Danel Rasna

A veteran of the Palatine Wings and one of the few warriors who has gained renown across its sprawling ranks, Danel Rasna was raised to the 119th Chapter of the legion twenty seven years before the Ullanor Crusade, spending much of his time fighting against the xenos raiders of the far galactic south, hailing from a small world known as Lamnia. Taking quickly to the hypno-induction of the XIVth, Danel proved himself to be at home in the saddle almost instantly, being moved to a Sky Hunter squadron in record time.

Here it became clear he was an exceptional pilot, few having any doubt that in time, this would manifest in the growing mentality of the old legion, and soon enough they were proved right, Danel’s growing rogue streak and overt pride in his skills seeing him elevated and removed from the rest of the legion, placed into the ranks of the Svetovid , clad in the red and silver of the legion as they were, no longer bearing the Palatine of the rest of the legion.

Danel excelled in his new role, his piloting skills growing exponentially until he was not merely one of the greatest pilots within the legion, but the undisputed, his skill in the saddle second to none. Indeed, so great was his ability in the saddle, that he soon took to piloting his mighty Lightning Jetbike alone, something the Mechanicum held was impossible, even as Danel proved them wrong. Forgoing a second pilot, Danel instead interfaces directly with his mount, thick cables plugging directly into MIU ports in the back of his skull, allowing him to control his craft with but a thought.

When the leader of the Svetovid fell as the legion plugged the gaps left behind by those legions selected for the Ullanor Crusade, none had any doubt who would succeed him, and as expected, Bartosz raised Danel to the rank of Skycaptain, overall leader of the Svetovid, one of the three heads of the Triglav alongside Surag Genden and Dykyn Harlak.

Danel relished this new role, the Svetovid growing under his gaze, but he had not yet expanded to fill the role the Imperium would remember him for. That would not come till later, when Danel survived what many did not, escaping from the treachery at Istvaan V where so many others perished. In the years that followed, Danel remained true to the ideals of the Palatine Wings, his maverick streak dying away as responsibility was thrust upon him, commanding the largest coherent part of Palatine Wings, attempting to muster the legion as a whole, something none had done for decades, as well as acting as ward over the Orcadian stricken Surag Genden, keeping the First Hussar safe from his own insanity, and secret from the rest of the Imperium.

When the Blight Wardens fleet was discovered, it was Danel who led the Palatine Wings alongside the Wisps of Acheron and Charon himself, and was the first to make the unthought of discovery; Bartosz’s survival.

As Terra fell and the Frontier Wars began, none argued when Danel was named as Bartosz’s second, leading the Palatine Wings through the destruction that engulfed the galaxy while Bartosz sought out ancient relics of his past and attempted to come to terms with the Orcadian curse. When Bartosz eventually disappeared, it was Danel who remained as the Chapter Master of the Palatine Wings, serving for centuries until finally being struck down in the wake of the War of the Beast.