Editing Children of Armok (section)

=Notable Children Of Armok Legionaries=
'''Artyem Bezhryukov'''
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[[File:ArtyemBezhryukov.jpg|300px|thumb|Artyem Bezhryukov in Group 13 colours]]
After Uriel himself, Artyem Bezhryukov is perhaps the most important individual in the XIII Legion. Artyem is one of the various Equerry's Uriel uses, and a member of the Circle. Not an original Legion member, having been recruited after Uriel was discovered, Artyem rose up the ranks quickly, spending time as both an ICO and CIO officer, before being given his own battalion to command. After being identified by an Insidiator for his skillset, Artyem was recruited into Group 13, and later became an Insidiator himself. Artyem now officially operates as Uriel's Equerry, and is the most politically powerful man in the legion.

Artyem Bezhryukov is not his real name. 


'''Ignacy Gagarin'''
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A quiet, incredibly observant, and surgically precise member of Uriel's Circle. A former Emissarius to the Iron Rangers Legion, Gagarin acquired many of their mannerisms, and retained them when he returned to the XIIIth Legion. 
Smaller in stature than the other Astartes members of the Circle, Gagarin is respected for his stealth abilities, which are second to none in the legion, and among the best the Imperium has to offer, although he never did manage to reach the levels the Iron Rangers achieved. 
He lead a battalion usually put on Guerrilla and Counter-Intelligence Operations, and is often used as the master of assassins inside the Circle, and as such has a close working relationship with the Group 13 Commander, and the Kokolny.
He masterminded the Purge of the Children of Armok's loyalists who were too close to the truth, with only Balotin managing to elude the trap Gagarin had set the Group 13 commander to lay out, before Gagarin caught up with Balotin himself, killing the latter on Uriel's direct orders. 


'''Arkady Balotin'''
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[[File:Balotin A.jpg|300px|thumb|Arkady Balotin]]
Affable, and balanced commander of the 2nd battalion 1st chapter. 
Arkady Balotin had a bright future ahead of him in the Children of Armok, having been put on the fast track to Chapter Master, there were even rumours of him being groomed to join Uriels Circle. 
He was one of the legions brightest stars, there were rumours in the upper echelons, that pointed out how like the primarch Balotin was, he was nicknamed 'little-Uriel'. One thing was certain - everyone liked Balotin.
However, Balotin was a loyalist, and as an influential loyalist, he and some of his men become targets of the XIIIths limited Purging.
Balotin survives, with help from his first sergeant, Faulkner, who sacrifices his life so that Balotin could escape and warn the Loyalists of the treachery of the XIIIth Legion. 
Balotin escapes on a ship and heads for Terra, evading Group 13 hit squads that pursue him the entire way.
His story ends however, when Ignacy Gagarin, Uriels assassin, catches up with Balotin, just as he had reached the Sol system.
There, in the small ship Balotin had escaped on, a ship he had evaded and eluded capture or death for so long, Balotin was slain by Gagarin on Uriels orders.

His death however, was not totally in vain. His body was found, under mysterious circumstances, the ship drifting lifelessly in space. 
This piqued the interest of one member of the newly formed Inquisition, who began a private investigation into the death of Balotin, an investigation that would evolve and expand to become a very serious threat in the XIIIth Legions games of duplicity.


'''Ozihel Faulken'''
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The most balanced member of Uriel's Circle, and the one whose role it was to find any problems in every proposed action by the Legion, from political and strategic, to those of public image and tone. 
Ozihel spent time rotating between a CIO, PO2, and ICO rank, before he was assigned to the XVIII Legion as an Emissarius.
In the company of Darius and the Sand Keepers, Ozihel's level-headed nature and keen analytical mind earned Darius' respect, causing the primarch to recommended that Uriel keep an eye on Ozihel, as he clearly was a useful and wise council to have for any commander. 
After returning from the XVIII Legion, Ozihel was promoted into the rank of Battalion Commander, where he acquitted himself with consummate skill. 
Eventually he was elevated to Chapter Master of the 11th, and was inducted into the Circle, becoming a highly respected judge of people and their likely reactions.


'''Oskarr Reinhardt'''
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Oskarr is the most straightforward of the Circle, and the most atypical of the rest of the Children.
One of few surviving members of the XIII Legion's Sacred Band, Oskarr is one of the oldest and largest marines in the legion, and has imitated Uriel as a body double before, but he lacks the tact and diplomacy of his master and fellow brethren. 
Instead his skills lie in tactical and strategic matters, Oskarr could have written the book on battlefield tricks, and despite being quite old by marine standards, he could still use that book to beat them over the head with. Oskarr is one of the original members of the XIIIth Legion, rising from trooper to Chapter Master of the 2nd; if anyone has seen it all, it's Oskarr. 
He did a stint with the Bulwark as their Legion Emissarius. He acquitted himself so well while with them, that they gifted him a large tower storm shield when he left to return to the XIIIth.
He also wields a halberd with an inbuilt bolter, not unlike the weapon a Custodes uses. 


'''Lucius Harrow'''
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Lucius Harrow is the most ambiguous member of the Circle; the best Insidiator in the legion, very little is known of him, or his origins in the XIII Legion, perhaps only known to Uriel himself.
He is also the most liked of the Circle, due to his unpredictable and fearless nature as a prankster.
He is roguish and charming, but like Uriel there is a predatory intelligence behind his appraising eyes. 
Despite being an Insidiator, Harrow spends a large amount of his time shadowing his Primarch, possibly working as a kind of left hand man, or champion for Uriel; Where Artyem is Uriel's Equerry, Harrow is Uriel's dirty work guy, pursuing the things of highest importance. 
Harrow has Psyker abilties, at an unknown Psyker-grade. 
Like Artyem, Lucius Harrow is not his real name. 


==Non-Astartes Notables==
'''Annastasya Key'''
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A former Reclusiam Student turned Hiveworld Gangleader, Annastasya Key is one of the most important people in the Children, even though she is just a regular human; despite not even being a Kokolny, Anastasya is even part of Uriel's Circle. 
Anastasya is in charge of the XIIIth Legions Imperial interactions: any interaction with the Imperial Army, Adeptus Mechanicum, Remembrancers, etc all go through Annastasya as the primary medium. 
She was recruited by Uriel personally, after Harrow discovered her while on an operation that took him into the Hives of Malekkai VIII, where he worked alongside her briefly, allowing her to prove her skills in espionage, politics, and people management to him. 
Her networks ranging across several hives, her influence running from the Underhives to the top of one of the spires, and she hadn't even hit her 20th Terran Year. Uriel was immediately impressed by Annastasya, and hired her upon their first meeting. 
Having her trained by various people, including Harrow, Faulken, and Uriel himself, bringing her already notable talents up to incredible levels. 


'''Liev Sparatin'''
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Leader of the Kokolny, and member of the Circle. One of the first to become a human operative since Uriel was reunited with his legion.
He was a former violent criminal in a penal-legion, and before that a space faring mercenary who ended up running his own mercenary group before being caught by an Imperial Army fleet coming out of warp travel. 
He was broken out of the maximum security prison ship the penal legion traveled in by an Insidiator, with a group of other violent convicts, and recruited into the Children in the first draft of the newly formed 'Kokolny' an old Perfidian word for 'puppet'.

'''Donovan Speer'''
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One of the best operatives, recruited post-heresy. What he lacks in diplomatic skill, he more than makes up for in intelligence gathering, quick wits, and intimidation. A former Inquisitorial henchman/thug, who killed his own father, and managed to get the local Custodes leaders under his thumb through blackmail and coercion.