Temple Knights

"IN THOSE FATEFUL DAYS THE PHALANX WAS OUR HOME, AND WE DID NOT LET IT FALL THROUGH OUR GRASP, FOR WE KNEW DEFEAT WAS UNACCEPTABLE, AND VICTORY INEXORABLE."

- Captain Antigonos Kertes, 547th Phalanx Warder Company of the VII Legion, M31.

The Temple Knights, also called the Phrygian Knights, are a Second Founding Imperial Fist successor chapter, founded by Antigonos Kertes, who was formerly a captain of the 547th Phalanx Warder Company. Their primarch, Rogal Dorn, ordered the formation of the Temple Knights in order to stabilish a firm and permanent presence of his sons in the galactic far east, near Ullanor. And so the warriors of the Temple Knights made their home the Phrygian Sub-sector, in the then agri-world of Korengal, at the start of the 31st Millenium, seven years after the Horus Heresy.

Since then the Chapter has battled against the enemies of Mankind, using the Phrygian sub-sector as a lynchpin for their crusades. Their notable campaigns are many, such as the Purge in the final days of the War of the Beast, the Phrygian Campaign, the Galmor Chase in M34, the Conquering of Serdaex in M36, and the Indomitus Crusade in M42, to name a few.

Chapter Organization
The Chapter is Codex-Compliant, with a few divergences: The Chapter Master title is Warder; The Company Captain title is Silver-Shield; The Chapter does not uses Company Trim colours; Squad markings in the right knee-pads of the power armors are freely created by their respective Sargeants, though they usually refer to past campaigns, enemies slain, or to the culture of Korengal and the Phrygian sub-sector at large; furthermore, in addition to Tactical, Devastator and Assault Squads, the Chapter permanently fields the Somatophylakes Squads, these being formed by astartes wielding breacher-shields, bolters, and chainswords or power swords.