Board Thread:Warhammer 40k General Discussion/@comment-4948356-20130516175846/@comment-5781149-20130527002140

I am Knight-Commander (Chapter Master) Tyrus Firebrand of the Dark Knights. Our progenitor chapter is the Black Templars. Our homeworld is Coronis, a planet recently attacked by the necrons. The reserve companies that were there left vid recordings of what happened. They held of the numerically superior numbers for several months, but eventually were massacred at the chapter fortress, the Black Keep. My company was chosen to be the vanguard for the combat drop and we encountered more resistance than what we expected, three times the amount. We requested backup and and then Knight Commander Darris Bladesmith sent in the first company and himself to relieve us. It was a brutal battle and it ended with Darris sacrificing himself to destroy the Overlord. We called in the rest of the fleet to help destroy the remained functionless necrons on the planet. I have since rebuilt our fortress and fortified the planet defenses. The Dark Knights are a melee inclined chapter. We have more assault squads than devestators. Our chapter has more relics than other chapters, with several suits of artificer armor and multiple sets of power weapons. My personal weapon is the Sword of the Vanguard, a relic from the time of the Imperial Fists and it's power field is more potent than any normal power blade. My armor is the Shield of the Black, artificer armor of unknow origin. Words are inscribed on the inside of the helmet, " Whoso ever wears this armor, must be  prepared to do anything necessary, or the shield will falter." Many believe this armor is cursed. Many who wear this armor change after putting it on. Our combat strategy is based on an armored spearhead that engorges the tactical squads and devestators in the center, and then the assault squads cutting in through the rear. Our chapter motto is " The Darkness Comes".