Howling Dark

The Howling Dark was a major event that occurred in the history of the Jonmarines Space Marine Chapter that involved several different enemy factions, and played a significant part in the Chapter's overall history for millennia to come.

History
As a result of the Howling Dark's significant effect on the Jonmarines' history, information pertaining to the overview of the Howling Dark can be found above.

There is little data, however, in regards to two anomalies within the Howling Dark. First is the details given by Malakim Phoros during the Defence of Lokus about the Crimson Fists chapter claiming that Astartes matching the Jonmarines' colour schemes, namely the those of Terric's Third Company, were present, and aided significantly, during the Fists' reclamation of their home planet of Rynn's World. In this regard, it has been decided to detail this endeavour here as an honorary mention, until Jonmarine forces can confirm the late Amadeus Terric's presence on Rynn's World, wherein full honours, including the traditional honourary Chapter Commandarius position for chapter master Pedro Kantor, will be bestowed onto the Crimson Fists.

The second, however, seems far more malicious in its implications. Interactions with "Alpha Legion" forces during and after the Defence of Lokus have confirmed that these traitors use the hydra as a prominent part of their heraldry. Could it be, then, that the hydra symbols found decorating strangely empty bunkers occupied by Jonmarine forces during the siege of Hyvarticus, and the Defence of Theropoda Ultima, are somehow linked to the same Alpha Legion that fought both the Jonmarines themselves and the forces of the Tenth Pentagonal Alliance during the later Defence of Lokus? Worse still, could these Legionaries have links to the hated Hydrakoi Scourge terrorist organisation that plagued Lawsunda before the world and its surrounding system burned in the fires of the Howling Dark?