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"Cowards! I should have nailed your worthless hide to the Bastion you vowed to defend! I will hunt you to the ends of the galaxy! I swear this to Him on Earth!" - the parting exchange between Canoness Superior Sylia Stengovich of the eventual Order of Machaeram and the former Imperial Guard commander, Colonel Buryon J. Mason, latterly known as Buryon the Trecherous. Order name and History[/skullheaderhalf] The Order originates from a small contingent of Sisters of the Order of Our Martyred Lady, based on a world called Machaeram. Dedicated to defending worlds nearby, the Order working in tandem with an Imperial Guard regiment called Gehnum's 87th "The Boomers" a heavy infantry regiment. The Guardsmen were wary of the Order initially, mainly due to their fervour in battle and the measures taken to expose and deal with Heresy. After a decade of fighting, mostly concentrated within the Linna system, both were taken out of rotation to resupply and rest. On the way back to their respective worlds, the Canoness Superior discovered that their allies were Heretics themselves. Turning around to make chase, the Orders' flagship was attacked by a force of Chaos Space Marines. Left crippled and adrift, the Order was unable to pick up the trail of their new quarry. The Order spent many years searching, each world they scoured showed signs that the regiment were looking for a particular artefact, one that would result in the apotheosis of the Colonel by releasing a torrent of Daemons into the material galaxy. They had had no luck, the regiment suffering high casualties. Interrogating a wounded guardsman left behind, they were given the last world the Colonel would search, the Order's own home-world. Horrified that such a thing could exist under their very noses, the Sororitas made haste back to Machaeram, only to find it ablaze, the native populace either dead or turned, willing slaves to the Colonel, who had now taken the moniker of Buryon the Treacherous. On a mountain top, the two fought, their struggle to overcome the other frantic. A landslide made the Colonel fall to the depths below, but the Canoness did not believe he had perished as there were signs of his handiwork on worlds on the outer edges of the Quincy Sector. The Sisters led by Canoness Sylia Stengovitch strove to emulate the feats of the larger Order, ever eager to root out Heresy, ever eager to be acknowledged as equals. The failure to see the corruption of their former allies resulted in being stripped of their heraldry and colours, their deeds struck from record. Forced to wear grey armour and tabards, they were commanded to make a pilgrimage to the distant Shrine World of Romanov II to atone for their foolish pride and to redeem themselves. Their journey took longer than it should have, as they diverted their path following any lead that would bring them closer to the Traitors that brought them low. After twenty years, the Order finally arrived at Romanov II, weary and overstretched. Upon visiting the shrine at the Capitol, Canoness Stengovitch was brought before the Sectors head of the Ecclesiarchy in a private ceremony to determine whether they had truly atoned. The affair was never officially documented, but soon after, the small group was ordered to return, a new determination set in their minds. Armour still dark grey, they now sported green tabards and bore the sigil of a sword. Setting a course, the new Order of Machaeram vowed to destroy the Heretical regiment. The remainder of Machaeram's native population were mostly put to death, their numbers replaced by workers from other worlds nearby. The Sisters' renewed duty has given them an even harder edge, showing no mercy for any transgression against the Emperor. The Order has renewed their vow to end the Heretical Gehnum's 87th "The Boomers" regiments machinations once and for all. Home planet[/skullheaderhalf] Machaeram is primarily an Agri-world, mainly yielding various cereals for the Imperium at large. A small world within the Xeroid system, it's inhabitants are pious and unimaginative, the hard toil in the fields is ambition enough. A yearly tithe of orphaned girls or those who were of age were taken as their due and trained in the Doctrines of the Order to supplement recruitment from the Schola Progenium. The larger inhabited planet, Gehnum was mainly used to muster troops for the Guard and had done so for millennia. The high turnover of recruits had left the planet with a significant dip in population levels, the natives becoming more and more bitter that their destiny was ultimately to die forgotten on a far off battlefield. The seeds of corruption was brought to bear by an unknown instigator, so subtle in their work that the Heresy was not found out until it was too late. Order Founder Sylia Stengovitch was a fierce woman, her pious heart was broken with the knowledge that she has fought along side traitors to the Imperium and Him on Earth. After her Orders' pilgrimage, her fervour became even greater - nothing would stay her hand from destroying that which had brought her Sisters shame and will bring all before her to the flame to accomplish her goal. [skullheaderhalf=206906]Notable Sisters Irene Chang - A Seraphim Superior who, with her biological Sister Reika, were instrumental in rooting out and destroying a Slaaneshi Cult on Eufestus XI Reika Chang - A Seraphim Sister Lisa Vanette - A Celestian Sister who sacrificed her life to save her Canoness. Was latterly known as Lisa the Unyielding. Naoko - A Sister belonging to Canoness Superior Stengovitch's command squad. Sylvie - A Repressor tank driver who smashed the walls of the city known as Lucitant on the planet Gorumn, allowing the Order to gain victory. Anri - A Sister who fought with Iron Lord Hubros's Second Company of the Steel Wings Chapter and was instrumental in helping him prevent the Bahltimyr Reavers from corrupting the planet Mu'kin. [skullheaderhalf=206906]Significant battles joined - The battle of Eufestus XI Fighting alongside the Amber Dragons Chapter, the Order destroyed 10,000 Cultists who were ill prepared for the furious assault launched against them. The Cult leader, Amanos the sickened was torn to pieces by Irene Chang with her chainsword Aypeeteya, named after one of the mountain ranges to the north of the Order's Chapel-fortress. - The sacking Mu'Kin The Bahltimyr Reavers were denied their prize of an artifact of Xenos origin that would have defeated the combined force of the Steel Wings' Second Company and a small detachment of Sisters. Swearing vengeance, Rai Lurweiss would escape and attack the Order in transit to the Ermentia Cascade 15 years later.

Order name: Order of the Parthenon Home planet: Pavonis Name of its Founder: Athena History: Originally part of the Order of Our Martyred Lady, the Order of the Parthenon was founded after a failed mission against a Xenos raid by the Dark Eldar resulted in the death and/ or capture of the mission’s Canoness and multiple other sisters. The few surviving members of the mission performed valiantly but were stricken with the grief at the loss of so many of their fellow sisters and failure in protecting the Shrine of the Thor. The Canoness Superior of the Order of Our Martyred Lady sought out the Abbess Sanctorum for approval to form a new Order Minoris. The purpose of the new order was to create a small Commandery of Sisters that are to valuable to become Repentias, in need to way to cope with their grief, and rededicate their Faith to the Emperor. The Abbess granted the Canoness Superior the chance to create an Order Minoris. Canoness Superior selected Canoness Commander Athena to lead this Order. Canoness Commander Athena chose the name the Order of the Parthenon and selected the planet Pavonis in the Eastern Fringe. Canoness Commander Athena set about selecting various sisters amongst the Order of Our Martyred Lady that fit the Abbess and Canoness Superior's decree. Once the force was assembled, they departed Ophelia VII aboard an Inquisitor Ares' fleet and informed of their mission. All their previous iconography for the Order of our Martyred Lady was removed and their armor painted grey with black robes. Canoness Athena informed the assembled sisters that Fleur-de-lis icons would be different colors to signify ranks and veteran status. Notable Sisters: Canoness Commander Athena- Hard Nosed Canoness, commonly seen leading the forces on foot in mass. Well Respected and knowledgeable understands her mission and seeks the right Superiors to complete the job. Carries Combi-melta. Canoness A. Janelle- Aggressive, head strong Canoness perfers close combat and use of jump packs. Once Single handily engaged multiple squads of Terminators and Tactical Marines from the Salamander Space Marine Chapter over what was a considered a rude comment towards her and her sisters during the Battle of Armageddon. Only the intervention by Chaplain Xavier of the Salamanders stopped the fight. Veteran Sister Superior Ginger- One of the best Sister Superiors available and first pick to join the Ordo Minoris when created. Has served with Canoness Athena for many years and has become the Combat instructor for the new Sisters in the order. Levelheaded and strict, she usually leads the base sister squads to evaluate them in combat. Veteran Seraphim Superior Rochelle- Calm and cool compared to Canoness A. Janelle. She is the voice of reason that speaks to Canoness A. Janelle, when she listens. Often leads the Seraphim bodyguard for Canoness A. Janelle in battle. Sister Bambi- Survivor of the Xenos Raid. Commonly assigned to drive the Mission Commander's Transport. Shot down a raider transport with a squad wytches with her Rhino's Stormbolter after the squad had disembarked to take an area. Resulting crash delayed the Wyches from engaging in close combat for a few brief moments. Sister Alana- Survivor of the Xenos Raid. Heavy Bolter weilding Retributor. Commonly referred to one of the best shooters, most aggressive and ruthless members of the retributors. Constantly bumps heads with Veteran Retributor Superior Alma over the targets they are to engage, but usually the one that downs the most amongst the squad. During the Engagment with Dark Eldar, Alana shoot down a raider full of warriors and killed the survivors of the crash, shortly after that. Also successfully eliminated Eldar War Walkers attempting to scout a positon. Significant battles joined: Defense of the Relic- An item referred to as only the “relic” was being stored in the Parthenon after the Ordos arrival. The Adeptus Astartes from the Iron Hands Chapter assisting an Adeptus Mechanicus Detachment laid siege to the Order of the Parthenon’s Church. The siege only ended when Inquisitor Ares intervened forcing a truce between the 2 sides. The Bloody City- The cities inhabitants began to rise up and protest against the Imperium. The protests turned violent and fullscale rioting began. The Adeptus Aributes arrived in force and were slaughter ed. The last remaining arbite was able to send a distress call out before his death. Upon entering the city, Canoness Athena led the mounted forces only to discover how bad the situation actually was. The City was under the influence of a Cult of Khorne. The cultists soon were eliminated but the threat was far worse than originally thought. So Bezerkers of Khorne were appearing in the streets slaughtering the Sisters. Canoness Athena had her forces fall back to a more defensible position. Rhinos full of bezerkers charge toward the sisters position and that is when Canoness opened her vox to the forces in wait. A large mob of Zealots assaulted the Bezerkers as they approached the Sisters position, as the zealots chanted their war hyms of victory a Khorne brass scorpion ran threw them killing the survivors of the melee with the Bezerkers straight into the Sisters defended position. In a hail of bolter and melta fire the sisters were able to down the Daemon engine of Khorne. The Violent End- After the Blood City Battle a Dark Angel strike force was in system seeking an Alpha Legion they were chasing. While at the Master of the Dark Angels force discussed with Canoness Athena, the Alpha Legion and Iron Warriors began their attack. The long range artillery being laid down by the 2 Chaos Forces forced the Dark Angels and Sisters to Seek Refuge behind the Imperial Wall. The Dark Angels rushed to man the walls with their plasma weapons as the Chaos Forces rushed the wall. The Dark Angels Chaplain rushed out to face the hordes of chaos with a squad of marines and Canoness Athena and A few Squads joined them. A series of artillery blasts soon took out the chaplain and his squad. The Iron Warrior Warsmith disembarked his rhino with his chosen and walked past the dying Chaplain, and kicked him in his skull helm, straight towards Canoness Athena and her sisters. A single Alpha Legion artillery round soared thru the air detonating on the Warsmith’s rhino. The Warsmith pointed towards Canoness Athena and said “You only live past this moment….because I have idiots that need to be killed immediately.” The Warsmith turned around and walked towards the Alpha Legion lines infuriated. Canoness Athena checked on the Chaplain and he was already gone. Laying next him was a Book that had the word “Salvation” on it. Talons Luminous- One of the materials refineries on Pavonis emergency beacon activated notifying the Ordo of intruders on site. Canoness Commander Athena dispatched a small surgical strike team to investigate and repeal attackers. Canoness A. Janelle lead forces set up a perimeter and began the in investigation. The power to the refinery was disabled and large shapes could be seen moving in the distance. The Sisters began paying attention to a multi armed shadow near a small tracked vehicle. The sisters attempted to use their IFF sensors on the shadowy figures to no avail. Canoness A. Janelle informed her forces to prepare to move in to attack position. On Canoness A. Janelle’s command the Sisters began to move into attack positions. Bolter fire erupted from the intruders. “Chaos Marines,” yelled someone on the battlefield. Canoness A. Janelle jump packed to on one of the refinery platforms while Veteran Seraphim Superior Rochelle continued past the area to get behind the enemy lines. The Marines began running up the Platforms stair case to get to Canoness A. Janelle. Canoness A. Janelle engaged Marines on the landing to the stairs to reduce their strength and numbers. As Canoness A. Janelle kept killing the Marines, she could hear them screaming for reinforcements. Veteran Seraphim Superior Rochelle approached the multi limbed figure that was near the tracked vehicle with a large thud the enemy commander landed behind Canoness A. Janelle, his lightning claws glowing in the darkness. Canoness A. Janelle engaged the enemy commander in a fierce fight. Veteran Seraphim Superior Rochelle approached the multi armed enemy placed her bolt pistol to his head and said “I suggest you call your forces off, Techmarine…..You are intruders in an area we are protecting.” The Techmarine tuned to face Veteran Seraphim Superior Rochelle and her squad and voxed aloud “Cease Fire.” The Marine commander kneed Canoness A. Janelle in the face as she ducked his lightning claw swing, sending her sliding in to the railing. The Commander looked at her and said “So Sororitas, we both are on side of the Emperor….I guess we both made mistakes starting this fight, The Talons Luminous and the Adepta Sororitas.” With blood running down her face, Canoness A. Janelle stood up and said, “no, You and your Talons Luminous made the mistakes, You entered a restricted area unannounced, You disabled the power, You attempted to steal from the refinery, You opened fire on us…Given these actions, How else would we engage you and your force. Plus you misidentified us, calling us Chaos Marines. The 15 dead marines and neophytes of the Talons Luminous, I personally killed this day, Have you to thank for their deaths. And the Inquisition will be notified of the Talons Luminous’s actions….” The commander looked over the area they had been fighting and saw all his dead marines. And fell to his knees. Return to the Bloody City- Canoness Athena was receiving word that the area of know as the Bloody City was becoming unstable again. Canoness Athena and a few squads proceeded to the area. Upon entering the city, nothing seemed a miss until the skies darkened. Shadows began to move on their own in the darkness. Veteran Sister Superior Ginger and her squad began clearing a multistory building. Out of the darkness, glimmering shapes began to appear on the stairs below them. Flames jumped at the sister squad from the glimmering shapes. No damage was taken by the sisters and Sister Rebecca turned her Heavy Flamer on the shapes. The shapes withered and died to the sudden blast of promethium. The victory was short lived; Veteran Sister Superior Ginger glanced out at the street below. The forces were in disarray. Daemons were everywhere. Canoness Athena was attempting to vox the forces but only static came through. Veteran Sister Superior Ginger had her squad proceed back down the stairs to join the rest of the forces. Suddenly a Greater Daemon of Khorne appeared as Veteran Sister Superior Ginger and her squad made it to the ground floor. One of the Forces Exorcists tanks was hurled into the building Veteran Sister Superior Ginger and her squad was in. The Sororitas immediately fell back and out of the city. Betrayers to Throne- An Astra Militarum Force soon deployed on Pavonis to set up quarantine around the Bloody city. Canoness Athena with the Lord Commissar and the Company commander on what they were planning on doing to contain the threat in the City. After the meeting Canoness Athena discusses with her Senior Sisters about the uneasy feeling she had. All Sisters in attendance agreed something was amiss. Canoness Athena assembled a small recon team to assist her with multiple squads in rhinos as back up. Canoness Athena informed the vehicles in the convoy to hold back as her Immolator continued forward with the Dominions. The Immolator moved as close as it could to the Astra Militarums HQ. The Dominions and Canoness Athena disembarked to into a building and began their investigation. Soon they had their answer. A Chaos Dark Apostle was amongst the Guard. Canoness Athena voxed the go codes to the rest of her forces and returned to her Immolator with the dominions. The Rogue Astra Militarum force quickly ran to their positons in response to the inbound rhinos. As the Astra Militarium mounted troops and tanks departed the HQ and Staging area, Canoness Athena once again disembarked her Immolator. The Immolator surged forward at the Lord Commissar and his Conscripts that were running towards the Sisters Rhinos. Sister Bambi opened up the nozzles to full and killed all the conscripts in one blast. The Lord Commissar laughed as he only survivor of the unit, before he was cut down by the storm bolter fire from the Dominions. The Immolator turned and proceeded over the berm to engage the Heavy weapon troops in the HQ area. Canoness Athena and the Dominions engaged any infantry they encountered until it was the command squad remaining with the Dark Apostle. Before a word was said the Dark Apostle was lifted through the air blood spurting from a spear through his chest and the Command squad turning to see the unknown Attacker. Storm bolter fire ripped through the command squad. Canoness Athena made the Sign of the Aquila to her chest and was greeted and by the same gesture back. The giant in Silver Terminator Amour identified himself as a Brother-Captain Raines of the Grey Knights Chapter. Canoness Athena pulled out the map and informed the Brother Captain of the borders to the Bloody City. Canoness Athena and Brother Captain Raines then departed on their separate ways. Speciality: Urban combat Colours and heraldry markings. Armor is Grey Robes black Base Sisters White Fleur -de-lis Veteran Sisters/ Superiors Red Fleur-de-lis Command Gold Fleur-de-lis