Ursus Gloriam

The event known as the Ursus Gloriam or The Bear's Salvation, was a momentous event in the Chapter annals of the Bears of the Claw Space Marine Chapter, that occurred in the early decades of the ongoing Indomitus Crusade, following the fall of Cadia and the formation of the Cicatrix Maledictum. Despite suffering horrendous losses, the Bears of the Claw fought the encroaching darkness, as the enemies of Mankind assailed the Imperium on all sides. With the arrival of the resurrected Ultramarines Primarch Roboute Guilliman and the Imperial forces of his Indomitus Crusade, they helped turn the tide of inevitable defeat, into a resounding Imperial victory. The Bears further received salvation, in the form of newly revealed Primaris Space Marines, to help rebuild the Chapter's dwindling numbers, and finally bring the Bears back to full strength - the first time since M39.

History
After fighting several major battles alongside the newly arrived forces of Primarch Guilliman's Crusade forces, these besieged Imperial worlds were finally freed of their daemonic oppressors. With victory achieved, the Bears and several other isolated Chapters that had joined Guilliman's crusading forces along the way, were finally granted a short audience with the new Lord Commander of the Imperium. Lord Guilliman revealed a profound gift to these battered and bloodied Chapters in the form of a new breed of warriors - the Primaris Space Marines.

The Ultramarines Primarch had anticipated the need for such superior gene-bred heroes this, the darkest age in the Imperium's history. Quickly perusing through the battle record of valorous deeds and heroic sacrifices made by the Chapters that now stood before him, Guilliman gifted them with hundreds of newly revealed Primaris Space Marines arrayed in newly forged battle-plate and wearing each individual Chapters' livery, to shore up their sorely depleted ranks. Nearly overnight, the Bears' numbers were not only replaced, but were finally made whole after functioning with only seven whole companies of battle-brothers for the past two millennia. The Bears of the Claw were now brought back to the Codex-mandated number of 1,000 battle-ready Astartes, something that had not occurred in the Chapter's history since M39.

Master of the Claw, Lord Karmarth, graciously accepted the Lord Commander's profound gift and welcomed these new warriors into his Chapter's ranks. The Bears of the Claw worked hard to bring their new Primaris brethren into the fold, teaching them the rites of battle and training alongside them night and day until the new warriors fought seamlessly with the old. Once fully inducted into the rites of battle and traditions of the Chapter, the Bears of the Claw launched themselves wholeheartedly into the Indomitus Crusade, the bring the light of the Emperor to the darkest corners of the galaxy.