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{{quote| ''I am the hammer! I am the hate! I am the woes of daemonkind!''}}

{{quote|''I am the hammer! I am the hate! I am the woes of daemonkind!''}}

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.

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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.

{{quote| I am the Hammer! I am the Hate! I am the woes of Daemonkind!}}

{{quote|I am the Hammer! I am the Hate! I am the woes of Daemonkind!}}

** 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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* [[Aristocrats Are Evil]]: Duke Venalitor.

* [[Badass Creed]]: As [[Sergeant Rock|Justicar Alaric]] [[Crowning Moment/Warhammer 40000|said]]:

{{quote| "We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy -- the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial -- carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won."}}

{{quote|"We do not know what our chances of survival are, so we fight as if they were zero. We do not know what we are facing, so we fight as if it was the dark gods themselves. No one will remember us now and we may never be buried beneath Titan, so we will build our own memorial here. The Chapter might lose us and the Imperium might never know we existed, but the Enemy -- the Enemy will know. The Enemy will remember. We will hurt it so badly that it will never forget us until the stars burn out and the Emperor vanquishes it at the end of time. When Chaos is dying, its last thought will be of us. That is our memorial -- carved into the heart of Chaos. We cannot lose, Grey Knights. We have already won."}}

* [[BFS]]: Duke Venalitor has one of these.

* [[The Blacksmith]]: There's one of these in ''Hammer of Daemons'', implied to be ex-Salamander.