Sirvan Golz

Commander of the 8th Division of the Star Guardians, Sirvan Golz was raised to the legion before Shaaa Hydrades was found, quickly becoming one of the preeminent commanders within the IVth Legion. A vocal opponent of Shaaa's more brutal stratergies, this animosity between Sirvan and his Primarch has caused the Commander to be passed over for others time and time again, only his undeniable skill both as a commander and as a swordsmaster has allowed him to retain such a high position within the legion. Regarded as the champion of the IVth Legion, and one of the deadliest swordsmen in existence, Sirvan is the last bastion of the honourable Dark Watchers, forever fighting from being snuffed out by the uncaring and unfeeling Star Guardians.

## History

Sirvan Golz was one of the Dark Watchers, recruited from the Consus Drift in the earliest days of the legion. Proving himself extemporary within the legion, Sirvan soon rose through the ranks, eventually finding himself within the ranks of those who wore Saturnine Terminator Armour, the Elite of the legion, and the precursors to Shaaa Hydrades’ Saturnalians.

Within months of his promotion to their ranks, Sirvan requested to be returned to the line companies, his reasons long, but all of them for the men, not himself. To date, he is the only member of the IVth Legion to turn down membership within the ranks of the Legions Elite, and by the time the legion was united with Shaaa, he had already firmly entrenched himself as not only an expert commander of men and Astartes alike, but the deadliest member of his legion with a blade.

While almost all the legion favours the use of blunt force weapons, citing their efficiency in boarding actions for more than just weapons of war, Sirvan shuns them, seeing them as lesser weapons, lacking the refinement of a blade. His own weapon, known as ‘The Drifts Due’ in honour of his ancient home, is a mighty single edged sword sheathed in an ancient crackling energy field, while in his other hand he wields a Coriolis Pattern Power Shield.

In the hands of any other Dark Watcher or Star Guardian, the weapon would be deadly, but clumsy, used like a hammer or axe to batter down an opponent before delivering the killing blow. In the hands of Sirvan however it becomes a blur moving faster than the eye can see as he spins and twists the weapon, his opponents never knowing where the true blow will land. When armoured in his custom wrought artificer armour, Sirvan is an unstoppable force on the battlefield, an artist of blood, and a Dark Watcher to his core.

Sirvan never took well to Shaaa, and Shaaa never took well to him, a key reason why he was never asked to join the Syriac, the primarch’s inner circle. To Sirvan, Shaaa was the opposite of everything the Dark Watchers had been, even his choice of legion name was, to Sirvan, some sort of perverse joke, the IVth Legion were many things, but rarely were they ever ‘Guardians’.

## Physiology

Sirvan is a giant amongst Space Marines, and when he was first inducted into the Legion he was known to be the largest warrior within their ranks, necessitating custom power armour to encompass his frame. Whether this was due to his own genetic code, or a link made with the genetic code of Shaaa Hydrades that no other had unlocked, none could say, but Sirvan would use this height and bulk to his advantage in combat. This rarity however soon became the norm within the IVth Legion, soon warriors beginning to dwarf even Sirvan, raised from the Ring as monsterous abhuman-space marine hybrids.

## Wargear

### Armour of the Watcher

Forged initially as a simple suit of power armour to better encompass Sirvan's massive frame, the armour was constantly worked and reworked by some of the greatest tech marines of the Dark Watchers, Star Guardians, and Sirvan himself. By the time Shaaa had been found, the armour of the Commander had moved beyond mere power armour, becoming more analogous to artificer armour. By the time of the Almire Apostasy, the so called "Armour of the Watcher" was all but unrecognisable from its initial form, boasting numerous parts that bore similarities to other suits of armour, from the advanced Mk4 suit, to Cataphractii terminator armour, and even to the as of yet only prototype suits of Mk8 power armour.

### The Drifts Due

The *Drift's Due* was a paragon blade found deep within the Consus Drift by the Dark Watchers when they took the asteroid belt, alongside the gauntlet and shield Sirvan would also one day wield. Taking the form of a brutal single edged sworn that seemed to gleam with a radiant silver light, the *Drift's Due* was as beautiful to behold as it was terrible to stand against, able to cut through metal, stone, flesh and bone without effort, nothing able to blemish or mar its perfect blade. In the hands of a warrior such as Sirvan, the *Drifts Due* was deadly beyond belief, and alien warlords and mighty warriors without number fell before it.

### Night's Fall

Alongside the *Drifts Due*, Sirvan also wielded the mighty Power Shield known as *Night's Fall*. A circular dipylon-style shield, *Night's Fall* was similar in function to the Coriolis Pattern Power Shields used by the Imperial Justicars. For Sirvan however, *Night's Fall* is a vital addition to his combat style, and indeed is every bit as deadly as the *Drifts Due*, a crackling energy blade ringing the shield, able to slice through armour with ease. Combined, these weapons make Sirvan a force to be reckoned with, only a few warriors in the galaxy able to stand before him. The shield was initially unnamed, but over time its name became whispered throughout Sirvan's Division, his warriors whispering that such was its size and polished silver surface that when Sirvan stepped on the battlefield, the sun was replaced with a gleaming moon, and night fell across the battlefield.

### Digital Lasers

As with many high ranking Space Marines, especially duellists, Sirvan utilises a series of Digital Lasers mounted within the second knuckle on each finger of his right hand, the one that grips *The Drifts Due*. Found alongside the archeotech sword deep within the *Consus Drift* built into an armoured gauntlet, the gauntlet, sword and lasers seemed to only operate correctly when used in tandem with one another. As such, they were left in the armoury of the Dark Watchers until Sirvan Golz finally took up the blade, taking to wearing the gauntlet in place of his own to better utilise the deadly combination of weapons crafted in ages past. With but a thought, these lasers can spring forward, raking targets in close proximity to Sirvan, often giving him yet another edge in the "swirling calm of chaos" that Sirvan often decribes close quarters combat as.

### Volkite Charger

For most, a Volkite Charger required two hands or the strength of terminator armour to wield effectively, but in the hands of the giant Sirvan, this weapon can be brought to bear with a single hand, allowing Sirvan to continue to hold *Night's Fall* in his other hand. Whilst not benefiting from the range or power of its larger cousins, the Charger retained the Volkite thermal ray's deflagrating effects and allowed Sirvan a greater degree of movement with a single shot, allowing him to pass the ancient heat ray across multiple targets in a single, devastating fan.