Warriors of Waitangi

The XI legion, one of the original 20 space marine legions, is commonly known as the Waitangi warriors in honor of the hometown of their Primarch, Hone Heke, who embodied the stubbornness and pride of his father.

History
The warriors of Waitangi are a deeply spiritual space marine legion, commonly believing in enforcing the traditions of their Primarch's homeworld onto all who visit or serve alongside them. A unique feature amongst the battle-brothers is a tradition to fight without their power armor, a trait which is seen as brave and is only partaken by the greatest of their warriors, their gene-seed has a unique issue of forcing deep layers of scars from their first induction into the chapter onto their arms, legs, body and face which are painful to the touch, and commonly partake in the war dance of their Primarch's people, a ritual intended to strike a sense of intimidation as their vox-enhanced voices scream across the battlefield in their chant. Many of their Primarch's traditions carried on from his homeworld, amongst them is to eat the flesh of their enemies who they deem worthy, seeing them into the afterlife through their food, and making sure the bastards feed the legion which fought them. Many of the legion's officers also are required to wield a traditional spear which is said to be hand-crafted by Hone himself. Alongside their deep scars, their gene-seed has also aided them by granting even more enhanced stomachs, capable of downing poison itself and according to chief elder seer Tamitako "Ork flesh tastes quite like trying to eat a bitter brew of xenos filth and living organisms"