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Chapter History
While a relatively young chapter like the rest of their Ultima bred brethren, the Knights Repentant have seen their share of hard fought victories and loss. They are Sons of Dorn but also formerly brothers of the Black Templars. They are devoted and stoic. Loyal and Brave. They exemplify all an Astartes of the Ultima Founding should be.

Ultima Founding
Founded as a Primaris Crusade, the Penitent Crusade carved a swath through the Dark Imperium. No mercy was shown to the enemies of the Imperium. Their Marshall and Commander, Valerius Puglia, after seeing the destruction wrought upon the Imperial agricultural world of Sicilia III, decided to extricate his Crusade from the Black Templars and found a new Chapter, The Knights Repentant. Founding the Chapter Hold on Sicilia III, helping the people of the world to rebuild.

Indomitus Crusade
The Chapter started the Indomitus as the Penitent Crusade under the Black Templars. The numerous battles of the Penitent Crusade were nothing compared to the Battle of Sicilia III.

At the battle of Sicilia III, Marshal Valerius came to the aid of the 95th Maccabean Janissaries Regiment of the Imperial Guard, who had been called to the planet to help the world hunt a Chaos warband that had ravaged several settlements on the planet. Once the Penitent Crusade had arrived the warband had grown and the Maccabean astropaths feared a Daemon incursion onto the planet.

Valerius ordered his Reiver Corps to scout the settlement that the Warband had taken over as it's nest of perversion and death. For Valerius there was no honor to be had in the simple bombardment of the settlement. He would stride it's walls and personally cut down every traitor if he could. He had the Guardsmen create a perimeter around the settlement in order to commence an artillery bombardment and to make sure that none of the traitors escaped the settlement, along with his teams of Inceptors to provide air support.

Valerius mounted a Repulsor Tank and rallied his troops. “These traitors know not the fear of the Emperor's favor. We will stride these walls and slay every last one. The Emperor protects!” The Battle of Sicilia III had truly begun. The Battle started as a mass plasma bombardment on the outer walls and defenses, once the defenses were suitably weakened Valerius ordered the charge. The Traitors were cut down, no quarter was given, every street was a battle, every building a slaughterhouse. Two days into the battle the Penitent Crusade was pinned within the inner bastions, Marshal Valerius expected this would be his last battle. He rallied what was left of his men and charged headlong into the inner bastion. Behind them the Maccabeans charged in to support the Crusade.

Valerius saw the destruction and decided to abandon the Crusade and establish the Knights Repentant on Sicilia III, with a request for a Chapter penned by Lord Francis Anglia of Sicilia III and approved by the High Lords of Terra under the title of the Knights Repentant. By the time the chapter was established only 100 Battle Brothers remained. Word was sent to Terra and Ultramarr that they would be rebuilding and would not return to the battle until then. Valerius ordered the creation of a Librarius, and new recruits were found out on Sicilia III. He sent out his Lieutenants, Marcus and Gregorius, to travel to the nearest Forge World to accrue more arms. The Establishment Period on Sicilia III was hard fought but the Chapter was returned to more than full strength within the century.

Once the chapter established itself on Sicilia III, it sent out it's Strike Cruisers to support other chapters and Imperium forces. There was no siege they could not break and no foe they could not slay. The Dark Imperium was their battle ground, the Eye of Terror their sun.

Notable Campaigns
The Indomitus Crusade: Conflicts documented under Black Templar Crusade Penitent;

The Battle of Uralus IV against the Black Legion.~999.M42 Resulted in the loss of 50 Battle Bothers and the promotion of Chaplain Tiberius after a Suicidal Charge by then Chaplain Demetrius.

The Rulaan Campaign. Brutal siege warfare took the lives of 25 battle brothers and wounded countless others.

The Breaking of Castigan The final battle fought before the Crusade would be called to Sicilia III. The loss of 25 Battle Brothers.

The Battle of Sicilia III