The Black Watch
Charged to keep watch over the Ghoul Stars, the Order of the Burning Shield are the first line of defence against horrors the Imperium of Man has let drift into the annals of the history books.......
"The absence of faith is the mark of damnation.
And we are all damned here......"
Location
In the extreme Northeast of the Galaxy, the Order of the Burning Shield are charged with taking watch over the Ghoul Stars
Major Order Militant
The Order of the Burning Shield is an Order Minoris of the Order of the Argent Shroud
Alias
The Order was founded upon those Sisters that fell short in the field of battle or seek penance for their actions.
Their eternal orders are to keep watch over the most desolate regions of space and so the order has become known as "The Black Watch".
Order Command
The Canoness Superior for the Order of the Burning Shield is Canoness Marcella
Order History & Notable Campaigns
"Within the crucible of battle, our faith is tempered, our resolve strengthened. Let the fires of adversity forge us into instruments of the Emperor's will, that we may smite his enemies with righteous fury and defend His realm against the encroaching darkness."
362.M36 | Shadowfall Campaign
The Order was directed to take part in the campaign to cleanse the Shadowfall Hive which had fell to the corruption of a Chaos cult.
Within the spires of the Hive, Brother Corvinus betrayed the order, and stole the Ebon Blade with belonged to Canoness Elyisa who he had led into an ambush along with her Celestian Bodyguard.
Under the protection of the cult Corvinus fled, leaving the Order the difficult choice of pursuit of the traitor or to continue to cleanse the Hive.
Vowing to track him down and retrieve the Order relic, the remaining Sisters cleansed the Hive but at huge costs...
068.M42 | Vordrast
Like the Ghosts of the Forge and other Imperial factions, a full Commandery from the Order went to Vordrast to assist in what they thought to be the beginnings of another Armegeddon.
This Commandery is yet to return....
138.M42 | Mad Dog McSweeney
After thousands of years through the piecing together of clues, and failed campaigns, the Black Watch suspect the whereabouts of one of the Order's relics, The Ebon Blade, to be within an abandoned Cathedral
The retrieval of the cherished blade came with the discovery of the Waaaaagh of Mad Dog McSweeney razing the whole sector to the ground
The Order immediately mobilised the 1st, 4th & 5th Commanderies to secure the relic, but the forces of Mad Dog McSweeney prevailed.
Mad Dog has since reforged the blade into his axe called "Skullsplitter's Shadowcleaver".
He has since eluded The Black Watch in their continued hunt to claim the relic back.....
Mad Dog McSweeney
Stalking among the ruins of the cathdral, Mad Dog McSweeney claims the Ebon Blade for himself.
He has since reforged the blade into "Skullsplitter's Shadowcleaver".....
Mercella
Canoness
Thorne
Palentine
Raven
Battle Sister
Amelana
Dogmata
Helitta
Imagifier
Pyre
Battle Sister