Black Dragons
| Black Dragons | ||
|---|---|---|
| Battle Cry | Fire and Bone | |
| Founding | 21st Founding | |
| Successors of | Unknown (believed to be the Salamanders) | |
| Successor Chapters | Babby chapters | |
| Chapter Master | The master of chapter | |
| Primarch | Girlyman | |
| Homeworld | Gauntlet (semi-mythical, Chapter is officially Fleet-based) | |
| Specialty | Assault | |
| Allegiance | Imperium of Man | |
| Colours | Black | |
The Black Dragons are a Space Marine Chapter in Warhammer 40,000. Part of the 21st or Cursed Founding, the Black Dragons suffer from mutation like the other Chapters of that founding. Specifically, they suffer from a mutated Ossmodula, which causes bone extensions to grow out of their forehead and forearms. It's unknown what mutation the Adeptus Mechanicus was trying to cure, as their Parent Chapter is unknown. Heavy speculation is that the Black Dragons are descended from the Salamanders, and those with more pronounced bone extensions are noted to have darker skin, indicating the Salamanders signature malfunctioning melanchrome.
Interestingly, rather than try to cure the bony crests, the Black Dragons instead embraced the mutation, having those with forearm blades inducted into special squads known as "Dragon Claws", and having them serve as Assault Marines. This has raised more than a few eyebrows among the Inquisition, and several Chapters of Space Marines, such as the Dark Angels and the Marines Malevolent, have refused to fight alongside them. Despite this, the Black Dragons are one of the few Chapters of the Cursed Founding still active as part of the Imperium of Man in late M41, where they committed nine of their ten companies to the 13th Black Crusade.