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I'm halfway through reading Angels of Darkness (no spoilers please)
Spoiler:
I've just read the part where Boreas reveals the secret of the Dark Angels to his marines at Piscina, sort of inducting them into the Deathwing
It is stated in the book that Dark Angels who wear robes are veterans, I assumed that at the time to be referring to any veteran, Company or Deathwing: It is said that they wear their robes because they know the secret of the DAs and are shameful of it.
Now it's saying that to know the secret is to be of the Deathwing itself...
Spoiler:
The marines are told their armour will need to be painted
Does this mean that, bar Veteran Sergeant, Dark Angels don't wear robes? I think this conflicts with the codex as Company Veterans are shown to wear robes.
In order to repair some massive glue damage on models I assembled as a kid, I converted some marines to wear green stuff robes... they are mixed with my tactical squads (about 2-3 robies per squad): Is this completely unfluffy? Mixing those who know the secrets of Luther with normal marines? The book implies that they are separate.
Spoiler:
"(The Deathwing) are one and the same, the honour of the Chapter and the shame of our past shared in a single soul."
Methinks I should go bawwww in a corner now? :(
Though, I have heard codices always trump the BL on fluff validity.
You could just say that all the squads are veteran squads and the ones without robes are new guys brought in to replace massive losses and haven't yet been told the secret.
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Or they took the robes off, cause, yknow, its hot and stuff.
The thing about awards and so forth is that frequently its the decision of the individual if they wish to wear it or not. Its their award, they earned it. Maybe your dudes simply chose not to wear their robes that battle. Maybe they got burned off by a flamer. Maybe they kept getting caught on the razor wire that must certainly blanket the apocalyptic grimdark warzones of the far future.
In the end, dont worry about it.
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Henners91 wrote:They had a combined 'dex? Eurgh...
Hey! No smack talk about Codex: Angels of Death! That book was sick!
Maybe the green robes symbolize some other level of inclusion? Something most chapters don't even know about because they don't bother with that kind of secrecy? Maybe these green-robed guys are a "second" to a member of the deathwing, who will take his place should he die or something. Just as long as it's full of mysticism. Or maybe it just indicates Terminator honors (since that's just a fluff thing now).
According to this that would make them Veteran Sergeants and members of the Deathwing.
B'ohhhh.....
Perhaps Shaman has the besdt idea
I would go for green robes (since they all seem to wear them out of battle) on the marines and say it's personal preference, but dang it, I cba with that... Looks like my army's gonna have to be unfluffy!
Automatically Appended Next Post: Actually, a solution might be to just pop all of my robed marines into one squad and say they're Veterans? Counts-as tacs ofc but all Companies have a detachment of Vets, I believe?
Automatically Appended Next Post: "The 3rd to 7th Companies are each able to field squads of Company Veterans in the place of Tactical Squads, and these brethren are essentially armed in a similar manner to a Tactical squad."
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Now, I'd just like to say, the Holy Relics were just resting in my arms stockpile, I was going to return them at the soonest possible moment...
Though the best line from Father Ted, as far as I'm concerned, is -
Old Priest to Black Priest - Its good to see more people from Africa benefitting from the missions and coming back here to do the good work. And where are you from?
Black Priest, in a thick Dublin accent - I'm from Drimnagh! (a neighbourhood in Dublin)
" -KingCracker
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