Draconite Lords

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The Celestial Dragons are a loyalist Space Marine chapter, founded in early M38, they were subsequently lost in a Warp Storm in late M39.

Appearance
The chapter colours of the Celestial Dragons is a deep purple. Their Pauldrons are black with silver trim.

The chapter icon is a stylised dragon with wings spread wide. This is usually white against the black background of the pauldron. Sergeants are designated with a red stripe painted down their helmets. ==Structure==

The Celestial Dragons are a codex chapter in most respects, although they do not have companies designated by colour (on their pauldron trim etc).

The First company, known as the Draconites, often paint part or all of their helmets black, to honour the fallen brothers before them.

Squads of veterans have been known to paint their whole armour black when going on what they believe to be a 'suicide mission' - one which they do not expect to return from.

Gene-Seed
Due to an Administratum error, the origins of Celestial Dragons gene-seed is unknown.

Although stable in most respects, an elongation of canine teeth has been noted in many veterans, giving them a vampiric appearance, although they have no desire to drink blood (or so they have told the Inquisition).

Background
During a campaign against Chaos forces spilling out of a rift in space known as the Sea of Pugnacity, the entire Celestial Dragons fleet was trapped when warp storms suddenly snapped the fissure closed, sealing them in the warp.

Notable Battle Brothers

 * Captain Hyrtacus of the 3rd company is the only known survivor of the incident at the Sea of Pugnacity. Although lost for decades, he was apparently pulled from the warp by a Space Wolves Rune Priest, Dreyrugr Blacktempest, who was attempting to retrieve the Wolf Lord Jarn Valdyr, who was himself trapped in the warp by Chaos cultists.

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 * Dreadnought Moros Mox Nox: b efore his entombment in the holy sarcofagus of a Dreadnought, Moros Nox was a Draconite Sergeant attached to a squad of Tactical battle brothers defending a Forge Monastery against the renegade chapter, the Amethyst Warriors. The last man standing, Moros defended a temple to the Machine God until his plasma pistol over-heated and exploded in his hand (see banner in attached image). When he was found under a pile of fallen enemies by Draconite brethren, he requested that he may be allowed to rejoin the field of battle and so he was placed within the sepulchre of the dreadnought.