Amber Heralds

The Amber Heralds are a break-away group from the Monastic Ascendants during the Third Ruin, who remained loyal to the Imperium. It is little surprise that a Legion whose gene-sire imbued with strong ideological motivation would then become a body of stubborn ideologues. As with most Legions, the Monastic Ascendants would look upon Tenzin's vision and be in agreement. However, this unity was not total. There existed disagreement along a spectrum. Some of Tenzin's sons believed violence against the Imperium was unbecoming and unnecessary of their Primarch in his quest for perfection. Others believed he did not go far enough. They feared yoking themselves to any of the current political bodies would only spoil their Primarch's grand experiment and would be far better off establishing themselves independent of anyone else.

Yet, action always speaks louder than words. Much of this disagreement would do little more than offer fodder for intellectual discussion, both within the Ascendants and with their closest allies. However, there were a number of Seventh Legionaries who would place their own principles into action, for duty and corruption.

The Amber Heralds took their place among the former. Led by their founder, Desi, they had struggled long to maintain a beacon of Imperial unity; their efforts coalesced and intensified after the Vanishing. Desi himself was often a quiet critic of Tenzin as he carefully sculpted Pacificus into something he believed ideal as opposed to what had been established by the Master of Mankind.

Before Tenzin announced his independence, he gathered the many facets of the legion, including Desi to Ganden. There, they would retreat into the centre of their temple-fortress for over 7 days as they debated, every Legionary saying his piece with no perspective being admonished. When the great doors to the meditation chamber opened again a number of Ascendants, under a small guard, departed with sorrow in their hearts. Desi and his band would form the largest faction to leave at this time, though the future-Heralds were not the sole ones.

When Tenzin formally announced his independence, they and the other defectors would be given their ships as their own to go where they saw fit. The Amber Heralds, and one other group of Ascendants, made for the Dominion of the Crimson Lions, where Hectarion had promised shelter for those spurned by the Seventh Primarch's plan for the future. There they would settle, not forsaking all of their colours, but branding themselves anew under the Imperial banner.

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