The Red Hunters are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter of unknown origins and Founding that has strong ties to the Inquisition. The Red Hunters Chapter has a long history of putting themselves at the service of the Inquisition and the entire Chapter has been known to serve under the command of an Inquisitor Lord on certain occasions.
What little is known about the Red Hunters Chapter suggests that they may have been founded immediately following the Horus Heresy, and were intended to hunt down and eliminate the Traitor Legions. So strong is the link between this Chapter and the three great Inquisitorial orders that rumour was that they had been founded at the request of the Inquisitorial representative on Terra, and that there was a secret pact between the Inquisition and the Chapter for mutual support. The Red Hunters most famous exploits came during the Siege of Vraks, an Imperial Armoury World that was seized by the Forces of Chaos under the control of the Apostate Cardinal Xaphan in 812.M41 and was liberated by the Imperial Guard with aid from the Inquisition and numerous Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes in 830.M41
The Red Hunters' Power Armour is painted red with golden trim on the shoulder plates and silver Aquila. The eyes of a Red Hunter's helmet are green. According to the Insignium Astartes the Red Hunters originally denoted what Company a battle-brother belonged to by the colour of the trim on the shoulder plates. With the later release of Forge World's Imperial Armour Magazine Vol. 7, the illustrations of the Red Hunters show that they now all wear golden trim on their shoulder pads. Squad number/type is designated on the right shoulder pad whilst the left shoulder pad has the Chapter's iconography prominently displayed. The left knee pad shows the Company number, designated by a roman numeral.
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