Void Paladins

The Void Paladins are a formerly Loyalist Ultramarines Successor Chapter created during the 4th Founding, that was declared a Renegade Chapter as of M36. They are mostly a fleet-based crusading Chapter but have several planetary fortress outposts for recruiting and resupply. This Chapter follows the tenants of the Emperor's Imperial Truth and endeavours to spread this philosophy throughout the galaxy, despite their renegade status by the Imperium at large.

Chapter History
Founded in the middle centuries of M32 during the 4th Founding in the wake of the near-disastrous events of the War of the Beast, following their inception, this Chapter crusaded with honour across the galaxy against all manner of Chaos and xenos enemies. Their most common enemy were Chaos Space Marines and pirates that plagued the galaxy in the early M30's. In the recent millennia, this rogue Chapter has been relatively quiet for awhile, but there are some reports of them being active fighting against Heretic Astartes outside the Eye of Terror, and there has been at least one report of them killing Imperial forces on Genao, but this event is under Inquisitional investigation for heresy on the part of the victims.

Revelations on Putamn
After several millennia of crusading for the Imperium, in the early 700s M36 the bulk of the Chapter found itself in a war of attrition against Aeldari forces on the backwater world of Putamn. Their Chapter Master of the time, Abba Milaro, was subsequently injured during the fighting and was seemingly taken by enemy forces. In fact he had been saved by them, and when he had mostly recovered their Farseer commander showed him a psychic vision that flashed to hundreds of moments, dating all the way back to before the Horus Heresy. Abba saw events such as when the Word Bearers where humbled on the world of Khur and forced to kneel by the Emperor for worshiping him, and another moment when the Master of Mankind gave a speech about His vision of the Imperial Truth, as well as many other moments forgotten or suppressed over time. When he finally came back to reality, the Aeldari brokered a ceasefire with the Chapter Master and the other Aeldari forces and departed from the world. Once the planet was safe and the Chapter Master had returned to his own flagship, Abba called the entirety of his crusading forces across the galaxy to come to Iben as soon as they tactically could. When they all gathered at their Fortress-Monastery on Iben, he laid out the visions he had seen and endeavoured to discover why, at least, had the Emperor's original vision of the Imperial Truth had been altered. Abba planned to travel to Terra after visiting Macragge for council.

Betrayal to Defection
This fateful decision caused the Inquisition, and the Ecclesiarchy itself, to send a large strike force and attempt to silence them before he could reach Macragge, but instead sparked a small war with the Void Paladins upon the surface of Iben as well as its orbit. The local population of Ibeni was utterly devoted to the Astartes and thus fought hard to protect them from what they saw as traitorous forces of the Inquisition. Millions died in the large scale bombing campaign against the few large cities on the planet. Eventually the chapter was able to fend off the assault but lost over half their number, a third of there fleet, their fortress-monastery, and most of the native Iben population. After this, the remaining Paladins and Ibeni scavenged as many resources as they could carry and loaded onto the remaining vessels of Chapter's fleet as well as some captured Inquisition ships and departed for a world that had been located, but kept secret by Abba as a sanctuary world in case they spawned a successor chapter, Pueblo.

A New Home
After traversing the galaxy they came to the planet Pueblo, a desert world outside of Imperium control. Pueblo had been founded by various Rogue Traders and rich nobles from the sector fed up with Imperial oversight. Its moon was controlled by a reclusive former Mechanicus faction that held several small forgehives complete with a spaceport and small orbital shipyards. The Pueblans did not like the seemingly Imperial allied invaders at first, but after negotiations were conducted they agreed to an alliance. The Kiseran would not become the planets ruling warlord like most astartes homeworld's and the human nobles were allowed to retain some of there local power, though in practice the Kiseran eventually held the most sway. The planet is run by a council of the leaders of the many factions of the planet, but the overall leaders of that council are the Quatumvirate: the main leader among Rogue traders, the main leader among the Nobles, the leader of the Mechanicus faction & now the Kiseran of the Void Paladins. It was upon this desert world of Pueblo that perhaps the darkest part of the Chapter's history took place, which would come to be known as the the 'Night of The Splintering'.

Night of the Splintering
For a standard century the Chapter recovered its numbers and supplies to eventually go back to crusading in some way, in this time they brought there chapter strength to about 1,500, in excess of the Codex Astartes-mandated, maximum-allowable number of 1,000 Astartes. Three companies worth of Paladins from all over the Chapter, including Legatus Xzore of the 2nd Cohort and his entire veteran company, had decided to declare themselves independent of the yoke of Imperial rule and willingly became a Chaos Warband. They infiltrated the planet's star port located in the capital hive in the dead of night and were able to steal several docked warships and some supply transports meant for the Laeraethus. Using the transports they managed to utilize the vessel's boarding pods and fired them into the ship at point-blank range into the open hangers, with no warning, and used the time to get as close to the gene-seed vault as possible. While this was happening, most of the Traitor warships attacked and then boarded a Pueblan naval patrol, securing all of their ships and then adding them to their growing flotilla. They also took hundreds of civilians to be utilized as slaves for later uses.

While many of the Chaos-splinter faction marines were killed in the brutal boarding action against the transport, the main force under Xzore's leadership were able to steal half of the saved gene-seed and make good their escape, utilizing several Thunderhawk transports they found docked within the flagship. Xzore personally killed Abba, shattering Abba's chest with a power maul after siccing his traitorous veterans on Abba from all sides in a vicious melee fight that cost Abba an arm and a leg fighting them off. After his death Xzore had an apothecary remove Abba's geneseed so as to deprive the chapter of it as well, before smashing the body several more times until it popped like a grape to further hurt his former brothers. They were able to get picked up by Xzore's personal battle barge, Now named the False God, and headed into the warp at the cost of their traitorous brethren still fighting aboard the transports, who were fighting against a boarding action and thus were a perfect shield to keep from being shot at. Before leaving the highest point of planetary orbit, and scant seconds before the Laeraethus finally had a clear shot to open up with a broadside, the False God fired a full broadside not at the flagship bearing down on it but the planet itself. The capital hive was shattered by the destructive effects of the bombardment, killing millions of humans in the crossfire of a chapter war for the second time. Overall about a company worth of the chaos splinter faction survived the journey into the warp, mostly his cohorts veteran 1st company, and with the stolen gene-stock and newly acquired naval fleet vessels they joined a Chaos Sorcerer named Akemos to create the Cabal of Destiny.

Picking Up The Pieces
By the time morning hit the capital the hive was engulfed in fire. The broadside had cut most of the hive spires in half and ignited thousands of fires across the city, these fires were fed by insulation and other burnable materials to the point that they spread into each other and became raging infernos. While the hive tried to save itself the Void Paladins were all gathered to the Laeraethus and were told of the news regarding Xzore's betrayal as well as the death of Abba. Everyone of the paladins made a vow to honor Abba's memory by spreading the Imperial Truth & helping the Pueblans rebuild, as well as wiping out the traitors who fled with Xzore. Abba's mutilated body was laid to rest within there planetary fortification on Pueblo called Masada. For over 7 decades the chapter provided superhuman laborers as well as there skilled techmarines to rebuilding the shattered hive. When it was done the Pueblans renamed the capital to Abbaheim in honor of Abba.

Pre Defection
Prior to leaving the Imperium, the Void Paladins were loosely centered on the planet Iben, a civilized world of ice and forest that was virus bombed following the Defection of the Void Paladins. The Ibeni were a warlike culture with fortified castles built into the frozen ground. It is currently an inquisition controlled quarantine planet under heavy guard. As a Crusading Chapter they were mostly fleet-based and had a formidable naval fleet on par with some sector battlefleets prior to the Inquisition's assault cut it down by over a third.

Post Defection
After traversing the galaxy they came to the planet Pueblo, a desert world outside of Imperium control. They also maintain a large fortified outpost, called a Castrum, on several planets they have defended or recruited from. The main outpost of this nature is on Larani V & is defended by a full company while the rest have a phalanx or so.
 * The Laeraethus- Maelstrom-class Galleas of War that holds there gene-seed & relic vaults. Considered the primary base of operations for the entire chapter. guarded by a veteran company and thousands of Rorarii.
 * Pueblo- Main planetary outpost under there control, the Ibeni who followed them into defection settled here as well. The capital is a relatively small hive called Abbaheim. There chapter fortress on the surface, named Masada, is no less formidable compared to most planet based chapters, carved into a massive 70km diameter & over 10km into the sky granite hard red rock plateau topped with thousands of orbital defense batteries and more close range point defense guns to defend from ground assault. This base is the main resupply point for there cohorts. The top of the plateau can have several Battle Barges land atop of it if needed though the space is most often used for smaller craft as the expansive dust covered plains outside of the base have more than enough room to land the entire chapter's fleet.
 * Larani V- Feudal world where small selections of warrior children are given to the Void Paladins as part of their debt to the chapter. In return a full company of paladins is stationed here to covertly guard it from the nearby threats and to keep to keep the feral ork tribes in check. The first part of joining the chapter for a Larani warrior child is to survive the desolate tundra forests where small tribes of feral ork eek out a short life before being killed by a Paladin or neophyte in training, & sometimes aspirants that use brute force over stealth though many that are found are killed. The company uses an old castle estate built in the southern polar region called Summerhaven, its frozen walls are twice as thick due to the ice and servitors constantly polish down any possible handholds to prevent enemies from scaling. Summerhaven itself is full time manned by a training squad of veteran scout marines from the fourth cohort and defensively manned by a rotation of companies from all fours cohorts who also assist with training, currently guarded by the 2nd Cohort's 5th Company.

Notable Campaigns

 * Idolater Crusades (500-598.M33): Massive crusades fought by the entire Chapter against Chaos Space Marine Warbands in the Eastern Fringe. Even with the Forces of Chaos using daemons and other warpcraft, they were killed or pushed out of the sector after 98 years of fighting. The chapter lost over 85% of its number in this crusade & didnt return to full strength for almost 1000 years. In this time of recovery the first Rorarii regiments are created to fill the gap left by the lack of astartes.
 * Onkar Crusade (960-966.M34): An underpowered chapter along with its Rorarii legions, and several other chapters, conduct a several years long crusade against Ork that had taken root near the jungle covered hive world of Maurya in the Onkar system. The Ork had taken over several outlying planets along with there fortified outposts before making a hard push to Maurya itself. Though the crusade cost the paladins several hundred battle brothers and thousands of Rorarii they were able to clear the jungle temple complex used as the main ork stronghold while the other chapters held the hive defenses.
 * Putamn Campaign (717-721.M36): War of attrition fought against Aeldari over control of Putamn, a small Agri world under Imperium control. It was during this war that the Kiseran of the time, Abba Milaro, was shown the Emperors true vision known as the Imperial Truth as opposed to the Imperial Creed. Though it ends in Imperial victory it is considered the last loyalist action conducted by the Void Paladins.
 * lben Purge (721.M36): Vicious assault conducted by Ecclesiarchy & Inquisition forces against the chapters homeworld in an effort to extinguish them before they started asking around about the Imperial Truth. This force consisted of a dozen trooper regiments, multiple Sororitas companies, & several senior Inquisitors as the commanders transported by a large fleet of warships. Most of the force is wiped out in the ensuing battle but most of its inner core escapes when the naval battle turns to the Paladins favor. Entrenched positions were left alone during the defection so as to not provoke them & any prisoners were locked in a barracks with supplies and a vox. Afterwards the Inquisition uses virus bombs to kill any paladins & Ibeni that stayed behind, this also claims he lives of most of the surviving remnants of the disastrous first assault who had been assumed butchered in its aftermath.
 * Larani Crusade (003-009.M37): Short crusade fought to liberate several human systems at the same time from Ork and tau forces already in combat with each other for the systems. during this time they liberated the Feudal world of Larani V and set up a recruiting program, from this program has come hundreds of Paladins including Sezrion and Saiot. Due to the importance of Larani V to the Chapter in regards to recruiting and the establishment of an outpost on the planet the chapter named the crusade after it.
 * First Cabal Invasion of Pueblo (133-137.M38): The first attempt by the Cabal to secure more geneseed or otherwise destroy the Void Paladins or there recruitment base. They secure a foothold on the moon away from the forge hives and from here push straight to the surface of the planet. After several years of intense fighting they are pushed out of the system after very heavy losses on the part of the Rorarii and Pueblans themselves from the daemonic urban warfare.
 * Horu Assault (143.M38): Assault on a feral world used by the Cabal as a recruiting place in vengeance for the attack on Pueblo. The Cabals main fortress on the planet is destroyed along with thousands of the native chaos worshiping savages. In this attack over a dozen chaos tomes are stolen and placed within a warded vault somewhere in there holdings.
 * Genao Massacre (999 M40): Violent attack against imperial citizens on the planet Genao in the defense of Aeldari who had been captured by a chaos cult called the Cult of the Dark Millennium that was trying to open a portal to the warp so daemons could destroy the planet on the eve of the new millenium. Since the public didn't know about the cult all they saw and reported was the Void Paladins attacking from orbit and killing hundreds of loyalist arbites and PDF as well as dozens of innocents inside a mansion. Currently the event is under Inquisitional investigation due to what was found within that mansion, and there is no explanation for why several dozen eldar were seen being carefully removed from the mansion, even at the cost of one of there own defending them, and loaded onto a Stormbird before disappearing into the void.
 * Second Cabal Invasion of Pueblo (604.M41): A second attempt by the Cabal to assault the holdings of the Void Paladins. This time they are soundly defeated first in space and then on the surface of the moon when they try to land there damaged transports. It is estimated that over a million chaos cultists awaiting orbital drop were killed on the moon by the combined airpower of the Pueblan navy and the chapter's own Storm Eagles, or during the sweep and clear missions conducted by the fourth cohort afterwards.
 * 13th Black Crusade (999.M41): Half of the First Cohort fought for the Imperium against the massive chaos assault on several fronts, including joining the doomed defenders on the world of Troii after the Fall of Cadia.

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Chapter Organisation
Unlike most chapters born of Roboute Guilliman's gene-seed, the Void Paladins were anti-authoritarian even before their defection, this translated into several changes like company layout, unit types, and size. There cohorts were the separate crusading forces sent out to far away warzones and were made up of a few companies much like a phalanx being several cadre working together. Their crusading battle style forced them to recruit beyond the Codex-mandated amount of 1,000 Astartes, due to constant casualties. As they were now outside of Imperial authority and have had a long time to rebuild their current size, the Paladins have grown in number, far in excess of a standard Chapter.

The chapter is lead by the Dominus Council, Ibeni word meaning high general or master, consisting of the Kiseran and the seven various Dominus' of the Chapter each overseeing a specific branch of the Chapters support roles: Master of Truth(Iterator), Master of War(Soluto), Master of the Fleets(Navarch), Master of the Mystic(Magi), Master of the Forges(Opifex), Master of the Apothecary(Medicus), & Master of the Rorarii.

Cohorts
They spit their large force into 4 Chapter sized groups, called Cohorts, with each one lead by a Legatus who in turn is in command of 8-12 companies lead by a Centurion comprised of 10-14 Cadre, or squads, with about 5-8 Paladins each lead by a Decanus. Several cadres fighting together is called a Phalanx, and is the basis for the varied infantry tactics used by the Chapter since its crusading days, lead by the most senior decanus in the phalanx. All four of the Legatus' have a personal company known as the Company Legio that is outside the normal 1-12 numbering used for the rest of the companies, while the Kiseran has a separate one as well called the Company Primus.
 * First Cohort- Overall commanded by the Kiseran himself but day to day commanded by Legatus Titus. Has the biggest concentration of veteran warriors as well as the most warships for void warfare.
 * Second Cohort- Commanded by Legatus Groilleh of Iben, considered the main infantry force as it has the most overall with 12 full companies. Set up almost the same as a compliant chapter though it has an extra scout and battleline company added to it.
 * Third Cohort- Commanded by Legatus Severus of Iben, has the most armored vehicles and bike squads of the cohorts. Reserve companies focus on faster vehicles like bikes and rhinos, the main battle companies focused on tanks and more specialized variants, and the veteran companies used the oldest and most powerful vehicles available.
 * Fourth Cohort- Commanded by Legatus Trath of Pueblo, in charge of the defense of Pueblo and its surrounding system as well as the training of new recruits. Is also the day to day commander of the fortress on the plant surface, Masada. Has the most Rorarii attached to the cohort.

Ranks
Most ranks are the same as in the Ultramarines with some differences as noted below:
 * Kiseran- The rank given to the Crusade-Master of the Void Paladins
 * Legatus- Rank given to the commander of a Cohort. Treated like a chapter master by his personal cohort but is ever loyal to the Kiseran. The Legatus of the First Cohort is more the right hand man and assumed future successor to the Kiseran, often being the day to day leader of the cohort.
 * Navarch- Each cohort has a naval commander for its own fleet, the Navarch of the Kiseran's personal cohort is considered the overall Master of the Fleets for the chapter or the Dominus Classis. Each of the various Cohorts has a powerful flagship as well as another dozen warships to defend it as befitting a fleet based chapter skilled at void warfare.
 * Magi- Similar to a Librarian in a codex compliant chapter. The head librarian of a cohort is called a Magus. Each cohort has around three Magi of there own while the Magus is part of the Legatus' personal company. The most senior librarian in the chapter is called the Dominus Magus. He is also in charge of culling the psyker population on Pueblo to manageable levels so that daemonic possession doesn't happen or spread.
 * Iterator- Similar to a Chaplain in a codex compliant chapter, instead of the Imperial Creed crafted by the Ecclesiarchy to keep control of the imperial masses they spread the Imperial Truth. The name Iterator is from the time of the Great Crusade, it was the people responsible for spreading the Imperial Truth to newly compliant worlds and undermining other more secular faiths. Though they still hold a near religious role due to the creation of purity seals and wards to fight daemons. Instead of being a Master of Sanctity the head Iterator is called the Dominus Veritas. Armed with the same Crozius Arcanum and dispense the same justice to chaos tainted anything as there imperial counterparts.
 * Opifex- Similar to a Techmarine in a codex compliant chapter. Each cohort has its own forge Master called a Legio Opifex, but the Master of the Forges for the chapter is called the Dominus Fornax. Due to there renegade status they can no longer go to Mars and receive training but instead are trained by there own veterans and several of the former Mechanicus factions on Pueblo's moon.
 * Soluto- A unique type of officer to the Void Paladins, acts as a support tactician between the Legatus and the Centurions, is in charge of overseeing the tactics used during the Cohorts campaigns and to aid the Legatus in many of his decisions. Since most officers like charging into battle at some point tit falls to the Soluto to stay behind and take charge of the overall stratagem, though it would seem that they would be the more pacifistic members of the chapter all Soluto are considered elite even among other veterans & have a grim humor that they most often lead a fallen cohorts bloody last stand in the known history of the chapter. Often seen as the right hand man of the Legatus and his successor if not someone else. Found in each of the four Company Legio but the highest ranking Soluto is called the Dominus Arma and is part of the Company Primus within the First Cohort. The other Soluto all report to there Dominus on a daily basis so he can be up to date on the chapters troop movements and resupply needs.
 * Medicus- Similar to an Apothecary in a codex compliant chapter. Each cohort has its own head apothecary called a Legio Medicus, but the most senior apothecary for the chapter is called the Dominus Medicus.
 * Venator- Specialist recon marine similar to a scout but is a veteran at least on par with a Decanus in skill instead of a raw recruit like normal scouts. often they operate alone or in small kill teams but can be attached to a normal squad as well. The head Venator in a Cohort is called a Venati-Legio while the Venator found in the Kiseran's company is called the Venati-Primus and is considered the highest ranking Venator overall. One thing about Venator squads is that they are all part of the Company Primus & Legio's, making them more or less the personal scouts of the Kiseran as well as his eyes and ears if need be.
 * Signifer & Vexillifer- The standard bearers of the Chapter, a Signifer bears the Company standard while a Vexillifer bears the Cohort & Company-Legio standard. The company Primus has an extra Vexillifer considered the senior most standard bearer, called the Vexilli-Primus, that carries the chapter standard.
 * Centurion- Commander of a company, equal to a codex compliant captain.
 * Decanus- Commander of a cadre, equal to a Sergeant in a codex compliant chapter. When cadres group up into a Phalanx the most senior Decanus is in charge if there is no other higher rank present.
 * Rorarii- These are the armed human serfs, similar in function to the Kaerls of the Space Wolves Chapter, they help guard the chapter's holdings and operate some of the support roles on board there warships. Most are recruited from the descendants of the Ibeni that followed the paladins into there defection though thousands of Pueblans have since joined as well. Each is equipped as a standard heavy infantry guardsman but is trained by the paladins themselves making them much more effective soldiers than most in the Imperial Guard. They are also educated beyond most members of the Imperium, being able to fully understand high Gothic as well as several forms of Low Gothic & having higher education to overall better assist the chapter. Some even receive training similar to a techpriest from the chapters techmarines and are geared with much the same combitools though with less augments. They use much the same ranking system as the chapter with a Decanus & Centurion being equal ranks in there hierarchy but use the term Legionnaire instead of Paladin for there basic trooper, call there main commanding officer the Dominus Rorar, & call there main regimental grouping a Legion. Each cohort has its own Rorarii Legions and the Kiseran's cohort has triple the Rorarii to help guard there warships. Theres is the only non astartes Dominus for the entire chapter.

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Combat Doctrine
A defining attitude with all Void Paladins is that no battle brother, or at least his geneseed, can be left behind. this is because of the losses suffered in the early periods of their existence and is the main reason they have been able to swell there numbers to the size it is now. Every phalanx has at least one Apothecary as well as an Iterator to help spread the Truth. In battle prior to there Defection they were much more willing to engage in large scale crusade campaigns that incured huge casualties but now with the loss of the limlitless resources of the Imperium and there original homeworld they have become much more tactically varied with there missions, as well as using dirtier tactics to overcome there fanatical enemies. When it come to the combat itself they favor closer range action but like there crusading tactics they have had to focus more on precise ranged attacks or silent executions instead.

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Notable Void Paladins
Kiseran Vikres Tirautu- Current leader and a powerful Magi as well on par with the current Dominus Magus if not his better. wields a Magi staff in his left hand and a relic force sword of Aeldari origin as his main weapon. besides his warp powers he has a left wrist mounted pueblo pattern bolter as his ranged weapon. He has been building his chapter up as much as possible in preparation for the eventual crusade against the Cabal of Destiny after Xzore killed Abba and stole there geneseed.

Dominus Magus Kaeso Menenius- The highest ranking Magi in the chapter, was mentored by Vikres when he was still the Magus. Though he has accepted Abba's turn from the Imperial Creed, he cannot fully end the guilt from turning away himself.

Iterator Lepidus Gratian, Dominus Veritas- Pious & resolute Chaplain that had a very hard time accepting what Abba had learned from the Aeldari, calling it an obvious xenos trick. It was after several days of constant debate that Ledpidus accepted the Imperial Truth, though he never spoke of the visions he sometimes received long ago of the emperor as well whenever he prayed in the Reclusiam that bade him to listen to "the Truth". From that day forward he preached the tenants on and off the battlefield as Abba asked an he felt was right.

Navarch Savod Andronicus, Dominus Classis- Seasoned admiral in personal charge of the First Cohort fleet, a flotilla numbering almost 20 warships, as well as the rest of the chapters fleets as a whole. The Laeraethus is considered a part of the First fleet but rarely joins it on missions. He is a very humble officer for an Astartes that seems to naturally gain the respect of the ones he works with, often being considered one of the chapters chief diplomats as well. Was present during the Fall of Cadia and is currently getting ready for the next front line action against the Cabal on the planet Troii.

Dominus Arma Lars Vedrix- The most senior Soluto in the chapter and seen as one of the fore most tacticians of the chapter ever. Often lays out extensive plans from a crusade headquarters and can coordinate multiple frontlines with ease. If he enters the battle personally he will use Terminator armor with an artificer power claw & dual wrist mounted storm bolters though he prefers to keep back and better control a warzone.

Dominus Medicus Galen Toutius- Head Apothecary for the chapter. Though young compared to the other Dominus' his medical skills have proved invaluable to the chapter and to the Pueblans during disasters. Considers his work helping the much shorter lived humans as the best possible thing he could do with his talent besides dealing with the chapters Geneseed.

Hephast Paternus, Dominus Fornax- Giant bearded senior Opifex that lost his left arm long ago while repairing a dreadnought in combat but replaced it with a multi limb servo arm on par with a servo harness after he recovered. His nest of mechadendrites have many tools and energy weapons integrated into them but his favored weapon is the Omnissian power axe, his badge of office as a techmarine. Hephast is highly skilled at engravings & creating artificer equipment. Though considered scary looking by many Pueblans, with his half machine visage & the giant hairy bulk of his flesh, Hephast loves making trinkets for children, he is even held as a kind of patron saint of children on the planet similar to a Saint Nicholas of old earth due to his visiting of orphanages with toys to hand out along with the mars red coloring of his techmarine armor.

Reclusiarch Augustus- Iterator that tends to the Sacred Reclusiam on board the Laeraethus. Rarely leaves the chapter's flagship though he will attend to missions of importance like the rescue of Athirlyn Seers on Genao.

Legetus Crass Virilis of the First Cohort- He is the right hand man of the Kiseran and day to day commander for the First Cohort. Considered next in line to succeed Vikres as the Kiseran. Was present during the Fall of Cadia and is currently getting ready for the next front line action against the Cabal on the planet Troii.

Centurion Marcus Aurelian- Commander of the 1st Cohort Veteran 1st Company. Known as a stoic Philosopher & a fan of art. Uses meditation to clear his mind before a battle & will often create some kind of art after a memorable battle. his work is held in high esteem by other paladins as well as Pueblans. He was the commander alongside Augustus during the Genao Massacre and to this day every year since holds an anniversary vigil for the fallen loyalist citizens. Was present during the Fall of Cadia and is currently getting ready for the next front line action against the Cabal on the planet Troii.

Decanus Sezrion the Stormsword- Stalwart swordsman that was recruited as a youth from an Imperium controlled feudal world besieged by ork for years before any help came fro the stars. the help that did come were not loyalist astartes but renegades that died just as hard defending the human population. Due to there renegade standing the local kings gave the warrior orphans that prowled the countryside hunting ork as recruits in secret. His current skill with a sword is such that he has been given the honor of carrying the relic Stormsword, with it the rank as one of the chapters Champions as well as the artificer storm bolter made to accompany it called Steel Rain. He has a large cloak made from the thick skin of a bear like creature native to Larani V called a Ursin that has its head draped over his right shoulder. Currently a Decanus under Marcus within the 1st Cohort Veteran 1st Company. Was present during the Fall of Cadia and is currently getting ready for the next front line action against the Cabal on the planet Troii.

Venator Decanus Saiot Falcye- Childhood friend of Sezrion that was trained as a ranger and as such is an expert marksman, considered the best shot in the entire Chapter, though his martial training on a feudal world also makes him a dangerously skilled swordsman. His main weapon is a custom made Pueblo pattern Bolter that is set up as a sniper rifle with a built in bi pod, his back up weapons being a plasma pistol & a pair of relic power blades called Deimos & Phobos. Currently in charge of a kill team attached to Sezrion's Phalanx. Was present during the Fall of Cadia and is currently getting ready for the next front line action against the Cabal on the planet Troii.

Abba Milaro, Abba the Great- The legendary Kiseran that was in charge during the Defection from there original homeworld of Iben. Prior to becoming a paladin he was a celebrated battle brother of the Ultramarines who had joined the chapter after the fires of the Horus Heresy & was considered a hero by many by the time of the War of the Beast. Afterwards when the Fourth Founding was called he was going to volunteer to lead a chapter but his Chapter Master had already submitted his name for the honor due to his obvious skill with commanding astartes and tactical prowess. As the Kiseran he formed much of the chapters layout with the beginning of the cohorts, originally just multi company strike forces. After the Inquisitions first assault on Iben he was responsible for leading his marines and the surviving natives of Iben to safety. Once they got to Pueblo he was the one that secured there future as the handlers of the planet. He was killed during the assault on board the Laeraethus by Legatus Xzore and his chaos marines while guarding the gene-seed vault the night before the 100 year anniversary of the loss of Iben. Though Xzore challenged him to single combat his marines pounced on Abba as soon as they had an opening, rending him apart but leaving the final blow for Xzore who just laughed at such an honorable and most likely oldest non warp twisted astartes alive would be brought down with such treachery.

Besides these noble battle brother's there are the shameful traitors that joined, or tried to join, the Cabal of Destiny during the Night of the Splintering or at some point after it. (To Be Added)
 * Legatus Xzore the Splinterer- Legatus that went to chaos and betrayed the chapter by stealing half of the gene-seed stored in the vault and killing the Kiseran at the time. Escaped into the warp and is one of the founding members for the Cabal of Destiny. Earned the Moniker "the Splinterer" after smashing Abba's chest with a power maul which caused his broken armor to shatter.
 * Brutus the Unwanted- Part of the chaos splinter faction commanded by Legatus Xzore and was in charge of the transports used to ferry the boarders that stole the geneseed. When Xzore escaped with his veteran company Brutus was unknowingly left behind as a sacrifice to be captured and interrogated. Once it was deemed that he was useless as an informant he had his geneseed removed and burned as it was already considered unworthy of being used, along with each enhanced organ, one at a time, alive. He set the record for time spent alive during the execution, a grim process reserved for ALL paladins that go to chaos or betray the order in any way. His name gained the Unwanted addition when Xzore left him behind and included the following line during his escape, "..you can have the unwanted within that transport they have done there job".

Chapter Colours
Void Paladins have a darker grey for their armour than when they were a part of the Imperium, a symbolic gesture of there status as renegades. They still use royal blue as their main accent color though gold trim is also used to denote rank. One thing of note is that they do not remove there Imperial badges from there armor and do not allow gruesome trophies like skulls or flayed skin banners, thus making it easier to assist Imperial forces desperate for astartes help.

Chapter Badge
The Void Paladins badge is a grey coloured kotinos (olive wreath) with the open end facing up, surrounding a grey delta on a royal blue field that takes up the entire pauldron. Commanders and other high ranking members have a gold kotinos and delta symbol instead.

Chapter Relics
Though not relics an item unique to the chapter is what they have called a Pueblo Pattern Bolter, an astartes bolter designed by Hephast modified to use heavy bolter rounds instead of basic bolter rounds, its meant to be fired in single shot but can be fired in full auto as well. Can use drum mags or be adapted to use a belt feed. Meant as a more portable heavy bolter or as a sniper rifle depending on the users needs. Used by many veterans as there main weapon to give them more firepower and flexibility in its use. Most of the Terminators in the chapter use a wrist mounted version instead of a storm bolter like loyalist Terminators.
 * Blade of Athirlyn - An Aeldari Witchblade given to Abba as a sign of their alliance to the other Aeldari forces. Since he was not a psyker, the blade was put into a vault until the Night of the Splintering when Vikres used it to defend the relic vault from the traitor Paladins. After he found out Abba died he decided to keep the sword in memory of Abba's promise to the chapter.
 * Stormsword- Ancient great sword type astartes power sword that has been with the chapter since its founding. The edge of its blade is capable of cutting ceramite even without using the power field thanks to alloy technology long lost to the Mechanicus. Thought to use rare meteorite metal that is denser & stronger than adamantium, it is unknown where the meteorite was recovered though it is assumed to be from Iben or the Ultramar system. Possesses an ornate design of a storm cloud as the cross guard and lightning bolt shaped engravings going down the blade. It is passed down to a worthy chapter champion who takes on a rank of the same name, it is customary for that champion to use an artificer storm bolter named Steel Rain as his ranged weapon. Currently owned by Decanus Sezrion the Stormsword of Larani V.
 * Steel Rain- Artificer storm bolter made to accompany Stormsword, created before the defection during the Idolater Crusades by Hephast who is now the Master of the Forge for the Chapter. Its barrels are the more rarely seen over under style instead of side to side like most storm bolters, along with a multi range scope & built in compensators this gives it better accuracy as well as a slimmer profile for better handling. It is made to easily use a drum mag without any jamming issue on its end though drum mags sometimes jam even if the bolter doesn't. Most think its named after the punishing fire rate but it is actually named after a type of weather storm found on Iben that caused the rain to come down in a hail of jagged needles that would shred flesh and bone on contact. Currently owned by Decanus Sezrion the Stormsword of Larani V.
 * Deimos & Phobos- Pair of matching power blades, Phobos being a large dagger while Deimos is a short sword. Both have distinctive leaf shaped blades similar to the swords used during the ancient days of Old Earth. They were added to the chapter after there Defection as gifts from a Pueblan merchant lord. Currently used by Venator Decanus Saiot Falcye though he will usually not use Deimos unless the melee is very brutal or is challenged by a enemy champion.
 * Tome of the Incantor- Oversized hardcover book that has hundreds of various spells and rituals in it. It allows the wielder to seal warp entities and close off the warp from a location. in the wrong hands it can summon daemons or rot an atmosphere with a thought. The current Magus keeps it safe in a special warded vault within the relic vault of the Laeraethus.
 * Vault of the Arch Enemy- An even more warded and sealed off vault compared to the Fortress-Monastery's main vault exists deep under Masada, containing chaos tomes and other relics so that they cant be used by the forces of chaos, there is even a trap that will incinerate the vaults contents with Meltas if it is tripped. Though very dangerous to have at all, they have intelligence on daemons that can bring these powerful chaos entities to heel. They can also be used to locate there soulbound users though this can work both ways and bring untold horrors to Pueblo if done wrong.

Chapter Fleet

 * The Laeraethus (Galleas of War)- A massive Maelstrom-class Galleas of War dating to long before their Founding. At around 23 kilometers long, it is more than capable of destroying planets and unleashing an entire Cohort and its vehicles from its hangers within minutes of settling into orbit. Houses the chapters main vault of gene-seed and relics when it became the Fortress-Monastery after losing Iben. It is in hiding within the Pueblo system to protect its precious geneseed & relic vaults.
 * the Dory (Battle Barge)- Flagship of the First Cohort. It leads the largest concentration of warships in the chapter with about twenty vessels in its fleet. Currently docked at the orbital yards above Pueblo being resupplied.
 * the Wrath of Abba (Battle Barge)- It is the newest Battle Barge for the First Cohort fleet, the only cohort to have more than one Battle barge, and the chapter as a whole. Used as part of a reserve force of veterans to try and back up besieged paladins. This Battle Barge was found by a Pueblan allied rogue trader named Reza Aslan and sold to the chapter in late M41.
 * the Xiphos (Battle Barge)- Flagship of the Second Cohort. Its geared for more infantry barracks to hold the oversized infantry strength of the cohort.
 * the Kopis (Battle Barge)- Flagship of the Third Cohort. It is geared to have more vehicle and maintenance space to house the companies ample vehicle depot.
 * the Hoplon (Battle Barge)- Flagship of the Fourth Cohort. It is largely unmodified as its duties are patrolling Pueblo instead of constant crusading.
 * the Aspis (Battleship)- Heavily armored & shielded warship meant to plow into an enemy fleet and blast away with its powerful broadsides & point defense batteries. Was part of the defense of Cadia along with several other warships also from the First Cohort as the flagship for the flotilla. Its location is currently unknown but was last reported leaving the Cadian gate area with an Imperial flotilla heading to a planet named Troii to regroup.
 * the Praetor (Strike Cruiser)- Since the Laeraethus has duties to the chapter as a whole and the Dory is used by the 1st Cohort, thus this ship was added to the Kiseran's personal company as its own transport. Its shielding is upgraded enough to be on par with a full Battle barge.


 * The Iben's Might (Strike Cruiser)- Used by Marcus Aurelian to transport the First Cohort 1st Company across the warp. Was part of the defense of Cadia along with several other warships also from the First Cohort. Its location is currently unknown but was last reported leaving the Cadian gate area with an Imperial flotilla heading to a planet named Troii to regroup.
 * the Permafrost (Strike Cruiser)- Named for the frozen Iben ground not located near the equator. Was part of the defense of Cadia along with several other warships also from the First Cohort. Its location is currently unknown but was last reported leaving the Cadian gate area with an Imperial flotilla heading to a planet named Troii to regroup.
 * the Kotinos (Escort)- Nova Class Frigate used by Magus Kaeso as his personal ship within the First Cohort fleet. Though he could request a larger ship he likes the smaller ship as its much harder of a target to hit compared to the ponderous battle barges or strike cruisers.

They have dozens of other Strike Cruisers & Escort Frigates, mostly Nova-class Frigates when possible as Lance weaponry is easier to supply than the bombardment cannons of most astartes warships. From there connection to Pueblo they can also call on a sizable navy of mixed imperial variant warships ranging from squadrons of Claymore-class corvettes & Cobra-class Destroyers, to ancient Avenger-class Grand Cruisers restored to their full glory, to a pair of Victory-class Battleships as the biggest of the Pueblo navy. Most of these ships are older models that were sold to the rogue traders or were salvaged and repaired to working order.

Due to the chapters age they had access to older Storm Eagles and Stormbirds that were mostly already phased out for Thunderhawks. The chapter is also currently well stocked with Thunderhawks & ground vehicles like Rhinos & Land Speeders as well as Dreadnoughts & some Land Raiders. Some of this was the chapters to start with but by M42 they have had to raid supply depots and secluded caches across the galaxy to replenish what they have lost. They refuse to use chaos equipment unless it is a dire emergency & must submit themselves to Iterator scrutiny for any chaos taint afterwards.

Allies
Craftworld Athirlyn- Aeldari in command during the invasion of Putamn. There leader, Farseer Elowel Fithrann, is responsible for showing Abba the visions of the Emperor in an attempt to forge an alliance with the Imperium, but instead got the Void Paladins ambushed by the Inquisition and forced to abandon there homeworld. While escaping the inquisition the Athirlyn seers combined there powers to cloak the paladins fleet which is the only way that Pueblo was kept safe. When a group of Seers from there Craftworld are captured to be used as fuel for daemon summoning the Void paladins stepped in to save them, causing the Genao Massacre against Imperial citizens.

Enemies
Cabal of Destiny- Chaos warband started by a splinter faction of chaos corrupted Void Paladins & Thousand sons Sorcerers, and are considered the main adversary to the chapter.

Ecclesiarchy- Due to there scorn of the imperial Creed the Void Paladins are very high on the kill list for the all powerful Adeptus Ministorum. According to intelligence there is a large strikeforce that has been created with the sole purpose of wiping the paladins out.

Notable Quotes
===By the Voids Paladins: ===

About the Void Paladins:
"Your honor means nothing now that your dying, know that your geneseed will be harvested as well old fool"

- Legatus Xzore the Splinterer right before executing a badly wounded Abba

"...the last stone from the last church was cast down onto the last priest."

- Part of a quote spoken by the Emperor in Abba's visions

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