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|Founding=[[Second Founding]]
|Chapter Master=[[Helbrecht]]
|Homeworld=several Several fleets
|Fortress-Monastery=Eternal Crusader
|Colours=Black with white shoulder pads
|Specialty=Close Combat
|Battle Cry=No Pity! No Remorse! No Fear!
|Strength=5000-6000 warriors Marines spread through several Crusades<sup>2</sup>
|Symbol=Black Templars Symbol.png
|Symbol Px=150
During [[Horus]]' attack on the [[Emperor]]'s Palace, [[Rogal Dorn]] chose [[Sigismund]] as the [[Emperor's Champion]], and Sigismund was given the best armour and weapons. He went forward to challenge the traitorous leaders in single combat, and triumphed over all he met in battle. After the [[Horus Heresy]], the breakdown of the [[Imperial Fists]] into Codex chapters was demanded by [[Roboute Guilliman]]. Dorn thought him a coward for not being there with the [[Ultramarines]] to help in the defence of [[Terra]]. Guilliman in his turn thought a rebel of Dorn for not adhering to the new [[Codex Astartes]].<sup>1</sup>
Neither would give in. [[Leman Russ (primarch)|Leman Russ]], [[primarchPrimarch]] of the [[Space Wolves]], and [[Vulkan]], primarch Primarch of the [[Salamanders]] both agreed with Dorn, they also did not want their [[Space Marine Legions|Legions]] split up and spread across the galaxy. [[Raven Guard]] primarch Primarch [[Corax]] and [[Jaghatai Khan]] of the [[White Scars]] supported the Ultramarines. Again a civil war was looming on the horizon.<sup>1</sup>
The Imperial Fists were persecuted for their so called heresies and even fired upon by the [[Imperial Navy]]. When it looked almost inevitable that civil war would be fought, Dorn finally relented and agreed to split his legion in chapters as dictated by the Codex Astartes. The Imperial Fists were split up and the [[Crimson Fists]] and the Black Templars chapters Chapters were created.<sup>1</sup>
Sigismund, who was chosen as Emperor's Champion by Dorn, led the more zealous of the Imperial Fists as the Black Templar chapter and was elevated to the rank of first [[High Marshal]] of the Black Templars. Sigismund swore an oath that upon leaving Terra, he and his new chapter would prove their loyalty by never resting in his duties against enemies of the Emperor. Every High Marshal after him has renewed this oath and as such, the Black Templars Crusade is the longest Space Marine Crusade ever begun and has continued for over ten thousand years.<sup>1</sup>
Because of this unending crusade, the Black Templars live on their [[Crusade Fleets]] and use the planets they conquer to establish Chapter Keeps which are used for recruitment and staging areas.<sup>1</sup>
