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Exercitus Imperialis
The Exercitus Imperialis, commonly known by their Low Gothic name, the ' Imperial Host ', are a 26th Founding Successor Chapter, created from the lineage of the stalwart and heroic Ultramarines. Adopting combat styles perfected by their predecessors of the Silver Centurions, they excel in phalanx infantry formations covered with overlapping fields of fire from their tactical and devastator squads with armoured support from their formations of Astartes Battle Tanks. They have defended the western borders of Segmentum Ultima since their inception, becoming experts in breaching operations and open field warfare in the process.

Chapter Home World
Alysium, fortress world and capital of the Sinistral-Ultima Sector in the Segmentum Ultima, stands vigilant against the western border of the Segmentum Ultima. When the Imperial Host was founded, the High Lords of Terra gifted them defense of Segmentum Ultima's western border to alleviate the pressure of the Segmentum's many responsibilities including increasing raids by orks, a newly discovered race of sentient beings in the T'au, the emergent Tyranid threat, and the constant Chaos incursions of distant star systems. Alysium is a temperate world, dotted by massive fortifications and anti-orbital batteries, but in the distant north of the planet, the Imperial Host reside within the Castra Albus, their fortress-monastery.

Fortress-Monastery
Castra Albus, a fortress stylized in the old Romanae castles of old on distant Terra, houses the Imperial Host Chapter. Designed by expert artisans of the Adeptus Mechanicus and overseen by members of the Ultramarines Chapter, it is a fortress that so rightly deserves its name of Warden of the West being built with strong walls of adamantium and constructed among the northern peaks of the Alpreggian Mountains.

Chapter Recruitment
The Imperial Host has a curious recruitment style of its aspirants. All members of the Chapter are recruited in squads of ten. They are then tasked with surviving upon the surface of Alysium with no aid of any kind, without clothing at the start of the trial, without supplies, for one year. If one of the aspirants does not pass the Trials of Survival, then none of the aspirants pass and they are given the choice of Chapter Serf or rejection of service with the Chapter.

Officer Ranks

 * Legatus: Chapter Master
 * Praefector: Force Commander
 * Centurion: Company Captain
 * Dominar: Senior Lieutenant
 * Optio: Junior Lieutenant

Specialist Ranks

 * Magus: Chief Librarian
 * Lord Admiral: Master of the Fleet
 * Aquillor: Chapter Ancient
 * Magistor Primus: Master of Sanctity
 * Praetor: Chapter Champion, Captain of the Honour Guard
 * Evocator: Captain of the Evocati
 * Medicae Primus: Chief Apothecary
 * Artificor Primus: Master of the Forge

Line Ranks

 * Acolyte
 * Legionary
 * Initiate

Specialist Formations

 * Triarii: The most experienced legionaries of the Chapter aside from the members of the Evocati. They are a melee oriented formation equipped with breacher shields and their famous Auric Spears. Reinforced power armour gifts them the ability to withstand punishing assaults on the frontlines, only being surpassed by the Evocati's Tactical Dreadnought Armour. They are organized into ten man squads and are attached to all exsisting cohort squads providing every unit with a dedicated melee capabilities.


 * Praetorian Order: The Imperial Host's dedicated Honour Guard. Formed in echo of their progenitor's own Honour Guard, they are numbered at one hundred members dispersed among the Cohorts in squads of twenty.
 * Evocati: Veteran legionaries awarded with the Crux Terminatus. Imperial_Host_Evocatus.png

Chapter Colours
The Exercitus Imperialis primarily wears silver coloured power armour with the exception of both backpack vents, shoulder pauldron trims and poleyns (knee guards) being light gold in colour. The Aquila or Imperialis worn on the plastron (chest guard) is also gold in a colour. A white coloured squad specialty symbol (Tactical, Devastator, Assault or Veteran) stenciled upon the right shoulder pauldron or right poleyn, indicates an individual battle-brother's assigned squad specialty. A small white coloured roman numeral stenciled next to the squad specialty symbol indicates squad assignment, while the larger white coloured roman numeral stenciled upon the left poleyn indicates company assignment.

Chapter Badge
The Exercitus Imperialis' chapter icon consists of a stylised black skull centered within a white circlet surrounded by a black border, which is enclosed within a gold coloured, ancient Grecian-style border. The skull has a small white 'Ultra' symbol centered upon its forehead, indicating the Chapter's heritage from the Ultramarines.

Chapter History
(to be completed, work in progress)