Icebound Sons

Name of Chapter: Icebound Sons Or The Sons of Sylence

Chapter Symbol: Ultramarine icon behind a multi-point star/snowflake

Colour Scheme Description: (Half/split color design) 1. Left half white, right half light blue power armor, white shoulders with blue trim, white gauntlets, kneepads, and boots, gold Aquila, black body glove under-armour 2. Chapter Master, being the Head Chaplain, wears traditional Chaplain black armor and a skull helmet, with the Chapter colors on the left shoulder pad.

Battle cry: 1. Blood and Ice! 2. Glory in victory and death!

Renegade or Loyal: Loyalist

Tactical Specialty/Combat Doctrine: 1. Close Combat 2. Armoured Assault Combat 3. Terror/Shock and Awe

Homeworld: Sylence Population: ~13 million (human and abhuman) Sylence deals with Ork infestations

Homeworld Type: Death/Ice World (a planet in which the native flora and fauna has evolved into naturally aggressive and dangerous forms).

Homeworld Terrain: Ice World: Arctic ice and tundra, frozen, rocky cliffs and mountains, many underground caverns; a cold world, with large permanent ice caps, freezing high winds and frequent blizzards, even on the equator. Humans on the planet who do not take precautions with shelter or protective clothing soon risk death by exposure.

Segmentum: Segmentum Obscurus (One of its most notable features is the Eye of Terror. Following the conclusion of the Thirteenth Black Crusade and the resurrection of Roboute Guilliman, much of Segmentum Obscurus has become stranded within Imperium Nihilus.)

Sector Name: Calixis Sector

Subsector Name: The Star Coast (Between subsectors Markayn Marches and The Periphery)

System Name: Rivia System

Rule of Homeworld: Stewardship - planet governed by Lord Inquisitor Valerius Calomere, who reports to Chapter Master Galan Avitus of the Icebound Sons Chapter.

Recruitment Process: Recruits come from the Hive planet Rivia Prime, in the Rivia System. Population: ~12 billion Recruits are then sent to the Chapter's homeworld of Sylence for training and modifications.

Fleet based or Fortress Monastery: Fortress Monastary "Everfrost" on Sylence

Codex Astartes Compliant: Divergent; the Chapter Master is the Head Chaplain; Upon the disappearance of Founding Chapter Master Adryian Prexus into the Warp, the then Head Chaplain, Galan Avitus, received a simple message in a dream. In it, an entity claiming to be the Emperor, promised Galan that their founder would one day return to lead them all again. With this renewed hope and faith, Galan's brothers elected him to be the next Chapter Master, naming him the first Lord Marshal.

Founded: 36th Millennium (13th/Cursed/Dark Founding) In-universe, almost nobody knows anything about the chapters founded in this time.

Founding Reason: As a permanent Standing Force and Counter to the invading Chaos forces within the sector.

Chapter's Progenitor: Ultramarines

Associated Primarch: Roboute Guilliman

Current Chapter Master: Lord Marshal Galan Avitus, Chapter Master/Head Chaplain

Alternative titles for ranks: Lord Marshal or Chaplain Master (Chapter Master/Head Chaplain) Captain Weapon Master (Champion) Purifier (Apothecary) Warp Master (Librarian) Speaker (Chaplain) Tech Master (Techmarine)

Chapter Specialities (Tactics): 1. Fast, brutal assaults 2. Specially designed for on-ice, assault bike squads 3. Aggressive tactics with little tendency for stealth or subtlety 4. Suffer no Heretic to live, purge them all 5. Specializes against Chaos Legions and Orks

Chapter Specialities (Equipment): 1. Totemic Charm: This Chapter has strong beliefs in the icon of Founding Chapter Master Adryian Prexus (two crossed lightning bolts) and would never be caught without such an icon, whether a badge, necklace or tattoo. 2. Modified Jump-Pack: custom Type Z Jump Packs (special Tri-vector thrust style Jump Pack that has an extended lift capacity and control). 3. Preferred Fighting Style: The Chapter prefers to go about killing the enemy using jump packs with chainswords, lightning claws and powerhammers, along with plasma weaponry. 4. Modified Weaponry: All weapons and equipment produced for the Chapter have the Chapter symbol prominently displayed and must function in extreme cold. 5. Modified Vehicles: Forge World Excelsior produces a specialized assault bike for the Chapter in a style that is specific to them, and well suited for ice combat. 6. Custom Vehicle: A custom-style attack bike with a custom Frosthammer Pattern Lascannon sidecar attachment. This Pattern is a variant of the Land Raider Lascannon, but modified to be mounted to an attack bike sidecar; usually utilized by the Chapter Master and the 2nd Company Captain; named "Behemoth"

Chapter's Flaw: Eye to Eye - The Chapter hates any method of warfare other than running up to the enemy and punching them right in their heretical/xenos faces.

Chapter Strength: Nominal: The Chapter can field ten full companies, each with ten squads. Every squad consists of ten brethren and specialised appointments, so the Chapter is regarded as fully fit for battle.

Active number of Marines: ~1000

Company Heraldry, Heraldry Locations etc: Traditional: Chapter Symbol on left shoulder pad, squad symbol on the right

Preferred Enemy: Death Guard Chaos Legion and Orks

Gene-seed purity: Altered Stock - Gene-seed is slightly altered and some implants have slightly mutated to function in a freezing environment

Gene-seed mutations: 1. Mutated Occulobe - "In the dark, I can see perfectly! How usefu-aaAAAH THE SUN! HOLY EMPEROR MY EYES!" Eyes have adapted to see infrared/heat signatures and eyes of Chapter brothers glow with a pale blue/purple. 2. Malfunctioning Melanochrome - Pale coloured skin. 3. Hyperactive Mucranoid - traditionally only activated by outside treatment, the Chapter's mutation allows a Space Marine to consciously sweat a substance that coats the skin and offers resistance to extreme heat and cold and can even provide some protection in a vacuum. 4. Belcher Gland intact, produces potent Neuro-toxin

Unique Rituals/Beliefs: 1. Revere the Founder - "Our Founder will return to lead us to glory!" 2. The Imperial Truth Above All - "By the Light of Terra, heresy will not be tolerated!" 3. Uphold the Honour of the Emperor - Let His light guide all! Glory to the Emperor! 4. Totem Icon - "You know our Chapter symbol? Yeah, that's going EVERYWHERE!!"

Chapter Relics: 1. Power Sword of the Founder, "Frostbourne" 2. The Iron Halo of the Founder * The Power Sword is wielded by the 2nd Company Captain, and the Iron Halo is worn by the Lord Marshal.

Figure of Legend: Founding Chapter Master Adryian Prexus, named the Warpstrider, as he was lost in a Warp accident, although the Chapter believes he will return one day...

Deeds of Legendary Figure: 1. The hero led a glorious campaign against a rebel army, defeating the foe and bringing an entire sector back into the light of the Emperor, teaming up with the Adeptus Sororitas, the Order of the Oaths Betrayed, during the campaign. 2. The hero valiantly defended his homeworld from an Ork invasion. He famously stood against the Ork warboss, killing it and breaking the Greenskins invasion's back with that single shot. 3. The hero was lost to his Chapter in a warp accident, yet his descendents believe he still lives and fights the enemies of the Emperor, and will one day return to them, to lead them all to victory.

Chapter Relations (Allies): 1. Ultramarines Astartes Chapter 2. Adeptus Mechanicus 3. Order of the Oaths Betrayed Sororita Order 4. Imperial Guard of the Rivia System, the Star Fangs 5. Inquisitor Governor Valerius Calomere of Sylence 6. PDF of homeworld Sylence 7. Titan Legion of Forge World Excelsior

Chapter Relations (Enemies): 1. Death Guard Chaos Legion 2. Any Nurgle-spawned daemons 3. Orks

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