Hello Everyone I have an updated thing to the Fleet of the Crusaders. Also the pics of the Crusaders will be posted. On Friday hopefully. Also I have hit 7,000 Posts and as such I wrote all this..... As a massive update....
The Chapter Fleet is massive especially for an Astrates Chapter.
The Chapter Contains.
1 Hellfire Barge (The Storm's Visage)
3 Battle Barges (The Guardian, The Light of Asherian, and The Drancorian)
39 Strike Cruisers
70 Other Vessels
1 Star Port (The Eternal Light) (For defense against the Xenos Empires ahead.)
The Crusaders do maintain 2 other Battle Barges but they are from the Storm Knights chapter that contained 3 Battle Barges before its destruction the 2 Battle Barges have been given to the Adeptus Mechanicus for safe keeping if the Crusaders would ever be in need of the Battle Barge's in a war. How the Battle Barges surivived the Tyranic Battle is unknown.
The Hellfire Barge is a ship found in the ruins of the original wake of the Alien empires that the Storm Crusaders had fought against, ultizing an
STC found on the planets reconquered by the Storm Crusaders they were able to produce a Hellfire Barges, being 2x larger than a Battle Barge, and able to deal with naval warfare this ship is the only ship that is eternally watching the boundries of the Drancorian's Borders. Able to unleash the fury of an entire fleet. The Hellfire barge is the only thing standing in the way between the Rebelious Aliens and its supernatural inhabitants and the Crusader's Recuriting Worlds. The Inqusition and the Imperial navy allow this as the Crusaders are the only Chapter and imperial force that take up residence there and those that are close are most likely severely weakened or are just patrols with little to no strength.
The Drancorian Empire's Shipping lanes are very important to the Imperium as they contain new shipments of the nearby Forge World which contain Power Armor, Terminator Armor, Land Raiders, and anything for a new chapter to be produced. These worlds are protected rigirously by the Storm Crusaders. The main reason why the fleet is so large is because of the threats are so great that any normal Astrates chapter would of been annihalted long ago. The Drancorian Navy also is equipped to deal with space warfare but the Storm Crusaders are also equipped as well.
Timeline
The Second Founding-The Chapter is formed into the Dusk Legion.
The First War-no offical name exists of its history, the Dusk Legion is attacked by chaos forces, Asherain put into stasis
The Refounding-The Chapter is renamed and remodeled after their First Chapter Master Asherain.
The Second War-Grand Commander Malnar leds defence of Drancrois and defeats the (SUPPRESSED) Empire, all knowledge of the event has been wiped
-Asherian Dies in Stasis-
The Grimnar Campagin- Malnar Is believed to be killed in the Campagin, offical knowledge is lost after the third war. Malnar goes into stasis on a Rouge Trader Ship.
The Crusades- The Storm Crusaders are Recolored and renamed to better fit the standards put on them, the chapter is split and the compaines act indepedently
The Third War- Grand Templar (SUPPRESSED) leads an attack on a Orc Warlord, Orc Warlord retalitates and fights agianst the Drancorain Empire. The War Lasts for a century. Ork Warlord Finally defeated and the Orks are wiped out.
Inqusition Leads an Investigation along with the Guardians about the infestation at Nerios.
Nerios Campagins Begins- Nerios is reconquered and repurposed.
Discovery- Long lost Technology found in The Vaults, Geneseed (SUPPRESSED) also found.
The Lost Campagain- Arrival of Calnor Alrnia in the Chapter, Calnor Quickly masters and 150 years in the chapter and He joins Alpha Squadron
The Fourth War- Grand Templar Malis is killed in combat, Calnor Alrnia is named his successor, Navious Completely Destroyed.
Ultramarines disregard the Crusaders.
Calis Oaths to Destroy all the Crusaders Chapters and the entire Drancorian Worlds and summon a Daemon on the Holy Worlds of Mal and Telicron.
Storm Blades Chapter is wiped out to the last astrates as a plague goes through the entire chapter wiping them out. Dusk Guard Chapter of the Blood Angels invesitagates.
Plague of Desturction Starts the entire ghoul star borders are assualted by a plague of unknown origin. Inqusition and Death Watch Respond. Guardians are sent as reniforcements.
Captain Garane Promoted to First Captain.
Champion ???? becomes Navious. From that point on all first company champions would be name Navious after the loss of the homeworld.
Malickith Promoted to Magistrate at the age of 150
Calnor Alrnia kills the Greater Daemon that took his arm as his prize. Killing him with the Sword of the Eternal.
The Fifth War-Tyranid Infestation, Tyranid hive fleet attacks. Hive Fleet Successfully destoried. At the loss of the Storm Knights.
The War of the Angels- Storm Crusaders Engaged by the Wanderers. Storm Crusaders almost exterminate chapter but stopped by order of the Inqustion. The Wanderers despise the Crusaders. They become Rival Chapters.
Spear of Asherian is lost.
Garane Entombed in a Dreadnought.
Captain Jackal Killed by Calis along with his entire 30th company.
Black Fists Respond by scouring the area. Chapter is Severly weakened as Warp Storms break out in that system.
Inqusition Authorizes the use of the Entire Storm Crusaders chapter. For the first time in 8,000 years the Storm Crusaders chapter is sent into battle with more than 1,000 astrates. The Sixth War begins.
Captain Lucien of the 10th Company dies. A young Segerant takes his place and is able to reorganize the defense of the 10th Company Fortress until aid arrives.
Captain Navious Kills a Greater Daemon.
The Sixth War-Ended, Calis and his entire armada are put to the flame and extinguished by the might of the crusaders. Calnor Alnria Beheads Calis at the Crusaders Memorial World. Saving the chapter's image and ancients. Loken and his 10th company fight off 10,000 Cultists.
Guardians are Awakened.
An Astrates that walks with the colors of the Dusk Legion is seen. Guardians respond and bring him into custody. Never allowing the Chapter Council or the Inqusition to Investigate.
M41-Current The Grimnar Campagin begins.
'Asherian' is discovered to be Malnar.
Venerable Garane kills a Greater Daemon.
Grand Templar Calnor Alrnia Kills a Daemon Prince and reclaims the Grimnar System
The Storm Crusader Chapter is split in half. As the Crusading Companies are more zealous than the the rest of the chapter. The Crusaders recognize their brothers as different as they hit the number of 7,500 the chapter is split in half. The Son's of Asherian Chapter are born.
The Crusaders place a limit on recuritment only allowing 3,700 Astrates of the crusaders at anyone time.
The Storm Crusaders chapter under Calnor's and Malnar's Command send all the Chapter successors to fight in the wars across the Imperium. And to never to return to Drancoris. The Crusaders See the
The Black Fists/Crusaders chapter is decimated by a Dark Eldar fleet.
The Son's of the Phoenix Successor Chapter's homeworld is destroyed. Half the chapter is destroyed. Son's of the Phoenix Permitted to take a Former Storm Knight's Battle Barge and a few others of its fleet from the Storm Crusaders.
Tyrion vs Scarius- Scarius defeats Tyrion the captain of the 29th in a gladitoral battle. Tyrion, later that year leads a campagin against a Cultist force, he was reported to have kept silcing a cultist that wore blue for 2 hours straight. Tyrion was relieved of command for the rest of the campagin.
The Son's of Asherian Fleet fight in the eye of Terror. At least 1,000 Son's appear. The other 2,300 Son's are spread across the Galaxy. Under the Mandate of a new battle across the system. Son's Of Asherian Establish a foothold on an Alien Empire.
The Storm Crusaders chapter's companies are spread across the Ghoul Systems and the Drancoris Systems as Chaos forces start to attack the systems in the Lakios Systems.
The Ultramarine's chapter Ask for aid. The 3rd Company of the Storm Crusaders Respond. Lead By Promethius Jorin.
First Knight Amand and his Sternguard squad are aiding a Inquisitorial force defeat an Alpha Legion force that have a relic of the Storm Crusaders Chapter. Amand has been instructed to Destroy the Relic. Instead he finds something else. 2 Guardians are killed, and a Imperial Guard Cruiser crashes, the Inqustor attached is killed by a bullet from an Alpha Legionire. The Alpha Legion is sent back. Alpha Legion is then revealed to be targeting specific members of the crew. The two guardians are recovered and First Knight Amand calls for the Nearest vessel. The Vessel turns out to be a Wanderers Vessel they take him towards the Inqustiorial Stronghold in Drancoris and are detained until Amand is given new orders.
First Knight Amand Returns from the Campagin. No Witnesses are allowed to live by order of the Inqustiorial Council. The First Knight Amand returns and slaughters the entire contigent that aided him. The Wanderers are spared, and all other astrates chapters that were attached were also spared as well though their minds were wiped. Though later on the Wanderers being known for the recall even after mind wiping still remember the event.
Grimnar Campagin Ends.
The Iron Stone Campagin begins.
Recruitment
Many chapters have just one homeworld or during a campaign recruit among the populaces they have conquered for the imperium or imperial guard regiments. Unlike these chapters. The Crusaders recruit specifically from the 7 systems they inhabit. 3 companies hold 4 worlds where they look to for recruitment.
For the 7 systems that the Crusaders maintain and protect they maintain 15 Fortresses for 90 planets within the 7 systems. Each fortress is used to recruit new crusaders and are recruited from the populace, on richer planets that are also high technological worlds such as Navian, Drancoris, Malitor, Telessar, and Corvin the populace chooses it’s best and brightest (and strongest) individuals that are all first born sons.
These individuals choose to become Crusaders and are recruited at the age of sixteen terran years.
Of these recuritments hundreds that fail are sent immedately to join the Drancorian Defense Forces or become Serfs.
The Crusaders then use the Nephoytes alongside the Drancorian Defense Forces to protect the Systems while the main bulk of the chapter is gone on campagin.
The 11th-19th Companies are the defenders of the Drancorian systems. All of which vary from nephoytes and Intiaties. Each Company is split over a few worlds to protect as a way of protection for the Shipping lanes which are vital to the Imperium.
Purpose
The Storm Crusaders as accordance to the pact they made must protect the Drancorian Systems at all costs. Mainly the Forge World which proves to be the Heart of the Drancorian Empire. All of which is protected by the Storm Crusaders. Also the Crusaders maintain such a high number most notably because of their overabudance of power armor and bolters. Being supplied by a Forge World does this to a chapter. The chapter is known to guard the Forge World Convoys that go to other chapters Fortress Monestaries to watch the drop offs to ensure the Adepts are not hindered in any way.
History Updated And Reedited
The Storm Crusaders are an ancient Chapter, being founded during an unknown founding. Though they can trace it back to the 3rd founding. They have fought in major campaigns in the ghoul stars. They are known as the “The Storm’s last Crusade.” Hence their chapter name is apporiate. The Storm crusaders are venerable warriors and fight with unmatched fury with the blade, though they are famed for their use with halbrieds. A Very unusual skill among astrates.
The Crusaders are a massive chapter and do not adhere to the codex astrates at any points but follow the Codex Ignatus, a tome created by the Storm Crusader’s 2nd Arch Templar, Malnar with much aid from his predecessor and his first captain, the only similarities are maintaining, a Libarius, Techmarines, Chaplains, Devastators, Tactical, Scouts, and Assualt squads the two are almost completely different. The Storm Crusaders have been highly successful though when it comes to prolonged sieges, defenses, and campaigning. Such is their skill with this the chapter usually employs entire companies filled with siege weaponry. The chapter itself maintains 34 companies. For every 10 companies there are in the Storm Crusaders these 10 are lead by 1 Grand Guardian. In total there are 5 Grand Guardians. The other 2 lead the other 4 companies these are the Alpha Squadron company, Templar Company, Fire Birds company, and the Siege Company. The chapter acts as if it is 3 seperate chapters but they bear the same resemblance and colors, and bear the same name and everything else but have not been together since the chapters founding.
The Chapters Might is something to beware, but as according to their pact with the inquisition the Templar company and the Alpha Squadron companies are specifically used by the Inquisition for their own matters. And the chapter can never gather in anyone place, or system for that matter. They must abide to ensure that the chapter does not believe itself to be indestructible. Such is this that the Grand Templar sometimes if not frequently sends companies quickly away from the core systems to ensure this treaty is kept. At anyone time only at least a chapter’s worth of Astrates are kept in the 6 systems that occupy the Storm Crusader’s Empire.
Originally the chapter occupied in its earlier years 50 systems which it had to protect, over time these have been given to new chapters, 6 of which used the Storm Crusader’s geneseed. They also follow the codex astrates. The 10 chapters descended from the Storm Crusaders are the Black Fists, Son’s of the Phoenix, Blade Knights, Son’s of Asherian, Storm Knights, the Blue Paladins, Iron Raiders, Death’s Angels, The Brotherhood of the Sword, and the Knightly Avengers. These chapters have all spread across the ghoul stars to ensure that no alien races may try to continue, the only chapters that are not located within or around the ghoul stars being, the Black Crusaders, Knightly Avengers, Storm Knights, and the Son’s of Asherian, either being banished to fight on the other side of the gaxaly or being completely eradicated from existence (Black Crusaders).
The Chapter has been able to somehow produce Geneseed through unknown means. Though at the moment most of these chapters are understrength excluding the crusaders and the Son's of Asherian.
In recent events the entire Storm Knight's Chapter was Eradicated by the supernatural inhabitants that had developed a bioweapon that specifically targeted the Storm Knights. The Knightly Avengers were sent in and eradicated the inhabitants in that system also destroying the bioweapon as well.
This being locked inside the secrets of the chapter. Some rumors point to the existence of cloning geneseed or even have possession of a primarch! Which is completely obscene.
Such is the rumors about the chapter that many other chapters outside of the Crusader Brotherhood that they are often regarded with suspuscion, most notably the Wanderers Chapter, the Ultramarines, Blood Angels, and many other codex chapters. Though they are found to be good pets for the Ordo Heretics and Ordo Xenos.
The Crusaders have been known to be extremely innovative, being able to build new weapons and tactics against enemies in a campaign. Such is their innovation that what seems to be a ineffective weapon is soon upgraded to specifically deal with the enemies of the imperium quickly and efficently. Such is their ties with the Adeptus Mechanicus forgeworld which vowed to produce all weapons of war specifically for the Crusaders and their brotherhood and for the systems there, that they have all accesses to weapons that many chapters would rarely get a handful of the resources at the crusaders disposal. The the chapter boasts an entire Company of Techmarines, all of which are called the Siege Company, Also the 21st company contains 100 Terminators in total, while the 1st company contains 80 sternguard and 40 vanguard, though it should be noted the 1st company contains 120 Veterans as the 1st company is constantly being sent out on campagins, so little times has the 1st company ever been gathered that it is considered a rarity to have even 30 veterans, this also applies to the 21st which accompanies other companies that need their support.
Another Company which is often regarded with much mystery is the Guardian company that does not follow any formal organization, the latest census shows that there are 124 Guardians Active at the moment, the guardians being an Elite Psyker unit used by the Crusaders they are rarely ever sent to fight in campaigns but guard the First Guardians, whose sole purpose is to hunt down relics, traitors, Daemons, Xenos, or artifacts of any origin, they are regarded as Almost like the Ordo Malleus’s Grey Knights, being so pure that a normal human would go insane by staring at them.
The Guardians are adorned with armor similar to that of the Custodes, though they are not permitted to speak to any who are outside the chapter they are famed for cutting through hundreds of traitors in folk tales of the Drancorian Peoples. The Guardians are regarded with much mystery but their real purpose is to hunt. They carry nemisis force weapons with specialized bolters inscribed with oils that burn tainted flesh.
The Storm Crusaders are a massive chapter containing at least 3,700 Space Marines. Due to its large size it is often sent on campagians, that are long and bloody. The Chapter is orgainized into compaines like normal space marine chapters but this chapter differs in its names and its orginzation of its compainies. The 2-5 Compaines are Battle Compaines, that are usually sent on campagians in the Ghoul Stars, the 6th-9 compaines are reserve compaines that protect the fortress Monestary from harm. The 10th,14,16,17,18th,19th,20th,22nd and the 23rd are all Active Campagin Battle Companies, These are the main bulk of the chapter, but unlike battle compaines they specialize in a certain type of Battle Brother. For Example the 10th Company Nicknamed the Iron Wolves by other Imperial Orgainzations. The Company has 4 Tactical Squads, 3 Assualt Squads, and 3 Devastator Squads. Compared to the 20th company which consists of 4 Tactical, 4 Devastators, and 2 Assualt Squads. All of the companies are very indepedent from the Chapter, each company holds a fortress or Outpost in which to recurit more troops for the chapter and their company.
Unlike Most Chapters the Storm Crusaders have 5 Elite Compaines. They are orgainized into these 5 orgianzations, they so follow, the 15th The Guardians-The Defenders of the Storm Crusader's Fortress Monestary. Alpha Squadron has no company marking but is instead the special forces of the chapter, as their name dicates they deal with some of the most fearsome oppenents in the gaxaly. . The 31st Company is the Brothers of the Sword, a large company only consisting of Vanguard and SternGuard Veterans. The 21st Company is a company only consisting of Termiantors. And finnaly the 1st Company Consisting of a Mix between Vanguard, Sternguard, and Terminators.
It is also widely known the Wanderers and the Storm Crusaders hold a special hatred for each other, as the Storm Crusaders slaughtered 3 companies of the Wanderers after the Crusaders found the Wanderers to possess a Daemon Weapon and harbor a fugitive of the Storm Crusaders.
The Chapter Homeworld is a fortress world of epic porportions. As the only Fortress World within the Ghoul Stars that could boast an entire chapter of space marines, they are one of the few that stand against the alien empires that linger there. The Chapter itself was founded to protect the area as it held many imperial worlds such as a Forge World, Inqusition World, many imperial Guard Recuriting worlds, A hive World, a Research World, and many other vital Planets. The Chapter has access to all of these worlds for recuritment and supplying against their war agianst the alien species that linger on their doorstep.
FAQ
I decided to do this
FAQ so people are less confused and do not consider this chapter a heretical bunch of misfits.
Q: Why is the chapter so large? How can it maintain it as such without the inqusition?
A: During the first war of asherian the chapter was completely understrength and in order to deal with this they recurited as many Nephoytes as they could after they saw how useless the codex was vs an opponent that knew the codex as well. It proved to be combat ineffective against another Xenos Race the Quai'ds which were tactical experts and proved that following the Codex Astrates proved again it was probably not the brightest Ideas. The chapter after the second war for asherian laid down the Codex Ignatus which is basically the Codex Astrates but with lots of upgrades and is constantly being updated against new alien races, and also how to deal with other astrates renegade chapters and the such. The Chapter also has pentience must send half their chapter into constant campagining, The chapter must also give the inqusition control of 3 companies, the Alpha Squadron, Fire Angels and the Templars, which are the 3 most elite companies in the chapter and the future of the chapter leadership.
Q: Why doesn't the Inqusition consider them heretics?
A: Because the chapter has proved to be extremely useful, and they are the only ones out as far as they are, the only other chapters near them are hundreds of systems away. The Chapter also boasts alot of defenses for the imperium plus the Inqusition has a seat on the Chapter Council and also they are given a fortress world which the crusaders must defend at all times. Not only that but the chapter is entrusted with
STCs that the Inqusition does not want belonging to the wrong hands that is why the Guardians and First Guardians go on quests to retrieve obejcts of value they are looking specifically for
STC's Daemonic weapons and the like so that they can either destroy them, retreive them, or hide them underneath the Storm Crusader Fortress Monestary which is the strongest Fortress in the Entire Ghoul Stars Sector.
Q: I am confused how can the chapter be called 3 seperate chapters combined into one? How long does it take to become a crusader? What is the Leadership? How does the chapter go to war?
A: The Crusaders follow 30x stricter rules than any other astrates chapters. They are Knights and Soldiers they must follow the rules 10 fold. No other chapter that I know of exercises their initaties after gaining power armor to go through several hundred tests before becoming a full fledged Crusader. Now the chapter has 3,000 marines no one man can control the might of a legion to be safe, the Crusaders laid down a group called the Chapter Council of Asherian. This group leads every single decision in the chapter, there are 12 in total, 1 Inqusitior Lord, 3 Grand Templars, 4 Grand Guardians, 1 Ancient, 1 First Templar, the Cypher and one of the First Guardians. Each one chooses an element which they represent these elements.Such as Calnor the Grand Templar of the Storm Branch represents the Light, as a metaphor of his postion. The Chapter is split into three groups, the Storm Branch, The Defense Branch, and the Sword Branch. Each one is lead by a Grand Templar and then is split into companies that vary from 100 to 115 astrates and are lead by the Commanders and the Masters, or a Lord Commander.
Q: How many chapters are there that are descended from the Crusaders?
A: Only 10.
Q: out of those who are as large as the Crusaders?
A: Only 2 match the crusaders in Strength only because the follow the Black Templars example as straight on crusading chapters. They would be the Knightly Avengers and the Death's Angels. Which all exceed their parent chapter because of their zealousness to the emperor of mankind, the only problem is they are so spread out it makes the Black Templars think twice about how spread out they are.
Q:Out of those 10 how many have been destroied?
A: 2 have been completely wiped out to the last astrates. Storm Knights, and the Black Crusaders. 2 Other chapters have come close to extiniction the Son's of the Phoenix, and the Blue Paladins.
Q: What about the other 5?
A: One out of the 3 there are the only Astrates chapter descended from the crusaders geneseed that actually does not follow the Codex Ignatus they follow the Codex Astrates. They have only 1,000 marines and consider the rest of their brother chapters insane. The Brotherhood of the Sword and the Blade Knights have only 2,000 battle brothers each. But the Brotherhood of the Sword considers itself to be the most elite chapter ever and push themselves to be the best, their recuriting standards are appaling and the Blade Knights follow the Codex Ignatus to the letter and are brothers with the Son's of the Phoenix. though they dislike the Storm Crusaders Chapter after one of their Leaders was elected. The Son's of Asherian are the new guys, they have 2,000 marines, are completely fleet based and they cannot see their homeworld ever again, after Calnor Alrnia and the Chapter Council Banned them from ever contacting them and fighting with them. All the chapters that are decesended from the Crusaders cannot come close to each other ever. They must all be seperated from the crusaders, Son's of Asherian are now the leaders of a reclamination crusade on the outer boundries.
Q: Why are the numbers so large isn't that breaking the codex astrates?
A: Well to tell you the truth the codex astrates that limits a group of super humans that relize they are still human aren't really going to give a gak about a Primarch's works if they see the Ultramarines as traitors all of them except the Iron Raiders who are the bastard child of the Crusader's.
Q; That doesn't make sense what did the ultramarines do?
A: The Storm Crusaders have had a beef with the Ultramarines ever since they became a chapter, for some reason they have disliked them for not fighting at the Gates of the Imperial Palace and for forcing other chapters to follow their so called great book that fixes everything. The Ultramarines also had a sparing match Between one of their captains vs Tyrion of the 29th company. Tyrion won after he cheated by pulling out his Crusader knife. The ultramarines consider the crusaders Moronic childern that do not understand what could happen if the balance was upset. The Crusaders consider the Ultramarines likewise the ones that disrespect other chapters by claiming all the credit for engagements.
Q: What other rivals does the chapter have?
A: There have been quite a few chapters that hate the crusaders. The Wanderers for one, after the wanderers tried to claim a relic that was rightful the Crusaders, the chapters actually had a war against each other the Wanderers were almost annihalted (Yes the Wanderers are basically my version of the Imperial Fists in book series.) The Crusaders mope their floor and told them don't take our stuff or else we will kill you. Mostly this was started after the Wanderer Chapter Master let a First Guardian and his squad of guardians die in battle against a Tyranid Hive tyrant.
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