Name: BLACK TEMPLARS: The Most BADASS chapter maybe ever | Warhammer 40k Lore
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Today we're talking about one of the most, if not the most badass chapters of Space Marines ever.

Today we're talking about the Black Templars.

The Black Templars are in a way the most 40k space marines.

when you really think about the traits that people attribute to the setting, the Black Templars really embody these to the maximum.

Incredible warriors, extreme religious fervor, eternal war, and extremely badass all around.

The Black Templars are a second founding successor of the Imperial Fist and were one of the first successor chapters ever founded.

And these guys origins lie with one of the greatest, if not the greatest Space Marines of all time.

And one of the most badass, if not the most badass dudes in all of 40k.

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But anyways, Sigismund was the greatest son of Dorne and the Imperial Fists first captain most already know.

He became the youngest of the Imperial Fist's elite Templars and would become the first captain after facing 200 of his fellow Templars in a row.

The 200th combatant in this combat trial was a pious the first dreadnought.

Yeah, this crazy guy won a duel with a Contemptor dreadnought badass.

And so, after demonstrating his worth, Sigismund was made first captain and was just an overall badass throughout the Great Crusade.

Horus does his heresy kill some birds and lizards.

Anyways, after the Isfan massacre, Rogal Dorn requests that Sigismund lead the imperial fist retribution fleet.

This would usually be a great honor that Sigismund would take.

However, Sigismund spoke to the remembrancer Euphrate Keeler, and she foretold of two fates that stood before Sigismund.

Either he would die a glorious death in the void and be forgotten to time, or he could fight an eternal war and help his father on an inevitable defense of Terra.

So Sigismund asked his father not to lead the fleet, but he didn't disclose why.

Trusting his favored son though, Dorne appointed another to lead the fleet.

Then later on at the siege of Terra, Sigismund finally told Dorne why he didn't go with the retribution fleet.

Dorne took Sigismund's actions as not only cowardly, but

antithetical to all that the space marines and primarchs were to Dorne.

They were mere tools for the emperor's will and the good of the Imperium.

In addition, Sigismund put superstition, the word of a prophecy, above reason and duty.

Even if the prophecy was true, Sigismund had no right to make that choice.

Wait, you wasted my Dorn dollars on a stupid fortune teller.

And even though this prophecy did come true, and

the retribution fleet fared a lot better under the command of Alexis, Pollux and Sigismund contributed to the siege of Terra a lot better as the emperor's champion than some space corpse.

At the time, Dorne was under the impression that the retribution fleet was completely destroyed.

So he thought that Sigismund not going led to his brothers dying instead of him.

So all this and the fact that it was his most trusted and favored son was just too much for Dorne.

And he disowned Sigismid, which gave Sigismund even more drive to prove himself and serve the Imperium.

And prove himself he did, Sigismund went into overdrive and was somehow even more of a badass than he was prior.

And despite being disowned, he still commanded the fist as to not break morale from within.

But anyways, at the siege of Terra, Sigismund perhaps reached peak badassery.

He fought a war, broided up Karn and killed basically everything else he came across.

And eventually Sigismund would receive the black sword from the emperor and was appointed the emperor's champion, adorned, pun intended, in black armor.

Sigismund at this point was essentially an avatar of the emperor's wrath from all that had happened.

He was basically dead inside, cold and disillusioned as he realized that peace was impossible and there was no hope for the Imperium.

All he could do was fulfill his ultimate purpose and make the traitors hurt.

Sigismund went on an absolute rampage as he went around hunting chaos champions and killing all the traitors that paved the way to said champions.

Most notably, he killed the warp infused Karn this time around.

And Karn even remarked how his former friend had lost his passion in humanity and was now just a murder machine fueled by duty.

And then later on, in a pivotal moment, Sigismund joined Keeler in a prayer to empower the emperor and reactivate the astronomicon so that Guilliman could bring much needed reinforcements.

Then, after the siege had concluded, Sigismund knew that the war was not over and he hunted down Abaddon and the other traitors.

He was also made first High Marshal of the Black Templars after the Codex Astartes broke the legions into chapters.

Here he would go on to lead the most zealous and faithful fists in their eternal crusade.

The Templars bore Sigismund's and the imperial fist, Templars colors and heraldry.

And to prove his undying fate, faith and loyalty, Sigismund declared an eternal crusade in order for his chapter to destroy all of the emperor's enemies.

And this crusade continues to the present setting as all high marshals had followed Sigismund's path and quest for vengeance.

Then later on, centuries after the siege of Terra, when everyone else thought the heretical legions dead, Sigismund and his Templars still believed them to be a threat.

And they hunted them down to the Eye of Terror, where where he would have his final duel against Abaddon the Despoiler on Cadia.

In the Despoiler's first Black Crusade, the old Sigismund fearlessly faced Abaddon and allowed Abaddon to land a killing blow in exchange for Sigismund plunging his black blade deep into Abaddon's hearts.

Impaled, Abaddon tore the legend in half.

And even in half, Sigismund fought on, using his last breath to tell Abaddon that Abaddon would eventually die as Horus did, soulless, honorless, weeping, weeping and ashamed.

But even with their founder dead, the Black Templars would continue Sigismund's legacy.

And 10,000 years later, the Templars are still kicking ass and waging the Eternal Crusade.

In the present time, the Black Templars are one of the most, if not the most zealous and unrelenting space Marine chapters.

They are not only one of the most elite chapters, but

The Templars don't adhere to Guilliman's Codex Astartes and have many more marines than the 1000 of Codex compliant chapters.

In addition to not following the Codex, the Templars also hardly follow Imperial leadership.

Despite their goals and religion, mostly aligning with the high Lords of Terra, the Black Templars are extremely independent.

They don't take orders from anyone except their own High Marshal and other Imperial forces can only request their aid.

And ultimately the Black Templars choose their battles and do whatever they believe is best for the Emperor and Imperium of Man.

This along with their defiance of the Codex Astartes, has some Inquisitors suspicious of the chapter.

I mean of course it's harder to find a non suspicious inquisitor than a secular Black Templar.

But anyways they avoid conflict with the Inquisition thanks to their exemplary track record and the fact that their undying loyalty is painfully apparent.

Plus basically no Inquisitor would be dumb enough to challenge such a powerful chapter.

But anyways, they also have no homeworld as being a fleet based chapter is more befitting of their never ending Crusade.

Their famous crusade fleets are huge, consisting of many battle barges and support craft, with their High Marshal commanding them from their flagship, the Eternal Crusader.

The Eternal Crusader is a huge modified battle barge that houses all of their relics as well as a bunch of chapels of course.

But expanding on their crusade fleets, it's rare for the entire chapter to be fighting together.

And more often than not, the fleet is broken up into a number of crusades across the galaxy, led by marshals appointed by the High Marshal on their crusades, they go world to world, crushing all enemies of the Emperor and building chapter keeps on conquered worlds.