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Brotherhood of Dorn

GW canon

Summary

Imperial Fists successor in aged black-and-grey armour with a fist symbol on a shield.

Allegiance

Loyalists

Founding

Unknown

Colours

Black and grey, yellow left shoulder pad

Epoch

M41 (founding date not recorded)

History

The Brotherhood of Dorn wear baroque, aged power armour in black and grey. Their armoury holds Imperial Fists helmets and weapons from the Horus Heresy era, and their iconography also draws on the founding Chapter.

Notes

Yellow left shoulder pad bearing the Chapter symbol, a clenched fist on a shield. The Lexicanum notes that a Games Workshop employee created the Chapter and that it appeared in White Dwarf 515.

Sources

Lexicanum, article “Brotherhood of Dorn” (revision 700096, retrieved 25 Oct 2026): https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Brotherhood_of_Dorn. Works cited there: White Dwarf 515, pg. 46 - Chapter Approved.