Athelor Crusade

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The Athelor Crusade was an Imperial Crusade prosecuted around late M37.^{[1][Note 1]} The Black Templars contributed forces to the crusade, led by Marshal Gervhart.^[1]

At some point in the crusade, Gervhart ordered the construction of a chapter keep on Stygia XII to act as a base of operations for the Templars involved. The keep, known as Montgisard, served the Templars throughout the crusade and for thousands of years afterwards, before it was eventually abandoned.^[1]

Notes

• Note 1: Gideon Amesaris, a Reclusiarch of the Black Templars who served under Gervhart, was stated by Chaplain Mathias Vlain to have had a hand in constructing one of the vaults beneath Montgisard "almost four thousand years ago" in the short story And They Shall Know No Fear..., which is set in 832.M41. This would imply that Montgisard's construction and therefore the Athelor Crusade itself occurred around late M37 or possibly early M38.^[1]

Sources

• 1: And They Shall Know No Fear... (Short Story)