![]() However, there are conflicting accounts which state the Deathwatch's origins occurred somewhat differently, and that it was founded at an unknown time centuries ago. The Deathwatch was chosen to be an integral part of the newborn Ordo Xenos and serve as its Chamber Militant the way the Grey Knights served as the Chamber Militant of the Daemon-hunting Ordo Malleus.ĭeathwatch Colour Scheme note that this Firstborn battle-brother originally hails from the Ultramarines Chapter. It was in the wake of the War of the Beast that the Inquisition itself was divided into the first two of the Ordos Majoris, the Ordo Malleus and the Ordo Xenos. Lord Commander Koorland eventually came to an agreement with the Inquisitorial Representative Wienand to assuage any doubts by the rest of the Senatorum Imperialis that the Deathwatch would fall under the purview of the Inquisition, but an Astartes would ultimately serve as Chapter Master. ![]() Thus standing in vigil over their fallen brethren, the seeds of the Deathwatch were sown. These Chapters suffered severe losses during the invasion. The original recruits for this newly created elite force were drawn from the survivors of the various Chapters who took part in the initial invasion of The Beast's capital world of Ullanor. Therefore, the High Lords of Terra consented to Koorland's proposal. Though reluctant at first to acquiesce to the lord commander's plan to approve the creation of such a force, desperate times called for desperate measures. During this conflict, remembered as the War of the Beast, it was the newly-elected lord commander of the Imperium, Chapter Master and sole surviving member of the Imperial Fists named Koorland who devised the concept of utilising small, veteran Astartes kill-teams to eliminate vital strategic assets of the encroaching Greenskins and eventually, The Beast itself. Led by the mysterious warlord known only as The Beast, this Greenskin invasion threatened the very Throneworld of Terra itself. The exact origins of the Deathwatch are uncertain, but its inception can be traced to the period known as the Time of Rebirth in 544.M32, and the arrival in Imperial space of the largest Ork WAAAGH! seen since the Ullanor Crusade during the closing years of the Great Crusade. ![]() Anonymous battle-brother of the Deathwatch " We do not hate the alien because he is different, we hate the alien because he had naught but hate in his heart for us." Warhammer 40K Darktide Review - Left To Shred
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