Chapter Specific Quizzes: Word Bearers/Crimson Fists double header

Word Bearers Section

Easy: 1 point questions

1. What is the battlecry of the Word Bearers?

They have no fixed battlecry, preferring to chant a passage chosen by their Dark Apostle. A bit like a football (soccer for americans!) crowd shouting rude things about Jimmy Hill. From IA: Word Bearers

2. What are Word Bearers warbands known as?

Hosts. From IA:WB

3. What specifically did the Word Bearers do to turn the planet of Calth into an airless world?

They laced the worlds sun with certain metals which increased the power output tenfold which burned off the asmosphere. From IA:WB.

Moderate: 2 point questions

4. What was the fate of the Word Bearers Landraider investigated by Inquisitor Le Guinn?

It was left to drift forever inside the hold of the Inquisitors ship after it possessed him. This was seen as punishment enough as destroying it would free the entity to return to the warp. From IA:Chaos Space Marine Tanks in UK WD 275.

5. Totally gratuitous Eisenstein question: How many Word Bearers remained loyal to the Emperor in the Eisenstein Incident.

Trick question: None! Only the SoH, DG, TS, WE and EC were present at the Eisenstein Incident. From Space Marine rulebook.

Difficult: 3 point questions

6. Which Dark Apostle raised Warp-storm Baphomael?

Lord Erebus. It cut off the flow of Imperial reinforcements during the 13th Black Crusade. From post-EoT coverage in UK WD 287.

Bonus SCC Black Library Question : 3 points.

7. Name the Chaplain who led the Word Bearers on their raid against the Exodites of Varantha.

Chaplain de Haan (From Snare & Delusions by Matthew Farrer in Inferno! 16)

Crimson Fists Section

Easy: 1 point questions

8. In the Crimson Fists battlecry, the Chaplain starts with ’There is only the Emperor’, but what do the brethren respond with?

‘He is our shield and our protector.’ From IA:CF in UK WD 288.

9. Which deviant xenos race murdered Alexis Polux, the Crimson Fists first Chapter master?

The Scythians. From IA:CF.

10. Which planet are most Crimson Fists recruited from?

Blackwater. From IA:CF.

Moderate: 2 point questions

11. Name the Strike-Cruiser that transported Brother-Captain Drakken on his ill-fated mission to Badlanding?

Crusader. From Rynn’s World Incident article in UK WD 235.

12. According to Apothecary Ruillus which of Captain Cortez’ bones have not been broken, snapped or shattered at one time or another?

Two of the small bones in his right foot. From the Captain Cortez fluff article accompanying the disappointing minature release. UK WD 277.

13. Name the Land Raider that survived the destruction of the Crimson Fists Fortress-monastery and went on a bloody rampage through the Ork invaders.

‘Rynn’s Might.’ From ‘Heroic Actions of the Landraider’ article in UK WD 247.

14. Which Rogue Trader rediscovered Rynn’s World in 222.M34?

Uzieth Pallandaro. From Rynn’s World Incident article in UK WD 235.

Difficult: 3 point questions

15. Which of Snagrod’s less than trustworthy lieutenants volunteered to lead an all-out attack by dropping directly onto the the Crimson Fists Fortress-monastery?

Gorbal Luggub. He was rather surprised to survive when the target was destroyed by its own missile. (I assume he didn't actually land IN the molten lava that remained of the base but landed a short way away. From one of the armylists in Chapter Approved: The First Book of the Astronomicon. Circa 1988.

16. Rumours persist that the destruction of the Crimson Fists fortress-monastery was more than just a freak accident. Who do the conspiracy theorists say was to blame for it?

Those sneaky, low-down untrustworthy Assassins! They tampered with the missile from behind the grassy knoll! From 3rd ed. Codex: Assassins.

17. Exactly how many marines did Chapter Master Kantor lead back from the ruins of the Fortress-Monastary to New Rynn City?

Fifteen. From ‘The Battle at the Farm’ Scenario in the Rogue Trader rulebook. This was from the era of 5 man combat squads, with the player commanding three of them and 'Cantor'. He changed his name between 1st ed and 3rd ed. for some reason.

18. When the Ravenwing were sent to aid and reinforce the few surviving Crimson Fists on Rynn’s World, what was notable about the bikes that they used?

They could fly! For that mission the Ravenwing rode the infamous mk. 14 Jetcycle! : ) From Chapter Approved: Jetbike article in WD 96.

19. Name the two chapters destroyed by the Crimson Fists.

Sons of Gideon and the Marines Vigilant. Games Day program info.

Bonus PC&A Question : 3 points.

20. Which board member recently painted the stunning Crimson Fists Captain Galen?

disinfect. AKA Nick Shah.

Self-indulgent Terminator Honours Question:

The Scions of Dorn are a DIY successor chapter to the Crimson Fists. Name the renegade marine chapter that the Scions purged for the Ordo Hereticus.

The Order Encarmine. Keep an eye out for fluff appearances from the ones that escaped on Amicus, especially in the next frater AoD.

Scoring

Failed Aspirant (0-10 pts): Tsk! Just as Macragge has its Dust-krill farmers, Rynn’s World needs someone to tend the Jadeberry groves. The most dangerous weapon you will be handling is a set of pruning shears.
Initiate (11-20 pts): You have passed the ‘Festival of the Bloodied Fist’ to join the tenth company. You are the future of our noble chapter.
Battle Brother (21-30 pts): With your ascension to full marine you may finally wear a left gauntlet of the deepest crimson. A place in the squad of the legendary sergeant Huron Grimm awaits you.
Veteran of the Inferno (31-40 pts): You lost many friends to the missile from Battery Laculum. Honour them by scouring the Loki sector of orkish scum.
Brother-Captain (41-42 pts): Cortez, Drakken, Galen… and today your name joins these legends. If Dorn deems it, one day you may lead the first company with a full compliment of one hundred and twenty eight!