Void Rippers

"Ignorance begets heresy!"
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Void Rippers
Void Rippers armorial.
Void Rippers Battle-Brother of the 2nd Company ("The Iron Descent"), 8th Battleline Squad.
Space Marine Chapter
Allegiance	Imperium of Man (Fidelitas Tenax)
Founding	Ultima Founding
Chapter Master	Void Lord: Samuel “The 9th” Zarh
Homeworld	N/A; Fleet-Based
Fortress-Monastery	Kharon's Chain (Star Fortress
Allies	- Imperatoris Executoris - Ifriet Host - Rust Hammers
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Battle Cry	Wrending Wraith, Chains of Discipline, Forward Brothers
Colours	Quartered Marble and Metallic Black with Metallic Purple Trim.
Successor Chapter(s)	None.

The Void Rippers are a brutal and hyper-aggressive Ultima Founding Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes, born from the gene-seed of the Blood Angels and supposedly the World Eaters. A product of genetic fusion and psychic conditioning gone awry, their gene-seed's create dual flaw and gift, on one side the Black Rage, on the other a seemingly psychic connection between each other. These warriors are shock troops of legend, renowned for dropping into war zones like asteroids and ripping apart their enemies in close quarters before vanishing into the void.

While being partially of Sanguinius' lineage, the few interactions with others of the line have at best been unremarkable. Most find the Void Rippers to be unnerving, unable to explain exactly why. This has led to a poor relationship with the rest of Sanguinius' line. While initially, the chapter felt shame for their lack of brotherhood with the rest of the line, once bonds of blood were forged in the Tyrion Crusade, the same no longer mattered.

Though seemingly savage, the Void Rippers are not mindless. Their culture is rigidly structured to channel their rage, only releasing it in precise, apocalyptic moments. The result is a Chapter that is as feared by its allies as it is by its enemies.

Chapter History

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Notable Campaigns

The Birth Campaign (999.M41 to 009.M42)

Waking from their cryo-pods deep within a bunker on the hive world of Arkos. The Void Rippers would find the world amidst an Ork invasion. Mobalizing from their bunker in full force to slay the xenos, and in the end, learn quite a few lessons. During the initial mobilization, Void Lord Arios “The 1st” Icoris would fall after his Land Raider was vaporized by a Plasma blast from an Ork Gargant.

The Birth Campaign would take the lives of the first six Void Lords. This led to the tradition within the chapter that each Void Lord would be referred to by their place in the line of Void Lords. The rank has been deemed a death sentence, following the Void Lords' past; each Void Lord leads from the front, maintaining the discipline and control of the chapter.

Kharons Strike (012.M)

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The Tyrion (Tear-ee-an) Crusade (020.M42-Present)

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Chapter Homeworld

Fortress-Monastery

Kharon's Chain

The Anchor of Wrath. The Final Chain. The Warden of the Rage.

"We do not dwell within a fortress. We are entombed in a cage of will and war, held in place by our duty and our fury. Kharon's Chain is not a home, it is the last place a warrior stands before he dies."

— Arch Chain Lord Margrith Voxsteel

Kharon's Chain is the orbital bastion-fortress of the Void Rippers, a massive, heavily armed star fort suspended in the Larkos Wound system—a shattered binary system riven by warp storms and temporal disturbances. Carved from the derelict husk of a long-lost Ramilies-Class Star Fort, fused with scavenged Dark Age macro-structure plating, and sanctified in the blood of a hundred battle-brothers during its reconsecration, Kharon's Chain serves as the Void Rippers' sacred chapter-monastery, reliquary, prison, and proving ground.

Though technically a shared installation for the entire Chapter, each company maintains a wing or bastion within the fortress—fortified sanctuaries, armories, and ritual halls unique to their character and traditions. The Void Lord's Bastion, however, sits at the very heart of the fortress, anchored in the silent black cathedral known as The Pulse of Rage.

Named for Void Lord Kharon "The 7^th" Orion, who fell during the reclamation of the fortress, during the chapter's second conflict, "Kharon's Strike." When the Void Rippers eradicated the Pallid Brotherhood.

Chapter Organisation

Officer Ranks

• Void Lord: Chapter Master, also known as the Flesh Anchor, chosen by ritual combat.

• Red Reaver: Captain equivalent; company commanders.

• Black Reaver: Lieutenant equivalent.

Specialist Ranks

• Arch Chain Lord: the highest ranking of the Chain Lords, oversees the rites of the black rage and execution of the fallen after battle.

• Chain Lord: Chaplain equivalent, masters of order and enforcers of discipline

• Arch Voidhowler: head of the Voidhowlers, guardian of the chapter's history and secrets.

• Voidhowler: Librarian equivalent, psychers, and masters of the chapter's history.

• Arch Void Priests: the highest-ranked among the Void Priests, oversee the rites of recruitment and assessment.

• Void Priests: very similar to the Sanguinary Priests of the Blood Angels, guarding and recovering the chapter's gene-seed, caring for the physical needs of their battle brothers.

• Arch Ironbound: head of the Ironbound, master of relics.

• Ironbound: Techmarine equivalent, master of repair and forging, master of vehicles and dreadnoughts.

• Chapter Ancient: Carries the chapter standard.

• Company Ancient: Carries the company standard.

• Chapter Champion: Hunter of Generals, winner of the chapter Void games.

• Company champion: Hunter of generals, winner of the company's Void games.

Specialist Units & Formations

• Erelim - Unlike the Blood Angels, the Void Rippers field far more than five Erelim. The Black Rage is very prevalent within the chapter, requiring far more Erelim. Each company has at least five Erelim acting as both honor guard to the Chain Lord and giver of the Emperor's mercy to their brothers. Equipped with Winged jumpacks and master crafted weapons to ensure a quick death to their fallen brothers.

• Steel Hands - Elite brothers of the chapters honored for their disciplined rage, complete discipline in the face of the Black rage and Red Thirst during battle. Marked with a steel hand over a metallic black background on the right shoulder pad. Equipped with jump packs, an eviscerator, and wrist-mounted plasma pistols. Striking from the skies into the heavily defended and reinforced sections of the enemy lines.

• Sanguinary Guard - Wearing entirely marble armor with gold trim. Veterans of the chapter, serving as the chapter honor guard, each Red Reaver and the Void Lord have a complement of Sanguinary Guard. Unlike the Blood Angels, the Void Ripper Sanguinary Guard do not wear death masks, instead wearing a featureless helm. Equipped with Relic weapons, wrist-mounted inferno pistols, and winged jumpacks.

• Death Company - Comprised of those brothers who have fallen to the Black Rage, no longer the disciplined warriors of the chapter, they are corralled and unleashed on the enemies by the Chain Lords. The Unholy 11th company, after falling to the rage, fighting on with their colors stripped, cursed to relive Sanguinius' death.

Line Ranks

• Veteran Sergeant

• Veteran Marine

• Sergeant: Squad Leader

• Battle-Brother: Rank-and-file of the Chapter

• Initiate: A neophyte who has started the rites of selection and has started the gene-seed implantation

• Neophyte: A recruit who has been chosen for the rites of selection but has not started them

Order of Battle

1st Company "The Hands of Rage"	2nd Company "The Iron Descent"	3rd Company "The Crimson Oath"	4th Company "The Obsidian Talons"	5th Company "The Bound Flame"
Void Lord: Samuel “The 9th” Zarh	Red Reaver: Vaskor Chainwrath	Red Reaver: Kalex “Voidbane” Erestror	Red Reaver: Alyxian Graef “The Severed Voice”	Red Reaver: Tarnus Vaelgor
6th Company “The Chain Howl”	7th Company “The Black Maw”	8th Company “The Holow Chain”	9th Company “The Silent Reapers”	10th Company “The Unseen”
Red Reaver: Rukhen Velsh	Red Reaver: Drevik Chainmaw	Red Reaver: Sorlach Krevan	Red Reaver: Tharn Velor “The Steel Whisper”	Red Reaver: Vaedrus "The Chain-Shepherd"

Headquarters

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Companies

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Chapter Beliefs

View of the Emperor

The Emperor is the Breaker of Chains, the first to master the primal warlust that festers within all men. The Void Rippers see Him not as a father but as the ultimate commander, the Silent Warlord of the Void. They fight not out of love but in obedience to the last voice of sanity in a galaxy gone mad.

Traditions

• Chains of Mastrey - Wearing chains upon their armor to forever remind themselves of their eternal duty to maintain control of their rage. Primarily gold, silver, and bronze in color.

• The Void Games - An internal contest of martial prowess; victors are granted the title of Champion and tasked with killing enmity generals. Honored with access to the chapter's relics.

Chapter Gene-Seed

Deciding in part from the Blood Angels, the dual curses of the red thirst and Black Rage run strong in the chapter. As all successors of Sangunius must, the Void Rippers maintain a Death Company, a dark secret and great shame of the chapter. Although the chapter takes a different approach than most with their Death Company, choosing instead to recover their brothers after each battle and keep them in cryo-stasis till they are needed.

Sadly, to control the Red Thirst, the chapter has chosen to keep a farm of chapter serfs on the Kharon’s Chain. When the chapter's commanding ranks initially discussed how to manage the Red Thirst, a rift formed; some were in favor of keeping serfs for blood, while others despised the idea. Teetering on civil war, the matter was barely settled through Honor duels. Periodically, the chapter returns to the brink of civil war over the issue, usually after sustaining large casualties, with battle brothers claiming punishment from the Emperor for treating his people as cattle.

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Chapter Combat Doctrine

The Void Rippers' way of war boils down to two words: "Martial Discipline." Rank and structure are the guiding principles of the chapter. To disagree nonetheless, to argue with a battle-brother of greater rank is tantamount to heresy. Leaning towards Melee shock assaults, believing that without the temptation of the Thirst, there is no overcoming it. Leading with orbital bombardments before drop pod and airborne assaults. With heavy armor being uncommon, and while not frowned upon, choosing to use MkX Gravis Armor is viewed as an odd choice.

Notable Space Marines

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Chapter Fleet

Shared:

• Kharon's Chain (Ramillies-Class Star Fort)

Primary Structure:

• A massive, cruciform layout, with four main bastions extending like broken blades from a central ring.
• Constructed of bone-white ceramite, obsidian plating, and chain-wrapped structural beams. Chains line the walls and ceilings, symbolizing the duty to bind one's fury.
• Numerous void hangars, drydocks, and shipyards orbit the star fort like chained moons—used for rearming, repairing, and sanctifying the fleet.
  
  

Major Sectors:

• The Pulse of Rage: The central chamber housing the Throne of the Void Lord and the chapter's gene-vault. Lined with psychic warding chains and flickering null-field crucifixes.
• The Cradle of Iron: The sanctum of the Ironbound, echoing with the hammering of chainblades and the screams of machine-spirits.
• The Ebon Spiral: A vast internal arena where the Void Games are held. Blood-soaked, tiered, and always full of spectators.
• The Hall of Echoes: An eerie, soundless vault for the Voidhowlers—its walls psychically dampen all noise, even within the mind.
• The Chains Below: A labyrinth of oubliettes, reliquary tombs, and containment cells. The Death Company is caged here in times of calm, pacing in the dark.

1^st Company:

• Vae Victis (Apocalypse-class Battleship): Heavily modified to function as a mobile reliquary and command center; contains a prison-vault for the Black Rage afflicted.
• Chains of Purity (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Used by the Arch Chain Lord; carries Erelim strike squads and Death Company contingents.
• Silence Unbound (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Dedicated to stealth insertions and psychic null deployments.
• Bladed Oath (Nova-Class Frigate): Interdiction and boarding action ship.
• Vox Mortis (Hunter-Class Destroyer): Silent killer; launches surgical strike boarding torpedoes at voidcraft and stations.

2^nd Company:

• The Iron Howl (Apocalypse-class Battleship): Brutal assault barge designed for orbital decimation.
• Red Descent (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Drop pod deployment-focused ship.
• The Maw's Edge (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Launches Steel Hands directly into defensive hardpoints.
• Blade of Lament (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Interceptor and kill-team insertion craft.
• Teeth of the Void (Firestorm Class Frigate): Anti-air and close-support vessel.

3^rd Company:

• Echo of Sanguinius  (Emperor-class Battleship): Ancestral battle barge known for its reliquary of martyr's bones.
• Voidbane's Mercy (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Veteran carrier, often spearheads flanking strikes
• Fang of Rage (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Often deployed with Death Company elements.
• Red Gale (Nova-Class Frigate): Swift assault and rapid withdrawal ship.
• Chainfang (Cobra Class Destroyer): Short-range torpedo craft used in void sieges.

4^th Company:

• Obsidian Judgment (Warspite-Class Battle Barge): A shadow-drenched warship with massive void-horns used for breaching capital vessels. Engraved with psychic baffles to silence astropathic screams during battle.
• Shard of Silence (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): A stealth-modified cruiser often used by Voidhowlers for psychic insertion missions and dark operations across warp-unstable zones.
• The Dagger Oath (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Specializes in ambush assaults and flanking actions; its drop pods have retro-thrusters for angled, terrain-skimming insertions.
• Iron Cry (Firestorm-Class Frigate): Supports the fleet with sustained anti-fighter flak and short-range plasma volleys; often used to herd enemy squadrons into kill-zones.
• Echo's Bite (Hunter-Class Destroyer): Used in void boarding operations; deploys a claw-mouthed boarding torpedo capable of latching onto enemy hulls and injecting squads directly.

5^th company:

• Chain of Fire (Warspite-Class Battle Barge): A relic assault barge fitted with triple-forged plasma reactors. Hosts a crucible-arena for neophyte trials deep in its core.
• Ember's Descent (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Specializes in volcanic-world drops; reinforced heat shielding and vented armor allow it to survive atmospheres others avoid.
• The Severing Fire (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Houses plasma-heavy assault squads and the chapter's few Devastator brethren; used when sheer burning wrath is needed.
• Ash Maw (Nova-Class Frigate): A void predator, nimble and cruel; prow-mounted chain-guns spray molten promethium into enemy hangars before boarding.
• Flame of Wrath (Cobra-Class Destroyer): Torpedo destroyer with short-range cyclonic torpedoes designed to punch open void-hulled derelicts for internal purging.

6^th Company:

• Vox Infernum (Ironclad-class Battle Barge): The “Howling Voice,” its vox-array transmits warp-wreathed hymns of vengeance before battle. Holds ritual pits for chanting rites.
• Howl of the Void (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): A troop-dense carrier outfitted for mass Erelim drops. Known for its horned prow and chain-bladed launch bays.
• Leashbreaker (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Designed for shock-extraction; ideal for boarding prison ships or removing captured relics from heretic control.
• Chainlash (Hunter-Class Destroyer): Strikes fast and disappears faster, trailing a tangle of mine-nets and chain-blades that shred pursuing craft.
• Voidbark (Firestorm-Class Frigate): Escort vessel that specializes in fleet denial and anti-skiff harassment; used to protect vulnerable extraction ships.

7^th Company:

• Hunger Unleashed (Emperor-class Battleship): Built like a siege beast. Serves as a mobile pen for Death Company squads, chained in its lower decks until released.
• Eater of Light (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Warped and menacing, its hull is stained with chem-blood and scorched scripture. Often used in boarding of chaos-aligned ships.
• Maw of Chains (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Equipped with automated docking harpoons and brute-force ramming shields; masters of lock-on and hold-fast assaults.
• Chainjaw (Cobra-Class Destroyer): A torpedo destroyer with a prow like a fang; used to soften targets before Death Company are unleashed.
• Fang Unbound (Firestorm-Class Frigate): Outfitted for speed and lethal scouting; occasionally carries veteran Steel Hands on high-risk decapitation strikes.

8^th Company:

• Empty Oath (Emperor-class Battleship): Dread-quiet vessel steeped in ritual silence; houses Voidhowlers and psychic wards beneath its black-stone shrine dome.
• Pale Storm (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Used for surgical precision strikes on psychic targets. Its hull is lined with silver-etched warding runes.
• Whisper of Chains (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): A sanctified vessel whose corridors echo softly with whispers of fallen brothers; said to be a spiritual conduit.
• Spectre of Pain (Nova-Class Frigate): Emits psychic jamming fields that confuse enemy psychers; used to escort strike teams to warlord targets.
• Broken Fang (Hunter-Class Destroyer): Razor-fast and utterly silent; used in terror campaigns and to eliminate enemy supply convoys with surgical strikes.

9^th Company:

• Silent Rend (Emperor-class Battleship): Deployed without signal or transmission; known to appear mid-orbit and unleash its entire company before detection.
• Ghost in Chain (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Wrapped in void-dark stealth plating and psychic dead zones; used for infiltration missions or assassination insertions.
• Blade in Silence (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Embeds elite kill teams into planetary command structures before main assaults begin.
• Whisper's Edge (Nova-Class Frigate): Used to mislead or bait enemy sensor nets; contains false warp signatures and auto-lure modules.
• Steel Whisper (Firestorm-Class Frigate): Personalized strike ship of Red Reaver Tharn Velor; its engines emit near-zero signature at full burn.

10^th Company:

• Umbra Vox (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Mobile base of operations for all scouting operations. Its command chamber is wrapped in black marble and psychic blinders.
• Eye of the Shepherd (Vanguard Class Strike Cruiser): Carries neophytes and Void Priests on observation missions. Filled with sanctified surgical bays and trial halls.
• Black Fang (Hunter-Class Destroyer): Scout-killer and escort cutter; used to flank or protect recon ships from ambush.
• Shear of Night (Firestorm-Class Frigate): Dark, fast, and lightly armed; designed to slip behind enemy lines and provide atmospheric breach support.
• Echo in Chain (Firestorm-Class Frigate): Neophyte training vessel that hosts real-combat trials against captured heretic vessels and pirate ships.

Chapter Armory

The Void Rippers' armory is quite light on heavy armor and armored vehicles. While having large stores of outriders, storm speeders, jumpacks, and even a few talons of sky-hunter jet bikes. While Gravis-Pattern and Phobos-pattern Mark X armor are not in short supply, they are very rarely used. The chapter does pose a large variety of chain weapons, with multiple patterns in sword, spear, and axe formats.

Relics

• Echo Helms – Psychic-channeling helms used by Voidhowlers, allowing linked communication across the battlefield.

• Psy-Engraved Chains – Used by Chain Lords and Voidhowlers; etched with warding sigils and pain-inducing glyphs.

• The Vessel of Purity – A relic blood chalice made of carved adamantine bone and rimmed in silver. Used in the final gene-seed implantation ritual. Said to instantly kill any unworthy recipient.

• Furnace Blade – A chain blade with a built-in plasma feed that ignites with each strike. Used only by a Champion of the Steel Hands. Glows with burning runes that intensify when near warp-tainted blood.

• The Blood-Tide Banner – The Chapter Standard carried by the Chapter Ancient, soaked in the blood of ten thousand enemies and six fallen Void Lords. When raised, all brothers within sight gain temporary resistance to psychic interference and fear.

Rare Wargear

• Wrist-Mounted Inferno and Plasma Pistols – Custom Void Ripper modifications; require frequent maintenance.

Chapter Appearance

Chapter Colours

• Armor: Quartered Marble and metallic black with metallic purple trim
• Helms:
  • Battle Brothers wear marble helms
  • Champions wear gold helms
  • Black Reavers wear Black helms
  • Red Reavers wear Crimson helms
  • The Void Lord wears the Void Crown
  • If any Brother has served in the Tyrion Guard, their helm will be halved between Metallic Orange on the right and their appropriate rank.
• Left Shoulder pad: bears the chapter badge
• Right Shoulder pad: denotes squad and role
• Right Knee: denotes squad and role
• Left Knee: denotes the company
• Power Packs: Metallic purple
• Alternate colors
  • Chain Lords bear gun metal trim/powerpacks and skull helms
  • Voidhowlers invert wear bone armor with gold trim
  • Void priests wear crimson metallic armor with metallic black trim
  • Ironbound wear gunmetal armor, with only their left shoulder pad bearing any color
  • Erelim wear all metallic black armor with skull helms
  • Death Company wears Metallic Black armor with metallic crimson markings
• Armored vehicles: Quartered Marble and metallic black with metallic purple accents

Void Rippers Chapter badge.

Chapter Badge

Marble white, with metallic purple trim, a black saw blade surrounded by a chain.

Adornments

Mastering the rage within through strict martial discipline and constant purpose. The Void Rippers spend their free time enhancing and adorning their armor. Wearing ceremonial chains and iconography of their sanguine blood.

Relations

Sworn Brothers

Sworn brothers are fellow Adeptus Astartes that the Void Rippers have an extreme bond forged through battle. Swearing a Brother's Oath to each other, the Chapters will always aid each other.

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Vassals

Vassals are other imperial organizations, primarily military, that have sworn loyalty to the Void Rippers. These organizations will default to the position of the Void Rippers during times of internal imperial strife.

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Notable Neutrals

There are some Imperial organizations that the Void Rippers bear no particular feelings towards but play a large enough role in the galaxy that the relationship needs to be tracked.

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Eternal Enemies

Internal Enemies are Imperial organizations that the Void Rippers bear ill will towards and more often than not said ill will is reciprocated. No expectation of aid can be expected.

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Sworn Enemies

Sworn Enemies are specific Xenos, Heretic, or Traitor organizations that have been in direct war with the Void Rippers, and have survived. Viewing any survival as a failure the Void Rippers swear an oath to annihilate this enemy.

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