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Fire Hawks

GW canon

Summary

Loyalist Cursed Founding Chapter, lost in the Warp in 963.M41; survivors may be the Legion of the Damned.

Lineage unconfirmed

Lineage Note (sources, uncertainties)

Per the Lexicanum the Chapter claims Ultramarines descent; the Ultramarines have never publicly acknowledged the kinship.

Allegiance

Loyalists

Founding

21st Founding (Cursed Founding)

Homeworld

Zhoros (destroyed); later Cousteau XI (rendered uninhabitable)

Colours

Red with yellow pauldrons and markings

Doctrine

Assault and shock tactics

Epoch

M36–M41

Chapter Strength

Lost/unknown

History

The Chapter arose in M36, fought in the Age of Apostasy and lost Zhoros to thermal bombs; Sebastian Thor rewarded it with the star fortress Raptorus Rex, making it fleet-based. It was the first loyalist Chapter in the Badab War (904.M41), falling from 86% to about 22% strength. In 963.M41 its whole fleet vanished on a warp jump toward the Crows World subsector; in 983.M41 the Chapter was declared lost.

Notes

Its fortress-monastery is the mobile Great Crusade star fortress Raptorus Rex. The Chapter survived the loss of two homeworlds, devised the Infernum Pattern Razorback in the Badab War and took part in the Great Malagantine Purge in 770.M38.

Additional Information

Founding, detail

M36

Allegiance, detail

Lost in the Warp (963.M41), officially declared lost in 983.M41 and presumed destroyed; rumours speak of possible survivors (Legion of the Damned).

Sources

Lexicanum, article “Fire Hawks” (revision 762254, retrieved 25 Oct 2026): https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Fire_Hawks. Works cited there: Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War - Part One; Codex: Ultramarines (2nd Edition); White Dwarf 101 (UK); White Dwarf 99 (UK) - Index Astartes: Legion of the Damned.