“ | The galaxy is the Emperor's, and anyone or anything who challenges that claim is an enemy who must be destroyed. | „ |
~ High Marshal Helbrecht |
The Black Templars are recurring protagonists in the Warhammer 40,000 franchise. The Black Templars are a Second Founding Loyalist Space Marine Chapter derived from the Imperial Fists and their Primarch Rogal Dorn. The Black Templars are infamously known for committing questionable methods, but are always done in the name of the Emperor of Mankind.
The Black Templars have been on a perpetual Imperial Crusade to prove their loyalty to the Emperor of Mankind. They are as well not a Codex Astartes-compliant Chapter and they maintain a very different Chapter structure and culture than is the norm amongst most of the Adeptus Astartes. The Black Templars are also deeply unusual amongst the forces of the Adeptus Astartes for fanatically venerating the Emperor of Mankind as a literal god, just like the mortal adherents of the Imperial Cult.
In order to prove their loyalty to the Emperor of Mankind in the wake of the Imperial Fists' opposition to the Second Founding, the first Chapter Master of the Black Templars, the High Marshal Sigismund, assembled a massive war fleet and began the greatest Space Marine Crusade in the history of the Imperium. It has lasted for over 10,000 standard years.
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Foundation[]
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41st Millenium[]
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- The Black Templars share great influence with the Germanic cultures as well having great inspiration with military orders of the Catholic Church such as the Knights Templar, Knights Hospitaller and the Teutonic Order.