Alexander Magnen Thassollian

## History

### Early Years and Tragedy

Born on the Questor Imperialis Knight World known as Dias Domum. He was born to one of the most esteemed noble families that ruled the knight world. Though the family was not the most powerful families, they had access to a strong group of imperial knights.

Learning the ways of honour, duty, sacrifice and duelling very early on in his life Alexander constantly exceeded expectations set for him by father and other noble families. It was his skill in learning that gained him the rite of inheriting his father's imperial knight upon his death. Which unfortunately would come sooner than expected. When the Cicatrix Maledictum opened, Dias Domum came under siege from the forces of the warp. In this battle, Alexander's father was slain by a Daemon Prince who tore off the roof panel of his knight, ripped him from his Throne Mechanicum and gutted him. Though the forces of the warp were banished from Dias Domum, a knights had been destroyed and many pilots lay torn apart across the planet surface. Fortunately Alexander would survive this battle aged only 25.

### Knighthood

After completing the Ritual of Becoming, Alexander became the new pilot of his father's knight. Now only below his mother in the family hirearchy, Alexander gained a great deal of power and influence on the Knight World. He decided to consult his mother on what he should do now. He was eager to find the daemon prince that slew his father and avenge him however, his mother, not wanting to lose another of family member, denied his request for vengeance and instead guided her son to helping rebuild the world and it's people.

### Politics

As Alexander aided in the rebuilding of the world, he was informed something by his mother. He was to marry the daughter of the planet's High King. Aware of how this marriage would affect his family's standing in the hierarchy of the planet, he went along with it and married the high king's daughter a woman called Elizabeth Rhianna Sable. Now the son in law to the planet's High King, Alexander managed to improve his own noble family's renown causing them to be favoured more by the High King.

### Family

After a decade of rebuilding, Dias Domum had been restored to it's former glory and everything had been going well for Alexander Thassollian. His wife had provided him with two heirs, a boy and a girl, and despite the loss of his mother he still kept up his usual calm and welcoming attitude aiding the common people of the world in as many ways as he could. Though the galaxy of the 42nd millennium is not a merciful one and the eyes of chaos returned to the world. It was not a full scale assault that would doom the knight world but corruption of one of it's most important individuals.

### Proditor

A servant of chaos arrived on the world posing as a humble trader. The trader carried with them a necklace imbued with the corrupting nature of chaos and offered it as a gift to Lady Elizabeth Rhianna Sable. Some believe that the necklace was not imbued with chaos at all whilst others claim it was. Regardless of the item's nature, Elianeth began to slowly be corrupted by chaos and slowly spread cults of chaos across the world of Dias Domum. Though her husband and children appeared to be immune to the corruption of the dark gods. A fact that infuriated her.

After the cults gained a foothold she turned towards the lesser noble families and one of the main noble families which eventually succumbed to the promises of power and fame chaos promised, Elizabeth began to enact her final plan. Assassinating her father via a 'unique' amount of explosives linked to the engine of his knight she was crowned High Queen of the Dias Domum she began construction of a new tower to act as her own personal home and fortress for her family. Alexander had some suspicions of his wife's actions leading to her crowning as High Queen though he did not act on them as he trusted that Elizabeth was doing it for the good of their home and people.

### Crescendo

After the tower's construction it was given the name 'Domum Novae Aurorae' and acted as the new capital fortress of Dias Domum which allowed it to hide it's true sinister purpose. The true purpose of this fortress was to act as the site of a ritual that would bring forth the tides of the warp onto the world allowing Chaos to tear the world from the God Emperor's embrace.

Alexander would soon discover his wife's treachery after he found a hidden passageway inside her personal armoury. Taking a torch to guide his way down the passageway, he eventually came across a hidden study full of his wife's plans and a shrine to the dark gods. As he turned to leave he was discovered and forced to kill the head of a traitor noble family breaking their neck against a brazier. After leaving, he asked where his children were and discovered they were on the Domum Novae Aurorae's roof with their mother. Fighting his way to his knight and then the roof he began cleaving traitor knights into pieces as he raced to confront his wife. However, he was far too late. Their children had been sacrificed by their mother who now pulsed with warp energies. Seeing that the tides of the warp would envelop Dias Domum he realised he would have to slay Elizabeth.

A mighty duel occurred between Alexander and Elizabeth, who's knight was now a twisted mockery of what it once was, for the fate of the world they fought and grew up on. Lightning and rain struck the Domum Novae Aurorae as the two fought as below the remaining loyalists began to fight back against the ambushing chaos cultists. However, neither Elizabeth or Alexander could land a killing blow against the other and instead they fought at a standstill. Alexander realised he had lost though as the remaining loyalists of the world began to lose increasingly more soldiers, knights and pilots. Swearing an oath of vengeance against Elizabeth, he leapt from the fortress and used his knight's Tempest Warblade to crash to the ground with survivable damage.

### Surviving

He then fought towards an escaping loyalist ship and boarded it escaping his home as the sole survivor of his knight house. Now a Freeblade, Alexander chose to search for a world to find sanctuary for him and his few people. He called upon his memories to find a solution and recalled rumours he had heard of the Magna Curia. A holy site of the God Emperor and also the homeworld of the Order of the Eternal Emperor. After some searching through the galaxy, his ship came across the system and found sanctuary among the order.

## Appearance

Standing at 6 foot, Alexander is an imposing figure. Most of his body weight is made of muscle due to his upbringing of not fearing combat outside his knight. His brown hair is short cut with a stubble growing around the lower regions of his face. His eyes are a clear blue resting easily on his face. Overall, his face is very well kept due to his status as a noble.

## Personality

Alexander is a calm and welcoming person to those who know him. Before it's damnation, the people of Dias Domum were often given support by him for their construction and rebuilding projects even taking other nobles with him to aid in the development of projects across the surface of the knight pilot's homeworld.

In battle he is a serious individual relaying orders to infantry and fully aware of how imperial knights affect the morale of enemies and allies alike.

## Abilities and Traits

Alexander was trained, in his early years, to be a skilled duelist by his father. This expertise in the art of duelling has followed the knight pilot to the modern era which he put to use in a variety of situations over the course of his life.

As a knight pilot, Alexander has the ability to utilise the skills an imperial knight can provide both as a hammer and as a shield. He is well aware that an Imperial Knight is a versatile tool of war able to turn the tides of a battle at a moment's notice.

A recently acquired trait of Alexander's is trust issues. Due to the betrayal of several noble families and his wife upon Dias Domum. This has made Alexander keep many people at arm's length never fully trusting someone so as to not experience such a feeling of betrayal ever again.

## Equipment

### Knight

* **Rubrum Bellator 'Red Warrior'**

Originally his father's knight and before that his grandfather's knight, Rubrum Bellator has served Alexander's family for generations, with rumours saying it has even been in the presence of the God Emperor himself, and has slain countless xenos, heretics and traitors. Utilising a Tempest Warblade an Ion Gauntlet Shield and a twin linked turret (located above the faceplate) the Rubrum Bellator is a knight constructed of a lost pattern of Cerastus Knight.

### Armour

* **Tactical Full Face Helmet**
* **Crimson Robes**
* **Grey Bodysuit**
* **Silver Plate Chest, Arm, Leg and Waist Armour**

### Weapons

* **Power Sword**

His father's sword which dates back generations, this power sword is engraved with an oath the first wielder swore upon greeting the God Emperor and swearing fealty to him.

* **Las Pistol**

Alexander wields a relic las pistol gifted to him as a wedding gift. He keeps it as a reminder of his oath.

### Tactical Tools

* **Flashlight able to attach to his helmet**

### Miscellaneous Equipment

* **Family Portrait**

A portrait of Alexander's lost family. Though he has sworn an oath of vengeance upon his wife, he keeps the portrait in his personal quarters as reminder of what he has lost and what he fights to avenge

* **Locket**

A locket which holds an image of his doomed house's icon

## Addition to the Council Table

A relic dagger that had apparently been in the presence of the god emperor

## Relations

### Rivals/Enemies

* **Lady Elizabeth Rhianna Sable**

Alexander's wife and High Queen of the Fallen Knight World Dias Domum. Originally the person trusted most by Alexander, Elizabeth corrupted many nobles and the people of their homeworld which led to the two clashing after she sacrificed their children to gain power and plunge Dias Domum into the depths of chaos. It is unknown what she devises now as the Red Knight finds sanctuary among the Order of the Eternal Emperor but what is known is that she has been corrupted by the forces of chaos and Alexander will seek revenge for the world and dream she betrayed.