Astral Leviathans

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Astral Leviathans
The Astral Leviathans is a loyalist space marine chapter of the 13th founding, from an unknown father chapter. The Astral leviathans have seen extensive combat in the outer fringes of the imperium combating Renegade planetary governors and militias, their majority of their campaigns being waged against humanity itself, this comes into the chapters very close ties with the Ordo Hereticus and the Ecclesiarch. Rituals and the imperial creed is a large part of the chapters life, they are some of the most zealous and fanatic of the astartes, their armor and vehicles are heavily adorned with purity seals, scriptures, and litanies of battle.

Chapter History
o	Ca. 100-600.M36: The chapter was enraged when they learned of a high lord of terra daring to say he spoke from the emperor, chapter rhetoric stating only the most holy of battle brothers receiving words or vision from the God-Emperor. Once they had defeated a mighty waaagh in the segmentum pacificus, the chapter quickly cut its way towards the Jericho sector to cut down the imposters ruling in bloody tyranny under false words spoke from heretical lips, also sending three company to the siege of the ecclesiarch fortress. Helping bring an end to the age of apostasy. o	Mid-M38: Astral Leviathan detachments where deployed in the Meritas Cluster, under request of the ordo Hereticus. o	001.M39: All Astral Leviathan forces respond to the 10th black crusade with righteous zeal. o	050.M39: The fourth battle company clashes with Tau forces. o	301.M39: A portion of the chapter responds to the 11th black crusade, the rest of the forces tied up. o	322-384.M39: The 2nd, 4th, 6th, and 8th companies participated in the Angevian Crusade. o	366.M39: The remaining companies of the Astral Leviathans report to the Angevian Crusade to bolster the deteriorating forces. o	Late-M39 through early-M40: The Astral Leviathans return to their home sector to rebuild and recuperate after the Angevian crusade and smaller yet brutal conflicts after that. o	352.M40: Desecration of Mathrica, The 1st, 3rd and 5th companies respond to imperial calls for aid in the Rathmein system, upon arrival they were quickly engaged by a combined forces of World Eaters, and Word Bearers, after six hours of brutal naval conflict and boarding actions taken by the World Eaters, the battle barge “Scorched Blade” took position over the Shrine world of Mathrica and while under the protection of the 1st company flagship and three badly beaten strike cruisers launched a relentless salvo of incendiary torpedoes to ignite the atmosphere and destroying millions of heretics in the exterminates at the cost of both companies and the four penal legions involved. o	758.M40: Still reeling from the loss of two companies, the Astral Leviathans are forced into action due to a now classified anomaly on the hive world of Sather, the resulting conflict bled the chapter dry claiming the live of six penal legions and near 400 battle brothers, leaving the chapter woefully under strength, with less then 300 brothers at arms, no penal legions and only ten suits of terminator armor. The planet was left a gas giant, the core destroyed, and all records sealed by the Inquisition. o	836.M40: A Small Contingent of Word Bearers appeared at the edge of the system and began a bloody assault on the stations guarding Sather, the fighting had only lasted a mere twenty minutes before another enemy reveled itself, amid the imperial and heretical warships trading blows in the open space small Eldar vessels attempted to cut through the cranage to the world below for unknow reasons. Soon after a fleet of Angels Revenant appeared above the world and quickly broke the stale mate cutting a swathe through the traitorous marines to relieve their embattled brethren. It is still unconfirmed if the Eldar received what they wanted. o	456-459.M41: The Chapter is embroiled in a series of pitched battles against a minor ork Waaagh. Led by War Boss Hide Slasher. o	999.M41: The black crusade cut a swathe across the imperium and silencing many channels of communication and cutting the Orutan System (Astral Leviathans home system) off from the rest of the imperium, beaten and near death the chapter held out until Rouboute Guilliman returned and saved the chapter from destruction, filling its ranks with the mighty Primaris marines.

Karthas
The home world of the Astral Leviathans has a radius of 44,441 Terran miles. The surface covered in 86% water, massive oceans and islands dotting the planet’s surface. This created many diverse cultures in the face of the brutal death worlds and the massive creatures of the deep that plagued the naval based humans. Most of the cultures were built around brutal blood sacrifices, cannibalism, and martial prowess.

Fathoms' Keep
Fathom’s keep is a massive complex of ceramite and reinforced glass the is set deep within the oceans of Karthas, great refineries are set into the crust powered by the planets thermal heat. Great armories and mechanized halls fill out much of the complex only dwarfed by the chapels of each company.

recruitment
Only men with born sons are accepted as recruit aspirants. Like all Astarte’s chapters recruitment is merciless series of trials beginning with a race across the mighty Argevuian sea, the survivors cut into groups according to placing in the race are then thrown into gladiatorial pits which are designed to be completely flooded in ten minutes forcing the aspirants to kill quickly or drown. The survivors from the pit fights are then taken and drugged with massive quantities of potent hallucinogenic and dropped in that live fire training fields of the battle brothers to test the strength of their mind. The few who make it past this point are not fortunate for then they are tortured for five days to see how well they can withhold a information. The great few who have made it past the torture will be faced with one final trial, the must combat a full-fledged battle brother and on merit of their defeat, if they live, are welcomed into the rank of scouts.

Chapter Organisation
The Astral Leviathans chapter is mostly organized according to the dictation of the Codex: Astartes. The differences are the larger amounts of devastator squads, armored vehicles, a smaller amount but more elite assault squads, and the special formation of elite pilots known as the winged hussars.

Combat Doctrine
The chapter is exceptional at naval combat both in the void and in the aquatic variety, the marines themselves more comfortable in or around the water due to their home world. The chapter has a variety of specialized war gear for use in under water assaults from specialized rounds to altered bolters and plasma weaponry to operate at peak efficiency under any aquatic stresses, along with altered Vox grills, to emit a much faster set of sound waves that can only be understood when filtered through salt water, which is fitted in special filter compartments in the astrates helmets, and the chapters choice of power tridents and shorter more brutal variants of the power sword. When on land the chapter has a love for heavy armor, and brutal predator based assaults, at full strength the chapter can house and maintain 38 predator tanks along with a large contingent of land raiders, stalkers, hunters, and 25 vindicators. When close combat is brought into play the chapter is lacking much preferring to reduce the enemy to a bloody pulp with heavy bolters or assault cannons, leaving the chapter with only ten elite assault squads.

Chapter beliefs
The chapter reveres the Emperor as a god, him being the pinnacle of perfection and Astartes as his most holy warriors, believing that they were created solely to slaughter all opposed his holy verdict they know themselves above the average man, the top echelon of humanity. Their beliefs are so strict that any who defy the imperial cult are cut down and butchered, usually entire family trees brutalized, the same for any mortal who says they speak for the emperor for only a battle brother is worthy of the emperor’s visions and words. This has led to a complex relationship with the ecclesiarch and the ordo Hereticus, as both believe in their divine purpose. Many cannibalistic and macabre rituals are performed in his holy name prior to during and after battle. Victories usually followed by a massive feast of the defeated foe tracing its roots back to the tribal begging’s of the chapter. A major quantity of the chapters wars, and campaigns are foretold in the visions of their chapter master as he meditates in his chamber leading the Astral Leviathans to believe them the most loved of the emperor’s warriors and leading to many conflicts over campaign authority the chapter refusing to bow to any man or astartes will aside from their own. This also befalls the chapters proud display of its heraldry at all occasions even in combat bright purple banners wave high almost destroying any chance of surprise or stealth.

Chapter Apperance
The Marines of the Astral leviathans grow two extra rows of serrated fangs and over active belchers glands widening the jaws and stretching the lips to accommodate the monstrous teeth, a long, thick, and forked tongue is also present in the marine’s mouths forcing then to wear specialized helmets to resist the very potent acidic saliva.

Chapter Colors
The Astral Leviathans adorn themselves in silver battle plate, the boots, greaves, and pauldrons painted a deep purple. Squad specialty symbols are a white, with a black squad number placed over the center of it. Company colors adorn the pauldron trim and knee guards.