So in 2019 i made a chapter of lovecraft inspired space marines called the sons of dagon (tbh idk what i was cooking back then with them)
and well as i was doing homestuck aspects as space marine chapters (to see if those palettes work) i thought of remaking a old space marine chapter i made which lead to this end result
i havent fully written down their lore but i can tell you a bit about them
They are a loyalist space marine chapter who descend from a traitor space marine legion (specifically the word bearers) and well they showed up around the time of the cursed founding (imperial records believe they are apart of the cursed founding which they can't really deny or confirm)
Their legend tells of them coming from a band of space marines who fled after witnessing the horrors of their legion and their Genefather's actions during the Horus heresy and thus fled to parts unknown during their warp travel a gellar field malfunction happened and a warp storm also occuring which lead to their mutations (which nowadays is viewed as a curse brought upon them because of the sins of their genefather) which when they returned to realspace it had been a few Thousand terran years now in a new imperium influenced by faith (something their Genefather wanted but never achieved in his life as a mortal)
but now they have been cursed with a disfiguring mutation that influences their hatred for the traitor
their curse is basically the longer they live the more they appear less human and more fish monster. like if a person saw a elder son of dagon without their armor they'd probably appear Abhuman or hell even Xeno with how unnatural they look (inspired by the concept of Deep One hybrids in Shadow over Innsmouth) yet despite this they zealously will follow the emperor's will to the bitter end despite their horrific deformities
