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Scrimshaw

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*“We believe in meticulous, scrupulous conduct and tactics. Hence, the renowned courtesy and the artistry of our Chapter. As you mature, the fingers of your fists, when idle, may well itch to scribe wondrous designs upon the finger bones of your dead Brethren, honouring and adorning their now fleshless fists. This is how we love to express our dextrous craftsmanship. Within the mighty power glove which can crush an alien skull like a puffball, there resides such microscopicdiscipline!”“Aye, after a battle once you have recited your thanksgivings, or prior to a campaign, while youare girding your soul for a crusade...many of you may yearn to kneel in your cell with saw and magnilens, with rasp and buffing wheel and carbide graver, with brush and inkhorn. And with the hand bones of a slaughtered or euthanased comrade in front of you...”<sup>1ch4</sup>
::-Battle-Brother [[Rhetoricus]] introducing the practice of scrimshaw to new recruits.
*"Fists of beauty,
:With death is our tryst"<sup>1ch4</sup>
::-Battle-Brother [[Rhetoricus]] reciting a poem on the cultural significance of scrimshaw to the Chapter.
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