Editing Silver Cataphracts Characters (section)

===Sergei, the Regent's Hand===
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''"I never wanted for anything. Because I seized it."''


This crucial Legionnaire to the Silver Cataphracts was originally born as an orphan named Jak, on Terra. His parents had been killed fighting for the Emperor's armies in the Unification Wars, leaving him to roam the urban sprawl alone. Despite not having anyone in life, he fought hard to succeed even at a young age. Using guile, cunning, and his abnormal adolescent strength he cheated his way to a relatively happy life. His youthful life of crime led him to being arrested after sneaking into an Imperial Army encampment to loot their stores of food. Before being sent to a penal colony, his musculature brought the attention of an officer who sent the boy to be tested for gene-seed compatibility.


After being inducted into the 15th Legion, Jak's combat history along with many others is a total mystery as all the time between the Unification Wars and the arrival of Alexandri went unrecorded. He was secluded from the rest of the Legion being put in a room of ten Marines, all with their equipment stripped from them. The doors opened to reveal the Primarch, who threw a combat knife into the enclosure. Alexandri then explained that only one of them would leave the room alive. Jak rushed for the knife first. Emerging from the room bloodied, the two had a long conversation on matters concerning the Legion. This would begin the legendary rise to power for Jak.


Unlike many Marines of the Argent, Sergei fully embraced the ideals of hard reason and cold calculation demanded by their Rosskan home. Alexandri entrusted him above all other Marines, choosing him to train the first generation of Rosskan recruits which added a full ten thousand to the Legion's ranks. He was later placed as both the Captain of the First Company and Grand Officer of the Legion for his spectacular tactical insight. Sergei was above all things, a pragmatist. His harsh live conditioned him to only value strength, but his Marine training had instilled within him certain ideals. He made most other Silver Cataphracts see that their actions were necessary to the overall benefit of all mankind. His decision to follow Alexandri was not out of blind loyalty but of understanding that his strong rule brought much needed stability to the regions governed by him.


Secretly, Sergei was responsible for the death of his Primarch. Perhaps being the only Marine in history to personally execute his own gene-father.