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* '''546.M32''' {{CanonConflict}}: The Sable Swords contribute to the Space Marine retribution force seeking to slay [[Drakan Vangorich]], the rogue [[Grand Master of Assassins|Grand Master]] of the [[Officio Assassinorum]], following his [[The Beheading|assassination]] of all twelve [[High Lords of Terra]]. The Sable Swords fight alongside the [[Halo Brethren]] and the [[Imperial Fists]]. Only a single Astartes survives to execute Vangorich.{{Fn|1}}
* '''M41''': A series of decisive victories over the [[Tau Empire]] prove the Sable Swords the equal of more established Chapters.{{Fn|2a}}
* '''M41''': The bulk of the Chapter fight against the [[Eldar]] [[Swordwind]] on [[Larical's Folly]]. This leaves their homeworld Ophidia Obsidia vulnerable to an attack by the [[mutant]] [[The Lost and the Damned|horde]] of the [[Twisted Convocation]]. Ophidia Obsidia is rescued by the intervention of the [[Novamarines]], prompting the Sable Swords to swear an oath of eternal debt to their saviours.{{Fn|3}}
* '''M41''': [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]] [[Noiran]] goes missing in a skirmish with Eldar pirates in the [[Augran Nebula]]. All evidence points to his survival, and by 998.M41 [[Codicier]] [[Sundic]] is still searching for the missing Captain.{{Fn|2b}}
*'''954.M41''': The [[Fall of Rogue's Spire]]
