Yeah here goes:
"The Crusaders of Asomrof... so you have chosen, so it will be... I decree that the one hundred and forty marines before me now Crusaders of Asomrof, and no longer Black Templars!" - Helbrecht. 972.M41
At the end of the Black Templars' Asomrof Crusade, the 140 surviving templars returned to Sigismund's Oath, Helbrecht's flagship. Having been sufficiently bloodied, and entreated to the Emperor's Divine Light and Purpose, the marines now had a different course than the rest of their crusading brethren. Marshall Baruch petitioned Helbrecht to formally secceed from the Black Templars chapter and to form a successor. Helbrecht was very reluctant to let them go. However, recently lexemechanics have finally reached a thorough estimate of the Black Templars chapter forces and have deemed them over 100 past the Codex maximum. given Coteaz's supposed activity in the Asomrof Crusade, Helbrecht knew the Inquisition was on their trail, and did not want trouble with them. Helbrecht thus declared the crusade veterans to be a successor chapter. Baruch chose to have his chapter named after the crusade of which brought about their succession. Thus the Crusaders of Asomrof were born.
The Chapter is still in it's infancy right now, stockpiling its weapons and training more recruits.
Its planet is now Asomrof Primus, the 5th planet from the sun out of the 10 in the system. Recently settled, Asomrof Primus is marked out to be a hive world.
Because of the system's age equivalent to that of the chapter, all new recruits have been from other planets across the galaxy, and there has been no pattern in which planets are chosen.
In 975.M41, the chapter had it's first foray into battlezones after successfully completing the process of becoming a full successor chapter. It's first battle was at the Udiab system, where traitorous planetary governors have formed an alliance to set the system against the Imperium. Surgical strikes targeted at all the major worlds (5 of some 14 planets) destroyed the leadership of the resistance, and Guard regiments were brought in to mop up. The Crusaders of Asomrof, it appears, will have a long glorious history ahead of them.
Battle Organisation: the chapter is completely conforming to the Codex Astartes, no traits. There are rumors that they employ an Emperor's Champion as with their Derivation Chapter, the Black Templars, but no such rumor has been confirmed.
Chapter Master: Former Marshall Baruch
Emperor's Champion Bethuel (nickname "Uri")
Chapter Symbol: (that i'm hoping to achieve)
http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...sofasomrof.jpg
EDIT/Update:
Chapter Number: 5658
Founding: 41st - for some reason, the actual founding number was unrecorded. sometime in the beginning of M42 scribes roughly estimated/equated the chapter to being in the 41st founding, and so it has been ever since. No one knows what founding it actually is.
EDIT/Update 9/22/07:
Inq Lord T. Coteaz's Ship, with contingent of grey knights on it is an ancient GK strike cruiser of unknown origin, created sometime in the 35th millenium. It's name was lost until it was brought out of Iapetus reserves for use sometime in the beginning/mid-41st millenium, the order being signed by lord Coteaz himself, and was thus born anew as "The Hourglass". A decade later, it was rechristened "Bellum Malleus" and so it has been known ever since, always in service of Lord Coteaz.