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==Chapter Combat Doctrine==

The Savage Hearts practice a strange form of battle meditation compared to most Astartes, a kind of "coiling" within themselves until the critical moment. They drive themselves into an indescribable fury by contemplating the abhorrent enemies they face on the Emperor's behalf, the galling abominations that the fallen Astartes have become, and the ever-bleeding wound that is seeing the dream of galactic unity under Humanity shattered for all time. Their passion builds like a volcano, boiling with white-hot energy. But not a sign of this may be seen from the outside. So quiet and still do the Savage Hearts become that many observers mistake them for lumps of rock and moss, or empty suits of armor. Even psychically attuned foes often fail to detect the Marines' consciousness within their mental barriers. Yet the hidden fire has not died, but glows all the hotter as the Savage Hearts bend their bodies to their iron wills, awaiting only the first breath of oxygen to ignite an all-consuming backdraft.

When the time is right and the enemy has entered the kill-zone, no order need be given. Each Savage Heart simply understands when the fateful moment has come, bursting from cover with unbelievable speed and ferocity the equal of any Khornate Berzerker. Like arrows from a mighty archer's bow, the Savage Hearts crash into their unprepared adversaries and bring them down in an instant, using any and every means at their disposal to achieve victory. Nothing is left alive, and the Chapter vanishes as quickly as it came, seeking fresh targets to grant the Emperor's Mercy. 

The Chapter has a distinct preference for weapons that kill in a single instant, whether keenly honed blades, massive rifles or even colossal artillery weapons. Anything that can end a life in the shortest, most decisive fashion possible will find favor among the Savage Hearts, though they do maintain a stock of more traditional equipment as backup gear. Dreadnoughts are uncommon among this Chapter, for their tactics leave few possible outcomes beyond victory or death. A wounded Savage Heart is rarely carried from the battlefield alive, his inhuman focus compelling him forward to slay more foes even as his body crumbles.