The Asomrof Crusade (My BT Crusade Fluff)

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Alright, as I said I would post my little fluff bit on my BT Crusade and my SM chapter (called "Knights of the Great Crusade" reminescent of the Emepror's Great Crusade, and
the Crusades for Jerusalem. sorry it's not a better sounding fluffier name)

EDIT: this isn't really fluff for the entire crusade, more for the "company" of BT that took part in it. The BT are organised into Crusades so I documented the crusade as the "company". all other battleforces are secondary :P.

Crusade:
Statistics:
Name: the Asomrof Crusade
System: Asomrof
System Planets: 10: 5 to-be settled, 2 for mining, 2 uninhabitable, 1 deathworld
Total Moons: 24
Asteroid Belts: 2
Date: 971-972.M41
Duration: 1 year 5 months 14 days.
BT Survivors: 140
Races Encountered: Metamorphids (dubbed by soldiers)
-Official Name: awaiting reports from Ordo Xenos xenobiologists
Outcome: Victory (Metamorphids eradicated completely, all planets claimed)

Color/Badge scheme: (that im planning to implement, I don't have any of my BT really painted yet, and a lot of them unassembled, so I'll post piccies when i finish painting.
but heres what i plan to have:
something close to Matt Hutson's very nice colorscheme. I like how he chose to have more red and cream because old black&white looked bland.
Crusade Symbol/Badge/Icon:
Here's what ive got planned for the crusade badge:
EDIT: i changed it so that it's same as the badge in the link above
except now it's just white background ("slices") and the divindg 5point cross/star is red. no more colorsplitting.
here's new one: http://i146.photobucket.com/albums/r...usadebadge.jpg
the reason for this change is that I found it too hard to paint xD

General Story:
At the outset of the year 971.M41, a new alien race, dubbed Metamorphids, were discovered in the Asomrof system on the outer north-eastern edge of the Galactic Core, Ultima Segmentum. Marshall Baruch immediately petitioned Helbrecht to launch a crusade. The permission was granted and Marshall Baruch, alongside Emperor's Champion Bethuel (nicknamed Uri by the marshall)immediately set out with 255 battle brothers to claim the system and wipe out the Xenos threat. After a short war lasting 1 year 5 months and 14 days, the Templars defeated their adversaries and wiped them from the face of every planetoid. The battle was tough though, and the Templars lost 115 brothers in the fight against the very cunning and very dangerous Metamorphids.

Metamorphids:
fearsomely fanatical and intelligent creatures, they are vaguely humanoid. standing approximately 6 ft 8 in, and having 4 arms and 2 legs. Their heads rest in a socket like groove in the front of their chest, giving them a incredulous looking hunch. However, their most fearsome attribute is their morphid glands. These glands appear to be natural, and can secrete chemicals similar in effect to Polymorphine, though much more localized and much less powerful. This effectively enables them to change shapes of limbs, faces and overall appearance. No effect on bonestructure or general body structure is observed. Also the chemical has the amazing ability to change molecular composition of body parts, producing limbs that stretch to become blades and skin the toughness of adamantium. Several cadavers of these beasts exist perfectly preserved in Ordo Xenos labs, and the Ordo's xenobiologists are constantly analyzing the specimens. Their biological marvels may lead to improvements in the development in polymorphine.
No live specimen of these creatures exist (to the extent of the Inquisition's massive knowledge)

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Yeah.
More details later
New "chapter" fluff later (for specific battles/encounters).
And my successor chapter stuff too.

Edit: yes i do realise Asmorof is Formosa backwards, that Torquemada Coteaz does infact rule the Formosa system, and its not a freak coincidence. That's why i chose the name :P

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Update 1:
alright here goes...

Inquisition presence:
Inquisitor Lord Torquemada Coteaz was present throughout the duration of the Crusade. He was not, however, ALWAYS there. He could be seen at odd moments of the battles, smiting some unworthy Xenos, or at some of the more important pre-battle war council meetings. Why the Ordo Malleus had presence instead of Ordo Xenos, and Coteaz's true intentions will probably be never known to the Templars. However their presence indicates something far more sinister in the background of things.

Contingents that participated in the crusade:
DH/GK: -Torquemada Coteaz & retinue/retainers
-1 regiments of Inquisitorial Stormtroopers brought from the Formosa Garrison Reserves
-No Grey Knights were present. (to anyone's knowledge) a fact that counters the notion of daemonic/Chaos presence.
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Other SM chapters:
Officially none, though there were unconfirmed sightings of a Lost and the Damned force (Fire Hawks) by the 2nd Vostroyans when they were ambushed by a group of xenos and miraculously saved. This may give cause to Coteaz's activity in the crusade. However these sightings are in no way fact, and no trace of the Fire Hawks remain. (bolter shells, vehicle tracks, even footprints) except bodies with ballistic weapon wounds, chainsword rends and charred body parts, which indicate that Fire Hawks were most likely the chapter in question. No ships were sighted near the planet. How they got there, left, and why they were there are all unknown.
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IG:
(full force: )
*hehe... Canada/Canadians*
Canadian 1st
Canadian 2nd
*hehe... Canada/Canadians*
24th Vostroyan Firstborn
(detachmental: )
Cadian 55th
Northian 14th Armoured
Northian 10th
Thellis 10th and 11th
Thellis 2nd Armoured

Ships/Fleets:
*the xenos, though apparently capable of space travel, did not have a military presence in space. Reason unknown.
The Hourglass - Coteaz's personal ship, Emperor Class carrier.
Sector Battlefleet of Ultima Segmentum (2 cruisers, 3 escort squadrons)
Mechanicus:
*there were no organised mechanicus-controlled explorator fleets, armed contingents or titan legions operating in the crusade. Superheavy Tanks, warhound scout titans and Ordinatus artillery were seconded from the mechanicus and attached to IG formations and defensive locations.

a lot of IG companies were used for mop up / static defense following in the wake of the BT

[Torquemada Coteaz]

Post-Meta Shpiel:
Yeah, Coteaz. I'm never going to write any Coteaz fluff, (like fluff involving him as a character) with the exception of general fluff saying "he took place in these wars" or something like that. nothing that would contradict already made DH/GK/Coteaz fluff. I'm hoping all you members out there do the same. :P. If you do make some, I will definitely not accept it as true. I'll read it, and I'll keep it in mind, maybe even recommend it if it's good. but NEVER accept it. buahahahaha!!!!! *maniacal laughter* .....

\m/(^_^)\m/ Rock On all <(//_')> emos!!!!!

[Inquisitor Rosenadel]

This sounds pretty neat! I am in the process of making up a Crusade myself! It will also be about Marines, albeit rouge ones...

I did the same as you: listed the Guard Regiments attached, the Space Marine Chapters involved, and the supposed Inquisitorial forces sighted by ground troops. I also named the enemy, which was in my case Chaos.

What I am doing further is listing important actions taken in the Crusade. After I figure these out, I will write about particular engagements in detail through a good ol' story! Try it!

I also approve of the way you handle Coteaz's involvement: he was there, and nothing more. I also dislike involving GW characters in anything that might contradict fluff.

[Torquemada Coteaz]

thank you rosenadal
I also dislike messing with made characters/names.
like when some guy names a guardsman "Alaric" or "Captain Stern" i get mad D:<

I think i'll write up some particular engagements too... probably in a separate thread.
Also for my Drop Pod sm i think it'll go like this:
Black templar crusades are organised in a way that administratum and mechanicus calculators can never fully discern how many marines they have total.
at the end of the Asomrof crusade the marines have a developed a more religeous like fervor to crusading, rather than the templars style of zealous battle. They seek to complete more of the great crusade in a almost reverrent way. Thus they petition Helbrecht to secced from BT and form successor. at around 2 months in, lexemchanics have estimated that BT have over 100 extra marines than the 1000 max, so helbrecht immediately (and reluctantly) sanctions the seccession. The Asomrof vets make their own chapter, but keep much of the heraldry/icons/colors.

Names in consideration:
Crusaders of Asomrof - remenant of th crusade that brought about their succession
Knights of the Great Crusade.

I sort of wanted this to be more akin to the crusades of jerusalem fluffwise/feelwise than model/icon/emblem wise

[Inquisitor Rosenadel]

Originally Posted by Torquemada Coteaz

thank you rosenadal
I also dislike messing with made characters/names.
like when some guy names a guardsman "Alaric" or "Captain Stern" i get mad D:<

I think i'll write up some particular engagements too... probably in a separate thread.
Also for my Drop Pod sm i think it'll go like this:
Black templar crusades are organised in a way that administratum and mechanicus calculators can never fully discern how many marines they have total.
at the end of the Asomrof crusade the marines have a developed a more religeous like fervor to crusading, rather than the templars style of zealous battle. They seek to complete more of the great crusade in a almost reverrent way. Thus they petition Helbrecht to secced from BT and form successor. at around 2 months in, lexemchanics have estimated that BT have over 100 extra marines than the 1000 max, so helbrecht immediately (and reluctantly) sanctions the seccession. The Asomrof vets make their own chapter, but keep much of the heraldry/icons/colors.

Names in consideration:
Crusaders of Asomrof - remenant of th crusade that brought about their succession
Knights of the Great Crusade.

I sort of wanted this to be more akin to the crusades of jerusalem fluffwise/feelwise than model/icon/emblem wise

That's pretty good! I like how it's done. I don't think Helbrecht would be worried about having over 1000 Marines, and I don't think he would let the administratum take a look at any rate, but it's still fairly reasonable.

As for the names, I like Crusaders of Asomrof as a nod to the Crusade that brought them together. It seems very Black Templars-like because of their close brotherhood bonds, training individual recruits, etc.

[Torquemada Coteaz]

WOOT approval of fellow inquisitor. TYVM for feedback ^_^
Erm the reasoning for Helbrecht's worry was partially for Coteaz's activity in the area. No one knows when the calculations were actually finished (though definitely within a year of the end of the crusade)
given Black Templars sometimes overzealous nature and conflict with the Inquisition in matter of artefacts and whatnot (though not to a degree seen in the blood ravens) Helbrecht did NOT want the Inqies sniffing his but the way Russ did to prospero

[Inquisitor Rosenadel]

Originally Posted by Torquemada Coteaz

WOOT approval of fellow inquisitor. TYVM for feedback ^_^
Erm the reasoning for Helbrecht's worry was partially for Coteaz's activity in the area. No one knows when the calculations were actually finished (though definitely within a year of the end of the crusade)
given Black Templars sometimes overzealous nature and conflict with the Inquisition in matter of artefacts and whatnot (though not to a degree seen in the blood ravens) Helbrecht did NOT want the Inqies sniffing his but the way Russ did to prospero

Well, there are always Inquisitors around when you don't need them, but I get your point. Wars with the Inquisition are never nice...

[Torquemada Coteaz]

For them...
For us its hilarious