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| - The Sea Wolves were founded from an unknown legion and primarch during one of the most dreadful moments in Imperial history, just before the Age of Apostacy. During an elaborate inaguration ceremony onboard a voidship, a series of devastating mechanical malfunctions later revealed to be the crime of an heretic saboteur caused the large voidship to lose all power and subsystems. The craft was dead in space. After failed attempts to repair the ship, it crash landed into the ocean world of Brun. Sinking one thousand meters into Brun's seas, the ship was unsalvagable. The non-astartes on board were killed by the pressure as bulkheads broke and the ship slowly began to buckle. The Sea Wolves could have met their end right then and there, if not for the quick thinking of Sergeant Admantus. With the help of the Techmarines and surviving techpriest on board, they rigged the ship's remaining macro-cannons to fire their Thunderhawk gunships towards the surface. Of the 45 gunships lauched, only seven reached the surface intact. Before it had even reached combat, the chapter had lost almost four fifths of it's battle ready Astartes. It's Chapter Master, Chief Librarian, and Chaplain-Interrogator had been slain. There was no question, the new Chapter Master could only be Admantus. All three of the remaining captains agreed, as did the vast majority of battle-brothers. Admantus named the new chapter the Sea Wolves, in honor of their baptism by fire and fierce fenrisian predator. The Chapter only managed to recover to about a third strength when the Age of Apostacy officially broke out. Disregarding their weakened state, Admantus charged his chapter into the thickest combat zones (See Battles Tab). They also conducted several less honorable postings during those dark times. Defending the flanks of the Imperium from Xenos, while traitors ravaged her heart. When the Sister of Battle finnaly ended Vandire's reign of blood, the Sea Wolves were reduced to only 250 Astartes. They did not pause to lick their wounds, instead charging into battle against a chaotic warband that had taken the feudal world of Antak. Supporting the local PDF forces, and a reserve Imperial Guard regiment the Sea Wolves met the forces of Chaos in the most brutal battle Antak had ever seen. In their fury, the Sea Wolves cut a scythe through the traitors wherever they were met in battle, but as the campaign progressed the Wolves were spread thinner and thinner until in some places it was a single Tactical squad defending vital locations against hundreds of heretics. The Sea Wolves were once again nearly destroyed during this campaign. After Admantus cast down the Chaos Lord commanding the warband and the rest of the heretics were broken, he took stock to realize he had only 79 battle-ready Astartes availible, nearly all of them wounded. Two of their three dreadnoughts were slain, and their muntitions and armored vehicles supplies were at an all time low. Realizing the gravity of the situation, Admantus retreated deeper into the Imperium. Over the next century he built up his Chapter until it was at half strength once again, and then plunged into battle against the forces of chaos once again. A powerful pirate lord was ravaging important merchant routes. Before this moment, the Sea Wolves had never fought a boarding action. They had never discovered their true calling. Using powerful artifact teleporters on their Battle Barge the 524 Sea Wolves simultaneously boarded the three cruisers making up the bulk of the traitor fleet. Only 50 Astartes remained on their own ships to prevent hostile boarding. The pirate flagship, Legacy of Terror, was attacked by 250 Space Marines under Admantus himself. The other two ships were attacked by 137 each. After four hours, the first traitor ship fell to the Sea Wolves. Another half hour the second ship fell. Only the flagship and a ragtag team of escorts remained of the traitor ships, but then the pirates jumpted to the the warp. Panic cascaded through the Sea Wolves ranks. Once again, half their chapter was gone. Their Chapter Master was missing along with almost all of their Terminators. They would remain missing for almost 250 years. In a panic, the Captain of the first company took the title Lord-Regent, acting Chapter Master. This Space Marine, Eadmyn Steele, retreated back to the Sea Wolves home world to await their Chapter Master's return. As of the end of the 36th Millenium, the Sea Wolves were in a major predicament.
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