"Few in number we may be, brothers, but our Emperor and our primarch expect no less of us for that. We stand in defence of our homeworld! We protect the legacy and future of our Chapter! So shall we fight with the strength of our absent comrades, for duty bids us do no less. Each White Templar shall be worth ten Adeptus Astartes this day!"
- —Chapter Master Kruxor Stavro of the White Templars, excerpt from Holdfast rallying speech, during Tyranid invasion of their homeworld of Sanctum.
White Templars Chapter colour scheme as displayed by a Firstborn Space Marine.
The White Templars is a Loyalist Codex Astartes-compliant Space Marine Chapter once believed to have descended from the genetic lineage of the Imperial Fists, created during an unknown Founding.
White Templars Chapter colour scheme as displayed by Primaris Marine Brother Multari, 1st Squad of the 2nd Company (Veteran).
The White Templars' Chapter homeworld is the planet named Sanctum, located in the Formidyre System of the Segmentum Solar or the Segmentum Pacificus, as sources conflict. The White Templars are stoic and relentless in their prosecution of the foe.
Though for a time it was thought that they were Imperial Fists successors, recent discoveries by genetoria-logi employed by the Administratum have thrown substantial doubt upon this claim. The White Templars have been shaken by this revelation, and have launched a star-spanning Imperial Crusade to discover the truth.
During the Fourth Tyrannic War in the Era Indomitus, the White Templars' homeworld came under assault by the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Leviathan. The Formidyre System soon became a major front in the Imperial defence of the Segmentum Pacificus, and drew large contributions of forces from the Astra Militarum, the Navis Imperialis, the Imperial Fists and other Chapters of the Adeptus Astartes.
Chapter History[]
Notable Campaigns[]
- Fourth Tyrannic War (Unknown Date.M42) - During the Fourth Tyrannic War, the White Templars' own Chapter planet of Sanctum came under assault by Hive Fleet Grendyllus, a massive, named tendril of Hive Fleet Leviathan. With the aid of Lord Commander Solar Arcadian Leontus and the forces of the Astra Militarum he commanded who were using Sanctum as a base to face the Great Devourer in the galactic west, the White Templars were able to defeat the assault of the Tyranids even as it crashed against the walls of their fortress-monastery Holdfast, despite the fact that much of the Chapter was not present as they were away on an Imperial Crusade to determine the truth of their genetic origin. Sanctum lay in the Formidyre System, which was defended by the White Templars, the Imperial Fists and their mobile fortress-monastery the Phalanx, detachments from several other Space Marine Chapters, a vast Navis Imperialis battlefleet and the Astra Militarum forces under the command of Lord Solar Leontus.
Notable White Templars[]
- Chapter Master Kruxor Stavro - During the Fourth Tyrannic War, Stavro served as the co-commander of the Imperial forces tasked with defending the White Templars' fortress-monastery of Holdfast after their Chapter planet of Sanctum was invaded by Hive Fleet Grendyllus, a major tendril of the larger Hive Fleet Leviathan. The other was Lord Commander Solar Arcadian Leontus of the Astra Militarum, who acted as the heart and mind of the fortress-monastery's defence. Stavro served as the defence's blade-wielding fist and led each punishing counter-attack that drove the invading Tyranids back from Holdfast and ensured any breaches the xenos made in the fortress-monastery's walls were sealed.
Chapter Appearance[]
Chapter Colours[]
The White Templars wear predominately white power armour. The Aquila or Imperialis on the chest guard, as well as the inset of the shoulder plates are black.
The white squad specialty symbol -- battleline, close support, fire support, Veteran or command -- is located on the right shoulder plate.
A black High Gothic numeral is stenciled in the centre of the squad specialty symbol, indicating squad number.
A black High Gothic numeral stenciled on the left knee plate indicates company number.
Chapter Badge[]
The White Templars' Chapter badge is a white, eight-pointed cross-crosslet, centred on a field of black.
Canon Conflict[]
The White Templars' Chapter planet of Sanctum is said in the 5th Edition Space Marines codex to reside in the Segmentum Solar. However, during the Fourth Tyrannic War according to the Warhammer Community website and the Battle for Oghram website, Sanctum is now said to lie in the Formidyre System of the Segmentum Pacificus in the far galactic west.
Sources[]
- Adeptus Astartes: Successor Chapters (Limited Release Booklet)
- Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 30
- Codex: Space Marines (8th Edition) (Revised Codex), pg. 59
- How to Paint Space Marines (2004), pg. 89
- Legion of the Damned (Novel) by Rob Sanders, pg. 36
- Warhammer 40,000: Leviathan - Rulebook (10th Edition), pp. 246, 250
- Warhammer Community - Warhammer 40,000 Global Battle: Decide the Fate of a World and Unlock Massive Reveals in the Battle for Oghram