The Forgotten - Warhammer 40,000 Space Marine Project

The lore for The Forgotten is that they are a Dark Angels Successor Chapter. When the Primaris were introduced to the different Chapters of Space Marines, the Dark Angels sent a contingent of their troops to hunt down The Fallen, thinking that it would be a good testing ground for these newcomers to the Chapter.

When the Chaplain leading the hunt didn’t return and communications were cut off, the Dark Angels decided to expunge all records of their hunt and soon The Forgotten earned their name.

The Chaplain and his Space Marines had indeed encountered the enemy and been reduced to a handful of their original number. Whilst dealing with the forces of The Fallen, The Forgotten had been ambushed by forces of the T’au Empire on a distant polar world and, with much of their supplies already spent, they were forced to retreat but with heavy losses.

After dodging the T’au patrols, The Forgotten fought their way back to Imperium space but were met with fierce resilience by the Imperial forces they encountered. Despite trying to hail the Astra Militarum and Adepta Sororitas forces they encountered, they were considered enemies and traitor Space Marines by their zealous brothers (and sisters) in arms and The Forgotten were forced to fight their way out of another situation.

Now The Forgotten find themselves in an impossible situation. No record of their Founding exists and so the Imperium sees them as a threat. They are no longer able to call on aid for resupplies and so make do with what they have. They are now fighting to find any remnant of their Founding…

They have taken to some drastic courses of action in the intervening years. They have stripped the Dark Angels symbol from their armour and iconography, thinking their progenitors to have abandoned them. They also mount the skulls of their enemies on their arms and armour, trophies showing the enemies of the Imperium they have destroyed in the name of The Emperor.

This has taken to many seeing them as a terrible spectre on the battlefield. Skull-festooned Angels Of Death, covered in blood and mud, dented and ruined armour making them look like corpses given life.

Maybe there is some truth to the worries of the Imperium. Perhaps The Forgotten have truly lost a sense of what they once were and would be better reduced to ashes like the records of their founding. Is it faith in The Emperor that guides their Chaplain’s zealous prayers or something far darker?

A becloaked individual wearing archaic and mismatched armour has been seen within their ranks…maybe that offers up a guide as to the fortunes of The Forgotten.