Harnt Redal

Along with Crikon Hanfer, Harnt was one of the first warriors from the Ring to be raised to the Legion, though unlike Crikon he never fought at Shaaa’s side before the coming of the Imperium. Rising quickly through the ranks of the IVth by dint of survival in the Squat Wars as much as his skill in combat and command, Harnt would soon find that he had personally caught Shaaa’s eye, the Primarch watching the young warrior’s rise with interest.

In the months after the Battle of Mareen and the Star Guardians beginning their raids on the lesser defended worlds of the Squat Empire to lay siege to their entire culture, Harnt was raised to the Syriac to replace the dead, standing alongside Varinius Rampt, Crikon Hanfer, Julius Atalan and Sirvan Golz. Here, Harnt showed that while he may have been a warrior of the Ring, with all the brutal pragmatism that brought, he was also in touch with the roots of the Dark Watchers before Shaaa, and in this capacity could act as an intermediary between the two distinct groups, Harnt quickly proved himself to his Primarch, Shaaa naming him his personal aide, Harnt becoming Shaaa’s favoured son in short order, even Crikon failing to match the young warriors prestige.

A calming presence on the Breacher Lord, Harnt would ever council reason and compassion, the Primarch often listening to his ministrations, and it was this that eventually damned the Commander of the 3rd Division. In M30.915, the 30th Expeditionary Fleet, containing Shaaa, Crikon, Harnt and both the 1st and 3rd Divisions, entered the system of a world that would only ever be recorded as 30-206. The seat of a human empire spanning thirty two systems and seventy five inhabited worlds or mining outposts, the people were initially hostile, launching a void attack on the Astartes Fleet, the IVth prevailing with little difficulty. Almost immediately as the guns subsided, the world spoke again, claiming the fleet had been in open rebellion against the world's rulers, and now they were gone, the world would welcome the Imperium with open arms.

Scoffing at the idea, Shaaa made to land upon the world in force, the thought of allowing this surrender never crossing his mind, until Harnt voiced his own support of the peaceful action. Ever the dutiful aide and rarely wrong in these matters, Harnt was granted the honour of descending to the world to accept the surrender in Shaaa’s stead.

Descending to the surface of the world with his Division, their weapons ordered to be locked away in a show of peace, not invasion, Harnt strode through the city streets alongside warriors of the worlds military, going helmetless, fighting the common curse of agoraphobia amongst the IVth legion, ensuring he presented the best front for the Imperium’s arrival, despite their bloody meeting. Soon, he reached the parliament building, the rulers of the world descending to meet him. There, they asked if he was the warrior in charge of this force, and with a nod, Harnt told them he was.

What happened next has forever been enshrined within the memory of the IVth legion, one of the rulers raising his hand, a single shot ringing out as an unseen sniper let lose a single shot, the round striking Harnt directly between the eyes, a divergent type of mass reactive round detonating and leaving the commander a headless corpse that collapsed to the ground, twitching as his body tried to process its imminent demise.

The effect this had on the 3rd Division was profound, both immediately and in the days to come. Brutal pacification and slaughter of the offending city by the 3rd Division, 61 worlds burning under Shaaa’s personal wrath, one for each year of the Commanders service, and a position on his council forever left unfilled, Harnt’s death had far reaching consequences, Shaaa mourning the loss of his favoured son, his own mental degradation only increasing in the days after his death, diving ever further into logic above all else.

## Wargear

* Artificer Mk3 Void Pattern Power Armour
* Bolt Pistol
* Heavy Thunder Hammer