Void Angels

Summary of Legion

The Void Angels have long been the most suspect of the Loyalist Space Marines. Their forces scarcely fought in the Heresy, Gaspard Lumey refused to divide his legion, nor is there any record of the Primarch's death or disappearance. Some say he still lives, and every teller of such tales has a new and more outlandish location for Lumey's eternal chamber. Behind the fanciful stories is a grain of truth. The Void Angels' primarch spends decades at a time in stasis, emerging unpredictably to judge, and execute, the current First Consul.

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Gaspard Lumey, Primarch of The Void Angels

Appearance

Lumey is broad-shouldered and olive-skinned. His face, framed by dark curls, has a high forehead, prominent nose, and expressive, thoughtful eyes.

While other Primarchs far exceed Lumey's ability to inspire trust, loyalty and respect, he is the master of sowing suspicion, envy and discontent. When speaking he often emphasises his points by gesture. He rolls his eyes and sneers so often that these expressions are almost habit.

Youth

Raised on a relatively civilized world, the young Primarch's first career was as a journalist, condemning the monarchs and aristocrats that ruled Ciban. As unrest grew, Lumey was thrust to the fore as the leader of a popular rebellion, quickly developing skills as a general and statesman. Though he refused to be installed as an autocrat, Lumey's presence and ability dominated the newborn republic of Ciban.

The Coming of The Emperor

As Speaker of Ciban's Senate, Lumey was one of the first citizens to learn of an approaching vessel. He insisted that the public had to be informed immediately and gave a great speech to the Senate in which he announced the coming of these "Angels of the Void".

The Emperor approached Lumey openly, explaining their relationship by way of introduction. This did not convinced the Primarch, who began to question his father on his views of morality. Their debate, which lasted three days, was collected in a series of texts entitled "On Virtue", and remains a popular source of instruction for Imperial administrators.

The Great Crusade

The Void Angels racked up a fearsome reputation for ruthlessness during the Great Crusade. They consistently met resistance with brutality, punishing those who dared to defy the Emperor as an object lesson for other peoples.

At the Council of Nikaea, Lumey took the podium to demand strict regulations of psykers. However his bitterness towards The Voidseer drove his case into extremism and a universal condemnation of "any and all traffic with the Irrational."

The Heresy

Lumey's open contempt for the other Primarchs put the Void Angels in a unique position during the Heresy. Nobody at all sought their aid, leaving the Legion to sift through the news reports and assemble its own picture of the rebellion. Lumey slowly drifted his forces towards Sol and arrived in time for a token clash with the Black Augurs - just enough that he could be deemed a Loyalist.

After Hektor's death and the repulse of the Traitors from Terra, the Void Angels are poised in the outer Solar system with the overwhelming might of a full Legion of Space Marines. A week of terse communiques goes by, with Lumey refusing to attend his brother Primarchs at the Imperial Palace. Humanity holds its breath - then the Void Angels depart the Solar system, dispersing their great fleet across the Empire to Scourge every trace of Heresy and betrayal.

Post-Heresy

Eventually, he is the last surviving Primarch, a relic of a bygone age. Lumey preserves himself through long bouts of stasis sleep, emerging only to cull the leadership of the Void Angels.