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Write about your characters.They can be anyone in 40k.
Here's mine.With his wargear he is a sort of Ork counterpart to papasmurf(Marneus Calgar).
Zhazdak da 'ardhead is ork warboss who harrases Imperial shiplanes.The imperials have palaced bounty on his head and because of this pirate and navy ships pursue him across Ultima segmentum.He is armed with dual powerklaws which integrate shoota.
Most of his body has been replaced by bionics.
His closest death experience was when he faced an imperial admiral Jaren who nearly killed him with his plasma pistol.The Zhazdak grabbed the admiral's back and tore him in 2 pieces.
One of his greatest momemnts were when he attacked pirate base Dark Reef.Dark Reef was a place which housed renegades,pirates,xeno mercenaries,chaos cultists,Dark Mechanicum techpriests,in short all sort of galaxy's scum.
The base was heavily fortefied and when the Zhazdak attacked it he found that many of his vessels were destroyed.Zhazdak then crashed his space hulk into the base,there he met heavy resistance,but Orks numbers prevailed over defences an
d in 2 days of fighting te base was captured.The pirates,xenos on Dark Reef were either killed or managed to escape.
After his infamous assault on Dark Reef he was hunted by pirats,dark eldar and chaos ships.

I have two that stand out.

The first is my inquisitor in my Witch Hunters army. Armed only with an Inferona pistol and power weapon and her psycic might, she has taken on and defeated the avatar, destroyed a Land Raider, killed a chaos lord and fought off more than 20 guardsmen.

My other (and slightly newer) addition is my Inquistor Lord for my Deamon Hunters. Already in his albiet short career he has singlehandedly dove to the rescue of above inquistor by diving through the ruins to aid her in the fight of 20 guardsmen.

Fighting back-to-back I'm thinking that there is some sort of relationship going on there...

I have 2 now

Shadowbrand- A evil black hearted former Emperors Children captain now chaos warlord, who has since the heresy raided sectors and plundered ships.

Volitare Escariot- a Ordo Mallus Daemonhunter. He is hunting Shadowbrand as well as the greater daemon Shadowbrand summoned Mercy. Not lots of fluff yet.

I have one... I've since sold him, but when I had my IG army, this was definately my favorite character.

Veteran Sergeant Brock Samson. He had a powerfist, a bolter, honorifica, carapace + refractor field...

He killed a 10 man dev squad by himself once... as well as like 20 sisters of battle... he always did quite well for me. He was the old catachan captain with a powerfist and the seriously angry face.

Shadowbrand wrote:I have 2 now

Shadowbrand- A evil black hearted former Emperors Children captain now chaos warlord, who has since the heresy raided sectors plundered ships.

Volitare Escariot- a Ordo Mallus Daemonhunter. He is hunting Shadowbrand as well as the greater daemon Shadowbrand summoned Mercy. Not lots of fluff yet.

Can you make the Volitare a female and that's because when she turns to chaos she can become a sort of mate to you -er Shadowbrand.

Warboss 'Eadsmasha: Warboss of Da 'Eadsmashaz tribe. Has a reputation for hunting fexs, dreadnoughts and anything else bigger than him.
Faceurta da grot: 'Eadsmasha's pet grot. Kogtoof grudgingly gave him a PK after the Warboss yelled at him for a while.
Mekboss Kogtoof: Chief mek of Da 'Eadsmashaz tribe. Has a certain skill when it comes to building tanks, but not so good at guns. After watching his squad shot down around him, he personally charged a guard gunline (to show the boyz ''ow itz dun') and survived, taking an ammo dump and securing victory for the greenskins.

Mekboy:Gunaz is the right hand of Zhazdak and it was he who rebulit Zhazdak's with the help of a Mad Dok Trusnikz.
He has 10 grotz who help him to carry his"'eavy tings" he is infamous for boarding a Adeptus Mechanicus cruiser Machine Glory which he nearly captured but he was driven in last moment by a skitarii reinforcements.
He is also infamous because of his quote "da adeptus mekanicus ar tupid,dis is da way it's done" after saying that he overloaded Machine Glory's plasma reactor and ran from the skitarii thankfully the reactor was saved by the techpriests.

Farseer Eathrin- A young, no-nonsense Farseer from the Craftworld Gylganin who often takes things into his own hands. Often leads Eldar war hosts to hunt Daemons throughout the webway.

Exarch Nek'tel- A battle-crazed Dire Avenger Exarch. Despite holding the wisdom of millenia and many hosts, Nek'tel is a fearless warrior who pays no heed to his own life. HE often butts heads (not literally) with Eathrin. Regardless, he owns in battle.

Karun Anariseath- Eldar pathfinder and admiral of an Eldar Pirate Fleet. Originally from gylganin, and still works closely with the craftworld, but does not dare to return there.

Kirisinth Firemane- Wraithlord and Eathrin's closest firend/ally. Often balances Eathrin's zeal with calm wisdom.

Autarch Ahkars- De-facto leader of Gylganin. Not too much fluff yet. Was a striking scorpion for most of his life.

Donar- the militaristic leader of Gylganin's guardian force.

Marshall Davian Galbatross- Strategically masterful marshall of the Black Templars. Eathrin's bane and ally. Will rather kill Daemons than Eldar, but killing Eldar is a bonus too. His skill in command is matched only by his zeal for the Emperor.

Chaplain Justinian- Gaslbatross's calm and calculating right hand.

Chaplain Euraldius- Galbatross's calm and calculating left hand.

Castus Callidan and Tzarine- Castus and Tzarine are two inseperable human psykers who work for the insurgent human Kilogramm Empire on the Northern Fringe. Castus (male) is a mind-psyker, who can read, cast fear into, and temprorary nullify, the minds of others. Tzarine (female) is a pyromacer of increasing skill and strength.

Grey Knight Grand Master Guildford:
Has taken down The Masque, entire units of Eldar Aspects, and is responsible for the deaths of many tau and destruction of a few Tau tanks. He's also toppled Necron forces, occasionally.

His greatest achievement was holding off over 20 daemons at once, on his own. He died, but not before taking out a large chunk of them over the span of 2 turns. Not to mention that the other guy broke so many rules it wasn't even funny, and it was my first game, so I didn't even know the rules.

Da Herald of Mork is an ork warboss responsible for killing Njal Stormcaller and the Nightbringer.

IF we're saying how awesome our characters are, then: Farseer Eathrin has taken down 2 monoliths, and has, through his psychic powers, lead to the deaths of over 100 black templars (over his career). Funny how I have yet to face any daemons with him.

Grotinator - Not a character, just a lowly grot thats got a habit of killing termies
Up to 12 now over the course of a year lol, he has actually lasted 4 games out of 20!

Thorgrim thunderfist, the leader of the first squad of my wolf guard troops (running a grimnar army), no wargear as of yet.

Shadowbrand + Romance, fraid I can't do it on Dakka sir.

Captain Te'Vak of the Salamanders 3rd Company- With a relic blade he took out a SOB rhino, and all the Sisters in it, them moved to melta bomb a land raider, destroying it, and then taking a cannoness in melee. All in one game. This guy is a legend amongst my friends and I. Also took out 2 whole squads of striking scorpions and a seer council.

I would be a Traitor Ig Commander...a mutated powerfist and right arm and always angry and looking for a fight... i actually got a model of "me"...and guess what?It's my traitor IG commander..lol

Shadowbrand wrote:Shadowbrand + Romance, fraid I can't do it on Dakka sir.

Very true that.

I also have an IG character who is a fav.
I have several officers with a range of power fists/weapons/plasma pistols etc, but my most beloved is the little lad with the chainsword and bolt pistol. In his earliest days he proved his mettle by single-handedly charging into a sqaud of Dark Eldar Warriors, winning and making them flee TWICE in one match. He then was untimely cut down by the Archaon (who had owned the rest of the battle anyway).

Later in his career he glanced an ork trukk, cuasing it to rampage into another ork trukk. The resulting explosion killed all but one of the burna boyz inside, which he proceeded to charge and cut down.

Another interesting case is when his squad was massacred by a salvo from a chaos soceror. The lad then shot the foul thing, which wounded it. Angry at the murder of his squad, and knowing he was dead anyway, he charged into the soceror. The soceror raised it's cursed weapon above its head then shrieked, clutching at it's arms as Warp energy from the Deamon Sword consumed him. The young lieutenant had no idea what the feth had happened. But to the squad of guardsmen that rounded the corner, seeing him stand atop a dead mountain of a Chaos Marine Leader seemed quite impressive to say the least.

Reksus: Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels successor chapter, the "Unforgiven Angels". He has yet to grace a battle, but when he does...


I'll edit in more fluff when I think of it

After conquering Dark Reef Zhazdak used it as his base to launch pirate attacks on Imperium and any ships passing through.He was driven from Dark Reef after imperial navy had founded it and the final showdown was on admiral Jaren flagship His Might.In the battle Zhazdak suffered near fatal wounds but killed Jaren.Zhazdak manged to flee Imperium's retribution and his ragged ship was the only survivor of the second assault on Dark Reef.After the battle the navy destroyed Dark Reef with the barrages of lances.

Chapter Master Leok

Leok is master of the Cyclops chapter based in the Cyo system on the southern reaches of the Tau Empire. Although young for a chapter master he is ambitious as any to bring swift death to the enemies of the Imperium. Outside battle he is upbeat and kind, on the battlefield he is almost emotionless and judges things from the most objective and tactical point of view. He wears Cyclops-forge alloy armor (artificer armor), a jump pack, a pair of master crafted lightning claws with inbuilt mini bolters and a steel halo (significantly stronger than an iron halo).

Commander Darkshroud

N'drasi Tau Commander under Commander Shadowsun. Typical of N'drasi Tau, Darkshroud is quick to temper and devious. His tactics are win-at-all-cost and unlike most Tau, he is not above sacrificing his resources and men in order to claim victory. He defends this position as the ultimate act to establish and spread the Greater Good. He has close ties to the Water Caste and uses their skills extensively to obtain allies (this way he uses them as a shield and buffer to fight his enemies first). He is also fond of members of the Earth Caste and tries to include them in his campaigns to help determine possible objectives of interest. Darkshroud is manipulative and uncaring. He is also a Farsight sympathizer and while serving the Greater Good, he waits for an opportunity to join the Farsight Enclaves with his considerable resources.

Main Rival
Due to his numerous failures and setbacks primarily caused by the gue'la Sly Marbo, Darkshroud has placed a standing bounty for the confirmed capture or death of Guardsman Marbo. Guardsman Marbo has single handedly stalled Darkshroud's campaign of expansion for the Tau and drawn unwanted attention from the Ethereal caste.

Notable Events
Ascencion of Command - Promoted to rank of Shas'O after previous Commander Cold Spider killed in battle against Chaos Marines.

Butcher of Kel'tosh - After taking the planet Kel'tosh (Abrax III) from the Imperium, Commander Darkshroud orders the extermination of every man, woman, and child on the entire planet. When questioned by command, Darkshroud points to evidence that the human populace was planning a guerilla war against the Tau authorities. Commander Darkshroud omits that allies helped fabricate much of the documents presented as evidence. Kel'tosh resources fall under direct control of the Earth Caste.

Abbot Toir; The grand butcher. Across the galaxy, in innumerable systems his name is whispered in fear, and rightly so, for where he walks the ground shakes, the sky splits, and blood flows in a raging torrent in the name of the blood god.


counts-as kharn the betrayer.

Captain Doc'tr of the Salamanders 4th company has replaced He'stan the Forgefather as captain of the 4th company. He is armed with two power fists and has a skull probe that always hangs around.

Mine is Rav'e Greywolf, A Wolf Gaurd battle leader, he is or was i suppose a part of a 13th company of Wolves, Their Battle cruiser got lost in the warp, and reappeared many years later, after his "force" was considered lost, Upon their return most of the crew and space wolves had either perished in great battles amongst the floating hulks or died do to Warp Energy's corruption. He was but a blood claw when he started the journey, just recently ascending to the Glory of the Sky warriors from Fenris, But when he returned he was one of the more experienced battlers, single handedly saving many of his battle brethren from genestealers roaming random hulks they investigated. He quickly became skilled and tempered from many of battle, for true their numbers dwindled as more and more battle brethren fell in the numerous fights they were subjugated to. It was when he and his twenty or so odd many made it back to Imperial space and Found by an imperial battle cruiser, that they had much experience in multiple battles against many foes. On the way back to reunite with Their Space wolf chapter, an imperial forge world nearby was giving off an emergency distress signal, they were under attack from many Greenskins, Rav'e quickly came up with an attack strategy utilizing the Current Imperial Guard on board, as well as the space wolves in which the Imperial guard officer on board readily agreed to, for it used the Space wolves as a firing target, they were to drop onto planet side and engage the orcs from the front, while the Imperial guard drop their battle tanks and set up, The initial phase of the plan was a success, getting the wolves in front of the massive horde of orcs was the easy part, what wasn't easy was the fact that the orcs where not the main problem, the main issue was in fact that imperial guard had been consumed from the inside by heretics, they in fact where chaos worshipers who set this up as a trap for both the Greenskins and the Surrounding Imperial forces into weakening so they could advance. Rav'e and his wolves quickly peirced the heart of the greenskin Waaagh and Rav'e dealt the deathblow to the warboss, dissolving the greenskins for at least the moment, that is when the Imperial guards thundering cannons were heard, and the small space wolf force knew that the trap was sprung, and the orcs where no more, then the sound of more cannonfire, and the ground erupted in death and shrapnel. when the chaos ended he quickly knew treachery was afoot. He set to arousing what wolves of russ where left among the living a mere twelve. and they Quickly set to the imperial capital. on the outskirts of this citadel they found their allies tortured and dead, left to hang from cruel spikes and symbols to heretical gods of Chaos. Enraged Rav'e gathered up his wolves and quickly lead them among the city waste ways to quickly invade their capital building. Once inside they found a single chaos space marine, one who when confronted cast nasty witchlike powers, those of which dropped two of his fellow space wolves, and he struggled and eventually overcame, with a swing from his chain sword, he cut short the life of the Chaos Sorcerer, after which he and the ten remaining wolves went about cleansing the building and getting to the communication array, and calling in backup. they then fortified the defenses and waited for backup. Weeks later Space wolf battle forces arrived on the planet and began its assualt, they eventually made it to the captial, and found a broken and battered group of space wolves amongst the debrie, confused and amazed they took them to the rune priests to have them examined for taint, and then to see the great wolf, their was much to be told over this tale to be true....





(hope that wasn't to long, i've been working on his saga for a very long time now, he has yet to "die" in a battle on the table, they always go for my long fangs first, and get eaten by him and his gaurd ^^)

Captain Mary Sue.

He's killed a million billion Carnifexes in close combat and is both the missing Primarchs. Eh has a dark and misteryus past an doesnt afred of anyfing.

I have a Biel-Tan Pirate Princess (unnamed) who I use Yriel's rules for.

I should really think of a name.

Otherwise, I have some characters based on old Eldar characters in fluff who never got rules, and sometimes were only named in passing.

Daemon Prince Vragulsh. Gifted by Khorne, many Space marine chapters have been wiped from history due to this dark being. In one game, he killed a unit of Fire warriors, a Piranha and two XV29 Stealth Suits.

General Dassarian: Commanding officer of the 88th Adrantis Foot. Known merely as TZE::88:24101 when he was cloned along with the other 33 thousand members of the 88th regiment of the Adrantis Foot, Threnos Zone Expedition.
It is likely due mostly to luck that he survived long enough to lead his regiment, as life expectation of an Adrantis Guardsman is low even by Guard standards. The cloning process leaves them less capable than an average guardsman and the insane explorations of the Mechanicus tax them beyond normal limits. However, out of thousands, one must be fit to lead.

Magos Jokia: Adeptus Mechanicus Electro Priest Magos. Leader of the expedition to explore the Threnos Zone in the Calixis Sector. Was assigned the 88th Adrantis fresh from the cloning vats on departure from his home Forge World of Omnicron 71-DX.

O' Alohshas (Commander Coldfire)

Coldfire is commander in chief of the Sa'sonas sept. She has won renown defending the far reaches of the empire against the innumerable foes of the tau empire, but at the same time has won allot of allies. She brought no less than 30 billion humans to the greater good. She does not like serving under shadowsun but this is more of a friendly rivalry than anything else. Despite this she is very curious about the farsight conclaves and has made it her mission to find out what O' Shavah is planning..... (Uses shadowsuns rules and profile)

vodo40k wrote:O' Alohshas (Commander Coldfire)

Coldfire is commander in chief of the Sa'sonas sept. She has won renown defending the far reaches of the empire against the innumerable foes of the tau empire, but at the same time has won allot of allies. She brought no less than 30 billion humans to the greater good. She does not like serving under shadowsun but this is more of a friendly rivalry than anything else. Despite this she is very curious about the farsight conclaves and has made it her mission to find out what O' Shavah is planning..... (Uses shadowsuns rules and profile)

You don't mind if, for my fluff, I use O'Alohshas do you? What world does she originate from? Other tidbits I can have my Commander use.

Big Mek Ragna'ork: A former atheist (lol) mekboy who recieved a vision from Mork telling him to start a Waagh!!! by stealing an Imperial Reaver Titan and turning it into a Stompa, then uniting mekboyz and Speed Freaks to cause massive mounted assaults on a Choas controlled system of planets. Uses a chainaxe/wrench, a kustom force field, a kustom slugga, and a warbike.

and

Louis Harkin: an Armageddon Steel Legion officer with extensive knowledge and experiance fighting Chaos especially Nurgle plague zombies, due to being trapped on a plague ridden planet for eight months before a Deamonhunters army was sent in to purge the planet a task made easier by Harkin and his men who had developed tactics to destroy masses of zombies, Nurgle Plaguebearers, and even Greater Daemons of Nurgle with only las rifles and the occasional scavanged grenade. Now harkin trains and leads Nurgle and Zombie kill-squads into infection areas that most gaurdsmen wouldn't survive. Uses a las-pistol w/chainsword bayonet in right hand, a long-las in the left, and carapace armor, has a bionic eye with infravision, also has bionic left arm had to rip off his real one to prevent infection via zombie bite. Is currently going to raid forces of Chaos in the system Ragna'ork is attacking.