Editing Fabrice Diallo (section)

==Service in Fifth Legion==

The young Marine couldn't have cared less for such opinions.  He relished the opportunity to help redeem the Fifth and flourished under Antoine Antonelle's leadership.  Fabrice Diallo rose quickly to the command of newly-formed Second Squadron, leading his men in the campaigns of the Primarch [[Arelex Orannis]].  Orannis was a thoughtful strategist who was glad of Second Squadron's talents during the difficult battles in the Solar Segmentum.  Many splendid victories were won through their combination, with the Battle of the Caspian Heights considered a particular high-point.  

Diallo's Second Squadron also served, rather less happily, under the [[Eyes of the Emperor]].  The Nineteenth Legion also lacked its Primarch, but their ruling Council of Ten were close to [[Hektor Cincinnatus]] and extremely influential.  The Fifth Legion marines were used by the Eyes as a reserve force and generally dispatched to "dirty" work, such as counter-insurgency. Dispatches between Antoine Antonelle and Fabrice Diallo indicate a belief that this was a deliberate attempt to stain the Legion's honour, but they were unable to secure a transfer.  Although this period marked a nadir of the Fifth Legion's fortunes, Diallo's previous achievements were cited by Orannis as reason enough not to simply disband the Legion altogether.

If Fabrice Diallo had saved his Legion, the rediscovery of [[Gaspard Lumey]] marked a real turning point in their fortunes.  The Primarch's presence alone brought prestige, but he was also an aggressive and brilliant commander.  Lumey reviewed the combat records of Antonelle's cadre, but he promised the officers who passed into his command that it would be their successes in the new Legion, not the old, that would show their worth.  Fabrice Diallo proved himself in the fighting of the [[Pacification of the Chwiorydd Hardd]] and the [[Al-Sherar Sector War]] and the Primarch put great trust in him as a result.  Diallo spent decades at the head of Expeditionary Fleets during the [[Great Crusade (Hektor Heresy)|Great Crusade]].  He was regaled as the Hero of the [[Latoti Crusade]] and credited with ending [[WAAAGH! Rok'Ed]] by slaying its Warlord in single combat, though in truth the deed was done by Eldar from [[Craftworld Meros]].  He was also called on to lead critical missions during Legion-scale operations, such as the ground assault on Karazak in the [[Core Worlds Campaign]].  As a decorated hero of the Legion, Diallo was temporarily appointed Lumey's second in command following the death of Antoine Antonelle at the [[Battle of Rai]], but Augustin Carron would succeed him after only a short tenure.  It is generally believed that all concerned felt Diallo's talents were better employed in the field of battle than as the Primarch's right hand.

With the mortality of the Primarchs proven by the horrors of the [[Hektor Heresy]], some believed that Diallo was the logical heir to the Fifth Legion.  But this was not to be.  The reforms of the Institutorum Astartes saw the Void Angels Legion broken up into thousand man Chapters.  Gaspard Lumey resigned his command entirely, passing the command of the Void Angels Chapter to Mai Dac Kien.  Diallo was charged with establishing his own legacy as the founding Speaker of the Angels Imperious.