The Arch Angels have a long and bloody history that dates back to the Second Founding. One of the many progeny Chapters that came from the Ultra Marine Legions, the Arch Angels are every bit as loyal and faithful to the Imperial cause as their brother Ultra Marines are.

Shortly after the Horus Heresy, a small detachment of Arch Angel vessels engaged and destroyed a chaos fleet in the southeastern fringe of the Segmentum Tempestus. One of the traitor vessels detonated while trying to flee into warp-space. The resulting explosion caused a massive warp-rift to appear. Calling it the Ultima Tormentius after the tortured souls that perished during it's creation, the Arch Angels vowed to protect the area around the Ultima Tormentius from any and all chaos incursions.

Establishing a Fortress-Monastery on the world of Draconus, the Arch Angels patrol a vast sea of space near the Ultima Tormentius known as Avalon.

Much like the Ultramar, the realm of the Ultra Marines, Avalon is a shining example of efficiency, beauty and production. All of the Arch Angels battle-brothers are recruited from worlds in the Avalon Systems.

The Arch Angels were one of those Chapters honored enough to be chosen to provide troops for the Deathwatch. The Ninth Company of the Chapter, in its entirety, is provided to the Deathwatch for it's Xenos-Kill Teams.

Many units of the Arch Angels Chapter also volunteer themselves to be experimented upon and given advanced combat drugs to try to boost their combat effectiveness. The Inquisition fears that someday, there may arise a need for brother-marine to fight against brother-marine as was done during the Horus Heresy. One such Chapter that is watched with uneasiness are the Blood Angels. The Inquisition's experiments hope to simulate the combat prowess and ferocity of the Blood Angels in "pure" marines so that they may fight against the Blood Angels and their kin with equal footing.

Recent campaigns of note that the Arch Angels have fought in are: The Second and Third Wars for Armageddon, The Piscina Conflict, The Adrantis 5 Campaign and many smaller skirmishes too numerous to list.

Brother-Captain Damian

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