Category: Warhammer: The Horus Heresy

Following her interment within a Leviathan Dreadnought sarcophagus, Ancient Leta Valera ceased almost entirely to communicate through conventional vox channels, instead transmitting brief sequences of encoded text through the Chapter’s tactical networks. These transmissions were always concise, containing little beyond target designations, battlefield assessments and warnings of immediate tactical significance. Despite her reticence, Valera remained…

Honored Elenthea Solis has long expressed a preference for operations conducted at dusk, when the failing light affords her Deredeo Dreadnought a measure of concealment despite its considerable bulk. Though her preference has been attributed to tactical considerations, Solis herself has offered a more obscure explanation, claiming that the fading light reminds her of something…

Venerable Arabella Quinta was among the most experienced warriors of the 121st Chapter, having served through the latter campaigns of the Great Crusade before her interment within a Contemptor Dreadnought sarcophagus. Once renowned for her measured judgement and considerable understanding of defensive warfare, Quinta retained an unusual degree of tactical awareness following her internment, often…

Honoured Flavia Calliane had an unusual tendency to emit a low, resonant laughter while engaging enemy formations with her Kheres-pattern assault cannon. The sound, distorted by the vocal systems of her Contemptor chassis, was frequently described by witnesses as deeply unsettling, particularly when accompanied by the sustained discharge of her weaponry. Whether this behaviour represented…

Among the Librarians of the 121st Chapter, Librarian Liora Morvenae was noted for her willingness to employ psychic powers of considerable magnitude, often at significant personal risk. Before such exertions, she was known to utter the High Gothic phrase “Fiat voluntas necessitatis” (Let the will of necessity be done.) Though sometimes mistaken for an invocation,…

Herald Aurelia Pulchra served as the principal standard-bearer of the 121st Chapter, entrusted with the preservation of its heraldic traditions and the maintenance of its martial honours. A veteran officer of considerable personal courage, Pulchra was remembered for her practice of reciting ancient Macraggean battle hymns during engagements, a custom whose origins lay in the…

Master of Signals Carina Ventana served as Legate Presca’s principal communications officer and one of her most trusted advisors throughout the latter campaigns of the Great Crusade and the Shadow Crusade. The degree of understanding between the two officers was remarked upon by their contemporaries, some of whom suggested that Ventana alone enjoyed the Legate’s…