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The '''{{PAGENAME}}''' are were a [[Space Marine]] [[Chapter]] of [[Imperial Fists]] descent.{{Fn|1a}} Following the [[War of the Beast]] and the treachery of one of its Captains, its surviving [[Battle-Brother]]s were distributed throughout the [[Adepotus Astartes]] and they were erased from history by the orders of the acting [[Lord Commander of the Imperium]], [[Maximus Thane]].{{Fn|7}}
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The Fists Exemplar were next dispatched by Koorland to [[Mars]] to take the [[Tech-Priest]] [[Eldon Urquidex]] into custody. The standoff with the [[Mechanicum]] quickly turned bloody despite the efforts of both sides to prevent violence, and the Fists engaged in a short but bloody standoff with [[Skitarii]] armies before the Mechanicum backed down. Later, the Chapter took part in the hunt for [[Vulkan]] on [[Caldera]] and the first invasion of [[Ullanor]] alongside other Last Wall forces.{{Fn|5}}
By the second invasion of Ullanor to try and slay the Beast, the Fists Exemplar had been worn down to less than 73 [[Battle-Brother]]s from the remains of three companies.{{Fn|6}} In the aftermath of the War of the Beast and the treachery of [[Zerberyn]], [[Maximus Thane]] declared that the Fists Exemplar were to be erased from history. Its surviving Battle-Brothers were sent to found new Chapter's and their very existence made secret. A new Chapter inherited Eidolica and the ''Alcazar Remembered''.{{Fn|7}}
==Traditions==
*{{Endn|5}}: [[The Hunt for Vulkan (Novel)]] Chapter 1
*{{Endn|6}}: [[The Last Son of Dorn (Novel)]] Chapter 13
*{{Endn|7}}: [[The Beheading (Novel)]] Chapter 14
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