The Angels of Respite are officially a Blood Angels successor chapter (but they really don’t like the Blood Angels) that hail from the feral world of Kochav Leh’et. It’s a desert world with 20 foot tall scorpions, so the Imperium decided to start a Space Marine Chapter there.
Now, the Angels of Respite were doing fine for a couple years until the first of their number began to fall to the Black Rage.
“What the fuck.” They asked. “Do we just go insane after a while?”
“Lol.” Said the Blood Angels. “Lmao.”
So the Angels of Respite don’t like their dads very much. They stopped really talking, and the Angels became their own thing.
The Angels of Respite changed up their organization a bit from the Codex, in that there’s a final, bigger thing above a company: a battle-group. A battle-group is two companies that work in concert and can act independently of the Chapter at large, going on their own shticks and stuff. The Astartes of each battle-group elect one of the Captains as the Chief of the group, and the other one serves as his advisor. Unfortunately, there’s only one battle-group left after a series of unfortunate events.
Battle Group Ishim: 9th and 10th Companies stay on Kochav Leh’et, which is really inconvenient when it turned out to be a Necron tombworld. They aren’t alive anymore.
Battle Group Malachim: 7th and 8th Companies vanished during Warp travel. (Someone give me a better idea please I’m begging.)
Battle Group Elohim: 5th and 6th Companies tried fighting Word Bearers on their way to fight on Cadia. A lot of them ended up getting baptized, and the others are dead.
Battle Group Seraphim: 3rd and 4th Companies are somehow still kicking.
Battle Group Chayos Hakodesh: 1st and 2nd Companies decided to give family therapy a change, and tried helping out at Baal to fix relations. You can guess how that ended up.
What is Chapter culture like? I’m glad you asked. As the name scheme implies, they take after Jewish culture a good bit. Obviously the names, but the Chapter has its own dialect of High Gothic that is suspiciously similar to Biblical Hebrew. They speak it to each other as a rule, and have heavy accents that freak other people out as a result.
Remember those 20 foot scorpions from earlier? The final Aspirant trial is to kill one and bring back its stinger and venom. The stinger is carved into a knife which is dipped into the venom, creating a poisonous blade called a Sakhin which is capable of killing an unarmored Astartes in one stab. Each Sakhin is highly personal to the Astartes, and no two are alike.
They worship the Emperor as a God, and Sanguinius as his Son (just because they hate their dad doesn’t mean they can’t love Space Jesus). They love their bolters to a worrying degree, and if any one of them so much as touches a chainsword, they are considered to have fallen to the Black Rage.
Now, what do these Astartes do about the Black Rage? They are immediately sent to live with their Chaplain as part of the Chaplain’s Retinue. As part of the Chaplain’s Retinue, they pray to Sanguinius for a cure to their condition 25 hours a day, and follow their Chaplain into battle when they aren’t praying. If they die? They are no longer suffering from the Black Rage. If they don’t? Time for the Hakharbet Dam.
The Hakharbet Dam is a ritual sacrifice that every member of the Chaplain’s Retinue is prepared to undergo. When a member of the Chaplain’s Retinue starts seeing Horus, the entire battle-group goes to the Reclusiam and prays together as the unfortunate battle-brother kneels before the Chaplain for a final judgment. After absolving the Brother of his sins, the Chaplain stabs him in his second heart with the Sakhin the Battle-Brotjer made as an Aspirant, killing him nearly instantly. The Sakhin is then placed in the Chapter’s Library, where it will sit for eternally.
Uhhhh so that’s about it that’s my guys pls give feedback
