Scaled Sons

The Scaled Sons are one of a handful of loyalist Space Marine chapters with rumoured to be successors of the venerable Salamanders. They believe that their gene seed leads directly back to Vulkan himself, and take great pride in this belief - although this has never been acknowledged by the Salamanders nor the High Priests of Terra.

They are based from their homeworld of Odyssurne, a mostly oceanic Feral planet, and the only planet of the Odyssiette system, situated in Ultima Segmentum. From the sunken Fortress Monastery of Plato's Grave, they maintain an Imperial presence and patrol the nearby space, with the bulk of their efforts in and around the nearby Charadon Sector and Inferno Reach warp storm, in order to report and combat any emerging threats.

Like their suspected founders, they are renouned for their devotion to humanity, but bear an affinity for lightning fast, multi directional attacks; often incorparating land, sky, and orbital based units simultaneously.

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Homeworld

The Scaled Sons hail from the Oceanic planet Odyssurne, due to it's position within campaign distance of both the nearby warp storm Inferno Reach, and the Charadon Sector, both which the chapter regularly becomes entangled with.

Their fortress-monastery, Plato's Grave, is built into and around an ancient Battle Barge of unknown origin, found sunken just beneath the waves whilst surveying the planet. After the vessel was pressurised and converted, the rest of the fortress-monastery was built around it. The monestery was build in all directions, both above the waterline and down beneath the seabed. Whilst many undeployed Astartes can be found here, many will also be found acting as elders within the various island and flotilla settlements on Odyssnurne - usually the settlements they lived in before they became Astartes.

The Scaled Sons take their name and appearance from the large sea serpants known as Drakonis, that roam the waters of Odyssurne. Astartes Initiates are tasked with hunting and slaying one as part of their training.

Formation

The Scaled Sons came into existance during the 11th founding to reinforce an area of the Ultima Segmentum which was suffering regular incursions of Ork and Chaos threats, and the oceanic Feral world of Odyssurne was designated to be their homeworld.

Gene seed

Due to the officially unknown origins of the Scaled Sons, the small oddities and idiosyncracies of their gene-seed have no known reasoning or history to them. In all, there are no known corruptions and the gene-seed is thought to be stable. However, some small oddities have been observed - Astartes commonly have a darker skin tone, due to a flaw in their Melanochrome gene-seed organ. They also tend to be slightly heavier built and larger in size, like rumoured Salamanders Successors, the Storm Giants.

Culture and beliefs

The Scaled Sons believe themselves to be, as some scholars do, desendants of the Salamanders chapter, and as such hold strongly the ideals that each man and woman of the Imperium has their rightful place, and are willing to fight whomever they must to secure and protect any subjects of the Emporer.

In particular, the Scaled Sons have a good relationship with the Imperial Guard. Whilst many Astartes chapters only see the Imperial Guard for the weaknesses, or as a distraction or shield for themselves, the Scaled Sons believe view guardsmen as a key component of the Imperium, and vital to its security. As such, they will always work alongside Imperial Guard regiments to ensure that their weaknesses are covered, and their strengths maximised, often finding that the sum of the two together exceeds the output of them individually.

On their home planet of Odyssurne, they hold a strong affinity for their heritage and will often return to their birthplaces whilst not on active duty. Many of these Astartes have positions as elders or advisors within their villages, and even the oldest and most fearsome will take on these roles.

The large sea serpents known as Drakonis often make up imagery associated with the chapter too - power armour is often seen decorated with painted on scales, and some marines will wear tabards of actual scaled skin taken from Drakonis they have slain.