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
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 point in 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 enacted major reforms, earning him much respect in the chapter. Nearing the end of their interment, the Blood Jaguars home world, Tenocit, was beset upon by a warp incursion led by a daemon prince. Xipet fought the daemon, getting skinned alive (amongst many other horrible injuries) during the fight. Despite being skinless and near dead, he still managed to eventually slay the daemon and carve out its beating heart from its chest. Afterward, he was entombed into a custom dreadnought as quickly as possible. Due to his grand changes, defeating a mighty enemy in single combat melee, and seemingly bringing the end of the warpstorm with his victory, he is regarded as the greatest 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 C'rtez a Daemon Prince of Malal 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, shoving his gauntlet into it's chest and ripping it from his body before kicking the corpse off the top of the hab spire. Interred 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.
Fortress Monestary
The Fortress Monastery of the Blood Jaguars sits atop the ruined Hive of Xolotl, deep in the untamed jungles of Tenocit. Formally the Hive governor’s palace, the Monastery is known by its local name of Tehuantepec, which loosely translated into low Gothic means “The hill of wild animals”. Another translation however is “The hill of Daemons”, and given the history of the Hive, this is quite fitting. The palace is situated on the site of the Blood Jaguar’s greatest victory; the defeat of the Daemon incursion lead by the Daemon Prince of Malal, C’rtez. In the ruins of the governor’s mansion, the titanic warp spawn fought in single combat with T’otec, Chapter Master of the Blood Jaguars whilst his battle brothers engaged the daemon’s forces. Cornered, with no lines of retreat, every Blood Jaguar fought with unbridled ferocity, but it was T’otec who showed the greatest savagery. Though the Chapter Master’s skin was flayed from his body, he pressed on, and in one final move drove his barbed power fist deep into the daemon’s chest, and pulled out its still beating heart. With the death of their general the warp storm shuddered, and the remaining daemons and fled into the immaterium, leaving the Blood Jaguars standing amidst utter destruction. Their master finally collapsed from his wounds, but was interred in the holy sarcophagus of a Dreadnought, where he still resides. At the centre of the monastery sits the Chapter’s most prized relic: the heart of C’rtez, still held firm by the gauntlet that plucked it from the daemon’s body. A stasis field prevents the heart from being reclaimed by the warp, and it is said that if ever it beats once more, C’rtez has been reborn, and the Chapter will stop at nothing to hunt down and destroy the beast again. On the walls that once held paintings and priceless trinkets, stone carvings tell the story of T’otec’s duel and the battle for the Hive, along with the history of the chapter. Where once the lord’s throne sat, a great altar has been erected, and it is here that heretics and daemons are sacrificed to the Sun Emperor.
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 completely and utterly eviscerate them. They were able to find them and lay siege 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 walking off with a piece of the very group they had sworn to obliterate in the name of their chapter master. (This section is poorly written consider revising.)
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 warrior revered by the Blood Jaguars, he is known for many feats of uncompromising valor. Taking control of the Blood Jaguars over 2000 years ago Xipet is famed for his complete re-vision of the chapter, killing a daemon prince in single mêlée, and ending the chapter's 2000 year warp imprisonment.
Quotes
"You will be of a different sacrifice. You have the honor of feeding the giver of life. Our altar is beneath you. His table is not. All psykers are meant for the life giver's table."
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.
Restriction: Cannot be Devastators