Father Enrico Kaderon

## Enrico Kaderon

Father Kaderon pre-Foretoken

**Enrico Kaderon**, who calls himself Father as a priest of old Terra would, is a Word Bearers Dark Apostle who is both inspiring warrior and wise councillor but under both he hides his true face as a man who knows how to manipulate the hearts of all to get what he wants all under the face of a wise priest.

## History

### Beginnings and The Heresy

Kaderon’s story begins on Khur, being born in Monachia during the time Khur was under control of the Word Bearers, as once he was a child destined to be a priest of the temples set up by the Word Bearers and preach the words of The Lectitio Divinitatus but when he turned 14 he was instead taken to join the Word Bearers Legion where after 4 years of induction, augmentation and training he would join the ranks of The Word Bearers and by the year 960.M30 he would become one of the many Chaplains in the Word Bearers Legion.

Then the year 964.M30 came around and Kaderon found himself kneeling as he watched his home city burn, kneeling before the Ultramarines and The Emperor as everything he once knew burnt in front of him. Much later he would hear of the whispers of chaos and the dark gods from his fellow chaplains and his Primarch, that was when Erebus spoke to Kaderon personally and told him of Chaos and the 4 Dark Gods. That was when Kaderon found his true purpose as a Priest of the 4, as preacher of the 8-pointed star; That was when he began to call himself “Father Kaderon” as did the old priests of Terra and instead of convincing those to walk the path of Chaos he would begin to manipulate those into walking the path disguised as council.

Said council was beneficial to the one receiving it but in his words were the subtle pushes needed for one to fall into Chaos Worship.

From there it was a Blur as he fought the Ultramarines in The Battle of Calth where he would steal the Cataphractii pattern Terminator armour he wears to this day from the corpse of an Ultramarine, The Shadow Crusade that had followed and the various wars in the Ultima Segmentum until news of The Death of Horus had him alongside his fellow Word Bearers retreat into The Eye of Terror. From then on he had spent uncounted years upon the Planet of Sicarus doing very little in the act of preaching but giving council and advise to his fellow Word Bearers until he had grown sick of inaction and began to travel The Eye of Terror.

### The Father Seeks The Foretoken

In the Eye of Terror, Kaderon travelled and had worked with several warbands of Chaos and had made a reputation for himself as both a masterful manipulator, someone who could easily read the emotions of a person, wise councillor and eventually a War Priest who carried out death in battle with such a calmness that even his comrades would find themselves either inspired or find it uncanny. It was also known that Kaderon had never shown any form of anger, hatred or rage even when speaking about his home’s destruction or the loyalists but such a reputation hides the truth of the anger and rage he feels in those rare moments he snaps.

But when fighting alongside a Warband of Chaos Undivided, one that had been thrown at Cadia by the Warmaster, Kaderon saw a vision of their destruction and how it could never be prevented but in said vision he heard whispers, like they were from the gods themselves telling him that it was not his destiny to die alongside them and he left the planet to enter the Eye of Terror once more. The visions also showed a Crimson Fortress upon a tidally locked world and The Foretoken and by the year 999.M41 just as he witnessed the great rift opened which then began his search for this ‘Foretoken’. Finding The Crimson Heart in the Year 008.M41 and he would wait outside the gates of the Fortress for a single week, kneeling in prayer as he prayed to the Dark Gods the entire time he waited, that was when the gate opened and He was instructed to kill The Chimera.

### Putting down a Chimera

Kaderon walked through The Crimson heart in search of the Chimera, beseeching the gods to guide his path as he followed gut instinct and phenomenon to find the den of a Chimera and as soon as he saw it, it’s aura began to affect him and challenge his spirit but what should have faltered his soul turned into religious ecstasy as he saw this as yet another trail by the gods which meant they watched him. He then aimed his Combi Bolter at the Beast’s front left leg and unleashed an entire clip of bolt shells into it before reloading and doing the same to the right leg leaving both limbs a bloody mess and crippling the beast.

That was when Kaderon approached the now vulnerable beast, seemingly trying to calm it before he plunged his arm into The Chimera’s chest and tearing out it’s heart in front of it and as he watched the beast die he ate the still beating heart of The Chimera raw in honour of the gods. He would then take several teeth and strands of hair from the beast before tearing off it’s head to show that he had killed a beast. From there he would make his way back to the Foretoken’s fortress to become one of their number.

## Appearance

Kaderon, for a Dark Apostle, has an appearance that appears more like a traditional priest with skin that appears far cleaner than it really is. Unlike the rest of his body his face is clear of the runes that cover his body. He has a thin beard upon his face and he wears his long, white hair in a 3-pronged pony tail. The iris and pupil of his eyes are a deep black, like the void of space itself, and his gaze is more akin to a traditional priest of old terra with an almost warm, comforting look to them which.

His armour is that of an ancient suit of Cataphractii armour he recovered off the corpse of an Ultramarine, one he knew personally and one he had seen standing before him as Monachia burned. Killing this Ultramarine was surprisingly difficult for Kaderon but he knew it must be done for the gods. His armour has upon it both trophies won in battle and runes in the language of Colchis.

## Personality

Kaderon on the outside seems to be a kind and comforting man, willing to comfort and advise those around him and preach the word of chaos but he is actually quite manipulative and knows exactly what he need to say to get what he wants. He rarely gets mad and seems to be in a constant calmness and when it appears he starts panicking he usually counts certain groups of numbers be that the numbers of Pi or Prime Numbers but such instances are rare.

He also appears to have either a content look or a smile upon his face but there are times where his anger is aroused in which there is nothing more terrifying. Even in battle he remains calm and preaches the words of chaos but his voice never seems to shake. He acts more like a Loyalist Chaplain at times, even preaching the words of Chaos as if he sounded sane but in truth he is far from it.

## Abilities and Traits

Thanks to the gifts of Chaos he can read minds to a certain extent, sense emotions as well as have his voice heard no matter what may obstruct him. Despite being a priest he is also incredibly dangerous in close combat with his Accursed Crozius and is quick thinking. He also is a master manipulator as he seems to have an uncanny knowledge of what he needs to say to get what he wants, as can be seen in the many individuals loyal to The Emperor he has caused to fall to Chaos.

He is also experienced in the art of summoning daemons and binding them to his will for the time they spend in the material realm both due to his proficiency and knowing the true names of several daemons

## Mutations

Kaderon’s deep black eyes and his white hair are a result of the mutations induced by chaos alongside the energy of the warp causing the runes tattooed on his body to constantly glow with a dim light glow. There also appears to be horns growing on the pauldron of his armour but they do not come from Kaderon's own body rather they grew out of the armour itself.

## Gifts of Chaos

Thanks to the gifts of Chaos, Kaderon has developed a subtle form of Empathic psychic powers in which he can detect a turbulent or conflicted mind alongside other emotions but he can only read the emotions of others, not manipulate them. He has also been gifted with a new voice that, if he so desires, can be heard in the minds of those who cannot normally hear him due to deafness or something else that prevents him from being heard. He has also developed telepathy which allows him to read the minds of others if he so desires but the rate of success depends more on how strong willed the mind is of the person he tries to read.

## Equipment

Kaderon carries with him a tome from his time on Sicarius which tells of both rituals to summon daemons or powers of the warp alongside litanies dedicated to the dark gods.

### Used Weapons

* Combi Bolter
* Accursed Crozius

### Chimera Trophy

He wears a humble necklace made from the teeth of a Chimera, saying that he has no need of more extravagant or glorious trophies from the Chimera rather a simple necklace will do for him.

## Quotes

### By:

"*My Child, it is a great pity that instead of following the words of the Primordial Truth you worship the Emperor who lays dead on the Throne of Terra. I was like you once; I too worshipped The Emperor as a god when he walked among mankind but he did not reward my faith. He instead punished it by burning down all that I knew, all that I loved and humiliating me for having the very thing that held humanity together. I only pray that when you leave this mortal plane, when your soul becomes one with the warp that you may find salvation and that The Gods are merciful enough to forgive you for worshipping The Emperor who deserves none of your faith or blood and that you may find salvation in death*"
— Kaderon speaking to a mortally wounded Sister of Battle before killing her