Blades in the Dark
This page details people, events, and organisations from the /tg/ Heresy, a fan re-working of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe. See the /tg/ Heresy Timeline and Galaxy pages for more information on the Alternate Universe.
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| Battle Cry | None, open battle is to be regretted, not glorified. | |
| Founding | Second Founding | |
| Successors of | Void Angels | |
| Chapter Master | Thierre Boulet (Founding), Florian Morel | |
| Primarch | Gaspard Lumey | |
| Homeworld | Vaniteux (Destroyed), Fleet Based | |
| Strength | 1,100 at establishment, 800-1400 current. | |
| Specialty | Stealth, asymmetric warfare, urban combat. | |
| Allegiance | Imperium of Man | |
| Colours | Variable, context determinant | |
Created in the second Founding, as the Blades of the Emperor, successor chapter to the Void Angels the Blades were stationed at the far side of the Ultima Segmentum, on the Eastern Fringe.
Their founder, Thierre Boulet, a captain in the Void Angels, was renowned for his swordsmanship and chivalry in battle. From the Void Angels, he brought several veterans to becomes, most notably, Mathieu Thibodeau, a Terminator Sergeant who became the captain of the first company, and William Ombre, a Scout Captain and veteran of the Al-Sherar Sector.
After their near destruction in the Second Vetrovnak Incursion, Ombre became Chapter Master of the devastated chapter, and they rose again, as the Blades in the Dark.
Chapter History
Thierre Boulet was a popular marine in the Void Angels. He fought in the Heresy and beyond, gaining a small cadre of sergeants and Captains that respected his martial prowess, though he rarely commanded more than his own company.
When the legions were split with the reforms of the Institutorum Astartes, Boulet and his comrades formed the Blades of the Emperor, and were assigned to the Ultima Segmentum. They controlled a small region, several Hive Worlds, a Forge world and countless agriworlds.
Their homeworld was the feudal world of Vaniteux. A grand melee was held on the world every year, and those children that accounted themselves best in the fighting were recruited to the chapter, as they best fitted the chivalrous duelling style of the Chapter.
The Blades of the Emperor served with distinction for 700 years, but spread thin, with forces as small as 20 and at most 100 marines on each planet across several systems, and were therefore all but destroyed in the Vetrovnak Incursion, and those that survived forged a very different chapter.
The Pacification of the Vaniteux System
The Blades of the Emperor travelled far to reach the system they were to make their home, and upon arrival, wanted only to begin construction of their Fortress Monastery.
The system was not, contrary to the claims of the Administratum, a part of the Imperium. So the Blades set about rectifying this fact.
Again the transhuman might of the Adeptus Astartes, the feudal forces of Vaniteux folded like a wet paper bag. The campaign was over within hours, when Thierre slaughtered all 32 of the High King's bodyguards to deliver the Emperor's justice to the man.
No Marines were lost.
The Second Vetrovnak Incursion
The Blades of the Emperor deployed across 15 systems, so they could respond rapidly to any developing threat. However, this meant they were woefully underprepared for the Vetrovnak onslaught. The Blades, spread so broadly, took horrendous casualties. Aghast, Thierre called the Blades back to their homeworld. The first and tenth company did not come. The tenth was spread throughout Hive World Tribulus, on the orders of Scout Captain Ombre, matching the Vetrovnak at their own tactics, hitting isolated groups and supplies, and evaporating into the Hive when the Vetrovnak moved more forces into the area. In this manner, they blunted the Vetrovnak advance, however temporarily, in the system. The First Company, meanwhile, was caught up in a desperate last stand on the death world Sitio, which baked under a too-large sun. They were trapped in the promethium mines that riddled the world, and were slowly bleeding men, their Terminator Armour ill suited to the narrow mine shafts.
The rest of the chapter assembled on Vaniteux, and retreated to their fortress. Boulet immediately set about preparing for an assault, which he hoped would break the back of the Vetrovnak forces in his domain.
He led 400 marines in a glorious charge against the Vetrovnak besieging his fortress, slashing a path through them, to engage the leader of the raid.
The two battled for hours, before Thierre managed to break through the Vetrovnak's defence, and bury his power sword in it's stomach. He roared his triumph, and turned to check on his men, and the Vetrovnak impaled on the end of his sword stabbed him in the back of the head. He dropped wordlessly to the ground, quite dead. The marines called for a general retreat.
Of the 400 marines that entered battle with the Vetrovnak, only 120 returned. They retreated to the fortress, and and protected those that had reached it before the Vetrovnak.
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