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But I didn't....hey, that was Melissia not me. (I feel like a two year old say 'she started it')
Anyway, I don't think there's any strong evidence to suggest a Combined or 'Pure' codex either way. If a 'Pure' GK army comes out, I may change my mind.

In regard to an SoB novel, does anyone think it should follow a particular Convent (like the Tanith Equivalent) or particular characters on smaller missions?

Emperors Faithful wrote:@Mellissia and Manchu: I'd be happy to continue this conversation and get lamblasted by the both of you, but it should be in a seperate thread and I don't want to drag this off topic. I'll start one up (again ) when I get back, or you can start one now.

Don't forget to tag the thread as NSFW

Back on some sort of topic like.... thing, it's not a novel, but after reading this thread, I feel compelled to step up when writing the Sisters in my current fluff piece. And that's coming from a Chaos player.

So, no routing, no turning, most certainly no easy victory... instead, when I use the Sisters, they will be magnificent and mighty foes. My thanks for this thread; it's made me think quite a bit.

Croakamancer wrote:Back on some sort of topic like.... thing, it's not a novel, but after reading this thread, I feel compelled to step up when writing the Sisters in my current fluff piece. And that's coming from a Chaos player.

So, no routing, no turning, most certainly no easy victory... instead, when I use the Sisters, they will be magnificent and mighty foes. My thanks for this thread; it's made me think quite a bit.

You left out unstoppable, capable of everything, and way better than Space Marines..

Why do you think my CSM will be fighting sneaky?

Slightly more seriously; the scene isn't planed for a little while yet, but I do have the outline quite firmly in my head. As one point that should be of some encouragement, it should feature a Canoness going toe to toe with the Chaos Lord protagonist, and making it a more or less even fight.

But... Chaos is Better.... est...

Patience. If you like both SoB and Chaos, you should like that story, all in all.

I have some old dusty DE vs IG fan-fic laying around I should Heavily edit it (yay 2 years of creative writing!!) and make it less High School and post!

Croakamancer wrote: Why do you think my CSM will be fighting sneaky?

Slightly more seriously; the scene isn't planed for a little while yet, but I do have the outline quite firmly in my head. As one point that should be of some encouragement, it should feature a Canoness going toe to toe with the Chaos Lord protagonist, and making it a more or less even fight.

Make sure the Chaos Lord wins through guile, trickery, and cheating. Can't have Chaos without those things, now, can we?

*bows* Indeed. Thankfully, guile is what my Lord prides himself on (that, logic, and being better spoken and educated than those... yahoos that call themselves the Inquisition )

Cheating? I say foul play, sir, foul play. Why not a friendly immolation of heretic scum at the end?

That generally only happens when the Sisters win, no?

I believe the SoB should be possessed and become a daemon.. Of course Chaos is betterest!

*shakes head* That's 'disrespectful portrayal of sisters'. :p Yes, possible, but not something I'm going to write.

Croakamancer wrote:That generally only happens when the Sisters win, no?

Which is what I fully expect you to write at the end of your storyline.

Well, that'll be a while.

Thats cause chaos say: "OWNED!" to the Inquisition.

Well, it's still off topic, but as I don't play the army, I'd like to check with you guys, to see if this is a good starting point. This is the Order I intend to write about. Have I got them about right, would you say?

Order of the Vigilant Blade

The Vigilant Blade have been founded comparatively recently; Palatine Sariah and several of her closest sisters approached the Abbess Sanctorum herself with their proposition. They had served in the Order of the Ebon Chalice long and faithfully, travelling between Shrine Worlds, and Cardinal Worlds honouring the Emperor in ceremony after ceremony. But they had also known their share of battle, fighting Orks, heretics and all kinds of blasphemers against the Emperor's Light. And in many cases, they stood almost alone. So few Orders existed, there were many places in the darker side of the galaxy where heretics remained safe from the Sisters of Battle. This small band knew that they could not change this alone, but asked the Abbess to grant them permission to form a new Order, to train others in the arts of Faith and Fire, and begin the slow process of building yet another holy group of warriors ready to fight and defend Emperor, Imperium and Ecclesiarchy..

The Abbess worried a little at this show of what could be seen as defiance against the Sisters' Canoness. Yet, after much deliberation, she saw the holy light of the Emperor in the eyes of this small group of servants of the Emperor, and granted their request. She named Sariah as Canoness of this new order, and at her command, a formal charter was issued to the band of five, along with resources and the appropriate contracts to ensure supply of armour and weaponry. With much rejoicing, the newly created Order left Terra to find a place to found their Order's beginnings. Priests of the Ministorum travelled with them, ready to help the Sisters build their fortress-monastery when they found their new home world, and sanctify it in the Emperor's Name. The newly created Order travelled the stars to find their new home and training ground.

It took them a year, but in the end, they found it in the agri-world of Deranhal. Isolated from the Imperium at large, it was a peaceful place, one removed from the civilization most of the Imperium knew well. And yet, it was not so far removed from the threat of the Green Tide as to be totally secure. This little world could well need the new Order and their help before too long. The small band of Sisters found a mountaintop that none of the Imperial settlers had ever laid claim to. It was there that the Order of the Vigilant Blade built their first Monastery, and from there, they begun the path that they continue to this day, growing, building, and preparing to bring Holy War to the stars; and Death to the Emperor's foes.

They are a small Order Militant to this day, still growing. Currently, they number mere one hundred and fifty fully battle ready sisters, with another hundred novices in training, all located in their mountaintop fortress-monastery on Deranhal. In terms of pure size, they are more a Commandery than a true Order, recruiting those they could from the local population, setting up links with the Schola Progenium, and sending a few Sisters to roam across the subsector on Charrist ships to find more potential members.. But they should under no account be underestimated. Their Convent was built here in case Deranhal ever came under attack. The world is isolated, and the Munitorium would find it hard indeed to provide major re-enforcements, given the current Ork threat throughout the Sector. Thus, if it ever comes to war, it shall be Deranhal's PDF that stands alone against whatever horrors of the Galaxy come to ensnare them.

Yet they shall know precious little fear. For at their front, should that day come, will stand the Order of the Vigilant Blade, resplendent in the armour of their faith and station. Their holy flamers shall click but once to ignite the Promethium they carry into jets of blessed flame. Their bolters shall gleam in the midday son as they rain death upon the foes of the Emperor and the loudspeakers of the Order's sacred battle-tanks will roar out the war prayers of the Adepta Sororitas as the guardians of the Imperium's soul show their opponents just what faith, loyalty and belief truly mean.