Arms of Asura

Arms of Asura
Uknown
Battle Cry	Unknown
Number	XV
Successor Chapters	Unknown
Primarch	Anshul the Resplendent
Homeworld	Ravana
Specialty	Daemonic Posession and religious ritual.
Allegiance	Traitors
Colours	Unknown

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Primarch

Anshul the Resplendent

Also known as The Wise One, or the Prince of Four Crowns, Anshul was cast far from the Emperor's light, his drop pod landing on the distant world of Ravana, found in the furthest reaches of what would later become the Jade Empire. Ravana was a brutal Death World, its surface smothered by steaming, primordial jungles and immense rivers, and prowled by all manner of vicious alien predators. The ruins of a lost, Golden Age civilization lie strewn across the landscape, emanating a baleful radiation that twisted much of Ravana's fauna and flora.

In the distant past, the ruling castes of Ravana unearthed the greatest of these constructs, the Vimanas, and used them as vast, flying cities, securing them from the dangers of the lands below. The cost of maintaining these massive artifacts was great, however, and they demanded constant refueling. So it was that the lowest of servant castes was condemned to live a life of peril upon the surface of Ravana, their culture molded around the refueling and maintenance of the mighty Vimanas, which eventually came to be bestowed with a religious significance as the dwelling places of those chosen by heaven. In time, the close proximity of the Vimanic castes to the radioactive technologies of the constructs turned them into a set of disparate abhuman species, and so the world of Ravana came to be ruled by mutants.

Anshul landed amidst the steaming jungles, and for a while knew only the law of the wild. He had been wracked by the Warp, and emerged from his stasis pod with six unnaturally dexterous arms. When eventually found by the lowly workers of Ravana, they revered him as one chosen by the heavens, and showed him their utmost hospitality.

Soon taken in by one of the noble Vimanic Houses, who recognized his mutations as an auspicious sign, he grew to adulthood in the lap of luxury, afforded an extensive education in a great many fields, from the scientific to the spiritual. Anshul developed a deep-seated love of art and poetry, as well as a scholarly nature that eventually drove him to delve deeply into the mystic religion of Ravana, a cult devoted to the reverence of a twisting, all-changing force known as the Asura. He quickly rose to a position of high influence within the Asuran Temple, becoming renowned for his wisdom and kindness, showing an unprecedented level of mercy and restraint when dealing with the lesser castes.

By the time Anshul was discovered by Imperial forces, the Great Crusade was well underway, and the Emperor had little time for his son. The forces that encountered Anshul were astounded by the deplorable society of Ravana, viewing abhuman supremacy as a subversion of the natural order, but the Emperor could not afford to utterly disown his son. Instead, his discourse with Anshul ensured a slow process of social reformation upon Ravana, where the oppressed non-mutated castes would be gradually uplifted, starting with the decree that, being innocent in their simplicity, only they could be initiated into the greatest of castes - the Arms of Asura Legion.