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Chapter History
The Midnight Claws are a chapter created during the 21st founding in 991.M35 with the intent of researching the stability of chimeric geneseed compared to pure ones using the the geneseeds of the Raven Guard and White Scars. As their first test in the field the Mechanicus lent a squad of the Astrates on a ork infested moon of Zorvus Omega. The mission saw the Marines use the stealth capability of the RG and the speed of the WS to easly find and kill the warboss that arose from the ork populations. The Mechanicus impressed by their skills quickly decided that the chapter should be built. The First Marine to be made nicknamed the Shadowed One was appointed as Chapter Master. The Official date of the chapter being fully built is 993.M35.

Soon after the chapter was made it was tasked by the forces of the Mechanicus to start a campaign of covert actions against cells of Alpha legionnaires that were infiltrating Chapters and weeding out the marines from inside with traitors instead. Before this however the Chapter had to first find the loyalists then separate them from the others. The campaign ended with the Chapter gaining Infamy across several systems for their nature of Bringing Judgement from the shadows.

300.M36. 1st and 2nd Companies were tasked with the eradication of outposts built by traitor guard regiments as Shrines to Khorne, inside being the mauled corpses of loyalists commissars and others that remained loyal to the emperor. The Chapters companies went for a brutal attack from the shadows leaving no traitor alive, ripping them limb to limb as revenge for the loyalists. After demolishing the outposts the would bury the corpses of the ones who didnt betray the Imperium and build a monument on each planet as a sign of respect for them.

621.M36. 4th, 7th and 9th Companies were tasked with securing Mechanicus ship convoys from possible ork raids. The Companies would encounter several waves of orks that would destroy several ships whose cargo has been saved. What wasnt known by the chapter was that a Warboss was about to start a Waagh against several systems next to their homeworld endangering it.

999.M36 Siege of Hexodivus. The Warboss and his waagh finally reached their planet. Almost all companies except for 2nd and 9th were entrenched and ready to fight to the death for their home world. In this battle their fortress monastery was destroyed leaving no trace that it ever existed. Everything inside was lost including a relic, Chapter Master Korbius and all Captains were killed. Leaving the Chapter into a schism that would last for hundreds of years. Some of Marines left the chapter for reasons unknown, only to be seen again as a warband dedicated to Chaos Undivided.

It is unknown what has occured during the 37th millennia. All files regarding this time were burnt due to unknown reasons by the Head Chaplain at that time whose name was lost in time. Current Apothecaries and Librarians of the Chapter suspect that the records were purged due to the possibility that the critical flaw in the geneseed appeared at that time and the near anihillation of the chapter for an unknown reason

001.M38. The Chapter would achive full strenght once again and begin a penance crusade for their "sins" commited in M37. During this Crusade they encountered several chapters in their own crusades of penance, making a Conclave who would adventure into the heart of long lost worlds an bringing them back into the fold of the Imperium until their penance was over.

442.M38 7th Company recieved a message from the high lords that the chapter must retrieve a batch of acient mark 1 terminator suits from a forgeworld long devoid of life after a tyranid attack. Even though at first the area seemed secure, remaining tyranids now devolved into beasts forming the planets wildlife attacked the company left right and center. From the second of arrival and leaving they lost 35 marines each of whose geneseed and armor were unrecoverable.

777.M38 Once again the Chapters traitors would try and attack the Chapter by placing fake orders to separate companies and even squads from one another to divide them apart for an easy takeover of the chapter from within. Taking down several companies in 300 years.

202.M39. Before the traitors could destroy the chapter the Chapter Master Dominus Sebator found out about their plan and sent them to conquer planets demeed important by the Imperium. During disembarking from the Planet the Defence Force would shoot down the the strike cruisers destroying everyone aboard. Only parts and pieces could be salvaged from the ships to build only one from the 3 downed

999.M39 The Chapter would go for a relic hunt in the zone between Segmentum Ultima and Obscurus where they would fight against several secessionist planets that joined forcess with sentient species which formed an alliance. This relic hunt would prove to be fruitfull for the chapter aquiring 5 relics in total. They would donate 3 of them to the linieges they came from and kept the ones coming from acient White Scars/Raven Guard history.

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Command Ranks

 * Chapter Master
 * Captain

Junior Ranks

 * Lieutenant
 * Sergeant

Line Ranks

 * Battle Brother
 * Neophyte

Company History

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Chapter Beliefs
The Chapter views regular humans and astartes in the same light. As sons of the emperor with the difference that the Astartes role is that of guarding humanity until they are no longer needed.

Despite their flawed geneseed they view other Astartes that bear heavy mutations with sorrow for they may not be suited for protecting humanity anymore. When fighting along side other chapters they tend to stay out of their way and do their own buissness.

Chapter Culture
The Chapter has much more respect for their fallen then their living Astartes do to their sacrifice for humanity and the chapter. For this some maybe seen caring bones from their brethren on their right lower arm as a sign of respect and as a charm.

Every year the Marines would go on a pilgrimage to the highest point of the planet on Mount Voxan where they would begin carving the aquila on their chest with a traditional knife given by Chaplains and cut into their skin quotes spoken by the highest ranking chaplins to ever live in the entirety of the adeptus astartes.

The armor of those marines who die from the Genetic Meltdown is closed inside the Librarium until they can exorcise the soul of the dead from the armor into the after life. Because of this they view as wearing parts of one of this cursed suits to be considered insulting to the dead and will lead to punishment through exile for 10 years on a death world planet

Chapter Gene-Seed
The Geneseed of the chapter is an almost critically flawed chimera between the Raven Guard and White Scars ones. Possessing 5 known mutations 1 of which being critical, could leading to the disbanding of the Chapter if its found out by the Mechanicus. Unlike other Raven Guard successors the Midnight Claws do not possess the white skin unique to the liniege.

Mutations:
 * Hair color mutation. Neophyte's hair slowly turns pure white in a 5 year period.


 * Eye color mutation. Marine's iris color turns into bright white color or light blue. Used by the Marines of the chapter to strike fear in their enemies when not wearing helmets.


 * Voice Mutation. The voice is very deep. Only people with good hearing can hear one speak. This aided them while infiltrating or on covert ops.


 * Increased Mobility. Their skin mutated so that during the night a similar process to photosynthesis occurs, leading to a power boost making the marine run faster for a period of time depending on the training done.

Critical Mutation:


 * Geneseed Meltdown. This mutation rarely occurs but when it does it leaves an everlasting effect upon the chapter. This mutation is triggered when the healing process begins by the Astartes body after a constant stream of very severe wounds that may or would lead to death if not treated. This mutation slowly melts down the Astartes genetic code. This leads to the Marine to slowly transform into black smoke and slowly dissipate through the face vox grill and other spots from the armor. Because of this the chapter losses big amount of gene material each century.

Deathwatch Service
The Service to the Deathwatch is viewed in a grey light. They think its a honour to join the Long Watch to prove your skills and bring glory for the chapter. But it is also seen as a death trap. For there very big chances of them suffering from the Genetic Meltdown exposing their chapters secret. For this they rarely send more then 2 marines when asked and before sending them they undergo serious training.

Currently 2 Marines from the chapter are in the Long Watch.

Brother Conrad and Brother Kars are serving in Kill Team Damocles.

Chapter Combat Doctrine
The Doctrine of the chapter is that of fast light armor attacks and stealth infiltration. Often the marines would infiltrate bases and weaken the enemy forces by brutalizing enemy commanders then charging a light armor attack to finish off the remaining targets and to take down those that try to run away. Because of this the chapter prefers light armored vehicles over the heavy and slow war machines. The Chapter has also a thing for silent running gear and vehicles. It is stated by several other chapters that you dont know that a thunderhawk of the chaper passed above you if you didnt see it before hand or were aware of the chapters presence.

Chapter Fleet

 * Pale Knight - Battle Barge
 * Shadow Stalker - Battle Barge
 * Warp Wanderer - Strike Cruiser
 * Dusk Blade - Strike Cruiser
 * Pure Arrow - Strike Cruiser
 * Grim Rezolve - Strike Cruiser
 * War Eater - Strike Cruiser

Chapter Appearance
The Main armor color is a lighter shade of midnight blue. The lenses, shoulder pad trims, kneepads and hands are snow white

Chapter Colours
The chapter colors are Midnight Blue as Primary and Snow White as Secondary

Chapter Badge
The Chapter badge is that of a

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Allies
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Notable Quotes
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By The Midnight Claws
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