Editing Hephaestus-IV (section)

==Notable Magi of Hephaestus==

===Forge-Master Primus Caeve Jhon’son===
Current and highly eccentric leader of the Forge World. Jhon’son is a major advocate of innovation and experimentation which has often brought him into conflict with more conservative minded adepts on Mars. Some call his experimentations pointless at time, but none can doubt the brilliance of his inventions…or their oftentimes misapplication. 
Presently, the three-hundred and seventy two year old Magos is grooming his successor, for he has been declining in health ever since an experiment with moon dust of which he has ordered all records sealed.

===Apprenti Primus Akkairos Shadowsun===
Current second to the Forge-Master Primus. In absence of the Forge-Master, he oversees the magi parliament and generally handles administrative work in Jhon’son’s stead while he experiments. Shadowsun has managed to rise to this position despite vicious rumors that his bloodline is tainted with Eldar lineage, a rumor he is loathe to comment on. 

===Archmagos Prime Alphaeus Gearhardt===
Alphaeus is the current Lord Malagra of the Diviso Militant factions and one of the central figures of Hephaestus-IV. Having risen to power on Hephaestus-XI, some look upon him with distrust, seeing his actions as a means to convince Mars to elevate his homeworld. Alphaeus pursues no such goal however and is singularly loyal to Hephaestus. Heavily augmented, Alphaeus retains a mere 8.7% of his original flesh. For all his change, Alphaeus does not look down upon those outside the Mechanicum, seeing them as the children of the Emperor, whereas he is a child of the Omnissiah, two sides to a single coin. As Lord Malagra of Hephaestus, he is tasked with the destruction of heretics and their armies and as a result is often tasked to terminate a single enemy combatant above all others. Alphaeus also serves as the prime liason between Hephaestus and the Conservators chapter of Space Marines.

===Apprentii Prime Jayms Circuitrus===
Second in command underneath Alphaeus Gearhardt, this senior Tech-Priest oversees the day to day operations of Alphaeus’ ships and forges and commands in his stead. Heavily augmented, he prefers to maintain a human form, in contrast to his master. 87% of his flesh has been converted and bound to heavy dragonscale pattern power armor. Jayms is a stoic man who prefers the company of machines to others and finds himself at home on the battlefield or in an office. He has converted the skull of his dead brother into a servo-skull which is with him at all times, monitoring his internal systems and serving as an information buffer. Contained within is also a power field augmenter which serves to improve upon Jayms’ formidable technological defenses.

===Princeps Maximus Raphael Mondregarde===
The Princeps of the Warlord-Class titan Dies Ignis is a headstrong and commanding man. He commands his Titan with distinction and has done so for over two-hundred years. Over time he has acquired many augmentations but does not wish to submit to amniotic suspension, believing it to be a crutch used by weaker men. His voice in the Archmagos assembly carries great weight.

===Titan-Priestess Raechael Japetus===
A Magos of the Collegia Titanica and representative of the Titan Legion Kreuzius. Japetus is a slightly more conservative priestess who is very diligent in his ministrations of maintenance and construction. Loath to deviate from doctrine, she is well suited to her task serving aboard Titans, as she is inflexible in procedure and ill suited to battlefield roles. She is a devout believer in the binary nature of the God-Emperor/Omnissiah and has comparatively few external augmentations, thinking that as a disciple of their God, man and machine must come together, not overwhelm the other.

===Mechanicus-Captain Johan Arnfried===
The Captain of Archmagos Gearhardt’s battleship, the Iron Fury, he has served as the captain for near 72 years and has proved to have a tactically flexible mind while retaining strict loyalty to his master.