Prophets of Destiny

The Prophets of Destiny are a group of Traitor Astartes dedicated to the Lord of Destiny, Tzeentch. They were formely known as the Prophets of Redemption (created during the 3rd Founding: 001.M32). The sole aim of the chapter was to redeem the Galaxy from the foul taint of Chaos. Over time, the Commanders and Librarians of the chapter began to implement radical techniques in order to combat the chaos scum, going so far as using the forbidden art of sorcery in order to forcefully remove the tainted souls of the damned followers of Chaos. The continued use of Sorcery led to the eventual downfall of the chapter. They were declared Excommunicate Traitoris in 510.M36 during the battle of Magdelon IV when it became apparent that the Librarians of the chapter were using raw warp energy to rip apart the heads of the Traitor Astartes loyal to the Daemon Syrath. After their turn to chaos the Prophets of Destiny repainted their armour dark blue (with silver trims) to pay homage to their new master. Although they now serve the Architect of Fate, they will launch strikes on other groups Traitor Astartes and will even provide aid to Imperial forces in routing out followers of the Ruinous Powers. This is not because they wish to seek redemption for their crimes, it is entirely for personal gain.

Background
[Background will be added in the far future]

Timeline
001.M32: Creation of the Prophets of Redemption from the geneseed of [PURGED]. The Death World of Valos Magna is given over to the Prophets of Redemption as a homeworld.

376.M33: Prophets of Redemption help to stop the beginnings of an Ork Waaagh! in the Uhulis Sector.

765.M34: Prophets of Redemption send all 10 companies to purge a Chaos rebellion on the planet of Caldano III.

987.M35: Chief Librarian Ethan discovers an ancient tome on the Feudal World of Terlaken Secundus while repeling an invasion of Traitor Astartes. Ethan reluctantly hands over the book to the Inquisition. After the fall of the Prophets of Redemption it is discovered that the tome is only a copy.

192.M36: Epistolary Matthias Azarriah becomes Chief Librarian and inherits the tome from Ethan.

498.M36: All ten companies of the Prophets of Redemption are sent to purge the worlds under the control of the Daemon Syrath. 900 Astartes from the Black Templars are sent and a contingent of 100 Grey Knights. Over 6000 Astartes from 6 other chapters are sent. The operation is led by Lady Inquisitor Fallos of the Ordo Malleus and 50 Grey Knights.

510.M36: Battle of Magdelon IV. Several Librarians from the Prophets of Redemption are witnessed using sorcery against the Traitor Astartes fighting for the Daemon Syrath. Inquisitor Fallos declares the Prophets of Redemption 'Excommunicate Traitoris' after she recieves eyewitness accounts of Matthias Azarriah using raw warp energy to rip apart the head of a Chaos Champion. After being pursued by a force of Inquisitorial troops and Black Templars the Prophets of Redemption flee off world. The chapter tries to eliminate the rogue elements within the Prophets of Destiny. This leads to a civil war within the chapter as Matthias does not wish to atone for his crimes. The Chief Librarian gathers support from the other Librarians and prepares to eliminate the Loyalists within the chapter. Matthias and his followers make their way to the Terlaken system after aquiring two of the chapters battle barges.

511.M36: Inquisitor Fallos recalls 800 Black Templars and 50 Grey Knights from the crusade against the followers of Syrath. Fallos sends the Black Templars and the Grey Knights to eliminate Chief Librarian Azarriah and the rest of the chapters Librarians. The Black Templars are instructed to capture any members of the Prophets of Redemption that appeared to still be loyal. These Astartes would be brought for Inquisitorial judgement.

511.M36: Civil war amongst the Prophets of Redemption reaches its climax. The 368 Astartes sided with Matthias Azarriah prepare for a planetary invasion from the Loyalists. The remaining loyal 597 alleigned with the Chapter Master, Reluv Dimitrov, make an attempt to seize the Terlaken system from the rebels. The renegades lead the Loyalists into a trap on the feudal world of Terlaken Secundus, more than 400 loyalists are slaughtered, including Chapter Master Dimitrov, who is ripped apart by Matthias's psychic attacks. The remaining 63 Loyalists flee, escaping in three of the chapters Thunderhawk Gunships. With the internal threat dealt with, Matthias prepares for the arrival of the Inquisitorial forces. 152 renegade Prophets of Redemption, including Matthias and the order of Librarians, make preperations for an Inquisitorial invasion of Terlaken Secundus and begin to prepare for converting Terlaken Secundus into a Daemonic stronghold. The other 216 Prophets of Redemption make their way to the Hive World of Terlaken Primus in order to fortify the planet and trick the PDF into helping them.

632789.512.M36: The Black Templars make planetfall on Terlaken Secundus. The Terlaken Fleet, now under the influence of Tzeentch, engage the invasion force and order the Inquisitorial forces to leave the System. However, the fleet is quickly annhilated. Inquisitor Fallos deems Terlaken Primus beyond saviour and orders Exterminatus on the heavily fortified Hive World, 216 Renegade Prophets of Redemption and 100,000 renegade PDF garrisoned on the planet are killed instantenously. The three loyalist Thunderhawk Gunships are captured by the Grey Knight Strike Cruiser ''Emperor's Redemption. ''The Black Templars breach the defenses of the small city of Averax, the location of Chief Librarian Matthias Azarriah and his newly named 'Cabal of Sorcerers'. A Grey Knight strike force of 10 Terminator clad Astartes teleport into the heart of the city. Matthias and his Cabal finish preparations to transform Terlaken Secundus into a Daemon World.

646728.512.M36: The Grey Knight strike force locates the Cabal and eliminates 6 former Librarians before Matthias fells the Brother-Captain with his Daemonblade. The Grey Knights attempt to subdue the daemonicaly charged Matthias but their attempt is in vain. Enraged at the death of several of his Sorcerers, Matthias crushes the heads of the remaining nine Terminators with a psychic barrage. The Black Templars successfuly hound the surving Prophets of Destiny into the last intact citadel of Averax. Matthias plunges his Daemonic sword into the heart of his favoured champion, Zacharia Talonis. This act of betrayal pleases the Architect of Fate and he grants the Chief Librarian Daemonhood. As Matthias withdrew the blade from his oldest friend the world around him began to change, he began to grow in size, the past, the present and the future flashed before his eyes. Everything came into focus, and Matthias realised his destiny. At the same moment of Matthias' ascension, the earth shook and the skies swirlled in pandemonium, the advancing Black Templars paused for a split second, unsure of what their next course of action should be. The act of betrayal signaled the begining of the transfromation of Terlaken Secundus into a hell on earth. Vast constructs of daemonic origin erupted from the ground itself and the citadel began to twist and change. Horrific monstrosities of Tzeentch appeared from the very air itself.

658456.512.M36: Marshal Helo orderes a tactical withdrawl of his Astartes from Terlaken, as the situation had become dire. Inquisitor Fallos orders her forces to retreat and prepares an ancient virus bomb for deployment. The Black Templar and Grey Knight ships flee in the nick of time, minutes before a Warp Strom engulfs the system. Fallos' flagship, trapped with in the Warp anomaly launches the biological weapon. By the intervention of Tzeentch, the bomb never reaches Terlaken Secundus, instead it materialises near a xenos planet, wiping out the fledgling alien race. Fallos, enraged at the failure of the mission, orders the Warp engines to be activated. Her reckless maneouver pays off and she escapes the Terlaken System. The surviving traitor Prophets of Redemption only number 87. First Company Champion, Zacharia Talonis, is reborn as the Daemon Prince Zacharia the Enchanter.

983459.512.M36: Terlaken Secundus officially deemed a 'Daemon World' in Imperial records. Matthias renames the planet Pandorus.

513.M36: The planet Valos Magna, former homeworld of the Prophets of Destiny, mysteriously vanishes into the Warp.

515.M36: The 63 loyalist Prophets of Redemption are deemed by the Inquisition to be untainted. They are given the Emperor's forgivness and are sent on a 100 year penance crusade. The battle barge Prophetic Redemption is given to the forgiven Astartes so that they can carry out the will of the Emperor. 30 Astartes of the Knights are sent to aid and oversee the chapter in their crusade.

616.M36: Loyalist Prophets of Redemption complete their crusade. However, even with recruiting, the remenants of the chapter only number 41. Veteran Sergeant Ulysses Valaan is named as the official new Chapter Master. Chapter renamed 'Prophetic Forgiven' by order of the Inquisition. Due to the suspicions and influence of the Ordo Hereticus, the control of the Prophetic Forgiven is given to an unknown Inquisitor.

273.M37: The Inquisition recieves reports of several attacks on important shipping routes by a mysterious group of Renegade Astartes. They are identified as being alliegned with the Chaos God Tzeentch and wear blue armour with silver trims. The Astartes are later discovered to be named the 'Prophets of Destiny'.

892:M38: During a raid on the Hive World of Kavun III, one of the monstrous Daemon Prince's of the 'Prophets of Destiny' is identified as having once been Matthias Azarriah. 'Prophets of Destiny' are now officialy identified as having once been the 'Prophets of Redemption' that turned renegade.

032.M39: The Slaughter of Drazar Primus. A surprise attack by the Prophets of Destiny that devastated the population of the planet. A contingent of 200 Grey Knights were sent to the planet to finish the job of purging the Prophets of Destiny. When they arrived they found a world that had been ravaged by Chaos and tainted by the Ruinous Powers. The world of Drazar was later subject to Exterminatus as cultist activity on the planet was too high to curtail through less drastic means.

Chapter-Unique Units
Sacrificial Champions: These are Astartes who are used by the Cabal to summon a great Lord of Change when the assistance of a such a creature is required. The chapter has two methods of aquiring such sacrifices. Most of the Sacrificial Champions are Aspiring Champions who have willingly volunteered for the position. These Astartes are treated with the same respect that a Cabal member recieves and are seen as figures of great prowess because of the sacrifice the Marine is willing to make in order for the chapter to succeed in it's chaotic actions. The volunteer will be gifted enhanching mutations (super strength, wings, etc.) by the Architect of Fate and will be worshipped as a living embodiment of Tzeentch by the Prophets of Destiny (and any Renegade Guard under their influence) until he makes the sacrifice during the midst of battle when the walls between the immaterium and Real Space are broken and a great Lord of Change will burst through to join the fray. The other Sacrificial Champion's are mindless drones who will become living gateways for the horrors of Tzeentch, these 'Champions' are the 'Champion's of Tzeentch' who failed the Cabal and as a result have become stripped of their mind by the Daemonic Pact they signed. Regardless of their origin, all of these Sacrifices have the sole purpose to summon Greater Daemons for the Prophets of Destiny.

Specialization
The Summoning of Tzeentchian Daemons:

Organization
The Prophets of Destiny have a hierarchical command system which favours Psykers and Traitor Astartes who have recieved mutations from their patron god. The Lord of the chapter is the Daemon Prince Matthias, his second in command is Daemon Prince Zacharia. The Cabal of Sorcerers wield significant power in the chapter, (second only to the Daemon Princes) and are responsible for commanding the the pitiful Aspiring Champions and Traitor Astartes. Unusually for a renegade chapter, they kept the tradition of having a company Champion. Any Aspiring Champion lucky enough to be 'promoted' to the rank of Champion of Tzeentch becoms the liason between the Cabal and the regular Astartes, they are also gifted the Corrupted Relic Blade 'Death's Sting' during the promotion ceremony. The Champion must also swear a Daemonic Pact to the Cabal which grants him the chance for Daemonhood. However, if the Champion ever fails the Cabal (any time before ascension) he is immediately changed into a mindless Sacrificial Champion and will eventually become a living gateway for Chaos.

The Prophets of Destiny have links to several Aspiring Sorcerers of the Thousand Sons who they admire with devotion. They frequently trade Astares with a psychic potential to these Sorcerers in exchange for their services (and Rubric Marines). As such, the Prophets of Destiny always have at least one Thousand Sons Aspiring Sorcerer in their service at any given time.

Lords of Fate
Hallowed Daemon Prince: Matthias Azarriah, "The Warp Shifter", "The Great Lord of Fate"

The Cursed (Former Command Squad of Matthias): 5 Possesed Astartes

Hallowed Daemon Prince: Zacharia the Enchanter

The Damned: 6 Chosen Astartes led by the Sacrificial Champion: Karus Volon

Cabal of Sorcerers
Lord Sorcerer of the Cabal: Arrius Sevax

Sorcerer Ezeran Verson

Sorcerer Tezar Hexaros

5 Aspiring Sorcerers of Tzeentch

1 Aspiring Sorcerer of the Thousand Sons

The Prophets of Destiny
Revered Champion of Tzeentch: Torvan Malicus

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Genix

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Drasius

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Malon

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Kosuv

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Casrax

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Verax

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Rasuros

-10 Traitor Astartes led by Aspiring Champion Isix

-9 Traitor Astartes: [Formely led by Torvan Malicus]

-7 Traitor Astartes: [No Aspiring Champion]

-5 Chaos Rhinos

Allies
Thousand Sons

Several mercenary warbands

The Angel of Retribution: Fallen Sorcerer

Summoned Daemons of Tzeentch

The Terlaken Tome
Discovered by former Chief Librarian Ethan of the Prophets of Redemption on the newly liberated world of Terlaken Secundus (c.987.M35), the ancient tome contains a detailed history of the Terlaken System from its founding in M14 to it's descent into dispair during Old Night. As well as the detailed records, the collection of scrolls contains thousands of heretical texts that date from the beginning of the Age of Strife until M35, when the planet was finally brought into the Emperor's Light. A fake copy was quickly written (that only included the heretical texts) and handed over to the Inquisition. The real tome was hidden within a great vault on Terlaken Secundus that was not re-opened until the fall of the Prophets of Redemption. Within the texts lie many incantations and daemonic chants that the Sorcerer's of the Prophets of Destiny now use. It is rumoured that the tome contains the incantations required to preform the arcane ritual of summoning the legendary Hellforger.