White Templars
GW canon
Summary
Codex Chapter of uncertain Imperial Fists descent that launched a crusade to find the truth after the doubts arose.
Lineage unconfirmed
Lineage Note (sources, uncertainties)
The Imperial Fists descent is disputed: new finds by the Administratum call it into question.
Allegiance
Loyalists
Founding
Unknown
Homeworld
Sanctum (fortress-monastery Holdfast)
Colours
White with black pauldrons and a black aquila
Doctrine
Stoic, relentless prosecution of foes
Epoch
M42
History
The White Templars were long thought to be Imperial Fists successors, but new Administratum discoveries have shaken that claim; the Chapter launched a crusade to find the truth. They protected the world Ystrad for 3,000 years until it fell to Exterminatus in M42. Their homeworld Sanctum was threatened in the Fourth Tyrannic War while the Chapter was away on the Indomitus Crusade.
Notes
The Chapter symbol is a white eight-pointed cross crosslet, each point impaled by a chevron, on black. The Chapter Master is Kruxor Stavro.
Sources
Lexicanum, article “White Templars” (revision 632731, retrieved 25 Oct 2026): https://wh40k.lexicanum.com/wiki/White_Templars. Works cited there: How to Paint Space Marines, pg. 88; Codex: Space Marines (5th Edition), pg. 30; Legion of the Damned (Novel), Chapter 3; Crusade: Pariah Nexus, pg. 16.