Arcadian Leontus
Arcadian Leontus is the current Lord Commander Solar and one of the top dogs of the Astra Militarum. Throughout his storied carreer, Leontus has managed to accumulate an unimaginable roll of titles, peerages and ranks.
History[edit]
Hailing from one of Terra's oldest and noblest families, his political and martial skill is the product of his good upbringings and the greatest of the Imperium's military academies. Having served his position for at least a century, at the dawn of the Age of the Dark Imperium and Indomitus Crusade, Leontus was among the three out of five Imperial Guard Lord Commanders who are still able to maintain tentative contact with the wider Imperium. He was also arguably the most embattled, finding Segmentum Solar invaded by swathes of Chaos forces, insurgencies, and Xenos. He has refused to allow the enemies' plans to come to fruition under his watch. To that end, he has overseen the loss of billions of soldiers but this has done nothing to stem his efforts.
With an army of logistical advisers, priests, tacticians, tarot readers, prophet and seers of the Collegiate Astrolex, confidants, and sub-commanders at his beck and call, Leontus has been personally responsible for hundreds of stunning Imperial victories. Though the Lord Commander Solar's remit is technically confined to the defense of the Segmentum Solar, Leontus has led campaigns far beyond its boundaries, arguing it to be the most effective way to defend Holy Terra from its foes. He sees precedence in this policy with Saint Solar Macharius, who led distant wars far from Terra's soil. This reflects but one of his chief skills as Lord Commander Solar: his ability to navigate the complex and brutal political atmosphere of the Imperial warmachine. He has scored an array of victories upon not only the literal battlefield, but also the political one where he has faced down Imperial Navy Admirals, Governors, and Officio Logisticarum adepts. While he has never dare openly contested Grandpa Smurf's direct orders, he has nevertheless managed to strengthen his own ambitions and agendas within the Primarch's set parameters.
Armed with his pistol Sol's Righteous Gaze, his power sword Conquest and his cyborg horse Konstantin, Leontus maintains a formidable prowess despite his age. However, while he is kept at his physical peak by a healthy diet, regular exercise, and staggeringly expensive Rejuvenat treatments, Leontus is wearied by the horrors of war and the Imperium's brutality. Although Leontus is personally distressed by the Imperium's cruel necessities, he has nonetheless carried out such actions himself when it was absolutely necessary. The Lord Commander Solar knows that he may never see the fruits of his tireless efforts, but nevertheless, he continues to lead from the front against the Imperium's foes.
Trivia[edit]
- Leontus' roles
and appearances(actually the fabulous helmet was just a Total War: Rome II's artistic license take) might be inspired by the Roman Emperor Aurelian, the "Restorer of the World" who saved the Roman Empire from collapsing during the Crisis of the Third Century.
- Leontus could be considered an analogue of Roboute Guilliman: both were high-born, accomplished military leaders that also possessing the savviness as well as a great aptitude for politicking at the same time, who eventually became wearied and disillusioned because of what the Imperium had become in order to survive but still striving to protect it.
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