Flesh Tearers
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[edit] Overview
The Flesh Tearers are the smallest Second Founding chapter who were created using the gene-seed of the Blood Angels, numbering only four companies.[1] Both chapters are well known for their bloodthirsty nature in battle, and feared for the curse they carry.
[edit] The Black Rage
The chapter is afflicted by a dangerous gene-seed alteration which causes most veterans to succumb to the effects of Black Rage. This can cause them to go insane prior to or during battle and feel the rage that Sanguinius himself felt during the Battle of Terra. The condition is largely irrecoverable . The Flesh Tearers are affected by it more than any other chapter, and therefore have dwindling numbers.
[edit] Chapter Combat Doctrine
They favor assault tactics, and they are infamous for their savage style of fighting and rumors of cannibalism and blood-drinking rituals.
[edit] Chapter History
[edit] Notable Campaigns
[edit] Third War for Armageddon
The Flesh Tearers participated in the Third War for Armageddon[2] where the chapter was nearly declared Excommunicate and subjected to Inquisitorial investigation after they had, in a fit of the Black Rage, slaughtered civilians once they had run out of Orks to kill. Amongst the Orks of Armageddon the chapter became known as the 'Eaters of the Dead'. Later in the campaign, Orks were known to have retreated when Flesh Tearers attacked, a display virtually unheard of.
[edit] Notable Chapter Members
- Chapter Master Seth - Guardian of the Rage.
- High Chaplain Carnarvon - Watcher of the Lost.
[edit] Appearance
The Flesh Tearers have a two-tone type of colour Scheme with a blood red lower half of the power armour with the top half a jet black colour with the left sholder bearing a buzzer blader with a teardrop made of blood in the center.
[edit] References
- ↑ Codex: Space Marines 3rd Edition (1998). p 47 Chambers, Andy , Nottingham: Games Workshop. ISBN 1-869893-28-X.
- ↑ Codex: Armageddon 3rd Edition(2000). p 32 Chambers, Andy; Johnson, Jervis, and Thorpe, Gav , Nottingham: Games Workshop. ISBN 1-84154-045-5
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This article is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License. It uses material from the Wikipedia article "List of Space Marine Chapters". The primary authors of that article are: Darkson, Pak21, Saberwyn, Achnash, Othor, Shock Trooper, Othorio, Pariah Press.
