Fiction:Quietus Legions

"This is not the end. When glory calls, we will rise again."

- Knight-General Yashid Araj

When the Tenet Domain collapsed beneath the 's onslaught, some 10,000 years ago, the Holy Realm made a ruthlessly pragmatic decision: in a series of successive, controlled withdrawals, sacrifice nearly half of Tenet space to the invaders and regroup massively within its core systems. This defense in depth was ultimately successful, but billions of the Brethren Host, covering civilian evacuations or engaging the Congregation opportunistically, were unable to keep up with the pace of the retreat and found themselves staring down the enemy alone and unsupported.

The Holy Realm made provisions for these units. Rather than sacrifice them in heroic but pointless actions, it transmitted an order: dig deep, lay low, sleep. Await the Day of Glory.

So were born the Quietus Legions. Armies buried deep in occult bomb shelters, hidden by subtle enchantments, slumbering through the millennia. To be woken again, spears in hand, in a distant future when Tenet rises to reconquer its place in the galaxy.