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''Sons of the Lion, brothers of the Unforgiven, Angels of the Emperor. All these names perfectly describe these Astartes. The designated guardians of mankind and the weapons of destruction turned upon foul Xenos and the destructive forces of Chaos. Golden knights who strike fast and hard in large groups of infantry with the intent to overwhelm their foes with leads of Bikes followed by Terminators that protect their lighter armored brothers. Wishing to wipe out the sins of their Primarch through their actions in safeguarding the Imperium and bringing traitors to justice in making them suffer for their heresy. Developing a religious culture based around the worship of their long-since vanished Primarch who they see as the God Emperor's greatest son. Encouraging this upon their own Homeworld, the feudal world of "Vale" in which they're believed to be angels of the God Emperor.''

Chapter History
In the ashes of the Horus Heresy the Emperor was dead, the Legions shattered and the galaxy was in ruin. The Ultramarine's Primarch Roboute Guilliman penned the Codex Astartes which dictated that the remaining Loyalist Legions were to be broken into Chapters during this historic event known as "The 2nd Founding".

Hundreds of years into the M32 the 4th Founding would dawn upon the Galaxy and one of the Chapters to be brought to its light with their own radiance would be the Radiant Paladins. Successors of the Unforgiven they'd be sent out into the dark void of space to claim their Homeworld from which they'd operate and recruit from. Deep within the Segmentum Pacificus they'd name Vale as their home. A society that believes that everyone must pull their weight or else be left in the cold, men and women knights across the world in endless war with one another. All in a vain attempt to get themselves in the Paladin's favor and therefore the favor of their God Emperor. The Astartes encourage this behavior because it has maintained a powerful pool of recruits to pull from, many infants stolen from their families by Initiates as part of their own training. Other children are offered by royal families who are promised a chance of their bloodline ascending to a divine being.

The construction of their Fortress-Monastery, The Golden Citadel, would draw the eyes of the planet's armies and their leaders, witnessing giants who descended upon their world. Donned in suits of armour to fit their larger stature they got the fear and respect of those who had lead a hundred of battles, swearing loyalty and submission to the Radiant Paladins. Many gave their land and armies to the Chapter to command as they saw fit. Hundreds of kingdoms around the planet to this day wage wars to prove their strength and faith in the God Emperor, one of the most famous of these would be the 'Königreich der Löwen ', in Low-Gothic it's the 'Kingdom of Lions '. With the rise of the Ivory Lion the land would change to the 'Kingdom of Ivory '. This was to reflect the ruler's growing ego in naming the Kingdom after her attainment of an ancient suit of armour thought lost to the ages. It that was bright, white and couldn't become tainted by any physical filth. Even blood that touched its fur mantle would seemingly evaporate upon contact, touching it would feel like petting a warm living animal. It's suspected that this armour generates a Conversion Field, for legends state that the wearer upon being struck by an enemy would receive divine punishment for daring to raise a blade to the true lord.

The system has been besieged by warp storms since M36, there'd be spans of years in which the system would become surrounded by these storms. These times would be known in Low-Gothic as ' Days of Darkness' in which the subterranean species of the world would become more active now that their sun was gone from sight. Mighty beasts that resemble those found on the Desert world of Tallon Prime. Black fur, scales or feathers but many of these species would possess a skeletal exoskeleton that would envelop more of its body as they get older. The creatures of this world are most commonly referred to in the local tongue as ' Schwarze Jägers'  due to their black appearance and seeming interest in only hunting humans. In Low-Gothic they are called 'Umbras', many with alternate names to differentiate between them. Such as 'Umbra Stalkers ' or 'Umbra Brawlers '. It's believed that there may be hundreds of species on this world compared to Tallon Prime which has only a few dozen that can survive its atmosphere.

A Chapter that prides itself in melee combat and using fast striking tactics unsurprisingly send all their Neophytes out in the world they call home, taking on years of adventures with either other Neophytes or with humans that live upon the world. Over-sized knights who travel with average sized companions are of no surprise, they're thought of as humans who have been blessed by the God Emperor and are on a mission to become one of his angels through trial. Though the threat of the Umbras was constant the world is besieged by Feral Orks. This is a result of an attempted invasion by an Ork WAAAGH! in M33 that would be fought off by the combined efforts of the Radiant Paladins and several kingdoms who put aside their own grievances to aid their Angels in fighting off these invaders. Thousands of years later Ork tribes still wander the world, some leading their own packs that attack small villages and make use of bands of Gretchins to scout out the locations days in advance before the Ork strike.

The dawn of the 42nd millennium brought the destruction of Cadia and the appearance of the Great Rift, the Warp Storms that once plagued the world of Vale would become less frequent, despite this it would see a rise in Umbra activity. The once endless wars upon the world of Vale would soon begin to die down and instead would turn their attention to fight off against the seemingly infinite hordes of these monsters. While the Chapter would appear distant from the conflict in truth they would send their Initiates into the thick of this new war dubbed the 'Dark Wars ', a new and more efficient means to train their Neophytes by battling an old foe that threatens live on the world. The additional of the Primaris Marine is divisive at best. The oldest within the Chapter see these outsiders as not nearly as faithful to the God Emperor as they are...such steps must be taken to rectify this error.

The Ivory Lion
The Kingdom of Lions in 146.M39 was led by 'Kaiser Gerhardt ', during the height of his rule he would approach the Fortress-Monastery of the Radiant Paladins with his own guards, swearing that every boy born under his flag from now on would belong to the God Emperor and used as he pleased. All Gerhardt asked in return was admittance to see the insides of the Golden Citadel which had stood as a towering palace for thousands of years. Many days would pass and the Kaiserin would leave, shocked by what he had learned of their angels. What he learned would follow him to his grave.

This arrangement with the Chapter created a new political system based around how many children ones family would become Astartes, many families would contain a single father and multiple mothers as a means to use this system to its furthest. Despite this political climate the current ruler of the kingdom who took the throne in 099.M42 is a woman with the title 'Kaiserin Emilia', a great descendant of the ruler who became known for his meeting of their golden Angels.

Originally her eldest brother was to succeed the throne but Emilia made use of her closest allies and her knowledge of the kingdom's criminal empire to discover the Ivory Armour through thousands of sources and untold adventurers searching and dying to retrieve it for her. Once presented to her in secret she would carry out a bloody plan, all those who knew of its location would be butchered and the intelligence networks she used would turn on one another as a result of paranoia. Emilia would not make it known she possessed the armour till the day of her brother's crowning.

The ceremony would be interrupted by the cathedral doors being burst open by Emilia's personal guard. She would march into the room to shock the entire royal bloodline and lesser nobles. Standing above her kneeling brother who had been awaiting the crown to be placed upon his head she turned to the high priest and instructed him to crown her, as her brother stood to strike at his little sister his hand would touch the side of the helmet. As a result the room would become engulfed in light, the prince screamed in agony as the hand that touched Emilia was scorched and melting from the bone, while he lay on the cold floor weeping she took the crown in her hand seeing it as just a trophy, then took her seat upon the throne before ordering her brother to be executed for daring to strike at the king. Her other elder brothers and sisters would face judgement as well, while her brothers were fed to captured Umbras her sisters would be dragged off to be used by the castle guards.

Chapter Recruitment
Going as far back as when the Chapter first appeared on the world of Vale they would raid small villages for a time, stealing infants from their families. This was initially met with hostility from the local populace until those who resisted would be struck down by the super humans. Hundreds of years would pass and the world's religious leaders would spread the belief that the Astartes were angels seeking humans that were worthy of ascending to a higher existence. It wouldn't be long before this would be followed with churches rounding up young boys to be taken by the Radiant Paladins, to the surprise of the Astartes who found kingdoms now collecting children to just hand over to them. The Chapter Master played along with this by claiming they were in fact angels sent by the God Emperor in order to protect the world and all those in the universe. This original charade became the spark that took the Chapter down a path to eventually believe their own words, feeding into their egos and viewing themselves as actual divine beings.

After the appearance of Kaiser Gerhardt the number of recruits the Chapter received was so great that they couldn't make use of all the children sent to them. The Chapter would create an order of warriors whose purpose it was to protect the land from which the Golden Citadel had called home for millennia. These thousands of men would also be matched with women to become the backbone of the Chapter's Serfs, armored warriors with an education beyond common people and more akin to those on Terra. Learning of the galaxy at large and the mission of their angels whom they would swear their lives to serving. 'The Knighthood of Vale ' was formed and would grow into its own kingdom, though much smaller than those around they'd be directly supported by the Radiant Paladins, scaring off many who'd attempt to take their place at the Astarte's feet. Could they even hope to compete against these warriors.

Those who succeed in the initial Gene-Seed implantation are sent into the world as though they are simple travelers seeking to become adventurers. Hunting Umbras, Orks, bandits or partaking in Kingdom spanning wars. The Neophytes are made aware that they must return every year for the next step of their Gene-Seed implantation. The 10th Brotherhood unlike standard Scout Companies leads the Knighthood of Vale to protect the region ruled by the Radiant Paladins, eyes and ears all around to keep an eye on their Neophytes as they travel months away. The youngest who haven't received even half of their Gene-Seeds may be trailed by and watched by Servo Skulls sent by the Chapter to report of their death should it occur before they receive the Multi-Lung implant. This is due to the next being the Occulobe and Lyman's Ear, it would be difficult to monitor the Neophytes in secret with these two implants. Only after all 19 organs have been implanted will the Neophytes be assigned into one of the Chapter's Reserve Brotherhoods as either an Assault or Devastator squad member.

Gene-Seed
As with other Chapter's of the Unforgiven the Gene-Seed is considered stable and pure. Closely watched over deep in the Fortress-Monastery by the Apothecarion and its inhabitants. The populace of Vale is seemingly free of mutation despite the planet's radius to many warp storms that can sometimes encircle the system. 

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