Rynn's World: A Space Marine Battles Novel (Warhammer 40,000)

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The Chapter has come to embrace the Codex Astartes, including much of its core philosophy as regards preparation for battles. Their use of oral history as a reminder of their ancestors' actions, their ability to adapt to battle against hundreds of different races of xenos, and their aptitude for all phases of warfare all leave the Crimson Fists as a Chapter that is capable of facing with a broad range of different opponents -- a lesson that they had to learn through the course of their extended Crusades. Though they originated as a fleet-based Chapter, the Crimson Fists have become well-established as defenders of the Loki Sector. There are countless Ork empires active in the region, which represent an ever-present threat to the Imperium's interests. He could lead the remnants of his decimated force in a vainglorious last stand, determined to slaughter as many of the enemy as possible before succumbing to their overwhelming numbers, or, as he eventually chose, he could marshal his resources and deploy his remaining force in missions that favoured small, elite units, looking to the eventual rebuilding of the Chapter and retaking of his world. Their aim was not simply to exterminate, for even with their newly bolstered companies, there was no way they could have taken on an entire nation of Genestealer Cultists and survived. Instead they fought a complex, overlapping web of battles designed to buy time for the untainted Imperial citizenry to escape the Genestealer's Curse.

Vengeance for Rynn's World (Unknown Date.M42) - Rejuvenated by the great influx of Primaris Space Marine battle-brothers in the wake of the Indomitus Crusade's arrival on their homeworld, the Crimson Fists declared a crusade of vengeance against the entire Ork race. As this news spread across the galaxy, several WAAAGH!s were diverted by their Warlords to meet the Crimson Fists in the hopes of a truly apocalyptic punch-up. Hammer of Man - The Crimson Fists Librarian focuses his hatred of xenos into a tangible force which he projects out around him, causing pain and anguish to any sentient beings who are not human.The errata for the core rules mostly make the writing of the Skies of Fire, Wings of Vengeance and Rynn's World Campaign Book fit the writing of the Taros Air War Campaign Book rules. There is a couple of exploit fixed about stalling and occupied hexes. The Crimson Fists have little direct involvement with the human population of Rynn's World. Their fortress-monastery, the Arx Tyrannus, is located within the Hellblade Mountains. The huge structure's main hall is dominated by a statue dedicated to the memory of The Great Father, Alexis Polux, which remained within the Chapter's former Battle Barge for centuries before it was dismantled and reconstructed as the Crimson Fists' fortress-monastery. Much of their activity was focused within the Loki Sector of Segmentum Tempestus, but this was not the only region of the galaxy in which they defended the Imperium. Through their long service, the Crimson Fists have often answered the calls of the Inquisition as well as the Adeptus Administratum. No matter the nature of the foe, these Battle-Brothers remain loyal to the Imperium and its sacred cause. Yet without the efficiency, conviction and compassion of the Crimson Fists, Dirkden would have fallen long before the culmination of the War of Beasts, and doomed millions more innocent souls.

In recent years, the Chapter has suffered severe losses following the Battle of Rynn's World at the hands of the Greenskins of WAAAGH! Snagrod and the subsequent massive daemonic incursions during the Warp Storms that followed the formation of the Great Rift in 999.M41.

As Rynn's World is lightly populated, for the most part it has been given over to intensive agriculture. The planet's primary exports have historically been particularly exotic foods such as "jadeberries," which became renowned delicacies among the Imperial nobility of the sector.