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The Warspite was destroyed by the secessionist Executioners chapter when the Executioners surrendered not too long after, the Sons of Medusa advocated bloody retribution. They spent the first few years of their involvement purging enemy outlying strongholds, during which they are only noted to have suffered one serious setback the destruction of the Strike Cruiser Warspite, lost with all hands. The chapter deployed significant forces to the war and performed admirably throughout. They entered the war after the initial period of conflict as reinforcements called in to deal with the secessionists after they had officially been deemed heretical. The Sons of Medusa most recently appear in Imperial records as one of the chapters who took part in the Badab War on the side of the loyalists. They are noted to have performed above and beyond expectations in this campaign, outshining their parent chapter as well as other Imperial forces with their zeal to destroy Imperial traitors, as well as other foes of humanity.

Īs if to test their loyalty, the first campaign officially issued to the Sons of Medusa was that of the Great Cull the eradication of those elements of the Imperium found wanting. They were renamed the Sons of Medusa and gained new heraldry, as well as the distrust and wary observation of some in the Adeptus Mechanicus and other Space Marine chapters unhappy with this development. As a result, the High Lords of Terra issued a special edict that would ratify the Moirae Iron Hands' right to exist as a Space Marine chapter in their own right. With the restoration of the High Lords of Terra during the Age of Redemption, the Moirae Iron Hands were carefully judged and scrutinised by the resurgent Imperium for their actions during the Schism and the Interregnum, and were found pure and loyal to the greater Imperium. Over time, they increased their numbers (by accepting Moirae dissidents from other Iron Hands successor chapters as well as traditional recruiting) and by the time the Moirae Schism was over, the Moirae Iron Hands were reckoned to stand at chapter-strength.

#AEONS OF STRIFE FULL#

In the wake of this ruling, almost a full third of the chapter split away to become a fleet-based divergent branch of the Iron Hands. However, the ruling council of the Iron Hands, the Great Clan Council, was able to settle the matter by getting all concerned to agree to a simple solution the Moirae dissidents were to be exiled from the chapter, with all parties swearing never to take up arms against each other. During this schism, which affected all branches of the Adeptus Mechanicus and those Imperial factions closely tied to it, the Iron Hands chapter stood on the brink of destroying itself in an internal chapter war. Their origins lie within an Imperial civil conflict known as the Moirae Schism, which itself occurred during the Nova Terra Interregnum. The Founding of the Sons of Medusa is highly unusual in that, technically, they were never actually founded at all. They too abhor mortal weakness and place an unusual reliance on technology and equipment. The Sons of Medusa, although born out of strife and discontent, share much in common with their parent Chapter in terms of organisation and philosophy.

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