Imperial Fists - Chapter Beliefs: Though Rogal Dorn was lost to the Imperium in the years following the Horus Heresy, his legacy remains amongst the strongest of all of the Priamrchs'. Dorn's final moments were of courage and supreme sacrifice, and this example still drives the Imperial Fists onwards to fresh victories. Indeed, if the Imperial Fists have a fault, it is that they continue to strive when others would yield or withdraw. Such unquestioning steadfastness has rescued many a victory from the ashes of defeat, but only at a steep cost in lives.The Siege of Terra -- the final battle of the Horus Heresy -- had a profound effect upon the Imperial Fists. Their entire Chapter culture became defined by this epic struggle between the forces of order and disorder. Due to their tendencies to obediently observe ritual, ceremony and honour, the Imperial Fists took to renaming their Shield Companies in the aftermath.Their new designations were named for the walls that each respective company held in the defence of the Imperial Palace during the Siege of Terra (i.e. 1st "Hemispheric Wall Company", 2nd "Daylight Wall Company", "Lotus Gate Company", "Anterior Six Gate Wall Company", etc.). A second custom was the taking of a nom de guerre. When an Aspirant was inducted into the Chapter, they gave up their given names, their pre-breed names.Their fellow Battle-Brothers bestowed upon each of them a name that suited their bearing or character: a "wall-name" (i.e. Captain Koorland -- "Slaughter", Captain Sauber -- "Severance", "Firefight", "Dolorous", "Killshot", "Cleaver", "Arm's Length", "Coldeye", "Lifetaker", "Bleedout", etc.). Rogal Dorn himself had taken the first wall-name, known as "Defiance." These were earned names, names within the brotherhood. Battle-Brothers were henceforth referred to as "Wall Brothers."For a time, in observance of ritual and ceremony, the Imperial Fists seemed to waste their immense potential, serving out their time as Astartes in the one place in the galaxy that war would never visit again -- upon the very walls they had defended during the dark days of the Heresy. The Imperial Fists would observe this honourary custodianship of the defence of the Imperial Palace for nearly 1,500 years, until the mid-32nd Millennium.These practices were discontinued after the Imperial Fists were nearly wiped out in 544.M32 on the fields of Ardamantua whilst battling a race of metallic insectoid xenos known as the Chrome. These strange alien creatures existed between realities, and had attacked the Imperium as they desperately fled the Ork Warboss known as The Beast. As the Imperial Fists were unaware of the true threat that the Imperium would soon face, they battled the encroaching xenos, until eventually both forces were destroyed by the arriving massive Ork vessel known as the Battle Moon. Only a single Astartes managed to survive the engagement.In temperament, Imperial Fists are driven and focused. They study the tenets of the Codex Astartes with almost as much dedication as the Ultramarines, yet there are certain passages their very nature makes it hard for them to fully comprehend. Whereas the Codex teaches the wisdom of a tactical re-deployment, the Imperial Fists will fight on, all but blind to the consequences.While the Ultramarines might consider this characteristic a weakness, it is nonetheless the root of their selfless devotion to the ideals of their Primarch. When not engaged in battle, the Imperial Fists are often driven to undertake one of several pursuits, or else be consumed by thoughts of potential imperfections or even failures.The same drive that propelled Rogal Dorn to undertake his post-Horus Heresy crusade still slumbers in the hearts of his sons, waiting to emerge in moments of quiet. In order to silence such doubts, the Imperial Fists immerse themselves in the teachings of their Primarch, the histories of their Chapter, and the study of the art and science of war.