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After finishing my thousand sons army I deceided to start an army of Fire hawks space marines. Althought I know the basic stuff of their backround I need some fluff ideas such as: 1)Special characters( Sergeants,commanders ect ) and their equipment. 2)Some nice squad names that fit the theme of the army 3)Name type for individual troopers' names (i think latin names fit all space marine legions but there are some variation for example:Space wolves use celtic names,Thousand sons egyptian, Blood angels use angelic and so on) Please feel free to express any ideas and if you have already something in mind about space marine characters (not especially for the fire hawks) name them and descibe them if you want. Thank you for your time. Epidemious.
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Well, have you tried the lexicanum? Can't post a link because I'm on my iPod, but it's a good place to start? as for characters, salamanders have Vulkan, a variation on a roman god Vulcan (of war, symbolised by fire) so you could go down that route (also links into Latin). Equipment can be anything, try fitting in with the hawk theme there because of the earlier fire links? Something talon or beak perhaps? And squad names you could again follow the roman or Greek type route and use those sort of names. You could always be boring and do what I do and call them alpha, beta, etc (until you get to tau, then it gets awkward) hope this has helped.
The Firehawks were a 21st founding chapter who claimed to be of ultramarine geneseed. They dissapeared in the warp in entireity as a chapter only a few hundred brothers survived, insane and diseased but still loyal, they were determined to sell their lives as dearly as possible so became the legion of the damned and went hunting for foes of the imperium wherever they could find them.
The only named character i know of is sgt Centurius or something like that he was a ltd edition mini.
as they are ultramarine geneseed I would assume it safe to style the original chapter in a romanised style and that they be strict codex adherents.
ChrisEdgeworth wrote:My friend told me some Sgt and like 30 marines turned up, and the sergeant got named new Chapter Master. Anyone know about this?
I think I read about a similar story, something like an entire chapter jumping into the warp with only a single strike cruiser coming out. But I don't think it was the Fire Hawks. I'll do some research.
"How many more worlds do we sacrifice? How many more millions or billions do we betray before we turn and fight?" - attributed to Captain Leoten Semper of Battlefleet Gothic - Gothic War, the evacuation of Belatis.
If commanding a Titan is a measure of true power, then commanding a warship is like having one foot on the Golden Throne - Navy saying.
'+++LEGION OF THE DAMNED+++
In the year 963 of the current millennium, Space Marine chapter 'Fire Hawks' was ordered into the
Crows World sub-sector. Crows World and adjacent planetary systems had fallen into anarchy
following heavy raiding by Eldar Pirates. The 'Fire Hawks' intervention would drive the Eldar from the
human worlds, restoring Imperial rule and teaching the alien invaders an important lesson. The
entire chapter-fleet, including the chapter's mobile space-fortress, made a successful warp jump
from the Piraeus system a mere 120 light years from Crows World. The five ships, over eight
hundred brethren, and two thousand other personnel expected to reach Crows World years after the
event the chapter was officially declared lost in the warp and presumed destroyed. The great Bell of
Lost Souls tolled a thousand times, and it said that the Emperor himself ordered a Black Candle to
be lit in the Adeptus Chapel of Fallen Heroes.
On 9667986.M41 a routine Imperial patrol passed through the Ork held system of Jakor-tal. The
squadron uncovered altogether unexpected scenes of devastation. The limited facilities available to
the patrol could uncover no clue to the identity of the attacking forces. The incident was noted and
passed into the everlasting record of the Administratum.
A rash of similar incidents within the same and adjoining sectors soon began to arouse the interest
of the Inquisition. Squadron commanders throughout these sectors were reinforced and ordered to
double their routine patrols. The incidents continued pace, increasing rather than declining in
frequency and destructiveness. Even so, no sign of the 3628987.M41, a patrol ship in the Maran
sub-sector narrowly avoided a collision with a space-craft at the Cift jump-point. The patrol ship was
entering the Cift system as the unidentified craft was leaving. Alerted by the close encounter, the
patrol crew scanned the entire jump-area and discovered two long cylindrical objects within the
intruder's projected flight-path. These were hauled aboard and proved to be standard space coffins
without identification markings.
The coffins were shipped back to earth and opened by the Adeptus Mechanicus. The coffins
themselves were identified as belonging to the Absolute, one of the spacecraft from the vanished
Fire Hawk fleet. Inside were the armoured remains of two Space Marines. The unconventional
armour colours and unofficial insignia puzzled the investigators, but serial numbers tallied with
equipment made by or issued to the Fire Hawks. The armoured suits were expected to house
members of the lost chapter, and were carefully broken open. The bodies within were human, but
further identification proved impossible due to their advanced state of decay.
The full truth would not emerge until almost a year later when a besieged Imperial research station
received unexpected help. The garrison had been attacked suddenly by Ork pirates. After three
hours of fighting the situation looked hopeless. Then, without warning, the Orks found themselves
attacked in the rear. The ferocity of the fighting appalled even the station's defenders. Within half an
hour, several hundred Orks had fallen to the mysterious, power-armoured figures. Then, as suddenly
as they had appeared, the warriors vanished. This time they left behind a banner - the gnarled
chapter flag of the Fire Hawks - and inscribed upon it was the motto In dedicato imperatum ultra
articulo mortis (For the Emperor beyond the point of death). As well as the banner there was a
recorder and sundry other sealed items. These were immediately shipped to Earth.
From the data contained in the recorder the Administratum was able to determine exactly what had
happened to the lost chapter. Following their warp-jump the entire fleet had been caught within a
warp-storm of terrific intensity. Stunned by the power of the warp, the chapter was forced to endure
the attacks of powerful warp entities. Ship after ship was destroyed and absorbed into the fabric of
the warp. Soon only one craft remained. By a daring warp-exit maneuver the craft burst out of warpspace,
emerging far in the galactic east, thousands of light years off-course and beyond even the
psychic light of the Emperor.
The original survivors numbered two hundred brethren. All gene-seed had been lost, all initiates
killed, and most of the chapter's masters were gone. None of the ordinary human staff have survived
at all. To make matters worse the brethren had changed. This change became more obvious over
the next few months. Skins began to blacken and blister, flesh began to fester and putrefy. Slowly
they began to die. Within days of the transition into normal space it became obvious that the
chapter had been exposed to some form of dangerous mutation or disease. It took many years to
navigate a way back into the Imperium, during which time almost half the brethren succumbed to
the malady. Those who remained were no longer sane. Pain and despair had driven even their
hardened minds beyond the point of rationality. Doomed to agonizing deaths, they gradually
became obsessed with their fate. Now they only wanted to die. But they were still marines, still
loyal to the Emperor and humanity. They would not die without purpose.
So began the unstoppable war of the Legion of the Damned! The marines elected to remove all
insignia from their armour. Instead their armour would be black, decorated by each brother with
whatever emblems of death he chose (the accompanying illustrations show some typical variations).
Most brothers employed a similar theme - skeletons, bones and skulls.
All ranks and companies were abolished, most of the chapter's officers were already dead and the
remaining warriors were too few to make up a fully functional chapter hierarchy. all brothers were to
be equal before death - leveled by the certainty of their assured extinction. The warriors decided to
expend their lives attacking enemies wherever they could be found. The disease had robbed them of
their sanity, but not their loyalty! And their condition gave them powers - powers that endow them
with incredible fighting abilities.
As the fatal malady takes a firm hold, the victim begins to degenerate and putrefy. However, even as
his body decays, he grows in supernatural vigor. Even though the marine's limbs become rotten and
twisted he gains strength far beyond that of a normal marine. These powers heighten as the disease
rages through the victim's body. At the moment of death, each brother reaches a peak in power, at
which point the raw energies of the warp transmute the death throes of the doomed marine into a
berserk orgy of destruction. These changes are reflected by the profile and special rules given later.
Make no mistake - the Legion of the Damned may be few in numbers, but their powers are
awesome!
Just as their bodies are changed by contact with the warp, so their minds are hardened too.
Brethren are completely immune to all forms of psychic attack or interference. They cannot be
affected by the special psychic attacks of warp-creatures - although they may be harmed physically
by physical attacks that such creatures may have. Astral specters and other immaterial creatures
cannot harm them in any way.'
IA: Badab War
Spoiler:
By 903 three other chapters, the Mantis Warriors, Executioners and Lamenters had joined the rebellion. Imperial shipping was attacked, and a ship belonging to the Fire Hawks Chapter was captured by the Mantis Warriors in 904. The Fire Hawks immediately retaliated, and soon five whole chapters were involved in the fighting. The Emperor recalled the Marines Errant from the Eastern Fringes, but they quickly found themselves fully occupied protecting Imperial ships in transit.
Spoiler:
In 906 two more loyal Marine units, the Red Scorpions and the Minotaurs, had been brought in, and the threat to Imperial shipping was more or less quashed. In 907 the Red Scorpions and Fire Hawks were recalled to their normal service duties in the galactic east, and two more chapters, the Novamarines and Howling Griffons were committed to space-lane duties.
In the year 963 of the current millennium, Space Marine chapter 'Fire Hawks' was ordered into the Crows World sub-sector. Crows World and adjacent planetary systems had fallen into anarchy following heavy raiding by Eldar Pirates. The Fire Hawks' intervention would drive the Eldar from the human worlds, restoring Imperial rule and teaching the alien invaders an important lesson. The entire chapter-fleet, including the chapter's mobile space-fortress, made a successful warp jump from the Piraeus system a mere 120 light years from Crows World. The five ships, over eight hundred brethren, and two thousand other personnel expected to reach Crows World within no more than 12 hours. They never arrived.
Twenty years after the event the chapter was officially declared lost in the warp and presumed destroyed. The great Bell of Lost Souls tolled a thousand times, and it said that the Emperor himself ordered a Black Candle to be lit in the Adeptus Chapel of Fallen Heroes
Old GW site
Spoiler:
THE LEGION OF THE DAMNED
The Legion of the Damned is a legend amongst the Adeptus Astartes. Appearing as ghostly apparitions to aid beleaguered Space Marines, this mysterious force has intervened in desperate battles on numerous occasions. The legionnaires reportedly wear power armour painted black and adorned with symbols of death, skeletons writhing in the flames of purgatory being a dominant theme. Eyewitnesses report the visible areas of the Space Marines' flesh are in a state of decay, lending the legionnaires a horrific, charnel aspect.
The examination of starship debris recovered in the Maran sub-sector suggests a link between the Legion of the Damned and the fate of the Fire Hawks Chapter. The Fire Hawks were declared Lost in the Warp in 983.M41, twenty years after the entire chapter set out for Crow's World on a counter-invasion mission against the Eldar. The Inquisition are unsurprisingly keen to discover if the Legion of the Damned and the Fire Hawks are in fact one and the same chapter, and if so, how they gained their mysterious and deadly abilities.
Spoiler:
By the Emperor's wisdom, the truth has been revealed to me! They are the lost ones, the spirits of the Fire Hawks lost in the Warp. They are back from the dead to wreak vengeance on the enemies of Mankind!
- From the diary of Scribe Historicus Malary, charged with heresy, awaiting execution.
Wooo ... and that's it for now.
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I appreciate your interest and i find these details pretty useful but i want to have intel about the chapter and there is no need to be historic staff about the badab war or so. The only things about the army I found in lexicanum and other sources is that their chapter master was Stibor Lazaerek, the captain of the 8th company was Elam Coubray who bears the power sword Exellus, an other chapter master was Aeneas Mortis and the the chapter champion was Tecton( the last 2 were found acording to 40k wiki in space coffins after the chapter desappeard in the Warp) so if you have some information to add for the chapter characters, squads or generaly fluff stuff please do not hesitate.
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as for characters, salamanders have Vulkan, a variation on a roman god Vulcan (of war, symbolised by fire) so you could go down that route (also links into Latin). Equipment can be anything, try fitting in with the hawk theme there because of the earlier fire links? Something talon or beak perhaps? And squad names you could again follow the roman or Greek type route and use those sort of names. You could always be boring and do what I do and call them alpha, beta, etc (until you get to tau, then it gets awkward) 
hope this has helped. 
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