Order of Our Martyred Lady - Notable Campaigns: Massacre at Sanctuary 101 (897.M41) - On a world in the Vidar Sector located in the Eastern Fringe of the galaxy, the Order of Our Martyred Lady had founded a fortress-convent designated Sanctuary 101. The isolated convent had the misfortune of being the Imperium's first recorded contact with the Necrons, where the battle-sisters were massacred by Necron raiders. Video logs recorded a furious battle between the valiant sisterhood and the Necron Warriors, but little of worth was displayed as there appears to have been an artificial disruption introduced into the recordings. Subsequent investigations into the site of battle revealed nothing more than the mutilated corpses of the Adepta Sororitas, eviscerated in a hideously surgical manner. No signs of the true nature of Sanctuary 101's undying attackers were ever found.Martyrdom of Praxedes (991.M41) - Canoness Praxedes of the Order of Our Martyred Lady reinforced the regiments of the Imperial Guard serving the Cardinal World of Okassis, soon after the start of the Second Tyrannic War. As the Tyranids of Hive Fleet Kraken assaulted the Ecclesiarchal Cathedral, the combined fire of the order's Retributor Squads and Exorcist tanks obliterated the first wave of Tyranid biomorphs, but the second managed to breach the fortress-walls of the cathedral. As Tyranids poured through, Praxedes confronted a Hive Tyrant. During the fighting the canoness was dealt a mortal wound, but even as her blood ebbed away, she summoned the strength to land a final blow, caving in the hideous beast's skull with a thunderous strike from her Power Mace. With the Tyrant's destruction, the swarm lost all connection to the Hive Mind and thus all direction, with the biomorphs turning on one another in a cannibalistic rage. The Sisters of Our Martyred Lady wasted no time in pressing the assault, determined to avenge the death of their beloved canoness. The remaining xenos were swept aside, buying enough time to evacuate the Ecclesiarchy's remaining priests before the Tyranids launched their next wave of attacks. Praxedes was eventually canonised as an Imperial Saint for her actions on Okassis.Third War for Armageddon (998.M41) - The order maintained a strong presence within the Armageddon System, with its base of power at the Sanctorum of St. Katherine, which was built within the high walls of Hive Tempestora on the world of Armageddon. Then the largest Ork WAAAGH! ever raised, led by the Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka, assaulted the planet and began the Third War for Armageddon. In the initial Ork assault, the battle-sisters' positions were attacked by large Ork submersibles which emerged from the Boiling Sea. Caught unawares by the audaciousness and sheer ferocity of the greenskins' attack, many of the battle-sisters were slain. The battle-sisters were the front line of defence for Hive Tempestora, but their battle lines soon were overrun. This enabled the vile greenskins to take control of the hive city's underhive within only a few solar hours. With each successive wave of Ork attacks, the sisters were continuously pushed back, until finally they found themselves with their backs to the great armoured doors of their Sanctorum. It was there that the battle-sisters made their final heroic (but futile) stand against the encroaching Ork hordes. This day became one of the darkest within the order's history as their battle lines crumpled and they were scattered. Those few sisters that survived the final assault attempted to form their lines again but were cut down by the massive green tide of Orks. After an hour of savage fighting, no Humans were left alive as the Orks took Hive Tempestora and the Sanctorum. After this defeat, the order could barely field three whole companies on Armageddon. The loss of their Sanctorum and the many valiant sisters who had fallen was acutely felt throughout the rest of the order -- many novices began questioning their faith in the Emperor. Those battle-sisters that remained recovered quickly, swearing mighty oaths of vengeance against the foul greenskins and vowing to retake Hive Tempestora, no matter the cost. But before they could do so, the surviving sisters of the order were spread across the rest of the planet to help solidify key Imperial positions. Their presence proved pivotal in preventing the Orks from overrunning several areas of Armageddon.Destruction of Chandry (Unknown Date.M41) - Five commanderies from the Order of Our Martyred Lady set out to purge the heretical cults that have arisen on the Mining World of Chandry. The Sororitas never arrived at their destination, giving rise to the belief that the Emperor has denied the planet's inhabitants the mercy of purification. An Exterminatus action was subsequently ordered and carried out.Purging of the Saint Garrat Scriptorum (Unknown Date.M41) - It is believed that it was the Order of Our Martyred Lady, acting in concert with the Witch Finder Inquisitor Tannenburg of the Ordo Hereticus, who descended upon the Saint Garrat Scriptorum, dragging hundreds of Adeptus Terra scribes screaming to the excruciation chambers of Nemesis Tessra and burning down the scriptorum. When the adepts lodged a formal complaint with the High Lords of Terra, they were silenced when Inquisitor Tannenburg produced three hundred specimen jars; each contained the preserved remains of a scribe, their previously hidden mutations uncovered for all to witness.Fall of Cadia (999.M41) - Abaddon the Despoiler's 13th Black Crusade descended upon Cadia in 999.M41. Forces drawn from across the Imperium battled to drive back the Chaos invasion, and though they fought with bitter resolve they were in the end overwhelmed by the Despoiler's armies. Within the darkness of this war zone appeared Saint Celestine, bringing with her the five commanderies from the Order of Our Martyred Lady that were lost in the Warp fourteen hundred years before en route to Chandry. These reinforcements provided much needed firepower and hope. Before Cadia was ultimately consumed by Chaos energies, Celestine reaped a great toll on the armies of Abaddon.Indomitus Crusade (Unknown Date.M42) - Roboute Guilliman, the newly instated Lord Commander of the Imperium, launches the Indomitus Crusade to save Humanity from total annihilation. Through this grand campaign he is able to reinforce the embattled Adeptus Astartes Chapters, bolstering them with Primaris Space Marines. The Order of the Ebon Chalice is instrumental in the crusade's opening manoeuvres, fighting alongside Guilliman's forces to save the most strategically vital planets in the Segmentum Solar. Other orders lend their might on many of the crusade's multiple war fronts. It is during this dire time that Junith Eruita is elevated to the rank of Canoness Superior of the Order of Our Martyred Lady, having proven herself in countless battles to be a steadfast and fiery leader. A commandery of the Order of Our Martyred Lady joined Battle Group Faustus of the crusade's Fleet Secundus under the command of Canoness Justyne. It served as part of the force that sought to reclaim Imperial control over the Bosphori System.The Humble Saints (Unknown Date.M42) - The Alpha Legion enacted a fell ritual on the Agri-World of Nolth Prime. Sisters of the Order of Our Martyred Lady fought alongside Space Marines of the Iron Hands Chapter to annihilate the Heretics, but were unable to prevent the planet from becoming saturated with Chaos energies. Yet amidst this catastrophe there was a glimmer of hope. The Emperor's will was manifested through the faithful inhabitants of the planet, many of whom gained the ability to project holy flames from their bodies.War of Beasts (ca. 000.M41 - 015.M42) - The Sisters of Battle that fought upon Vigilus during the War of Beasts were a vital part of its defence. Without their faith, surety and swiftness of purpose, the hivesprawl of Oteck would almost certainly have fallen -- and likely Hyperia too. Some amongst the citizens have described the feats of martial prowess they exhibited as miraculous. The Adepta Sororitas have a proud tradition that saw their founders talk in person with the God-Emperor Himself. They are more than a mere military presence, for they embody the Imperial Creed, and back it up with fire and fury. On Vigilus, they kept the hivesprawls safe from countless threats, ranging from mundane rebellion to supernatural manifestation. The Order of Our Martyred Lady had fought to keep Vigilus unsullied by the scourge of Chaos for nearly four thousand Terran years. They had garrisoned Saint's Haven, the planetary capital and heart of the Ecclesiarchy on the world, ever since it was a simple basilicanum, and patrolled hundreds of kilometres of alabaster ramparts and tower-dotted boulevards in force. Being urbanised to such a degree, they fought almost exclusively in the built-up areas of the hivesprawls, and the Adepta Sororitas of Hyperia hivesprawl became a largely mechanised force. They had a great many transports at their behest, and were well-versed in the tactics of citizen control during times of strife -- so much so that the sight of their midnight-black vehicles sent the populace of Hyperia scrambling to move out of the way. Each Canoness and Sister Superior knew the city streets well, having made a study of them for her entire tenure. With the data-harvests of the Orders Dialogous predicting likely threat zones and guiding their optimal passage from one hivesprawl district to another, the Sisters of Hyperia were masters of their territory. Should the unbeliever, the Heretic or the abomination threaten a city district, the Sisters of Battle were swift to respond. It was this home advantage that saw them hurl back the Ork invaders time and time again in the War of Beasts' opening stages. Such was the influence of the Adeptus Ministorum over Vigilus that the Sisters of Battle under their command had priories and abbeys in every hivesprawl. They were initially placed there to further the reach of Saint's Haven -- or rather, the Ecclesiarchy's political presence there -- and for a time, the Planetary Governor Lucienne Agamemnus resented them. But as the Orks slowly closed on the planet's metropolises and the Genestealer Cult of the Pauper Princes rose up in dizzying numbers from beneath the streets, the true value of the Adepta Sororitas became clear. Where the Sisters of Battle walked, the grace of the Emperor held back unnatural magic and banished nightmares like the morning sun. Where they fought, the populace fought with them. The Canoness Superior in charge of the Adepta Sororitas upon Vigilus, a fiery and short-tempered individual known as Temperance Blaise, was so roundly feared that she was given free rein by the entire ruling Aquilarian Council to prosecute the Vigilus campaign as she saw fit. Beneath her was a network of trusted Canonesses and Celestian Superiors she had named "the Sacred Thorns," each of whom was entrusted with the defence of the Ministorum's interests in a different hivesprawl. When the Space Marines made planetfall upon Vigilus it was Temperance Blaise that dealt in person with the Chapter Masters. In the first few solar weeks of the war, Blaise had taken the invasion of her planet hard, and had led many a counterstrike in person, taking out her righteous indignation upon every malcontent and coward she could find, as well as the xenos invaders that threatened her cordons. Only when the war ground into more of a stalemate did she resume her role as war leader, coordinating the defence of Hyperia with lethal efficiency, and leaving the killing to her sisters. Used to all but ignoring the officers of the Astra Militarum, the Adeptus Astartes conversely worked closely with Blaise, for they saw in her a powerful ally with vital knowledge of each theatre of war in which they fought. Working together, they proved far greater than the sum of their parts. Though the Sisters of Battle kept largely to the hivesprawls, they held the line when even a whole regiment of Imperial Guardsmen would have been found wanting, defending the interior districts with bolter, Flamer and Melta blast.Talledus War (Unknown Date.M42) - Three preceptories of the Order of Our Martyred Lady under the command of Canoness Serita were among the defenders of the Grand Honorificum cathedral-city complex on the Cardinal World of Benediction. With the aid of other Imperial forces, they successfully blunted the final assault of the Word Bearers and their Daemonic and Chaos Cult allies under the command of Kor Phaeron upon the great cathedral.