Editing Heralds of Hektor (section)

==Notable Members==

*'''Cassander Honorius'''.  Son of Paramoas Honorius, a trusted vassal to the Emperor during the Unification Wars.  Cassander was born to the purple, a patrician by blood and upbringing.  He was taught as a boy to believe in the Imperial mission as a form of ''noblesse oblige''.  This world view would succour Cassander when his psychic gifts were discovered and he was put in the care of the '''Lièrén Brothers''' to learn the control and mental discipline necessary to protect himself from the Warp's ruinous touch.  He was identified as a prodigy and due to his superb physical conditioning was put forward to be one of the first subjects of the '''Space Marine Project'''.  Throughout the hardships of this long apprenticeship, Cassander clung to the belief that such suffering was as much the birthright of the superior man as his undeniable gifts.  In recognition of his potential, Cassander was given the gene-seed of Hektor Cincinnatus and his body accepted the implantation process without undue complications.  With his gene-sire's approval, Cassander was inducted into the '''Sacred Band''' and given license to employ his psychic gifts for information-gathering only.  Throughout the Unification Wars and the Great Crusade, Cassander became increasingly adept at sensing the thoughts of others.  As Chief Librarian of the First Legion, he would instruct his subordinate psykers in the same arts.  When the influence of Chaos on the Heresy became clearer, Cassander protested to Hektor that the rebellion was going too far and that they would destroy what they had sought to preserve.  The Primarch was enraged and tore his Chief Librarian's right arm from its socket before Hephaestion Horatius intervened.  This selfless act cost brave Hephaestion his life, though Hektor's rage subsided when Cassander noted that, "He will never defy you again."  Despite this tragedy and controversy, Cassander served Hektor loyally through to the end of the Siege of Terra and saw to it that his lord's body was retrieved from the battlefield.  He chose never to accept a prosthetic replacement for his lost limb, but his pacts with Chaos made Cassander a far more dangerous foe after the Heresy than he had ever been before.  Unlike many of the prominent Heralds, Cassander did not attempt to establish himself as a war leader.  Instead, he set up his Academy on the planet Lukos in the Eye of Terror, to foster an ever-deeper understanding of the Warp and the mind.

*'''[[Sebastion Rex]]'''. Originally the son and heir of a terrible techno-barbarian warlord upon the surface of Terra, Sebastion would gain the trust of Hektor. He would be a revolutionary commander, his military strategies being invaluable to the Legion.

*'''Elenkor Dominatus'''.  Born of foul gene-sorcery, he would finally reunite the Heralds and lead the might of the Traitor Legions in a great Black Crusade against the Imperium.

*'''Hephaestion Horatius'''.  His father was a lesser noble who held the dignified post of cupbearer at the Emperor's table.  Hephaestion was taught from his earliest moments that the greatest test of a man was to learn his own place in the world.  According to this creed, the humble labourer who toiled away for all her years and died in obscurity was more glorious by far than those who held fleeting fame by over-reaching themselves.  When reviewing Hephaestion's subsequent career, it is difficult to say whether he was dutiful to paternal advice or not.  The youth was selected for the first intake of Space Marines and chosen to become part of the First Squad of the '''Sacred Band'''.  Hephaestion's surprising humility endeared him to Hektor Cincinnatus and led to the youth being selected as the personal bodyguard of the Primarch.  This duty became increasingly prominent as the Unification Wars led to the Great Crusade and the First Squad became the seed of a mighty Space Marine Legion.  As the Legion's traditions took shape, Hephaestion was entrusted with the leadership of Hektor's Agema, the '''Chrysaspides''', and he was always to be found at their head in the fiercest fighting.  He only questioned his master once, when Hektor turned on Cassander Honorius in a fit of rage.  Hephaestion defended the Legion's Chief Librarian and died at Hektor's hands.

Beyond the greatest warriors of the Heralds of Hektor whose names invoked awe across the Galaxy, the Legion also spawned many small warbands led by Chaos Lords who "merely" terrorized whole Sectors.