Special Sub-Topic: Warhammer 40,000 Iconography Authored by: SeraphAP Sub-topic of: Tabletop Games

One of the following army symbols does not have something in common with the others (in terms of the content of the symbol). Which is it?

Night Lords Chaos Space Marines. The other symbols each have a heart somewhere in the symbol.

Which of the following Chaos Space Marine Legions did NOT change their chapter icon upon turning renegade?

Night Lords. Alpha Legion changed their icon to a Hydra, Thousand Sons to a burning Snake eating its own tail (or the Tzeetnch Icon), and Word Bearers to a variety of different Daemon heads. Night Lords kept their Skull with bat Wings symbol after going renegade.

What is the chapter icon for the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Malleus?

Sword piercing an open book. Chamber Militant of the Ordo Malleus are the Grey Knights.

One of the following army symbols does NOT have something in common with the others (in terms of the content of the symbol). Which is it?

Space Wolves Space Marines. The rest have a sword somewhere in their chapter/army icon.

The pre-heresy icon/symbol for the Death Guard Space Marine Legion is what?

A skull in a circle, with six points radiating from the circle. Source: index astares article on death guard. Look on the pre-heresy marine's shoulder pad.

One of the following army symbols does not have something in common with the other three (in terms of the content of the symbol). Which is it?

Emperor's Children. The other icons all have a teardrop (or in the case of Blood Angels, a blood drop) in their chapter/Army symbols.

Which of the following Chapter/Army icons does NOT have a skull in it?

Word Bearers (traitor). The official traitor Word Bearers army icon is a horned Daemon face (a fully fleshed face, with no bone showing - see the IA article for details). The Cadian icon is a skull, surrounded by a "gate" archway symbol (representing the Cadian Gate). ( A variation of the icon is an archway with a dot instead of a skull, but officially it's a skull). Sisters' Order of Our Martyred Lady symbol is a white skull in a red circle, with a red cross beneath it (making the entire symbol look similar to an ankh). Night Lords symbol is a skull with bats wings.

The Imperial Eagle symbol (the "Aquilla") officially has only one eye.

t. According to the fluff, the eagle head with no eye represents the blind Astropaths of the Imperium.

According to the background story, the official symbol for the loyal Space Marines is what?

A winged skull. Source: Insignum Astares. The winged Skull (a skull with feathered eagle wings) was the icon that Loyal Marines painted on their armor during the Horus Heresy to signify that their allegiance was to the Emperor. Renegade marines painted either the Chaos 8-pointed star, or the eye of Horus. The Imperial Eagle (the "Aquilla") is a symbol for all forces Imperial, not just the Space Marines.

The Pre-heresy symbol for the Thousand Sons Space Marine Legion was what?

A pink ring with eight radiating points. Source: Index Astares article on Thousand Sons.

The colors of the Tau Farsight Enclave icon are what?

Black with a red "dot". Most of the icon is black, except for the "dot" at the top.

The chapter icon for the Flesh Teares Space Marine Chapter is what?

A buzzsaw blade with a blood drop. Source: Index Astares article.

Which of the following chapter/legion icons do NOT feature the head of an animal in the icon?

Ravenwing. Ravenwing icon is a wing and claw grasping a sword. Space Wolves is a Wolf Head, Salamanders is a lizard head, and traitor Alpha Legion features a Hydra with 3 heads.

Which of the following chapter/army icons does NOT feature a flame or fire in the icon?

Eldar Saim-Hann. Ebon chalice icon is a black chalice with flames, Iyanden is an arch with a single flame beneath it, Word Beares is an open book with a flame in the center of the book. Saim-Hann is a stylized snake with an infinity symbol above the snake's head.

In terms of content, which army's symbol is the odd one out?

Relictors Space Marines. The other two icons are bull heads (Although the Minotaurs symbol, for some reason, is cross-eyed).

The symbol for the Imperial Guard Catachans is what?

A knife piercing a skull. Source: back of the "Armies of the Imperium" CD case.

Which of the following symbols of the Chaos Powers was designed to resemble a skull?

Khorne. Yes, the symbol of Khrone is actually a stylized skull. The "X" part represents the eye and nose sockets, while the crossbar at the bottom (which occasionally has vertical "teeth") represents the teeth of the skull.

Which of the following Space Marine Legions has the symbol of a chain crossing an inverted "V"?

pre-heresy Alpha Legion. That's the pre-heresy Alpha Legion Symbol.

Which of the following army symbols does NOT feature an eye?

Iyanden. The Iyanden symbol is an arch with a flame beneath it. The other icons feature an eye somewhere in the symbol.

Which of the following armies does NOT have a specific, universal symbol for the army?

Dark Eldar Wych Cult. While there are a variety of icons for different individual cults, there is no specific symbol for Wych Cults in general. Same with the Kroot.