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=Angels of Acquittance=

Overview
The Angels of Acquittance are a secretive chapter operating in the galactic east,or more specifically in the riff between the Centaurus and Sagitarus arms. The chapter is only known by a few forces within the Imperium, but always welcome when dropping in to turn the tide of battle.

Heretical Founding
When Lion El' Johnson returned from rushing to the aid of the emperor during the Horus Heresy the defenses of Caliban fired upon the returning forces. Among the forces under Luther's command was a young marine named Lucio Carnol who fought against the returning forces. When Luther fell and the Warp Storm opened up he was pulled off the planet into the warp as a member of the Fallen. Lucio regained control inside the warp and confronted the spirit of the Emperor of Man, whom he believed had betrayed the Dark Angels and ordered the assault on Caliban. A short duel ensued before being interrupted by a champion of Khorne who assaulted the spirit of the Emperor while Lucio was dragged away by the forces of chaos.

Lucio came into the care of a manifestation of Slaanesh that fed him all manner of perversions and tainted his mind in hopes of breeding a warrior to destroy the body of the Emperor of Man and thus destroy the Emperor's abilities to interfere with chaos. Eventually came the time to strike, a gathering of the chaos gods ensured him with the armor and tools he would need to slay the Emperor. He wielded the mighty Mortifier Blade with disease ridden armor from Khorne and Nurgle. From Tzeentch he would be gifted with a teleport directly to the throne with the Adeptus Custodes blinded for a short time. Slaanesh, in female form, gifted him a deep kiss; a kiss that haunts every member of the Angels of Acquittance to modern time.

True to form Lucio dropped through the warp in front of the Emperor's body and lunged his mighty blade towards the body of the venerate Emperor. A sword crossed his before it could cross the stasis field. Tzeentch had delivered on his gift of blinding the Adeptus Custodes, but a man that had gone unnoticed by the chaos gods was there: Supreme Grand Master Azrael. Instantly knowing the truth of this man Azrael fought Lucio and dragged him off before the Custodes could reawaken. Azrael set a course for The Rock immediately.

Lucio was tortured and executed by the Dark Angels, though they never received a confession. Lucio's spirit awakened in a bright room with the spirit of Lion El' Johnson. After an exchange of words and being shown many things Lucio was enraptured in blinding light, his last recollection before being tossed back into the execution chamber was the Lion's voice, "You have been acquitted, now go and bring my marines back to my service." Lucio spent many years journeying through the warp collecting Fallen Angels wherever they were as well as chaos marines from other chapters and other men tainted by the ruinous powers. He planted in their minds a calling that would one day activate over the system of Esoterra.

On the day the beacon activated several hundred chaos and Fallen warriors rushed to the planet without rhyme or reason and landed. Shortly after the landing a Tyranid strike force struck the planet, a splinter from Kraken. The planet happened to be one of the last remaining worlds held by the diminuative Squats, who held the planet against the Tyranids but suffered horrendous casualties. The marines joined in the conflict but suffering greatly as well. Lucio watching from a spirit's perspective saw a Squat warlord fall and immediately rushed into it as it's spirit left which revitalized it and enabled Lucio to fight on. With few squats remaining after the battle and over 200 marines left the world became the homeworld.

The survivors came together and reconstructed what was left of the structures on the world. Eventually, a hierarchy was set that led the Marines and Lucio as governors of the world and the Squats as servants to them. After the construction of the massive cathedral and barracks-temple Lucio touched each marine's forehead and temple and put them into a deep sleep where they encountered the message the Lion had left for them. Whithin this time the marine's brains were effected by the various spiritual stimuli that the geneseed itself within them began to change to that of the Lion. At the end of the meditation and hibernation period all the marines gathered together and becuase they had been aqcuitted by their primarch were heralded the "Angels of Acquittance,"

The world of Esoterra held many wonders for the marines. A forge operated within the planet's core and from here all the black armor and weapons are produced. The Squats had been tinkering with plasma for years and the plasma core's situated underground produced plasma as hot as any in the Imperium but would pose no threat to the wielder.

Gene-Seed Flaws
Though the Gene Seed of Lion El' Johnson was pure the Angels of Acquittance inherited part of Lucio's memory as well. On occassion the affected marine will feel Slaanesh kiss him deeply and will instantly drive him into a bloodlust frenzy to destroy whatever brought the flashback on. A notable case of this is on Vulkrim IV when Brother Lichtenstern was traveling back to the barracks through the middle of a city when they were approached by a group of prostitutes. Within moments he was in a fury, destroying everything around him: prostitutes, buildings, signs... He were knocked out by Blood Angels chaplain who had been charged with stabilizing any marine with the Black Rage and brought back to his barracks were he was attended to by the Brotherhood Chaplain and whence he recovered from the episode. There wasn't enough left of the prostitutes to determine who they were or if they had even been human as even their bones were shredded and the block looked as if it had been on the front lines of battle.

The other primary flaw to the marines is they have the ability to produce children. Although the Fury prevents this the vast majority of the time it is possible for them. This raises the possibility of having further mutations in the line from one generation to the next and any children are highly scrutinized and are turned into servitors in the case of a mutation. Normally, among the few times it has happened, the children suffer from disorders and disabilities that make the life of a servitor an acceptable change to the parents. The most notable exceptions to this is Brother Jiken Sansi, veteran of the 1st Brotherhood and Apothecary Sister Nia Voros.

==Organization= The Angels of Acquittance is organized into Brotherhoods instead of companies. The 1st and 2nd Brotherhoods are established in the Dark Angels tradition; that is a Deathwing and Ravenwing. The Angels of Acquittance do not follow standard formation, each Brotherhood containsn about 115 troops plus support while maintaining anywhere from 9 to 13 Brotherhoods at a time.

1st Brotherhood "Brothers of Death"

23 Terminator squads

2nd Brotherhood

Attack Bikes

Land Speeders

Battle Brotherhoods

3rd Brotherhood

5 Tactical squads

3 Devastator Squads

2 Assault Squads

2 Sniper Squads

1 terminator Squads

4th Brotherhood

5 Tactical squads

3 Devastator Squads

2 Assault Squads

2 Sniper Squads

1 terminator squads

5th Brotherhood

5 Tactical squads

3 Devastator Squads

2 Assault Squads

2 Sniper Squads

1 terminator squads

Defensive Brotherhoods

6th Brotherhood

4 Tactical squads

4 Devastator Squads

4 Sniper Squads

2 terminator squads

7th Brotherhood

4 tactical squads

4 devastator squads

4 sniper squads

2 Terminator squads

Attack Brotherhoods

8th brotherhood

5 Assault squads

5 Assault Bike squads

5 Land Speeder squads

9th brotherhood

5 Assault squads

5 Assault Bike squads

5 Land Speeder squads

There are currently 9 brotherhoods not including training brotherhoods which are not used for combat unless Esoterra is under assault. The 10th-13th Brotherhoods are set up in the same manner the Battle Brotherhoods are minus the terminators.