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"Such is the woe cast upon the Domains of the God-Emperor of Mankind in these times that in their wisdom and beneficence, the High Lords of Terra have this day issued this decree: Let there be a Founding of the Adeptus Astartes, and let the foes of the Emperor know that this galaxy belongs to Him, now and forever."

— High Lord Tagus, Convenor of the 349th Congress of the Imperium
Chapter

The Space Marines, though few in number, stand as the greatest defenders of the Imperium of Man.

Most new Space Marine Chapters are not created piecemeal as required by the Imperium of Man's strategic needs, but rather in deliberate groups called a "Founding."

The process by which a new Founding's creation is approved by the Imperial government is mysterious and arcane, subject to solar decades or even standard centuries of planning before it is announced.

It is only by an edict of the High Lords of Terra that such an undertaking as the creation of new Chapters can be instigated, for it requires the cooperation and mobilisation of countless divisions within the Imperium's monolithic and vast governmental organisations. Establishing new Astartes Chapters on an individual basis is nigh impossible -- the mobilisation of such vast resources is beyond the ability of any single segment of the Imperium.

The Adeptus Mechanicus plays an essential role in the process of a Founding, for its highest echelons are tasked with creating, testing and developing the gene-seed samples that will provide the genetic foundation of the new Chapters. Entire Forge Worlds may be turned over to the manufacture of the mighty arsenal of weaponry, ammunition, power armour, vehicles and starships that any such force will require.

There are a myriad other concerns as well. A suitable homeworld inhabited by Humans must be identified for the new Chapter, which will likely provide not only a secure and defensible base of operations, but also a source of new recruits as well. Such worlds might have been reported by itinerant Rogue Traders and earmarked centuries before by Adeptus Mechanicus Explorators as potential Astartes homeworlds.

A degree of environmental terraforming might be required and the natives of the world (if they are to become the source of the new Chapter's Aspirants) must be studied and tested by the Mechanicus' Magos Biologis and Genetors for many generations to ensure they are genetically pure and free of any strain of mutation that might later affect the Chapter itself.

The construction of a Chapter's fortress-monastery may be one of the greatest undertakings of all, drawing on the genius of the Imperium's most accomplished military architects and engineers. If the Chapter is to be fleet-based, then even more work must be put into the construction of a "Chapter Barque," a mobile star fortress or unusually large battle barge to serve as the Chapter's mobile fortress-monastery and all of the related capital warships and escorts such a highly-mobile Chapter will require.

The already extant Space Marine Chapters may also have a role in this process, though to what degree can vary greatly from Founding to Founding. Many of the First Founding Chapters maintain close links with Chapters created using their own gene-seed stocks, and the Chapter Masters might have a hand in planning future Foundings using that genetic material. It is said that the Disciples of Caliban, a Dark Angels Successor Chapter, was created following the direct appeal of the Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels, an extremely rare request.

In the more than 10,000 standard years that have passed since the First Founding of the 20 original Space Marine Legions by the Emperor of Mankind, there have been at least 26 subsequent Foundings of new Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes; with the most recent, the Ultima Founding of the Primaris Space Marines, occurring in ca. 999.M41, just as the Great Rift was forming.

Even before a new Founding is announced, entire generations of Imperial servants may have toiled in preparation. Even once the process has been declared and is underway, it is likely to be at least a standard century before the new Chapters are ready to begin combat operations.

In times of dire need for the Imperium, faster development has been attempted, but this has often resulted in disaster. Gene-seed cultured in haste is wont to degrade or to mutate, and a great many other factors may lead the entire process astray. And there is no foe more dangerous to the Imperium of Man than a Space Marine who has been corrupted by Chaos or gone Renegade for another reason.

Not every Chapter can trace its genetic and cultural lineage to one of the primarchs. Over the millennia records have been lost, destroyed, tampered with or concealed. For some Chapters being ignorant of this part of their history is a source of immense frustration, and they take great pains to learn anything they can of their brotherhood's origins, waging entire wars for fragments of information.

Others care little. They believe that it is their task to defeat and kill the Emperor's foes, and that knowing or recovering lost parts of their history contributes little to the successful fulfilment of their purpose.

Rumours often abound around these Chapters regardless, as some demonstrate the traits of certain First Founding Chapters more than others, or even exhibit the characteristics of more than one equally.

These Unknown Founding Chapters cannot count on the brotherhood often found among Chapters descended from the same primarch. Their alliances are hard-won, and the mystery that surrounds them sees them deemed unworthy by some. Nonetheless, they are loyal Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, and they fight furiously for the Imperium.

The creation of the original 20 Space Marine Legions by the Emperor of Mankind is known as the First Founding and it took place at the beginning of the Great Crusade in the late 30th Millennium. It consisted of 20 Legions of Space Marines each made up of roughly about 50 companies divided into various other units in the ascending hierarchy of battle, including Chapters, Great Companies or some other organisation depending on the Legion's own unique naming conventions.

The Second Founding divided the remaining 9 Loyalist Space Marine Legions into units known as "Chapters" which were each about 1,000 Astartes strong after the events of the Horus Heresy in the early 31st Millennium. The Second Founding was deemed necessary by the Primarch and Lord Commander of the Imperium Roboute Guilliman in the wake of Horus' betrayal in order to prevent any one person like Horus from ever again possessing the full power of an entire Astartes Legion and the extraordinary threat it presented to the existence of the Imperium.

One Chapter from each Loyalist Legion was permitted to retain the original colours, iconography, and name of their First Founding Legion, and these Astartes are known as the Chapters of the First Founding.

Reasons for New Foundings

The Imperium is a realm governed as much by superstition and paranoia as it is by the cyclopean bureaucracy of the Administratum. While many long-term policy decisions come about due to the work of generations of planners and strategists, just as many are the result of arcane predictions, ritual foreseeings and readings of the Emperor's Tarot.

Often, galaxy-wide strategic decisions are a bizarre combination of these two factors, interwoven over solar decades of debate and analysis until both become one and the same. In some quarters, this esoteric discipline is known as strategic prognostication.

In the case of the founding of a new Space Marine Chapter, strategic prognostication may warn of a threat approaching the Imperium from a given quarter; a threat so dire that only the establishment of a Space Marine Chapter in the region may defeat it. In many cases, the nature of the threat will be well known and linked to ongoing wars.

This was the case when twenty or so Chapters were assigned responsibility for guarding against Traitor Legion incursions through the Cadian Gate. In that case, the threat was well established, and readings of the Emperor's Tarot indicated it would greatly increase over the following centuries.

In other cases, the nature of the threat is not known at all and is only revealed much later when a previously unimagined enemy invades. Strategic prognostication may have been the reason the Scythes of the Emperor Chapter was created, its homeworld located close to the already well-defended Realm of Ultramar.

Sometimes, the Emperor's Tarot gives no indication at all with regards to the reason for a new Chapter's creation, providing no clues as to what it should guard against, what it should fight or where it should be based. The process merely indicates that the fates demand the new Chapter be created, and so, it is.

Counterthreat

Many Chapters have been created at the express order of the High Lords of Terra in order to counter a specific threat. Generally, the activities of a particular known foe have increased to such a level that one or more Chapters are created specifically to counter it.

No Space Marine Chapter ever focuses exclusively on one enemy, however, and even if the new force is initially created to counter a particular foe it will soon be carving its name in history against a myriad of enemies. Quite often a Chapter created with no specific remit develops a particular expertise in fighting a specific foe, and comes to regard doing so as a matter of honour.

The Crimson Fists are an example of this, with a great many of the Chapter's wars having been fought against the Ork empires that infest the border regions between Segmentum Tempestus and Ultima Segmentum.

Some crusading Chapters have claimed or been granted a homeworld in a region they have fought to conquer, and in so doing established a bulwark against the return of the enemy, be it secessionists, aliens or worse.

Standing Force

Some Chapters are created to operate in a specific region, though as ever their wars may take them the length and breadth of the Imperium. This is simply a case of the High Lords of Terra identifying a particular region whose defences are considered lacking, and where the stationing of a Space Marine Chapter would bolster the region's defences considerably.

Though consisting of only a thousand warriors, a Space Marine Chapter is able to project its power over a huge area, and intervene in wars for light years all around. The presence of a Chapter homeworld in a nearby cluster is often sufficient to deter invasion and insurrection in dozens of surrounding sectors, for the Space Marines can mobilise their rapid Strike Cruisers at a moment's notice and there are very few foes that cannot be suppressed, if attacked quickly and brutally enough, by a single Space Marine Strike Force.

Crusade

Many of the Imperium's wars are in fact mighty Imperial Crusades, raised from the armies of entire sectors to reclaim a lost part of the Imperium or to destroy once and for all a particular foe. Such Crusades often sweep up billions of warriors, several thousand of whom may be Space Marines.

Perhaps in the past, during a greater epoch of the Imperium, entire Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes were founded with such Crusades in mind. Perhaps future crusades will be so great that new foundings are ordered, and new legends of the Adeptus Astartes will be born.

New Chapters

New Chapters are only created by an Imperial edict of the High Lords of Terra, and, some whisper, by the sole will of the Emperor of Mankind. The task of actually assembling these Chapters always belongs to the Adeptus Mechanicus. The Adeptus Mechanicus store the gene-seed of all the Adeptus Astartes Chapters which they receive in the form of a tithe.

Using lobotomised human test-subjects (most of whom will later be converted into servitors), the Mechanicus produces new Progenoid Glands. Zygotes of the necessary Astartes gene-seed organs are grown from the gene-seed stores on Mars and implanted into the test-subjects and the zygotes then develop into Progenoids and are surgically removed.

A single test subject is used in this way to create two Progenoid Glands, which are then implanted into two more slaves, and so on. Ultimately, 1000 sets of the 19 necessary gene-seed organs to give birth to a new standard Astartes are created, taking over half a standard century of constant culturing.

A different method for the creation of the gene-seed implants of the Primaris Marines was used by Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl to create the hundreds of thousands of new Astartes of the Ultima Founding. Many of these Primaris Astartes had been recruited after the end of the Horus Heresy, and had known in living memory the primarchs whose gene-seed they bore.

They were kept in stasis on Mars for over ten thousand standard years until the resurrection of Roboute Guilliman during the 13th Black Crusade. Only when he ordered Cawl to complete the process of creating the Primaris Marines in the wake of the Terran Crusade was the vast undertaking of the Ultima Founding finally initiated. It represented the largest number of new Space Marine Chapters created since the Second Founding.

Known Foundings

First Founding (Late 30th Millennium)

The First Founding of the Space Marine Legions, also originally called the Legiones Astartes in High Gothic, occurred in the late 30th Millennium after the end of the Age of Strife and during the Unification Wars that founded the Imperium of Man on Terra.

Twenty Space Marine Legions were created from the gene-seed of the 20 known primarchs engineered by the Emperor of Mankind from His own genetic code in His gene-laboratories in the Imperial Palace on Terra beneath the Himalazian (Himalayan) Mountains.

Two of those Legions and their primarchs, the IInd and the XIth, would fail to meet the Emperor's expectations and would be eliminated, with all records of their existence completely expunged from Imperial records.

At the dawn of the 31st Millennium and towards the end of the Great Crusade, the Emperor's most favoured primarch, Horus Lupercal, became corrupted by the Ruinous Powers and plunged the galaxy into a new Age of Darkness as the Horus Heresy raged across the Imperium of Man.

Fully half the Space Marine Legions fell to Chaos, becoming the Traitor Legions, who were eventually defeated and driven into the hellish warp rift, known as the Eye of Terror.

Name
Badge
Legion Number
Alignment
Dark Angels
DA Shoulder Pad
I
Loyalist
Unknown
(Imperial Records Lost)
Pict-File Unavailable
II
Unknown
Emperor's Children
IIILegionShoulderPlate
III
Traitor
Iron Warriors
Pre-Heresy IW SP
IV
Traitor
White Scars
Pre-Heresy WS SP
V
Loyalist
Space Wolves
Space-wolves-pad
VI
Loyalist
Imperial Fists
IF Legion SP
VII
Loyalist
Night Lords
NL Shoulder Plate2
VIII
Traitor
Blood Angels
Pre-Heresy BA Armourial
IX
Loyalist
Iron Hands
(Storm Walkers)
Pre-Heresy IH SP
X
Loyalist
Unknown
(Imperial Records Lost)
Pict-File Unavailable
XI
Unknown
World Eaters (War Hounds)
Pre-Heresy Shoulder Pad
XII
Traitor
Ultramarines
UM Pauldron
XIII
Loyalist
Death Guard (Dusk Raiders)
Death-guard-pad
XIV
Traitor
Thousand Sons
Pre-Heresy TS SP2
XV
Traitor
Luna Wolves
/Sons of Horus
SoH Shoulder Pad
XVI
Traitor
Word Bearers (Imperial Heralds)
Pre-Heresy WB SP
XVII
Traitor
Salamanders
(Dragon Warriors)
Salamanders Chapter Livery
XVIII
Loyalist
Raven Guard
Pre-Heresy RG SP
XIX
Loyalist
Alpha Legion
AL Common Heraldry
XX
Traitor

Second Founding (ca. 021.M31)

The Second Founding of the Space Marines occurred seven standard years after the end of the Horus Heresy, in ca. 021.M31.

This Founding involved the division of the existing Loyalist Space Marine Legions into the far smaller, 1,000-man autonomous Chapters of the Space Marines as decreed by the new Codex Astartes, written by the Ultramarines' primarch, Roboute Guilliman.

The remaining nine First Founding Space Marine Legions still loyal to the Emperor were divided into smaller Successor Chapters -- one Chapter maintained their parent Legion's original name, badge and colours, while the remaining Chapters of their primarch's genetic lineage took on new names and heraldry.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Angels of Absolution
AoA Livery
Dark Angels I
Angels of Redemption
Angels Redemption Armorial
Dark Angels I
Angels of Vengeance
Angels Vengeance Armorial
Dark Angels I
Angels of Vigilance (Dark Angels' lineage suspected, unconfirmed)
Angels Vigilance Armorial
Dark Angels I
Lions Sable (Destroyed and forgotten)
Pict-File Unavailable
Dark Angels I
Destroyers
Destroyers Badge
White Scars V
Marauders
Marauders SP
White Scars V
Rampagers
RampagersBadge
White Scars V
Storm Lords
Storm Lords Shoulder Plate
White Scars V
Wolf Brothers
Pict-File Unavailable
Space Wolves VI
Black Templars
Black Templars Badge
Imperial Fists VII
Crimson Fists
Crimson Fists symbol
Imperial Fists VII
Excoriators
Excoriators SP
Imperial Fists VII
Fists Exemplar
Pict-File Unavailable
Imperial Fists VII
Angels Encarmine
Angels Encarmine Livery2
Blood Angels IX
Angels Sanguine
AngelsSanguineBadge
Blood Angels IX
Angels Vermillion
AE Shoulder Guard
Blood Angels IX
Blood Drinkers
Blood Drinkers Livery2
Blood Angels IX
Flesh Tearers
Flesh Tearers Livery2
Blood Angels IX
Sons of Sanguinius
Sons Sanguinius Armorial
Blood Angels IX
Brazen Claws
Brazen Claws Livery
Iron Hands X
Red Talons
Talons2
Iron Hands X
Aurora Chapter (Disputed)
Aurora Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Black Consuls
Black Consuls Armorial
Ultramarines XIII
Doom Eagles
DE Shoulder Pad
Ultramarines XIII
Eagle Warriors
Eagle Warriors Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Genesis Chapter
Genesis Chapter Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Inceptors
Inceptors Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Iron Snakes
Iron Snakes SP2
Ultramarines XIII
Libators
Libators Shoulder Pad
Ultramarines XIII
Mortifactors
Mortifactors Shoulder Pad
Ultramarines XIII
Nemesis
Nemesis SP
Ultramarines XIII
Novamarines
Novamarines SP
Ultramarines XIII
Obsidian Glaives
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Patriarchs of Ulixis
PoU Livery 2
Ultramarines XIII
Praetors of Orpheus
Praetors Orpheus SP
Ultramarines XIII
Scar Lords Pict-File Unavailable Unknown Unknown
Silver Eagles
Silver Eagles SP
Ultramarines XIII
Silver Skulls
Silver Skulls SP
Ultramarines XIII
Viridian Consuls (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
White Consuls
White Consuls Badge
Ultramarines XIII
Black Guard
Black Guard Armorial
Raven Guard XIX
Hawk Lords
Hawk Lords Badge
Raven Guard (Suspected) XIX
Raptors
Raptors Icon
Raven Guard XIX
Revilers
Revilers Livery
Raven Guard XIX
Grey Knights
GK Shoulder Pauldron
N/A (Created from Emperor's genetic code) N/A
Red Hunters
RedHuntersBadge3
Unknown Unknown
Yellow Jackets
Yellow Jackets Shoulder Pad
Unknown Unknown
Purple Stars
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Iron Ravens
Iron Ravens Badge
Raven Guard XIX

Unstated Founding (ca. M31)

Unstated Founding (ca. M31)

  • A Founding which occurred sometime during the Imperial expansion of the Time of Rebirth.

3rd Founding (M31)

The 3rd Founding was initiated at the suggestion of Rogal Dorn, the primarch of the Imperial Fists and the Praetorian of Terra. After more than forty standard years of preparation, the High Lords of Terra approved over a hundred writs of succession to both First and Second Founding Chapters. The Ultramarines were granted nine writs of succession alone.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Angels Erythrean
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Charnel Guard
Charnel Guard Chapter Icon3
Blood Angels IX
Dark Paladins
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Death Wardens
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Executioners
Executioners Livery
Imperial Fists VII
Scythes of the Emperor
Scythes Emperor Armorial
Ultramarines XIII

4th Founding (After 546.M32)

This Founding occurred shortly after the climax of the catastrophic events of the War of the Beast -- the massive Ork WAAAGH! Warlord known only as The Beast -- which laid waste to much of the known galaxy and threatened to destroy Terra itself.

Following the successful eradication of the massive greenskin invasion force and the defeat of its Warlord, the Lord Commander of the Imperium Maximus Thane decreed that the Imperium would raise as many new Chapters as it had gene-seed in the great vaults of Terra to sustain.

All Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes were ordered to release a portion of their Veterans to provide the initial basis for this Founding, the greatest since the First Founding.

Gene-seed tithing would be doubled for the next standard century to replenish the vaults. When it was done, there would be hundreds of Chapters to ring the Imperium in adamantium and ceramite instead of dozens.

After enough gene-seed had been collected in the vaults on Terra, the High Lords of Terra authorised the 4th Founding of the Adeptus Astartes, sometime in the latter fifth century or early sixth century of M32, to help bring order to an Imperium rife with civil strife and insurrection, and to help restore Imperial law.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Imperius Reavers
Imperius Reavers SP
Ultramarines XIII
Halo Brethren
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Sable Swords
Sable Swords SP
Unknown Unknown
Tome Keepers
Tome Keepers Armorial
Ultramarines XIII

Unstated Founding (ca. 32nd Millennium)

Unstated Founding (33rd Millennium)

Though the exact date of this Founding is unknown, what is known with any certainty is the Howling Griffons were created around this time, in ca. 220.M33.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Howling Griffons
Howling Griffons SP2
Ultramarines XIII
Sons of Guilliman
Sons of Gulliman Badge
Ultramarines XIII

Unstated Founding (831.M33)

  • Founding that occurred alongside the honoured dead during the Year of Ghosts.

Unstated Founding (34th Millennium)

This Founding occurred right before The Howling in 401.M34.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Red Scorpions
Red Scorpions Chapter Icon
Unknown Unknown

8th Founding (Mid-34th Millennium)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Mantis Warriors (Unconfirmed)
MW Shoulder Pad
White Scars V
Angels Revenant
Angels Revenant sp
Ultramarines XIII

9th Founding (Between 34th and 35th Millenniums)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Angels Resplendent
Angels Resplendent SP 2
Blood Angels IX

10th Founding (Mid-35th Millennium)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Angels of Wrath (Suspected)
Pict-File Unavailable
Dark Angels I
Astral Claws
Astral Claws SP
Unknown Unknown

Unstated Founding (35th Millennium)

13th Founding (Dark Founding) (Early 36th Millennium)

The 13th Founding occurred sometime between the 35th and 36th Millennia and is one of the very rare Foundings of Space Marine Chapters that was not recorded in exact detail. Since the bygone days of the Horus Heresy, the Adeptus Terra has maintained a bank of original gene-seed from every single Chapter ever created, with one notable exception: the 13th Founding, also known as the "Dark Founding." There are no reliable records that indicate how many Chapters were created during the Dark Founding or what became of them. There are only two acknowledged Chapters that were created during this mysterious Founding.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Death Spectres
Death Spectres Livery
Raven Guard XIX
Exorcists
Exorcists Icon
Imperial Fists VII
Crimson Sabres (Suspected)
Crimson Sabres SP
Unknown Unknown

Unstated Founding (36th Millennium)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Angels of Fire
Angel Fire SP
Unknown Unknown
Celebrants (Suspected)
Celebrants Shoulder Pad
Unknown Unknown
Relictors (Formerly Fire Claws - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Relictors Livery
Unknown Unknown

Unstated Founding (36th Millennium)

  • This Founding occurred some time after the climax of the Reign of Blood.

19th Founding (Mid-36th Millennium)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Avenging Sons
Avenging Sons Shoulder Pad
Ultramarines XIII

21st Founding ("Cursed Founding") (991.M35)

The Chapters created during this so-called 21st 'Cursed' Founding have all suffered from terrible misfortune or some form of genetic corruption or rampant gene-seed mutation.

This is largely because it is believed that the Adeptus Mechanicus sought to "improve" the gene-seed used in the Founding of these Chapters without authorisation from the High Lords of Terra.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Lamenters
Lamenters Livery
Blood Angels IX
Black Dragons
Black Dragons Armorial
Salamanders (Allegedly) Unknown
Flame Falcons
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Minotaurs
Minotaurs Livery
Unknown Unknown
Sons of Antaeus
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Blood Gorgons (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

Unstated Founding (Early 37th Millennium)

This Founding is known to have occurred before the Great Cull in 020.M37.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Disciples of Caliban
Disciples of Caliban Livery 2
Dark Angels I
Dark Hunters (Founded during the Occlusiad War of 555-565.M37)
DH Liver updated
White Scars V
Sons of Medusa (Not part of any Founding. Chapter's creation was ratified by special Imperial Edict in 011.M37)
Sons of Medusa Livery
Iron Hands X

23rd Founding (Late 37th or Early 38th Millennium)

The 23rd Founding (also known as the "Sentinel Founding") may have been one of a series of linked Foundings around this tumultuous period in Imperial history.

It was intended to repair the power and reach of the Adeptus Astartes, which had suffered considerable losses in the preceding millennia.

The Celestial Lions may also have been raised as a part of the Sentinel Founding, but this would then place the Founding in the early 38th Millennium.

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Star Phantoms
Star Phantoms Livery
Dark Angels I
Marines Errant
Marines Errant Livery
Eagle Warriors (Ultramarines Lineage) XIII
Imperial Harbingers
Imperial Harbingers Shoulder Plate
Unknown Unknown
Steel Cobras (Excommunicate Traitorus)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Celestial Lions
Celestial Lions SP
Imperial Fists VII

Unstated Founding (38th Millennium)

  • This unknown Founding occurred five hundred standard years after the defeat of the Apostle of the Blind King.

Unstated Founding (39th Millennium)

  • This unknown Founding occurred at the start of the period known as The Waning, a period that lasted from early in the 38th Millennium until ca. 744.M41. This Founding may be the same raising of Space Marine Chapters as the 24th Founding.

24th Founding (ca. 39th Millennium)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Hospitallers
Hospitalers SP
Imperial Fists VII

Unstated Founding (40th Millennium)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Omega Marines
Omega Marines Livery
Unknown Unknown

25th Founding ("Bastion Founding") (Late 40th Millennium)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Emperor's Spears
Emperor's Spears Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Fire Angels
Fire Angels Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Star Scorpions
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

26th Founding (738.M41)

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Storm Giants
Storm Giants SP
Salamanders (Allegedly) Unknown
Mentors
Mentors Chapter Badge
Unknown Unknown

Unstated Founding (After 926.M41)

  • The Sable Swords are raised. This Founding is disputed, as there are records that this Chapter may have been founded as early as the 4th Founding in the 32nd Millennium.

Ultima Founding (ca. 999.M41)

The Ultima Founding of Space Marine Chapters has occurred in the wake of the fall of Cadia during Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade. The scattered Space Marine Chapters of the galaxy have been bled dry over the millennia of ceaseless battle.

With the advent of gigantic Warp Storms that swallowed whole star systems, the formation of the Great Rift and constant attacks by the forces of Chaos, rampaging xenos and more, the Adeptus Astartes were stretched thinner than ever.

With many Chapter planets now actively under siege, some Chapters were confirmed as destroyed or lost, and even those faring relatively well suffered high casualties and were in desperate need of reinforcement.

With the resurrection of the Ultramarines Primarch Roboute Guilliman, the Avenging Son assumed command as Lord Commander of the Imperium over all of Mankind's military forces. He put into action his ultimate contingency plan, 100 Terran centuries in the making -- the Primaris Space Marines.

These new transhuman warriors are the next step in the evolution of the Emperor's angels of death. They have been genetically altered according to a design laid down by Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl of the Adeptus Mechanicus.

Compared to their Firstborn brethren the Primaris Marines are bigger, stronger, faster and more genetically pure. The Primaris Space Marines of the Ultima Founding -- who have been added to existing Chapters as well as raised among entirely new Chapters of their own -- represent a timely and massive reinforcement for the Imperium's armies as Humanity's enemies close in for the kill.

Chapter Name
Chapter Icon
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Angels of Defiance
Angels Defiance Armorial
Dark Angels
I
Blades of Vengeance
BoV SP 2
Dark Angels
I
Astral Bears
Pict-File Unavailable
White Scars
V
Storm Reapers
StormReapersBadge
White Scars
V
Icefangs
Pict-file Unavailable
Space Wolves
VI
Iron Drakes
Pict-file Unavailable
Salamanders
XVIII
Wolfspear
Wolfspear Armorial
Space Wolves
VI
Sons of the Phoenix
SoP SP
Imperial Fists
VII
Knights of Byzantium
Knights Byzantium Armorial
Iron Hands
X
Blood Scythes
Blood scythes
Blood Angels
IX
Knights of the Chalice
KoC SP
Blood Angels
IX
Castellans of the Rift
Castellans of the Rift Chapter Badge
Ultramarines
XIII
Fulminators
Fulminators Armorial
Ultramarines
XIII
Knights Cerulean
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines
XIII
Praetors of Ultramar
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines
XIII
Prime Absolvers
Prime Absolvers Armorial
Dark Angels
I
Void Tridents
Void Tridents' Chapter Badge
Ultramarines
XIII
Silver Templars
Silver Templars Armorial
Ultramarines
XIII
Black Vipers
Black Vipers Armorial
Salamanders
XVIII
Covenant of Fire
CovenantofFireBadge
Salamanders
XVIII
Dark Krakens
Dark Krakens Armorial
Salamanders
XVIII
Dragonspears
DragonspearsBadge
Salamanders
XVIII
Iron Ravens
Iron Ravens Badge
Raven Guard
XIX
Necropolis Hawks
Necropolis Hawks Chapter Badge
Raven Guard
XIX
Rift Stalkers
Rift Stalkers Armorial
Raven Guard
XIX
Black Vultures
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown
Unknown
Brazen Skulls
Brazen Skulls SP
Unknown
Unknown
Nemesors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown
Unknown
Knights of Thunder
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown
Unknown
Rift Cobras
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown
Unknown
Silver Drakes
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown
Unknown
Soul Drinkers
Soul Drinkers SP
Unknown
Unknown
The Unnamed
The Unnamed Armorial
Dark Angels
I
Valiant Blades
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown
Unknown
Umbral Knights
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown
Unknown

Unknown Foundings

Not every Space Marine Chapter can trace its lineage to one of the primarchs. Over the millennia records have been lost, destroyed, tampered with or concealed. For some Chapters being ignorant of this part of their history is a source of immense frustration, and they take great pains to learn anything they can of their brotherhood's origins, waging entire wars for fragments of information.

Others care little. They believe that it is their task to defeat and kill the Emperor's foes, and that knowing or recovering lost parts of their history contributes little to the successful fulfilment of their purpose.

Rumours often abound around these Chapters regardless, as some demonstrate the personality and cultural traits of certain First Founding Chapters more than others, or even exhibit the characteristics of more than one equally.

These Unknown Founding Chapters cannot count on the brotherhood often found among Chapters descended from the same primarch. Their alliances are hard-won, and the mystery that surrounds them sees them deemed unworthy by some. Nonetheless, they are loyal Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes, and they fight furiously in defence of the Imperium.

A

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Absolvers
Absolvers Armorial
Unknown Unknown
Accipiters
Accipiters Armorial
Unknown Unknown
Adulators
Adulators Armorial
Unknown Unknown
Altar Brethren (Became the Iconoclasts Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Angel Guard
Angel Guard Armorial
Unknown Unknown
Angels Eradicant
Angels Eradicant Armorial
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Damnation
Angels of Damnation SP
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Flame (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Fury
Angels of Fury SP
Ultramarines XIII
Angels Puissant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Iron
AoI Shoulder Guard
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Penance
Angels of Penance SP2
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Purgatory
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Repentance
Angels Repentance SP
Unknown Unknown
Angels of Retribution
Angels of Retribution SP
Unknown Unknown
Angels of the Grail
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Angels Penitent
Angels Penitent Shoulder Pad
Blood Angels IX
Angels Redeemed
Angels Redeemed SP
Unknown Unknown
Angels Repentant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Angels Vindicant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Annihilators (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Aquiloan Brotherhood
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Argent Hammers (Became the Talons of Anathrax Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Astral Blades (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Astral Fists
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Astral Hawks
Astral Hawks SP 2
Unknown Unknown
Astral Knights
Astral Knights SP
Imperial Fists VII
Astral Spears
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Atlantian Spears
Atlantian Spears Badge
Blood Angels IX
Auric Patricians
Auric Patricians SP
Unknown Unknown
Aurora Talons
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Avengers
Avengers SP
Unknown Unknown

B

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Benedictors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Black Crusaders
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Black Inculpators
Black Inc SP
Unknown Unknown
Black Ravens
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Black Talons
Black Talons SP
Unknown Unknown
Black Wings
Black Wings Livery
Unknown Unknown
Blades Eternal (Exommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Blazoned Legion
Blazone Legion SP
Unknown Unknown
Blood Dragons
Blood Dragons Badge
Blood Angels IX
Blood Eagles
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Blood Legion
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Blood Knights
Blood Knights SP
Unknown Unknown
Blood Ravens
Blood Ravens Livery
Unknown Unknown
Blood Swords
BS Livery
Blood Angels IX
Blood Tigers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Bone Knives
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Brazen Fists
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Brazen Minotaurs
Brazen Minotaurs Livery
Unknown Unknown
Brazen Skulls (Refounded in Ultima Founding)
Brazen Skulls SP
Unknown Unknown
Bringers of Judgement
Bringers Judgement Armorial
Dark Angels I
Bronze Gorgons (Became the Crystal Wyverns Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Brotherhood of a Thousand
BoT Livery
Unknown Unknown
Brothers Penitent
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Brothers of the Anvil (Became the Death Mongers Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Brothers of the Red
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX

C

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Carcharodons
Carcharodons Livery
Unknown (Raven Guard suspected) Unknown
Celestial Guard
CG Livery2
Unknown Unknown
Champions of Thanatos
Champions Thanatos SP
Unknown Unknown
Charnel Guard
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Children of Purgatos (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Chorus of Eltain (Martyr Extremis)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Clerics of Steel (Became the Invocators Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Condemnors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Consecrators
Consecrators Livery
Dark Angels I
Contenders
Contenders SP
Unknown Unknown
Cowled Wardens
Cowled Wardens Armorial
Dark Angels I
Crimson Axes (Lost to the Warp)
Pict-File Unavailable
Executioners (Imperial Fists' Lineage) VII
Crimson Castellans
Crimson Castellans SP Updated
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Consuls (Extinct)
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Crimson Guard
Crimson Guard Livery
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Knights
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Crimson Legion (Extinct )
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Crimson Paladins
Crimson Paladins SP
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Raptors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Scions
Crimson Scions SP
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Scythes
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Shades
Crimson Shades SP
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Talons
Crimson Talons SP
Unknown Unknown
Crimson Templars
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Crusaders
Crusaders SP
Unknown Unknown
Crusaders of Dorn (Became Brotherhood of Lethe Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Cruor Blades
Cruor Blades Badge
Blood Angels IX

D

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Dark Crusaders
Dark Crusaders SP
Unknown Unknown
Dark Brotherhood
Dark Brotherhood SP
Unknown Unknown
Dark Eagles
Dark Eagles SP
Raven Guard (Suspected) XIX
Dark Hands
DarkHandsPlate
Unknown Unknown
Dark Hunters
Dark Hunters Livery
White Scars V
Dark Sons
DS Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Dark Swords
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Dark Templars
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Death Eagles
Death Eagles Livery
Raven Guard (Suspected) or Emperor's Children (Unconfirmed) XIX or III (Respectively)
Death Hunters
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Death Falcons (Became the Company of the Shadow Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Death Knights
Death Knights Livery
Unknown Unknown
Death Strike
Death Strike Livery
Imperial Fists VII
Desert Lions
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Desolate Brotherhood (Became Chaos Warband Company of Misery - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Desolators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Dictators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Doom Griffons
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Doom Legion
Doom Legion Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Doom Warriors
Doom Warriors SP
Unknown Unknown
Doomsayers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Dragon Lords
Dragon Lords SP
Unknown Unknown

E

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Ebon Knights (Destroyed)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Hands
Emperors Hands Livery2
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Hawks
Emperor's Hawks Livery
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Scythes
Emperor's Scythes SP2
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Shadows
Emperor's Shadows Livery
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Shields
Emperor's Shield SP
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Storm
Emperor's Storm SP
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Swords
Emperor's Swords SP2
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Warbringers
Emp's Warbringers SP
Imperial Fists VII
Emperor's Wolves
Emperor's Wolves SP
Unknown Unknown
Emperor's Wrath
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Espandors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Excubants
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Execrators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Exemplars
Exemplars SP
Unknown Unknown
Exsanguinators
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Extinction Angels (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Extinction Angels SP
Unknown Unknown

F

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Farstalkers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Firebreathers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Fire Lords
Fire Lords Livery
Unknown (Imperial Fists Suspected) Unknown (VII Suspected)
Fists of Olchis (Perditas)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Flame Eagles
FE Shoulder Pad
Raven Guard (Suspected) XIX
Flesh Eaters
Flesh Eaters Livery
Blood Angels IX

G

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Golden Blades (Became the Khorne Daemonkin warband, The Brazen Beasts - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Golden Gryphons
Golden Gryphons Livery
Unknown Unknown
Golden Halos
Golden Halos SP2
Unknown Unknown
Golden Sons (Extinct)
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Gore Golems
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Gorgons
Gorgons SP2
Unknown Unknown
Graven Fists (Became the Twisted Blades Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Graven Spectres (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Grey Giants
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Grey Slayers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Grief Bringers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Griffon Lords
Griffon Lords SP
White Scars (Disputed)
or Ultramarines (Disputed)
V & XIII (Respectively)
Guardians of the Covenant
Guardians of the Covenant Livery2
Dark Angels I
Guardians of Celeres
Guardians of Celere SP
Unknown Unknown

H

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Halo Dragons
Halo Dragons SP
Unknown Unknown
Hammers of Dhrex
Pict-File Unavailable
unknown unknown
Hammers of Dorn
HoD Shoulder Pad
Imperial Fists VII
Hammers of Retribution
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Harbingers
Harbingers SP
Unknown Unknown
Helion Legion
Helion Legion SP
Ultramarines XIII
Heralds of Ultramar
Heralds of Ultramar SP
Ultramarines XIII
Heralds of Vengeance
Heralds of Vengeance Livery
Unknown Unknown
Honoured Sons
Honoured Sons SP
Imperial Fists (Unconfirmed) Unknown
Hounds of Demos
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

I

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Illustrians (Became The Black Psalm Chaos Warband - Exommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Immortal Hearts
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Imperial Castellans
Imperial Castellans SP
Unknown Unknown
Imperial Hawks
Imperial Hawks SP
Unknown Unknown
Imperial Paladins
Imperial Paladins Livery
Unknown Unknown
Imperial Ravagers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Imperial Stars
Imperial Stars Livery
Unknown Unknown
Imperial Talons
Imperial Talons Livery
Raven Guard (Suspected) XIX
Inculcators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Interceptors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Invaders
Invaders Shoulder Plate
Imperial Fists VII
Invictors (Became The Unhallowed Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Invictors SP3
Unknown Unknown
Inviolators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Iron Crusaders
Iron Crusaders SP
Unknown Unknown
Iron Drakes (Became the Grey Death Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Iron Fists
Iron Fists Livery
Iron Hands X
Iron Hawks
Iron Hawks SP
Ultramarines XIII
Iron Hearts
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Iron Knights
Iron Knights Livery2b
Imperial Fists VII
Iron Lords
Iron Lords Badge
Iron Hands X
Iron Scepters
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Iron Shades
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Iron Shield
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Iron Talons
Iron Talons SP
White Scars V

J

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Jade Scorpions
Pict-File Unavailable
White Scars V
Justicars (Became The Fractured Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

K

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Knights of Abhorrence
Knights Abhorrence Armorial
Dark Angels I
Knights of Blood (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Knights of Blood Armorial
Blood Angels IX
Knights of Dorn
KoD Livery
Imperial Fists VII
Knights of Eternity
Knights Eternity SP
Unknown Unknown
Knights of Gryphonne
Knights of Gryphonne Livery
Unknown Unknown
Knights of the Covenant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Knights of the Crimson Order
Pict-File Unavailable
Dark Angels I
Knights of the Raven
Knights of the Raven Livery
Raven Guard XIX
Knights Excelsior (Became the Magma Hounds Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Knights Sanguine
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Knights Unyielding
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

L

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Legion of Night
LoN SP
Unknown Unknown
Liberators
Liberators SP
Unknown Unknown
Lionguard (Became the Death Shadows Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Lions Azure
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Lions Defiant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Lions Sable (Extinct)
Pict-File Unavailable
Dark Angels I
Lion Warriors
Lion Warriors SP
Unknown Unknown
Lords of Wrath
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

M

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Malevolent
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Marines August
Marines August SP
Unknown Unknown
Marines Errantor
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Marines Exemplar
Marines Exemplar Livery
Unknown Unknown
Marines Mordant
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Marines Vindicant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Masters of Protelus
Masters of Protelus Livery
Unknown Unknown
Metamarines
Metamarines SP
Unknown Unknown

N

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
The Nameless
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Night Hawks
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Night Reapers (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Night Sentinels
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Night Swords
Pict-File Unavailable
Imperial Fists VII
Night Watch
Night Watch SP
Unknown Unknown
Nova Legion
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Nova Wings
Nova Wings SP
Unknown Unknown

O

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Oblators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Obsidian Jaguars
Obsidian Jaguars Armorial
Ultramarines Unknown

P

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Pain Bringers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Panthers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Penitents
Penitents SP
Unknown Unknown
Penitent Blades
Penitent Blades Armorial
Dark Angels I
Persecutors of Darkness
Pict-File Unavailable
Dark Angels I
Prophets of Mercury (Martyr Extremis)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Purgators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
The Pyre (Excommunicate Traitoris)
The Pyre Shoulder Pad
Unknown Unknown

Q

There are no known Chapters that begin with the letter 'Q' in this category.

R

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Rainbow Warriors
Rainbow Warriors SP
Ultramarines XIII
Raven Covenant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Raven's Watch
Raven's Watch SP
Raven Guard (Suspected) XIX
Reborn
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Reclaimers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Red Consuls
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Red Dragons
Red Dragons SP
Unknown Unknown
Red Legion
Red Legion SP
Unknown Unknown
Red Seraphs
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Red Scimitars
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Red Templars
Red Templars Livery
Imperial Fists VII
Red Wings
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Red Wolves
Red Wolves SP
Unknown Unknown
Redeemers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Redeemed
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Regents of Gheren
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Reparators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Retractors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Retributors
RetributorsBadge
Unknown Unknown
Revilers
Revilers Livery
Raven Guard XIX
Rhetors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Ruby Crescents
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX

S

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Sable Swords
Sable knights Badge
Blood Angels IX
Sanctors of Terra (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Savage Swords (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Scions of Iron
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Scions of Sanguinius
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Selenarchs
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Sentinels (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Serpents of Light (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Shadow Falcons
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Shadow Griffons
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Shadow Haunters
Pict-File Unavailable
Raven Guard XIX
Shadowhawks
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Shadow Wolves
Shadow Wolves Armorial
Imperial Fists VII
Shining Blades (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Flawlesshosticon
Unknown Unknown
Sigilites (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Silver Phoenixes
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Silver Guard
Silver Guard SP
Unknown Unknown
Silver Guards (Excommunicate Traitoris) center>Pict-File Unavailable Unknown Unknown
Silver Sabres
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Silver Stars (Martyr Extremis)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Skull Bearers
Skull Bearers Livery
Executioners (Allegedly) (Imperial Fists Lineage) VII
Sky Sentinels
Sky Sentinels SP2
Unknown Unknown
Solar Hawks
Solar Hawks Livery
White Scars V
Sons of Dorn
Sons of Dorn Shoulder Pad2
Imperial Fists VII
Sons of Galathor
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Sons of Gideon (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Sons of Gorgax (Martyr Extremis)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Sons of Jaghatai
Sons of Jhagatai SP
White Scars V
Sons of Malice (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Sons of Malice Livery
Unknown Unknown
Sons of Orar
Sons of Orar Livery
Ultramarines XIII
Sons of Orpheus
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Sons of Vengeance (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Sons of Vengeance badge
Unknown Unknown
Sons of Ulthunas (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Angelsecstacyicon1
Unknown Unknown
Sons of the Kraken
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Sons of the Raven (Martyr Extremis)
Pict-File Unavailable
Raven Guard (Unconfirmed) XIX
Soul Drinkers (Originally thought to be Second Founding; Refounded in Ultima Founding)
Soul Drinkers SP
Unknown (Originally believed to be Imperial Fists) Unknown
Spears of Olympus (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Star Dragons
Star Dragons SP
Unknown Unknown
Star Gryphons (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Star Leopards
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Star Scorpions (Extinct)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Stone Gauntlets
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Stone Hearts
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Storm Callers
Storm Callers SP
Unknown Unknown
Storm Falcons
Storm Falcons SP
Unknown Unknown
Storm Hawks
Storm Hawks Livery
Raven Guard XIX
Stormwalkers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Stormwatchers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Storm Ravens
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Storm Wardens
Storm Wardens Livery
Unknown Unknown
Storm Warriors
Storm Warriors Livery
Unknown Unknown
Storm Wings
Storm Wings Armorial
Raven Guard XIX
Subjugators
Subjugators Livery
Imperial Fists VII
Supplicators
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Swords of Praesium
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Swords of the Emperor
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

T

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Tarantulas
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Taurans
Taurans SP
Unknown Unknown
Tempestors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Tempest Guard
Tempest Guard SP
Unknown Unknown
Tempest Legion (Became The Revelation of Gore Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Templars of Blood
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Templars of the Covenant
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Terror Tigers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
The Remnants
Pict-File Unavailable
Blood Angels IX
Thunder Barons (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Tiger Claws
Tiger Claws Badge
Astral Claws (Lineage Unknown) Unknown
Tigers Argent (Possibly founded in M39)
Tigers Argent SP
Unknown Unknown
Tormentors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Tributors
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

U

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Umbral Titans
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown

V

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
Valedictors
Valedictors SP
Unknown Unknown
Venerators (Destroyed)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Venerators of Osiron
Venators of Osiron SP
Unknown Unknown
Vengeance Chapter (Became The Flylords Chaos Warband - Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Venom Thorns (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Imperial Fists VII
Verydian Hawks
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Victors
Victors SP
Unknown Unknown
Vindicators
Pict-File Unavailable
Ultramarines XIII
Viper Legion
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Void Axes
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Void Daggers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Vorpal Swords
Vorpal Swords SP
Unknown Unknown

W

Name
Badge
Progenitor Chapter
Legion Number
War Bearers
War Bearers SP
Unknown Unknown
Wardens of the Philae
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Warhawks (Destroyed)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Warmongers
Warmongers SP
Unknown Unknown
Widowmakers
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Warp Ghosts (Excommunicate Traitoris)
Pict-File Unavailable
Unknown Unknown
Warrior Adepts
Warrior Adepts Livery
Unknown Unknown
Warriors Tempest
Warriors Tempest SP
Unknown Unknown
White Minotaurs
White Minotaurs SP
Unknown Unknown
White Panthers
White Panthers SP
Unknown Unknown
White Sentinels
Pict-File Unavailable
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Sources

This is only a select and highly generalised list of sources. Please see each individual Chapter's page for a complete and more accurate listing.
  • Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Release Booklet)
  • Black Crusade: Core Rulebook (RPG)
  • Citadel Journal 20, "Creating a Space Marine Chapter - The Sons of Sanguinius", by Isaac Tobin, pp. 19-20
  • Codex Adeptus Astartes - Space Marines (8th Edition), pp. 20-21, 30, 53
  • Codex: Blood Angels (7th Edition)
  • Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 1st Version)
  • Codex: Chaos Space Marines (3rd Edition, 2nd Version)
  • Codex: Chaos Space Marines (4th Edition)
  • Codex: Chaos Space Marines (6th Edition)
  • Codex: Dark Angels (7th Edition)
  • Codex: Khorne Daemonkin (7th Edition), pg. 30
  • Codex: Grey Knights (9th Edition), pp. 12, 26-27
  • Codex Heretic Astartes - Chaos Space Marines (8th Edition), "Pinnacles and Nadirs - The Primogenitor Primaris," pg. 48
  • Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition)
  • Codex: Space Marines (4th Edition)
  • Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition)
  • Codex: Space Marines (6th Edition)
  • Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition)
  • Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pp. 22-61
  • Codex: Space Marines (9th Edition), pp. 10-11, 68-73
  • Codex: Space Wolves (7th Edition)
  • Codex Supplement Dark Angels (9th Edition), "Successor Chapters", pg. 27
  • Deathwatch: Core Rulebook (RPG)
  • Deathwatch: First Founding (RPG)
  • Deathwatch: Honour the Chapter (RPG)
  • Horus Heresy: Collected Visions
  • Index Astartes I, II, III, IV
  • Deathwatch - Rites of Battle (RPG), pp. 13-16, 53
  • Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part I
  • Imperial Armour Volume Ten - The Badab War - Part II
  • Index Astartes Emperor's Spears (Limited Edition), pp. 3-5
  • Farsight: Crisis of Faith (Novel) by Phil Kelley
  • Deathwatch: Shadowbreaker (Novel) by Steve Parker, Ch. 36
  • Sons of the Hydra (Novel) by Rob Sanders
  • Spear of the Emperor (Novel) by Aaron Dembski-Bowden
  • Warhammer 40,000: Compendium, pg. 6
  • I Am Slaughter (Novel) by Dan Abnett
  • White Dwarf 98 (UK), "Chapter Approved: The Origins of the Legiones Astartes" by Rick Priestley
  • White Dwarf 98 (UK), "Index Astartes-The Mentor Legion" by Bryan Ansell, Alan Merrett and Paul Cockburn
  • White Dwarf 249 (UK), "Index Astartes: Emperor's Shield"
  • White Dwarf 305 (UK), pg. 104
  • White Dwarf 458 (November 2020), "Flashpoint: Argovon Campaign", pp. 23-25, "Assault on the Nurtheos Shore," pg. 26, "Index Astartes: Tome Keepers" by Dan Harden & James Gallagher, pp. 46-59
  • White Dwarf 466 (July 2021), "A Light in the Darkness" and "Torchbearers Crusade Force," pp. 52-55, 65
  • Onyx (Short Story) by Chris Wraight
  • Sanctus Reach: Penumbral Spike (Short Story) by Ben Counter
  • Truth Is My Weapon (Short Story) by Justin D Hill
  • The Aegidan Oath (Short Story) by Laurie Goulding
  • Calgar's Fury (Novel) by Paul Kearny
  • Headhunted (Short Story) by Steve Parker
  • Warhammer 40,000: Inquisitor-Martyr (Video Game), Chapter 1: Campaign Mission 5 - "Madness Incarnated"
  • The Reverie (Novel) by Peter Fehervari, Ch. 19
  • Warhammer 40,000 Community - The Ultima Founding
  • Warhammer Community - New Warhammer 40,000: The Indomitus Crusade & the Dark Imperium
  • Warhammer Community - Primaris Space Marines: Gaming
  • Warhammer Community - A New Breed of Hero
  • Warhammer Community - Successor Showcase: Hawks, Knights and Pointy Sticks!
  • Warhammer Community - Successor Chapter Showcase: Paul Norton's Iron Ravens
  • Warhammer Community - Successor Chapter Showcase: Martin Morrin's Black Vultures
  • Psychic Awakening: Ritual of the Damned (8th Edition), pp. 8-9
  • Psychic Awakening: The Stand of the Sabre (Short Story) By Callum Davis
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