History Literature / ImperialFists

A 2011 novel by Chris Robeson, Sons of Dorn follows three new recruits to the Imperial Fists as they complete the Chapter's brutal training before undertaking their first mission on the planet of Vernalis, which is under assault by the forces of Chaos.

Check out the [[Characters/ImperialFists character sheet]].

!!Tropes associated with the novels include:
* TheAtoner: Captain Taelos wants to be one. His commanders, however, sends him to collect aspirants instead.
* TheBait: Captain Taelos suspects something about his being left with the scouts on-planet. He learns in due course that the rest of their force had lurked until the scouts had drawn out the full Chaos force (and died nearly to the last man).
* TheCavalry: The rest of the Imperial Fist forces return when the scouts have managed to draw out the full Chaos forces. There are even five survivors in the forces they left.
* CombatPragmatist: Jean-Robur learns to fight like this in his first battle, stabbing a foe InTheBack.
* FrozenFace: Rhomec's scars give him a perpetual grin. It's explicitly said that it makes it hard to read his emotions.
%%* GladiatorGames: Rhomec's BackStory.
* InTheBack: Jean-Robur learns to fight like a CombatPragmatist in his first battle, stabbing a foe In the Back.
* LastStand: Captain Taelos starts to tell the surviving Scouts and sergeant that he is SoProudOfYou in preparation for a force they can not overcome -- when TheCavalry arrives.
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen: Jean-Robur is warned that the enemy do not fight properly. In his first battle, he quickly learns to play CombatPragmatist.
* NamedWeapon: Taloc wants to get into the fight so he can name his sword, which is a RiteOfPassage. [[spoiler:Which is why he is deeply pleased when he gets it back at the end.]]
* {{Revenge}}: Zatori wants revenge on Jean-Robec for killing his master (partly because he should have been protecting his back), and Taloc wants revenge on Zatori for killing his father. A long-term undercurrent, since the Imperial Fists will stop them if they try, and they fear the punishment.
* SoProudOfYou: Captain Taelos tells the Scouts and sergeant that he is proud to have served as their commander when facing a LastStand. Afterward, he tells the newly minted Imperial Fists that he summoned them to commend them -- and expresses it in concrete form, restoring to them the swords that had been taken from them when they were chosen as aspirants, after having them adapted to be suited for a SpaceMarine to fight with.
* WeNeedADistraction: Captain Taelos suspects something when they arrive to find the Chaos forces gone and an attack being launched on a neighbouring planet.
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-->''Primarch-Progenitor, to your glory and the glory of Him on earth!''

The '''Imperial Fists''' was a Legion, then a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in TabletopGame/Warhammer40000, bred from and lead by their primarch, Rogal Dorn. Noted for their determination and discipline even by TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Imperial Space Marine standards, along with being considerable expertise at siege warfare. The other Legion that similarly specialised in siegecraft before the Literature/HorusHeresy was the Literature/IronWarriors, fostering a rivalry that would develop into outright hatred during the Heresy, and would only get worse after it.

Chris Robeson's ''Sons of Dorn'' is an Imperial Fists novel; they also feature in Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''[[Literature/IronWarriors Storm Of Iron]]'' and Literature/HorusHeresy novel ''Fulgrim.''
The Imperial Fists were the chapter focused on in the first ever Warhammer 40K novel about Space Marines, the tellingly-titled ''Space Marine'', which formed a kind of prequel novel to IanWatson's ''Inquisition War'' trilogy.

They were [[spoiler:originally believed to be]] the founding chapter for the Literature/SoulDrinkers.

* CombatPragomatist: Jean-Robur learns to fight like this in his first battle, stabbing a foe InTheBack.

* ArchEnemy: The Imperial Fists and Iron Warriors were at loggerheads long before the [[Literature/HorusHeresy Heresy]]. Now, the rivalry has transformed into one of the bitterest hatreds in the galaxy. And that's saying something.
* TheAtoner: Imperial Fists, who are inclined to feel responsible or otherwise guilty for the deaths of their teammates.
* TheBait
* TheCavalry
* CombatPragmatist
* FanNickname: Imp Fists.
* FrozenFace
* GladiatorGames
* HonorBeforeReason: They are Space Marines, after all.
* InTheBack
* LastStand
* LetsFightLikeGentlemen
* MeaningfulName
* NamedWeapons
* {{Revenge}}
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge
* SoProudOfYou
* WasItReallyWorthIt
* WeNeedADistraction

The '''Imperial Fists''' was a Legion, then a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in TabletopGame/Warhammer40000, bred from and lead by their primarch, Rogal Dorn. Noted for their determination and discipline even by TabletopGame/Warhammer40000 Imperial Space Marine standards, along with being considerable expertise at siege warfare. The other Legion that similarly specialised in siegecraft before the Literature/HorusHeresy was the IronWarriors, fostering a rivalry that would develop into outright hatred during the Heresy, and would only get worse after it.

The ImperialFists was a Legion, then a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}, bred from and lead by their primarch, Rogal Dorn. Noted for their determination and discipline even by TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Imperial Space Marine standards, along with being considerable expertise at siege warfare. The other Legion that similarly specialised in siegecraft before the Literature/HorusHeresy was the IronWarriors, fostering a rivalry that would develop into outright hatred during the Heresy, and would only get worse after it.

They were [[spoiler:originally believed to be]] the founding chapter for the SoulDrinkers.

The Imperial Fists were the chapter focused on in the first ever Warhammer 40K novel about Space Marines, the tellingly-titled ''Space Marine'', which formed a kind of novel to IanWatson's ''Inquisition War'' trilogy.

The Imperial Fists were the chapter focused on in the first ever Warhammer 40K novel about Space Marines, the tellingly-titled ''Space Marine'', which formed the second novel of IanWatson's ''Inquisition War'' trilogy.

They were the founding chapter for the SoulDrinkers.

The ImperialFists was a Legion, then a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}, bred from and lead by their primarch, Rogal Dorn. Noted for their determination and discipline even by TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Imperial Space Marine standards, along with being considerable expertise at siege warfare. The other Legion that similarly specialised in siegecraft before the HorusHeresy was the IronWarriors, fostering a rivalry that would develop into outright hatred during the Heresy, and would only get worse after it.

Chris Robeson's ''Sons of Dorn'' is an Imperial Fists novel; they also feature in Creator/GrahamMcNeill's ''[[Literature/IronWarriors Storm Of Iron]]'' and HorusHeresy novel ''Fulgrim.''

* ArchEnemy: The Imperial Fists and Iron Warriors were at loggerheads long before the [[HorusHeresy Heresy]]. Now, the rivalry has transformed into one of the bitterest hatreds in the galaxy. And that's saying something.

The ImperialFists was a Legion, then a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}, bred from and lead by their primarch was Rogal Dorn. Noted for their determination and discipline even by TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Imperial Space Marine standards, along with being considerable expertise at siege warfare. The other Legion that similarly specialised in siegecraft before the HorusHeresy was the IronWarriors, fostering a rivalry that would develop into outright hatred during the Heresy, and would only get worse after it.

Chris Robeson's ''Sons of Dorn'' is an Imperial Fists novel; they also feature in GrahamMcNeill's ''[[Literature/IronWarriors Storm Of Iron]]'' and HorusHeresy novel ''Fulgrim.''

The ImperialFists are a chapter of Imperial {{Space Marine}}s in TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}}. Noted for their determination and discipline even by TabletopGame/{{Warhammer 40000}} Imperial Space Marine standards, along with being considerable expertise at siege warfare. The other Legion that similarly specialised in siegecraft before the Heresy was the Iron Warriors, fostering a rivalry that would develop into outright hatred during and after it. Their primarch was Rogal Dorn.

They were the founding chapter for the Soul Drinkers.

* TheAtoner

* HonorBeforeReason