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Okay it won't be for a very long time but I have created my own space marine chapter modeled after space wolves/salamanders (though I take more on the germanic goth tradition than norse/viking) and for those interested heres the background.

Name: Iron Dragons
Founding Chapter: Salamanders
Founding: Unkown
Chapter Master: Odin Kriegspiel
Homeworld: ygg
Fortress Monastery: Yggdrasil
Main Colors: Varies depending on region of recruitment(chapter Colors are Blue, black, and gold trim)
Specialty: Mechanized assault

Homeworld: ygg is a highly feudal planet divided into four great kingdoms. Heoroth, Keltyca, Brytanya, and Titania.Each ruled separately aside from titania, the warrior knights of ygg are generally not chosen by lineage but rather, those willing to risk life for the good of the kingdom swear eternal fealty to one of the nations generals in exchange for training and armor. Any children of these knights are not required to be knights themselves but do have the option to do so. The exception to this rule is titania, which is a much more cohesive and well organized kingdom by comparison, and has within it separate classes. The warrior class known as Sanguine Just, are raised from birth as warriors. In addition all of the four kigdoms include women in their army as there is no distinction made on ygg between man and woman on the battlefield, the only thing that matters is ability.

Depending on the region of where they were recruited, the iron dragons wear different heraldic colors for their armor as follows:

Heoroth- Red, Black; symbol is the High Dragon
Keltyca- Green, yellow; symbol is the bear
Brytanya- Purple, gold; symbol is the great falcon
Tytania- White, red; symbol is the divine angel josephine

(it should also be noted that ancient artifacts so far undiscovered from before the rise of the emperor, prevent the forces of chaos from manifesting themselves on ygg, however a sufficiently powerful daemon could breach these defneses, and lower level daemons can still possess humans even though they may not exhibit physical form there)
Heroes of the iron dragons

Odin Kriegspiel: Odin's life as a space marine began as none other, while almost all other marines began their transformation around the age of 14, Odin, began his transformation around the age of 30. His life began as a prince of Heoroth one of the four great kingdoms of Ygg. He was a bright and gifted young prince, but cursed, he stopped aging at a young age, and was sent away by his father to the peasant classes to learn strength, honor and valor. Even with his teenage mind, Odin was capable of great feats of intellect and as time grew his experiences in the impovrished underclasses of Heorot, taught him many a great thing about combat. In spite of his agelessly small stature, he grew as a great warrior eventually joining the knights Tempest, the great warriors of Heorot.

It came to be that his father fell ill, and he was recalled to the palace. As his father lay dying, it was his brother Virgil who was proclaimed king, not odin. In time his father passed and Virgil for a time was a fair king. However, after corruption of dark forces thought by the people of Ygg to be a curse of the red dragon (khorne), Virgil began a thoughtless conquest of the three other great kingdoms of ygg. His slaughter was ruthless to the point of exhausting the resources of his own people and a great unrest grew. With time Odin and his band began an uprising, culminating in a siege on the castle where Odin killed his brother in a two hour duel.

unbeknownst to Odin, Virgil had been corrupted by the blood god khorne. The Iron dragons had watched these events unfold suspecting virgils chaotic taint. with his downfall Odin drew the attention of the iron dragons, for anyone in a childs body who could fell a choas lord, is truely a mighty warrior indeed. He was asked if he would stand and defend all mankind and Odin spoke in a voice, far beyond his years, and even farther beyond his small stature. "if it be that my services may aid in the liberation and prosperity of the human race, then I am of not right to refuse such an act", And so it began, Odins journey as space marine.

The apothacaries knew of his ageless condition,and though they could not turn the switch back on, they could advance him in age as the process of creating a space marine progressed. Indeed it was a mighty change for the young prince, his body exploding in rapid succession, making up for the years he spent as a child. By the time of the last steps odin towered above even the mightiest of custodians.

He Eventually became the chapter master of the Iron dragons after the death of Thron the founder of the chapter, but these are tale for another time.

The Valkyries of Odin: During his time as a knight in the knights tempest, odin commanded a great company of warriors, Men and women alike as the people of ygg honored women warriors just as much as they did men. However during the virgils war and the following uprising against virgil, his army withered to the point where only ten women and none of the men remained. it was these women that helped odin fight his way to the castle keep where odin was to vanquish Virgil. After his ascention to Space marine he requested that these women be treated well as they would surely bear great warriors, and it was that they were given the same life extending drugs given to high ranking imperials.

after his rise to Chapter master Odin returned to heoroth, and gathered his warriors once more. Though by now they were over a hundred years old, they still looked to be in their 20's thanks to the aid offered by the Iron Dragons. He took them to Yggdrasil, grand fortress of the Iron Dragons and taught and trained them as space marines. Though they would not be able to recieve the genetic alterations, they were capable of similar feats as any space marine after a century of battlefield experience. And it came to be that Odin ordered Suits of artificier armor for his maidens.

Over the years this decision has sparked many a comment by his fellow marine in inquisitor alike, all were quick to meet a mighty backhand from his massive six foot swing. Saying only, "they fight on equal terms, with equal valor, they shall only be treated with equal respect". Few today criticize his judgment in bringing them in as his personal guard, and even fewer marines would challenge them in a fight, for though they may be smaller and weaker, years of experience and nimble agility make them foes most would fear to loose to.

Heroes and Equipment of the Iron Dragons

The High Dragon: The deity of the people of Ygg the home planet of the iron dragons, and as consequence the name by which the Iron dragons refer to the emperor.

Sigurd Chosen of the High Dragon: Sigurd First rose to prominance during the second Tyrannic war, when he and his squad was sent to guard an adeptus mechanicus survey team. The team fell upon a tyranid assault resulting in the rest of his squads death, and it was only thanks to sigurds heroic defense of the site that the enginseer was able to retrieve the recovered STC print outs before escaping. In gratitude the ad-mech team built the device from the print out and presented it to Sigurd, it was a large two handed sword which would later be called Fafnir, sword of the dragonslayer. It was with this sword that sigurd gained many accomodations for acts of valor and skill, slaying the largest of enemies. Countless carnifexes, wraithlords and gnarlocks, fell before the wrath of sigurd, but it was his battle on the Iron dragons homeworld of Ygg II that would earn him his name.Sigurd was tasked by Chapter master of the Iron Dragons Odin Kriegspiel, to slay a massive Dragon which had began to terrorize the local populus, thought to have chaotic origin. When asked what manner of battle party he required for this task, he said only "my sword, my honor, and valor". With these words sigurd set off to battle and returned three days later from the peaks of the high dragons mountains, long held sacred by the local populus from which the iron dragons pulled their ranks. With his blood soaked sword he returned to Odin declaring only. "it is done. The mighty one shall not bother any again" . With a grin and a smile Odin looked upon Sigurd and spoke, "You have shown great valor and strength, truely you are the chosen of the high dragon of Yggdrasil" and with those words Sigurd was promoted to captain of the first company of the iron dragons.

Fafnir, Sword of the Dragon Slayer: found as an STC print out in ruins. The sword is a massive two handed power sword with an exponentially more powerful field generator.

Dragons Bane Claymores: These are Less powerful copies of fafnir, gifted to the sergeant of Sigurds great company. However similar to fafnir they may be, none are capable of wielding them as Sigurd himself.

Nidhoggr: these are massive Master crafted assault cannons cherished and favored by the iron dragons for the semblance to the roar of a massive creature native to ygg, called a wyvern.

Not bad.
Breathed a sigh of relief when you didn't try the whole female Space Marines thing i'll tell you.

I tried to keep it in the real of semi fluffy. So I just made them akin to SOB's. just not of the church.

I like it!

I found some pictures of them too.


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I thik they're Heoroth.

Mr Nobody wrote:I found some pictures of them too.


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I thik they're Heoroth.

Not quite... actually I'm going to use the space marine painter tonight to make each of them and the "standard" chapter colors.

I like it!

You've got a good imagination, to actually think up all this.

more coming soon


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Myrddin Wyllt Commander of the Iron Dragons third company- Born to a wealthy Brytanyan home in norther byrtanya Myrddin Wyllt was gifted from an early age. on a planet whos warp activity is somewhat suppressed myrddin showed signs of being a great wizard from an early age, as well as an aptitude for pyromancy. He was noticed by a dragon lord of the Iron Dragons when in a duel between him and another young nobel it was found that myrddin set his sword ablaze, a difficult task of even the most distinguished wizards of myrddin, what's more, unlike half of the wizards of myrddin this was no mear trick. at such a young age, myrddin was able to somehow control powers, though not amazing on other worlds but suppressed on ygg.

After his induction into the Iron Dragons third company The Mages of the chapter quickly recognized his potential and sent him off to the lexicannum. The Lexicannum for the iron dragons however is not within the fortress monestary itself but rather on the moon named Vertigo, which is far enough from the planet to still have some protective effects of the unusual war suppression but not hinder the librarians there too much.
Training on Vertigo is a much different experience than the blood soaked battles of the trials of Yggdrasil. Vertigo, is a lush moon full of wildlife. In fact the only presence of civilization is the training facility of Avalon. Avalon serves many other purposes however, in addition to being a training facility for the chapters librarians it also functions a way-station and armory housing all of the chapters dreadnoughts.
It was here that Myrddin would complete his training, and discover his true potential. it was found that myrddin posessed great abilities in the facets of time alteration and pyromancy. And these skills would see him to great victory on the field of battle.
A hundread years passed and myrddin had come to know victory and defeat alike, but it would be in the uprising of Vega IV that Myrddin would come to be known as Merlin, lord of Brytannya. He was tasked to lead the third company in a quest of cleansing of the Vega system. Though he now served the emperor he still held brytannya close, and had already been a great inspiration of the 3rd company of the Yeomen of brytannya. The yeomen were dropped into the heart of the battle sealing off the castle gates and quickly trapping the tainted inside. High in the tallest spire Myrddin and his retinue pushed as his battle breathren fought bravely against the PDF in the streets Things turned for the worst however and a greater daemon of slannesh was summoned and a great gate torn open.
As daemons began pouring through the gate the yeomen were forced to retreate to the woods to hide in the shadows and suppress the daemons from exiting the city. high in the spire the greater daemon crashed its way into Myrddins position, killing his squad. As myrddins rage grew the daemon pressed its way into the spire threatening to slice myrddin in half. But with great wrath myrddin exploded with enormous force, and the tower began to fall. The end result being the total annihilation of the city.
As the smoke cleared and the marines saw the tower in rubble, none had thought myrddin alive. A search was begun for his remains but three hours into the search, he appeared. He had simply time warped away from the blast and never even saw the towers fall. The cleansing of the planet was a simple matter after the fall of the witch leading the rebellion. and to this day he is named by the marines from Brytannya as the great wizard of legend Merlin.

Sounds like a Viking, King Arthur cross.

It's quite interesting. Just maybe the choices of armour colouring seems a little iffy for me. Copanies do maintain different colours and insignias, but shouldn't they still show some solidarity as a chapter? I think one whole colour for the chapter and then maybe a shoulderplate or something painted differently

That Might not be a bad idea when I actually start to make the army as I wouldn't have to really make four different armies.

Kinda like this with emblems signifying origin. Actually I can use some of the standard shoulderpads for some of them like Salamanders for heoroth, black templars/dark angels for titania, and raptors for brytanya. Don't know what I can use for keltyca though.

no offence but your template marine colors are world bearers, thousand sons and white scars. and a posh version of salamanders
but awsome fluff , just pick one colour scheme

You mean like my old tau blue,black, gold scheme just above?
and thanks for all the interest in the fluff I'll have more coming soon. Of the company commanders I still have Titania and keltyca to go. Then on to the chapters great battles.

gendoikari87 wrote:That Might not be a bad idea when I actually start to make the army as I wouldn't have to really make four different armies.

Kinda like this with emblems signifying origin. Actually I can use some of the standard shoulderpads for some of them like Salamanders for heoroth, black templars/dark angels for titania, and raptors for brytanya. Don't know what I can use for keltyca though.

I like this one and maybe add some of the coloring of the Salamanders since it is their founding chapter.

yeah, I'm thinking the stripe down the forehead. So mr. Mongo, what do you think of the acutal stories thus far?

To be honest I think your force would look a lot better on the tabletop if painted in a unified scheme. Space Marine chapters universally wear the same colors across the chapter with few minor exceptions, however accents are done differently depending on company, rank or other differentiating factors.

That said, I think it would be kinda cool if you painted everything in your chapter scheme, then painted one entire body part a different color. For instance, you could make the helmets different colors depending on the region in which that type of warrior originated, or the left arm, or just a shoulder pad, or something like that. That way your force looks unified, but they have a distinguishing heraldry of sorts.

Just a thought.

I've actally decided to go with doing everybody in the same chapter colors and adding the kingdom colors to their shoulder pads kind of like other chapters do company markings, that way I can magnetize the shoulders and have a lot more flexibility, so that if I wanted to run the first company one day and the combined company the next I can.

sorry for the delay i'm working on the last two of the main chapters characters, but in the mean time heres the company make ups

First company

Sigurd
20 Dragon Lords
60 Dragon Knights
4 Land Raider Jormungandrs
6 Rhinos

Secon Company

Uilliam Uallas
20 Berserkers
60 Tacticals
8 Drop Pods

Third company

Myrrdin Wylt
3 jormungandr Dreadnoughts
6 Predators
80 yeomen

Fourth Company

Lionel Richard
6 Titanian Dreadnoughts
50 Bikers

specific units

Dragon Lords- Dragon lord hail from heoroth and are the battle brothers of the first company who have stood the test of time. to join the ranks of dragon lords they must show their prowess on the field and slay at least one monstrous foe, be it a carnifex, an avatar or greater knarloc. They are armed in terminator armor and carry one handed power weapons modeled after Sigurds own Fafnir and storm shields to protect them from their monstrous foes. Their terminator armor incorporates a dragon headed helmet to distinguish them from the chapters other

Dragon Knights- Being from heoroth the hand to hand instincts of the Dragon knights are never forgotten, as such they are sent into battle with either two short swords or a single large two handed sword but in either case they also carry a bolt gun. In most other aspects they are normal tactical marines.

land raider Jormungandr: This pattern based on the redeemer pattern preplaces the flamstorm cannons, and the twinlinked assault cannons with the jormungandr pattern assault cannons. otherwise it is unchanged

Berserkers: Taken directly from the berserkers of keltyca that were lucky enough to survive their battle, these initiates unlike those of other companies and chapters don't progress through the normal progression of scout-> Tactical-> Elite. Instead Berserkers are trained to be more ... conscious and thoughtful of their tactical advances but to retain the wild ferocity of the keltycan beserkers. They carry only a storm shield and hand axe and fight with the fury of a thousand bloodletters. They are the source for much of the inquisitions investigations into the chapter for their ruthless hyperviolence.

Yeomen: beginning in the normal progression of scout, yeomen are those from brytanya who choose to carry on as the best of the best scouts. Full space marine, yeomen are adepts with sniper rifles, infiltration and subterfuge.

Titanian Drednought: Knights of titania who have recieved mortal wounds in battle in the greatest of acts are given Titanian dreadnoughts. these dreads are the dreadnought equivalent to Storm shield bearing terminators. They carry Giant shield generators recently recovered by the tech priests. They also carry large swords in their free hand and bear the mark of saint celestine, for she is thought to be the true Angel Josephine.

Cool

I like your fluff so far.


i would have every marine wear the chapter colors with one of their pauldrons siginifying the Kingdom they came from and the other having the company badge.

you could add that there is significant rivalry between marines from different kingdoms. Squads usually come from the same kingdom, but it isn't always the case.

maybe have only 5 companies in the chapter. one for each kingdom, but each company is twice as large as a normal chapter.

well there is a large rivalry between the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th companies, but the 5th through the 10th are mixed. It's where those that don't want to follow the normal routine reserve companies. Each marine besides the berserkers start off in the tenth and when they are ready to progress they are given the choice to choose one of the normal reserve companies or progress to their kingdoms own company.

"Hrothgar!, Hrothgar!, Hrothgar!" The marines chanted as as a single man walked through the great mead hall of yggdrasil, his green armor stained red. He Stopped, and held his axe high for all to see, and the mead hall grew quite. A crude grin drew across his face and uncovered his gnarly fanges, as he spoke, "Tonight, Keltyca, we. Have. VICTORY!" and as cheer broke out in the great mead hall, so too was great kasks of mead. However one table, one company, sat still as an imposing figure seated at the head of the table adorned in white and hold stood. "Congratulate your brothers for their victory, and celebrate the lives of those who have not returned, may Josephine go with them." and with this the last of the marines joined in celebration.

And with these words the man in white made his way to the one soaked in blood.
"Hrothgar my Friend, I trust that is not your blood you wear"
Hrothgar shrugs, "Some of it, What of you I hear you recently purged a world of chaos tain, yets I see not a single drop of blood or even a scratch upon your armor"
" yes well some of us actually take time to clean and maintain our equipment"
"So tell me richard, of this great crusade over the forces of chaos?"
"well it started out fairly simple our forces arrived by thunderhawk, and we sent out detachments of the thrid company for advanced recon, after learning of several power stations to our south that would cripple the capital we surgiacally struck and destroyed those, while I and my cabal dropped into the heart of the city. With the defenses down the tainted PDF was no match for us, and as I found the the governor of the planet, by now a Daemon Prince, responsible for all this in the high tower I challenged him to single combat, at which point... he either accepted or just simply attacked, I cared not it as counted either way, and parried this attack with my shield avalon, and thrust my sword deep into his heart cutting it out and removing his head. Overall a quick victory for us as the rest of the forces now without a leader or chaos power, crubled before our might. Now my friend, what about you and this massive ork victory I'm hearing all of this clamour about"

"well we got smashed, dropped in by pods, and to be totally honest I don't remember much else other than waking up to the bivacated bodies of the ork warboss and his squiggoth. Overall a nice party but now it's time to relax. Table Wenches! More Mead for me and Richard the lionhearted over here!!!"
"yes your ... cunning never ceases to amaze Hrothgar"