Iron Bison

" In the beginning all was darkness, the tribes of our brothers blindly fought amongst ourselves oblivious to the greater threats surrounding us. Left to ourselves we would have surely been succumbed to the evil spirits hiding in the dark or consumed by the monstourous xenos wandering our lands. It is the Emperor, our Great Chief who brought us salvation. He shaped our bodies made us unyielding as the mighty oaks, as strong as the great beasts and as swift as the winds of the plains. He gave us weapons of iron, fire and storm to cull those who threaten his children. Though we recieved many blessings his greatest gift of all was that of sight. We now bear witness to  the great enemies that threaten mankind both visible and hidden, and in his glorius name, we fight!"

- Excerpt from "The Story of Beginning" told to initiate Iron Bison Marines

The Iron Bison Space Marines are a semi-codex compliant loyalist Space Marine Chapter of an unknown founding currently engaged in a conflict with the Withered Hands Chaos Space Marines to reclaim several conquered worlds under the Iron Bison's protection. Iron Bison Space Marines primarily engage in Hit and Run and Fast Attack tactics, but a mutation in their gene seed gives them a unique empathetic awarness of their environment allowing them to sense enemies hidden behind cover or by unnatural means. This trait makes excellent for scouting and hunting parties and it is not unheard of for a company of Iron Bisons to be sent out to find hidden enemy bases for other chapters or to stalk an enemy who has escaped the watchful eyes of the Imperium. Unlike many chapters the Iron Bison shun Chainswords and Powerswords, favoring a handheld Power Axe know as the Power Tomahawk as their melee weapon of choice. Also while they will weild the standard array of long range weapons common among Space Marines they have also been known to carry two highly modified bolter types: the Musket Bolter a mid to long range rifle suited for hit and run tactics, and the Bow Bolter a highly modified bolter that silently fires metal arrow bolts utilized in hunting parties and covert missions.

Chapter History
For several milennia, the planet of Algonquin was easily overlooked. A standard Feral World in the Iro'quois system hovering on the borders between Segmentum Pacificus and Segmentum Tempestus while it offered a wild natural beauty, it's more reasource rich neighbors were prized and utilized for Imperial uses. Unbeknownst to Imperial forces, a hidden threat was brewing on the surface of Algoquin that would have threatened the system.

The Hunter and the Wendigo
It was not until an unkown White Scar Master of The Hunt, refered to by the natives as "Slayer of Death"  (a name still used in reverance by the Iron Bison to this day) arrived on Algonquin cornering a Chaos Marine who had fled to the planet to avoid the wrath of the White Scars. Over several days of tracking he found and dispatched the traitor hiding in a cave adjacent to a large plain. The Slayer collected his trophy and prepared to depart, only pausing to admire the planet's wide plains which reminded him of Mundus Planus. It was in that moment he was approached by local natives praising his strength, for they had been following him since planet fall and bore witness to his hunt of the traitorous marine. Believing him to be one of their great spirits of the hunt made manifest into their realm they pleaded with him to help save them from the Wendigo a monster that appears once every five years destroying everything in it's path then disappearing and it's time to return was upon them. None of their weapons could penetrate the beast's metal hide, all their greatest warriors and hunters sent to fight the abomination were killed. The neigboring tribes began warring with each other believing that human sacrifices would stave off the beast and protect their village for another five years. Intrigued by the description of the beast and the plight of the natives the Slayer agreed to investigate the Wendigo, and accompanied by two of the native hunters journeyed to the location where the Wendigo would usually manifest.

The hunters led the Marine to an unnatural clearing by the base of a mountain. Black scorchmarks marked  the ground there was barely any flora growing and it was apparent the native wildlife avoided the area all together. The group camped  just above the clearing and waited till nightfall and as the moon reached it's zenith a green light erupted in the clearing followed by the unholy roar of metal and death as a large Necron stepped into view. The necron was unlike any the White Scar had seen before almost as large as a dreadnought but lanky with long claws, a long tube of pulsing green energy led from under each side of the necrons skull along the spine and fed into the monsters back and it's face lacked a mouth, but what was most startling of all was the grinder in it's chest. In the center of the breastplate of the Wendigo was a spinning grinder the width of a power fist whirring with an unholy noise reminiscent of death screams of various humanoids. The necron quickly moved to a nearby tree with a speed and agility unseen by standard necrons shattering it and stuffing the organic contents into it grinding orifice. Realizing the serious threat the necron posed, the White Scar lept into action followed by the native hunters. Noticing the new organic targets the Wendigo turned and unleashed a torrent of green plasma flame from one of it's palms. The Hunter avoided the blaze but one of the hunters was hit his body incinerated on contact. The White Scar unleashed a barrage from his bolter pistol and while the bolts did damage to the carapace of the Wendigo was not as much damage as the Slayer had expected. The wendigo closed the gap and the the Marine and Necron began to trade blows though the necron started to get the upper hand knocking the Scar against the rocks. Though it attempted to unleash another blast of flame it seemed it was unable too, at this point the second hunter was able to jump on the back of the necron shattering his stone tomahawk on the necrons skull. The necron was unaffected but took notice of the hunter grabbing him and ripping him to shreds and stuffing the remains into it's grinder. This sent the White Scar into a maddened rage the Wendigo released another gout of flame but the marine again avoided the flame jumping into the necron and stabbing his power sword  through the neck of the black horror. The necron staggered and dissapared in a blast of green light and black smoke leaving the Marines power sword to clatter to the ground.

As dawn came, the White Scar returned to the tribes with the remains of two fallen hunters so they could recieve proper burials. The Master of the Hunt was given the title "Slayer of Death" and soon departed claiming that he and his brothers would return to ensure that the Wendigo would not return as a necron threat this close to Imperial planets was not tolerable. As the hour for the beast to return came to pass the White Scars returned leaving a small detachment to investigate the Wendigo, and again after 5 years the Necron reappeared though not it the pklace it had appeared before, but this time it was met by a squad of White Scars who were able to defeat the monster but not before it killed several Marines. The mysterious nature of this necron coupled with the threat of a potential invasion of a necron force in Imperial territory warrented the founding of Iron Bison chapter to protect system.

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