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Adelbert was the Black Templars Marshal of the Edioch Crusade, which had lasted for over 50 years.[1]

Sometime in the aftermath of the Great Rift's creation, however, the Crusade had been ground down by countless battles with Heretics and Xenos. With their strength now depleted some members of the Crusade, thought that it was time for the Marshal to meld their forces with the Helicos Crusade. However, while his centuries of service and command of the Crusade weighed heavily upon him, Adelbert refused to do so. The Marshal claimed that as sons of Dorn, the Black Templars did not turn away from sacrifice and as long as he was in command, the Edioch Crusade would continue to fight on.[1]

And though they now numbered only a handful of Templars, Adelbert did not hesitate to go to the aid Daronch, which had been invaded by the Warboss Grashbakh. The world had been defended by the Battle Sisters of the Order of the Valorous Heart, but they lost their stronghold, after the Warboss crashed his scrap-ship into their cathedral-fortress. Grashbakh's Orks had then emerged to attack Daronch, but the arrival of the Edioch Crusade, gave the world's population a chance at survival. The Templars and surviving Sisters of the Valorous Heart, were then able to fight their way to the fortress, where the Warboss ruled from. They would advance into the Orks and Adelbert, gave his life holding the horde back long enough, for the Crusade and Sisters to establish a beachhead within the fortress. Despite his death, though, the Crusade and Sisters were victorious and Warboss Grashbakh was killed and Daronch was saved.[1]

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