Editing Order of the Ebon Chalice (section)

==About the Order of the Ebon Chalice==
[[File:EbonChaliceSister.jpg|250px|thumb|right|An Ebon Chalice battle sister on the lookout for [[HERESY]] to set on fire.]]
The Order of the Ebon Chalice was founded directly by the original Bolter bitch herself: '''Alicia Dominica''', just after she went to the [[God-Emperor of Mankind|Emperor]] personally to meet with him, and came back out so spooked by what she heard she had to go behead the nearest batshit tyrant she could find, and [[Goge Vandire]]'s neck was looking ripe for a sword to go through it, thus ending the [[Age of Apostasy|Reign of Blood]]. Not too long after, the Ecclesiarchy founded the first three Orders Militant, of which the Ebon Chalice was among. They quickly established themselves through successful holy war after successful holy war, all while led by Dominica, and their exemplary zeal and her tacical genius allowed them to become the model Sororitas order. Seriously, the fanclub for Dominica was huge; most Sisters in some way tried to emulate some of the stuff she did in order to feel closer to their [[Spiritual Liege]]. Unlike a lot of their sister orders who decided to branch out and go give Big E's word to the masses in the farthest reaches of the galaxy, Alicia and the Ebon Chalice decided to stick closer to home; snuffing out Chaos cults wherever they could and burning mutants whenever they came across them, and saving Shrine Worlds from Xeno infestation if they happened to be [[Ork|unusually green]] or elf infested. This also extended to more domestic things, like imperial guard regiments and planetary governors who were getting a little too lax with the [[Imperial Creed]], and usually responded to any resistance with enough Flamers to char broil an entire hive. But like all Sororitas saints, and a worrying trend for them to be sure, Alicia Dominica was martyred on the field of battle, and arguably got done the very dirtiest of any of the Brides of the Emperor. Unlike the others who either disappeared without a trace or killed their attackers or some other badass stunt, she got hit with a very lucky shot with a [[lasgun]], ending her reign over the Ebon Chalice. And that sent shockwaves throughout both her order, and all the other orders because she was the Sister of Battle to a lot of people. And her order responded the same way they always did; get back into the fight.

The Order's Ebon Chalice name also comes from a literal black grail that Dominica carried around after the order was founded, said to be a literal and figurative sacrament of truth between her and the big man, and is one of their most holy of relics. The thing is ''loaded'' with power, and Dominica was able to accomplish all sorts of wild things with it like set every psyker on a planet on fire whenever she used it, some of the things it did apparently even bordered on the heretical. Not that we know, as the order is not keen AT ALL with sharing any information about it, as they tend to kill anyone who witnesses it's use, and confiscate any written accounts of it. The Ebon Chalice as an organization is, as stated, one of the closest to being like the [[Brides of the Emperor]] as any of the other Orders Militant, as they all picked up aspects of their patron saint and converted it into dogma. In a sense that's true of the Ebon Chalice, but as Alicia Dominica was the very best of the Brides of the Emperor, so too do all of the sisters who enter her Order wish to embody her religious zeal, and held true to the stringent tenants of the original order. While it does mean that the order is militarily and spiritually disciplined beyond compare, it does mean that they have to be especially picky when picking new prospects from the [[Schola Progenium]]. They'll only ever take the best of the best, and even then there's no guarantee that the aspirants they pick up will make it all the way into being pure Battle sisters. Each is drilled with the miracles, tactical and martial strength, and zeal to even hope to coming up to Dominica's kneecap, or in other words, a merely "alright" Bride of the Emperor. Which means that any time, the number of sisters of this order is far below that of any of the others, but their troops are far better trained. But if they live long enough to become a Celestian or Zephyrim, they will have more experience and skill of any Battle sister in the entire imperium, and will be given the most powerful thing the order has: a tiny sliver of the knowledge given to Alicia straight from the God-Skeleton himself.

In the 42nd Millennium, the order has been kicking around doing the [[Indomitus Crusade]] as well as safeguarding the worlds in [[Segmentum]] Solar from the now very real threat of daemon incursion with their buddies the [[Mechanicus]], the [[Astartes]], and the [[Custodes]], who have an especially deep relationship with the order since they were the ones who got Alicia's attention in the first place.