THEAZURECOVENANT

THE W ATCHED AND THE DAMNED

Contents
Introduction................................3
The Silent Host............................6
The Founding of the Covenant..8
A Chapter Apart........................10
The Covenant Divided.............11
The Battles of the Covenant.....16
Markings of the Order..............18
Chapter Regent Rachmiel.........23
Leaders of the Covenant...........24
Intercessors.................................26
Hellblasters..................................26
Reivers .......................................27
W arpfire Aggressors.................27
Inceptors.....................................27
Initiate Infantry Squad..............28
Damned Intercessors ................28
Lentacessors...............................29
Praes W ardens...........................29
Redemptor Dreadnaught..........30
Repulsor Tank...........................31
Respulsor Exectioner...............32
Astaeus Super-Heavy Tank......33
Ashblade Ground Skimmer ......34
Stormhawk Interceptor............34
Stormtalon Gunship.................34
Comrades of the Covenant.....35
Hold the Line!...........................41
W arriors of the Covenant........42
W argear list...............................43
Chapter Regent Rachmeil........44
Librarian Emeritus..,................44
Athenaeum Provost..................45
Athenaeum Provost (Gravis)...45
Sub-Provost (Phobos).............46
Librarian Emeritus. (Phobos).46
Atheneum Sub-Provost .........47
Praes Suzerain..........................48
Initiate Infantry Squad............48
Athenaeum Intercessors.........49
Atheneum Infiltrators............50.
W arpfire Aggressors.............51
Primaris Apothecary.............52
Athenaeum Ancient..............52
Athenaeum Duellist.................53
Atheheum Torch Bearer.......53
Athenaeum Reivers...................54
Redemptor Dreadnought.........55
Lentacessor Squad.....................56
Damned Intercessors................57
Inceptor Squad...........................58
Praes W ardens...........................58
Athenaeum Infiltrators.............59
Athenaeum Hellblasters............60
Repulsor Executioner................61
Astraeus Super heavy tank.......62
Repulsor.....................................63
Ashblade Skimmer....................64
Stormhawk Interceptor............65
Stormtalon Gunship..................66
Armoury of the Covenant.......68
The W atched and the
Damned.............................................72
Stratagems.................................73
W arlord Traits..........................74
Secrets of the Covenant............75
Psychic Obliteration..................76
Combat Doctrine.......................78
Points Value...............................78

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Introduction
W elcome, W arhammer 40,000 fans, to the Azure Covenant and their mysteries. If you survive the ever-watchful Praes
W ardens, within this book you will find the terrible secrets and incredible weapons you need to field a force of the
Azure Covenant. You willlearn the lore of this strange Primaris Astartes Chapter, and lead their unique mix of
Sorcerers,W ardens and Damned Intercessors to victory in defense of the Imperium.

This psychically talented Chapter use their warp abilities
to tear apart the enemies of the Emperor. Formed out the
Primaris Marines of the Ultima Founding, the strange and
isolated nature of the Covenant means they stand apart
from their transhuman comrades. No-one is sure where
their incredible abilities come from. Even their founder,
Magos Dominius Bellisarius Cawl, claims to have forgotten
their true origins.
The Covenant does not fight alone. Strange creatures
known as the Praes W ardens monitor them, bringing their
own mechanicus weapons to fight alongside the Marines.
Both warden and executioner, the Praes will both help and
hinder the Covenant in their battles.
The challenges of the Azure Covenant are both painting
and modelling. As many of these units do not have models
created by Games W orkshop, players who would like to use
the Azure Covenant will have a unique army to deploy upon
the table.
This fan codex should only be used with permission
from your opponent. W hile every effort has been made
to balance this codex through extensive play-testing, it
needs to still be used by agreement only.
In this book you will find all the information you need to
build, collect, and field an Azure Covenant army.
THESILENTHOST: In this section, you will learn the history
and organisation of the Omerta, and what makes the
Covenant unique in the 41st Millennium
MARKINGSOFTHEORDER: This section shows how to
construct and paint the warriors of the Covenant, their
iconography and their colour scheme.
WARRIORSOFTHECOVENANT: Here you will find datasheets,
wargear and weapons rules for every Azure Covenant unit,
allowing you to field them in battle.
THEUNITEDATHENEUMS: This section provides additional
rules, including W arlord Traits, Stratagems, Relics and
Psychic Powers. There are also the matched play points
costs which allow you to form your Azure Covenant force
into a Battle-forged gaming army.
To play games with your army, you will need a
copy of the Warhammer 40,000 rules. To find out
more about Warhammer 40,000 or download the
free core rules, visit games-workshop.com.

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Why Lord Commander Guilliman thought tocreatetheAzureCovenant still remainsa mystery tome. Hehasalw
own secretstooclose. TheImperiaul Regent had every chancetostranglethem at birth, and yet heallowed them to
Why? What doesmy Lord know which othersdonot?What factsarekept from uswhich only heand Cawl areaw
alwaysmorequestions tobeasked about theCovenant, but not oneof them will ever answer.
waysseemed tobea creaturewhodespised secrets; a man whohad rejected hisown brotherswhen they kept their
oendure.
wareof?And isthat why thesestrange, distant Astarteskeep themselvessoapart from all others? Thereare

- Lord Tetrach Decimus Felix, M42.153.


"I donot likethevery idea of thisCovenant
of Astarteseven existing ... Secretivecircles
and ancient lorehaveled many Chaptersto
disaster... They must becontrolled. They
must, elsemy Templarswill rightfully send
them totheEmperor'sside.
- Marshall Huborn, Black Templars
Scorpine Crusade, personal journal,
circa 42.100
TheSilent Host
The army of the Azure Covenant marches forwards with a soundless intensity.
Guided by strange magics and guarded by terrifying mechanical creations, they
fight with relentless focus and fury, bring death to the enemies around them.
W here they come from and why they have such skills is unknown; few survive
their attacks to ask such questions.
The air seems to still as the Azure
Covenant approaches. Silent ranks of
Primaris Marines, their cobalt
helmets shining in the gloom, march
wordlessly towards their enemy.
Standing or floating amongst them
can be seen the strange creations of
the Martian Adeptus Mechanicus,
their sensor globes and auspex
interrogators rotating endlessly as
they ceaselessly gather streams of
data. Their data-cant and unending
binaric chatter is a sharp contrast to
the voiceless marching of
tan-armoured angels of death.
As the Covenant attacks, the bark
of bolt-rifles and the thrumming hiss
of plasma incinerators is
complimented with the crackling
sound of warp lightning sparking
from dozens of librarians. Many of
those bolter shots burst with
warp-fire, showering purple flames
amongst their victims in a hail of
deadly spectral fire.
Librarian squad leaders can be seen
amongst the ranks of Intercessors and
Hellblasters carrying arcane swords
or staffs. Infernal fires erupt around
their enemies' feet as they turn to
run.
Aggressors, wielding flamestorm
gauntlets that spurt purple tinged
flames, stride amongst the foe,
destroying their enemies with an fury
which borders on the psychotic.
Falling from the outer atmosphere,
blue-helmeted Inceptors pick out
their targets on approach and then let
fly with their assault bolters, tearing
apart the foe in a storm of mass
reactive shells.
As the desperate, crumbling enemy
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seeks to charge from this firestorm
and destroy the Covenant at close
range, Primaris Reivers reveal
themselves and slash with their
combat knives, their movements
even faster than even their other
trans-human comrades. The enemy
suddenly finds these terrifying
berserkers incredibly close, cutting
bloody swathes through their
shattered ranks.
Meanwhile, long range shots punch
from the distant horizon. Stealthy
figures in Phobos armour, having
skillfully infiltrated their enemy's
position, pick off targets of
opportunity. These Infiltrators use
terrifying accurate bolt carbines,
easily finding the chinks in their
target's armour. Heads explode and
vehicles grind to a halt as bolts strike
with exacting precision. W hen fired
upon, these veteran marines vanish
in a cloud of smoke, relocating
invisibly to continue their fusilade.
Hovering Repulsor grav-tanks and
Redemptor Dreadnaughts move to
support the main battle line,
providing heavy fire support and
guided by the Librarians
commanding the squads around
them. These vehicles pick out and
target their enemies' heavier
equipment, the devastating las and
plasma fire quickly reducing any
opposing tanks to burning scrap.
The strange Mechanicus guardians,
never straying far from their Primaris
charges, join battle with more unique
weapons - transonic beamers and
volkite culverines adding to the fury
of the Covenant's gunfire. Lanky and
tentacular, these Praes W ardens add
their own destructive ability to the
Azure Covenant's already prodigious capacity for
devastation Their leader, the terrifying figure of the Praes
Suzerin, strides amongst them. This once-human cyborg
monster assists its charges in their wardenship, spinning its
many eyes to watch both the Covenant and the enemy at
the same time.
The weapons of these W ardens have been seen turned
upon their own Chapter. Shots stab with surgical precision
through eye lenses or throat seals to end the lives of any
Astartes who falter or start to convulse. Such fratricide
does not seem to affect the Covenant's morale, as the
survivors will continue to fight with all of their
gene-forged fury. Perhaps they recognise the necessity of
such brutality against their comrades.
Once the battle is won, the Azure Covenant will scour
the battlefield for relics or war-touched objects. Making
sure that anything of mystic value has been secured in their
reliquary, the Chapter will then depart as silently as it
arrived, never speaking a word about their aims or their
objectives.
The warriors of the Covenant are Primaris Space
Marines, created by Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl
through the long millenias since the Horus Heresy. They
are gene-forged beyond their forebears, a Chapter of solely
Primaris Astartes who stand apart from their Adeptus
Astartes kin. Guiding them are their Librarian Emeritius,
while more senior officers in the form of Sub-Provosts and
Provosts command the larger units in a complex mixed
hierarchy. W orking together in a duolexican of command,
the commanders combine to master the realities and the
mysticism of all forms of warfare.
Together, these mighty commanders and stubborn
ranks of Astartes all combine to form an unbreakable line,
and hold back the endless myriads of the Imperium's foes.
Jarez looked at the smoking hole in his
improvised armour. He'd been lucky to survive the
impact, but it had knocked him flat and stolen his
breath. Pain erupted from his shattered ribs,
spreading across his chest like the opening petals of
a flower.
T he azure and tan Astartes who had shot
him approached slowly, keeping the bolt-rifle aimed
as it steadily walked. T he tread of its boots felt like
the vibrations of an approaching earthquake.
T hese Angels of Death were immense, taller
than a man by a half or more, a monument to the
Emperor's gene-forged fury. T hey'd attacked
Jarez's troops and slaughtered them in moments.
T he traitor looked at the Marine as they
removed their helm. Short cropped hair clung to her
scalp and her expression was a grimace.
"You're a - you're a- " he spluttered.
L entacessor Katarina's expression didn't
change as pulled her bolt rifle's trigger, blowing the
traitor's head apart.
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TheFoundingof theCovenant
For a new chapter of Adeptus Astartes created during the recent Ultima Founding, many observers have
found it surprising how many legends are already circulating around this silent formation. Since their
founding over a century ago, many have tried to find out the truth within this strange Covenant; all, so far,
have been thwarted.
Very little is know for sure about the origins of the
Azure Covenant and even those stories could be a
mixture of fabrication and falsehood. W ho knows now,
but the souls who were there?
Officially, the Azure Covenant was founded during
the early years of Roboute Guilliman's Indomitus
Crusade. As the Empyrean storm of the Great Rift split
the galaxy and severed the Imperium in two, the
Primarch of the Ultramarines set out to bring hope into
the darkness of pure Chaos. W ith him, he took tens of
thousands of Primaris Space Marines, awoken from
their gene-forges throughout the galaxy.
The Crusade had been battling through the galaxy for
almost half a century before it came upon the
Germenia system within the Segmentum Tempestus.
In one of the rare physical meetings between the
Primarch and Tech-Magos Bellisarius Cawl, the
Ark-Ship Zar-Quaesitor and the Gloriana class
battleship Macragge'sHonour rendezvoused above the
world of Germenia Dyo.
Together, the two lords of the Imperium battled a
great Chaotic host, the Unnumbered Sons of the
Primarch fighting alongside Cawl's Skitarii legions to
free the planet from the renegade Bloody Howlers.
These heretic Astartes were a fractured remnant of the
once loyal Argent Avengers chapter. Roboute's legions
cut down these traitors and their damned allies,
reclaiming the planet for the Imperium.
In a meeting upon the planet's highest mountain, the
Primarch and the Magos held a great strategic conclave
to plan their next campaign. At this time, Cawl
revealed that the world of Germenia Dyo held one of
his isolated gene-labs where new Primaris marines had
been developed over the millenniums.
ADARKTRUTH,PRECLUDED
Though at first he was exultant about these
unexpected reinforcements, the Primarch's expression
rapidly darkened as Cawl continued to explain the
details of this particular gene-lab. Gulliaman's voice
rose in response, whip-sharp with anger and rage. The
Last Primarch's exact words were lost in the storm of
angry shouting that erupted , but Guilliman stormed
out of the Conclave in a fury.
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The Lord Protector did not speak to Mago Cawl for
many days while both fleets remained in a tense orbit.
Arvus lighters and shuttles plied the distance between
the two flagships as emissaries from both the Imperium
and the Mechanicus attempted to bridge this rift
between the two most important leaders in the galaxy.
Never before, or since, was the Indomitus Crusade
threatened with such an internal schism.
Eventually, after one final exchange of messages, the
Primarch's crusade fleet broke from its orbit and left
the system. Arch-Magos Cawl's Explorator fleet
remained behind, floating around the planet in an
angular, mismatched ring of vessels. But not one
Primaris Marine from the gene-forges of Gemenia was
inducted into the Unnumbered Sons. The force of
awakened marines, and the hundreds still in stasis,
were left behind with enough equipment to build it
into a Chapter garrison for that planet and the
surrounding systems.
The last message that was received by Cawl from
Roboute was simple - "This time, but never again.
Control them or they will be put to the sword. Thisis
my promise."
The Magos subsequently spent months with his
menials awakening the Primaris Marines of the Azure
Covenant, bringing each of them from their stasis sleep
and inducting them into their wargear.
Those first Primaris Marines were told that they
were successors to the Ultramarines, one of almost
innumerable chapters of successors from that famed
gene-stock. Their standardised equipment and their
awakening during the Ultima Crusade fitted this story;
and for some of the initial recruits, it was enough. But
why then, others asked, did Guilliman reject his new
children?W hy, unlike all others of the Unnumbered
Sons, were they ostracised and reviled?Such questions
were never properly answered, then mostly forgotten
during the endless battles that followed during that
fractured, choatic age.
From the Imperium's perspective, there was one
more detail which troubles many more of the Puritan
ideologues amongst the Imperium and Inquisition.
Cawl's stabilisation of the Primaris gene-seed has
allowed the implantation within female aspirants. This
unsanctioned experiment, justified in terms of doubling
the number of potential recruits, had been wildly
successful. It allowed the Covenant to replace its battle
losses far faster and with a higher success rate than other single
gender chapters. The Azure Covenant's remarkably high
casualty rate would have severely weakened most other Space
Marines units, but the Covenant has found aspirants suitable to
be Astartes at more than twice the ratio of other chapters.

NOTEVENANAME
Those first Astartes who were first awoke were sworn to
silence outside of their own kin. This become the abiding vow of
the Covenant; the Omerta. The Astartes would not ever speak to
outsiders, to protect themselves and their chapter. The strange
and silent advance of the Azure Covenant is not an individual
vow of silence, but a mutual collective respect of this Omerta.
Death at the hands of their own comrades is not unknown for
the marines of the Covenant, and any who might threaten the
Omerta will be quickly dealt with by their squad mates.
Even puritan Inquisitors, armed with the full authority of their
office and the High Lords of Terra, have been met by this stony
voicelessness. Famously, the Lord Inquisitor Ira Kuri walked
throughout the Covenant's fortress-Library, unhindered by any
security measure but met with stony silence with every single
inquiry. She left sixty-two days later, having not exchanged a
single word with any member of the Covenant.
Yet the Covenant are gregarious amongst their own kind.
Groups of like-minded marines share knowledge on an ad-hoc
basis, while the Librarius has more formal reading circles to
compare and develop their knowledge. The Fortress Librarius
holds great tomes of occult and mundane knowledge - a
collection which would easily shame a Lord Inquisitor's archive.
From where these texts came, no-one can yet say.
Librarian Emeritus Arzen Vezono summons
W hile the Chapter is not gifted with any additional skills in warp lightning during the purging of the
combat beyond their transhuman blessings, they are bountiful in Bastion of Silver.
those who have psychic abilities. The Covenant has more
psykers and a larger librarium than almost any other Chapter.
Even the Blood Angels, favoured by their geneseed in the
creation of Librarians, are equalled by the Azure Covenant. So
abundant are these Librarians that some say that it is the What makes us different to the Argent
gene-seed itself which helps psychic abilities to develop. This isa Avengers - those foul traitors who fell when the
worrying development, as it would show that their geneseed has Cicatrix Maledictun opened?
some kind of tampering or a omnious past. Others theorise that
it is the unrestricted research that the Covenant allows into We will not repeat their mistake! We will look
matters of the warp which causes the mutation of the neophytes into the warp and embrace the truth of it. We
as they are initiated into the chapter. will be watched to ensure our loyalty. We wil be
held to ensure our truth. We will be silent to
A final question surrounds the source of the gene-seed for the ensure our fealty and trust. Only those amongst
Chapter. Archmagos Dominus Cawl was unclear - claiming a us will speak to another. Only those who are
corrupted memory engramme - about where he had taken this loyal to our Covenant will share that most
particular batch of recruits. The recruits themselves had very precious gift of insight.
little memory of their lives before being awoken within the
Fortress Library. This is unusual from Primaris Marines; even This is the hardest duty of all; isolation for
those in stasis for 10,000 year usually had a memories of the protection of all others. But we will weather it.
Imperium from that earlier, better, age. We are the Covenant, and our vows will be
stronger than our lives and even our souls!
This fact, combined with their prodigious psychic talents, have
led some to suspect a far darker truth. After all, there was only - Chapter Master Nahiel'sascension
one ancient Astartes Legion famous for its psykers, and it was speech,duringthefoundingof the
not the Ultramarines ... Covenant,M42.040.

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AChapter Apart
As suits its self-inflicted paranoia and secrecy, the organisation of the Azure Covenant is as unique as the
chapter's approach to politics and war. Their uniquely idiosyncratic make-up shows the Azure Covenant's desire
to remain separate from the other chapters who make up most of their Codex compliant brethren.
The Covenant operates in a markedly different way to
most other Chapters. Despite being officially founded by
the Lord Protector, the Azure Covenant does not
observe the standardisation of the updated Codex
Astartes. The first major difference is the use of their
psykers in command and battle structures. Each of its
nine Athenaeums - battle companies in other Chapters -
has a joint command structure. The Athenaeum's
Provost shares command with a Librarius Emeritus, a
powerful psyker who commands the Librarians as well
as advising on all matters of the Empyrean. This
command structure is referred to by the Covenant as the
'Duolexican', and allows the command of a Athenaeum
to have a balance of expertise whether facing mundane
traitors or terrifying daemonic foes.
Standing above the Athenaeums is the Covenant
Council. This is the body made up of the Librarian
Supremis, the head of the Covenants Librarium and the
ruling authority on all matters arcane within the
Covenant, and is the Chapter Regent, the overall leader
of the Athenaeums. Three more Provosts and four
Librarians are selected to serve on this council as an
advisory body for the Regent and the Librarian
Supremis. Competition for these roles is intense
amongst the junior officers of the Covenant.
Amongst the Covenant are other warriors fulfilling
different duties. As per most codex-compliant chapters,
the Covenant has a corps of Techmarines who maintain
the extensive vehicle arsenal of the Covenant. The
Apothecarian looks after the physical bodies of the
Primaris Marines, ensuring that they develop correctly
and that any psykers are put into the correct trainings
circles as they develop. In battle, these Apothecaries
work to recover the gene-seed of those who are killed in
battle; especially those Initiate infantry who fall in great
numbers. Only the strenous efforts of the Apothecarian
keep the Covenant at close to full strength; the heavy
casualties that the Primaris Marines take in battle
ensures the Apothecarian is both highly experienced and
as advanced as any other in the galaxy.
The Azure Covenant has no Chaplains. It is unclear
whether a there was a Chapel established at the Chapters
creation, or whether this was never developed. Perhaps
the Emperor's edicts and dislike of the 'witches' and
'mutants' would stand in direct opposition to the
Covenant's very existance. It could have also been that
such religious strictures would have brought too much
rigidity to the studies of the Circles.
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However, the Covenant has philosophical leaders to
guide them. Torch Bearers are non-psychic marines who
are steeped in different schools of thought, leading
circles and seminars. They are noted as much as
academics and researchers as they are warriors. In battle,
they wield a Staff of Enlightenment with them as a
terrible weapon, leading their comrades into battle and
inspiring them to fight harder.
Another major difference is the closeness that the
Covenant has with the Praes Discipline. Instituted on
the direct orders of Magos Cawl, the Praes Discipline
W ardens are metallic bio-mechanoids - lanky, tentacled
cyborg horrors which stalk the Covenant's
Fortress-Library at will, scanning and checking the
Astartes constantly.
W here their eyes and other sensing organs used to be
are advanced banks of sensors, auspexes and visual
interrogators. They probe the aether-chemistry and the
psychic auras of those around them, continually testing
it for any touch of daemonic or corrupting influences.
If they find such an effect, then the consequences are
severe. Psychic scouring, neurological reassignment and
techo-lobotomies have all been observed amongst the
Covenant. Astartes that experience this procedure rarely
walk away with anything like their old personality; most
are little more than an empty shell. They will follow
orders to the letter, but without that they will remain
unmoving and inactive until they are instructed
otherwise. Most of these ruined Astartes remain in their
recover biers between battles, fed intravenously and
hypnotically pacified.
These unfortunate marines are inducted into the
Damned Athenaeum, the Seventh company of the Azure
Covenant. Reassignment to this Athenaeum is known to
be a death sentence, as those scoured by the Praes
Discipline have a simple purpose; to die for those who
still have a future.
The Damned Seventh are the front line assault troops,
the Forlorn Hopes and the breach fodder for the
Chapter. W hat remains of their lives is considered
expendable, and they are treated as such. Their
unthinking, suicidal behaviour is a contrast to the
carefully considered, deeply tactical approach that the
Covenant embodies. But when the situation requires
brutal directness and a disregard for losses, the Damned
Seventh are deployed.
TheCovenant Divided
The organisation of the Azure Covenant is as unique as its geneseed. This division of forces was first created by the
original Chapter Regent of the Covenant alongside Magos Dominus Cawl. This force organisation was said to be based
on the Ultramarines Battle Companies; however, it bears little relationship to their alleged forebears.
The Azure Covenant is divided into nine Athenaeums,
each commanded by the Duolexican of a Provost and a
Librarius Emeritus. This unified command structure is
supported by more conventional elements such as the
Apothecarian and the Armory commanded by tech-marines.
Below them are two Sub-Provosts who will command a
Demi-Athenaeum if necessary, and they are each supported
by a Librarian Codicer in their efforts.
The Covenant has such a surfeit of librarians that there is
an internal hierarchy for their psychics. Novitiate
Librarians, their skills still developing within their chosen
circle, lead squads of nine intercessors, issuing orders and
guiding fire. Much like sergeants in Codex-compliant
chapters, the Novitiates are the junior leaders. These
Noviates add their own warp-fire to the fusillade, the power
of their minds assisting the mass-reactive shells that batter
the foe.
Each Athenaeum has a different focus. The First
Athenaeum is the veteran formation, where those who have
long experience graduate after their time in the other
Atheneums. This formation is mostly composed of those
surviving Primaris first awoken by Cawl and Guilliman and
have fought through the earliest battle of the Covenant.
They are also the most experienced in matters of the
Empyrean, as Pyromancers and other experts in channeling
destructive energies. Their combined power could level
entire buildings if it were unleashed together, even without
the supporting fire of their vehicles. This company is
composed of veteran Lentastartes - either those who serve
in W arpfire Aggressor Armour or power-armoured
Lentacessor Squads. These Lentacessors are the bolt-rifle
and power-weapon wielding veterans of the Covenant's
firing line.
The Second to Fifth Atheneums are battleline companies,
a mix of Intercessors, Hellblasters, Reivers and Vanguards.
Each Athenaeum is composed of five Intercessors squads,
three Hellblaster squads and a squad of Reivers to bring
their close combat fury to bear. The Librarians in these
Athenaeums study psychic disciplines ranging from
telemancy in the 2nd Athenaeum to Divination and
Precognition in the 5th Athenaeum.
Sixth and Eighth Athenaeums are made up of the fast
attack elements of the Chapter. Consisting of squads of nine
Inceptors, each Athenaeum is nine squads strong for a total
combat strength of eighty-one Inceptors. These
Athenaeums are known as the Terror-born, as they focus on
raiding tactics. None of the Inceptors squads have Novitiate
Librarians as the leaders. Nonetheless, these Astartes still
demonstrate the highest level of accuracy and tactical
acumen even when plunging into battle from the edge of
space. If a promising non-psychic leaders is discovered in
other Atheneums, they will often be assigned to these
companies - in this way, those who are not psychically gifted
still have a path to progress within the Covenant.
The Damned Seventh is the company of marines who
have had their minds scourged and lobotomized by the
Praes Discipline. This is normally the smallest company, and
its complement is dependent on those who have
experienced the brutality of the Praes recomposition
process. W hile many of those who have suffered through
this were once psykers of the Librarius, by the time they
reach the Damned Seventh they are fit for nothing more
than line squads, lead by an officer experienced in leading
these damned warriors into battle. This former Astartes
fight in a robotic manner, often deployed into positions that
even other Astartes would deem to be suicidal.
Unsurprisingly, the Damned Seventh has a one hundred
percent casualty rate. Very few survive more than a
half-dozen battles.
The Ninth Athenaeum is made up of recruits and their
training overseers. Men and women taken from the great
recruiting fairs across Germenia Dyo are tested for their
skills and talents. Those who demonstrate the mind and the
talent that the Covenant requires are inducted as Neophytes,
ready to receive the gene-seed and begin their
transformation. The initiates who survive this process are
divided into Initiate infantry squads where they receive their
initial instruction from senior members of the first
Athenaeum. W hen they have proved their worth through
training and combat, the survivors are inducted into the
fighting formations of the other Athenaeums as full
Astartes.
Between the formal Athenaeums, members of the
Covenant mix and research on an ad-hoc basis. W hen the
Azure Covenant are not training or on campaign, these
warrior-scholars work in research circles, investigating
ancient facts and psychic secrets rarely understood or
discussed. Membership of these circles are not based on
rank, and each group is given permission by the Librarian
Supremis to begin their work. A circle could include just
two Emeritus Librarians translating old folios, or a dozen
Librarian Noviatiates attempting to re-write long ossified
and misunderstood psychic lore. Each circle is led by the
member most experienced in their area of enquiry. In such a
way, even a newly-inducted Novitiate could study with the
Chapter Regent themselves.
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 THEKEEPERSOFDISCIPLINE
Standing outside of the chapter organisation are the
Praes Discipline. These Mechanicus creations have their
own forge deep within the Fortress Librarian, where the
Covenant are forbidden to go upon pain of death. Their
leader, the Praes Suzerain, is independent of the Chapter
Regent. The Praes will work with the Covenant in
matters of support ad logistics but they stand resolutely
apart in their aims. W hat remains of the mind of the
Suzerain is cold, full of logical assessment processes and
conditional behaviour programming. The organ that
classes as the creature's brain has been stripped of all
emotions and makes decisions strictly based on its
neuron-forced psy-assessment algorithms.
The Azure Covenant's psykers are strictly monitored
by the Discipline W ardens, and anything which looks
like deviation from their established norm is severly
punished. The W ardens travel with the Chapter as it
moves from campaign to campaign, watching their
charges with unending laser scans and glowing red eye
sensors in the dark.
Even in battle, the W ardens scan for corruption or
taint, independently moving through the ranks of the
fighting marines, fixated by their mono-task. If one of
the Discipline should detect warp-taint, then they will
immediately deploy their weapons to excise this threat.
Each member of the Covenant has a weak-point
designed into their power armour, the position only
known to the members of the Discipline. A precise shot
can end the life of an Astartes, when the enemy may
have had to shoot a dozen time or more for the same
effect.
The Discipline are not solely focused on supervision
while on campaign. They are creations for battle as well
as fratricide, and will bring their weapons to bear upon
the enemies of the Covenant. The crack of bolter will be
joined by the chattering howl of culverines and snarls of
radium blasters adding their unique sound to the
cacophony of war. Even those who have survived
fighting against Astartes before are often caught out by
this sudden, unexpected assault.
The Praes are separated into individual service units,
lacking even names to differentiate them. W hen the
Chapter Regent goes to war, the Praes Suzerain goes
with them, and different members of the Praes are
dispatched as the Athenaeums start their campaigns. It is
rare for the Covenant to deploy en-mass, and each
Athenaeum will visit the warscape of its choosing,
fulfilling the objectives only those within the Omerta
know.
Interestingly, the number of W ardens fluctuates with
the deployment of different Athenaeums and
strike-groups, based on the results of deep machine
learning and anticipatory ethereal cogitation. There is
no set ratio of W ardens to Astartes - a squad
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may be accompanied by three W ardens but a complete
Demi Atheneum might only have five.
Inquiry into the Praes Discipline is one of the few
areas of study that the Chapter Regent utterly forbids;
no-one knows how or why the machines calculate the
correct number of wardens to monitor the Covenant's
forces, or how many of these machines there are.
It is also not known how the Discipline recruits.
W hile there are uncounted servitor slaves toiling in the
forge beneath the Fortress-Librarium, it is not clear
whether they are converted into a W arden when one of
these creatures fails or is destroyed in battle. It should
also be noticed that only half of those Astartes who are
mind-scourged are inducted into the Damned 7th. The
other half die in the scourging, and their armour,
weapons and geneseed are returned to the Azure
Covenant for re-assignment and implantation.
W here the bodies go after that is unclear. A
transhuman would be a better basis for a W arden than a
non-augmented human, but as yet, no uniform design
for the Praes W ardens has yet been observed.
The existence of the Praes W ardens and the outpost of
Furnace Hold also maintains the Covenant's very close
links with the Adeptus Mechanicus, which in turn
provides excellent supplies of material and machinery.
The faction of the Mechanicus which supports
Arch-Mago Dominus Cawl is unstinting in their
bequeaths of equipment and weapons for the
Convenant.
It is the existence of the Praes W ardens which creates
the noticable sense of paranoia affecting all those within
the Azure Covenant. These Astartes, from the moment
they are inducted, are never truly safe. In almost all
other chapters, whether newly established or from the
First Founding, there is a place of safety in which
Astartes can rest, recover and rebuild their strength.
These marines are safe and strong amongst their
comrades.
But members of the Azure Covenant, watched and
occasionally executed without warning or explanation,
will never experience that. They are prisoners of their
Chapter, and their deaths may well come at the hands of
their own. In a much more palpable sense, their lives are
not their own. Such an environment can start to distort
even the minds of the strongest of Astartes. The
building effects of this over decades helps explain the
Chapter's deep and paranoid sense of privacy and
self-preservation.
Secrecy is the state of the Azure Covenant, and the
Praes W ardens will ensure that it will always remain
that way - regardless of the perpetual pressure which
will irrevocably ruin the minds of the Astartes around
them. Even in the veteran Atheneums, it is said that
some astartes have already gone quite mad.
 THEASTEROIDOFFURNACEHOLD
The outpost of Furnace Hold is an artificial moon which was
dragged into orbit of Germania by the Adeptus Mechanicus
while the Fortress Library of the Azure Covenant was being
established. An captured asteroid approximately half the mass of
Earth's moon, it was seeded with Adeptus Mechanicus
technology which ruthlessly exploits the rich minerals they find
upon this rocky orbiting body.
W hile it is classified by the Imperium as a 'Mechanicus
outpost', Furnace Hold is far more than that. The orbiting rock
claims to have unique STC information which allows them to
design and build previously unseen technology. Others have
pointed out that it does not make sense to those
within the Adeptus Mechanicus to hide such
incredibly valuable information on a small rock far
away from any major forgeworld.
This is, therefore, probably yet another lie
surrounding the Covenant. The truth of the extensive
installations upon Furnace Hold is not known; those
Tech-Priests who visit it have their memory
engrammes removed once they depart, and mute,
mono-trasked servitors make up the vast majority of
the population there. The Tech-Priests which are
permanently bound to Furnance Hold are known to
be acolytes and followers of Bellisarus Cawl, and it
could well be a base or outpost for their tech-heresy.
Mechanicus ships regualarly travel between
Furnance Hold and the surface of Germania, as well as
travelling between the Forge at the base of the
Fortress Library and then back to the asteriod.
Deliveries of equipment - bolter shells, Mark X power
armour, bionics and other material of war - are
unloaded from these ships straight into the chapter
arsenal. New vehicles, unique to the Covenant and
alleged to be based on 'lost STC' fragments, are
bequeathed to the Covenant and used to great effect.
But what is unloaded from the Praes Forge and
returned to the moon is unclear. Large boxes of
equipment and supplies are regularly taken to the
moon on these landing craft. Many of these crates are
likely to be equipment to ensure that the Praes
W ardens stay at full strength, and help to repair
and re-arm them when they return from
campaign. But even that cannot account for all of
the equipment and other material being taken
away from the Fortress Library.
The logistarians and supply tech-priests who
organise the interstellar web that keep the Adeptus +++ WE ARE THE WATCHERS. WE ARE THE
Mechanicus operational have noticed a worrying
trend of equipment being delivered to Furnace OBSERVERS. WE DO NOT FALTER IN OUR
Hold. Much of the technology focuses on material DUTY. THEY WILL BE CONTROLLED OR WE
and apparatus which can be tuned to exploit psychic WILL PUT THEM TO THE SWORD +++
energy. W ild rumour have even mentioned that a
machine called 'Dark Lense' is being slowly constructed. None First Canticle of Indentureship, The Peal of
yet know the purpose of this machine, though a dark legend Order, Dioscese of the Praes Wardens,
follows such a name from over 10,000 years before. Adeptus Mechanicus.

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 Chapter Regent
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27 T h u n d er h aw k Gu n sh i p s officially unknown.

9 O ver l or d T r an sp or ts

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'T he Watched' 'Slayers of D aemons' 'H eretic's Bane' 'Fury unto D eath'

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'T he D amned'
'T he Terror- born' 'T he Sky- Renders'
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Battlesof theCovenant
Since their very inception, the Azure Covenant has been involved in numerous campaigns and battles
throughout the Segmentum Tempestus. However, the Covenant is a fickle ally, often pursuing their own
objectives instead of the overall aim of a campaign. This, and their habitual silence, has made many other
Imperial factions deeply suspicious of working with them.
M42.048-M42.098 THE
COVENANT FORMS
TheScouringof theBastionof Silver
As the Covenant is awoken from their
10,000 year sleep in stasis, they are
organised into ad-hoc companies to assist
the Adeptus Mechanicus units scouring
the last of the traitors from Gemenia. In
the Covenant's first battle, their warp fire
scours apart the Bastion of Silver, the
redoubt of the Bloody Howlers warband.
Dozens of Covenant Marines,
inexperienced in combat, fall to the
disciplined fire of their veteran cousins.
However, the sheer numbers and
relentless focus of the Primaris marines
make victory inevitable. Once the battle is
completed, the Argent Avengers' Fortress
Monastery is demolished and the materials
used to build the new Fortress-Library of
the Azure Covenant.
TheBreachat KilsovoPrimus
T he world of Kilsovo has its calls for aid
answered by the Azure Covenant. Their
hive cities are besieged by the 4th
Vectorum of the Death Guard and their
endless horde of Poxwalkers. Arriving in
characteristic silence, the Covenant
exchange written communication with the
Planetary Government, then deploy six full
Athenaeums into the conflict. The
Damned Seventh is deployed directly into
the breach of the main hive's walls, and
fight unceasingly for seventeen days. By
the end of this grinding battle, the four
storey high breach has been sealed by a
piled barricade of slain poxwalkers.
CadiaStands
T he warp-tossed regiment of the Cadian
234th makes it's last stand upon the world
of Xezus VIII, occupying a long abandoned
Imperial base. Their position is tenuous
until the arrival of the Covenant. The
addition of psykers to the Astra
Militarum's massed gunfire helps turn the
battle against the daemonic horde, and the
combined efforts of the Librarian Emeritus
banish the never born. The Greater
Daemon of Tzeentch, Zo'nnuk-Brak,
watches his horde retreat from the Azure
Covenant, and considers the threads of
fate that had brought him into battle with
this particular band of Astartes.
M42.098 - M42.163 THE
BLOODIED BODY
ThePurgingof theFirst
T he Praes W ardens demonstrate their
authority by tech-scouring thirty-nine
members of the First Athenaeum ,
including their Duolexican and two full
Lentacessor squads. One night of
kidnapping and murder costs the Azure
Covenant over 10%of its fighting
strength. It takes five years to recover, and
the verteran experience that is lost is
irreplaceable.
TheVeil over Farlan
Following a request from Inquisitor
Berhad of the Ordos Hereticus, the Azure
Covenant deploys the 3rd and 8th
Athenaeums to purge the Skin-Marker
cults on Farlan. However, these orders are
just a cover for Berhad to capture and
interrogate one of the Covenant. Making
an orbital jump, 8th Athenaeum squads
make a lighting assault on the Inquisitor's
bases where their comrade is being held.
Inquisitorial stormtroopers are no match
for the attacking Inceptors, and Intercessor
Jasti is recovered with minimal losses
having not spoken a word under torture.
The Athenaeums subsequently withdraw
after raiding the Inquisitor's archive. Only
a massive subsequent commitment by the
Rift Stalkers Chapter stops Farlan falling
to Chaos. Berhad vows revenge against the
Covenant for this 'betrayal.'
Knight'sMare
The terrifying Chevaliers D'Guerre, a
traitor Astartes warband, are hunted by
the Covenant on the flesh-moon of
Amputatan. Mounted on dread-bikes or
daemonic steeds of living metal, these
unstoppable traitors cut down dozens of
the Azure Covenant in the battle upon the
Blood Sac Plains. The traitors are
eventually forced to withdraw, but not
before they have taken a heavy toll upon
the Chapter. The Covenant survivors
swear vengeance against the traitors.
TheEndlessDay
The Covenant is trapped by the Xenos
Aeldari in upon the slow turning world of
Bane's Step. Aeldari rangers use the night's
darkness to cover their attacks, picking off
members of the Covenant with ease.
These sniping attacks become so
intolerable that 2nd Athenaeum's
Duolexican declare an endlessly moving
battle, staying with the daylight and
moving across the planet in their vehicles.
This campaign, referred to as 'Chasing the
Dawn', involves extreme forced marches
across the planet's rough terrain. Any
marine left behind inevitably becomes a
casualty. After one full circumnavigation
of the planet, the Covenant falls upon the
Aeldari base camp and destroy it. Provost
Barbiel is severely censured for his actions
because of these high casualties.
TheSunderingof Coleck
The agri-world of Coleck is reduced to a
smoldering wasteland by the Covenant as
they make a lighting advance into the teeth
of the renegade Planetary Defence Force's
guns. 5th Athenaeum's growing ability
with precognition allows the Azure
Covenant's Repulsor tanks to target the
precise position of enemy heavy weapons,
sometime even before they have been
emplaced. Repeated charges by the
Damned 7th leave ruin in their
unstoppable wake.
Once the planet is returned to their
control, the Azure Covenant signal the
forces of Forge W orld Lucius to take
possession of the world. The arriving
Skitarri begin the process of founding a
new Forge W orld, removing the planet
from the Imperium's possession.
M42.163 - M42.215: FROM
W ITHOUT AND W ITHIN
Lance'sEnd
The Covenant, following the scrying of
their Chapter Regent, encounters the
Chevaliers D'Guerre within the dunescape
of Vixia Prime. Having studied the
previous action upon Amputatan, the 3rd
and 4th Athenaeum dig in, creating a great
belt of defences that spring up almost
overnight. The 6th and 8th Athenaeums
engage the Chaveliers like flying cavalry, a
hit and run conflict across hundreds of
kilometers before the Chevaliers are finally
driven into sight of the Damned 7th.
These sacrificial marines have been
deliberately placed in a vulnerable
position.
The dread biker's charge takes the Chaos
forces into range of the pre-prepared
defences. Massed las and plasma fire tear
apart the horrifying knights apart in a
brutal revenge for the losses at Amputatan.
However, the Blood-Baron of the
Chevaliers uses warp magics to escape
before he can be slain, leading the
Covenant to renew their oaths of
vengeance against him.
Gloomof Silver Knives
On the void station WisdomisFolly, a
re-supplying unit of the Azure Covenant is
attacked and hunted down by an unknown
attacker. Purple Squad, 1st Atheneum, is
pursued through the darkness of the
de-powered space station. Despite all the
skill of the veteran Lentacessors, they are
claimed by the monster one by one, picked
off from within a blackness which even
their advanced auspex sensors cannot
pierce.
W hen reinforcements arrive, re-routed
from the Pacification of Urulan, there are
no survivors to be rescued. The only vid
captures that survive are those of a masked
figure, smooth and deadly, cutting its blade
through power armour as if it were paper.
More worryingly, each of the dead
Lentacessors had had its geneseed carefully
removed after death.
TheCult of theFlamingSword
The Lentercessors of Green Squad, 1st
Athenaeum are deployed to the floating
city of Suresus to expunge a suspected
Genestealer cult amongst the highborn
there. Their presence is specifically
requested due to the cult's ability to
influence using their voices alone.
Green Squad, their speakers cut to only
internal vox frequencies, cut through the
conspiracy quickly. Novitiate Helenis
engages the leader of the cult in a psychic
duel and hacks apart the Patriarch with her
force axe. Upon their extraction, however,
Green Squad is ambushed by an
Inquisitorial Black Ship. After send one
last desperate report, their ship vanishes.
TheCrimsonandAzurePeregrination
The Azure Covenant is deployed at full
strength to assist the forces of Mars in
their assault on the Dark Mechanicum
stronghold of Zeta Zariah, on the edge of
the Cicatrix Maledictum. The Azure
Covenant launch raiding attacks upon the
Dark Mechanicus positions while other
marines help escort the great land-trains of
the Ordinatus Zariah huge distances
between their bombardment positions. In
one notable engagement, the 3rd
Athenaeum is deployed to help defend the
Imperator class God-engine Massuo
Divinitatus. The Primaris marines help
defeat the horde of cultists who swarmed
the titan during the Battle of Tox-River
Ion.
The resulting losses from this campaign
are severe. Due to the proximity of the
Cicatrix Maledictum, every two battle
casualties are matched by another inflicted
by the Praes W ardens. But as the Praes
also take heavy casualties, it is unclear
whether all those who were deemed to be
'tainted' were scoured from the Chapter.
Nonetheless, the force that returns to
Germania is just a third of the one that
embarked upon the Peregrination. The
Covenant enters a time of rebuilding.
TheAccessionof Rachmiel
In a sudden outbreak of violence within
the Repository tower, Chapter Regent
Destissios Cerus destroys the seven Praes
W ardens who were sent to scour him of
demonic taint. Librarian Supremis
Rachmiel, after a moment's hesitation,
engages her Lord and mentor in combat;
relic lightning claws clashing against
master-crafted force sword.
The battle destroys the tower, but
Rachmiel is able to subdue Cerus.
However, as he has broken one of the
Covenant's principal rules, Rachmeil has
no choice but to escort him to the forge
herself. Rachmiel inherits his position and
becomes the first psyker to take the mantle
of Chapter Regent in the history of the
Azure Covenant.
TheDrumsof Metallica
The Skitarri of Forge W orld Metallica,
engaged in an archeotech raid upon the
daemon forgeworld of Hexigramite, are
assisted by the warriors of the Covenant.
Battling Daemon engines and warp crafted
monsters, the psykers of the 4th
Athenaeum fight both the monsters they
encounter and the mortal threat to their
souls.
The combination of Skitarri galvanic rifles
and warp-fire is enough to combat the
unreal war engines, but not enough to beat
them back. W arpsmiths and their vassal
marines launch repeated attack upon the
Covenant as they hold ground for the
Skitarri to finish raiding the Dark
Mechanicum stronghold. But as the last
ranger is slain by fell psychic energy, it is
clear that the mission has failed.
The Covenant withdraws from
Hexigramite in defeat. Emissaries travel
feverishly between Metallica and
Germania, trying to solve the diplomatic
rift between the Covenant and the
leadership of Metallica.
TheWhispersof Malic
On the forest planet of Malic, a strike
group composed of elements of the 2nd,
3rd and 6th Athenaeum encounter the Sect
of the Red Echo, a warband of the
Thousands Sons. The resulting battle is
famed in later records as one of the fiercest
ever fought by the Covenant. The
combination of warring psykers rips a hole
in already thin reality of realspace.
Through the unexpected warp rift comes
the Keeper of Secrets, Zo'nnuk-Brak. The
strike group falls back and requests urgent
reinforcements.
In response, Regent Rachmiel deploys the
entire strength of the 1st Athenaeum.
Lentacessors battle Rubric Marines and
the forests ignite as psychic energy rips
through the trees. The Praes W ardens
deploy in a strength never seen before,
almost matching the Athenaeum's power.
These mechanical creations demonstrate
unprecedented aggression, slaughtering
the slower Rubricae while taking terrible
casualties in return. W ith the assistance of
the Praes Suzerain, Rachmiel banishes the
Greater Daemon back to the warp after a
deadly duel.
W hat words were spoken between the
two enemies are not known, but the badly
wounded Rachmiel comes away from the
battle looking noticeably aged. She
immediately orders her librarians to try
and percieve the future, casting their
precognitive spells to see what dark fate
might await her Covenant ...
Markingsof theOrder
As a newly created Chapter, the Azure Covenant has a simple but unmistakable heraldry. As the force continues to
develop their own identity, they are developing subtle but distinctive changes to the marking registered with the
Adeptus Terra, far away in the distant Terra System.

Squad sergeants and The symbols of the

Covenant can be
Librarian Noviates have a
dark red Pauldron and
Karia Xenia is an found on the right
helmet as a mark of rank. Intercessor from 2nd Pauldron.
Squad, 3rd Athenaeum.

Officers of a higher rank

wear white helmets, or the
specific liveries of their
roles.
Each of the Covenant's
Athenaeums have a
different symbol on their
left pauldron. It is not Intricate runes of
known whether these protection,
symbols are related to the warding or
language of Germenia or defense against
from another, more secret the Ruinous
source. This language has Powers are
little in common with the minutely
language of the Adeptus inscribed by each
Mechanicus, and perhaps Azure Covenant
the source of these runes marine into their
will never be known. armour. Once
The Azure Covenant the user is killed,
believe that these runes are the new owner
those of protection as well of the armour
as signifying where they inscribes their
stand in the Covenant. This own runes upon
hierarchy, however, is only the previous
known to those within the runes. In this
Chapter. way, the level of
protection grows
as the armour
ages.

Squad markings go on the left kneepad, based on their role in each

Thisistheruneof the3rd Athenaeum . Intercessor Squads are labelled I-V, and Helllblaster
Atheneum, mounted on the squads are VI to VII. Reivers and Infiltrators do not wear squad
right hand Paldron marking and are always squad VIII in an Athenaeum.

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VehicleHeraldry
The simple two-tone heraldry of the Azure Covenant is represented upon the armoured panels for their vehicles. The
squad and unit markings can be seen through ultraviolet light, ensuring that even the Athenaeum and squadron
marking remain secret to those outside of the Covenant. The name of each vehicle is clearly noted on the turret,
showing the enemy the true name of the tank and which of these vehicles they should fear the most. Tanks with names
such as 'Draze'sRazor' or 'Baneof D'yna' speak to the detailed history and significant kills each of these vehicles have
made over their long service with the Chapter.

As befits the notoriously silent chapter, the
engines upon the vehicles of the Azure
Covenant are fitted with mufflers and
silencers to reduce the exhaust noise. W hile
it could not be said that these vehicles are
quiet, they are comparative silent when
compared to the clanking tanks of other
chapters or the Astra Militarum.
Like all of the armour of the Azure Covenant, the
outsides of these vehicles is described with runes of
protection and spells against the warp. W hile it is
unclear whether these have any effect against the
denizens of the warp, it is clear that the marines of
the Covenant spend hours carefully inscribing and
updating these spells and wards.

TheBladeof Gondolin-
Azure Covenant Repulsor Transport

The Repulsors of the Azure Covenant are

well calibrated and carefully designed to
minimise disruption in the air and the
ground. W hile the Repulsor is still a
destructive vehicle to the geography, these
vehicles do noticable less damage than
others.
Panelling on each vehicle is picked out in either blue or
tan, based on the particular design of the vehicle.
Individual marking, marked out in ultraviolet paint, are
generally written on the front blue panel. Only marines
of the Covenant know the exact frequency to see these
markings.

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It is said that The Praes Wardens create servitors out of their own flesh-vats, slaves, prisoners and even my o
more than a flesh robot, good to stand and die but little else. Such, we are told, is the danger of knowledge. W
own comrades It grieves me deeply that a once-loved soul in our Covenant could be reduced to nothing
We are 'guarded' by monsters often worse than those we fight against.
Provost Andrei, 3rd Athenaeum .
 THERE-COMPLIANCEOFFINNEGAN'SWAKE
The re-compliance of Finnegan's W ake was an assault action taken by the Azure Covenant during M42.117, during the overall
campaign to return the planet of Joyce VI to Imperial control. Once a Prima grade Imperial holding within the Segmentum
Tempestus, it was a priority target for the Virtuous Crusade. The Azure Covenant, with elements of the Nemesors, Silver Drakes
and Charnel Guard, was assigned to take the planet as swiftly as possible. The battle which followed was a classic example of the
Azure Covenant's elements working together closely. The walled city of Finnegan's W ake was heavily defended by heretic
regiments, principally the remains of the planet's 465th Heavy Footfall Regiment, re-programmed battle automatons, and a
mercenary heretic Astartes warband tentatively identified as ++REDACTED+++ or +++CENSORED+++ . The total enemy
strength was estimated at 312 enemy Astartes and approximately 28,000 human defenders. W ith the entire chapter committed, the
Chapter Regent quickly launched an attack before the enemy city's defenses could be further improved.
The initial engagement was the commitment of the 2nd, 3rd and 4th Athenaeum into a quickly fortified position outside of
the city walls. As expected, the artillery and the main force of the enemy focuses their efforts upon the Intercessors and
Hellblasters. These Athenaeums begin exchanging fire with the forces upon the walls of the city. Despite the support of two of
the Covenant's Astraeus tanks, the tactical situation remains stationary with no breakthrough made.

W ith the situation on the cities west static, the Repulsors and Executioners of the Azure Covenant launch their armoured
attack upon the city's eastern gate and wall. Grinding through the ruins of the city, las-talon fire brings down the gate but
counter-attacks from the tops of buildings bog down the column on the main road.

These attacks do not last long, however. Inceptor Squads of the 6th and 8th Athenaeums, covered by a psychic storm
summoned by a coven of Librarians, drop past the blinded anti-aircraft positions. Leaping from roof to roof, they hunt down
the enemy holding up the armoured column. Other squads focus on the power-signs of Heretic Astartes, sweeping through
the streets in a hunter-killer posture and annihilating the heretics with mass-reactive shells.

W ith the Azure Covenant cutting its way through the city, the Renegade commander prepares to commit his armour and his
reserves from the fortress into the city. However, these forces are interdicted by an sudden attack by the Damned Seventh,
who launch an almost-suicidal attack upon the fortresses' walls. Supporting fire from two Astraeus tanks open up a breach
through which the 7th charge. The last Damned Intercessor is able to use a krak grenade against the fortresses generator,
obliterating it in a huge explosion. There are no survivors from the 7th.

W ith this fortress destroyed in less than three hours, a city of over 340,000 souls was reclaimed for the Emperor. The effectiveness
of the Azure Covenant in battle was once again proven. After this victory the Chapter left almost mmediately, emptying a vault
within the fortresses' ruins before they did. No Inquisitor was ever able to find out what was recovered.
CHAPTER REGENT VEXI RACHMIEL
KEEPER OF SHADOW S AND KEYS, W ATCHER OF THE LOST, GUARDIAN OF
THE COVENANT, CONQUERER OF D'ZUN'NAI

Vexi Rachmiel is the Chapter Regent of the Azure Enlightenment. It is unlikely that the Praes W ardens would
Covenant, the Keeper of Shaows and Keys, W atcher of the allow her to do so, should she choose. They have not shown
Lost and the Guardian of the Covenant. any restraint towards previous Chapter Regents, and is
unlikely they would show any mercy to her.
She is the fourth Chapter Regent, inheriting the position
from Chapter Regent Cerus. Outside of politics, Rachmiel is
Cerus, her superior at the time, a highly experienced commander
had resisted the Praes W ardens and Librarian. As the Li brarian
when they had come for him. Emeritus of the 2nd Atheneum,
She herself had helped subdue she was skilled in the application
the Chapter Regent, and then of destructive psychic powers.
delivered the man herself to the Her role of honours include the
Forge. W hat became of him, she single-handed destruction of an
never found out. The Damned Ork war engine, Gorkanaut
7th did not grow in strength, and class, with a maelstrom of
the fate of her one-time mentor psychic energy which tore the
remains unknown. scrappy construction apart, piece
by piece.
As the current Regent,
Rachmiel stands upon the Her role as as a battle psyker is
outside edge of what the rather reduced by the Regent's
Covenant is. Her position is on Armour of Silence, as she wears
the fulcrum of several lines of a suit of ritual Gravis Armour.
influence between the Praes, the This new wonder is inscribed
Mechanicus, the High Lords of and warded, a master-work of
Terra, and the Adeptus Astartes. Cawl's newest armour type.
She has always suspected the Despite the skill of its
reason for the creation of the construction, the Gravis armour
Azure Covenant: a vessel for is too heavy to allow the casting
psychic experimentation for of complex psychic powers.
Magos Dominus Bellisarius W ithin this armour, Vexi cannot
Cawl. W here their genetic legacy bring her significant abilities to
came from, Rachmiel remains bear. But she has still been able
unsure, though the lies about the to find ways to compensate for
Ultramarines remain laughably this. By channeling her abilities
untrue. One of her circles, a secret one even to the other through inlaid prismatic circuitry, she is able to create a
members of the Covenant, has uncovered some evidence of powerful warp-fire aura. It flickers around her, running to the
their gene-seed's source. This was recorded within her own tips of swords and axes with green flames. These effected
journal and hidden deep in the Covenant's secured vaults, weapons are far more lethal, exploding around the enemy or
where even the Praes cannot find it. driving through their armour with ease.
W ith the Omerta in place, the silence of the Covenant The lack of direct psychic powers does not take away from
allows rumours and fears to fill the gaps. Certain chapters, her immediate lethality. Vexi fights with weapons called Fury,
those with strong links to the Inquisition, seem to just be a pair of custom lightning claws locked into her Gravis
waiting for an excuse to attack. Chapters such as the armour. They have been modified from a basic pair of
Minotaurs, Exorcists and Black Templars have been seen to bolt-storm gauntlets, adding the devastating blades to the
be scouting Germenia Dyo. original power-fists. At range, the Chapter Regent can tear
apart her enemies in a hail of warp-fire bolt rounds. Up close,
There have not yet been skirmishes, but Rachmiel fears she is a whirling, hacking terror of dying enemies.
that it is only a matter of time before the other forces of the
Imperium come for them. In this darkest of millenniums, the Surrounded by her Lentacessor bodyguards, Vexi is never
Imperium cannot afford to bleed away its strength in civil happier than when she is amongst the enemy, killing those
strife. But nor will she surrender the Omerta, the abiding vow who would threaten her comrades and her Covenant.
of the Azure Covenant. Too many of her comrades, Astartes
that she has known and fought besides, have died in their But as the new leader of her chapter, it is clear that both
silence. To abandon it now, even if it saves the Chapter, her battle prowess and her political acumen will be tested like
would be a betrayal of all those within the Hall of it has never been tested before.
 Leadersof theCovenant
The leaders of the Covenant are some of its most deadly fighters. Each is a hugely skilled combatant with bolter
or blade, hardened by the forges of war and their decades of experience fighting the Imperium's enemies. Any of
the opponents who have felt the bite of such an warrior's weapons are rightly cautious about meeting them
again.

ATHENEUMPROVOST
The Provosts of the Atheneums are the most experienced non-psychic members of the Covenant, each helping to
command an entire Atheneum. They represent the best and the worst in the Covenant, typifying the insular, silent
nature of the Omerta, while combining it with a scholar's energy and drive to discover. This dichotomy has often
baffled those outside of the Covenant which do not see through the silent exterior. But there is nothing grim about the
discourse that Covenant marines engage in; lively academic debates rage between the different circles of researchers. It
is this strange divided personality that Atheneum Provosts seek to embody as they lead each formation.
In combat, they are leaders without compare. Each Provost has been tested in combat a thousand times, and have
avoided the dangers of the enemy and of the Praes for centuries. Each is as spiritually pure as any could be; those who
were not would not be appointed to this rank. They can command with a gesture or a mind-coded pulse of thought,
leading their troops into battle with the habitual silence of the Covenant. From there, they will watch and intervene,
commanding their ally's bolter fire or bringing their own blade to battle. W hatever is required of them, the Provost
will excel to bring the Covenant victory.

ATHENEUMLIBRARIANEMERITUS
The Librarian Emeritus is the most senior member of the Covenant's Librarium, below only Vexi Rachmiel herself
in skill, power and authority. As the most powerful and experienced psykers, they are vital to the organisation of the
Covenant whether on Germenia Dyo or on campaign. Unlike Librarians from other chapters, Emeritus Librarians are
trained as commanders as much as Librarians, as they may be called upon to take over if one half of the Duolexican is
lost.
Emeritus Librarians are responsible for the training, discipline and purity of the Noviate Librarians under their
command. They will lead training circles, schooling their charges in the uses of warp magic in all situations. W hether
it is the simple application of telekensis to guide a bolt shell, or the channelled power of a warp fire conflagration, the
Emeritus Librarian will have given the junior Librarians hours of practise, concentration and meditation in doing so.
In battle, Librarians Emeritus' are a whirlwind of destructive energies. They can summon warpfire and lighting to
destroy their enemy, or rip a hole in realiy to drag a battle-tank into the howling void. They can re-knit wounds, avoid
the heaviest barrages using precognitive abilities and shroud their comrades in ghosts to avoid the full impact of
enemy fire. If these unnatural energies are not enough, each Librarian is supremely skilled with their force weapon;
bringing deadly axes, staffs and swords wreathed in fire to any melee. These deadly relics are enough to tip any any
hand to hand engagement to a successful end.

ATHENEUMSUB-PROVOST
In battle, Sub-Provosts serve as the eyes, ears and armament of the Duolexican. Each Sub-Provost, similar to a
lieutenant in other chapters, is a non-psychic Astartes, having usually been promoted where they were acting as a
squad sergeant for Hellblaster, Inceptor or Reiver squads. More rarely, battleline Intercessors are promoted straight
from a line squad to this lieutenancy, but this is normally in cases of extreme valour or heavy casualties. Scholars of the
Covenant's history will note that such times have often been found amongst even the short history of the Covenant.
As junior commanders, Sub-Provosts are expected to follow their Provost's orders in aiding the battle plan. They
direct fire from squads and battle-lines, helping their intercessors target the enemy's weak points. They also lead
charges and inspire the marines around them to greater heights of glory and slaughter. In the case of the Duolexican
being disrupted, Sub-Provosts will also form an alternative command structure, joining with the Librarian Codicers to
take over. In this way, the Covenant is always well led and has a command structure of both the mundane and the
psychically aware.

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 PRIMARISAPOTHECARY
Standing outside of the formal Atheneum structure, the Apothercarian Medicae is a crucial instuition for the continuation
of the Covenant and its future. Apothecaries are arguable some of the hardest working members of the Covenant, as they are
responsible for both recruiting, implantation and assessement of these initiates, while also helping to heal the inevitable
wounds of both training and war.
In battle, this is one of the primary roles of the Apothecaries. W ith their wrist mounted nartheciums, they can administer
intravenous drugs, adreneal cocktails and other, more potent mixtures to keep a wounded Astartes on their feet and fighting.
However, if the damage is too severe, then an Apothecary has a final painfully caring duty; to administer the Emperor's
Mercy with their reductor pistol. A shot to the head will end the unendingly painful lives of those too injured to survive, and
then the irprogeniod glands can be harvested. These organs rest within the chest and neck of a Space Marine; recovering
them helps to ensure the next generation of Astartes can be born.
This duty is never ending, given the losses that the Praes W ardens inflict upon the Covenant even when the Chapter is not
on a war footing. These losses must be replaced, and so only a healthy and unbroken flow of recruits will keep the Covenant
at full strength.

ATHENEUMTORCHBEARER
The Azure Covenant has no Chaplains. As a non-codex compliant Chapter of the Astartes, it is unclear if they ever had a
Chapel to assure their loyalty to a conventional cult. However, the need for spiritual and philosophical leadership remains.
Astartes, especially those in a chapter as insular and oppressive as the Azure Covenant, need guidance and aid to deal with
problems of morality, spirituality and the right conduct. W hile the official Folio of Regulations detail all the myriad rules of
the Covenant, it does not address these deeper issues. The duty to discuss this falls upon the senior, non-psychic members of
the Covenant, those who are not able or willing to pursue an officer's command path. To these more intellectually minded
warriors is often awarded the rank of Torch Bearer.
The Torch Bearer is a war-leader and thought-crafter in equal measure. They are the warrior-philosophers of the
Covenant, teasing out problems of morality, purpose and meaning in this cruel and warp-torn galaxy. Outside of combat,
they hold debates and symposia, leading different circles in academic debate and discussion. One of their monographs 'On the
morality of Silence and Intervention' was smuggled out of the Covenant and immediately declared an Ultima grade moral
threat by some Inquisitors. Other, less puritan inquisitors, have found its reflection on the nature of the Imperium to be a
liberation.
In battle, the Torch Bearer leads their comrades in furious battle. As a symbol of illumination against the darkness of
ignorance all around them, they show the way to victory against it. Burning their foes alive with the light of truth inspires
those around to fight that much harder against such forces.

ATHENEUMDUELLISTS
At their heart, the Azure Covenant is still a chapter of honourable brave warriors. For those Astartes who chose to focus on
supreme martial ability rather than academic discourse, they can be promoted to the role of Atheneum Duellist. This warrior,
selected from their comrades because of these skills, is a throwback of an earlier age; where champions duelled ahead of their
lords for glory and honour. In the shattered Imperium, such martial honour and glory is long lost - but skilled melee warriors
still have their role, even now.
In battle they seek out enemy leaders and exemplars, challenging them to honourable single combat with naked steel.
W aiting for the right moment, the Duellist will slip out of the ranks of Intercessors, bellowing their challenge as they go.
Raising the elegant rapiers, they meet the enemy blade to blade, locking them in single combat. Using mediative katas and
secret duelling techniques they can slip around or beneath their opponent's guard, killing them with a single, deadly thrust to
the heart or head. Such elegant victory will make the duellist into legends, and many of the Covenant aspire to kill with such
unreal skill and grace.

ATHENEUMANCIENT
The Atheneum Ancient is a living link to the Covenant's history and the many Astartes who have lived and died in the blue
shouldered armour. Awarded to the oldest living member of an Atheneum, it is their honour to carry the banner of each
section of the Covenant in battle, holding the battleline together even while the enemy close in around them.
Ancients help the younger Astartes to remember their famed ancestors, and find more strength within themselves when
even their transhuman bodies are failing. Such icons of the Covenant's honour and nobility will lend energy to those souls,
even at the end of their life. The banners carried are the living legends of the Chapter, and are treated with true reverance
whether on or off the battlefield. Their bearers are treated with the same respect and awe, especially by those newly initiated
in the the Covenant's mysteries.
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Soldiersof theCovenant
W hen the Covenant goes to war, it can deploy a variety of different forces within its strike groups and
Atheneums. It is not just the individual gene craft of a single warrior, or their skill in battle which makes the
Covenant lethally effective. It is the combination of these different warriors to create a force that can meet any
threat that makes the armies of the Adeptus Astartes so deadly.

PRIMARISINTERCESSORSQUADS
Intercessors are the battle line marines for the Azure Covenant. They stride into
battle clad in Mark X Tacticus pattern battleplate, enemy fire ricocheting helplessly
from the thick ceramite plating. Their bolt rifles blaze relentlessly, picking out the
enemy with precision shots as they seek to exterminate them in a welter of bolt
and shell-fire. Their discipline and relentless aggression makes them a force than
can shatter enemy armies in a single attack.
Created by the Tech-Mago Belisarius Cawl, the Primaris Intercessors represent
the next step in Adeptus Space Marines. Intercessors are larger and more durable
than their cousins, gene-forged to survive hits that would destroy a light vehicle
and slay any normal man with ease.
They make up the majority of the Marines in the Atheneums, and are led into
battle by the Noviate Librarians as squad commanders. W hile many
Intercessors do not demonstrate psychic abilities, those that do are taken into
the Librarium for additional training. However, even those trainee Librarians
must complete their time as a line Intercessors, defending the Covenant with
massed ranks of bolter fire. These acccurate, carefully timed volleys scythe
relentlessly within through the enemy.
The combination of this skill with Noviate Librarians make these additionally
deadly. The flames of the warp will sing around the magazines and then
mouths of their bolt guns, spitting warp fire bolts as often as they fire
conventional ammunition. Such unearthly bolters add a fiery punch to their already deadly explosive cargo, and have
been to even punch through the armour plates of tanks.

PRIMARISHELLBLASTERSQUADS
Hellblasters are the true killers of the Chapter, wielding devastating Plasma Incinerators
to spectacular effect. They are a single weapon force, a throwback to the days of the
Legio Astartes using their deadly plasma weapons against heavy infantry and vehicles
alike. Like a burning solar flare, each volley of the Hellblasters easily tear apart their
enemy, leaving only scorched wreckage or corpses behind.
A plasma incinerator is a weapon of lethal design. Using a backpack mounted power
source, the energy which a plasma Incinerator expels is of a magniture more
powerful than the more common plasma gun. A design of Belisarius Cawl
strictly for the new Primaris troops, only those with the dura-steel alloy bones
and enhanced muscles of a Adeptus Primaris could wield such a weapon.
Each Hellblaster is a trained veteran with a true commitment to self-sacrifice. The
weapons they wield are inherently unstable, and may vomit devastating plasma
upon its user in a terrible backlash at the power being unleashed. Each Hellblaster
knows the risks and is willing to spend their life to achieve ultimate victory. Those
who die in this way will be recorded forever in the Covenant's Hall of
Enlightenment. Those who survive know that they will have have lead the Chapter to victory.

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 PRIMARISREIVERSANDINFILTRATORS
Reivers are terrors troops that the Azure Covenant relies upon when it wants a hard, fast
offensive. A squad of Reivers, silent in their Phobos pattern armour, will lay ambushes
and form kill squads, hunting in the night for the enemy's weakness. Once they have
found them, the merciless Reiver will brutally murder them. The bloodied bodies are left
behind for others to find as an example, before the Reivers slip off into the night.

Some in the Azure Covenant do not believe that Reivers are a weapon which the
Chapter should use. They think that psychic powers are enough to intimidate and terrify
their enemy. However, battles such as Gregorian Chasm prove otherwise. Ambushing
Reivers slew the enemy commander and destroyed the enemy's communications array; the
heretic force subsequently fell apart and were destroyed piecemeal.
More than most Adeptus Astartes, Reivers are expected to be extremely flexible in their style
of warfare. W hen required to scout instead of hunt, Reivers will often act in the role of
Infiltrators, forward scouts and advanced reconnaissance troops. Re-equipping their Photos
armour with different helms and sensors, they can seek targets for the chapter to strike at,
going on independently led, months long patrols to find such enemies.
W hen they are required to engage the target themselves, the Vanguard are deadly with
their marksmen rifles, felling enemy commanders and specialists with deadly fusillades of
fire before slipping back into the night.

PRIMARISWARP-FIREAGGRESSORS
Only the veterans of the Covenant are members of the 1st Athenaeum, are permitted to wear Mark
X Gravis armour. This armour is heavier than normal Mark X battlesuits, and it adds
protection as the Aggressors push through their enemy lines.
Aggressors are line breakers, slow but steady, and what they cannot destroy with their
bolt-storm gauntlets or warp-fire flamers will fall to their power fists in close combat.
Covenant Aggressors are supremely powerful combatants, and they are further
enhanced by the psychic mastery of the Noviate Librarian leading the squad.
W hile the Librarian struggles to cast psychic powers from within the heavy plate,
they are equipped to channel the power of the Empyrean into their weapons. This
warp-fire ignites around the bolts, or is sprayed out atop burning prometheum, adding terrifying
effect to the deadly fusillade of fire from the Aggressors. Azure Covenant Aggressors are
noticably more lethal than those of their more codex-compliant unis.
In this way, Aggressors can spear-head the attacks of Lentacessors to break the enemy apart. Better that their heavy
plates take the impact, leading their Atheneum comrades into deadly close engagements.

PRIMARISINCEPTORS
W aiting, high in orbit, the strike cruisers of the Azure Covenant watch the little flickers of the
lights of the battle far below. W ith an quiet order, the Primaris inceptor leap out into space,
ready for the drop into the atmosphere. They accelerate as they fall, heating up as they do
until they glow like the meteorites or the orbital debris that they often hide amongst.
Decelerating violently as they approach the battlefield, the Inceptors engage with assault
bolters, annihilating their targets in a storm of fire. Using their jump pack to fly move
from position to position, they pick out the vulnerabilities in the line and tear them
open. The Azure Covenant use inceptors on the flanks of the battle, attacking quickly
and then leaving gaps for Intercessors and Aggressors to exploit and destroy.
The Inceptors are also raiding troops, earning their name 'The Terror-Born'. They operate
with their jump packs independently of the main force and while they require regularly orbital
resupply of ammunition and fuel for their thirsty jump-packs, they can cover great distances at speed. Such raids can be
devastating, ending an enemy offensive before it even began.

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INITIATEINFANTRYSQUAD
The initiates of the Azure Covenant are the future of the Azure Covenant, and
they are brought into the Chapter quicker than many other chapters. W hile
maintaining the extremely high standard of recruits from Germania Dyo,
the losses that the Covenant takes means that their recruitment has to be
efficient, effective and with as few a losses as possible. The more members
the Covenant has, the more recruits can be funnelled into the Intercessor
squads as they suffer the expected losses.
Initiates are the still-developing recruits to the Chapter. They are trained
and equipped while they are still physically maturing, the months that
will bring these recruits to full size and ready to be equipped in their
power armour. They will also study hard, brought into the initial
mysteries of the Covenant but still unaware of the greater secrets of the
Chapter. These growing Initates are also a resource which the Covenant is
willing to use in battle, helping their larger comrades to prevail in
battle.
Fighting as support infantry, the Initates operate akin to an attached
battalion for their main force; a large formation of light infantry ready
to take objectives, garrison positions and reinforce units which had
already taken losses. Some initiates will come to maturity while on
campaign, and be inducted into the squads as full Astartes are killed. Many
of them inherit suits of armour in doing so, taking the role of the Marine
killed before them. Such events are already anticipated in calculating unit strength.
Led by veteran sergeants, these initiates are known to be brave fighters, especially when they are watched by the
older members of the Covenant. Such young recruits will always seek to gain approval from their peers, and speed
their way to becoming full Astartes Primaris Marines.

DAMNEDINTERCESSORS
Those members of the Azure Covenant who fall afoul of the Praes W ardens are
doomed. If they are not killed immediately, these unfortunates will be taken
deep into the Forge at the heart of the Azure's fortress and held there to
undergo a procedure that only the Praes Suzerain knows. The brutal details of
this are secret, perhaps to stop the Azure Covenant turning upon their jailors.
W hen this Astartes returns, they are no longer the person they were. It
does not matter whether the victim was a Noviate Librarian, a squad
Sergeant, or a Athenaeum Provost with decades of experience, all
return the same. Very little remains of their personality - just
autonomic impulses and a will to agree with orders. These Damned
Intercessors have their armour painted bone white, and are equipped
with identical death masks to show that they are no longer members of the
Covenant: nothing more than the walking dead. No-one speaks to them, because
they will not reply except to agree with their orders. They do not recognise their
old friends, comrades or histories, and seem to know little about themselves.
Even their names are gone. Damned Intercessors are assigned their death
numbers when inducted into the seventh.
In battle, Damned Intercessors must be commanded in a way that few other
Astartes require. Unless they are commanded otherwise, they will attack relentlessly, robotically closing with the
enemy and destroying them. Perhaps this shows an echo of who they once were; fighting relentlessly until they
are slain. That death does not take long - few survive a half-dozen battles.

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 PRIMARISLENTACESSORS
Lentacessors are members of the First Athenaeum who are not equipped with Aggressor armour.
They are veterans of the many wars the Azure Covenant have fought, and some might even
be the original group of Primaris Marines awoken by Bellisarius Cawl,
well over a century ago.
Even by the standards of Primaris marines born into the Ultima
Crusade, these Astartes are hardened and experienced,. They
have survived hundreds of battles, dozens of campaigns, and
been smelted in the furnance of wars which have slain millions around
them.
To honour their survival they are awarded the Crux Terminatus, the mark of a veteran,
and a master-crafted chainsword. Lentacessors are expected to be bodyguards to
commanders or heavy assault infantry, leading a charge of Intercessors to overwhelm a
defence line, supporting their comrades where the fighting is thickest. In those swirling
melees, their experience and reflexes can make the difference between victory and
defeat.
Lentacessors are also known as the Guardians. In a Chapter with no Chaplains,
spiritual guidance is passed down between generations of Intercessors, each
watching the younger members of the Covenant for ability or deviance. Some
Lentacessors will try and counsel those thought to be under threat by the Praes. Astartes lives may have even be saved,
though they can only speculate how many.

PRAESWARDENS
Praes W ardens are not Astartes, but biomechanical constructions of the Adeptus Mechanicus. They are metallic horrors,
a mass of tentacle limbs, spiked talons, and strange weapons mounted from their shoulders or other limbs. Even those
who work closely with the Mechanicum would recoil in horror at the vision of the Praes. These monsters are placed as
guards for the Azure Covenant, scrutinising them relentlessly. W hen a psyker from the Covenant is threatened by the
daemons within the warp, the weapons of the Praes will save their soul before the Daemons can take it. As they know the
secret weak point of each suit of Azure Covenant power armour, their shots will usually end the lives of the Space
Marines they 'protect.' This, they call mercy.
In battle, the Praes watch the Azure Covenant and the enemy in equal measure. The same weapons are often turned upon
the enemy - the Vulkite blasters, Plasma Culverins and Phosphor Casters tear through the enemy ranks like paper.
Despite the hatred the Covenant hold for them, the Praes' heavier weapons can win longer range fire-fights where the
Primaris marines might been at a disadvantage.
This covering fire has helped support several charges by the Lentacessors. Against the T'au on Fraklin's Sphere, their
concentrated barrages destroyed several Hammerhead grav tanks, allowing the Lentacessors to close with the Fire
W arriors and butcher them around the still flaming wrecks.

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REDEMPTORDREADNOUGHT
Even in death, a member of the Azure Covenant can still serve their chapter. A dreadnought, at its heart, is a
weaponised, robotic war tomb. W ithin its armoured bulk is the sarcophagus of a fatally wounded marine, only
held alive by the life-support machinery which surrounds them. W hat little remains of their body still has
potential though, as their minds and their experiences remain intact.
The sarcophagus is connected to a Redemptor Dreadnought, a heavily armoured exoskeleton armed with a
choice of powerful weapons. From within the Dreadnought's bulk, the interred marine becomes a striding
avatar of the Emperor's destructive wrath. Macro Plasma Incinerators destroy all in their sights, while Heavy
Onslaught Cannons rip apart infantry squads with ease. Frag launchers and anti-aircraft missile launchers
compliment these weapons, engaging and destroying any survivors. W hen the dreadnought closes with the
enemy, its deadly Redemptor power fist is able to tear apart buildings, battle tanks and squads of heavily
amoured foes with contemptible ease.
Redemptor Dreadnoughts are the latest model of the venerable dreadnought, standing significantly larger and
taller than the designs before it. Arch Magos Cawl's scions, and the Forge W orlds allied with the Azure
Covenant, continue to provide these machines for the Chapter. Having seen their destructive potential, the first
Chapter Regent declared that there is no need for any other types of Dreadnought in the chapter, as these
weapon platforms provide all of the fire support they need. This edict was renewed by every Regent since.
However, these newer dreadnoughts are angry machines, with a demanding machine spirit and a thirsty reactor.
Those interred into a Redemptor dreadnought may find themselves burnt out by their efforts, and give their
lives to the Emperor far quicker than those in other dreadnought classes. W hile Magos Cawl may believe this is
a an acceptable loss, many of those in the Azure Covenant disagree. But the effectiveness of the design is
undoubted.
Unique to the Azure Covenant is the Redemptor Librarian Dreadnought. W hile the design is yet to be
perfected, former Librarians can be interred within Redemptors and still retain a measure of their powers.
W hile it is only an echo of their former skill, these Librarians are still able to cast warp lighting against their
enemies, supporting their ceaseless gunfire.

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REPULSORTRANSPORT
The Azure Covenant, as fitting with a Chapter created working closely with the Mechanicus, has been equipped
with the newest forms of Magos Cawl's creations. One of the deadliest of these is the newly designed Repulsor
Transport.
Designed to support Primaris Marines in combat, the Repulsor is a tank and an armoured personal carrier
combined. It travels upon gravitic motors, keeping it aloft and able to move rapidly from one position to
another. The Repulsor does not fly, however. The crushing force of its downward blasting engines rips apart
anything beneath it, pounding dirt or ferrocrete flat with force. Any enemy unlucky enough to be caught by the
blast of its engines will end up squashed to paste.
The Repulsor is armed for both anti-tank and anti-infantry warfare. Its Las-talon is a rapid fire laser weapon
capable of scorching through enemy armour with ease. If more armour is expected, then the techp-riests of the
Praes W ardens will equip the Repulsor with a further pair of lascannons, ensuring that any tank which comes
into range of these weapons are quickly reduced to smoking wreckage.
Other weapons systems will engage enemy infantry - the turret mounted Onslaught Gatling Cannon and the frag
launchers tearing into squads as they approach, ripping them to pieces. Even enemy aircraft can be threatened by
deadly missiles of its Icarus Rocket Pod, or bullets from itsIronhail heavy stubber.
The Azure Covenant use Repulsor tanks as battering rams to break through heavily defended positions, its heavy
armour and sheer brute force deflecting and absorbing enemy fire. Their devastatingly accurate fire can
obliterate any enemy heavy equipment, and it can unleash W arpfire Aggressors straight into the midst of the
enemy. Few can stand against an attack by such a powerful vehicle, and even fewer will survive its assaults.

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 REPULSOREXECUTIONERBATTLETANK
W hile the Repulsors of the Azure Covenant are nominally transports, despite being more heavily armed than the
heaviest enemy vehicles, the Repulsor Executioner is a true battle tank. More than capable of duelling with the
heaviest of enemy amour, its standard armament of a heavy laser destroyer can smash through the protection of the
strongest opponent with ease.
If there is no enemy worthy of this heavy laser cannon's attention, the Executioner has multiple other weapons
systems with which to engage its targets. A heavy onslaught gatling cannon can tear apart infantry assaults, and what
survives that punishing onslaught will be targeted with heavy bolters and fragstorm grenade launchers to finish the
attack. Roving gunships, seeking an easy kill on the boxy Repulsor, can be brought down in flames with the twin
icarus iron-hail heavy stubbers. No enemy is safe when the Executioner is on the field.
Even enemy infantry seeking shelter will be flushed out of hiding by the infantry in the back of the Executioner.
Lentacessors in particular like to ride within these tanks, engaging any enemies who might slip through the tank's
defences to attack up close.
At the Battle of Tenab, the newly introduced Executioners were crucial in securing victory for the Azure Covenant.
W ith the Covenant fighting against the traitor armoured forces of the renegade 417th Birulian Hussars, they were also
engaged by the Traitor Dreadblade, Sweet Agony of Innocence. This traitor war machine, armed with a thermal lance and
corrupted power fist, destroyed the Stormtalon gunship sent against in a blaze of super-heated energy.
Using their Heavy Onslaught Gatling cannons to keep the Renegade's ion shields down, the Executioners Glanant's
Revengeand Onslaught of Telur launched a counter-attack upon the the rampaging enemy war machine. W hile the
Knight was able to disable Glanant'sRevengewith a blast from its lance, destroying the Repulsor's engines and causing
it to crash to the floor, this allowed the Onslaught of Telur to find a targeting solution. Using it's specialist Aquilon
optical array, the Executioner unleashed two blasts of precision laser energy.
The first las shot pierced the Dreadblade's hip and melted its motivator unit. The second decapitated the war machine,
obliterating both head and pilot compartment in a massive explosion. W ith a scream, what remained of the machine
spirit of Sweet Agony of Innocencewas released back into the warp.

I nfiltr ator Ventie looked upon the position held by the Aeldar i. T he foul xenos had dug in deeply ar ound
the str ange buildings that had spr ung up her e in just a few shor t hour s. Ar ound these new ether eal,
wr aithbone constr uctions wer e the glimmer of defence shields and the hint of movement.
"Xenos infantr y in cover . Emplaced weapons," she r epor ted shor tly. She squinted thr ough the sight of
her mar ksmen car bine. "Some kind of holo-field is pr eventing us fr om assessing tr ue enemy number s."
H er commander was soundless thr ough the vox, standing a kilometer or mor e away. Ventie tur ned her
scope to look at the bulky figur e. T heir tan power ar mour was almost lost in the city's thick dust,
clinging to them like a shr oud.
"Deploy the 7th? Get them in close? "Ventie suggested, after waiting a long time for a r eply.
H er commander 's voice was fir m. "Send in the tanks."
T he quiet fur y of the Repulsor Executioner s's engines advanced upon the Aeldar i moments later . T he
eye-sear ingly br ight beams of heavy laser cannons pulsed acr oss the battlefield, answer ed by the few
heavy weapons which the Eldar had. T hese fr agile Xenos weapon platfor ms wer e pounded into bone
fr agements as soon as they identified, ver y few getting mor e than a single shot befor e their obliter ation.
Mor e dust r ose in the city's blindingly thick atmospher e.
"Now." T he Pr ovost said, their tone unchanging. "Send in the Damned."
T he white clad war r ior s, led by a tor ch-wielding figur e, char ged in eer ie silence.

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The Astraeus Super-Heavy Tank is a true lord of war, the heaviest piece of equipment that any Primaris Space
Marine chapter is able to deploy alone. Other, heavier war-engines exist but are the sole property of knightly
houses and of the Legio Titanica. These are rarely seen with the Azure Covenant because of their deserved
reputation, especially amongst the more honourable members of the Imperium. Therefore, the Astraeus
super-heavy tank is the center piece to the Azure Covenant's armoured support.
These vehicles are based on the same technology as the Repulsor tank, with vast banks of gravimetric engines and
enhanced energy plates to propel it along. These immense engines power also power the huge double barrelled
macro-accelerator, a temperamental but hugely effective weapon which spits out immense shells at a terrifying
rate. Such a barrage is capable of destroying squadrons of tanks in a single barrage, or annihilating a city skyline
with a concentrated attack.
Such a powerful tank is a natural target, but the Astraeus is heavily armoured and equipped with void shields.
These marvels of arcane technology can deflect on-coming rounds before they even strike the hull, and even if they
do, thick slabs of ceremite protection protects the interior of the tank. Even anti-tanks weapons capable of
destroying a Repulsor tank would struggle against the armour of an Astraeus.
These immense tanks are used to support the advance of the Azure Covenant, providing fire support as they
advance right into the teeth of the enemy. W hen the Covenant deploy one of these war-engines, often there is not
much fighting for the rest of the Covenant to do when they get closer; the devastating effect of the Astraeus and its
weaponry is enough to demoralise the enemy to the point where they'll quickly retreat. But if they stand and fight,
then the victory of the Covenant is assured. Very few enemies can stand against an Astreaus tank and survive, and
the Covenant has never lost one of these immense war machines in battle.

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ASHBLADEGROUNDSKIMMER
The Ashblade Skimmer is a unique design of vehicle for the Azure Covenant, allegedly based upon a 'recovered
STC fragment'. The scions of Bellisarius Cawl upon Furnace Hold manufacture and deliver this vechicle to the
Azure Covenant, where it serves as a patrol, interdiction and scout vehicle. Lightly armoured, it can move
quickly across any terrain, bringing a squad of Primaris Marines to intercept any threat that its advanced sensor
suite detects.
In battle, the Ashblade weaves through lines of enemy fire until it reaches its destination; then the full fury of the
Azure Covenant Marines on board is unleashed. The Ashblade then returns to pick up more Space Marine,
ferrying them to where they are needed most.

STORMHAWKINTERCEPTORSANDSTORMTALONGUNSHIPS
W hen the Covenant goes to war, they do so under the cover of their friendly gunships on high. W hen the
Covenant first begin their landings, the roar of the Stormhawk Interceptors sweeping clear the skies howls above
them. Ear-splitting ram-jet engines throw these planes through maneuvers which would kill any human pilot
through sheer g-forces alone, as they cut through the smoke of battle to seek out new enemy aircraft to destroy.
The pilots of the Covenant are deadly accurate, picking out the enemy planes they engage and blowing them out
of the sky with pinpoint assault cannon fire. Enemy aircraft, riddled with holes, tumble into the ground in a
series of explosions as the squadrons of Stormhawks sweep by. Air superiority is just a matter of time after these
pilots engage the enemy air force.
W ith the skies secure, the Stormtalon gunships deploy next to support the Covenant marines on the ground.
Though they are compact aircraft, what that lack in size they make up for in firepower and durability. Braving
the anti-aircraft and small arms fire, they engage the enemy on the ground, supporting the infantry as they
advance.

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 Athenaeum Librarian Emeritus
with Force Stave

COMRADESOFTHE
COVENANT
The section shows a brief showcase of the various units that the Azure
Covenant can deploy and take to war, and the strange mechanicus creations
that accompany them. Athenaeum Librarian Emeritus
with Force Sword

Athenaeum Provost with Plasma Pistol and Power Fist Athenaeum Sub-Provost
 3rd Athenaeum Intercessors led by a Noviate Librarian

2nd Athenaeum Hellblasters led by a Sergeant

3rd Athenaeum Duellist 4th Athenaeum Noviate Librarian

 1st Athenaeum Lentacessors with melee weapons.

9th Athenaeum Initiate Infantry

The Azure Covenant, led by a squad of veteran Lentacessors, charge the T'au gun-line upon the Sept W orld of Se'va. W ith
Praes W ardens providing supporting fire from the rear, the Fire W arriors are battered with bolt and arc rifle fire, before
being slaughtered in hand to hand combat.
TheCovenant andtheInquisition

The nature of the Inqusition was always going

to bring the Azure Covenant into conflict with
them. Both organisations are focused on
discovering the truth, but neither agrees with the
other on what to do with such valuable
information.
There is argument inside both the Inquisition
and the Covenant about what to do with the
secrets they uncover. W ithin the Covenant, circles
debate and discuss with each other over the
matter, some arguing that what they find should
be shared with other Imperial institutions. Other
Astartes believe that their own hands are the
safest, especially those monitored by the cold
harsh brutality of the Praes Discipline. A third
group believe that sharing knowledge with all
equally will be enough to push the evil around the
Imperium back. After all, if the only good is
knowledge, then to not share it widely is almost an
act of evil through inactivity. The debates rage,
and it is not clear which side of them Chapter
Regent Rachmiel agrees upon, if any.
The Inquisition is more violently fractious
than the Covenant, who at least have the
advantage of a centralised chain of command. Split
between radicals and puritians, and then
shattering even further into factions upon
factions, each individual Inquisitor believes that
their own approach is the correct one. It is rare to
find a cause which will cause many Inquisitors to
unite. Violence between Inquisitors and their
supporters is not rare, where gunfire is used to
settle ideological and philosophical differences.
Despite these violent disagreements, there is a
loosely organised group of concerned Inquisitors
who are focused on finding out as much as they
can out about the Azure Covenant. Led by
Inquisitor Lord Berhad, this coven have been
probing into the actions of the Covenant both on
and off the battlefield. The disgrace of Lord Ira
and her sixty day visit has shown this group that
direct, official contact with the Azure Covenant
will be fruitless. The Omerta is all that outsiders
will encounter.
Therefore, the other forces that the Inquisition
can muster have been gathering like storm clouds
around the Azure Covenant. Inquisitorial-allied
Space Marine Chapters, such as the Executioners,
Exorcists and Minotaurs, are known to be
watching closely. On recent campaigns, forces of
the Exorcists have arrived at warzones where the
Covenant have been engaged. The intention of
these formations is not yet known.
Such attempts to encounter the Covenant
have, as yet, been unsuccessful. Through the use of
scrying, diviniation and other future-seeing
techniques, the Covenant has manage to avoid
most large-scale entanglements. However, it
would only appear to be a matter of time before
questions for the Covenant are asked at the point
of a bolt gun.
It is not clear how the Covenant will respond
to such threats ....
A unit of Hellblasters, accompanied by an Librarian Emeritus and an Athenaeum Sub-Provost, march past an ancient
Imperial shrine. W arpfire Aggressors support them from the rear of the column, ready to engage any enemies who
survive the fusillade of plasma fire.

THEY CANNOT ESCAPE US. WE WILL

WATCH THEM WITHOUT CEASE OR
END. WE ARE THE TIM ELESS
WATCHERS, THE GUARDIANS OF THE
NINE-HUNDRED - PRAES DOGMA CANT
BETA-JULIO

Seventh Athenaeum 'Damned' Intercessors

Praes W arden
 HOLDTHELINE!
The forces of the Azure Covenant are limited in their size but what they lack in numbers they make for firepower
and psychic abilities. Here is a small starting force, which can be constructed from just three Primaris Space Marine
model kits (and some bits).
This force is led by Librarian range. Leading them is Librarian Macro Plasma Incinerator and
Emeritus Alahear Seios. A Noviate Dageil, who can bring her Redemptor Power Fist, he can
powerful leader and one half of own warp fire to help her destroy any larger target
the Duolexican of Third comrades achieve their objectives. threatening his comrades.
Antheneum, she will provide She is armed with her own force
strategic experience and psychic weapon; a powerful psychic axe. This entire force can be created
abilities to help destroy the from a box of Primaris Intercessor
enemy. Her force stave is a Though the squad can fight as a Marines, a Primaris Librarian, a
double-handed weapon, allowing single body, Dageil can separate Dreadnought kit - and some
her to channel her devastating the Intercessors into two units. modelling for Alahear and Dageil!
power into a lethal close-combat One will be led by her, while the
other combat squad will carry This army also conforms to the
strike. Battle Forged rules in the
their auxiliary grenade launcher
Accompanying her is Second for added firepower. 'Matched Play' section of the
Squad, Third Anthaeum. These W arhammer 40,000 rulebook,
Intercessors provide a good Supporing his comrades with allowing the force access to
firebase and are skilled at both heavier guns, Veteran Kysan has powerful strategems and other
close combat and fighting at been deployed in his Redemptor rules.
Dreadnought. Armed with a
 WARRIORSOFTHE
COVENANT
This sections contains all the datasheets that you will need to fight battles
with your Azure Covenant, and the rules for all the weapons they can
wield in battle. Each datasheet includes the characteristics profiles of the
unit it describes, as well as the wargear and special rules it may have. Any
abilities that are common between the units are described below and
referenced on the datasheet themselves.

KEYWORDS
Throughout this section you will
come across datasheets with the
AZURE COVENANT keyword. This
indicates that the units are drawn
from the Azure Covenant. Units
with the PRAES W ARDENS do not
get to use the same rules as the Azure
Covenant.
ABILITIES
PRAESWARDENS
Throughout this section, you across
come across datasheets with the
PRAES W ARDENS keyword. This
indicates that the units are drawn
from the Praes W ardens. Units with
the AZURE COVENANT keyword
do not get to use the same abilities as
the Praes wardens.

"W hy did they fear us so?
Because we are heretics and
traitors?
No, because we are blessed by
the Emperor to understand
the depths of our danger. W e
are, through our geneseed,
given an insight to the
Emperor's very mind and the
realm he inhabitats. This is
more dangerous to others than
anything else - that we could
know the truth."
- Epistolary Vexitin, 2nd
Antheneum, 3rd Circleof Lore.
The following abilities are common
to several AZURE COVENANT
units:
ANGELSOF DEATH
From themoment they wereimplanted
with their gene-seed, all senseof fear or
terror hasbeen melted away fromthese
Astartes. They will not break, even in the
faceof unspeakablehorrors.
You can re-roll failed Morale checks
for this unit.
This ability also includes abilities for
Bolter Discipline and Shock Assault
(Page 43)
A BOND W ITH THE W ARP
Thereisa bond with thewarp within the
AzureCovenant that even theleast
psychically gifted Intercessor isableto
feel. Thisbond givesthem a measureof
protection frompsychicharm.
Roll a D6 every time a model with
this rule loses a wound to damage in
the psychic phase. On a roll of a 5 or
6, this damage is ignored.
Please note that including units from
the PRAES W ARDENS can still be
included in an AZURE COVENANT
detachment and it will still count as
being battle-forged.
The following ability is common to
PRAES W ARDEN units:
FRATRICIDE
First and foremost, theWardenswatch
theAzureCovenant marinesfor any
danger of corruption or possession. If
they seesuch things, they respond
violently without hesitation and delay.
If a friendly AZURE COVENANT
model within 12" of this model
suffers Perils From The W arp
during the psychic phase, this model
will suffer an additional mortal
wound on top of any wounds which
are already inflicted. However, if this
model is subsequently killed by Perils
of the W arp, then the other effects of
the Perils of the W arp are ignored
(i.e, there is no damage to the units
around them.)

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 - Force Sword
ATHENEUMEQUIPMENT: - Force Stave
Up to two weapons can be chosen from
the following list: PISTOLS:
- Bolt Pistol - Bolt Pistol
- Chainsword - Plasma Pistol
- Plasma Pistol - Grav Pistol
- Power Sword - Psyk-pistol
- Power Fist
PRAESWARDENMELEEWEAPONSLIST:
MELEEWEAPONS:
- Arc Maul
- Chainsword - Power Sword
- Power Sword - Execution of Discipline
- Power Axe - Hydraulic Claw
- Power Fist
- Lightning Claw
PRAESWARDENRANGEDWEAPONS:
PSYCHICMELEEWEAPONS: - Torsion Cannon
- Cognis Lascannon
- Force Halberd - Heavy Arc Rifle
- Force Axe - Volkite Incinerator

Bolter Discipline ShockAssault

Thebolter ismorethan a weapon totheSpaceMarines- it
isan instrument of vengeanceand retribution that brings
swift death totheir enemies. In thesteady handsof each
superhuman warrior, boltersaretruly daunting weaponsto
behold.
All <AZURE COVENANT> models gain this ability.
Instead of using the normal rules for Rapid Fire
weapons, Rapid Fire bolt weapons used by models
with this ability make double the number of normal
attacks if any of the following apply:
TheAdeptusAstartesareelitewarriorswhostrikewith the
fury of a thunderbolt. Few warriorscan withstand this
onslaught.
If this unit made a charge move, is charged, or
performs a heroic intervention, add 1 to the attack
characteristics of models in this unit until the end of
the turn.

- The firing model's target is within half the weapon's

maximum rage.
- The firing model remained stationary during the
previous Movement phase.

For the purposes of this ability, a rapid fire bolt weapon

is any weapon with the Rapid Fire type whose profile
includes the word 'bolt'.

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 "How many have we lost?We have our Hall of the Enlightened, those members of the
Covenant who have lost their lives bringing the light the Emperor's Truth to the dark,
ignorant universe. There are reliquaries and statues there, lining our hall of fallen
heroes. Those we have lost to the enemy are counted in the many hundreds. Our
Covenant is long lived but all too often, its members are not.

They are commemorated in statues, in our Folio of Bereavement, and in their

comrades that remember them. They are the lucky ones.

We have lost others, too. Taken in the night by cold horror. Escorted from the
librarium or training gyms for a flicker - a moment - a touch of something which the
Praes do not like. W here they go, we do not know. W hat happens to them?We do not
know. We are empowered to seek knowledge except amongst our comrades and friends. We cannot seek the
truth that most affects us.

W here are their relics?W here are their memorials or marks in the Folio?Are they to be taken from our
memory too?Such lives deserve to be remembered, whatever their failings were."

AttributedtoLibrarianCodicer Erasmi, 'OnLossanditsMeaning',M.42.119

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THEY ARE THE MOST FICKLE OF ALLIES, THIS BLUE SHOULDERED COVENANT +++++ FOUGHT WITH WARPFIRE,
WITH BOLTERS AND CHAINS-+++S AND WEAPONS I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE LIKE OF.-

THEIR SILENCE WAS THE WOR - <BACKGROUND GUNFIRE> .++++.EVEN AS THEY DIED THEY DID NOT SCREAM.

THEY LEFT US ON <REDACTED>, WITH NO WARNING. NOW WE ARE OUTNUMBERED AN +++++ I HATE THEM,
+++++ WISH THEY HAD STAYED.

Recieved by Astropathic Duct Teriatious on Terra, via Duct Baku, Message level Proxima Magenta, later confirmed as
last communication from Sandia Meta before it fell to the Great Enemy.

Impounded by the Ordos Hereticus as a moral threat grade Ulitima.

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 There is nothing more frustrating
that ignorance. We, as a race, have
found a virtue in ignorance. The
Imperium has entire departments and
the whole of the Inquisition to remove
knowledge from humanity. And then
the Mechanicus, those horders of all
data, have so much that they not know
one tenth what they have.
Great secrets must be there, secrets
which could hold the salvation of the
Imperium, and, in fact, the whole
human race. We may have already
found our salvation, lost somewhere in a
data vault.
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Such knowledge should be held back
from mere humans, and this is right. The
history of our species shows the abiding
truth of that. But we are not human, and
we are strong enough to carry the legacy
of others in our endless search. We shall
complete this quest and bring these
secrets to the salvation of humanity!
Librarian EmeritusTolmak, "An Addressto
theCovenant" Restricted Folio334-895,
M42.142
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 Never forget the trinity of the Covenant; Silence, Truth and Knowledge. Know each of
them in turn. Silence is the Omerta, and protects those from secrets that might well threaten
their very sanity. Truth is our method; through knowledge, books, experiments and all other
ways we can learn. Knowledge is our goal; for the only good is knowledge, and the only evil is
ignorance. We are surrounded by ignorance, and therefore we are surrounded by evil. It is our
job to bring the light of truth to the ignorant. Not the foolish who believe that religion is
truth, but facts and knowledge.

These are the three tenants of our Covenant, to last until the last of us are lost or slain.

"On theOmerta", a lecturegiven by Torch Bearer Scritien Poise, M42.188

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Initiates, while equipped in lighter arms and armour, will fight with the same fury and stubborness which is expected from all the
Astartes within the Azure Covenant.
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 T he pr incipal weapon of the Azur e Covenant is
the Cawl Patter n Mar k I I bolt r ifle. T his weapon is a
scaled up boltgun, allowing for a longer shell which has
highly incr eased ar mour penetr ation as well as a longer
r ange.

T he For ge-wr ights of the Azur e Covenant have

made many modifications to the bolt r ifles over a centur y
of ser vice. Most modifications ar e for simple ser vice -
some mar ines pr efer a looser or tighter tr igger pull, for
example. L entacessor s, in par ticular , have heavily
modified weapons that have stayed with them thr ough
decades of ser vice.

T he pr imar y weapon of the I nitiate I nfantr y squads is a

Claudi-Bax patter n boltgun. T his is a sacr ed design modification for
the Godwyn patter n boltgun, agr eed as holy witin the Ommnissah by
the Conclave of Bakku in 38.762.

Designed for mass pr oduction (as far as any bolter -type

weapon can be) the weapon's boxy natur e makes it a slightly mor e
clumsy weapon that a classic Umbr a or Godwyn style bolter . T he
incr eased r ate of fir e, however , makes up for any added inaccur acy.

Given as par t of an initiates tr aining, some Astar tes ar e

loath to give up their weapon even when they ar e pr omoted to full
battle company status. T hey will continue car r ying these weapons
even as Antheneum I ntecessor s.

T he helm of a Noviate L ibr ar ian is customised

by the tech-thr alls of Fur nace H old fr om a standar d Cawl
Patter n Mk X helm.

Within the ar mour ed cer emite, they install a

psycho-kinetic lattice, allowing the L ibr ar ian to per ceive
the Empyr ean even while wear ing their helm.
Additionally, they install filter baffles on the audio feeds.
W hen combined with the enhancements within the
L ar r iman's eye - a specific change in the Azur e Covenants
geneseed - they allow the Novitate to fall into a
momentar y tr ance. T his allows them to concentr ate ,
whatever the situation, and deliver their devastating
pychic ener gy.

T he Azur e Covenant uses a var iety of ammunition.

Var iety includes K r aken pentr ator r ounds, Cawl patter n explosive
r ounds and other , mor e specialised ammunition. T he Pr aes
War dens, in par ticular , ar e known to manufactur e their own
anti-psyker r ounds for use against the Azur e Covenant's own
mar ines. T he compositions of these shells is unknown - though
based, no doubt, on the secr et knowledge of the Mechanicus.

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Armouryof theAzureCovenant
As befits a a newly founded Chapter of Adeptus Astartes, the Azure Covenant has an extensive armoury with which
to bring death to their enemies. W hile their warp fire is dangerous, they complement this ability with all the myriad
of killing tools that an Astartes can carry. The profiles for all the weapons can be found below.

Ranged W eapons

Weapon Range Type S AP D Abilit ies

Assault Bolter 18" Assault 3 5 -1 1 -

Assault Cannon 24" Heavy 6 6 -1 1 -

Assault Plasma
- W hen attacking with this weapon, choose one of the profiles below.
Incinerator

- Standard 24" Assault 2 6 -4 1 -

On a hit roll of 1, the bearer is slain after all of this

- Supercharge 24" Assault 2 7 -4 2
weapon's shots have been resolved.

If the target is within half range, add 1 to this

Astartes shotgun 12" Assault 2 4 0 1
weapons strength

Auto bolt rifle 24 Assault 2 4 0 1 -

Auto boltstorm gauntlets

18" Assault 6 4 -1 1 -
(shooting)

Bolt Carbine 24" Assault 2 4 0 1 -

Bolt pistol 12" Pistol 1 4 0 1 -

Bolt Rifle 30" Rapid Fire 1 4 -1 1 -

Boltgun 24" Rapid Fire 1 4 0 1 -

Boltstorm gauntlet
12" Pistol 3 4 0 1 -
(shooting)

Cognis Lascannon 48" Heavy 1 9 -3 D6 -

W hen attacking units with 5 or more models, change

Demolisher Cannon 24" Heavy D3 10 -3 D6
this weapon's Type to Heavy D6.

Flamer 8" Assault D6 4 0 1 This weapon automatically hits its target.

Frag Grenade 6" Grenade 1 3 0 1 -

Fragstorm Grenade
18" Assault D6 4 0 1 -
Launcher

If this target has a save of 3+ or better, this weapon

Grav-Pistol 12" Pistol 1 5 -3 1
has a Damage characteristic of D3.

If the target is a VEHICLE, change the damage of this

Heavy Arc Rifle 36" Heavy 2 6 -2 D3
weapon to D6.
 Weapon Range Type S AP D Abilit ies
Heavy Bolt Pistol 12" Pistol 1 4 -1 1 -

Heavy Bolter 36" Heavy 3 5 -1 1 -

Heavy Flamer 8" Assault D6 5 -1 1 This weapon automatically hits its target.

Heavy Onslaught Gatling

30" Heavy 12 5 -1 1 -
Cannon

Heavy Plasma Incinerator - W hen attacking with this weapon, choose one of the profiles below.

- Standard 36" Heavy 1 8 -4 1 -

On a hit roll of 1, the bearer is slain after all of this

- Supercharge 36" Heavy 1 9 -4 2
weapon's shots have been resolved.

A model can only fire each hunter-killer missiles

Hunter Killer Missile 48 Heavy 1 8 -2 D3
once per battle.

Add 1 to hit rolls made for this weapon against

Icarus ironhail heavy
36" Heavy 3 4 -1 1 targets that can FLY. Subtract one from all hit rolls
stubber
made for this weapon against all other targets.

Add 1 to hit rolls made for this weapon against

Icarus rocket pod 24" Heavy D3 7 -1 1 targets that can FLY. Subtract one from all hit rolls
made for this weapon against all other targets.

Add 1 to hit rolls made for this weapon against

Icarus Stormcannon 48" Heavy 3 7 -1 2 targets that can FLY. Subtract one from all hit rolls
made for this weapon against all other targets.

Ironhail Heavy stubber 36" Heavy 3 4 -1 1 -

Krak Grenade 6" Grenade 1 6 -2 D3 -

Krakstorm grenade
18" Assault 1 6 -1 D3 -
launcher

Las-talon 24" Heavy 2 9 -3 D6 -

Lascannon 48" Heavy 1 9 -3 D6 -

Macro Plasma Incinerator - W hen attacking with this weapon, choose one of the profiles below.

- Standard 36" Heavy D6 8 -4 1 -

For each hit roll of 1, the bearer suffers 1 mortal

- Supercharge 36" Heavy D6 9 -4 2 wound after all of this weapon's shot have been
resolved.

Macro-stubber 12" Pistol 5 4 0 1 -

Master-crafted auto bolt

24" Assault 2 4 0 2 -
rifle

Master-crafted stalker bolt 30" Heavy 1 4 -2 2 -

rifle

Marksmen Bolt Carbine 24" Rapid Fire 1 4 0 1 Each unmodified roll of a 6 to hit made for this
weapons attack automatically hits and causes a
wound.

Onslaught gatling cannon 24" Heavy 6 5 -1 1 -

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 Weapon Range Type S AP D Abilit ies
Plasma Incinerator - W hen attacking with this weapon, choose one of the profiles below.

Rapid Fire
- Standard 30" 7 -4 1 -
1

Rapid Fire On a hit roll of 1, the bearer is slain after all of this
- Supercharge 30" 8 -4 2
1 weapon's shots have been resolved.

Plasma Pistol - W hen attacking with this weapon, choose one of the profiles below.

- Standard 12" Pistol 1 7 -3 1 -

On a hit roll of 1, the bearer is slain after all of this

- Supercharge 12" Pistol 1 8 -3 2
weapon's shots have been resolved.

Predator autocannon 48" Heavy 2D3 7 -1 3 -

Psyke Pistol 12" Pistol 1 4 0 1 W hen targeting PSYKERS, change damage to D3.

Reductor Pistol 3" Pistol 1 4 -3 2 -

This unit does not inflict any damage. If an enemy

INFANTRY unit is hit by any shock grenades, it is
Grenade
Shock Grenade 6" * * * stunned till the end of the turn. - it cannot fire
D3
Overwatch and your opponent must subtract 1
from any hit rolls made for the unit.

Add 1 to hit rolls made for this weapon against

Skyhammer missile
60" Heavy 3 7 -1 D3 targets that can FLY. Subtract one from all hit rolls
launchers
made for this weapon against all other targets.

Stalker bolt rifle 36" Heavy 1 4 -2 1 -

This weapon can target <CHARACTER> even if not the closest enemy unit. W hen attacking with this weapon,
Sniper Bolt Rifle
choose one of the profiles below.

-If you make a 6+ wound roll for this weapon, it

- Executioner Round 36" Heavy 1 4 -2 D# inflicts 1 mortal wound in addition to its normal
damage.

This weapon can find at targets not visible to the

firer. Add to hit rolls for this weapon. Units do not
- Mortis Round 36" Heavy 1 4 -1 1
gain the benefits of cover against attacks from this
weapon.

- Hyperfrag Round 36" Heavy D3 4 0 1

Rapid Fire
Storm Bolter 24" 4 0 1 -
2

Twin assault cannons 24" Heavy 12 6 -1 1 -

Twin heavy bolter 36" Heavy 6 5 -1 1 -

Twin Lascannon 48" Heavy 2 9 -3 D6 -

Typhoon Missile
-W hen attacking with this weapon, choose one of the profiles below.
Launcher

- Frag Missile 48" Heavy 2D6 4 0 1 -

- Krak Missile 48" Heavy 2 8 -2 D6 -

Torsion Cannon 24" Heavy 1 8 -4 D6 -

 Weapon Range Type S AP D Abilit ies

Termination Protocol 36" Heavy D3 6 -2 2 This weapon wounds ASTARTES or HERETIC

ASTARTES on a roll of 2+

Each time you make a wound roll of 6+ for this

Volkite Blaster 24" Heavy 3 6 0 1 weapon,, the target suffers a mortal would along with
any other damage.

Melee W eapons

Weapon Range Type S AP D Abilit ies

Auto bolt storm gauntlets W hen attacking with this weapon, you must subtract
Melee Melee x2 -3 D3
(melee) 1 from the hit roll.

W hen attacking a VEHICLE, this weapon has a

Arc Maul Melee Melee +2 -1 1
damage of D3

Boltstorm Gauntlet W hen attacking with this weapon, you must subtract
Melee Melee x2 -3 d3
(melee) 1 from the hit roll.

Every time the bearer fights, it can make one

Chainsword Melee Melee User 0 1
additional attack with this weapon.

Every time the bearer fights, it can make one

Combat knife Melee Melee User 0 1
additional attack with this weapon.

Every time the bearer fights, it can make one

Duelling Rapier Melee Melee User -2 2
additional attack with this weapon.

This weapon wound ASTARTES or HERETIC

Execution Protocol Melee Melee User -2 2
ASTARTES on a 2+.

Force Axe Melee Melee +1 -2 D3 -

Force Stave Melee Melee +2 -1 D3 -

Force Sword Melee Melee User -3 D3 -

Force Halberd Melee Melee +3 -2 3 -

Fury Melee Melee +2 -2 2 You can re-roll failed wound rolls with this weapon.

W hen attacking with this weapon, you must subtract

Hydraulic Claw Melee Melee x2 -1 D3
1 from the hit roll.

You can re-roll failed wound rolls for this weapon. If a

Lightning claw Melee Melee User -2 1 model is armed with two lightning claws, each time it
fights it can make one additional attack with them.

Master-crafted Power
Melee Melee User -3 2 -
Sword

Power Axe Melee Melee +1 -2 1 -

W hen attacking with this weapon, you must subtract

Power Fist Melee Melee x2 -3 D3
1 from the hit roll.

Power Maul Melee Melee +2 -1 1 -

Power Sword Melee Melee User -3 1 -

Redemptor Fist Melee Melee x2 -3 D6 -

Staff of Enlightenment Melee Melee +2 -1 2 -

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Bring firetotheenemy!
Bring fireand death! Let the
warp run through you toaid
their destruction! Let none
survive!
Librarian Emeritus
Dougati during the
Purging of Zeta Zariah,
M.42
THEWATCHED
ANDTHEDAMNED
In this section you'll find rules for Battle-forged armies that include AZURE
COVENANT Detachments - that is, any Detachment which includes only
AZURE COVENANT units. These rules include the abilities below and their
strategems. This section also contains the Azure Covenant's unique W arlord
Traits, Psychic Discipline and Relics. Together, these rules give you the
unique character and varied fighting style of the Azure Covenant in your
games of W arhammer 40,000.
ABILITIES W REATHED IN W ARP FIRE
TheAzureCovenant gotowar with
If your army is battle-forged, Troop
weaponswreathed in thefiresof the
units in AZURE COVENANT
Warp. Even themost untrained Librarian
detachments gain the Defenders of
can recitethecanticlesof ignition,
Humanity ability. In addition, all
sending flaming bolt shellstocrash
units in a battle forged detachment get
against theenemy ranks. Thesedeadly
the W REATHED IN W ARPFIRE
projectileswill shatter armour and ignite
special rule.
clothing, leaving burning corpsesin their
The PRAES W ARDENS do not get wake.
these special abilities.
In the shooting phase, each
unmodified roll of a 6 to hit with a
DEFENDERSOF HUMANITY bolt weapon adds an additional -1
modifier to the AP of the weapon.
Though they areseparated even from For example, AP0 becomes AP-1,
their own kin in other chapter, theAzure AP-1 becomes AP-2 etc etc..
Covenant will stand and diefor the
Imperium and theEmperor of Mankind. For the purposes of this rule, bolt
weapons are classed as weapons with
A unit with this ability that is within the word bolt in the title (i.e.
range of an objective marker (as boltstorm gauntlet, bolt rifle, heavy
specified by the mission) controls the bolter etc)
objective marker even if there are
more enemy models within range of
that objective marker. If an enemy
unit within range of the same
objective marker has a similar ability,
then the objective marker is
controlled by the player who has the
most models beside it as normal.
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WARLORDTRAITS
The commanders of the Azure Covenant are highly trained and extremely skilled commanders.
Their tactics in battle are honed by their knowledge and their secrets: war-lore and tactical advice
which remains hidden deep within the Azure Covenants libraries.
If a AZURE COVENANT CHARACTER is your warlord, they can generate a W arlord Trait from the
following table instead of the one from the Warhammer 40,000 rulebook. You can either roll on the
table below to randomly generate a warlord trait, or you can select the one that best suits their
preferred style of waging war.

1 FURYOFTHEDAMNED
TheAzureCovenant burn with a fury to
takeout their pain on others. Beforethey
areclaimed by thePraes, hey will kill as
many enemies they can.
If your warlord charged, was
charged, or performed a heroic
intervention this turn, all friendly
AZURE COVENANT units within
6"of them add 1 to their strength
characteristic in the Fight phase.
2 THEOMERTALIVESON
Born within their very gene-code, the
AzureCovenant would diebeforethey
would speak tobetray their comrades.
Friendly AZURE COVENANT units
automatically pass Morale tests while
they are within 12" of your W arlord.
3 WATCHFULGENERAL
AzureCovenant commanders can s
eparatethemselvesfrom their individual
combats, and watch thebattle develop
with a detached eye.
If you army is battle-forged,
every time you use a stratagem, roll a
D6. On a 5+ you gain one command
point.
4 FORMERLENTACESSOR
TheWarlord isa one-timeLentacessor,
and knowsthebrutal effectivenessof
getting closeand assaulting theenemy.
You can re-roll the dice used to
determine how far friendly AZURE
COVENANT units Advance
and Charge if they are within 6"of
your warlord.
5 CIRCLE-BOUNDED
Within theCovenant, secretsare
discussed and traded in research circles.
Someof theseuncover powerful
ritesand abilities.
Add one to any Psychic test
you take for your warlord.
6 SUFFERNOTTHEWITCH!
ThisWarlord hastrained in theAzure
Covenant'seliteWitch-Hunter circle.
With secret ritual,sthey can clear the
empyrean'senergy with a thought.
You can re-roll failed Deny the W itch
tests taken by this warlord.

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 STRATAGEMS
If your army is Battle-forged and includes any AZURE COVENANT Detachments (excluding auxiliary
support Detachments), you have access to the Stratagems shown below, meaning you can use Command
points to activate them. These help reflect the tactics and strategies used by the Azure Covenant on the
battlefield.
ARMOURY OF THE PRAES
1CP/3CP AzureCovenant Strategem
TheForgehascreatedmany powerf ul relicsandweapons
f or theAzureCovenant totakeintobattle.
Use this strategem before the battle. Your army can
have one extra Relic of the Covenant for 1CP, or
two extra Relics of the Covenant for 2CP. All the
Relics of the Covenant you include must be
different and given to different AZURE
COVENANT characters. You can only use this
Stratagem once.
AUSPEX SCAN
2CP AzureCovenant Strategem
Nearby motion andradiation signaturesaredetectedby a
hand-helddevice, f orewarningthebearer of enemy
ambushes.
Use this stratagem immediately after your
opponents sets up a unit that is arriving on the
battlefield as reinforcements within 12"of one of
your AZURE COVENANT INFANTRY units. Your
unit can immediately shoot at that enemy unit as if
it were the shooting phase, but you must subtract 1
from the resulting hit rolls.
W ISDOM FROM THE W ARP
1CP AzureCovenant Strategem
ThewarpwhispersaroundtheAzureCovenant, sometimes
warningthemof their f uture. WiseMarineslisten.
Play this stratagem in your opponent's shooting
phase, once they have nominated an AZURE
COVENANT INFANTRY target but before a roll to
hit is made. The targeted unit is classed as being in
cover for the duration of that shooting attack. If the
unit being attacked is already in cover, this
stratagem has no effect.
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TACTICAL FLEXIBILITY
1CP AzureCovenant Strategem
TheAdeptusAstartesarerenownedf or their quicknessin
dividingtheir squads, increasingtheir ability toreponseto
theenemy.
Use this Strategem at the beginning of the
movement phase. Select an AZURE COVENANT
squad with the Combat Squads ability that has 10
models. That unit is immediately split into two
separate units, each containing 5 models.
W ISDOM OF THE ANCIENTS
1CP AzureCovenant Strategem
EachAzureCovenant dreadnaught containsa comrade
of longexperienceanddedication. Their very presence
cannot helpbut inspirethe troopsaroundthem.
Use this stratagem at the start of any phase. Select
an AZURE COVENANT DREADNOUGHT from
your army. Until the end of the phase, you can
re-roll hit rolls of 1 for AZURE COVENANT
units within 6" of that Dreadnought.
W ITH FURY AND STEEL
3CP AzureCovenant Strategem
TheAzureCovenant hasstoriesof heroicsandhonour,
andno-onewouldever wishtoshametheir ancestors
Use this stratagem at the end of any fight phase.
Select an AZURE COVENANT INFANTRY unit
from your army - that unit can immediately fight
for a second time.
 ORBITAL BOMBARDMENT
3CP AzureCovenant Strategem
Highin orbit, BattleBargesandStrikeCruisersareready
to obliterateany target when orderedtodoso.
This strategem can be used once per battle, in your
shooting phase, if you have a AZURE COVENANT
W ARLORD that did not move during your
preceding movement phase. Instead of shooting with
their weapon, select a point on the battlefield visible
to the W arlord and roll a D6 for every unit within
D6" of that point, but subtract 1 from the result if the
unit rolled for is a CHARACTER. On a 4+, the unit
being rolled for suffer D3 mortal wounds.
CHANNELED POW ER
1CP AzureCovenant Stratagem
When in direneed, AzureCovenant Psykerscanchannel so
much warppower throughtheir body that it causesthem
physical harm.
Use this strategem before attempting to manifest a
psychic power. Select an AZURE COVENANT
PSYKER. This model immediately takes a Mortal
W ound, however, you can manifest one additional
psychic power this turn.
PRIORITY TARGET IDENTIFIED
2CP Azure Covenant Strategem
WhilethePraesWardenswatchtheir chargesclosely,
their machinespiritsareenragedby any of thosearound
whousepsychicenergy. They will seek tokill all whodo,
whether f riendor f oe.
Use this stratagem in the shooting phase.
Nominate one PRAESW ARDEN unit. This unit
can target the nearest enemy PSYKER, even if they
are a CHARACTER and not the closest target.
EYESON TARGET
1CP Azure Covenant Strategem
Thef ireof theAzureCovenant, when concentratedon a
singletarget, can bedevastating.
Use this stratagem in the shooting phase, before
rolling to hit with a single unit. All hit rolls of 1
can be re-rolled for that round of shooting.
1CP
W ARPFIRE BOLTS
AzureCovenant Strategem
Even themost humbleof psykerswithin theCovenant can
conjurethebluewarpf irethat isthedeadly enchantment f or
their weapons.
Use this stratagem at the beginning of the Shooting
phase. Select an AZURE COVENANT INFANTRY
unit. Until the end of this shooting phase, this unit
adds an additional -1 to their AP (i.e. AP0 becomes
AP-1, AP-1 becomes AP-2 etc).
EVEN IN DEATH, I STILL SMITE
2CP Azure Covenant Strategem
Duetothenumber of lossestheAzure Covenant takes, many
of thoseinterredintoDreadnoughtswereLibrariansbef ore
their death. Even entombed, their talent f or psychic
destruction remains.
Use this stratagem before the battle begins. Nominate
one DREADNOUGHT units in your army. This
DREADNOUGHT can now cast the Smite power in
the Psychic phase. Only one DREADNOUGHT per
army can be nominated.
KILLSHOT
1CP Azure Covenant Strategem
By workingtogether toidentif y their target, a groupof
Predatorscanhunt that muchmoreef f ectively.
Use this stratagem in your shooting phase if a
AZURE COVENANT Predator is within 6" of two
other friendly AZURE COVENANT Predators. If
you do so, you can add 1 to the wound rolls and
damage for all the Predators' attacks that target
MONSTERSor VEHICLESthis phase.
VENGEANCE IN DEATH
1CP Azure Covenant Strategem
AsanAzureCovenant psyker dies, they cansummon onelast
blast of power totaketheir enemieswiththem.
Use this stratagem when an AZURE COVENANT
PSYKER from your army is slain. Before removing
this model as a casualty, roll a D6 for each enemy unit
within 6", subtracting 2 for VEHICLES or
CHARACTERS. On a 4+, the unit being rolled for
suffers a mortal wound.
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PSYCHICOBLITERATION
There is no debate over the level of psychic mastery which the Azure Covenant can demonstrate. W hile some
first founding Chapters, such as the Blood Angels or Ultramarines, may claim to have more famous or powerful
psychic individuals, the sheer number and variety of powers which the Covenant manifests is almost unique in
the Imperium. W ith their stabilised gene-seed seeming to create even more psykers for each generation of
aspirants, it is believed by some in the Covenant that in a millennium or more, the Chapter could composed of
only psychically gifted marines and Initiates. Debate still rages over whether this could be the Covenants's
salvation, or their doom.
Before the battle, generate the psychic powers for PSYKERS that can use power from the Obliteratus and the Clipeum
discipline on the following tables. You can either roll a D6 to generate their powers randomly (re-roll any duplicate
results) or you can select the psychic powers you wish the psyker to have.

OBLITERATUSDISCIPLINE
D6 Result
1 Fury's Bolt: TheLibrarian conjuresa lanceof pureenergy, then hurlsit likea spear at their enemy.
Fury's Bolt has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 18" of the psyker
and visible to them. That unit suffers D3 mortal wounds.

2 Judgement's focus: Thegazeof theLibrarian cracklesasthey focustheir hateupon a nearby enemy, finding them
wanting in thelight of theEmperor.
Judgment's Focus has a warp charge value of 5. If manifested, select an enemy unit that is within 18" of the
Psyker and visible to them and roll three dice. The target suffers one mortal wound for each roll of 4+.

3 Regian's Boon: TheLibrarian directsthewarp fireintotheweaponsof their allies, causing them tocrackleand spit
terribleenergies.
Regian's Boon has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select an AZURE COVENANT unit within 18"
of the psyker. You can add 1 to any wound roll made for that unit's shooting weapons.

4 Heroes' Courage: Directing a pillar of energy upon a champion in theranks, thepsyker fortifiestheir body and
inspiresthem toheightsof courageand skill.
Heroes' Courage has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, select an AZURE COVENANT
CHARACTER within 12" of the psyker. Add one to that model's Strength, Toughness and Attacks until the
next Psychic phase.

5 W arp-born Terror: Probing their minds, theLbrarian findstheenemiesgreatest fear and then causesthem tobe
assailed by visionsof it.
W arp-born Terror has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, Select a unit within 12" of the Psyker. Until
the start of your next Psychic Phase, your opponent must roll 2 dice and discard the lowest result when
taking Morale tests.

6 Sundered Reality: Summoning all of their power, theLibrarian usestheir will totear apart thelawsof physical
space, allowing a devastating vortex toform and destroy all in it'spath.
Sundered Reality has a warp charge value of 8. If manifested, identify the nearest enemy model within 12"
of the psyker and visible to him: that model's unit, and every unit within 3" of the model, suffer D3 mortal
wounds. The number of mortal wounds inflicted is D6 instead if the power is manifested with a Psychic
test of 12+.

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CLIPEUMDISCIPLINE
D6 Result
1 Veiling Shapes: TheLibrarian summonsup thespectral ghostsof theChapter'sfallen, wreathing thosestill living in a
protectivecloud of shadow. Such strangemanifestationsfoil even an experienced marksmen'saccuracy.
Veiling Cloud has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select a friendly unit within 12". Until your next
psychic phase, shooting attacks against this unit must subtract 1 from their hit rolls.

2 W hispering Prophecy: Theflow of timeismeaninglessin therealmof energy beyond theveil. Sometimes, a skilled
war-prophet can read theflow of theenergiestogain an futureadvantage.

W hispering Prophecy has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, you can re-roll a single dice roll later during
your turn.

3 Shimmering Storm: WhiletheAzureCovenant knowshow toshapetheenergy of thewarp intodestructivepower, it

knowshow towield it in a protectivewall against theenemiesof theChapter.
Shimmering Storm has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select a friendly unit within 12". Until your next
psychic phase, this unit has a 5+ invulnerable save.

4 The Commune: Though dangeroustoseek out, therearemanifestationsof positivefeelingswithin thewarp. A skilled

psyker can communewith those, allowing it tofill and empower them tofight longer and harder.
The Commune has a warp charge value of 7. If manifested, you can add 3 to Advance and charge rolls you made
for this psyker, and make D3 additional attacks with them in the fight phase until the start of your next psychic
phase. If this power affects a squad, then they all move at the speed of the Librarian, however, only the Librarian
gains the additional attacks.

5 Blessed Relief: Biomancy can help a wounded marinerecover fromwoundswhich would impair their combat abilitiesor
even, in extremecircumstances, end their lives.
Blessed Relief has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select a friendly unit within 12". That unit immediately
heals D3 wounds. This cannot restore dead models to life.

6 Firestorms: Warpfirecan protect aswell askill, threatening thosewhoaretooclose. Thefirewormsitsway ontothe

enemiesweapons, threatening toengulf them even asthey fight.

Firestorm has a warp charge value of 6. If manifested, select a friendly unit within 6". Any models that make a
successful attack against this friendly unit in Melee will take a mortal wound on a roll of 6+, once all successful
attacks have been resolved.

" We' d pushed up t o t hei r mai n l i ne of r esi st ance i n t he hab- dome. Smoke
was ever ywher e, t hr ee of our squad wer e down and t he Her et i c Ast ar t es wer e
movi ng i n. The bol t - shel l s wer e comi ng i n l i ke r ai n, t ear i ng up t he cer emi t e,
we had cover behi nd.
Al l of a sudden, our Novi at e st ar t s pul si ng. That ' s t he onl y way t o
descr i be i t , j er ki ng t o a st r ange hear t beat . He' d j ust used l i ght ni ng t o cl ear
t he way ahead, but now hi s ski n was wr i t hi ng and bubbl i ng. Li ght began t o
f l i cker f r om hi s eyes. We knew t he si gns of what was happeni ng, and we r ai sed
our bol t - r i f l es. We di dn' t want t o f i ght a daemon i n our f r i end' s f l esh.
Then, f r om t he r ear , came a shot f r om an ar c r i f l e. I t bur ned hi m al i ve
i nsi de hi s ar mour . We saw t he War den f or j ust a moment bef or e i t moved of f . I
hat e t hem, l i ke we al l do. But at t hat moment , i t saved us. "
Mar ci Vi l s, on t he Bat t l e of Spi r al Adj unct VI .

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COMBATDOCTRINES
The tactics of the Azure Covenant are as unique as their chapters make-up and character. Decades
of study, of focused academic research and experimentation has led to the creation of the Liber
BellumOptiumi,. This keystone text of the tactics and strategies is the basis for the training of the
officers of the chapter. Azure Covenant commanders will use the general precepts of this manual
to guide their wars, seeking the best known path to victory.
Models in this unit gain a bonus depending on which combat doctrine is active (see below). If you have a
battle-forged army, only units benefit if every unit in your army uses this ability. Unless specified below
this bonus is not cumulative with other rules that alter the AP of a weapon.
At the start of the battle, the Tempestus Doctrine is active. A combat doctrine remains active for the
duration of the battle, , though you can change which combat doctrine is active at the start of each battle
round, as follows;

- If the Tempestus Doctrine was active in the previous rounds, you can change it so that the
Storm Doctrine is now active.

- If the Storm Doctrine was active in the previous rounds, you can change it so the Armis
Doctrine is now active.

TEMPESTUSDOCTRINE
TheTempestusDisciplineistheopening phaseof thebattle; theAzureCovenant focuseson identifying and
destroying priority enemy targetsearly on. Thiswill allow them tomoveup and engagetheenemy with their
boltersand psychicpowers.
The Armour Penetration of the characteristics of Heavy and Grenade weapons this model is equipped
with is improved by 1 when this Doctrine is active.

STORMDOCTRINE
TheStorm Doctrineisthenext phaseof theCovenant'sbattles. Unlikeother chapters, theCovenant aimstoseek
superiority through psychicpowersaswell astheoverwhelming application of short-rangefirepower.
W hen the Storm Doctrine is active, any <PSYKER> models can add 1 to their rolls to cast the Smite
psychic power. They can also ignore the +1 modifier for additional Smite powers being cast, after the
first.

ARMISDOCTRINE
TheArmisDoctrineisthefinal end of thebattle. After gunfireand warp lightning hasdismayed and destroyed the
enemy, theAzureCovenant closesup tofinish their foewith their deadly force-weapons. Warp lightning crackles
and theuncanny forcesof theempyrean tear through what remainsof theenemy. In such a way, thecommanders
of theAzureCovenant can assurethemselvesthat their enemy aretruly dead.
The Armour Penetration of the characteristics of Force Melee weapons (eg Force Axe, Force Sword,
etc) this model is equipped with is improved by 1 when this Doctine is active.

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 THEPRIMOGENITORS
W hile the primogenitor of the Azure Covenant is the deepest secret of the Chapter, it is said that they
are not the first experiment involving the conversion of both men and women into Imperial space
marines.
Long studies by members of the Librarium have uncovered that there may have been a previous
chapter of Adeptus Astartes, named ?The Sisters of Purification.?This chapter, unlike the Covenant,
consisted of only female marines and is suspected to be operating sometime in M32-M33. W hat few
pic-captures of this Astartes force exist show a force equipped with Mark XI Corvus pattern white
power armour and wielding Umbra pattern bolters. This had led to some suggesting there could be a
link between the Raven Guard and the Sisters of Purification. However, many Codifiers have
dismissed this as fanciful.
As first-borne Astartes, rather than the newly created Primaris Marines, it is not certain how the
gene-seed of these marines was able to adapt to the bodies of this chapter?s marines. This has provided
another piece of evidence for the links between the Raven Guard, as the gene-seed of the former XIX
legion is famously unreliable. Perhaps the Sisters of Purification were an experiment to develop this
gene seed - but there is little evidence to prove this.
Some of the Librarium believe that this chapter was subjected to a partially effective W rit of
Obliteration, which has scoured much of the information of the Sisters of Purification from Imperial
records and official ecclesiarchy canon. W hat little is known has been pieced together by a senior circle
of the Azure Covenant, led by Chapter Regent Rachmeil herself.
The Sisters of Purification have a single confirmed combat action. The world of Lukaas was
threatened by warp-inspired sun-activity, and the Sisters of Purification were deployed on mass to the
hive-worlds move to purge the cult which controlled this activity. At the very height of this solar
flare, the Chapter engaging in brutal close-range fire with the enraged cult. Casualties, due to the cult?s
support with Jakero weaponsmiths, were high. High-powered laser fire cut down the Marines as they
prosecuted their desperate attack, trying to silence the warp-crafted machine before the solar power
could scour the surface of Lukaas. W ith the lives of over 2 billion Imperial servants in danger, Sister
Chonni hit the machine with a krak grenade. It exploded, and the threat was ended.
No-one knows how many of the Sisters died in this action, but there are only a few scattered
mentions of their chapter actions after this. Perhaps this great battle, saving so many lives, had done so
much damage that The Sisters of Purification were doomed to a slow extinction.
Nonetheless, the world of Lukaas was preserved for the Imperium for several millennium, before
being finally lost within the warp during the Hamlin Violation in M37. W ithout being able to examine
the evidence of the site, it is unlikely how much more the Azure Covenant will discover about this
fabled chapter of female Astartes.

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 PointsValues
If you are playing a matched play game, or a game that uses a points limit, you can use the following lists to determine
the total points cost of your army. Simply add together the points costs of all your models and the wargear they are
equipped with to determine your army's total points value.

HQ TROOPS
Unit Models Pointsper Model Unit Models Pointsper Model
per unit (does not include per unit (does not include
wargear) wargear)

Athenaeum Provost 1 78 Intercessors 5-20 28 (18 for Intercessors)

Athenaeum Provost in Gravis Initiate Infantry 5-20 18 (11 for Initiate)

1 90
Armour
Infiltrators 5-10 22
Librarian Emeritus 1 115
FASTATTACK
Librarian Emeritus in Phobo 1 115
Armour Unit Models Pointsper Model
per unit (does not include
Athenaeum Sub-Provost 1 70 wargear)
Athenaeum Sub-Provost in Inceptors Squad 3-6 25
1 80
Phobos Armour

Praes Suzerain 1 100 HEAVYSUPPORT

Unit Models Pointsper Model
ELITES per unit (does not include
wargear)
Unit Models Pointsper Model
per unit (does not include Eliminators 3 18
wargear)
Hellblaster Squad 5-10 18
Athenaeum Ancient 1 69
Repulsor Executioner 1 185
1st Athenaeum Lentacessors 5-10 25
Praes W ardens 2-4 30
Athenaeum Duellist 1 40
Astraeus Super-heavy 1 500
Damned Intercessors 5-20 18 tank
Primaris Apothecary 1 68

Redemptor Dreadnought 1 140

FLYERS
Unit Models Pointsper Model
Reiver Squad 5-10 18 per unit (does not include
wargear)
Torch Bearer 1 81
Stormhawk Interceptor 1 85
W arpfire Aggressors 3-6 21
Stormtalon Gunship 1 110
DEDICATEDTRANSPORTS
Unit Models Pointsper Model
NAMEDCHARACTERS
per unit (does not include
Unit Models Pointsper Model
wargear) per unit (Includes W argear)

Repulsor 1 185 Vexi Rachmiel 1 150

Ashblade Ground Skimmer 1 75
RANGEDWEAPON RANGEDWEAPON
WEAPON PointsPer Weapon WEAPON PointsPer
Weapon
Absolver Bolt Pistol 0
Master-crafted stalker bolt rifle 4
Arc Rifle 4
Master Crafted Occulus Bolt Carbine 4
Assault Bolter 10
Missile Launcher 25
Assault Cannon 22
Onslaught Gatling Cannon 16
Assault Plasma Incinerator 17
Plasma Eradicator 25
Auto bolt rifle 1
Plasma Incinerator 15
Auto boltstorm Gauntlets 15
Plasma Pistol 7
Bolt Carbine 0
Predator Autocannon 40
Bolt Pistol 0
Skyhammer Missile launcher 24
Bolt Rifle 0
Storm Bolter 2
Bolt Sniper Rifle 3
Termination Protocol 12
Boltgun 0
Torsion Cannon 22
Demolisher Cannon 0
Twin Assault Cannon 44
Flamer 9
Twin Macro-Accelerator Cannon 120
Flamestorm Gauntlets 0
Twin Lascannon 50
Frag Grenades 0
Volkite Incinerator 8
Fragstorm Grenade Launchers 4

Grav Pistol 8 MELEEWEAPONS

Heavy Arc Rifle 9 WEAPON PointsPer
Weapon
Heavy Bolt Pistol 0
Chainsword 0
Heavy Laser Cannon 40
Combat Knife 0
Heavy Onslaught Gatling Cannon 30
Execution of Discipline 4
Heavy Plasma Incinerator 17
Force Axe 10
Hunter Killer Missile 6
Force Halberd 15
Icarus Ironhail Heavy Stubber 6
Force Stave 12
Icarus Rocket Pod 6
Force Sword 8
Ironhail heavy stubber 6
Hydraulic Claw 8
Krak Grenades 0
Lightning Claws (single/ pair) 8/ 12
Krakstorm Grenade Launcher 4
Master crafted power sword 10
Las-talon 40
Power Axe 5
Lascannon 20
Power Fist 12
Macro Plasma Incinerator 31
Power Sword 4
Macro-stubber 0
Redemptor Fist 0
Marksmen Bolt Carbine 0
Staff of Englightenment 0
Master-crafted Auto bolt rifle 4

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 THEYBRINGENLIGHTENMENTWITHBOLTERANDBLADE!
The 41st Millennium is an age of ignorance and darkness,
and dangerous secrets are rife. Searching for these are the
Azure Covenant, Primarch Guilliman's Primaris Space
Marines, possessed by the desire to discover the mysteries of
this darkest of galaxies. Forged from secret gene-seed and
tempered in terrible battles, the Azure Covenant know that
their lives are forfeit from the moment they join this
insular chapter - but what they discover before their deaths
may change the Imperium forever. Though these Astartes
are few, they are mighty, and their sorcery, arms and
commitment to victory may make them heroes of the
Imperium.
INSIDEYOUWILLFIND:
- The stories of the Ultima founding, and
the secret science which brought the
Azure Covenant together during the
Ultima Crusade.
- A showcase of the Primaris Miniatures
which make up the Chapter, including
their unique units such as the Praes
Wardens.
- A complete list of the datasheets
providing tabletop rules for every unit
in an Azure Covenant army.
- Army-specific rules content that allows
you to customise your army and be
victorious with them to the battlefield.