Abyssal Jaws

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The Abyssal Jaws (formerly known as the Abyssal Angels) are another product of fat/tg/uys playing around with the Chapter Creation tables from Rites of Battle. After a lot of dice rolling, the results came in; a Blood Angels successor chapter composed of blood thirsty undersea warriors with a habit of collecting bits of their enemies as trophies. Oh, and they also ride on giant piranhas.

While unlike the Emperor's Nightmare, the Abyssal Jaws quickly managed to get their colour scheme sorted, their heraldry is a subject still discussed to this very day.

Founded in the 33rd Millenium when a lone Administratum clerk found a fragment of the text "Call of Cth-", the High Lords were notified and geneseed of the Blood Angels began being stockpiled for the founding of the Abyssal Jaws. Since its founding the Chapter has made itself known for its vicious tenacity in close range combat and specilation in aquatic enviroments as well as its open disregard for the Codex with its numbers being several times over the stipulated 1,000.

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The Abyssal Jaws chapter came into existence during the 33rd Millennium as part of an unknown founding between the fourth and (allegedly) the eighth. The chapter was founded due to the discovery of a fragment of the ancient text known as “The Call of Cth-” by a lone Administratum clerk. After studying the text, the High Lords were informed of the existence of a bizarre, eldritch creature that lurked beneath the waves of the ocean. Repulsed by this knowledge, the High Lords gave the order that geneseed from the Blood Angels should be stockpiled for the foundation of a new chapter to combat this threat. Rumour has it that sometime before the chapter was formed, their geneseed was altered in an attempt to eradicate the Black Rage and Red Thirst, the two genetic curses that plague their parent chapter. Whether or not this act ever succeeded or if it even occurred, the new chapter would soon develop their own curse. And finally, at the height of the 33rd Millennium, the Abyssal Angels were founded.

The first challenge for the chapter would be to discover the location of the mysterious being known only as “Cth” and then terminating it. While seemingly a simple challenge on paper, the oceans of Terra had long since faded into history and there were countless worlds in existence with vast oceans to search. The chapter was given its own fleet and sent on its crusade, no-one knowing if they would ever find this creature and destroy it before it could pose a threat to the Imperium of Man. The following two thousand millennia would become known to the Abyssal Jaws as “The Search for the Forbidden City.”

The chapter known then as the Abyssal Angels was a far cry from what it would eventually become. While not the strictest followers of the Codex Astartes, their organisation was practically identical to that of their parent chapter. During these early centuries the chapter even contained Sanguinary Guards, a unit which would later disappear from the chapter, along with much of their Blood Angel heritage.

Chapter's primary Mark of Power Armor is Mk.III, or "Iron Armor", in large part because of its ability to withstand the conditions of the deepest sea trenches.

More to be added.

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Chapter History: 33rd Millennium Founding
Chapter Progenitor: Blood Angels
Chapter Purpose: Strategic Prognostication
Stat Bonuses: +5 Strength, +5 Perception
Gene-Seed Purity: Flawed
Chapter Flaw: Pride in the Colors

Figure of Legend: Chief Librarian
Deeds of Legend: Chief Librarian lost in the Warp

Number of Worlds: Two
Homeworld Type: Hive and Unihabited
Homeworld Terrain: Ocean (hive world, Maresia) and Temperate (unihabited swampy death world, Noxyssus)
Homeworld Relationship: Stewardship

Codex Organization: Divergent
Combat Doctrine: Close Combat
Solo Mode Ability: Pick 2 skills, rank 1 reroll failed tests. Rank 4, add 10 to them. Rank 8, add degree of success.
Squad Attack: Tactical Finesse
Squad Defense: Knowledge is Power
Special Equipment: Beastial Companion (Alligator-Piranha sea monster)
Belief: Death Cult
Current Status: Over Strength
Chapter Ally: Imperial Guard (Maresia Sea-Guard)
Chapter Enemy: some Chaos Space Marines warband/legion
Battle Cry: "THE JAWS OF ABYSS SHALL CLAIM ALL ENEMIES OF MAN!"
Advance Table: Behold Our Wrath

Gallery

The first attempt at a champter symbol for the abyssal jaws.
The proposal for the new chapter symbol. Note the goatse.
The new chapter symbol Mark I.
The chapter symbol Mark II, now with more blood and less goatse.
The original proposed colour scheme of the chapter.
A marine's face, decorated with face paint.
Brother Carmel, who fought in the battle of Fendahl. Note the Corvus helmet.
Terminator Brother Emilio Taonga, who fell in battle during the Massacre of Newfoundworld.
This Battle Brother proves that sometimes even Abyssal Jaws will use chainswords.
An Abyssal Jaw marine, riding on an example of the exotic wildlife on Maresia.
We're watching you scum.
THE JAWS OF ABYSS SHALL CLAIM ALL ENEMIES OF MAN!
The Abyssal Jaws consider even the lowliest guardsmen to be their brothers.