Krjigsmal Castigation

The Krjigsmal Castigation was a notable campaign that was a part of the larger Remembrancer Crusade conducted by the zealous crusading Castigators Chapter in remembrance of their fallen first Chapter Master Baraquiel. During this time the Chapter repainted their livery a sombre black, and vowed to honour their fallen patriarch with each successive victory. Upon the world of Krjigsmal, the commander of the 4th Company was mortally wounded whilst fighting a Chaos Warband dedicated to the Chaos God of Pleasure. Afterwards his mortal remains were interred within the sarcophagus of an immortal Dreadnought, which has continued to serve the Chapter for the last five millennia.

History
Twelve years into the Remembrance Crusade, Captain Laertes of the 4th Company falls on the world of Krjigsmal while battling against a Slaneeshi Warband. His Honour Guard found his broken body atop a mound of corpses twelve-deep. They bore their barely-living commander back to be interred within the adamantine shell of a Dreadnought. Laertes still fights alongside his Battle-Brothers in the 4th Company five millenia later. His relic powersword, the Blade of Thorns, has since become the ceremonial badge of office for the 4th Company's Captain.