Listed below are some tips of what to do and not to do, when creating a canon-friendly Space Marine Chapter, and hopefully help you to avoid the pitfalls and cliches that often plague many fanon-based Chapters. As anyone who has ever decided to create their own Chapter knows, the hardest part is coming up with something original, insightful, with excellent characterization and something that hasn't been done already a million times before. This is a guide for those who wish to create their own Fanon Space Marine Chapter. So shall it be for a thousand times a thousand years, unto the very end of eternity and the extinction of mortal flesh.' ― Roboute Guilliman, Primarch of the UltramarinesĪ battle-brother of the Fanon-created Lantern Marines Chapter
Angels of Death whose shining wings bring swift annihilation to the enemies of Man. They will be bright stars in the firmament of battle. ' They shall be pure of heart and strong of body, untainted by doubt and unsullied by vainglory.
