Servants of the Truth (Legion)

"“Brothers, look upon the state of the Imperium today, this decrepid, religious society. Tell me, are these the ideals we fought for during the Crusade? Are these the ideals our brothers died for? Are these the ideals our father died for?”"

- Legion Master Abdiel Tiberian

The Servants of the Truth were a Space Marine Legion created in the wake of the Horus Heresy built around fragments of the Blood Angels Legion. They served valiantly in the Second Great Crusade, but during the Nova Terra Interregnum they defected from the Imperium and fled to Segmentum Pacificus and the Nova Terra Regency.

History
In the dark times that followed the Siege of Terra, the Imperium sought out Astartes that were powerful and skilled enough to serve as Legion Masters of a new generation of Space Marine Legions. They found one in the Blood Angels’ 10th Captain, Abdiel Tiberian. Upon his completion of the procedure, Abdiel was granted his own Company and several others to serve as the basis for a Second Founding Legion, the Paladins of Baal.

Second Great Crusade
The Paladins of Baal began on station on their new homeworld of Battencia, some distance West of Baal, to recruit and build their numbers before taking to war in the Emperor’s name. About 50 years past before they set forth to war. They set out towards the Eye of Terror, coming to the aid of Auxilllary units who were stuck in a war of attrition against Heretical forces.