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"We will not rest until every single Fallen Angel has been Hunted. Their suffering shall be but a beginning to their penance...their screams, the harbinger of their contrition." — Grand Master Althalos of the Black Knights

The Black Knights are an ancient and proud Loyalist Space Marine Chapter created from the lineage of the secretive and mighty Dark Angels Legion of old. They were created during the Second Founding following the conclusion of the terrible galaxy-wide conflict known as the Horus Heresy, and the subsequent wars of reciprocity known as the Great Scouring. The Black Knights were created as one of several Successor Chapters following the dissolution of the Legiones Astartes into separate, smaller Chapters. Thus, the Black Knights are counted amongst the ranks of the Unforgiven.

A fleet-based crusading Chapter, the Black Knights follow in the footsteps of the Lion and their Progenitors, and will not rest until every single Fallen Angel has been hunted down and brought back to the Rock, to be interrogated and granted extreme unction by the Interrogator-Chaplains of the Dark Angels. As a crusading Chapter, their doctrines, traditions, and organisation reflect their particular approach to prosecuting the Imperium's wars.

The Black Knights are wont to become embroiled in battles that other forces would have little hope of winning, particularly Zone Mortalis operations and 'Forlorn Objective' assaults. They are unrelenting in their persecution of the Emperor's foes, reserving a particular loathing for the Traitor Legions and those who make truck with the Ruinous Powers.

The Black Knights absolutely refuse to retreat in the face of any foe, however, this stubbornness has often come at a high price. Their willingness to suffer horrific casualties in the name of victory has seen their very survival as a Chapter be put into jeopardy more than once down the long millennia. The Astartes of this Chapter are grim and dour, with all their warriors wearing battle-plate of jet-black and deep red. Extant reports, however, indicate that this Chapter wields all manner of ancient relics and holy patterns of armour, weapons, and vehicles not commonly seen on the battlefields of the modern era.

Aloof and secretive, this Chapter keeps their own counsel, concentrating solely on their duties to the exclusion of all else. Shunning accolades and laurels, they are less well-known than other Unforgiven Chapters. Bellicose and unforgiving, the Black Knights are famed for arriving in a warzone without warning and attacking without a preamble. Upon eradicating their foe they take their leave and disappear without a word, leaving naught but ash and death in their wake.

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