Knight Wardens

Knight Wardens

The Knight Wardens are a Loyalist Space marines chapter who possibly go back to the 3rd founding. While their 'Father' chapter is unknown they have close ties to many Chapters such as the Ultramarines and Blood angels. This maybe buacse of their first Chapter master Ori Tali when they fought in the Radivarr conflict. This conflict stood out as the Chapter's finest moment as they with at lest 2 Space marine chapters and sevral imperial gaurd regiments took on three Trator legions and four Renagade guardsmen and won. This stands out as while the other forces where being battered they moved around and made themselves targets for the renadages to make sure that their allies could go in full force. It was said that the Chapter at the time was not well liked due to their infancy compaired to other chapters. But thanks to Ori they defeted their enermy in a crushing victory making friends.

What stands out with this chapter is their friendship to 21st cursed founding Chapters like the Black dragons. While no one knows how this came about it is said that their Fortress Monastary was under siege by a Tyranid ship. The Black dragons and the Sons of Antaeus where passing through the system, as such they came to help. Regardless of their cursed founding status the three Chapters became good friends.

Despite this reputation the Wardens have been investaged by the Inqusition numerus times. The reason for this is that they are said to have 11 companies insted of the mandatory 10.

Mal-tai Sector
The Mal-tai Sector is a large region of space that the Knight Wardens control. The sector itself has at lest 7 systems with important planets that they protect much like the Ultramarines with the Ultimar Segmentum. The Knights also recruit form these worlds giving them a good reputation amout the people of these words. Much like the Ultramarines again they have a role in the Sector as a whole wich inculdes trading, admisitration or education. Each planet in the Sector has a diffrent role in which to serve the Warden's needs.

Jango:
Jango Is a fudal word of Knights and swords. It is also a prime recurting world for the Warden's as the planet's warriors and warlords see the Wardens as angels of battle and wish to join their ranks which is no easy feat. When the time comes each nation then brings out their young to be tested for the Wardens. If they get accsepted then they are taken to become a Warden. If now then they are send to the Gaurd's recruiting stations to be trained as a Gaurdsmen.

Hai-pol:
Hai-pol is a Mechanicus controled Forge world where most of the weapons that the Warden's use are made. They do not use their own Patterns however but the standard patterns that most space marines use. The planet itslef is barren as such there is nothing but forges across it's surfice dedicatd to making weapons for the system.

Kaiya:
Kaiya is a mining planet where the matiraials for the wardens equipment is made this making it a valued target for Heretics and Xeno's scum. Becuase of the hard working population it is mostly seen by the Dark Eldar as a prime ground for getting valuble slaves and materials. Because of this many of the Wardens Scouts are sent to the planet to guard it.

Laputama
Laputama is desert world populated priamarliy of warrior women. The planet is important was while it is mostly a desert the women are some of the toughest in the imperiam and ever few years these wemon battle each other to see who is the strongest. Those who win get to mate, those who do not are killed. While this practice is allowed by the imperium the Warden's dislike this kind of behavior. Becuase of this the 'weak' amoung the warriors are brougt to Warden stations to help out with operations. As for the strongest however they are then taken to Warden's Gaurd with warriors from Jango and mate. This allows for suprior offspring. If the child is male they they go to Jango, but if female then they go with their mothers.

Utomia:
Utomia is an agro world and the primary food sorce for the Sector. Much like with Kaiya, the planet is a prime target for raiders and Xenos. Recently, a Demon of Korne tried to take the planet thus cutting off food to the rest of the Sector but failed thanks to the Warden's rappid responce.

Warden's Gate
Unlike other Space marine Chapter's the Knight warden's fortress Monastary Warden's Gate is an Anchent Space station much like the Imperial fist's fortress monastary Phalanx. The Warden's Gate was found in pre-heresy times by an unknown legion who tried to get the place up and running again. After the Heresy and the Knight warden's founding the place was running once again and the Warden's called it home. Warden's gate is a mobile space fortress mening that despite their fleet they can take on any foes in space with ease.

When the Black dragons got caught up in a space battle the Warden's came to their aid with Warden's gate. The Black dragon ships came in for repair while the guns of Warden's gate and Warden ships took on the Chaos ships that where engaged with the Black dragons.

History
Most of the History of the Warden's date back close to the 3rd founding wich is when they are assume to have be founded.

Relic Wardens/ 11th Company
While the wardens closely adhear to the codex Astarties there is one thing that stands out above their friendship with the 21st founding, that is the 11th Company. While the Black tempalrs are said to have more space marines than other chapters, becuase they are a cruisading Chapter it stands to reason that this is not worth people's time. But as for the Warden's, as they are not a Cruisading chapter then it stands to reason that they must obay the Codex unless the Chapter cannot do so.

The reason for the 11th company is in exsistance is not well understood but it stands to reason why they might have one. Given that the Chapter does not know who they are decended from it's not far-feched that they might want to know. Their gene seed is not on record, as such they wish to know who they are decended from to prevent their Chapter's destruction, or cement themselves as a loyalist chapter.

Becuase of this it is likely that the chapter formed this Company out of nessessaty in order to find out who they are.

Another name given to the 11th is 'Relic wardens'. This name was given to them by Comissar Yarrick when he found a Space marine with Knight warden Heraldry carry a weapon from the Horus heresy. Before the marine could answer anything he ran away cuaseing the Gaurds to fire along with the marines who wounded him but not outright killing him. But before they could catch him the marine unloaded a bolter round into his head in order to prevent them from asking him questions. But becuase he found a Relic the comissar named him a Relic warden.

The Relic warden's are said to be 100 marines strong at all times which means that promicing recruits are selected from early on in their training. While normal Knight Warden tactics tend to say at Chapter strength for greater combat efficiancy they do split into Companies when needed, when this happens hoever they split up the scouts between the compnies to make sure that if they lose one marine then the next in line can become a marine. This allows for the Chapter to be at full strength at all times. With these tactics it makes sence that the Relic wardens may use this same tactic to stay at full strength as well.

While they are part of the Knight Warden's Chapter non of the Chapter command know's anything about them or even know them. To the Inqusition, most of all, this means that the 11th are operating as a seprate entity in the Imperium and beyond. When the Inqusition ask's 'Why?' all they ever get is 'You know the rumours, the're the Relic Wardens'.

First contact with the Relic Wardens came at 224.M34 on the world of Ignrum. The planet was devistated after a major Chaos attack. While the Gaurd was cleaning up a ship came into orbit clmaing to be a Knight Warden ship there to help out. Thus all attention was dropped but no sign of the marines could be seen. When the 34th Cadian when to see what was going on, they came into a combat zone where blue and silver marines where fighting native Orks. While this would be ignored the weapons that the Wardens used where old relic weapons ranging from relic bolters to anchent weapons of great power. They lost few of their number as they fought so brutially. When they saw the Guard they called for pickup and flead.

When brought to questioning the one thing that the Guardsmen said was that while they looked like normal Warden's there was one odd thing. Normally the Warden's would have their Squad type on their right sholder and their Chapter emblem on the left these marines had their Chapter emblem on the left and XI on the right.

It is hard to say if the Relic Warden's do exsist, but if they are, or not why do the Knight warden's have a growing number of relics in their armory?