Order of the Wetted Blade

The Order of the Wetted Blade was a Lesser of the , responsible for the safeguarding of the Grand Basilica of Saint Amarynthia on the of Endania. Formed in 620.M41 from elements of the that fought in the Essentha Crusade, as a result of this lineage they were a particularly bellicose Order, valuing hatred and mercilessness far above all other virtues practiced by the Sororitas.
Comprising roughly 25,000 Battle Sisters as of 999.M41 and possessing a small warfleet, the Order of the Wetted Blade informally formed the speartip of Endania's local defense forces. As such, the Order would be the Endania system's first and primary line of defense when the Essentha Expanse was besieged by in the wake of the formation. The Order would later take significant casualties during the Cleansing of Endania at the the outset of the Nalardom Crusade in 18 post ECM.M41, but would be undeterred, pledging their conditional support to Corradino Breda for the duration of the Crusade.