Light Bearer Crusade

The Light Bearer Crusade was the beginning of near century-long Imperial crusade conducted by the Gilded Hammers Space Marine Chapter as a part of the wider Indomitus Crusade at the dawning of M42.

Background
When the light of the Astronomican returned all of the carefully laid plans of action would be thrown out as the news the Gilded Hammer received would give them a chance they never thought would come. A God walks among us, a son of the Emperor reborn - a Primarch rises - Roboute Guilliman lives and he calls for war. The Gilded Hammers would set off for Guilliman's Indomitus Crusade on the same day the news arrived.

The Gilded Hammers would encounter the fleet led by Guilliman himself near the beginning of the crusade. Their hails to the fleet would be met by an honor that would go down in the history of the Gilded Hammers as one of their finest hours, Guilliman himself would address them. Every single member of the Gilded Hammers would gather on the embarkation deck of the Betrayed Father, 672 Astartes some severely wounded and requiring life support systems, 71 Dreadnoughts, and even Holger Hominsin, all brought to hear his words. Guilliman himself would arrive to welcome this massive boost of manpower for the burgeoning crusade and to give the Gilded Hammers the knowledge of the Primaris. His words were standard and similar to those spoken to hundreds of other Chapters but to the Gilded Hammers it was the most beautiful thing they had ever heard and those words would be carved upon the floor of the deck that Guilliman stood upon. He would give them one order, to go to their home world and begin taking back all those worlds silenced in the Night of a Thousand Rebellions. With Guilliman returned to his ship, the new supply of Primaris weapons and armor taken aboard, the information on manufacturing the new Gene-Seed, and orders from a God, the Gilded Hammers would begin what would be called the Light Bearer Crusade.

The War of Lights was undertaken just after the last part of Gilded Hammers recruitment had begun and upon the Gilded Hammers return home all of those who succeeded would be the first to receive Primaris Gene-Seed. These Primaris Scouts would be brought to full Primaris Marines and form the first squads of Primaris in the Gilded Hammers. The first 10 years of the Light Bearer Crusade would be consolidating forces and reestablishing contact with allies in the Inquisition and Haillin Sea Guard and rallying a sizable force to begin the crusade in earnest.