Origins
Raised during the Second Founding from the gene-seed of the First Legion, the Angels of Absolution inherited the same dread secret as every Dark Angels successor: the memory of Luther's betrayal and the scattering of the Fallen. Where their brother Chapters bear their guilt as an open wound, the Angels of Absolution came to believe that the destruction visited upon Caliban had already paid the price of their treachery in full.
A Different Faith
Alone among the successors, the Angels of Absolution have forsaken the title of Unforgiven, for they no longer count themselves among the damned. Their bone-white armour is the outward sign of this belief, a colour chosen to proclaim that the Emperor's forgiveness has been earned and their honour restored. Beneath deep green robes they carry a calm that unsettles their more tormented kin, untroubled by the fear of damnation that haunts other Dark Angels. To the wider brotherhood such certainty borders on presumption, yet none can question the Chapter's loyalty.
The Duty That Remains
Absolution has not made the Chapter idle. Though they fear no judgement for the ancient sin, the Angels of Absolution hold that it remains their solemn duty to punish the traitors who wrought it. They stand shoulder to shoulder with the Dark Angels and the other Unforgiven in the endless hunt, delivering captured Fallen to the Emperor's justice. The difference lies only in the heart: for their brethren, each capture is a step toward redemption; for the Angels of Absolution, it is simply the settling of a debt long overdue.
Order of battle
The Angels of Absolution field the units of the Space Marines, a detachment from the roster:
Other Space Marines formations
Angels VermillionSecretive to the edge of paranoia, the Angels Vermillion are a Blood Angels successor who bear their bloodline's curse in bleak isolation, shunning their brother Chapters and guarding their darkest secrets with quiet menace.
Angels of VengeanceThe Angels of Vengeance are among the grimmest of the Unforgiven, a Second Founding successor of the Dark Angels who wage the secret hunt for the Fallen with a cold, unrelenting fury. Clad in armour of funereal black, they are austere even by the standards of their tormented lineage, speaking little and forgiving nothing. Where their parent Chapter cloaks its shame in ritual, the Angels of Vengeance carry theirs like a drawn blade, and they will cross any gulf and shatter any oath of secrecy to see a single Fallen dragged before the Inner Circle.
Black TemplarsZealous crusaders without a true homeworld, the Black Templars roam the stars in vast fleets, purging heresy and xenos wherever they are found. Sworn to unending crusade in the name of the Emperor, they answer doubt with faith and the sword, the most relentless holy warriors of the Adeptus Astartes.
Blood AngelsNoble and haunted, the Blood Angels wage constant war against the twin genetic curses of thirst and rage inherited from their martyred primarch Sanguinius. From the blasted world of Baal they answer the Imperium's darkest calls, warriors of aching beauty forever poised on the edge of the abyss within.
Carcharodons AstraGrey ghosts of the void, the Carcharodons emerge from the darkness between the stars to slaughter the enemies of Mankind, then vanish once more. Few know their origins, and fewer still survive their coming.
Crimson FistsBattered but unbroken, the Crimson Fists rose from the ashes of near-extinction to become a byword for defiance. Sons of Dorn, they fight on when all hope is spent.
Dark AngelsThe secretive First Legion, the Dark Angels wage two wars at once: one for the Imperium, and a hidden one to hunt down the traitors of their own broken past. Knightly, disciplined, and consumed by ancient guilt, they pursue the Fallen across ten thousand years, guarding a shame no outsider must ever learn.
Flesh TearersCursed with the worst of Sanguinius's flaws, the Flesh Tearers wage war on the knife's edge of madness. They are the most savage of the Blood Angels' sons, forever fighting their own extinction.
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