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- "Even when you kind appears to triumph..still we rise again. And do you know why? It is because we were born of a realization. We require no creed. No indoctrination by desperate old men. All we need is our righteous wrath and blinding faith in the God-Emperor. And THIS is why the Templars will never be destroyed!"
- — Attr. Grand Master Reginald Blackstone during his Chapter's first engagement with the forces of Chaos following the reconstitution of the Templars Moline during the Indomitus Crusade.
The Templars Moline are a formerly-extinct Loyalist Successor Chapter created from the zealous and dedicated Black Templars, whom themselves hail from the proud lineage of the stoic Primarch Rogal Dorn. Presumably created during the 14th Founding, sometime between 975-991.M35 as a part of several linked Foundings, the Templars Moline carried on the proud traditions of their Crusading progenitors and took to the stars in a massive warfleet - holy crusaders on a neverending Crusade to bring the light of the Emperor to the benighted enemies of Mankind. Later on, they would become a part of the Hell Warders - a quintumvirate of five Space Marine Chapters tasked to defend the Imperium against Chaos incursions from the Hellgates - dual warp storms located in the Segmentum Solar which are uncomfortably close to Holy Terra.
The Templars Moline are believed to have taken part in the defence of Sector Occident Prime during the First Hell Crusade in the first century of M36. However, they did not appear as a named chapter until the Second Hell Crusade, which took place in the latter centuries of M37. It is generally assumed by Imperial savants that the Templars Moline Chapter was established for the purpose of providing fleet support to the original Hell Warders Chapters. Tragically, the Chapter would meet a dire end when the entirety of their Chapter fleet disappeared into the warp rifts during the Castigation Crusade of 742.M41. They were officially declared lost two years later after careful search by their fellow Warders found no survivors.
At the dawning of the 42nd Millennium, with the advent of the events that occurred during the 13th Black Crusade, the destruction of Cadia and the formation of the galaxy-wide tear in reality, known as the Cicatrix Maledictum, the Templars Moline have once again risen from the ashes of their former demise. They have been reconstituted into the form of a new Ultima Founding Chapter comprised entirely of Primaris Space Marines. Once again, Astartes proudly bear the livery of this once-extinct Chapter, and like their forebears, zealously take the fight to the various enemies that assail the Imperium on all sides. With the re-formation of the Templars Moline the Hell Warders have been re-forged anew. However, only time will tell whether or not these new Astartes will live up to the heroic legacy of their forebears.
Chapter History[]
Firstborn Templars Moline Preceptor-Brother Conrad Gervaht of the 3rd Crusade Host, 6th Battleline Squad.
The tale of the Templars Moline began sometime in the latter centuries of M35. This tumultuous era saw the Imperium beset by such tragic events as the Nova Terra Interregnum, the Moirae Schism and the Cataclysm of Souls. The Imperium was rife with civil discourse and strife. To help restore order, the High Lords of Terra authorised a series of several Foundings of new Adeptus Astartes Chapters that took place between 975-991.M35. The 14th Founding was one such Founding that occurred during this time. Surviving records relating to this particular Founding are said to depict the gene-smiths of the Adeptus Mechanicus taking extraordinary care to ensure the Chapters created were of the highest purity. Dictates from the High Lords ensured that the majority of the newly incepted chapters of this founding wear created using the genetic material of Roboute Guilliman or Rogal Dorn.
The reasons for such drastic measures undertaken in the creation of the Chapters of this particular founding may very well have their roots in the after-effects of the mysterious 13th Founding, the so-called 'Dark Founding'. All records relating to this tumultuous event have long since been eradicated or lost within the labyrinthine bureaucracy of the Imperium, leaving behind only supposition and fevered assumption. Those few individuals aware of exactly what transpired during those dark days would seem unprepared to divulge their secrets. Whatever exactly occured, it is clear that the myopic focus upon genetic purity that characterised the Chapters of the 14th Founding.
One of the Chapters that were created at that time was derived from the genetic lineage of the 'Praetorian of Terra' - the stoic and taciturn Rogal Dorn - one of Humanity's greatest heroes. To ensure the finest gene-stock was utilised in this newly incepted Chapter's creation, adepts of the Magos Bioligis decided to utilise one of the finest stocks available - that of the fervently dedicated and unforgiving Black Templars. A zealous and fanatical Chapter, this eternally Crusading Chapter seeks nothing less than to crush every last enemy of Mankind. Their newly created Successor Chapter named themselves the Templars Moline in honour of their progenitors, and like their genetic forebears, inherited their raw zeal and drive to prosecute the enemies of Mankind - fired with righteous anger and driven to avenge every wrong ever done to the Imperium by the heretic, apostate, fiend and xenos.
First Hell Crusade[]
Second Hell Crusade[]
Notable Campaigns[]
Chapter Homeworld[]
Fortress-Monastery[]
Chapter Organisation[]
Officer Ranks[]
- Grand Master - Chapter Master equivalent.
- Knight-Marshal - Captain equivalent.
- Under-Master - Lieutenant equivalent.
Specialist Ranks[]
- Seneschal - The Seneschal is the Grand Master's second-in-command and field marshal, usually the Knight-Marshal of the 1st Order.
- Ancient - Standard Bearer equivalent.
Line Ranks[]
- Knight-Errant - Veteran Marine equivalent.
- Prior - Veteran Sergeant equivalent.
- Preceptor-Sergeant - Sergeant equivalent.
- Preceptor-Brother - Battle-Brother equivalent.
- Armiger-Brother - Scout Marine equivalent.
- Squire - Neophyte equivalent.
- Supplicant - Aspirant equivalent.
Specialist Formations[]
Non-Astartes Ranks[]
- Esquire - Senior ranking Chapter serfs that had faithfully served the Chapter for several decades of loyal, dedicated service.
- Man-at-Arms - Known also as an armsman, these stalwart retainers served as the maintainers of a Preceptor-Brother's arms and equipment.
- Lay Servants - Chapter Serf equivalent. They run the gamut, from masons who were responsible for the repair and upkeep of their Chapter's crusading vessels, as well as performing the standard operations of the Chapter's vessels as crew personnel. They also performed other menial, day-to-day tasks.
- Page - A young Chapter serf that served as an attendant to a Preceptor-Brother.
Order of Battle[]
Headquarters[]
Companies[]
Chapter Beliefs[]
Chapter Practices[]
Like their Progenitors, the Templars Moline have adopted the practice of wrapping dense black chains or bindings around their arms to represent the face that they will not give up their weapons until the battle is done:
Templars Moline bolter with manacle and Devotion Chain.
- Devotion Chain - Most Templars Moline use Devotion Chains to bind their weapons to their fists on the eve of battle, removing them only once victory is achieved. This tradition harkens back to the bygone era of the Great Crusade. The tradition of using chains to bind weapons to one's arms was originally started by the World Eaters when they were still the Loyalist XII Legion, a tradition which eventually spread to the other Space Marine Legions after its popularity had extended beyond the World Eaters' fighting pits. Sigismund, then a First Captain of the Imperial Fists (and much later, patriarch and first Chapter Master of the Black Templars), took to the custom with his usual zeal, binding his knightly weapons to his wrists on dense black chains. He had made an impressive name for himself within the bowels of Primarch Angron's flagship, Conqueror, duelling with the XII Legion's finest warriors late in the Great Crusade. This tradition was passed on to the Astartes of the Black Templars, whom in turn passed this tradition on to their Templars Moline descendants.
- Chain of Zeal - Unlike the Devotion Chain, the Chain of Zeal is no such fleeting token. It is secured to weapon and armour with a permanent weld that lasts as long as the Space Marine serves. Furthermore, because taking off a gauntlet with the chain still attached is a shameful act that entails great dishonour, the wearer of the Chain of Zeal must keep his armoured glove donned and weapon in hand every minute for the rest of his days.
Chapter Gene-Seed[]
As was the intent at the time of their Founding, the gene-seed of the Templars Moline remained stable and showed no signs of mutation or Chaotic contamination. Its purity was unquestioned. However, the Templars Moline had also inherited their genetic forebears' raw zeal and unrelenting drive, each Battle-Brother an exemplar of the crusading warrior-knight, fired with righteous fury and raw zeal yet to be tempered by the experience born of duty. The drive of the Black Templars became instilled in the new Chapter from the beginning. The processes by which their gene-stock was cultivated imbued it in future generations on a genetic level.
When not engaged in battle, the brethren of the Templars Moline were invariably to be found preparing for it. They passed their time in prayer and meditation, or engaged in exacting training rituals. Those Initiates entrusted with the training of a Neophyte spent long hours passing on their knowledge to their young pupil and supervising endless drills, practice sessions, and trials. The brethren frequently imposed upon themselves many hardships, foregoing all but the bare necessities in order to purify themselves in the eyes of the Emperor and their Primarch, and to emulate the example of their genesire Rogal Dorn.
Primarch's Curse: Crusaders Call[]
The Templars Moline were devoted servants of the Emperor and never refused the call-to-arms or the chance to join a Crusade against the enemies of the Imperium. During the millennia of their existence, this became a well-known aspect of the Chapter and elements of the Templars Moline participated in hundreds of crusades across the galaxy. As a fleet-based Chapter, they never refused a call to duty and took it as a mark of honour and pride that their Chapter had such a valorous history.
When the Chapter's genetic curse manifested in one of its battle-brothers, it usually progressed in three stages:
- Stage 1 - Unending Valour: The Battle-Brother has become filled with pride in the history of his Chapter's bravery and devotion and sees his own existence as a vital part of continuing its traditions. When his squad is required to do its duty he will make sure that it is carried out, squashing any doubt his fellow Battle-Brothers might have or any weakness they might show in the face of honour.
- Stage 2 - Duty through Sacrifice: True duty can only be proven in death or an equally potent sacrifice, a fact which is known to all true servants of the God-Emperor. The Battle-Brother knows that to prove himself he must be the one to stand in the way of the blade or shield his comrades from the blast, so that there can be no doubt about his devotion or his loyalty to the Emperor.
- Stage 3 - Lead the Charge: In boarding actions, the greatest honour goes to those first through the breech and first to face the foe. The Battle-Brother accepts that he must take this role as his honour demands it, and it is just another way to prove his courage and loyalty in the eyes of his peers. If there is a choice or a chance to lead a charge or be the first to face the enemy, the Battle-Brother must take it. Furthermore he will seek out such opportunities, volunteering for dangerous duties if they mean he will get to lead others into the fray. In combat, the Battle-Brother will also seek out the most dangerous or powerful-looking foes, even at the cost of ignoring closer or more pressing enemies to his brethren's tactical disadvantage.
Combat Doctrine[]
Deathwatch Service[]
Notable Members[]
- Grand Master Timon Thornbur - The first Chapter Master of the Templars Moline.
- Grand Master Bertram D'Sable - The twenty-sixth and final Chapter Master of the original iteration of the Templars Moline when the entirety of the Chapter disappeared during the Castigation Crusade of 742.M41.
- Grand Master Reginald Blackstone - The twenty-seventh and current Chapter Master of the newly reconstituted Templars Moline.
- Seneschal Gervhart Blackstone - Gervhart is the Seneschal of the Templars Moline and serves as Knight-Marshal of the elite 1st Crusade Host. A fiercely vengeful warrior, he is counted amongst the Chapter's most fearsome warriors to rise to command in the newly reconstituted Templars Moline. Upon declaration of a Crusade, whichever foe is to be fought is doomed from that moment onwards as there will be no mercy shown until every last remnant of the enemy is destroyed.
- Knight-Marshal Ayxander Mourngrove - Commander of the 2nd Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Konrad Augustine - Commander of the 3rd Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Merek Cromwell - Commander of the 4th Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Khordel Lockmere - Commander of the 5th Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Anselm Summerson - Commander of the 6th Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Nycolas Whitlow - Commander of the 7th Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Navarre Ravenmour - Commander of the 8th Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Alistayr Calmour - Commander of the 9th Crusade Host.
- Knight-Marshal Ramsay Sanclair - Commander of the 10th Crusade Host.
Chapter Fleet[]
- Indomitable Will (Warspite-class Battle Barge) - An ancient vessel, this formidable vessel served as the flagship of the Templars Moline's mighty Chapter fleet. Essentially, it served as the Chapter's mobile fortress-monastery, home of the Templars' Reclusiam, primary armouries, vaults and reliquaries containing all of the Chapter's relics and precious artefacts.
- Tyr's Wrath (Battle Barge)
- Archamus' Oath (Battle Barge)
- Rann's Fury (Battle Barge)
- Sigenandus' Rage (Battle Barge)
- Sword of Sigismund (Battle Barge)
- Divinitatus Furioso (Strike Cruiser)
- Mathias' Resolve (Strike Cruiser)
- Dorn's Vengeance (Strike Cruiser)
- Hammer of Wrath (Strike Cruiser)
- Holy Crusader (Strike Cruiser)
- Majestic Blade (Strike Cruiser)
- Glorious Vengeance (Gladius-Class Frigate)
- Templar Revenant (Gladius-Class Frigate)
Chapter Relics[]
Chapter Appearance[]
Chapter Colours[]
Templars Moline Firstborn Preceptor-Sergeant displaying his Chapter's bold colours.
The Templars Moline primarily wear dark blue coloured battle-plate, with areas of their battle-plate painted white in colour, including backpack, faceplate and shoulder pauldron insets. The shoulder pauldron trim, couters (elbow guards) and wrists are painted red. As the Chapter icon is prominently displayed on both shoulder pauldrons, the red coloured squad specialty symbol, which designated a battle-brother's assigned specialty (Fire Support, Close Support, Battleline, Veteran or Command) is stencilled upon the right poleyn (knee guard), which is white in colour.
The left poleyn, which is coloured red, displays a white coloured Roman numeral that designates a battle-brother's assigned company. Like their progenitors, the Astartes of the Templars Moline also decorated their armour with devotional imagery, litanies and both Purity and Crusader Seals.
The Chapter has always been known for vehemently refusing to use camouflage (even Codex-approved patterns) as the "livery of curs", for its Astartes believed in boldly wearing the chosen livery of their Chapter as a visible sign to their foes of the destruction and cleansing they bring.
Amongst the upper echelons of the Chapter, the use of deaths-heads and other symbols of survival against all odds and the scorn of mortal fear are also quite common. Templars Moline Astartes were also known to customarily modify their armour as they see fit, decorating their ceramite plate with personal heraldry in order to display their achievements of battle prowess as well as the battles in which they had fought.
Hell Warders Sigil[]
Sigil of the Hell Warders.
As one of the founding members of the Hell Warders, the newly re-constituted Templars Moline has been reinvited by their former brother Chapters to resume their duties as eternal sentinels over the dual warp storms known as the Hellgates and Sector Occident Prime. In recognition of being members of this exclusive brotherhood, those Chapters that make up the Hell Warders have taken to wearing the sigil of their collective. This sigil takes the form of a downward stabbing sword centered between a pair of dual-swirling warp eddies, representing the dreaded Hell Gates. This sigil is usually displayed on the side of one of the Battle-Brother's greaves or prominently displayed upon one of their poleyns (knee guards).
Chapter Badge[]
The Templars Moline's Chapter badge is a red stylised heraldic cross known as a Cross Moline, also known as a cross anchory, centered upon a field of white. The name is derived from its shape, which resembles a millrind, the iron clamp of the upper millstone, moline being the Old French for a mill. It is very similar to one of the varieties of the "fer de moline" heraldic charge (literal French: "iron of a mill"), the forked tips of which, however, circle out slightly more, akin to the "cross recercelee". It is borne both inverted and rebated, and sometimes "saltirewise" (i.e. in the form of a saltire).
Chapter Relations[]
Allies[]
- Hell Warders Chapters -
Enemies[]
- Chaos
Notable Quotes[]
By: Templars Moline[]
- "Blessed be the Master of Mankind, my rock, who raised my arms for battle, who prepares my hands for war.
He is my love, my fortress; he is my stronghold, my saviour, my shield, my place of refuge.
Praise His name for in our resolve we reflect His purpose of will.
I will not weep and wonder what might have been.
For I am wrath! I am His vengeance!
I am the bringer of light to the darkness!"- — Final prayer of Grand Master Bertram D'Sable during the Second Hell Crusade
- "Do you see the irony in all this? Not yet it seems, but you will."
- — Prior (Veteran Sergeant) Haytham Kraussar of the 2nd Crusade Host
About: Templars Moline[]
- "I was there when the Templars Moline fell during the Second Hell Crusade. The forces of the Archenemy seemed endless, merciless, soulless...utterly inhuman, utterly hated. The foe had struck without warning, a massive tide of corrupted filth baying for the blood of the innocent.
The Templars Moline were the first to answer the call, and launched themselves wholesale into the vast Chaos armada that encroached upon the Emperor's realm. They fought like knights of old, with valour, strength and honour.
They fought to the last, their rigehtous anger unleashed upon the creatures of darkness as they put the followers of the Ruinous Powers to bolter and blade.
In the end, they could not be restrained and launched themselves unto the breach and entered the realm of madness unbidden, their litanies of hate filled the vox-channel we shared with the Templars. They chanted their bitter fury at the foes even as they breached the veil between realms.
Such a beautiful death!"- — Lochagos Mikemenes Stoxus, Stategos and Equerry of the Polemarch, commander of the 1st Company of the Spartiate Marines Chapter.
- "It's all a matter of perspective. There is no single path through life that's right and fair and does no harm. Do you truly think the Imperium has no cause? No right to feel betrayed? You should know better than this, dedicated as you are to fighting the Templars - who themselves see their work as just. Think on that the next time you insist your work alone befits the greater good. Your enemy would beg to differ - and would not be without cause."
- — Xeras the Exquisite, Daemon Prince of Chaos to her chief rival, Kyrkee, Daemon Princess of Tzeentch.
| Fourteenth Founding Space Marine Chapters | |
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| Dark Angels Successors | • |
| White Scars Successors | • |
| Space Wolves Successors | N/A |
| Imperial Fists Successors | Templars Moline • |
| Blood Angels Successors | • |
| Iron Hands Successors | • |
| Ultramarines Successors | Castigators • |
| Salamanders Successors | • |
| Raven Guard Successors | • |
| Unknown Lineage | • |
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