Indeed, rather than ten companies of both reserve and battle variant, the Storm Heralds have only three Great Companies, each with a different focus on battle doctrine. But perhaps the greatest source of controversy surrounding the young Chapter would be their disregard for the Codex Astartes' guidelines for the structure of a Space Marine Chapter. Long had the war-tested Chapter stood valiant against the grasp of the alien and heretic, and a gamble was taken to use a Chapter founded from the Knights to become an ever-Crusading force, always on the offensive. But flawed as their relations were, few could refute the Penitent Knights' effectiveness in the defense of their home, the Asteria Sub-sector of Segmentum Obscurus. Though aside from matters of faith, the Heralds of the Storm had aroused some controversy when they were to be founded from the gene-stock of the ancient Penitent Knights Chapter, itself having a troublesome relationship to the High Lords of Terra, and the Inquisition. Because of their faithful reputation, the Chapter has earned admiration from many members of the Adeptus Ministorum, praising their commitment to defending worlds sacred to the Ministorum such as Shrine or Cardinal worlds. Their variation of the Imperial Cult, while containing the belief that the Emperor of Mankind is indeed a deity, has led the Heralds of the Storm to clash or come to odds with other Imperial forces, whether on matters of tactics or theology. Fervent in the holiness of the human soul and form, the Heralds will rarely and hardheartedly take negligent actions in regards to civilian life. Since their creation, they have established themselves as noteworthy editions to the ranks of the Imperium's bulwark, and as fierce upholders of the faith of their father Chapter, the Asterian Cult. By their own reputation, the Heralds are an honorable number of the Adeptus Astartes, and are inheritors of long refined traditions and beliefs of their parent Chapter, the Penitent Knights. One of the many noble and respected Chapters raised from the 25 th Founding, the Heralds of the Storm were given a struggling Imperium to defend and maintain, like all of their ilk. But where the Penitent Knights focus on the defense of their demesne of the Asteria Sub-sector, the Heralds of the Storm believe in earning their atonement with relentless victory in the Emperor's name. Being descendants of the Penitent Knights, the Heralds have inherited an incredibly monastic culture, looking to the omens of the God-Emperor to guide them in times of struggle or sorrow, but they also share in the shame of the existence of the Crow's Children Chaos Warband and the mystery of the origin of their gene-seed. No battle is too humble nor too indomitable for the Heralds to hesitate in deploying an appropriate response to an enemy of mankind. Created during the 40 th Millennium, the Heralds are a stalwart Crusading Chapter, bringing the Emperor's benedictions to the uncountable battlezones across the breadth of the Imperium. The Heralds of the Storm are a Codex-Divergent 25 th 'Bastion' Founding Successor Chapter of the honored Penitent Knights Chapter. These are the tenants of our righteous calling, and they are our creed! Glory to the Emperor, and honor to his servants!' - Lord Marshall Cedrulan addressing the victorious Chapter after routing an army of Chaos Marines (854.M41)

' Honor our fathers, protect the innocent and meek, demolish and burn those that would oppose the Emperor.

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