Gold Templars

The Gold Templars are a Loyalist Successor Chapter of the Blood Angels , born during The 25th 'Bastion' Founding. The young nature of the chapter results in a great many distinctions from their progenitors, but their chapter composition and heraldry harkens back to some of the most iconic foundations of Blood Angels tradition. The Gold Templars exist to bolster and preserve Imperial space at its fringes where possible, and are often deployed in systems that are deemed too critical to lose after they have been claimed, which allows the forces that initially conquered the system to move forward more rapidly. Generally this will follow the crusades of other chapters, most notably the Black Templars, in order to retain Imperial control.
The most unique trait of the chapter is that it utilizes very heavy involvement from the Astra Militarum, insofar as four of its ten companies host Guardsmen, and they field unique formations of combined forces to achieve maximum influence in widespread galactic regions. The technical knowledge of the Gold Templars is more sophisticated than typical Astartes chapters, because their forces are required to operate far from support, and therefore are trained to repair field equipment, vehicles, and other important assets by Adeptus Mechanicus allies, facilitated by the substantial AdMech presence on their home planet. They are not often involved in large conflicts, as their forces operate in an extremely spread out manner and amass most often for the purposes of wide redeployment. This is also an innate protection against the threat of over-aggregated military power, as the consolidation of Imperial Guard with an Astartes chapter carries great risks.
==Chapter History==
Long before the founding of the chapter, its founders gained glory and valor. The service of these warriors speaks for itself, including a tense battle on the Gold Templars' homeworld-to-be, which calcified the bonds of the chapter's core leadership, predating the 25th founding. Though the Templars have a comprehensive personal record, they are present in few critical events of the Imperium's history. Still, the Gold Templars hold close the honor of their heritage, and the fulfillment of their task is paramount.
===The Homeworld War (432.M40)===
The Incendir system was once a center for commerce for nearby systems, and Incendir III featured massive bustling cities of industry. This major success resulted in constant scrutiny, thus the government's leading members were assessed by inquisitors regularly. As such, on one fateful day, a screening revealed that the planet was corrupted by a Tyranid genestealer cult. The local planetary defense forces were immediately tasked with enforcing martial law by the Ordo Xenos, but it was not to last, as the unveiled genestealers rose up in force in a desperate attempt to retain power. Astropathic communication and void transit were cut off entirely to prevent pandemonium on the neighboring Incendir II and IV, and also to prevent potential signaling to genestealer outposts that it was time to seize power. A carefully hidden distress call was broadcast beyond the system's boundaries to summon aid.
The genestealers were not alone, however. A miniscule following of Khorne was nestled in the dark alleys of major cities, and the enforcement of martial law in addition to the sudden threat of mutated xenos horrors gave the Khornate cult perfect fodder to preach of the warring ways of their dark god. Citizens who feared both their government and their neighbors fell victim to the ruinous teachings. Gangs of cultists stormed government buildings and hospitals, and in the following bloodshed, enacted a ritual that disgorged daemons onto the planet's surface. The genestealers stood no chance, and the loyalist soldiers were forced into defensive positions across the planet.
Nearby forces received the alert of the genestealer threat in the Incendir system, and the closest were a contingent of both Cadian shock troops and a handful of Blood Angels squads, led by a Librarian. These forces combined onboard the imperial cruiser Quintessence of Victory and departed for the Incendir system. The Blood Angels frigate Wing of Baal followed to provide orbital support.
Upon arrival, the Blood Angels immediately realized that the situation was far more dire than the anticipated genestealer uprising. The Wing of Baal was immediately sent to gather reinforcements, and the Quintessence was faced with no choice but to deploy forces to the planet's surface before the threat took to the void and spread. Within the first two days, the majority of the Astra Militarum forces were wiped out, as well as half of the Blood Angels, including the Librarian. Indrovar, a sergeant in a Vanguard Veteran squad, assumed the role of commander until reinforcements arrived, and was able to protect the last standing Militarum structure on Incendir III, Bluestone Fort.
Eventually the Bluestone Fort was one of the last structures standing, managing to withstand constant assault due to an ancient void shield generator that was incorporated into the building's structure. Squads that survived were able to reconvene at the fort and held off waves of oncoming cultists and Bloodlettters. The Quintessence had been shot down during the battle, which lasted one solar month before reinforcements arrived, but when the Wing of Baal returned, the survivors pushed back against the tide from the outpost. The remaining Blood Angels were rewarded greatly for their bravery, and Indrovar was promoted to the first company. After the bolters fell silent, the system was saved, but the Blood Angels left behind a mere death world, with no chance of recovering to the flourishing height of technology and economy it used to be, the inhabitants of the system reeling with the loss.
===Founding (889.M40)===
During the latter half of the 40th Millennium, chapters were formed to guard regions of space that were spread out from terra and needed the ability to operate on reduced resources, and thus the 25th founding was carried out. Backwater planets faced increased risk of incursion in all directions, which ran counter to the expansive goals of the Imperium. Dorian, a Blood Angels psyker, was a survivor of the Homeworld War, and was known to be somewhat of a specialist in far-flung battles with no supply line, continuing his service to the Blood Angels in such a manner. He and a select group of cohorts were assembled into what was known as the Conclave, composed of nine members, with Indrovar as the Chapter Master, and the chapter was subsequently christened. Their fortress monastery was constructed on the planet of Incendir III, which was at the time being converted into a forge world following the destruction of its populace. This resulted in the distinct integration of Mechanicus methodology in the chapter's training, and an overall close trust.
Almost all other members of the Conclave were selected based on connections to Dorian and Indrovar. Commissar Karian was chosen by Dorian directly, due to his experience with her style of leadership. Artur was selected due to also being a survivor of the Homeworld War, and having served alongside Indrovar for decades in the first company. Indrovar personally selected Jormungandr and Gren Lumbassa because they were integral in teaching Dorian, and thus would carry out the teaching of this new chapter effectively. Tervos relished the chances to make experimental technology for use by Indrovar and Dorian, and would likely have been rather bored by their absence.
By the time of their arrival in the Incendir system, the status of society on Incendir II and IV had fallen significantly. Without Incendir III, the hub of commerce was altered drastically. The Templars began bolstering the PDF of both planets, but as the chapter improved in efficiency and resources, the forces were eventually developed into a full regiment and organized directly by the marines. In order to prevent inordinate amassing of power under Astartes leadership, control of the guard regiment and its resources is overseen by the Karian lineage of Commissars.
Battle brothers from a few Blood Angels companies formed the initial ranks of the Gold Templars, and the chapter was then slowly fleshed out with new recruits and equipment. The two battle barges afforded to them were the reclaimed Voidtooth and the newly constructed Key of Sanguinius, made possible by the wealth of Incendir III's resources. The forge world also churned out weapons and armor quickly, due to its size.
The chapter also works closely with the Grey Knights on several occasions, due to their intent to recapture systems instead of destroying them, and mind erasure is seen as feasible in systems with significantly reduced or initially scarce populations. However, the members this chapter are not explicitly allowed to know of the existence of the Grey Knights, like most chapters, so any collaboration between the two also requires mind erasure of the Gold Templars involved, save for Arch-Templar Indrovar.
===The Battle of Baal (999.M41)===
When Chapter Master Dante called for the successors of the Blood Angels to defend their home planet of Baal, a pang of guilt was felt among the Templars. Their chapter's ancestral homeland was to be under siege, but they could not join their brothers in battle. To condense their forces would take far too long and leave far too many worlds vulnerable. Instead, the Gold Templars organized select groups of chapter veterans and donated both of their battle barges to the cause, assisting in the transport of any successor chapters to Baal. The battle in orbit resulted in the Voidtooth being heavily damaged, as well as all of the veterans perishing defending the astropathic relay on Baal Secundus.
===The Era Indomitus (999.M41-present)===
Upon return of the battle barges to the Incendir system, news of the Primach Roboute Guilliman's revival sent waves through the chapter. The warriors of the Gold Templars saw their primary duty as one of preservation, but the new possibilities of expansion and reclamation were seen as cause for celebration. For the first time since the chapter's founding, the first, second, and third companies reunited in their entirety on Incendir III for a glorious ceremony to welcome the vast reinforcements of new Primaris marines into the chapter. Many saw this as the true opportunity for the goals of humanity to be realized in their entirety.
Of the founding members of the chapter, half have successfully crossed the Rubicon Primaris; Indrovar, Sergeant Lumbassa, Champion Swift, and Dorian have reaped the benefits of the improved biology.
==Chapter Home World==
The home planet of the Gold Templars is Incendir III, at one point an inter-system hub for commerce and industry. Some time during M37, the planet was discovered by an Imperium fleet after a long-lasting warp storm had subsided, exposing a human society that had regressed to a pre-industrial feudal state. After establishing an imperial outpost, the planet was left to develop with relative freedom. The inhabitants expanded to their neighboring planets in the system to populate further, establishing Incendir II and IV as new colonies. 
Following the Homeworld War, when the world was conquered and razed by an invasion of Skullsworn chaos space marines and daemons, the surface and atmosphere of the planet were devastated. Scorched as it was, the tumultuous burning fields cooled over time, forming a barely hospitable death world. The planet's industries couldn't recover, save for the mining operations that existed, due to being rich with rare minerals. This was seen as the only suitable use for the planet after its destruction, and therefore it was converted to an industrial world. Centuries later, when the Gold Templars arrived to establish their homeworld, the now forge world of Incendir III was shaped into the center of their operations and resources. 
The Templars predominantly draw neophytes from Incendir II and Incendir IV, as their populations were not tainted by the devastation of chaos. The partially reconstructed cityscapes and magma caves have served as both fortifications for the fortress monastery, as well as valuable training grounds for their neophytes. The loss of Incendir III had been a massive shock to the citizens of the system, and the Templars utilized the fear that the citizens had of foes lurking around every corner, reshaping the system's culture into a war-ready society. Influential and affluent families compete to give their offspring an improved chance at the glory of service, with new academies popping up to foster and cultivate so-called "noble potential," advertising skills of great merit to the Gold Templars. 
Incendir II is a lush planet of leisure and prosperity. When the system was initially reclaimed by the Imperium, the noble class of Incendir's feudal era matured into the wealthy elite on this world, dominating profit and the occupying the top of the social strata. The economy of Incendir II was able to survive in a more meaningful state after the fall of Incendir III due to its popularity with out-of-system visitors. However, the upper class of the Incendir system had grown decadent in their wealth, which availed various debaucheries. Many in the ranks of the chapter feel that if Khorne did not seize a grip on the system, Slaanesh surely would have. The epitome of this suspicion was centered around the knight house Doros that briefly existed on the planet. Shortly before the Homeworld War, the knight house was of great influence over the planet, but became extremely elusive and secretive when the Mechanicus began converting Incendir III. The Chateau of house Doros was abandoned, but there are rumors of them operating in secret, hiding in the bureaucratic structure of the system and pulling strings. 
The hive world of Incendir IV was not so fortunate. The working population was largely reliant on the commerce brought by the industries on Incendir II and III, and poverty soon became an immense problem. The hives fell from reasonably self-sustained systems into destitute slums all across the planet. Manufactorums saw mass closings, and there was little hope. The reconstruction efforts on Incendir III did little to cushion the impact of the collapsed economy. When the Gold Templars returned to the system to build their fortress monastery and establish a steady supply of new recruits, many citizens of Incendir IV were far more resentful of their new lords, viewing the marines as yet more nosey nobles to rule over them. Others of the hive saw this as a great boon, enlisting for armed service as Silver Scions to grant food rations to their families and to seek some purpose in existence. Still, the Templars would screen the population of their own accord and select neophytes of any household of their choosing, which was facilitated by the planets' sophisticated bureaucracy and social identification system. Dissenters remarked that the Gold Templars treat their worlds like the Blood Angels treat Baal, merely a deathworld with two large spheres of resource nearby to do with as they please.
===Fortress-Monastery===
The structure they used for defense during the Homeworld War was converted into their fortress monastery, known as Lux Bastille. The fortress is the center of a large distribution network of soldiers, and while it does serve the purpose of storing and maintaining the chapter's relics, armory, and libraries, the troop organization is handled primarily onboard the battle barges of the chapter.
Forces are rarely stationed at the monastery in large numbers, with a small contingent of forces in place to defend the system. When neophytes are fully trained, they are sent on void ships to one of the systems in the Imperium Nihilus where marines are needed most. Gold Templars that are rising to a new company will return to Lux Bastille to complete rites of ascension and acquire new equipment. Due to the need for efficient use of resources, multiple squads will ascend at the same time, making the events infrequent.
==Chapter Organization==
The Gold Templars organization structure is rather similar to the Blood Angels proper, and they are a predominantly Codex-compliant chapter, though there are various key differences. The command structure replaces the Sanguinary Guard with the Templar Praetorians, which contains the chapter's rare relic terminator armors, and is led by the Executioner. The Logisticiam is commanded by a human commissar, instead of an Astartes. The second and third companies are not standard companies, but instead contain members of tactical acumen applicable to either heavy assault or rapid airborne attack.
===Officer Ranks===
*Arch-Templar - The equivalent of Chapter Master
*High Templar - Leading Captain of a given company
*Techno-sergeant - Standard Sergeant replacement in all squads
*Silver Adept - Guardsman Sergeant
*High Scion - Guardsman Captain
===Specialist Ranks & Formations===
*Saturnine Templar - The Captain of the second company
*Executioner - Leader of the Templar Praetorians
*Templar Praetorian - Gold Templars equivalent of the Sanguinary Guard of the Blood Angels
*Ironclad - Second company tactical dreadnought
*Corpus Accelerata - Third company airborne soldiers. This includes jump pack equipped soldiers, as well as aircraft pilots
===Line Ranks & Neophytes===
*Templar Adept - New inductees to the chapter
*Silver Scions - Guardsman infantry
===Order of Battle===
====Headquarters====
Chapter Command 	Chapter Command 	Chapter Command 			
Arch-Templar Indrovar, Hammer of Might
Chapter Champion Phil Swift
Chapter Ancient	
Arch-Templar Indrovar, Hammer of Might
Chapter Champion Phil Swift
Chapter Ancient	
Arch-Templar Indrovar, Hammer of Might
Chapter Champion Phil Swift
Chapter Ancient	
Arch-Templar Indrovar, Hammer of Might
Chapter Champion Phil Swift
Chapter Ancient	
Arch-Templar Indrovar, Hammer of Might
Chapter Champion Phil Swift
Chapter Ancient	
Arch-Templar Indrovar, Hammer of Might
Chapter Champion Phil Swift
Chapter Ancient
Templar Praetorium	Templar Praetorium	Templar Praetorium			
Artur, the Executioner
20 Relic Terminators	
Artur, the Executioner
20 Relic Terminators	
Artur, the Executioner
20 Relic Terminators	
Artur, the Executioner
20 Relic Terminators	
Artur, the Executioner
20 Relic Terminators	
Artur, the Executioner
20 Relic Terminators
Reclusiam 	Logisticiam 	Templar Mechanicum			
Jormungandr
9 Chaplains	
Lord Commissar Karian
Chapter serfs and servitors	
Tervos, Master of the Forge
26 Techmarines
Servitors
Centurion Warsuits
Bikes
Land Raiders
Land Speeders
Repulsors
Baal Predators
Hunters
Stalkers
3 Astraeus super heavy tanks
Leman Russ Battle Tanks
Tauroxes
Hydras
12 Baneblades			
Apothecarion 	Fleet Command 	Librarius 			
Brother Aramiel
Chief Apothecary
Apothecarium Brotherhood
Sanguinary Priests	
Fleet Admiral Triarchus
Battle Barge Key of Sanguinius
Battle Barge Voidtooth
Thunderhawks
Stormhawks
Fury Interceptors
Stormtalon Gunships
Stormraven Gunships
Valkyries
Vultures	
Chief Librarian Lucretius
Epistolaries
Codificiers
Lexicanum
Dorian the Half Breed
Librarian Dreadnoughts			
====Companies====
Veteran Company 	Tactical Dreadnought Company	Mobile Company 	Battle Companies 	Battle Companies
1st Company Bastion Primus	2nd Company The Ironclad 	3rd Company Corpus Accelerata	4th Company Sunblazers	5th Company Bloodkeepers
High Templar Adris
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Sternguard Veterans
Bladeguard Veterans
Company Veterans
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles	
Saturnine Templar Aedir
Terminator Ancient
10 Terminator Squads
10 Assault Terminator Squads
10 Aggressor Squads
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles	
High Templar Kabir
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Sanguinary Ancient
Vanguard Veterans
Inceptors
Suppressors
Company Veterans
Transport Aircraft	
High Templar Dexter
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Company Veterans
10 Battleline Squads
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles	
High Templar Oswin
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Company Veterans
10 Battleline Squads
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles
Battle Company 	Reserve Companies 	Reserve Companies 	Reserve Companies 	Scout Company
6th Company Paladins	7th Company Gilded Knights	8th Company Crimson Spirits	9th Company Soul of Baal	10th Company New Dawn
High Templar Raka
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Company Veterans
10 Battleline Squads
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles	
High Templar Oshiro
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Company Veterans
6 Battleline Squads
2 Close Support Squads
2 Fire Support Squads
Silver Scions
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles	
High Templar Gadriel
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Company Veterans
6 Battleline Squads
2 Close Support Squads
2 Fire Support Squads
Silver Scions
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles	
High Templar Thorne
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Company Veterans
6 Battleline Squads
2 Close Support Squads
2 Fire Support Squads
Silver Scions
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles	
High Templar Al-Katib
2 Lieutenants
Company Champion
Company Ancient
Company Veterans
Sergeant Lumbassa
10 Vanguard Squads
Scout Squads
Silver Scions
Dreadnoughts
Transport Vehicles
==Combat Doctrine==
The chapter's approach to combat is extremely methodical, where permitting. Contrary to the more glorious and flamboyant approach to warfare that their sire chapter typically employs, the Gold Templars often favor ranged combat, relying often on heavy armaments and overwhelming firepower to ensure victory. Additionally, due to the dilapidated urban setting of select parts of their homeworld, close quarters battle and urban warfare are well within the skillset of the Templars, employing use of close quarters battle armaments such as Astartes shotguns and assault bolters.
==Chapter Beliefs==
The Gold Templars, despite being a descendant of the spirited Blood Angels, are a very demure chapter. Their attitude is more subdued, and while they still harbor the righteous fury of their brothers deep within, their approach to combat is more pragmatic and tactical. This causes a manifestation of the Red Thirst in a notably reduced capacity. However, the greatest difference is in the chapter's expression of the Black Rage. Instead of an unrelenting fury, the Templars experience a silent, seething rage. Gold Templar Chaplains follow a very different guideline for merciful execution of this death company, as these soldiers remain competent and lucid for longer than other Death Companies, albeit at the cost of the shock-and-awe brutality that makes Death Companies so exemplary.
The Templars hold a more humble view of their responsibilities as a chapter, and believe in a more significant value in human life. Their perceived role as a ruling class of lords is sought to be diminished, and a strong sense of duty is instilled among them. The Conclave believes that the galaxy cannot be claimed if the inhabitants are slaughtered and the planets are reduced to barren wastelands. Exterminatus of a human inhabited world is carried out with a heavy heart, with quick, painless efficiency, and only as a last resort.
Often, as reprimand for callous behavior, a battle brother will be forced to serve in a significantly more human labor, most often on an agri-world. A space marine is of immense value to farming colonies, and it is meant to instill the humility necessary for the chapter to truly manage reclamation of human worlds. If an agri-world is much too far away, other options include manufactorums, or the dreaded "Guard Duty," during which the Astartes is temporarily demoted to a sergeant of a Silver Scion squad and uses guardsmen weaponry.
Due to the stark contrast to the elegance and nobility of Blood Angels chapters of old, such as the Angels Encarmine and Blood Drinkers, the Gold Templars often face judgements and doubts from brother chapters about their combat efficacy, affability, or even their loyalty. However, the Gold Templars are always willing and able to prove themselves on the field of battle. The chapter holds the honor and pride of their heritage to very high esteem, and the responsibility that the sons of Sanguinius carry is not lost on them. 
As other Blood Angels do, they harbor a severe hatred for Khornate demons, particularly of the Skullsworn warband. Their widespread deployment across multiple systems is seen by many as a protective measure against their prophesied 8th incarnation, which would wreak utter havoc on the Imperium of man.
The Silver Scions, the Guardsmen regiment of the Gold Templars, are named as such because they are held to much the same training standards as Tempestus Scions. They are psychologically prepared for the grim reality of Chaos, and the sheer dread that Astartes face on a regular basis. While this bleak revelation breeds a similar muted persona to the Templars themselves, they are well aware of the glory and privilege that comes with fighting alongside the Emperor's own angels of death, and as such it does not deter them from their duty.
==Chapter Gene-Seed==
The chapter grafts their gene-seed unto neophytes via the traditional "insanguination" method of the Blood Angels and their successors. This variation of the gene-seed was created in an attempt to reduce the impacts of the Black Rage, as the ever-present poison may spell doom for any given Blood Angels successor. The results of this tampering were partially a success, although the qualities that many saw as great in the Blood Angels are reduced or not present in the Templars.
===Genetic Flaws===
The Black Rage manifests as a dark cloud of hatred in the mind of the Gold Templars. The onset of the rage is slow, crawling through the mind of a Templar and consuming his passion for humanity with an obsession over the obliteration of his foes. A Chaplain will grant the Emperor's mercy to a Gold Templar when his mind is no longer capable of showing compassion and care for his race. The behavior of the lost in this chapter often involves intense clutching of their armaments, furious glaring during otherwise calm moments, and inability to focus on conversations.
The psykers of this chapter are unusually weak, for unknown reasons. While powerful Librarians exist within their ranks, they are few in number. The chapter accepts Librarians from brother chapters whenever possible to bolster the strength of their Librarius.
==Deathwatch Service==
As a young chapter, Astartes from the Gold Templars have seldom been invited to the Deathwatch, although as a significantly less prideful chapter, their willingness to participate in kill teams would be apt. The most notable service is from Indrovar, who served before his time with the Templars. Cooperation with chapters that have clashing views, such as the Marines Malevolent, is seen as an excellent challenge of willpower, and Indrovar makes sure to request such assignments to the Deathwatch to thoroughly test his veterans.
==The Conclave==
The chapter was founded on a core coalition of nine members, who share unique close relationships with one another. The organization of the chapter revolves primarily around their involvement, from chapter training and organization to leadership. Each fulfills a distinct role, with their authority being nigh-absolute when necessary.
===Dorian the Half Breed===
Dorian used to be a guardsman lieutenant from the Cadian regiment. He was serving onboard the Quintessence of Victory when it was called to Incendir III. While travelling from his drop site to Bluestone Fort, the space marines he was travelling with, including the Librarian in command, were slowly picked off alongside his squad. The Librarian was mortally wounded in a duel with a Khorne Berzerker, and while trapped inside a bunker, Dorian ordered his squad to take the armor from the corpse and put it on him. The psychic presence of the Librarian awoke a minor psychic ability inside him, and when touching the corpse, the internal organs of the space marine were partially teleported inside him, including the Black Carapace.
Now able to use the hulking power armor, he and the surviving members of his squad fought their way to the fort. The Blood Angels are loathe to dispose of one of their kind, and took pity on him. As he was able to fight, he was let loose on the field of battle alongside the remaining Blood Angels squads. After reinforcements arrived to secure the planet, Dorian was silently brought aboard the Wing of Baal to be returned to Baal for evaluation. Vids recorded from his helmet were proof enough that he was far from useless as an Astartes, and although some proposed housing him in the Tower of the Lost, his cursed state was not deemed extreme enough to do so. Instead, he was trained as a neophyte and proved to be a competent warrior in spite of his horrific mutation.
Having skills in a wide variety of wargear, honed psychic abilities, and connections with multiple exemplary Blood Angels and Astra Militarum members, his candidacy for the Conclave was undeniable. His combat flexibility allows him to see a wider range of deployment in a theater of war. His first contact with Astartes after his mutation was directly with Indrovar, who continued to observe his combat prowess improve and his skills develop while he was a member of the 10th company. He was selected as an icon for overcoming adversity, and the inner strength of all who fight for mankind.
===Arch-Templar Indrovar===
Indrovar became the chapter master of the Gold Templars when it was formed. He was a hero of the Blood Angels, a veteran space marine that could show astonishing control over his Red Thirst. Indrovar was able to channel his gifts on the battlefield in a way that many didn't think was possible, which was of immensecaid to him as a Vanguard Veteran. He was promoted to the Blood Angels first company after his service on Incendir III, and continued to show exemplary leadership, which garnered attention from the Deathwatch.
His experience leading a Deathwatch kill team granted him his expertise in deployment of disparate space marine chapters in the same force. As the Gold Templars often induct members from other Blood Angels successor chapters such as the Lamenters, as well as other chapters entirely, this is a particularly useful skill. As master of the chapter, he is the sole Astartes among the Conclave allowed to know of the existence of the Grey Knights, who work closely with the Templars to expunge demonic threats and the record of them thereafter.
His weapons of choice include an assault bolter, and a boltstorm gauntlet gripping a thunder hammer, the two of which are linked to provide a massive power output for devastating swings. His adornment of Gravis armor was of an imposing stature as well, protecting him from significant harm and making him a true terror in combat.
===Artur the Executoiner===
Artur, Executioner of the Gold Templars chapter, is a Blood Angel of immense battlefield prowess, known for his menace against large foes. In the Blood Angels, he was awarded the honor of adorning mighty Terminator armor, holy artifice indeed. The role of the Executioner is twofold. First, he is the leader of the Templar Praetorians, an elite sect of relic terminators that adorn the oldest and most venerated armor in the chapter. Second, he directly trains the Gold Templar’s 3rd company commander, leader of the tactical dreadnought company. Similarly inspired by Dorian's appreciation of unreasonably powerful weapons, Artur wields an immense assault cannon and power fist, either to crush enormous xenos or to make ribbons of clustered heretics. Despite his peers adorning themselves with more ancient combat relics, Artur favors his more standard suit of Indomitus pattern armor, as he wears it like a second skin. His understudy, Saturnine Templar Aedir, reserves the honor of bearing the sole Saturnine pattern armor in the chapter, one of the few known to exist in the entire imperium.
When the Ministorum was searching for candidates to found the new Gold Templars chapter, Artur was a prime selection. In fact, he was likely eligible to be even the master of the chapter, should he have seen fit to acquiesce to that role as opposed to his favored front line combat role. His abilities to lead a combat squad were remarkable, but his passion for the destruction of his enemies was superlative.
===Phil Swift===
Chapter champion Phil Swift rose to prominence within the Gold Templars chapter as a firebrand of an aspirant, claiming the title of Champion of each company in a mere few centuries. The most remarkable parts of his service as Champion are the reclamation of various artifacts and archeotech, among which is even the revered set of Saturnine terminator armor that now belongs to the second company. 
Unlike the other members of the Conclave, Phil Swift was appointed to his position by his own victory. A trial was held for the position, simply known at the time as "the choosing." It was not shared what the prize for the choosing was, but all Blood Angels masters of melee were invited to participate. Many underestimated Swift, as he was perceived to be an upstart in some regards. He was a neophyte but his aspirations were extreme, and as a result of pushing his body and mind to their limits, he overcame every combatant in the arena and was awarded the opportunity to participate in the founding of a new chapter. 
===Tervos===
Tervos was known amongst techmarines for a more self-sustained approach, and served under Brother Incarael of the Blood Angels for centuries. He was called upon by Indrovar to serve in the new successor chapter, the Gold Templars, and he accepted the call with relish. The challenge of being tech starved, excluded from fresh equipment supply with a dire need to repair any and all equipment when possible was exactly what he was after.
Indrovar first met Tervos when he was transferring for service in the Deathwatch. He was given special requisition orders to obtain custom artificer armor, an experimental precursor to gravis armor, of improved efficiency and maneuverability. Tervos began forging the armor but, true to his obsession with efficiency, altered the blueprint and managed to fashion an improved design that could accommodate the combat style of Indrovar much better.
===Sergeant Gren Lumbassa===
Sergeant Lumbassa was the first of a new line of “techno sergeants,” field operatives with an improved mechanical skill. Versed in both technical knowledge and combat prowess, these technical minded soldiers serve as field mechanics stationed at distant worlds. The Adeptus Mechanicus is not able to constantly send techmarines to fringe colonies that have little in the way of technological outfitting, so these sergeants are trained in the ways of repairing and maintaining equipment for long excursions away from a base of operations.
As such, he serves in the tenth company, training neophytes in the ways of the Templars. His methods of teaching mechanical knowledge have greatly assisted in the rapid indoctrination of new troops, and his esoteric combat tactics (typically along the lines of using mechanical equipment as close range weaponry) are seen as quite welcome idiosyncrasies.
===Jormungandr===
Jormungandr is old, even amongst dreadnoughts. Unfortunately, the knowledge of how old he is has been lost, including to himself. Perhaps after too much damage in combat, or possibly the simple onset of madness that befalls some dreadnoughts, Jormungandr unfortunately cannot even remember what chapter he was sired to.
His absence of mind has made him an outcast. The sheer size of these juggernauts makes them useful on the battlefield, and their age and wisdom are respected by space marines, but Jormungandr does not remember what primarch he calls his own. His armor has borne the insignia of multiple chapters, and his name is a remnant of even that. He was deployed for the longest period he can recall with the Space Wolves, who granted him the nickname after the impressively sized world-serpent of ancient mythology. As he could not remember his own name, he was taken by this new identity, and he clung to his new title like a badge of honor.
After countless campaigns, his mind wore down, and when he was found by the Blood Angels after his squad was wiped out. They took him in as he was a gibbering wreck, deciding that it was better to let the Space Wolves think he died honorably in combat. When a Chaplain spoke with him, the Blood Angels discovered that his fervor for the emperor was muted by the Space Wolves' own beliefs of the Allfather, and that he drove himself mad trying to integrate with their chapter's culture. His true purpose was to extol the virtues of the holy Emperor, and thus was reborn as a chaplain.
Jormungandr was selected to teach Dorian the spiritual ways of the Adeptus Astartes. Dorian relished the opportunity to speak a dreadnought, which giardsmen often think to be mere automata. Jormungandr had experienced respect and reverence from his chaplaincy, but Dorian's appreciation of deftly handled massive weapons was a rather new form of admiration, and the two developed a bond. Jormungandr's reverence for the Emperor was carried into the new chapter's founding, and due to the unlikelihood that he is of Blood Angels descent, he shall never submit to the Black Rage.
===Commissar Karian IV===
Dorian once despised commissars, as many guardsmen do at some point. Drilling and constantly barking orders and degradation to the regiments was a taxing psychological experience, but any senior officer knows the necessary evil of the unwavering ability to crack down on the smallest signs of insubordination. A commissariat presence is an absolute must for any guardsman force, and Dorian decided that only the most stern, forceful, and wretched commissar he knew would be appropriate to compose his men in battle.
Commissar Karian, formerly a sister of battle, knew she had a higher calling. It was one thing to wear the power armor and stand shoulder to shoulder with heroes, but she craved more. Perhaps her sadistic nature got the better of her, or perhaps she simply felt she could help the imperium in a better way, but regardless of her thoughts on the matter, she became a commissar in order to direct Astra Militarum forces. Dorian's service record overlapped greatly with her own.
Compared to the immortal Astartes, the glory of a human officer is fleeting. The Karian bloodline, however, continues to produce leadership of extreme duty, rigidity, and logistical genius. Commissar Karian the fourth currently serves in the Conclave, her family akin to nobility. She adorns the fleur-de-lis of her family's sisterhood past, and still harbors the same dreadful contempt for traitors and heretics.
===Brother Aramiel===
Aramiel is the secret 9th member of the Conclave. A Grey Knight armed with a crushing nemesis daemon hammer, he oversees the acts of human-reclaiming recovery that the Gold Templars participate in. Mind erasure on larger populations is able to preserve many imperium lives and maintain human presence on fringe colonies. As such, control of memory wiping technology falls under the purview of Aramiel and trusted apothecaries in the Apothecarium Brotherhood.
Brother Aramiel was assigned to the Conclave on secret orders, and Arch-Templar Indrovar has no contact with his superiors. The selection of trusted apothecaries was also fulfilled by the Grey Knights. Unbeknownst to Aramiel and Indrovar, Dorian is able to retain the memory of the Grey Knights due to his haphazard brain physiology. His partially enhanced cerebrum can store memories that seemingly can't be wiped by conventional means, and nobody is privy to this except for Dorian himself.
==Chapter Fleet==
*Key of Sanguinius (Battle Barge) - This ship was commissioned by Indrovar to carry the chapter's first 3 companies into battle. The ship is specially outfitted to equip airborne, dreadnought, and veteran marines as quickly as possible, to deliver the most powerful crushing blow that the chapter can muster in any given assault. The ship is equipped with powerful engines to aid in quick response strikes wherever needed, and houses two large shuttle bays for fleet deployment.
*Voidtooth (Battle Barge) - The Voidtooth was reclaimed from a destroyed strike cruiser that once belonged to the Silver Templars, known as Guilliman's Gaze. The barge was previously outfitted with an experimental weapon, but after it was nearly destroyed in void combat, the experimental weapon was quietly scavenged and the ship was decommissioned by the Silver Templars. As a repository for resources, Incendir III made a fitting destination for the hull. The wreck from the Quintessence of Victory had been reclaimed and resided in a shipyard on the planet, so the two defunct ships were combined and retrofitted to create a single battle barge.
==Chapter Relics==
*Invictus - A storm bolter with an underslung lasgun, that bears high gothic inscriptions. Dorian insisted on a lasgun to dispatch of foes where a bolter round was a waste of munitions, but in truth he was particularly nostalgic of the Cadian pattern weapon and did not want to leave it by the wayside.
*Forcefang - A force sword that was previously used by the Librarian on Incendir III, it passed to Dorian after it awoke to his psychic presence. The blade is activated by psychic powers.
*Emperor's Thunder - A two handed autocannon that fires explosive tipped high density rounds.
*The Emperor's Gavel - A thunder hammer linked to a boltstorm gauntlet, used by Indrovar and created by Tervos. The combined power output can be used to destroy masses of enemies in a single swing, or devastate vehicles.
*Twin Rage - A twin linked relic autocannon from the Blood Angels' vaults, the weapon itself is not particularly effective by modern standards but was granted to Dorian after his request to acquire greater armaments. The armorium thought granting his ridiculous request would allow him to see why this was a weapon intended for Terminators; instead the unorthodox muscle density in his right arm and his sheer determination allowed him to wield the weapon effectively.
*Bluestone wall - A void shield generator from the Dark Age of Technology. This void shield was the one that allowed Bluestone Fort from being successfully breached during the Homeworld War. After reclamation, it was retooled by Tervos and now protects vital areas on the Key of Sanguinius.
==Chapter Appearance==
The iconography of the Gold Templars varies significantly from traditional Codex-compliant markings. Their prominent adornments are highly symbolic, featuring bold metallic surfaces on both shoulders and on their helmets. The command insignia is an ancient symbol for "Terra" instead of the skull denoted by the Codex Astartes. The average battle brother eschews the chapter's badge on the left shoulder, with the light reflecting off his gold pauldrons symbolizing the sun's gleam. 
The company markings of the Gold Templars bear a similarity to the Blood Angels, though the first, second, third, and tenth have symbolic icons; the sword of the Veterans, the artillery shells of The Ironclad, the wing of the airborne, and the corona of the neophyte respectively. 
===Chapter Colours===
The Gold Templars armor color base is deep black, with gold accents, and a gold helmet stripe. The typical chapter insignia is not present on most marines' armor, and is reserved for Librarians. Instead, both shoulders are gold with black trim. Squad specialty (Tactical, Assault, Devastator or Veteran) is indicated on the right knee, and company is indicated on the left knee. The rank of lieutenant is indicated by a red highlight on the left shoulder plate, as opposed to black, and Sergeant is denoted by a red helmet. Veteran Sergeant status is denoted by a Mechanicus cog on the shoulder instead of red helmet. Higher ranked individuals, such as Librarians, feature more unique armor configurations and regalia. While gold is the chapter's predominant accent color, silver is seen as a commemoration of the fallen, and nearly all gold templars feature an amount of silver somewhere on their weapons or armor.
Dorian commission blue(9X6).png|Dorian the Half Breed with a relic Autocannon, a prized possession of his chapter, as well as his Combi-Lasgun "Invictus", a concoction of the Gold Templars.
TemplarCompanyAffiliation.png|Company insignia of the Gold Templars.
TemplarsTacticalRole.png|Tactical roles of the Gold Templars.
TemplarShoulders.png|Rank insignia of the Gold Templars.
TemplarArmorPatterns.png|Brief examples of armor patterns.
TemplarDeathCompany.png|Gold Templars Death Company Intercessor
===Death Company===
The death company of the Gold Templars replaces the gold of the helmet and shoulders with silver, and the skull of the gold Aquila is colored red instead. A silver X is featured on the left knee, and a silver teardrop on the right. Sacred iconography is often outfitted more heavily onto Death Company warriors.
===Neophytes and Guardsmen===
The Silver Scions share a similar color configuration as the neophytes of the chapter. Coveralls feature a white fabric, with sparse black armor plating. Combat gear that is not ceramite or metallic is in a light grey. Heraldry of the chapter and rank iconography is silver, except for the highest ranked member of a squad.
For non-scout squads, such as Vanguard squads like Eliminators, they adorn the all black ceramite armor with gold accents, but the skulls of their heraldry are all silver. These neophytes are known as Templar Adept.
===Other Chapters===
When members of other chapters are inducted into the Gold Templars, they often choose to keep their heraldry. A battlefield of Astartes will often feature a great number of Blood Angels successor chapter iconography, which often works to the advantage of the Gold Templars due to the increased confusion of their foes. However, the heraldry of almost all chapters is understood by the Templars so there is no need to enforce their own markings on battle brothers. Should a battle brother from another chapter fall to the black rage, their chapter is contacted to ask if they desire the brother for their own death company, or if his death in service of the Gold Templars is suitably honorable.
===Chapter Badge===
The chapter insignia of the Gold Templars is the Rising Sun of the Emperor, a seven-pointed Iron Halo crescent. This badge is not displayed on the armor of most battle brothers.
==Relations ==
===Allies===
*Adeptus Mechanicus
*Astra Militarum
===Enemies===
*The Skullsworn
==Notable Quotes==
===By the Gold Templars===
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File:GoldTemplarsBattleline.png|A Gold Templars Firstborn Battle-Brother of the 5th Company ("Bloodkeepers"), Battleline Squad.
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