Daughters of His Searing Blade

The Daughters of His Searing Blade are an Ordo Militant of the Adepta Sororitas formed in the Convent Prioris on the Cardinal World of Degikopin. Founded in 435.M37 by a former Sister of the Order of the Ebon Chalice, the members of the Daughters of His Searing Blade venerate what they believe to be the most sacred elements of the God-Emperor, his warrior spirit which emanates from his ancient sword. The planet of Degikopin works closely with the Ordo Hereticus of the Inquisition, hearing confessions of captured heretics via torture or gaining battlefield confessions on the other end of a flamer. The Order is known for having the identifable markers of flat, sword shaped plates of metal built over active braziers on their Penitent Engines.

## History

Originally created as a part of the Convent Prioris the Order was founded to aid the Inquisition while guarding an ancient relic discovered in battle in 435 M37 on the world of Degikopin by the raised Canoness Ariana Veilmond and her honored brother St. Arkhos Von Veilmond, The Lesser Searing Blade. The blade was believed to have been held by the Custodes and the Emperor himself on certain occasions during the end of the Unification Wars and the beginning of the Great Crusade and when presented to one of the Eyes of the Emperor he claimed that he had indeed seen weapons of that design used as offhand weapons by his brothers in some battles. The Order settled on the world where the battle was fought, Degikopin, an icy feudal world which had large flat plains.

## Notable Campaigns

Fourth Mercayne War- The Order played a role in the middle portion of the Fourth Mercayne War, but fled before the destruction of the final stronghold of the Eclipse Jackals assault fleet on the planet of Murmillyze.

## Homeworld

The world of Degikopin is a large Cardinal world for the Order known for its cold, dry climate and sprawling flat plains. Fire is the lifeblood of its people and the locals have become masters of advanced pyrotechnics in order to keep their brazures and village centerpiece fires alight,

## Order Flaws

The Order is known to be highly paranoid about tensions regarding an event which resulted in the heresy and apostasy by a considerable number of the Order's Sisters. The event was known as the Transgression of Kjelle and details of its goings-on are often met with assassinations and torture by Sister-Confessors. As such the Order is prone to suspicion, obsession, paranoia and zealotry. There are also tensions with the other Convent over allegations of idolatry of their holy relic, whereas they see it as a reflection of the power of the Emperor's own sword and both blades as icons of the Emperor's holy fire.

## Relics

The Lesser Searing Blade- The most sacred relic of the Order. This massive powersword is believed once used as a secondary arming sword by the Custodian Guard and the Emperor during the Great Crusade. The psychic fire admitted from the modifications made to it by the God-Emperor are a bastion of all faith held by the order and a reflection of the true sword of the Emperor used throughout his life, which has now been passed down to the Primarch Roboute Guilliman

## Notable Members

Many of the most famous members and early heroes of the Order come from the Veilmond family in both its noble and legitimized bastard line.

* ' ***Saint Arkhos Von Veilmond-*** A living saint of the order Saint Arkhos Von Veilmond is the patron saint of the Order and the half brother of the founder of the Daughters of the Searing Blade, Canoness Ariana Veilmond. Arkhos was once a member of the illustrious Adeptus Astartes who was brought to the brink of death in battle serving alongside a coterie of members of the Order of the Ebon Chalice, nearing his dying breath the would-be Canoness Ariana cried out for her brother with holy mourning and he awoke clutching the Lesser Searing Blade after being gifted it in a vision by the Emperor. Arkhos was previously Agnostic to the Imperial Creed over the Imperial Truth but in his last moments accepted solidarity with his half-sister's faith. As a reward he is one of the few Astartes to ever become a Living Saint of the Imperium of Man and is one of the most frequently appearing on the battlefield, particularly against Orks and particularly Chaos.

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## Relations

### Strained

Adeptus Astartes: The Daughters of His Searing Blade have a highly complicated relationship with the Adeptus Astartes. It was a Space Marine who became one of their founding saints and yet as with many Orders they still retain the same disdain and concern over the Astartes for generally not following the Imperial Creed and for their corruption in the Horus Heresy. The Order views their relationship to the Ordo Astartes as negligible and deals with Space Marines only on Chapters which have negotiated an agreement of mutual aid with the Order itself or that worship the Emperor via the Imperial Creed, such as the Black Templars.