Keythax Sevaran

Sigil of the Raptors Chapter

**Keythax Sevaran** is a warrior of the Raptors Space Marine Chapter of the Adeptus Astartes who's currently serving his second vigil within the ranks of the Deathwatch as a Kill Marine/Tactical Marine.

## History

Keythax was born sometime before M39 and would be inducted into the Raptors chapter of the Adeptus Astartes and would pass his trials to becoming a full Astartes. During his time in the scout company he was noted to have excellent marksmanship by his commanders and would take his skills to his stage in the Raptors.

during the early stages of M40 he would be seconded to the Deathwatch and would serve in Kill-Team Sykes, where he would grow to appreciate his cousins different approaches to warfare and would learn several things from his teammates until his return to the Raptors.

### Badab War

Keythax Would be part of the element of the Raptors sent to contribute to the Badab war, where he would take his marksmanship against the secessionists growing a resentment against the Mantis Warriors and the Astral Claws for the casualties they inflicted upon the Taskforce of Raptors and would be amongst contingent that would remain until the wars conclusion.

### Investigation

Due to the losses suffered during the Badab war and his unexpected feeling of loneliness now that he was away from the rest of KillTeam Sykes, Keythax would struggle to reintegrate into the Raptors and would slowly become more and more isolated from the rest of his brothers and would soon be relegated to garrison duty on a far flung world.

During this time He would assist the then Interrogator Aimalla Baddasz on a few solo missions with a few other members of her retinue, During this time They would become surprisingly close friends and keythax would miss Baddaz's company and would become more isolated than before.

### Black Bastion

keythax would be seconded to the Deathwatch for the second time and He would be sent to the secretive Watch-fortress known as Black Bastion where he resides to this day and where he would be unexpectedly reunited with the now Inquisitor Baddaz as well as Tarik Afon who is also a member of KillTeam Sykes.

## Appearance

Keythax has a fairly standard build for an Astartes though instead of the pitchblack eyes of his primogenitor his eyes are a Dark grey.

He also dons the MK8 suit of power armour with a cybernetic eyepiece attached to his helmet to assist him with his marksmanship.

## Personality

Keythax has a withdrawn personality though has been observed to have a surprisingly radiant smile, though a rare occurrence. He has also been shown to have a sense of humour, though no one can identify which type of humour he has.

## Abilities and Traits

Keythax has the rare ability that a few members of Corvus Corax's gene line posses, that being the Shadowstep ability which allows him to disappear in shadows and appear in a completely different set of shadows.

### Physical Traits

He is a slightly larger than average Astartes marine standing at seven foot three and he bares the signature black hair and deathly pale skin, though doesn't posses the pitch black eyes of a typical son of Corax, instead having dark grey eyes.

## Equipment

### Used Weapons

* Deathwatch Stalker Pattern Bolter.
* Bolt Pistol
* Astartes Combat Knife

### Munitions

* Stalker Silenced rounds
* Kraken Penetrator Rounds
* Anti-phasic Rounds

## Relations

### Friends/Allies

* Aimalla Baddasz: An old acquaintance of Keythax, The two would form a friendship during their initial cooperative operation, the pair would reunite at the beginning of his second vigil at Watch-Fortress Designated: Black Bastion.

* Tarik Afon: An old acquaintance of Keythax from KillTeam Sykes, Tarik is one of the few members of the kill Team that had little friction while working in tandem so the pair would often work together fairly often even if still independently.