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So i know the story behind them, once the firehawks, caught in a warp storm, driven mad but still loyal to the empire. But what is their over all goal, is it just fight until they are all killed in battle, or do they have a higher goal. IE rebuilding their chapter, trying to find a way to get there sanity back, save humans that are about to me killed?

To die in battle saving fellow forces of the Imperium in DIRE need of help.

This is not confirmed anywhere. It's suggested, but so many things are to give people the angle to pick their own favourite theory.

I like to think it's Tzeentch, either using the Legion to turn the tides on battles it can't be seen participating in. Or possibly working towards a larger plan, a great betrayal.

It'd sure explain their invulnerable save.

I prefer to think of them as avenging spirits. Not diseased Marines.

The whole nature of the LOD makes it hard to determine their purpose; the fact that their origin is widely debated makes it hard to say what their purposes and goals are. Personally, I think that their purpose is to save fellow space marines in dire need of help.