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 * "Kill or be killed."

- One of the tenets of the Dark Brotherhood

The Dark Brotherhood are a particularly infamous and darkly-famed Space Marine Chapter created during an Unknown Founding and from uncertain lineage. Their infamous reputation for the amount of violence they inflict upon their enemies is horrific, if exceptional.

Chapter History
Not much is known about the history of the Dark Brotherhood, their lineage and founding is known to be lost, except for a few legends they accepted to share:

"'The Night Mother gave us her children, but when the child came out of his mother's womb he was clad in an armor full of bones, his eyes were black, his skin was white, and this child was known by the name Listener.' - A Legend in the local tongue of Thanatos translated into High Gothic."

Some Inquisitors believe that this Chapter were created from the forbidden gene-stock of one of the Traitor Legions, hence, why the Chapter is always under investigation for committing alleged crimes against the Emperor - such as genocide and atrocities on a massive scale.

Thanatos
Thanatos is the Chapter Homeworld of the Dark Brotherhood. A feral death world, due to the location and distance of this isolated planet from the system's sun, this world is shrouded in perpetual darkness. The native population of this planet is known to be paler, taller but also skinnier than the average baseline human, making the Astartes of the Chapter recruited from this world, paler and skinnier than most of their fellow transhuman cousins.

Chapter Beliefs
The Dark Brotherhood practice a sinister and morose variation of the Imperial Cult, venerating the Emperor as the Imperator Mortifex or 'Lord of Death'. The Chapter's obsession with death borders on the psychological, for they have even taken to wearing the bones of their dead or carrying their fellow battle-brothers' remains in small, scroll-like ossuaries that hang from their belts.

Primarch's Curse: Call of the Grave
The genetic curse within the Chapter's gene-seed manifests differently in the Dark Brotherhood Chapter than it does in their fellow coursin Chapters. Often, certain battle-brothers will display suicidal urges and a blatant disregard for overall combat doctrine. These battle-brothers operate independently on the field of battle, and are often employed as efficient shock assault troops and assassins. The Chapter Master will often utilise such afflicted brethren to undertake suicidal Zone Mortalis missions from which they are not expected to return. These battle-brothers will undertake such missions willingly, to rid themselves of the dark visions that plague their every waking moment, and to sell their lives dearly in service to the Imperator Mortifex.

When the Chapter's genetic curse manifests itself in an affected Battle-Brother, it comes on in three stages:


 * Stage 1 (The Spectre of Death): The Battle-Brother starts to see death in everything. He becomes distant and makes little effort to forge new alliances with new squad members, knowing they will soon be in the grave. He becomes more dismissive of death and the praising of the dead, seeing little glory in their sacrifice, only the inevitable end to their duty and another corpse to feed the gods of war. This attitude can grate on those around the Battle- Brother and he suffers with his fellowship when dealing with other soldiers or members of the Adeptus Astartes.
 * Stage 2 (Death's Shadow): The Battle-Brother cannot help but reflect on the worst side of a new development and will endeavour to find the worst aspect of even the most favourable of circumstances. Quite apart from causing friction within his squad, the drawing of focus onto potential problems and unforeseen dangers (regardless of the actual likelihood they will impact on the squad's mission) can cause compromises in command and less than direct tactical judgements.
 * Stage 3 (Call of the Grave): Death is inevitable and the Battle-Brother is already a walking corpse just waiting for the moment when an enemy's blade or bullet ends him. Filled with visions of his own demise, the Battle-Brother begins to act recklessly, accepting that it is his time and there is nothing he can do to prevent it coming. This will not only place him in danger but can endanger his entire squad. The Battle-Brother does not contribute to the squad's cohesion as he fails to adequately aid them in battle. In addition, he tends not to gain the benefit of hiding behind cover, as even when behind barricades and walls he exposes himself to fire with little mind to remaining concealed.

Combat Doctrine
The Dark Brotherhood value stealth above all things.Because of this the Dark Brotherhood are weak in face to face combat.The Dark Brotherhood are also known for tracking their "prey" for long periods of time only striking when the time is right.Also the way a battle-brother gain rank is by the number of kills they obtain.

Chapter Relics

 * The Armor of Death: A unique MVII armor,this armor is filled with bones and iconography representing death.

Enemies

 * '''Night Lords: The Night Lords are known rivals of the Dark Brotherhood,they have the same tactics,use the same kinds of weapons etc.