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WarGamerGirl wrote:
Thanks, very helpful. I had always thought Black Templar would be the best match, but after seeing that in 6th they were "desperate allies" I just assumed there was some bad history between them.

By the way, I have read both of the Sisters novels. I liked Hammer & Anvil the best. I felt bad for poor Decima =(

Aside from VS's point, they do have some bad blood in that the Templars were one of the four chapters whose backsides were repeatedly kicked by the organisation from which the original Battle Sisters were recruited.

The Sororitas feel guilty for fighting the wrong way. The Templars are smarting from being beaten up by a bunch of measly, unenhanced humans.

The Sisters were, apparently, all busy getting killed to a woman defending the Sanctorum of St. Katherine at Hive Tempestora, in the case of the three companies of Martyred Lady sisters deployed, or being murdered by Flesh Tearers on the Fire Plains in the case of four of the seven companies of Argent Shroud who were deployed to the planet.

Apparently, there were a handful of Argent Shroud Sisters defending the Temple at Helsreach, but they were only mentioned as an aside in the novel since, obviously, they're not as important as Grimaldus.

In the original fluff, the Sisters were killed. In the newer Flesh Tearer fluff, they changed it, possibly because to move away from a reputation of putting women in fridges, possibly to make the FTs more heroic for their special release.

Good call, I don't have the resources right now.

 Furyou Miko wrote:
In the original fluff, the Sisters were killed. In the newer Flesh Tearer fluff, they changed it, possibly because to move away from a reputation of putting women in fridges, possibly to make the FTs more heroic for their special release.

I have been corrected on this!

http://web.archive.org/web/20021005050337/http://www.armageddon3.com/English/Campaign/Troops/ftearers.html

That is the original piece of fluff from the campaign website, in which the Flesh Tearers slaughtered Orks and Militia, but the Sisters withdrew.

 AnomanderRake wrote:
Answer depends on the Sisters. What, you thought that all Space Marines came out of different cultures and had different values and personalities but all Sororitas were identical?

(Ebon Chalice and Salamanders is my prediction; both are similarly deliberate/practical/calm-headed in their general approach to things)

Sacred Heart might be a better choice than Ebon Chalice - they're the level-headed ones. Ebon Chalice are the hyper-traditionalists.