Red Seraphs
GW canon
Summary
A Triarchy splinter of the Blood Eagles that buries its dead in ornate sarcophagi and uses the Iron Cyclone.
Lineage Note (sources, uncertainties)
A split from the Blood Eagles, who are themselves listed as a Blood Angels successor.
Allegiance
Loyalists
Founding
Unknown
Doctrine
'Iron Cyclone' Dreadnought drop-pod assault
Epoch
M39–M42
History
The Chapter emerged when a civil war tore the Blood Eagles apart; with the Angels Numinous it stayed loyal to the Triarchy. It fought in the Aegisine Crusade (M39), the Magdellan Prime Civil War (143–151.M41), the Dark Marches Crusade (610.M41), the Gorgon Deeps (761.M41) and the Orphean War (992.M41). In M42, after heavy losses, it joined the other Triarchy members for a final campaign.
Notes
The dead rest in ornate sarcophagi deep inside the warships. The Chapter uses the 'Iron Cyclone' Dreadnought drop-pod assault, first used by the Black Templars in the Aegisine Crusade.
Additional Information
Founding, detail
Not a regular founding; splinter faction from the Blood Eagles' civil war (Lexicanum infobox: N/A)
Allegiance, detail
Member of the Triarchy.
Sources
Lexicanum, article “Red Seraphs” (revision 698745, retrieved 25 Oct 2026): https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/Red_Seraphs. Works cited there: Imperial Armour - Apocalypse II; Imperial Armour Volume Twelve - The Fall of Orpheus; White Dwarf 454.