Editing Order of Our Martyred Lady (section)

==About the Order of Our Martyred Lady==
The Order was originally known as '''The Order of the Fiery Heart''', and was run by Alicia Dominica's bestie: '''Saint Katherine'''. Katherine was an especially faithful and vengeful young lady who by the time the Reign of Blood ended at Alicia's hands was already known as a slayer of heretics and warp-diddlers; getting control of an Orders Militant was perfect for her to continue that level of religious violence in the name of stamping out chaos both within imperial territory and without. She became a [[Spiritual Liege|massive inspiration to other Sisters orders]] in a way that was almost unprecedented; she was that beloved for her zeal and her combat prowess. Like most of Dominica's friends however, she was martyred, and from what we know, she apparently met her end on the battlefield, facing The Witch-Cult of Mnestteus...but after that, nothing. And that sent shockwaves throughout the entire Sororitas, and a massive period of mourning ensued, with week-long vigils being held all over Imperial space. But Katherine's order did not. Instead, they suited up, got every single member of their parish ready to go, and walked out of their Cardinal and Shrine worlds a new order, one in jet-black armor and robes, calling themselves The Order of Our Martyred Lady, and have been wreaking vengeance on heretics and xenos the galaxy over ever since. As a result, they are who you think of if you're thinking of the Sisters of Battle; the richest noble sipping champaigne and receiving holy blowjobs to the most wretched underhiver know who they are, and the sheer number of Temples they've set up would probably make Big E proud if he wouldn't have a constant headache from being treated like a god.

Whatever the Order was like in Katherine's day was likely one of determined sacrifice and a loud, passionate kind, spreading their love for the Emperor and his Imperium all over, dumping little sanctuaries wherever they went to make sure the idea stuck. But that is merely speculation. What they are now, is a death cult in Sororitas gear; fanatically devoted to the Martyrdom that their Patron Saint found herself becoming. Each and every Sororitas is taught that they will fight and die for the Emperor, and that dying in his service is the greatest show of faith they could possibly show. And as such, they tend to fight to the very last woman, and will sing praises and add their names to their psalms of vengeance that they sing during battle. Now, before you go around thinking these girls are all bugshit nuts (though you'd be absolutely right in that assumption), they see ''anyone'' dying in service of the Emperor or dying in defense of the Emperor's territory and it's people as those who deserve rapturous praise, so there's always a chance some shitheel guardsmen who somehow scored a killing blow against a daemon but died in the process will live on forever in a song that a Sister sings while she fills some Ork full of bolter rounds. Not a terrible way to be remembered, to be honest. And their tactics on the battlefield seemingly reflect their complete lack of regard, as they march forward, slowly spreading out until they're a wall of melta, bolter, and maybe even Plasma fire, with each sister ready to take out way more of the enemy than the enemy does for them. However, they are not all completely insane, as Katherine did appreciate military doctrine, and often compared notes with her fellow sisters from the Brides of the Emperor days, and so the killer secret of Our Martyred Lady is that they can change their formations, their entire strategy, and even their panties at frightening efficiency and speed, making them a very nasty order to make assumptions about. [[Saint Celestine|To say nothing of the fact that they happen to have their own Living Saint still alive and kicking to this very day that could show up whenever...]]

Because they're so omnipresent in the Galaxy, they've been in some of the worst fighting the Imperium has ever seen; [[Armageddon]], [[Cadia]], you name the place, if the Sisters were there, this is the order who shows up, and they are also the ones who usually end up with the highest casualties of any order. They did manage to avoid the [[Khornate Knights|''one really bad thing'']] that happened to the Sisters back in 5th edition, so they clearly let other orders fill in space. By M42, they've managed to use the "fall" of Cadia as a rallying cry to finish what Katherine started, and send these Warp nasties back to where they came from in the name of all who fought before they did, even if half their sanctuaries are on the wrong side of the rift.