often by surprise. Additionally while most of them are common warriors some are very skilled and the common warriors are pumped full of drugs to make it challenging.
Crunch
- Chapter History
- Unknown Founding
- Chapter Progenitor
- Iron Hands
- Chapter Purpose
- Crusade
- Gene-Seed Purity
- Flawed
- Chapter Flaw
- Eye to Eye
- Codex Demeanour
- Battle Brothers
- Gene Stock
- Over-sensitive Occulobe
- Figure of Legend
- Chief Librarian
- Deeds of Legend
- Chief Librarian lost in the Warp
- Number of Worlds
- One (moon orbiting a planet)
- Homeworld Type
- Uninhabited moon, medieval world
- Homeworld Terrain
- No atmosphere (Moon, Jannah) and Desert(Islamic based Andalus)
- Homeworld Relationship
- Distant Rule
- Codex Organization
- Divergent
- Combat Doctrine
- Drop Pods
- Belief
- Reveres the Emperor above all
- Current Status
- Over Strength
- Chapter Ally
- Adeptus Arbites and Eccliesarchy
- Chapter Enemy
- Glistening Host
- Battle Cry
- "Imperator est Valde!"
Writefaggotry
Gallery
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Proposal for the colour scheme of the Malak. -
Colour scheme of the First Company of the chapter. -
Draft of concept art of the chapter's heraldry.
External Links
- Original Thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15081716/
- Second Thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15092844/
- Third Thread: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/15114644/