Often, the Wardens of Orask have had cause to divide their warriors and disperse them over vast areas of the galaxy to fulfill their duties. They often deploy the bulk of their substantial Chapter fleet, patrolling Imperial space lanes as well as scouring upstart xenos filth that dare have the temerity to attack Imperial worlds, earning many accolades and glorious battle honours in the process. Since their inception, the Wardens of Orask has stood permanent watch - both over the sentinel world of Orask and the outlying borders of the Eastern Fringe. Here, they have stood as wardens over the outlying Ghoul Stars, and the nightmarish threats that have periodically sallied forth to waylay the realm of the God-Emperor. Following their intervention during the Pale Wasting and the successful nullification of the xenos menace, the new Chapter was granted stewardship over the sentinel world of Orask located on the fringes of Imperial space. Trusted implicitly by his Chapter Master, Captain Maximus was granted the high honour of assuming command of the newly formed Chapter. He had accrued many high honours during his illustrious career and was lauded by several senior commanders of the various military arms of the Imperium, as well as being fêted by the High Lords of Terra themselves. Maximus was a former captain of the Ultramarines' 3 rd Company who was highly regarded by his fellow commanders and battle-brothers. Much of the extant evidence relating to this threat has been censored or purposely destroyed, and those partial records which have been uncovered suggest that more than one Space Marine Chapter might have been completely destroyed in the course of the conflict.Ĭreated during the 7 th Founding, upon it's inception command of the newly created Chapter was given to Decius Caecilius Maximus, who would be it's first Patriarch and Polemarchos of the as-yet unnamed Chapter.
Granted a substantial fleet of warships, the Wardens of Orask became a fleet-based, highly mobile counter-strike force, which helped to stem the tide of the encroaching threat, and were later credited with having played a vital role in 'unmaking that which cannot die'.
The Wardens of Orask, alongside several other newly-created Chapters, were created as a defensive counter-measure to help fight against the xenos' 'nightmare engines' that swept away scores of worlds and slaughtered whole sectors. This mysterious region of space is a part of the Halo Stars located beyond the furthest reaches of known space, northeast of the Segmentum Ultima beyond the Eastern Fringe. The Wardens of Orask were created sometime during the first few centuries of M34, during the catastrophic event known as the Pale Wasting, when the Imperium was threatened with a 'star-spawned plague' of mysterious xenos whom hailed from Ghoul Stars.