Editing Order Of The Anointed Arrow (section)

==Origins==
[[Image:SaintMarsilia.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Saint Marsilia with her scoped Bolter, prior to her ascension as Canoness]]
Hebria is a resource poor world in the middle of an ice age, where starvation is an ever present threat for the local population. While its Planetary Defense Forces were always the first to receive provisions, a delay in off-world food shipments caused shortages to impact even the armed forces. Insubordination and rioting soon spread among elements of the Hebrian Home Guard, along with whispered tales of soldiers seizing the last scraps of food from civilians, or performing even darker deeds to stave off their hunger. Although food shipments were soon resumed before a scant 6 million inhabitants had perished from famine, by then the entire PDF was in full revolt. Now calling themselves the Bountiful Host, the traitors had turned to the worship of Slaanesh, and developed an insatiable taste for human flesh.

In was into this hellish war zone that Sister Marsilia descended. As a member of an Argent Shroud strike force sent to the planet, she took part in the wider Imperial campaign to restore order on the beleagered world. Unfortunately, the Imperial Guard sent to Hebria were ill equipped for its harsh weather, and were bogged down in a series of deadly urban combat zones. Its soldiers were constantly ambushed by Bountiful Host forces who knew the terrain far better than the off-worlders. Even the formidable Sisters of Battle took heavy casualties, as their unforgiving tactics of charging into the thickest fighting saw their forces surrounded and whittled down over several disastrous engagements. Sister Marsilia's own squad faced an ambush that left her the only one alive. Cut off from friendly forces, she swore an oath that she would do whatever it took to recover the stolen bodies of her fallen Sisters.

For weeks, Sister Marsilia waged a one woman war against the Bountiful Host. Running low on supplies, she relied on her faith and her years of training to make every shot count. Many a heretic found their end through the sight of her scope, gruesomely slain by a single well placed explosive bolt. In the icy ruins of the city, the hunters had become the hunted. Sadly, she could not stop the fallen bodies of her fellow Sisters from being desecrated. By the time she tracked down and slew her prey, nothing but bones remained. 

The loss and desecration of her squad affected Marsilia deeply. Plagued with guilt at her perceived failure, she would return again and again into heretic infested areas by herself to hunt down the enemy. She even modified her weapon to better suit her needs, scoping and rebalancing her Bolter until it could reliably deal death from afar with exceeding accuracy. She also infused her ammunition with the ashes of her former squad mates, so that they could visit vengeance upon the enemy even after death. Altering a holy weapon of the Adepta Sororitas on her own initiative was a questionably radical act, but by then the Argent Shroud had taken such severe losses, she no longer had an immediate superior to chastise her.

But as she hunted her prey, the rage inside Marsilia's heart gradually gave way to a deep empathy for the Guardsmen who fought and died on Hebria. Lying unseen among snowy ruins, she listened for hours to their vox chatter, and heard their fears, triumphs, and moments of desperate need. Marsilia was filled with a sense of renewed conviction. She could not save her squad, but perhaps she could save some of these brave servants of the Emperor. So she followed in their wake, a guardian angel who would appear sight unseen to offer deliverance when all hope seemed lost. With every such encounter, and every utterance of "the Emperor sees all!" heard over the vox-caster, the legend of the All Seeing Angel grew, and morale soared along with it. These stories took on a life of their own. Soon, the heartened Imperial Guard began pushing back the enemy, and before the year was through, they had dealt the Bountiful Host a crushing blow.

Following the conclusion of the Defense of Hebria, the Ecclesiarchy investigated Marsilia's string of incredible deeds and decided to elevate her to lead a new Minor Order on Hebria. Despite being only a humble Battle Sister, none who saw her could deny she was blessed with a divine grace. And so the Order of the Anointed Arrow was born, and would go on to train its Battle Sisters into sharp eyed paragons of selfless service. Following her death centuries later, Canoness Superior Marsilia was elevated as an Imperial Saint, cementing her legendary deeds in the annuals of the Imperium.