Octullus Tyran

Octullus Tyran
Discovered (world)	Illobian
Discovered (period)	c.890.M30
Legion	Nineteenth
Heraldry/Sigil
Unique Weapon	The Emperor's Gaze
Distinguishing Traits	Disciplined, perceptive
Flaws	Reclusive
Fate	Pursued the Traitors into the Eye of Terror

This page details people, events, and organisations from the /tg/ Heresy, a fan re-working of the Warhammer 40,000 Universe. See the /tg/ Heresy Timeline and Galaxy pages for more information on the Alternate Universe.

Appearance

Considerably thinner than most Primarchs and taller than all but great Onyx. Had large green owl like eyes, and a wild mess of black hair he keeps tied back. He switched between shaven, fu Manchu, and goatee facial hair during the heresy. His armor was mostly composed of standard marine fare, although with a few adjustments for his size and status and some other personnel tokens. He also wore a helmet most of the time, unlike his brothers, that displayed the grim visage of the Adeptus Mechanicus as a symbol of Ocullus' brotherhood with the priests of Mars.

He was equipped with a personal shield generator after the rescue of a High Level Magos and Forge world from the Ork Waaagh of General Warbozz Kark Splatta. He bore twin Plasma pistols, known as the Radiant Cannons, but his most prized possession is the Conversion Beamer known as the Emperor's Gaze, capable of destroying enemies within seconds. He was gifted this Relic during the Battle of Ascraeus Casmata, Home of the Legio Tempestus.

Youth

Octullus Tyran was raised on a thick-atmosphered world with limited visibility. He grew to manhood under tutelage of the bounty hunting monks of Lièrén. This mysterious sect gathered up young psykers and trained them to restrain their powers through meditation. The most talented monks were capable of various forms of enhanced perception, making them highly sought-after bounty hunters. Throughout Octullus' youth, he was told that his prodigious talents had been used in the service of the people, bringing justice and spiritual purity to Illobian. For a long time, he was content in his life, relishing the spiritual brotherhood and seeing the occasional violence of his profession as a necessary evil. During these years, the teachings of Lièrén unlocked Octullus Tyran's natural talents as a psyker and honed his warrior skills.

On the death of the sect's chief bounty hunter, Octullus Tyran was promoted to take his place. The Primarch had not sought out the honour, but he was the obvious choice. On assuming office, he discovered the callous secrets held by his "family". To Octullus' dismay many of the supposed "criminals" and "blasphemers" he had killed were innocents slain for money. Appalled by the apparent corruption of the spiritual order, he fasted and meditated for three days, attempting to empty his mind of all personal attachment so that a truly selfless decision could be made. On the third day, Octullus Tyran concluded that acts of vengeance against those who had hired him as a killer would only add to the suffering of the world. Instead of creating more bloodshed, he would work to reform the Lièrén from within. Nonetheless, as their chief bounty hunter he could immediately put an end to mercenary work, ensuring that the skills of the warrior-monks were used only for the most righteous purposes.

Although Octullus sought to move quietly, the other masters of the Lièrén soon realized that he was a threat and attempted to assassinate the Primarch. Poison had no effect. A young bravo from within the order attempted to cut Octullus' throat in the night, but the Primarch apprehended him and confronted the corrupt masters with their assassin as a witness. A handful of frightened old men confronting the child of the Emperor's genius was scarcely a contest, but Octullus Tyran did not let anger master him. Instead of fighting, he spoke with them on the virtues of the Lièrén code, questioning their departure from the path. Come the next morning, the corrupt masters resigned their positions and embraced the quiet life of hermits, seeking to unburden their spirits from sin and vice.

Meanwhile, the brotherhood of Lièrén assembled to discuss the corruption that had afflicted their order. Octullus called on his brethren to recommit themselves to their spiritual path. A handful refused and left to pursue their own paths, but most were moved by the Primarch's words. Soon the monks took up the precepts of self-denial and discipline that had been let go in past generations. Bounty hunting ceased altogether. The brotherhood begged for its material needs, while the skills of its warriors were put to work fighting against banditry and the oppression of common people.

The new course inevitably caused friction with the aristocrats of Illobian. In the first place, the spiritual purity of the Lièrén order and its resolute struggle on behalf of commoners was winning the monks a great deal of popularity - which made them a potential threat. Worse yet, the very same struggle often involved standing up to tax collectors and occasionally the nobles themselves. Despite the risks, Octullus Tyran and his brothers rejected all suggestions of forming an army or fortifying their monastery. When word came of soldiers coming to besiege the Lièrén, Octullus alone went to confront them. He at first attempted to negotiate and discuss his brethren's way peacefully. The troops' commander laughed off the idea and told the Primarch to make way.

This was a fatal error.

Though Octullus Tyran calmly faded back into the highland mists, he did not flee the scene. Guided by his psychic sight, he coolly shot down the aggressors until they turned tail and fled. Such was the Primarch's prowess with the bow that the routed soldiers reported that they had been ambushed by a substantial body of men. Further expeditions met similar fates, shot down by an enemy they could not see, let alone fight. Yet the aristocrats of Illobian continued to send their men to destroy the Lièrén monks. Once more the order assembled, and Octullus Tyran spoke to them with a heavy heart. He advised his brothers to scatter into the villages and live the lives of itinerant holy men. The Primarch himself vowed to strike down those unjust men who would squander the lives of their soldiers merely for the sake of material gain.

Unlike his campaigns against ordinary soldiers, Octullus Tyran showed no mercy to the rulers of Illobian. The petty tyrants who had determined on war against the least alleviation of the misery of the population had shown themselves beyond redemption. He struck like an angry ghost, evading even the tightest security and slaying noblemen, governors, and plutocrats alike. Sure of his course, Octullus continued travelling beyond the horizon, seeking out those who had grown fat on misery and ending them. The suddenness and mystery of his campaigns led to the superstitious people of Illobian attributing the killings to the Phi Tai Hong, or vengeful spirit.

Realm of the Ghost

Wherever the Primarch went, the only authorities that survived were peaceful monastic brotherhoods like the Lièrén. The panic caused by his campaign drove many to give up their wealth and retire to a spiritual life, while the downtrodden petitioned the monks to keep the Phi Tai Hong from running amok.

The Coming of The Emperor

When the emperor came, Ocutllus challenged him to riflery contest across the city to find and hit targets set up by his sect. The Emperor picks up gun, shoots once, blows through all targets at in a single bullet. Octullus is stunned, but refuses to give in to the Emperor's superiority, continually challenging the Emperor to all sorts of tests, to which Octullus loses all. Eventually, he became frustrated with the newcomer ridiculing him, and attempted to read his mind. When doing so, he was hit back with the full, majestic force of the emperor, his eyes unable to break contact with the emperors as he fell to the ground in near worship. He pledged allegiance and was granted command of the Nineteenth Legion, once known as the Radiant Warriors. In granting his brother command of the Legion, Hektor Conathos described the Nineteenth as the Eyes of the Emperor. This unparalleled honour that temporarily quieted Hektor's ambitious friends in the Council of Ten, but their displeasure at Octullus' appointment was never resolved.

The Great Crusade

The Eyes of the Emperor were not given to showy operations, but their contribution to the Great Crusade was no less glorious than their brother Legions. Their heavy firepower spoke eloquently to savages and their unwillingness to "fight fair" made them outstanding Ork fighter. If some of the other Primarchs disapproved of Octullus Tyran's doctrine, the Emperor smiled upon his crafty son and listened carefully to his advice before launching the great war against Khork's Empire of Ullanor.

The Heresy

Octullus Tyran was betrayed from within. The Council of Ten (less Master Silence, still demoted to the ranks of the ordinary battle brothers) held firm in their loyalty to Hektor Conathos when the Warmaster raised the banner of rebellion and took much of the Acharya caste with them. These traitors to the Imperium and their Primarch directed the Eyes of the Emperor to participate in the Dropsite Massacre, claiming that they had discovered Bohemond's intention to lay down his arms at the feet of the Warmaster. The Nineteenth Legion took a bitter toll on the Knights of Justice and slunk from the field.

The Primarch had been warned only hours before the betrayal, by a man he did not trust. Master Silence had broken his signature vow to tell Octullus Tyran of the looming disaster, but he was not believed. As the Eyes regrouped, their librarians coordinated the Legion's Loyalist battle brothers in a mass mutiny, slaughtering their heretical officers and pledging themselves true again to Octullus Tyran and the Emperor of Mankind.

But now Octullus found himself in a similar situation to that which had faced his loyal Librarians. He was determined to fight alongside the Loyalists, but there was little chance that he would be heard, let alone believed. Acknowledging that the Legion had been disgraced beyond redemption, the Primarch announced that they would no longer bear the Emperor's name, or wear their old colours. Instead the Nineteenth were to move as grey, hungry ghosts, fighting not to avenge themselves but simply to punish the Traitors.

Post-Heresy

At the end of the Scouring, Tyran took led a substantial body of volunteers from Wraith Corps into the Eye of Terror, vowing that he would return to the Imperium once he had washed away his sins in the blood of traitors. The remainder of the Eyes would remain within the Void Angels until the Third Founding, when a handful of veterans were picked to revive their traditions within the Eyes of the Void Chapter. True to their pact with Gaspard Lumey, the elders of the Eyes of the Void taught that Fallen Angel was a twin to the Void Angels' founder.