Order of the Sacred Rose

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A Sacred Rose banner

The Order of the Sacred Rose is one of the six major Orders Militant of the Adepta Sororitas.

Basic Info
	Name:	Order of the Sacred Rose	Symbol
	Founder:	Deacis VI[3a]
	Honoured Saint:	Arabella[2a]
	Convent:	Convent Prioris (Terra)[1]
	Founding:	39th Millenium[2a]
	Colours:	White armour, black cloaks with red linings and weapons[3b]

Overview

The Order is based on Terra within the Convent Prioris^[1] and was founded in honour of Sister Arabella^[2a] along with the Order of the Bloody Rose by Ecclesiarch Deacis VI in mid-M38^[3a]. Their colours are white armour, black cloaks with red linings and red weapons.^[3b]. The order strives to emulate their patron saint and her virtues of discipline, even-temperment, and resolute determination. This resolve to stay calm in battle has particularly benefited Retributor Squads, who use her as a role model to avoid doubt and rash action while wielding their heavy weapons.^[6] Main base of this Order - Ophelia VII.^[8]

History

• During a War of Faith against the Demagogues of the Second Halo Schism, the order broke the defenses at the Palace of Radiance, securing a victory which saw heretics burning on pyres twenty meters high.^[2b]

• The Order was led in a crusade to purge the xenos and heretics of the Kaurava system by their Canoness, Selena Agna, a mission which brought the order into brief conflict with forces from across the galaxy, including the Blood Raven Space Marines and the 252nd Conservator Regiment of the Imperial Guard. The Sisters were supported by the Living Saint Anais.^[4]

• ???.M41 - The Avignor Uprising
• 835.M41 - Canoness Sariah led a force of Battle Sisters to the Shrine World of Piety, which had been consumed by a Warp storm for two centuries. They found the planet almost entirely corrupted save for the Reliquary of Hope. Sariah led a mission into the labyrinth of the Reliquary, though only she herself and two Celestians returned bearing three pages of the Lexicon of Falsehoods and the left thighbone of Saint Dolan. They left the planet just before the Grey Knights arrived to deliver Exterminatus to the planet.^[5]
• 997.M41 - Defence of Valedor. The small force of Battle Sisters were the only survivors of an overwhelming attack of Hive Fleet Leviathan on the planet Valedor
• 998.M41 - Canoness Magda Grace leads a force to aid in the Cryptus Campaign

Unique Squadrons

• Flamewing Seraphim‎^[7a]
• Prioris Squadron - Are formed from elite Battle Sisters, who guard the Order of the Sacred Rose's convent on Terra. Intense additional training and wide-ranging battlefield experience are the minimum requirements for becoming a Prioris Battle Sister. If the need arises the entire squadron can be requisitioned into serving in a Canoness' personal retinue.^[7b]

Known Members

• Living Saint Anais
• Canoness Magda Grace
• Canoness Sariah
• Canoness Selena Agna

See Also

• Order of Our Martyred Lady
• Order of the Argent Shroud
• Order of the Valorous Heart
• Order of the Ebon Chalice
• Order of the Bloody Rose
• Ecclesiarchy

Sources

• 1: The Inquisition (Background Book), pg. 65
• 2: Codex: Witch Hunters
  • 2a: pg. 6
  • 2b: pg. 7
• 3: Codex: Sisters of Battle (2nd Edition)
  • 3a: pg. 35
  • 3b: pg. 19
• 4: Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
• 5: White Dwarf 379 (US), pg. 93
• 6: White Dwarf 382 (US), pg. 101
• 7: Dawn of War: Soulstorm
  • 7a: Sisters of Battle Campaign - Flamewing Seraphim, Honour Guard unit description
  • 7b: Sisters of Battle Campaign - Battle Sister Prioris Squad, Honour Guard unit description
• 8: Imperial Armour Volume Two (First Edition), pg. 231