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Death Hawks Chapter History
Illuminati Records, X-Files, Death Hawks
Origins and History:
The Death Hawks are a very secret force, very few knowing of their existence, not even the Emperor of Man, and even fewer knowing truly how many of them they are.
According to Imperial records they were simply a small squadron of Blood Angels who were saved by a unit of Dark Angels during the great crusade and as a result painted their armour green and silver to acknowledge those who saved them, and who were later destroyed during the Seige of Terra, but the truth is far greater, and far darker.
The Death Hawks never originated from any one Primarch, they were first created by the then leader of the Illuminati. Back before the Horus Heresy the Illuminati were founded in secret to protect humanity at all costs, even from the Emperor himself. And to do so the Illuminati decided there was a need to control their own chapter of Space Marines to even stand a chance of protecting Humanity from all threats
This was done by the genetic material of each Primarch being secured, by whatever means was deemed necessary, as by the time of 'The Harvest', the Illuminati were widespread and much greater in number. Once the final Primarch's DNA was secured (Who happened to be Mortarion), the Illuminati bided their time, waiting for an opportune moment to set up a base on a distant system.
Right after the Horus Heresy was revealed the Illuminati sprung into action, taking any genetic research, any technology, any specimens and anything else that would be useful for setting up their new base of operations and in the chaos of the Heresy, hiding away on a planet called Mondas on the very edge of Imperial Space, deciding it was the perfect place to hide from the Imperium.
When the Horus Heresy became more notable, many of the Death Hawks that had been cloned and indoctrinated in the ways of the Illuminati were quickly sent to fight alongside the forces of the Imperium, as the Illuminati saw the Chaos Space Marines as a threat to their work and at present they didn’t look down on the Imperium. They first made their mark striking at Horus' fleet and causing a faction of the 'Iron Warriors', 'The Brotherhood of Bleeding Iron' to be cut off from the rest of the fleet and forcing the Brotherhood to flee.
Seeing the fleet heading for Terra the Death Hawks made their way towards Terra, arriving long before Horus' fleet, claiming to be Blood Angels who had changed their colors due to the Dark Angels. In the panic the Imperials were suffering, knowing that Terra was soon to be invaded their proof of identity weren’t checked and they were allowed to join in the defence of Terra. When the Seige began the Death Hawks fought to the last man, refusing to give an inch of ground and even attempting counter offensives whenever given the chance. Long before the Emperor slew Horus, the last Death Hawk lay dead, Captain Gabriel Galfridus, having successfully killed Khârn the Betrayer, or at least so it was thought at the time.
As the Traitor Legions fled after Horus' defeat, the main fleet of the Emperor's Children strayed too close to Mondas’ system, and were attacked by the remaining Death Hawks. The Emperor’s Children’s fleet was badly damaged in the attack, though the near destruction of this legion is officially attributed to the other Chaos Legions.
As the Death Hawks returned they found their homeworld was now victim of an invasion by a race known as the Haemovores. Unknown to the Imperium the Haemovores and Death Hawks and their Lizardmen allies waged war across Mondas and the, thousands dying and thousands more Death Hawks being cloned every day, until their leader and a pair of Dreadnoughts smited the supreme leader of the Haemovores, a monster known only as 'The Beast', imprisoning it upon a planet called 'Kroq-Tor' and keeping 'Kroq-Tor' in orbit close to Mondas' sun using technology found on an abandoned planet.
As the Death Hawks began to rebuild Mondas word reached them of 'The Beheading' Luther's betrayal and the creation of the Grey Knights, as well as a DNA sample taken from the Emperor himself.
The Death Hawks have broke away from the Imperium shortly after, deciding the many rules of the Imperium, the over-reliance on religion, Xenophobia and the impracticality of the Imperium were weakening mankind. No contact was made with the Imperium for many hundreds of years after this.
Several hundred years later the then leader of the Illuminati, Jo'Suar Ry’Char, decreed his DNA would be fused with the genetic sample from Emperor in a highly dangerous procedure, leaving him highly weakened for months. This was when a disgraced Callidus assassin struck, Ty'Kala Ma'ri, who had been informed of the Illuminati by one of the Illuminati’s agents, and in an attempt to regain her lost honor decided to kill Jo'Suar and bring his head back to the Imperium.
Ty'Kala successfully infiltrated Mondas, and actually reached Jo'Suar's quarters, but when she found him he was weakened and depressed on his bed, feeling a wave of pity for the man, dropping her Phase Weapon and morphing into an apothecary, secretly nursing him until he was stronger. Only then did she reveal herself to him, causing him to nearly instantly declare her his bodyguard, as a founding Illuminati leader he was prohibited from having a partner, she later chose to be imbued with the Emperor’s DNA just as Jo’Suar had before her.
The Illuminati council continues to rule over the Death Hawks and they have carved out a small Empire in the neighbouring systems, several human colony’s lost in the Horus Heresy were brought within their Empire.
Planet: Mondas
Mondas is a planet covered in Jungles, swamps and plateaus, the native 'Lizardmen' having created temples across the world. When the first Illuminati arrived on Mondas the Lizardmen hailed them as gods, so many more temples were built in their honor. The planet is much like the Jungles of Lustria from the Old World, giant dinosaur like creatures inhabiting the dense jungles and swamps while the Death Hawks main base sits within the city of 'Kez-Tior'. Orks regularly invade the planet and are easily repulsed as it is nigh on impossible for a large Ork force to attack due to both a large asteroid belt and the numerous warp and cosmic storms triggered by the native Interex (who lived on a nearby system) between them and Imperial Space. The Lizardmen are often encouraged to hunt down the Orks, with those who kill the most being 'gifted' by the gods.
Appearance:
The Death Hawks wear no distinguishing symbols, their power armor being Catachan Green to match the jungles of their home world, and with a boltgun trim. Higher ranking space marines (excluding terminators) usually wear Black armor with a golden trim
Leaders:
The Death Hawks occasionally still lead into battle by Jo'Suar Ry'char and Ty'Kala Ry'char much of the time, who’ll often be accompanied by their Honour Guard and will ride in their personal upgraded Valkyrie ‘Black Dust’. Other military leaders are Cousarrin, who wears personalized silver armour and an Iron Halo. Osirin, the only Space Marine to tame one of the Mondasian wild Boars and know rides it into battle. Norteck, a space marine imbued with Orkish DNA, which has caused him to become a ‘berserker’ during battle, while retaining his human mind, armed with a pair of Lightning Claws. Schizo, a marine champion with split personalities, one of which is a savage yet honourable and skilled close combat fighter, the other a cultured and malevolent gun master. Finally is Mortalitas, the clone son of the Primach of the second legion, and the only surviving clone of any of the Primarchs (though the Illuminati still have the DNA samples of most and have tried again several times)
Relationship with the Lizardmen, the Interex and Vardans: The Lizardmen have worshiped the Death Hawks as gods and demi-gods since they arrived on Mondas and have served and battled alongside their gods since.
The Death Hawks in return gift those Lizardmen who gain their favour, imbuing their weapons with the same technologies used to create power weapons. They will also genetically and cybernetically enhance the Lizardmen themselves, as well as implanting chips inside the Lizardmen’s beasts of war’s brains to control them.
Vardans appear similar to real world Gray Aliens, originally taken from the Tau homeworld while they were still primitives by the Illuminati and experimented on, accelerating their natural growth exponentially. The Illuminati offered them entry into their society as citizens and many Vardans now live on Telos, another planet in the same system as Mondas. They are considered equals to humans in most regards and they are also gifted with telepathic powers due to the fact they have much more contact with the warp than regular Tau.
The Interex already inhabited the nearest system to Mondas’, and had been using their resources to prevent travel between the Imperium and their system, using Mondas’ system as a shield. When the Illuminati’s agents/scouts first traversed the warp and cosmic storms, looking for a perfect place for the Illuminati to set up base, the few survivors were quickly captured by the Interex. The agents explained their purpose to the surprisingly cooperative Interex and shortly after initial contact the two forces came to an agreement, that the Illuminati were to be allowed to set up base on Mondas, and in return a trading and military alliance was set up between them. Also one Interex would be allowed to join the Illuminati council and one Illuminati agent would be allowed to join the Interex’s council of elders.
Experimentation Subjects:
Lizardmen Criminals
Orks
One captured Astral Spectre
A few Bale Childer and Yu’Vath Specimens
Imperial Humans who have stumbled across Mondas and wouldn’t join them
Barghesi
Haemovores
Eldar, Kroot, Vardan, Enoulian and Squat Criminals
Enslavers
Hrud
Jokaero (Usually temporarily captured then released so the Illuminati can study the technology they create without damages)
Necrons (They have been attempting to use technology to take complete control over several Necrons)
Scaephylyds
Known Xenos Allies:
Interex
Tau (Not much contact due to the Tau’s distaste at the Illuminati’s experiments)
Kroot
Lizardmen
Eldar
The Last Remnants of the Squats and the Zoats
Demiurg
Enoulians
Nekulli
Nicassar
Scythian
Tarellians
Vardans
The Current Illuminati Council:
Jo’Suar Ry’Char - Human
Ty'Kala Ma’Ri – Human
Mojami – Vardan
Vufi Ryxo – Human
Zabuza – Human
Shayna Hellsing – Human
Lord Grumni – Squat
Jargar Thrhig – Human
Dimitri - Enoulian
Manu Nui - Human
Thais - Human
Sigourney - Interex
Kaeli – Human
Notes: The Death Hawks have been secretly implanting control chips in many of the Orks that the Lizardmen capture, creating a powerful army under their control.
Note 2: These Lizardmen aren’t Reptos
Note 3: The Illuminati have occasionally traded genetic material, data and technology with Fabius Bile and have twice allowed him temporary sanctuary as they consider him too valuable a trading partner to lose
Note 4: The Illuminati managed to pass those warp storms to get to Mondas by negotiation with the Interex, whose technology would trigger them by sending enough artificial psychic energy into already volatile parts of the warp
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