THE FALLEEN PRAEPHEUS SPACE MARINES
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Homeworld: Aborea (excommunicate "traitoris")
Primarch: Falyaet Morphaeus
Master of the Chapter: Lord Revan
Paint scheme: Liche Purple legs, torso. Skull white boots, pack, helm, knees, and eagle.

NOTE: I know this isn't canon and never will be so, dont post those kinds of c&c.

The Falleen Praepheus was the great 2nd Legion of the Adeptus Astartes. Their Primarch, Falyaet Morphaeus was planned to take the world of Aborea with his legion as his homeworld. Aborea is a very green world, with lush vegitation and rolling hills. Many farms exist and there are very little cities on Aborea. Never-the-less, it has a violent warrior culture. Only the most brutal warriors and smartest strategists become leaders on Aborea. Falleen Praepheus means Prayer for the Fallen in the Aborean language.

Just like all the Primarchs, Morphaeus was swept away by chaos. Though pained, the Emperor created the Falleen Praepheus Legion from their Primarch's gene-seed. This Legion was very, very proud and were extremly brutal in combat.

The Great Crusade began, and so on and so forth... Horus was found, and so were the other Primarchs...except for Falyaet. Falyaet Morphaeus was never found again, not even on the world of Aborea. Their Chapter Master, Revan, asked the Emperor what to do. The Emperor gave permission for the Legion at its full strength to search for their Primarch. To make sure they were unfazed in their sacred journey, the Emperor declared the Falleen Praepheus to be erased from all records.

Unknowingly to the Falleen Praepheus, Horus had committed his great heresy while the legion searched for their Primarch. They searched the entirety of Aborea for him, and found nothing but a single clue: Khorne. Had their beloved Primarch fallen to chaos as was suggested?

The Legion only knew to do one thing. They made a warp jump... There, they literally searched the Warp for their Primarch...and they found him. Over a period of hours, they got him back into their ship and cleansed him quite thouroghly. Their Primarch told him of how Khorne tried to tempt him to follow him, and he refused, and ever since, he had been slaying Khorne's minions.

As they spoke, though, Chaos was at work. Daemons began to pour into the ship, and ravage the metal.... it was literally falling apart. The Legion did something never done before.... they went out into the Warp.

Many Astartes died immediately, others mutated and warped and had to be slain. But most had rock hard resolve and could stand it for a few moments.Their warp engines were completely down, and had no way of getting back. But Falyaet Morphaeus, their Primarch knew the one and only way that would work for them...

Their Primarch made a bargain with Khorne: getting his legion out, in return for his soul. They tried to stop him, but to no avail. Falyaet insisted on giving his life for his legion... and so the only Primarch still at full strength was consumed.

The Falleen Praepheus legion was expelled from the warp in their ship quite quickly. However, time flows differently in the Warp... Ten thousand years had passed in real-time, and the legion knew nothing of the Heresy. Because of this, the warmaster they had in the 31st millenium would be the same in the 41st.

They first went to Aborea, to find a completely different world. It was very gothic, and not a single bit of the beautiful greens were found. It was all industrialized. Apparently an Inquisitor had been watching their homeworld...and according to Imperial records as of now, they were to be killed with all posthaste. To this day, the Legion knows not why.

Within hours, Imperial gunships arrived with the element of surprise at Aborea. They bombarded the surface, and destroyed everything that they could. The Legion scrambled to get off the planet, and communication was cut off with eachother by the bombardment. They rushed in all directions with all speed. Commander Revan and his personal retinue took an entire star cruiser, called the Death of the Xenos.

Revan tried to contact his fellow brothers outside the ship, but to no avail. The final full Legion was destroyed. Revan was very confused, and knew he must get to Terra. His main objective was to reunite his Legion.

During years of hiding and searching, he picked something up on Fenris. In the deep bowels of Fenris lay a small squad of Falleen Marines, and Revan managed to get down there...but not undetected.

He found those in his legion, but not bearing the Falleen colours...they bore those of the Space Wolves under Ragnar Blackmane. Revan was put under arrest and taken to see Logan Grimnar.

Logan, surprisingly, recognized him as a Falleen Marine. He told Lord Revan of how a group of Falleen Marines once gave their lives to save many Space Wolves in a brutal battle with the Eldar, and of the Horus Heresy

To repay the debt, he allowed those that had joined his Chapter to go back to their home legion; all accepted. They chose to keep the Fenresian gray on their armour, but took on their original symbol on their pauldrons.

The search for more Falleen Marines continues daily. Many have been found, including an apothecary, a Master of the Chapter, a tyranid-Hunter, and many more. Revan hopes that one day, he can be redeemed in the Emperor's eyes.

Where ever chaos is, the Falleen Praepheus will be there... They shall strike and killl, maim and murder, and meld back into the shadows...


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FULL ARMY LIST
Commander Revan
9 Marines with bolters
1 marine with flamer
1 Marine with Rocket launcher
Standard bearer
Apothecary
Champion
Captain with human body shield (See my tutorial)
5 IG Cadian allies
1 Marine with reaper autocannon
1 sgt with bolter and chainsword
Tyranid hunter
Master of the Arsenal

Waiting to get some termies, a rhino, and a predator.

STATS
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Falyaet Morphaeus, the Primarch.
WS: 7
BS: 6
S: 5
T: 5
W: 4
I: 6
A: 4
Ld: 10
Sv: 2+

Wargear: Fell-Blade and bolter (True Grit rule). Armour of Will, power fist, jump pack.

Special Rules: Immune to Instant Death, Independent Character, Deep strike.

Fell-Blade: Master crafted sword, doubles his strength, allows for +d6 attacks every turn.

Armour of Will: Master crafted armour, potent example of Primarch armour. Painted in the Legion colours, with shining gold replacing white. Allows him to re roll all failed armour saves, makes him immune to instant death.

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Commander Revan, the Warlord of Aborea
WS: 5
BS: 5
S: 4(6)
T: 5
W: 3
I: 4
A: 4
Ld: 10
Sv: 2+/+4

Wargear: Power sword, combi-bolter/flamer, krak grenades, Glory to the Primarch Icon

Power Sword: Master crafted sword, gives him +2 to his strength when equipped. This sword contains a single shard of the Primarch's shattered Fell-Blade, making it holy and strong.

Glory to Primarch Icon: This is a personal amulet gifted to him by the Legion Chaplain. It gives him a +4 invulnerable save, and he is immune to the Warp Rage.

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Falleen Marines

The Falleen Space Marines were engineered according to their Primarch's genetic template, as with all the Adeptus Astartes. However, their Primarch is brutally strong, giving the Falleen Marines a strength attribute of 5. Be sure to add this if you want to game with them.

Falleen Marines are also suceptible to something known as the Warp Rage. Because they went directly into the Warp, they were touched by Chaos. Only through their steely will can they contain this. At the beginning of your turn, roll a check to see if they can contain this. The modifier is 3+.

Roll for each Falleen Marine you control. Who ever failes this check gives in to the Warp Rage and violently begins attacking, friend or foe. Have the warp-raged Marine attack everyone in his squad, using the assault rules. The Warp-Raged marine cannot be killed by his allies in this time; however, he can kill others.

However, the Warp Rage has its upsides. It gives them a temporary +1/+1 Strength/Toughness modifier to their already enhanced strength. At the end of your assault turn, roll another of these morale checks. If they pass, they have the Warp Rage back under control. if not, they are counted as a casualty, showing that Chaos has consumed them.

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Warp Raged-Fallen Marines

Similar to the Death Company of the Blood Angels, there is a cadre of Fallen Marines that have not come out of the Warp Rage, yet are strong enough to not die from it. These squads are counted as elites and are lead by a Chaplain. The Warp Rage rules apply permanately to these squads.

Warp Raged Marine Stats
WS: 4
BS: 4
S: 6
T: 5
W: 1
I: 4
A: 1
Ld: 8
Sv: 3+

Just patent it then you won't have that problem.

I'm just off to iron my pajamas now before going to bed.

Seriously no one is going to steal your idea! :huh:
Right guys! :) Now lets see what you got! :)
This interested me!I mean who knows maybe we can
help you with rules for your guys! :) Me personally I liked your
idea for a kind of a Suicide squad of space marines!(Shouda used the idea for the capt that led it in the WW2 type movies!)And wanted to
see more!Now what is exactly the Falleen Praepheus? I have not been around here for awhile! :huh:

Posted May 21st? Never seen this one before... you tease! :D

So really what is it? :huh: (Haven't been around for awhile..)

You know about Tenacious D's 'greatest song in the world'?

This was the 'greatest army list in the world', revealed by satan. But, tragically, no-one ever saw what it was.

"So I wrote the first list that came into my head. It just so happened to beeeee....
The best list in the world! It was the best list in the woooorld!!!!"

Really....is that what it is? :huh: ;)
Well cmon don't be shy!Let's see,
who knows maybe some of us can help! :)

Its reposted now! Check it out! Oh, and I've finally come up with a definitive rule for mah SM "Last Chancers". Lol...

If a unit in the Falleen Praepheus fails a morale check, and is no longer in cohesion, it may choose to accomplish its objective by giving its own life. If you so choose to take this chance, roll a d6. 1,2,3 means he goes for it, 4,5,6 means he does not. This represents his mentality and rationalization battling with his iron sense of duty.

Whatever kind of grenade he carries, that is what he will use. Roll a d6 again, and thats how many blasts you get out of it. i.e.- You roll d4, you use 4 blast markers that are touching eachother, representing the large blast radius. The same general rules apply for grenades to count casualties. The unit that delivers the human bomb is an automatic casualty.

And by the way, Iacton... I printed the "brush your teeth" banner thing and hung it in my bathroom. I've seen my little brother brush his every night now ^_^. Lol!

Not bad it reminds me of the old Dirty dozen movie
you know that old one that takes place in WW2.
Any ways nice rules for them!See that wasn't so bad
now was it?:) To me we're all Bro's here.So we should start acting like it! :)
We all love this era that we game in,The era that all space marines
were allies even the guard and what not.If we really want to use some of these
home grown rules or what not we ask!
Like for me,if I wanted to use these rules I would just ask you Falyaet.
So I can use them and make some to try them out.
Am I right? :) ;)
By the way I like your idea of the 2nd Legion! Really your own way of seeing
one of those lost legions.It Just goes to show you that You can make a spacemarine legion of your own in this era!Bravo! :)

Hehe, thanks Torg.

Very nice job Falyaet! At first, I was a bit apprehensive about seeing another "lost legion" army story, but this one has been done quite well. Very cool to see someone with enough creativity to come up with a characterful lost legion that still fits with the 40k/ 30k background. Looking forward to seeing these guys as models (have you posted them up already?).

Not yet but as soon as I can get a decent camera Ill post pics of the legion.

~Falyaet~

Hmm, the story is interesting, and a good concept, but there are a few holes that you may wish to plug. Why did they have their homeworld chosen for them? Are you working on the idea that the Emperor MEANT for them to all land on specific planets? Or is it that they found traces of their primarch there? If so, mention of this should probably be made when first describing Aborea.

I also don't understand why the regular marines went out into the warp then magically reappeared in their ship...

The Legion is scattered a bit easily. Judging by the fact that a Legion of space marines could conceivably conquer the galaxy, should they not put up a bit more of a fight? The Inquisitor must have mobilised most of the forces from a whole segmentum to destroy/scatter them...

Also, how exactly did he find the Falleen space wolf squad? Was he using a Librarian to scry(sp?)?

Just a few thoughts...

Hmm, sorry mate. Let me try to plug those holes for you.

The reason they chose Aborea was because they found a trace of their Primarch, a single piece of parchmen that said: Khorne. They came to two conclusions: eithier he had fallen to chaos and taken the path of Horus, or he was in the Warp. They thought the latter.

When they went out of the warp and had to get out, they went back into their star ships. Sorry >.<.

Well, the Legion didn't expect it at all. They were quite clueless and puzzled, and they had just come out of the Warp, so they were a bit warp-atrophied. Combining all those factors with their trust in the Imperium, they had no idea they were going to be attacked. They merely ran in all directions, trying to find ships to escape with, and just took off the planet as far away as they could.

As for the Falleen Space Wolves, I'm still trying to come up with some fluff for that... Librarian idea is quite good though. Ill post some stats soon too.

Thanks, Weiss. ^_^

I've posted the stats on the Front End. Check it out. I will take all c&c on the rules; I don't want them to be over powered or under powered. ^_^

The rules look pretty good to me so far, although some points costs would be nice. Also, I think the Warp Rage needs a little more explanation; right now it appears as though a Falleen Marine in a Warp Rage gets +1S/ +1T, cannot be killed, and can only attack his own squad members, whereafter he must take a Morale Check and then goes back to S5, T4 or simply dies. And what exactly does the 3+ modifier mean? They go into Rage on a 3 or higher? Or do they take a leadership test at -3Ld? I'm a little confused on that count. Other than that, the aforementioned points costs are the only thing I see missing. You may wish to look at the points cost in either the 3rd or 4th Edition Chaos Codecies to figure out costs for a Marine with +1S. BA Codex may be somewhat helpful as well.
Anyway, hope that helps, and I'm looking forward to seeing what else you come up with. Very happy to see that nothing is horribly over-powered; bravo.

Most of what you said about a Warp Raged marine is right. It would take the check, and if it fails, the Marine attacks his own squad. Follow through with assault rules. He cannot be killed by his own team mates, however, he can kill them. After that, combat with the opponet proceeds as normal, and the Warp Raged marine stays with those stats for the rest of the turn. If they fail the test at the end of your turn again, they stay Warp Raged.

The 3+ modifier means 1,2,3 they pass, 4,5,6 they fail.

And Ill get on those points costs. ^_^

Thanks for the clarification. B) Warp Rage now seems fairly balanced. May just want to go by GW conventions and make it a "4+" to come out of it (same probability, yet more conventional way of writing it). Anyway, good luck with getting all those points figured out.

Yeah, good point, Grey. Even though I avidly play 40K/30K I also play D&D sometimes (Im a geek. Deal with it.) and the dice system is quite different, so I'll sometimes get things mixed up. Lol, anyways though, thanks for the notification.

Falyaet

PS- Sorry about no pictures still... Saving for a decent camera.

Maybe for fluff you can add some of the ideas from the lightning tower,
(For idea read pg 9 of story)I think some of the people like shroud or others
might help you there.(For 2&11 Primarchs that is)
But what I think about it is still a great idea!

Hm, thanks Torg. I want to make it seem as canonically (sp?) accurate as possible, if that is possible :P .

I derived inspiration for this legion from the Space Wolves, Sons of Horus, and Raven Guard... I kinda took elements from each, developed my own, and viola.

I borrowed some of your ideas,but to a lesser extent,
I decided that I was going to make Zso Saahals dream of a
freed from chaos, Night lords.(Based off of Lord of night.)That each time either he wins or losses he recieves a new freed from chaos Night lord,either a capt or a squad or whatever with wins or loses,Kind of a anti Redcorsair type of dealy.
I already got GW blessings! :) :D

Hmm...thats an interesting idea, Torg.. its rather good, actually... and to have gotten the GW Lord's blessings?!! O_O

I envy you, Torg. :lol:

My first guy in the Imperial Night Lords is going to be Sahaal and the psyker womancause she's the tool that sets them free of Chaos.Until they find a
Librarian that can use that power.
And thanks Falyaet,heck I can even use the Night lord symbols! :D

:o You could make one kick-ass campaign with that, Torg... Hell, I'd play it!

BTW, just a question, these freed-from-chaos Night Lords... are they during the Heresy era, like they fell with Horus but quickly were redeemed, or were they champions of Chaos in the 41st millenium that came back to the Emperor?

Actually, it's in the 41st millenium,right after
Lord of night.I figured today I'd start with a Co,
and work my way up to the first and down to whatever
the last Co is.Maybe his old Co.sick of Acrebus and not fulling
the true dream of Night Haunter,and also because Accrebus did not
give the role of command of the Legion to Sahaal,the rightful leader
and heir, to the leadership of the Night Lords. :)

Sounds great. :)

Update on the Fallen Praepheus... I've decided that I'm going to go a head and do the Command Squad that I mentioned in the Paint/Model section of this forum, along with one squad of Silver armoured Marines.