Editing Broken Aquila (section)

==Other Members of the Warband==
*'''Vandred/The Exalted:''' Two characters for the price of one! Captain Vandred/The Exalted was the leader of the before Talos took over. Captain Vandred was known to have a gift for void warfare and actually cared about the people under his command, including the human crew of his vessel. He possibly fell into worship of Tzeentch, considering he is possessed and overpowered by a sociopathic Tzeentchian daemon, who keeps Vandred's soul bottled down for his expertise. Under the daemon's control, he mutated, growing knives for fingers and becoming incapable of smiling, but does it a lot anyways, resulting in bleeding whenever it feels the slightest bit anticipatory or triumphant. When the Exalted has access to Vandred's memories, it utilizes his expertise in void combat, but starts panicking when it can't do this. It has a love/hate relationship with Talos, seeing him as a threat to its authority but acknowledging his influence and precognitive gifts. Vandred's soul plays a very long game of patience with it, saving enough willpower over the centuries to take control back at the right moment, save the rest of the warband, and then dying, relinquishing control back to the demon so it would physically die while in his body.

*'''Lucoryphus:''' The leader of the Bleeding Eyes [[Chaos Raptor|raptor cult]]. A former ganger, now turned pack animal. His eyes were first described as being marked with silvery "tears", but later stated that he does in fact have silvery "tears" which leak from his helmet. Also an all round creepy bastard. He joined the tenth company when the Exalted promised to extract a fellow Night Lord's raptors and promising to drop them off later at a rendezvous point (with no actual intentions of going to that rendezvous, of course). Is sufficiently mutated that he finds walking on all fours easier. Is also decaying alive under his armor, and eats people to keep it under control. Has no sense of personal space and gives off the impression of being ready to betray his commander at a moment's notice. He doesn't, however - in fact, he remains absolutely loyal to every one of his commanders. He's not a great leader himself as he gets most of his cult killed by taking on a group of Salamander Terminators in the cramped confines of a [[Space Hulk]], and later Eldar [[Swooping Hawks]], seeing his raptor diminished from twenty, to ten, to five, to just himself. He makes up for it by being the hardest member of the Bleeding Eyes, who's only criteria for leadership is being the biggest badass. He also has lightning claws for feet and realizes that an overcharged melta gun is a very effective tool for dungeon bypassing. Has a minor claim to fame for being the first traitor marine to land on the walls of the Imperial Palace during the Siege of Terra. The other Night Lords believe he is full of shit, but he's surprisingly enough actually telling the truth. Also survives the events of the books.

*'''Vorasha:''' Lucoryphus's wingman (geddit?!). The only other member of the Bleeding Eyes to get named. He seems relatively normal compared to Lucoryphus, especially since he seems more restrained, but since he has to defer to the guy with [[Leeroy Jenkins]] tendencies, he's second in squad command. He gets killed by an Eldar Swooping Hawk.

*'''Ruven:''' The one EVERYONE doesn't like, not just the Night Lords. Former [[librarian]], [[Sorcerer (Warhammer 40,000)|sorcerer]], betrayer extraordinaire, and all-round prick. Ditches the Night Lords to join the Black Legion but is quickly ditched by them when his plans don't work. Joins the Red Corsairs but fucks up again, and is chained up in a room with no food or water and really powerful spotlights shining in his eyes, which is a very effective method of torturing a Night Lord. Is allowed to rejoin the warband for probably the most elaborately stupid heist to steal a strike cruiser back (by attacking a loyalist fortress monastery as a distraction). Is so unpopular that two baseline humans, a navigator, and a blind mutant with a sawn-off basically tell him to fuck off when he tells them he needs armor maintenance. Stupidly decides that betraying the only people who took him back in was a good idea, but Talos was sensible enough to cut him in half before he could even try. Continues to haunt Talos after his death, at least in visions, if his ghost wasn't actually communicating with Talos.

*'''Malcharion:''' 'The War Sage.' Former Captain of the 10th company before he was interred in a Dreadnought and wrote their big book of war. Due to the difficulty of reactivating him, he was left in the care of Deltrian, 10th Company's resident tech priest, who mostly just let him sleep. Despite having survived, he was resentful at having been brought back in a dreadnought, thinking it was a cold and stifling existence. He was reawakened on Talos' orders when a leadership dispute threatened what little cohesion the Warband of the Exalted had. His first action was to turn an assault terminator who had been sent to stop his awakening into Swiss cheese with his autocannon. Can be described as Talos' cool grandpa. Was "killed" again taking down the Blood Angel's equivalent of Bjorn the Fell-Handed... for the second time, the two of them having first dueled as regular Astartes during the Siege of Terra. Unknown to the rest of the crew, his casket was saved and he was reactivated for the events of Void Stalker. Takes down a large number of Ulthwe Eldar in the crypts of Tsagualsa. After this, he planned to disappear into the catacombs and fall asleep for the last time. He survived Warband's last battle, killing Jain Zar after Talos committed suicide via grenade cluster. It's unknown if his sarcophagus was recovered afterwards, but given how smart he was, his plans to deactivate for the last time was probably a success.

*'''Septimus/Coreth:''' A human serf of Talos, the 7th if the name wasn't a giveaway. A former Imperial shuttle pilot, he became Talos' artificer after being captured on a raid, which makes him rather invaluable to the crew in general. Loyal to 10th company rather than Chaos or traitor forces in general. Also survives the events of the series, with a slim vestige of a happy ending (WHAT?! IN MY 40k!). Septimus can get very witty at points surprisingly and somehow does not get voided out a airlock. Oh, he also shags the Navigator.

*'''Octavia/Eurydice Mervallion:''' Talos' 8th serf and a [[Navigator]]. Quite young and unmutated for a member of the Nobilite (explained by her family being a weak one genetically and not very powerful on Earth). Got snatched from a 4th-rate rogue trader and suddenly became the Navigator of an Astartes warship. Reality ensues when her inexperience and lack of power make this a very difficult job to perform. Gets knocked up by Septimus, earning the latter a pretty big beating from Talos when he hears her fetus' heartbeat. Has an odd relationship with Talos, hating his guts for enslaving her and betraying the Imperium but kind of resigned to it. Also escapes the end of the books with a potentially happy ending.

*'''Nonus/Maruc:''' Talos's 9th serf, taken on a raid on a munitions station. Technically adept but really really horrified by all the things he sees during his short time with the Night Lords. Is killed protecting Octavia from the warp ghost of a Red Corsair, although he got a few shots off first.

*'''Deltrian:''' The [[Techpriest]] assigned to 10th Company and the Warband(s). Looks like a taller, thinner version of a terminator in a robe (the metal skeleton, not the armor), partly as a move to inspire the same kind of fear his masters have. Creates a stealth device by broadcasting the tortured screams of a Warhound princeps and converting it into a jamming signal. The other Night Lords were impressed by this practical application of their usual MO. Also survives the events of the books.

*'''Decimus:''' He is the guy that appears in the epilogue of Void Stalker, and being mentored by Variel and Lucoryphus. Implied to be the son of Septimus and Octavia, which might explain his name (or as a refernce to the 10th Company he owes much of his image to). When the Night Lord warbands ask him who he is and why he is standing in Talos's place; he says: "My name is Decimus. I am the prophet of VIIIth Legion." Pure badassery. His geneseed originally belonged to Talos, and he wears different parts of First Claw's armour. Unlike Talos, his prophetic powers don't seem to be breaking his body down and he's able to use them without going into fits and fugues. He also seems to have the ability, akin to parts of Curze's precognitive abilities, to look at someone and know how and when they'll die. If he is Octavia’s child then his Navigator lineage would make this reasonable.

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