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Every battle brother has to serve as a Coadjutor in the years after rising from the rank of neophyte. A selection of veterans are also chosen to act as Proconsuls; becoming a Proconsul is a necessary prerequisite to becoming a [[Space Marine Sergeant|Sergeant]] or [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]].{{Fn|5a}} Proconsuls have led local troops of Sabatine or their vassal worlds into battle, granting them some knowledge on the [[Imperial Guard]].{{Fn|6}}
During the [[12th Black Crusade]] was the Exorcists one of the three chapters – together with the [[Exorcistsand [[Red Talons]] – that entered the [[Gothic Sector]] after the [[Warp storm]] that had isolated the sector ended and fought in the [[Gothic War]].{{Fn|22a}}{{Fn|22b}}
When the [[Thirteenth Black Crusade]] started, the White Counsuls answered to call of [[Cadia]] by sending all of their Companies, except the Fourth, who were left as a skeletal guard of the planet [[Celestine (Planet)|Celestine]].{{Fn|14a}}
===Notable Campaigns===
*'''798.[[M37]]:''' The Chapter prevails against the [[Daemonic]] legions of [[Fateweaver]].{{Fn|7}}
*'''143-151.[[M41]]:''' [[12th Black Crusade]] — The White Consuls were stationed around the [[Gothic Sector]] during the Gothic War.{{Fn|13}}{{Fn|22b}}
*'''777.[[M41]]:''' [[Achilus Crusade]] — The White Consuls contributed a large contingent to the Achilus Crusade, amounting to around two companies and their support units. Their largest action was the extraction of a [[Deathwatch]] [[Kill-Team]] on the [[Death world]] of [[Polyphemnos]] against [[Ogryn]] mutants. It concluded with the successful rescue of the Kill-team, at the cost of a Consuls squad which was consumed by the mutants. As a consequence of this mission the White Consuls are demanding for the Deathwatch to help recover the squad's wargear and kill the Ogryn leader responsible.{{Fn|6}}
*The [[Battle of the Boros Gate|Siege of Boros Gate]]: All ten companies were fielded to repel the [[Word Bearers]], and later the [[Necrons]]. Almost five full companies were completely wiped out, one battle-barge was lost, and one of the two Chapter Masters was killed.{{Fn|5d}}
