One becomes the Blade of the Emperor in the stress of battle, they beging glowing with holy energy, and the energy forms into a glowing crown on the Blade's head. There have been three in the Chapter's history Leonidas Melanochaita, Kellisarys, and Yvain, with Yvain holding it the longest. Blade of the Emperor: Honorific title, most similar to the Emperor's Champion, but without the added wargear.

Grand Master: Commander of one of the wings.

In it, was an STC for a type of armour piercing bolt, and the re-furbished and re-dedicated vessel was gifted to the Lion's Praetorians to serve as their flagship, as well as granting them access to the ammunition for acquiring the STC. It was gifted to the chapter by the Adeptus Mechanicus after it was recovered by members of the Deathwing from a space hulk. This venerable vessel is of beautiful design - a relic of thousands of battles. With the destruction of their former fortress-monastery the venerable Emperor-class Battleship The Angel's Wings became the Chapter's defacto, mobile fortress-monastery. It was destroyed when Orks invaded, prompting the chapter to become a fully fleet-based Chapter.Р”Р„s the Chapter no longer possesses a Chapter homeworld, they were forced to become a fully functioning fleet-based Chapter.

Pruis was the chapter's former homeworld. However, the entire warband was killed or captured, resulting in a pyrrhic Imperial victory. In the battle, Leonidas was entombed in a dreadnought and nearly half the brother's died, a well as Cypher escaping. Sollanor Campaign (975.M34)- The Praetorians tracked down Cypher and a warband of the Fallen, and attacked them with a huge force.They hate the Fallen the most, for they were members of the Emperor's I Legion, who willingly spat on their oaths of fealty to both the Emperor and the Lion and willingly followed the Arch-Heretic Luther into damnation. The Lion's Praetorians were created in the 3 rd Founding at the dawning of the 32 nd Millennium to fight the heretics of Chaos Cults and Heretic Astartes.

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