Who are the Mythril Lords space marines? They are an ancient loyalist chapter of Space Marines known for its brutally quick strategies combined with overwhelming force. They are an exceeding large chapter of Adeptus Astartes who favor lightening strike tactics involving excessive use of fire, both natural and psychic. They are the rulers of the Myseraian Empire, a shard of the Imperium which lays past the halo stars. An empire united under a single flame and values strictly enforced by the chapter. With that primary world being Mysera, that serves as the chapter's homeworld, the seat of power, and main training grounds.
Their origin has long been a question of the Imperium, even its most clandestine of organizations. This primarily focuses on who the chapter calls its ancestors. They show great affinity to both the sons of Vulcan and Khan and have had a long history alliance with both of them. Neither though claim the chapter as one of their own. What raises more questions though is the exceeding the high number of psykers. With even the weakest of their kind being nascent psykers. Something unseen in nearly any chapters. The final question is most often when were they founded. Records showing them in operation before the third founding do exist, but nothing shows them as being part of the second founding. It is often considered that some of these imperial records could by distorted due the unreliable nature of warp based communications and the Lords have never been the most forthcoming of information.
There current state though is as much of a mystery to the wider Imperium as their history. While the majority of the Imperium knows of them as a crusading chapter, this is not actually the case. The chapter controlling a small empire isolated from much of Imperial space. Nevertheless, they have managed to become well-loved by much of the civilian and guard population while being in many cases outright despised by the Ecclesiarchy and its military branch. They are well known for protecting imperial citizens above more strategic positions, though openly spreading contempt for the imperial faith.
Their chapters cult worships the ideals of the past. This mostly surrounding the imperial truth and the era of the great crusade. An idealization of the past along with combination with the idealization of the flame itself as a symbol of human advancement. This goes so far as to be the basis of the chapter's livery. With its three central colors representing three core values that it wishes to embody and they believe the past had perfected. Their traditional connections to the imperial truth though while not unknown among the chapter of the Astartes, who many see the emperor as a father rather than a god, the Mythril Lords have been known to take this to exceedingly unique extremes.
These extremes are often the cause of their feud with the Ecclesiarchy. These traditions though are though are now causing many issues with the rise of Roboute Guilliman and his Primarus Marines, the chapter rejecting them and their kind. They are disgusting imitations of the Emperor's creations from a pathetic, arrogant child trying to upstage his father.
In the following chapters will be going to go into their many facets from their traditions to their current captains and champions.
This being the intro it is rather sparce on information.
I thought I would give sort of a play by play of my chapter from its history and its current state. While I did try to write a story for them, it did not pick up much interest and I hope to maybe get some attention to it. Or get some people just intrigued in them. I have had them for a long time and since I am looking at a death watch game, I thought to actually get them together. I will be exploring numerous bits of their lore and hope you all enjoy my own chapter.
Read, As The Flame Burns In Shadow if you want to see some of the chapter's history in more detail or my work on Fictionpress on the same name.
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