Sigismund's Sword.

[MadGamerAK]

Hello all, I couldn't find the answer to this question I had, I have been doing some research on Sigismund and things like that, I also happened to just build my first Emperors champion, and realized that Sigismund and the Emperors Champion both have the same sword, The black sword, and it also has the same markings, does the Emperors champion have Sigismund's sword? 

[N1SB]

There are multiple Black Swords, of which Sigismund has 1.

 

It was near the End and the Death, the later stages of the Siege of Terra.  Rogal Dorn was of course in charge of Terra's defense, things were getting pretty desperate.  Sigismund, being his 1st Captain, was being sent out when one of Malcador's agents approached him, with a gift: that Black Sword.

 

Malcador's agent told Sigismund to take it.  Sigismund's like no, I can't take this.  The agent said, Emperor's orders, so he took it.

 

So there are multiple Black Swords, they were all made around the same time since at least 30k, they were in a vault on Terra somewhere.  Is Sigismund's sword still around?  I think so, Sigismund died dueling Abaddon with it, but Abaddon returned his body AND his blade, as like an insult.

 

But is SIGISMUND's Black Sword still in service?  We can't say for sure.  You'd think it should be in a museum, but every one of them should be in a museum, they're these ancient blades that belonged to the Emperor himself or something.  Who knows?

[MadGamerAK]

Thanks for the info.

[Helias_Tancred]

Yeah what he said. I would imagine when Abaddon sent Sigismund's body and his sword back to Terra, his sword went to the Black Templars and they have it in stasis in the Eternal Crusader with other chapter relics?

 

I know the Black Templars had a set or limited number of black swords that were for the Emperor's Champions that arise among the chapter. How many? I don't know? But I thought I read somewhere that every crusade has one to give to their Emperor's Champion? In theory that doesn't make sense given how they know say their are many crusades going on at the same time, some large in number, some very very small? .../shrug