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The keep was constructed some four thousand years before [[M41]], before the existence of any permanent [[human]] settlement on Stygia XII, on the order of [[Marshal (Black Templars)|Marshal]] [[Gervhart]] to act as a base from which to conduct the [[Athelor Crusade]]. After thousands of years of faithful service, the keep was abandoned by the [[Chapter]], having fulfilled its purpose.{{Fn|1}}
Some time later, the Imperium officially settled Stygia XII. There were no records of the Black Templars outpost, which was still standing when the first settlers arrived and as a result, the structure was the source of superstition. Many of the native populace believed that the structure, which they knew as '''Stormhelm''' , was haunted, and some even thought that the keep was of [[xenos]] origin.{{Fn|1}}
In [[832.M41]], a [[Chaos Cult]] led an uprising on Stygia XII and used "Stormhelm" as their base of operations. [[Inquisitor]] [[Abraham Vinculus]] of the [[Ordo Hereticus]] discovered that the cultists possessed four [[Chaos|corrupted]] items of great power known as [[Necrolectifier]]s and planned to use them to open a [[warp gate]]. Vinculus sent his [[acolyte]], [[Interrogator]] [[Edwin Savaul]], along with [[Inquisitorial Storm Trooper]]s and [[Battle Sister]]s of the [[Order of the Bloody Rose]] to stop the cult before they could enact their ritual. At around the same time, [[High Marshal (Black Templars)|High Marshal]] [[Ludoldus]] sent a task force of [[Sword Brethren]] led by [[Castellan (Black Templars)|Castellan]] [[Marius Reinhart]] to reclaim the keep, hoping to use a [[Space Marine Dreadnought|Dreadnought]] sarcophagus to preserve the life of veteran Sword Brother [[Ezekial Yesod]], whose knowledge was judged vital to the Templars' ongoing [[crusade]]. Working, not exactly together but certainly in parallel, the Imperials purged the cult, reclaimed the keep and successfully interred Ezekial.{{Fn|1}}
