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==Chapter History==

===Founding===
 
During the cursed 21st Founding, they were founded as a chapter called "War Vultures" and were known for ruthless efficiency. Some planets still have rivers that run red with the blood of their foes to this day. The War Vultures played a minor role in border skirmishes with the Traitor legions, striking a minor victory over Horns of Ruin when they lured the Grand Cruiser "Blood of the Martyrs" into an ambush and captured it, before setting it ablaze and on a collision course for Satares, the symbol of the War Vultures cut into the hull and all identification replaced with "The Fate of Sinners"
 
The War Vultures clashed against the Horns of Ruin once again on Lorraros IV, where the Traitors were attempting to recover an Eldar Titan that had fallen in battle with the Necrons, before Humanity was even in its infancy. The War Vultures usual tactics were not enough for chaos-imbued Legion, which inflicted devastating losses on them. Were it not for the intervention of the Eldar Craftworld "Ulthwe" the War Vultures would have surely been inflicted many more casualties. Few other records survive, of the Chapter before its rechristening, minor skirmishes with Orks and other Xenos life.

===Split from the War Vultures===
 
The War Vultures met their fate at the hands of The Plague of Treason. The First Company, led by Chapter Master Lorrian Hark, whilst dealing with a Chaos Cult dedicated to Nurgle in their territory, was infected by a curse of unimaginable cruelty. The curse affected the senses of victim, turning them into uncontrollable, psychopathic killing machines that required the consumption of vast amounts of blood to survive; the worst part was that, the afflicted has no idea. They see themselves on a battlefield, surrounded by the foes of the Emperor; they were even screaming their praises to his holy name, even as they butchered whole hive-towers. The First Company managed to slaughter all but 300 of their brothers, before, finally, a champion arrived. A champion with no name, simply referred to in the texts as "The Great Howl" due to his only reported sounds being long bays to signal his arrival on a battlefield. Howl wore a black suit of Tartaros-Pattern Terminator Armour with a large Wolf-skull as a helmet; no other markings are mentioned in the reports. Howl managed to rally the loyalists together and drove the First Company into the Warp, sealing their victory when Howl slew the rogue Chapter Master in single combat.

===Birth of the Eclipse Lords===
 
The War Vultures were finished... The name no longer stood for honour and decency, but instead, for filth, for Heresy, for Chaos. The Great Howl left almost immediately after the threat was dealt with. It is said that, as he left, the sun was blotted from the sky and the planet fell into darkness... The Planet stayed dark for 3 whole days, until finally, the new name was decided, the Eclipse Lords were born. Although numbering now only 450, they were still loyal, still had their ships, and still had guns and the will to use them. The Eclipse Lords were investigated by the Inquisition, due to possible corruptions amongst the Loyalists. The Investigation determined that the First Company had fallen due to being infected with a Chaos brewed virus, however, the fact that they had allowed themselves to succumb to this put the Chapter into a state of "Great Shame" And, as such, they were put on a Penitence Crusade to destroy their heretical brothers.
 
For a time, the Eclipse Lords were launching constant waves of Kill Teams to sabotage and run interference on Chaos Tactics, desperately attempting to hunt down their traitorous brothers, and bring the plans of the great god of filth crashing down atop him. The first two Grand Apostles met quick ends during what their history calls "The Time of Revenge" when the Chapter went out in full force, the Eclipse Lords cut a bloody swath through the galaxy. The Entire chapter joining up into one large army and, joining up with the Stone Men and the Ordo Latomus. Their fist Chapter Master was killed when his ship was sabotaged by a local Chaos Cult, the second, sacrificing himself to overload the engines of a Sons of Fire Apocalypse Battleship, destroying it and saving countless lives. The Chapter did not get a long serving until Untius Garron took command.

===Father Garron===
 
Untius led the chapter to many of its most prominent victories, destroying the scourge that was Kaptin Faceboota's Waaagh! Capturing an Eclipse-Cruiser for study and destroying a Dark Eldar Slaver base and rescuing the inhabitants. It was after this that Untius finally came to terms with his reckless actions. Thanks to their unwillingness to change, they had lost over half of their battle brothers to the carnage of revenge. He made the highly unpopular, yet necessary, decision to pull their forces back and protect their sub-sector, reforming themselves under a new combat doctrine, that allowed them to still fight in the emperors name, but never put them at risk of losing large numbers.

However, Untius' time as leader did not last forever. Approximately 400 years after he was first instated as the Grand Apostle, the War Vultures returned to Orphius. Massing on the uninhabitable southern continent, before launching an invasion. Many died in the battle, including Untius, who defeated the now-Daemon Prince Warmaster of the War Vultures, but at the cost of his own body. Thanks to the intervention of the Inquisition and the forces of the Ordo Hereticus that had been tracking the War Vultures, the battle was won. Untius was saved by being interned in a Contemptor pattern Dreadnought that had recently been recovered from a Space Hulk. No sooner had he awoken in his giant mechanical body, was he informed by the Inquisitor that he was no longer of sound mind, and the Apostle of the first company, Rothangal Liish, had been promoted to Grand Apostle.

===Rothangal the Truthweaver===

Rothangal was more a Spiritual man and a warrior. His first order was to call back many of his chapter to assist in the construction of their world, whilst, in the meantime, he travelled around the devastated world, preaching to the people to keep their spirits high. His skills at speech earned him the title of "Truthweaver". One of the last times that the First Company deployed was to assist their close brothers and possible parent chapter, The Stone Men, at "The Battle of Lumaria VII" which was an intense battle over the frozen world. After 5 days of intense fighting, Rothangal and Farseer Jermaine, of the Gemstone Priests, teleported aboard the "Twilight Serpent" the flagship of Kralz Starikov, one of the many prodigal sons of the Daemon Primarch. The Farseer and Rothangal fought the Chaos-born Daemon Prince and killed him; Rothangal distracted the Daemon, whilst the Farseer drove her blade through the back of his skull, and in his death-throws, managed to sever the Farseer's arm as well. After the battle, Rothangal and Jermaine teleported back to "The Great Howl" where he was fitted with cybernetic arm, The Farseer looked over the arm and told him that, to commemorate his assistance, she would get a very similar prosthesis. These would become known as "Arms of the Daemonslayers".

===The Unknown Shame/Rebirth of the Chapter===

During a routine Space Hulk expedition, Captain Promathas of the Eclipse Lords second company,  found a cargo hold that held the salvation of the chapter within. Hundreds of containers carrying Gene-seed from the Steel Marshals. The Containers were brought back to Orphion with all due haste. Rothangal and his most trusted aid, Father Untius, met with Captain Promathas and discussed the situation. They could either inform the Inquisition of their find and be creditted for the find... Or they could use it themselves, without the permission of the Imperium. The Steel Marshals Gene-Seed was far more stable than their own. Using it would allow them to boost their numbers dramatically... After much deliberation, it was decided that the Steel Marshals Gene-Seed would be disguised and placed in their own supply, only the bare minimum of people would be made aware of this fact. But, with  their brothers dying faster than they were training new ones, it was only a matter of time before the Eclipse Lords dissolution and the War Vultures victory in their war of attrition.

Over the next 30 years, their numbers almost tripled to over 600 brothers. The Chapter believed the stabilization of their Geneseed as a gift from The Emperor. Naturally, the Inquisition wanted to test the Geneseed. Their tests proved that a number of the Geneseed had improved. After much debate among the Inquisitors, and with no proof that the Geneseed was corrupted in any way. It was deemed a Miracle that had been sent by the Emperor, as a sign that he had forgiven them for their brothers treachery. More weapons were shipped to them along with vehicles. They joined up with several other chapters in order to try and repel the 12th Black Crusade.