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{{SoB

|Name=~~Our Martyred Lady~~

|Name=Order of the Last Candle

|Symbol=~~Martyred lady~~.~~png~~

|Symbol=unknown.jpg

~~|Symbol caption=~~

|Matriarch=Marith Veradyn

~~|Image caption=~~

|Founder=Cardinal Urbus the Blessed

|Matriarch=~~[[Katherine]]~~

|Founding=Late M38

|Founder=~~[[Alexis XXII]]~~

|Convent=Prioris

|Founding=~~[[M36]]~~

|Colors=Black, Red, and Purple

|Convent=~~[[Convent Sanctorum]]<br>([[Ophelia VII]])~~

|Specialty=Holy Flame

|~~Colours~~=

~~'''Current''': {{Color sample|Black}} {{Color sample|FireBrick}}<br />Black armour with dark red cloaks<br/>''Original:~~ Black ~~armour~~, ~~black cloaks~~, ~~red linings~~ and ~~weapons''~~

|~~Speciality~~=

}}

== Overview ==

Originally descended from the Order of the Sacred Rose, who established a convent in Eternum on the world now known as [[Saint Bazil]] several millennia ago, the Last Candle have forged their own identity to meet the needs of the oft-infected denizens of the sector. Founded in very late M38 after the [[Gafrey Schism]] under the leadership of [[Marith Veradyn]], their convent was prognasticated to be needed to protect the Emperor's domain from the [[Bubonic Rift]], a prophecy that has come to pass with the [[First Poxwar]].

== History and Organization ==

The Last Candle's command structure is extremely insular, believing only their leadership, and those directly executing the Emperor's will are fit to follow. This causes some friction with command elements outside of the Ordo Hereticus and Ecclesiarchy, who, along with the High Lords of Terra, are the only institutions the order will readily accept orders from, and sector Militarum Command and its generals can only request aid and watch the sisters pursue their own campaign. This is reflected in their focus, to Honor the Works of the Emperor, as in any given campaign the sisters will always choose to liberate an Imperial church, or remove defacement of his statues, over more strategically important objectives.

The order's Matriarch, Saint Marith Veradyn, originally a Sister Superior of the Order of the Sacred Rose whose Cannoneses and most fellow Sisters fell in battle to traitor forces during the Gafrey Schism defending the Order's Cathedral on Saint Bazil. Sister Veradyn prayed to the Emperor for aid, and the Cathedral's machine spirit answered her call, showing her to the ancient reliquarium. Taking their most holy relic, the burning candle believed to have been lit by the Emperor himself to light the way, the Sister found what would become the carrier of the Order's most vaunted relics, an ancient Baneblade chassis carrying a titan's Inferno Cannon. Sister Veradyn and her surviving Sisters took ownership of the Doomblade, and used its vaunted magma cannon to purge the heretics and traitors, breaking the back of the attackers and inspiring the population to rise up, upon seeing her chanting litanies from the holy vehicle. This Doomblade was sanctified further and renamed the ''Candlebearer'', and since Veradyn's ascension to Sainthood the ''Candlebearer'' has turned into a mobile Cathedral, with reliquaries and pulpits to accompany the Holy Candle. The Order is loathe to commit the relic to battle owing to their reverance, but if the need arises the ''Candlebearer'' can turn the tide of even the darkest heresies.

The order was founded on the shrine world Saint Bazil, which itself is a massive urban conglomerate of churches and massive icon shaped hives, with all citizens living below one of the many massive Aquila shaped churches. The order is a significant force on Saint Bazil , and every planetary governor, themselves chosen from the highest ranks of the planet's Ecclesiarchy, must be approved by the order. [[Saint Ariette Bazil]] is the revered Imperial Saint of the Order, and her name is oft invoked in dire times.

The order is heavily focused on flames, even moreso than the average order, as befitting an order that fights against the plague God's minions. Bolters are still used, but each is tipped with an incendiary agent and blessed thrice. The sisters also place an extreme importance on their resiliency, to allow them to counter the unnatural toughness of the Rotbelchers. As such, the sisters focus on a wave of flame which precedes more close ranged attacks.

Each sister, once formally inducted, is given a purple pendant that is said to contain a drop of holy water baptized by Saint Bazil's tears, a fountain that the newly formed order built their convent around. This pendant must always be worn outside of the convent's inner and personal sanctums, being seen without it whether it was lost or stolen, or to let one who is not of the convent or directly executing the Emperor's will touch it, is to fail the Saint, and sisters repeantia are commonly formed from sisters who believe they have failed this mission in some form, from the wounded sister who loses her pendant to a battlefield scavenger, to the sister who doesn't react fast enough when an Imperial general reaches for it to inspect. The order believes that only the Emperor, his Saints, and his direct agents know the way forward, and only the purity of the human form and spirit can execute His will, thus mutants are to be executed, disease to be excised by his miracles of faith and science, and the slightest taint of heresy to be completely purged by the flames of Terra.

The order does not lack for recruits, as each massive shrine world in the sector feeds it's best to the order. The order has strained relations with the most prominent space marine chapter of the sector, the Crimson Bulwark, as their veneration of the machine spirit and ancestors, in the order's eyes, devalues the true faith. This is similar to their views on [[Filimars]], while they believe sector Militarum Command to not be blessed with seeing the Emperor's vision. This does not extend to some regiments serving under Militarum Command, and the sisters serving as guards for Hospitallers have recognized the faith of several regiments of Guard when fighting together, chiefly the [[Shrineguard]] of [[New Cathedrus]] and the regiments of Tetuanis.

The [[Rotbelchers]] and their assorted Nurglite cultists are the chief enemy of the order, though they will not shy from engaging the heretics of the Heralds of Supremacy or xenos. Still, the Ordo Hereticus of Conclave Eternum requests the sisters most often, as the Ordo Malleus generally calls on the Bulwark or trusted guard regiments, though, of course, they can request grey knight assistance if a truly dire threat emerges.

[[Category:Imperial]]

[[Category:Sisters of Battle]]

[[Category:Armies of Eternum]]

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 {{SoB
-|Name=Our Martyred Lady
+|Name=Order of the Last Candle
-|Symbol=Martyred lady.png
+|Symbol=unknown.jpg
-|Symbol caption=
+|Matriarch=Marith Veradyn
-|Image caption=
+|Founder=Cardinal Urbus the Blessed
-|Matriarch=[[Katherine]]
+|Founding=Late M38
-|Founder=[[Alexis XXII]]
+|Convent=Prioris
-|Founding=[[M36]]
+|Colors=Black, Red, and Purple
-|Convent=[[Convent Sanctorum]]<br>([[Ophelia VII]])
+|Specialty=Holy Flame
-|Colours=
-'''Current''': {{Color sample|Black}} {{Color sample|FireBrick}}<br />Black armour with dark red cloaks<br/>''Original:  Black armour, black cloaks, red linings and weapons''
-|Speciality=
 }}
+== Overview ==
+Originally descended from the Order of the Sacred Rose, who established a convent in Eternum on the world now known as [[Saint Bazil]] several millennia ago, the Last Candle have forged their own identity to meet the needs of the oft-infected denizens of the sector. Founded in very late M38 after the [[Gafrey Schism]] under the leadership of [[Marith Veradyn]], their convent was prognasticated to be needed to protect the Emperor's domain from the [[Bubonic Rift]], a prophecy that has come to pass with the [[First Poxwar]].
+== History and Organization ==
+The Last Candle's command structure is extremely insular, believing only their leadership, and those directly executing the Emperor's will are fit to follow. This causes some friction with command elements outside of the Ordo Hereticus and Ecclesiarchy, who, along with the High Lords of Terra, are the only institutions the order will readily accept orders from, and sector Militarum Command and its generals can only request aid and watch the sisters pursue their own campaign. This is reflected in their focus, to Honor the Works of the Emperor, as in any given campaign the sisters will always choose to liberate an Imperial church, or remove defacement of his statues, over more strategically important objectives.
+The order's Matriarch, Saint Marith Veradyn, originally a Sister Superior of the Order of the Sacred Rose whose Cannoneses and most fellow Sisters fell in battle to traitor forces during the Gafrey Schism defending the Order's Cathedral on Saint Bazil. Sister Veradyn prayed to the Emperor for aid, and the Cathedral's machine spirit answered her call, showing her to the ancient reliquarium. Taking their most holy relic, the burning candle believed to have been lit by the Emperor himself to light the way, the Sister found what would become the carrier of the Order's most vaunted relics, an ancient Baneblade chassis carrying a titan's Inferno Cannon. Sister Veradyn and her surviving Sisters took ownership of the Doomblade, and used its vaunted magma cannon to purge the heretics and traitors, breaking the back of the attackers and inspiring the population to rise up, upon seeing her chanting litanies from the holy vehicle. This Doomblade was sanctified further and renamed the ''Candlebearer'', and since Veradyn's ascension to Sainthood the ''Candlebearer'' has turned into a mobile Cathedral, with reliquaries and pulpits to accompany the Holy Candle. The Order is loathe to commit the relic to battle owing to their reverance, but if the need arises the ''Candlebearer'' can turn the tide of even the darkest heresies.
+The order was founded on the shrine world Saint Bazil,  which itself is a massive urban conglomerate of churches and massive icon shaped hives, with all citizens living below one of the many massive Aquila shaped churches. The order is a significant force on Saint Bazil , and every planetary governor, themselves chosen from the highest ranks of the planet's Ecclesiarchy, must be approved by the order. [[Saint Ariette Bazil]] is the revered Imperial Saint of the Order, and her name is oft invoked in dire times.
+The order is heavily focused on flames, even moreso than the average order, as befitting an order that fights against the plague God's minions. Bolters are still used, but each is tipped with an incendiary agent and blessed thrice. The sisters also place an extreme importance on their resiliency, to allow them to counter the unnatural toughness of the Rotbelchers. As such, the sisters focus on a wave of flame which precedes more close ranged attacks.
+Each sister, once formally inducted, is given a purple pendant that is said to contain a drop of holy water baptized by Saint Bazil's tears, a fountain that the newly formed order built their convent around. This pendant must always be worn outside of the convent's inner and personal sanctums, being seen without it whether it was lost or stolen, or to let one who is not of the convent or directly executing the Emperor's will touch it,  is to fail the Saint, and sisters repeantia are commonly formed from sisters who believe they have failed this mission in some form, from the wounded sister who loses her pendant to a battlefield scavenger, to the sister who doesn't react fast enough when an Imperial general reaches for it to inspect. The order believes that only the Emperor, his Saints, and his direct agents know the way forward, and only the purity of the human form and spirit can execute His will, thus mutants are to be executed, disease to be excised by his miracles of faith and science, and the slightest taint of heresy to be completely purged by the flames of Terra.
+The order does not lack for recruits, as each massive shrine world in the sector feeds it's best to the order. The order has strained relations with the most prominent space marine chapter of the sector, the Crimson Bulwark, as their veneration of the machine spirit and ancestors, in the order's eyes, devalues the true faith. This is similar to their views on [[Filimars]], while they believe sector Militarum Command to not be blessed with seeing the Emperor's vision. This does not extend to some regiments serving under Militarum Command, and the sisters serving as guards for Hospitallers have recognized the faith of several regiments of Guard when fighting together, chiefly the [[Shrineguard]] of [[New Cathedrus]] and the regiments of Tetuanis.
+The [[Rotbelchers]] and their assorted Nurglite cultists are the chief enemy of the order, though they will not shy from engaging the heretics of the Heralds of Supremacy or xenos. Still, the Ordo Hereticus of Conclave Eternum requests the sisters most often, as the Ordo Malleus generally calls on the Bulwark or trusted guard regiments, though, of course, they can request grey knight assistance if a truly dire threat emerges.
+[[Category:Imperial]]
+[[Category:Sisters of Battle]]
+[[Category:Armies of Eternum]]