Knights Tempest (DiY Sons of Dorn)

[Sete]

Copying my post from Works in Progress:

With the recent Templar release, and against all reasoning I decided to start properly on my DiY chapter, the Knights Tempest.
A small introduction:

KNIGHTS TEMPEST

FOUNDING: .................._{ULTIMA FOUNDING}[M.41]
CHAPTER WORLD: .............CRUSADING CHAPTER
FORTRESS MONASTERY: ........BATTLE BARGE ADAMASTOR
GENE-SEED: ...IMPERIAL FISTS

"Honor the Emperor for He beholds you."

Origins[/skullheaderhalf]

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he Knights Tempest are a Loyalist Space Marine Chapter created from Dorn's Imperial Fists lineage and raised during the Ultima Founding.
The Chapters raised during this Founding consisted entirely of Primaris Space Marines who had been created entirely from a new stock of gene-seed -- crafted over ten millennia by Archmagos Dominus Belisarius Cawl -- as the supreme contingency plan and the ultimate defenders of the Imperium of Man against the darkness that now encroaches from all sides.
A fleet based chapter, its single Battle Barge, Adamastor, is the Chapter's spiritual and operational center.

[skullheaderhalf=000000]Recruitment

Knights Tempest take their potential recruits from many worlds. On each of these worlds they maintain a Chapter chapel. However they have no special rights as to where they recruit their neophytes.The Chapter also conducts ad-hoc recruitment as needed, which can involve intervening in ongoing conflicts to recruit the most talented warriors taking part in the fighting.Recruits are subjected to psycho-indoctrination and conditioning, strengthening their resolve and honing them into dedicated and merciless warriors.
Not all recruits survive the brutal training, and not all are accepted.

Organization

The Chapter is divided into 7 autonomous Companies, called Armadas, each one led by a Captain, except the 1st company that is led the the Captain-Major (chapter master) of the chapter.
The opinion of every Captain is heard before battle although final decision always rests on the Captain Major.
The rest of the chapter command roles are fulfilled by the chapter Knights.
Chapter neophytes do not see combat until their black carapace is implanted, and only use Phobos Mark armour until they are raised to battle brother.
Traditionally they are deployed as Eliminators, offering long range support to their brethren.

Doctrine

The Knights Tempest, with a few exceptions derivative of being a fleet based chapter, are compliant with the Codex in terms of organisation and battlefield procedures. They consistently follow the tactics presented in the Codex, efficiently making use of different standard units in the manner that the tactical manual requires. Their training is broad and all-encompassing, so that the Chapter can effectively counter opponents who use vastly different tactical approaches to battle.
The Knights Tempest also place great value in marksmanship and are renown for their accuracy with ranged weapons, although they consider the sword the most perfect and noble close-combat weapon devised by mankind.
This focus on blade mastery is exacerbated by the Armada Champion which takes upon him the role of seeking the enemy leaders, so that he can engage the foe's most powerfull warriors in a duel to the death.
This role is given to the most skilled Knight of the Armada, following the ancient tradition of Sigismund and his appointment as Emperor Champion, although in the Knights Tempest, this role can be compared to the Company Champion of other chapters.
Many of the Chapter Knights use "Montantes", or longswords, which they use to deadly perfection slaying scores of foes in wide arcs.

Chapter Librarians fulfill an indirect combat role, but non the less of the utmost importance.
Due to the frequency of the crusades taking them into the Nihilus side of the Imperium, Librarians are used to guide the ships trough the warp, instead of Navigators, guiding the Fleet using divination and astronomical charts with short jumps along the treacherous currents of warp. Secret pacts made with the Navigator House Zarco, ensures no problems arise from this arrangement.
They also serve as ship masters when the fleet is engaged in void combat, using their third eye gift to ensure victory.

Chapter Tactic

"Unyielding Will"
Bolter Fusiliades/Duelists

Since it's an Ultima founding chapter I decided that due to the fact of the chapter senior command served alongside or under the Black Templars and picked up a couple of their idiosyncrasies, the penchant for chains in the weapons, and a strong focus on dueling. But this only permeated the upper echelons of the chapter, only the Knights (officer rank) use them as a badge of status.

This gave me an excuse to use the Power Swords on my chapter command, let's say the Black Templars offered the fledgling chapter a forgeship.

Again, since they are a recently formed chapter, I did not go hard on bling and what not, keeping a fresh clean look.

A small start with my Knight Lieutenant (Lt rules) on the left and my Armada Champion (Juduciar rules) on the right.

[nusphigor]

really cool!