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I've read a lot of WH40K books, and Space Marines are often referred to as "The Mountain Angels". I at one point in the middle of Fire Warrior misread Cthonia (Luna Wolves Legion) for Ctholnia and thought the Mountain Angels were one of the missing Legions! Then I reread it and deflated, but the idea stuck and now I have a 5,000 pt Mountain Angels Army.
Here's the Fluff.
Mountain Angels-
The Mountain Angels Chapter is a Second Founding Chapter resulting from a hybridized mix of Space Wolf and Dark Angels geneseed. The Inquisition attempted to use this to rid the chapter of the Dark Angels’ stubbornness and the Space Wolves’ ferocity.
It didn’t work.
What they ended up with was an incredibly stubborn, authority-hating group of almost arrogant Marines. To date the Mountain Angels have very nearly been declared heretics for several armed clashes with the Ultramarines chapter, and Marneus Calgar refuses to acknowledge the Chapter’s even existence, calling them “The most arrogant and heretical cult of Space Marines” he had ever known. The Mountain Angel’s Chapter is laid down according to the Liber Malachia, written by their Chapter Master, Ezekiel Zaphia.
1st Company - Veteran Terminator Teams, known as “Summit Squads”
2nd Company - Mechanized Infantry, known as “Clanky’s Fist” by the Malachi 12th Regiment
3rd Company - Boarding specialists, close-in fighting.
4th Company - High number of Dreadnoughts, and a high percentage of Techmarines.
5th Company - Rotated in and out of Malachi as a guard for the Summit, the massive fortress-monastery of the Mountain Angels.
6th Company - Fought in the 13th Black Crusade, high Apothecary percent because of frequent mutation.
7th Company - Ranged specialists, high numbers of Devastators and Whirlwinds.
8th Company - Lost In The Warp, circa 445. M34 - all records expunged.
9th Company - Most Codex-strict company, large Tactical Squad percent.
10th Company - Led by Dreadnought Romulus, killed circa 322. M31, during the Horus Heresy, originally of the Dark Angels Legion.
The Mountain Angels Legion is based on Malachi, in a massive fortress-monastery known as The Summit. Unsurprisingly, it is the summit of Malachi’s largest mountain, known to the local population as The Spear of The Gods. It was originally a battle-barge, and it crashed in battle with the Black Legion on the surface. Over the millennia, the barge has been rebuilt into the rock of Malachi, and expanded tenfold, housing the entire chapter in times of need. The Mountain Angels recruit from Malachi, as well as from people who can climb The Spear of The Gods to confront the Angels at the gate of the monastery. Aspirants who do not pass the tests of the Angels are thrown from the mountain, reinforcing the belief that only the most favored of the Gods may pass through the gates and live. The Mountain Angels have deep hatreds of the Ultramarines, the Black Legion, and the Tau Empire. They work best with the Grey Knights, the Salamanders, The Iron Hands, and the (obviously) Space Wolves and Dark Angels. Their stubborn tenacity to fight to the last man is evidenced by their most recent action on Medusa IV. The entirety of the Fourth Company under brother-captain Verenus fought to the death against Orks of the Blood Axes tribe, and only two squads of Tactical Marines, two Devastators, Dreadnought Az, and the Predator tank Puritanius survived to tell the tale. Later, Veteran Sergeant Hecron took over the Fourth. The trials of the Mountain Angels vary. They depend mostly on which company is based on Malachi when an aspirant reaches the gate. The ninth company is notorious for providing horrifically difficult challenges.
-Master-
Lord Commander Ezekial Zaphia
-Captains-
1st Company - Captain Thumiel, Master of Arms
2nd Company - Captain Dragian, Master of Ordnance
3rd Company - Captain Mordekai, Master of Marches
4th Company - Captain Hecron, Master of Forges
5th Company - Captain Caine, Master of The Summit
6th Company - Captain Faust, Master of Aspirants
7th Company - Captain Kalidien, Master of The Fleet
8th Company - Former Captain Palchis, Master of Apothecarium
9th Company - Captain Janus, Master of Malachi’s Banner
10th Company - Captain Romulus, Master of Ancients
What happened to the Eighth is a story only captains, and Ezekial know fully. Palchis’s ship, the Fist of Caliban, was declared lost in the warp circa 445.M34, just after the Battle of Malachi. When it reappeared in the 13th Black Crusade, it’s crew and Marines had gone through a marked change in allegiance, and health. Palchis renamed himself Lord Pox and his ship the Plague Dirge and set his company on the road to damnation. His first heresy was taking a spaceport in Cadia’s eastern district. He ritually sacrificed twelve loyalist Marines, the last in the Company, and linked up with Plague Marines of the Death Guard Legion. Together they smashed Cadia’s eastern segments until they were driven off by Mountain Angels II-IV Companies.
(I've had a lot of free time waiting for models to dry)
-Dirge Eterna
Here's the Fluff.
Mountain Angels-
The Mountain Angels Chapter is a Second Founding Chapter resulting from a hybridized mix of Space Wolf and Dark Angels geneseed. The Inquisition attempted to use this to rid the chapter of the Dark Angels’ stubbornness and the Space Wolves’ ferocity.
It didn’t work.
What they ended up with was an incredibly stubborn, authority-hating group of almost arrogant Marines. To date the Mountain Angels have very nearly been declared heretics for several armed clashes with the Ultramarines chapter, and Marneus Calgar refuses to acknowledge the Chapter’s even existence, calling them “The most arrogant and heretical cult of Space Marines” he had ever known. The Mountain Angel’s Chapter is laid down according to the Liber Malachia, written by their Chapter Master, Ezekiel Zaphia.
1st Company - Veteran Terminator Teams, known as “Summit Squads”
2nd Company - Mechanized Infantry, known as “Clanky’s Fist” by the Malachi 12th Regiment
3rd Company - Boarding specialists, close-in fighting.
4th Company - High number of Dreadnoughts, and a high percentage of Techmarines.
5th Company - Rotated in and out of Malachi as a guard for the Summit, the massive fortress-monastery of the Mountain Angels.
6th Company - Fought in the 13th Black Crusade, high Apothecary percent because of frequent mutation.
7th Company - Ranged specialists, high numbers of Devastators and Whirlwinds.
8th Company - Lost In The Warp, circa 445. M34 - all records expunged.
9th Company - Most Codex-strict company, large Tactical Squad percent.
10th Company - Led by Dreadnought Romulus, killed circa 322. M31, during the Horus Heresy, originally of the Dark Angels Legion.
The Mountain Angels Legion is based on Malachi, in a massive fortress-monastery known as The Summit. Unsurprisingly, it is the summit of Malachi’s largest mountain, known to the local population as The Spear of The Gods. It was originally a battle-barge, and it crashed in battle with the Black Legion on the surface. Over the millennia, the barge has been rebuilt into the rock of Malachi, and expanded tenfold, housing the entire chapter in times of need. The Mountain Angels recruit from Malachi, as well as from people who can climb The Spear of The Gods to confront the Angels at the gate of the monastery. Aspirants who do not pass the tests of the Angels are thrown from the mountain, reinforcing the belief that only the most favored of the Gods may pass through the gates and live. The Mountain Angels have deep hatreds of the Ultramarines, the Black Legion, and the Tau Empire. They work best with the Grey Knights, the Salamanders, The Iron Hands, and the (obviously) Space Wolves and Dark Angels. Their stubborn tenacity to fight to the last man is evidenced by their most recent action on Medusa IV. The entirety of the Fourth Company under brother-captain Verenus fought to the death against Orks of the Blood Axes tribe, and only two squads of Tactical Marines, two Devastators, Dreadnought Az, and the Predator tank Puritanius survived to tell the tale. Later, Veteran Sergeant Hecron took over the Fourth. The trials of the Mountain Angels vary. They depend mostly on which company is based on Malachi when an aspirant reaches the gate. The ninth company is notorious for providing horrifically difficult challenges.
-Master-
Lord Commander Ezekial Zaphia
-Captains-
1st Company - Captain Thumiel, Master of Arms
2nd Company - Captain Dragian, Master of Ordnance
3rd Company - Captain Mordekai, Master of Marches
4th Company - Captain Hecron, Master of Forges
5th Company - Captain Caine, Master of The Summit
6th Company - Captain Faust, Master of Aspirants
7th Company - Captain Kalidien, Master of The Fleet
8th Company - Former Captain Palchis, Master of Apothecarium
9th Company - Captain Janus, Master of Malachi’s Banner
10th Company - Captain Romulus, Master of Ancients
What happened to the Eighth is a story only captains, and Ezekial know fully. Palchis’s ship, the Fist of Caliban, was declared lost in the warp circa 445.M34, just after the Battle of Malachi. When it reappeared in the 13th Black Crusade, it’s crew and Marines had gone through a marked change in allegiance, and health. Palchis renamed himself Lord Pox and his ship the Plague Dirge and set his company on the road to damnation. His first heresy was taking a spaceport in Cadia’s eastern district. He ritually sacrificed twelve loyalist Marines, the last in the Company, and linked up with Plague Marines of the Death Guard Legion. Together they smashed Cadia’s eastern segments until they were driven off by Mountain Angels II-IV Companies.
(I've had a lot of free time waiting for models to dry)
-Dirge Eterna