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Series by Ben Counter about the titular '''Grey Knights''' chapter of Space Marines. It follows the exploits of Justicar Alaric and his squad battling various daemonic and chaotic enemies of the Imperium.
The series currently encompasses three novels: ''Grey Knights'', ''Dark Adeptus'', and ''Hammer of Daemons'', which have since been collected in an omnibus.
Please resist the urge to put examples on this page or link to this page on tropes unless you are citing from 40K '''novels''' in which the Grey Knights feature. Examples which are specific to rulebooks or other in-universe fluff should go on either the ''[[Warhammer
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* [[Badass Creed]] - The Canticle of Absolution is pretty long ([[Number of the Beast|666 words]], to be precise), so different parts get quoted throughout the novels.
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** The fandom has produced several approximations, though [http://fallfromgrace78.wordpress.com/2006/10/14/the-canticle-of-absolution-of-the-grey-knights/ this one] at least is a few words too short.
* [[Blade on a Stick]]: All Grey Knights are armed with Nemesis force weapons that are charged with their [[Psychic Powers|psychic energy]]. There are customised Nemeses, but the standard issue one is a force halberd <s>with a built-in [[BFG|boltgun]]</s> designed to complement the [[BFG|compact stormbolter]] [[Arm Cannon|worn on the other arm]].
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* [[Bling of War]]: While Grey Knights don't paint their armor at all, sporting a [[Color Coded for Your Convenience|grey gleam]] of a polished ceramite (a rarity among Space Marines), they more than enough make for it with various purity seals, sacred engravings, votive chains, blessed skull ornaments, ''holy unguents'' and other bling to end as one of the more ''fabulous'' chapters. And the funniest thing here is that it all ''[[Clap Your Hands If You Believe|works.]]''
* [[Church Militant]]: Not exactly church, as they are formally allied with Ordo Malleus of [[State Sec|Inquisition]], which is formally a secular organisation, but still the one of the most pious and religion-heavy chapters. In fact, they even view their piety as a weapon.
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* [[Demonic Possession]]: Averted. No Grey Knight has ''ever'' fallen to [[The Corruption|Chaos]] even though every one of them are psychics [[Kryptonite Factor|(and thus especially vulnerable to it)]].
* [[Demon Slaying]]: [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]] -- it's their job description. They slay various [[Eldritch Abomination|Daemons of the Warp]] for [[The Emperor]].
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* [[Hopeless War]]: They are 1000 super soldiers versus an infinite number of immortal [[Eldritch Abomination|Eldritch Abominations]], the most powerful of which are [[Physical God|Demi-Gods]] who can shape entire worlds to their will. Add human allies that number in the ''billions'', and you can start to see the problem.
* [[Humans Are Warriors]]: Very few beings in the galaxy can go toe to toe with a Grey Knight.
* [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Basically their whole schtick. They're so incorruptible that ''not one'' of them ever fell to Chaos. Of course, the ''way'' they achieved such honor was... Well, [[Crapsack World|it's]] [[Warhammer
** [[Purity Sue|This has been retconned in the fifth edition codex to where the Grey Knights are naturally immune to Chaos and they can casually get away with using chaotic texts and harbouring corrupt items without risk or retribution from the Inquisition.]] [[Double Standard|They will turn a blind eye to Inquisitors that turn up to battle with a dozen daemonhosts and carrying daemon weapons.]] [[Moral Dissonance|They're also now known for freely making deals with aliens, and slaughtering loyal servants of the Emperor (resilient Sisters of Battle, to be precise) to smear their armour with their blood in order to defeat an artefact of the blood god Khorne.]]
*** The latter part was [https://1d4chan.org/wiki/Khornate_Knights one of the most reviled] by fans things ever done by Matt Ward - which says something, because there was ''nothing'' done by Matt Ward and not loudly reviled by at least some fans. So it was retconned away. Note that in the novels, quoth 1d4chan -
{{quote|Seeing as this was written by a much more competent author, unlike the ambiguous piece of shite-fluff written by a certain "spiritual liege", both sides figure out that this was part of an elaborate case of [[All According to Plan|JUST AS PLANNED]], they stop fighting [...] and team up to take down the Big Baddy.}}
* [[Initiation Ceremony]]: Fairly standard for more pious chapters, but the preparations for it, and especially tests the aspirants get subjected to are such that hardly anything could be compared to it for sheer unpleasantness -- see [[The Spartan Way]] below.
* [[Magic Knight]]: They are the only [[Super Soldier|Space Marines]] chapter to consist ''entirely'' of [[Psychic Powers|psykers]]. And in 40K that's basically ''bad'', as it makes you much more prone to [[The Corruption]]. However they are so [[Badass]], that it doesn't matter much to them, making them even more [[Cursed with Awesome]] than any other psyker.
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* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Duke Venalitor.
* [[Badass Creed]]: As [[Sergeant Rock|Justicar Alaric]] [[Crowning Moment/Warhammer 40000|said]]:
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* [[BFS]]: Duke Venalitor has one of these.
* [[The Blacksmith]]: There's one of these in ''Hammer of Daemons'', implied to be ex-Salamander.
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* [[Gladiator Games]]
* [[Gladiator Revolt]]
* [[Go Mad
* [[Guile Hero]]: Alaric ascends to this after his plan to defeat the Chaos Lords of Drakaasi succeeds.
* [[Healing Factor]]: The Grey Knights have better-than-human regeneration, though severe stuff still needs an apothecary. The {{spoiler|Father of Titans}} from ''Dark Adeptus'' has a self-repair mechanism too.
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