Destroyers
GW canon
Summary
Second Founding White Scars successor with doubtful gene-seed and a reputation for great savagery.
Allegiance
Loyalists
Founding
Second Founding
Colours
Black with yellow/gold helmet, aquila and pauldrons
Epoch
from M41
History
The Destroyers, a Second Founding White Scars successor, have won great victories, but doubts about their gene-seed and the savagery of their conduct burden their reputation despite self-sacrificing deeds after a Daemonic rampage in the Lhorgus Sub-sector. In the Yasan Campaign they aided the White Scars under Jaghatai Khan alongside the Rampagers and Storm Lords; later they fought at Cadia (13th Black Crusade) and in the Nachmund Rift War.
Notes
Questions over the stability of the gene-seed and brutality in battle follow the Chapter. The Strike Cruiser Glorious Hunt was lost in the Nachmund Rift War. Against the Crimson Slaughter the Chapter held a volcanic Death World in the Goanx Sub-sector.
Sources
Lexicanum, article “Destroyers” (revision 778516, retrieved 25 Oct 2026): https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Destroyers. Works cited there: Codex: Space Marines (3rd Edition); Codex: Space Marines (7th Edition); Gathering Storm: Fall of Cadia; Codex Supplement: White Scars (8th Edition).