Andryakel Valson

Artificer Andryakel in Carapace Armor that he stole from Necromunda

**Andryakel Valson** is an Ordo Xenos Artificer who specializes in tech and weapons. He used to be a part of the Van Saar Necromunda gang, and as such has had much experience with such things. He stole many items from the Van Saar as he departed, making them an enemy of his. Andryakel is a hoarder of Archeotech and will gladly take any he finds, along with any other tech. He has no limits to such, he will take everything that he finds.

## Background

Born on Necromunda, into a family who had been working for the Van Saar for decades, Andryakel Valson found his calling or so he thought. He was raised by the gang, taught the intricacies of the workshop. He showed prowess in this, and through shrewdness and cunning, he maneuvered his way to become a Van Saar Archaeotek. He had fought in their gang wars many times, learning and studying whatever he stole from the corpses. One day, he got into a firefight with some genestealer cultists, and he massacred those cultists. This caught the attention of the local inquisition offices. He was sent an offer to join the ranks of the inquisition to safe guard the imperium. With his ever opportunistic mind, he agreed. When he was only 25, he made his escape and his heist.

He started by setting up a rendezvous point with the inquisition offices. He then, in the quiet night, stowed away his armor and weapons at the point. He returned to his gang's hideout, and got into the Archni-rig. He swiped some unstable las-crystals as the suit alerted the gang. He shot his way out, taking only one piece of Archaeotech with him on his way out the compound and back to the point. This single piece of Archaeotech he took, he thought about as he was taken off world, would be the start to his collection. A holo-projector, small but not useless. He smiled at it, and vowed to get more, to always have more.

He has spent much time with the inquisition, killing Xenos that he did not care about. He only cared for the few who had Archaeotech or any other rare technology. He has since grown his collection in his 21 years of service. He now has two holo projectors, a lifter, a xenophase blade, a T'au airburst fragmentor, and a Aeldari flip belt. He keeps these locked in a personal safe, only for his eyes. As of now, Andryakel is of no retinue, and is stationed on the Black Bastion. He is there to inspect and directly represent the inquisition in the armory.

A major part of Andryakel's service was when he served with Adahm Klerixus as the Inquisitor shared his ideals and he found a good friend in the man. Both share a borderline radical sense of tech use, and so he was assigned to Adahm for a few years. In those years they made many discoveries, killed many xenos who attempted to bar their discoveries, and discussed xenos technologies. While he was dissappointed that he was reassigned, Andryakel still keeps in touch with Adahm, though not with conventional means.

## Notable Campaigns

**-099.M1- Assault on a T'au outpost**

Andryakel was set to be part of an Inquisition assault force. As they descended, the Valkyrie was shot at by anti-aircraft guns, forcing a hot drop on site. Due to having his Archni-rig, along with his Cyberteknika, he was able to close in on the T'au forces quickly with his team following up close behind. He set to work immediately, quickly blasting any enemy in his way. Fire Warriors melted to Plasma and Rad, slumping over due to las projectiles hitting vital areas, and some having bones crushed to servo-arms. He and the strike team were able to exterminate all T'au presence in the outpost, and Andryakel swiped a lifter that the T'au had found in a dig site nearby.

## Physical Traits

Andryakel is described as a thin and tall man. He is pale, with great green eyes that have been said to pierce the soul. He is of decent build, muscles hardened from years in gang wars. While his muscles may not be as dense nor strong as those who have not been as irradiated as long as he has, he can hold his own in terms of physical strength. His blond hair is kept slicked back, so that it may not obscure his vision while working.

## Personality Traits

Andryakel displays a borderline pathological need for Archaeotech. He can never have enough, and he will kill for more. This, along with his unexpectedly formal nature and charm makes him a silver-tongued rouge that makes even other members of the Inquisition nervous. This pathological need is unfortunately supported by a case of kleptomania for Archaeotech. He cannot stop himself from stealing it and hording it away. He also has a small case of paranoia, for his betrayal of the Van Saar had made him such. He fears that they are always there, ready to take back his works and him to be executed.

Outside of his mental conditions affecting his personality, he has been shown to be a cold and callous man, emotionally apathetical and distant from others. He prefers to speak his mind, either not knowing or just not caring for the feelings of those he speaks to. However, there is a small and warm crack in his cold and possibly mechanical heart. At times, he can be kind and considerate to others, and downright friendly. These times are few and fleeting, as his own self loathing and pain will come back to his mind and erase these joyous moments.

## Wargear & Equipment

Andryakel turned and abandoned House Van Saar when he was a young man, and he stole a large amount of tech on his way. For one he took his Archni-rig servo suit, his equipped with heavy carapace armor, one servo hand replaced with a rad gun and another with a plasma gun. He kept the twin linked las carbine that is mounted on his hull, yet he augmented it with semi unstable crystals for more armor pierceing potential. He has since retrofitted the servo suit harness to allow pistol holsters, to which he has rested in a hot shot las pistol and a few plasma pistol. The servo arms without guns are used for movement and melee, the latter in dire situations only. Each servo arm is controlled by a neural interface that he connects to his brain when he straps on the harness. This allows his hands to wield tools of his trade, and firearms in combat situations.

As for Andryakel himself, he has taken many Archaeo-Cyberteknika, all on gamma level. He has a crainal Cyberteknika to resist foul magics devolving his psyche into madness and other mental condition affecting things, albeit at the expense of intoxication. He has Occular Cyberteknika, which grant him infra-sight and mono-sight, so that he may see both in the dark, see thermals, and be resistant to bright lights. He has a Torsonic Cyberteknika, a set of upgrades to the bones of the augmented, which allow stronger punches and stronger melee weapon use. Finally, he had installed Motive Cyberteknika so he can be faster and more agile than most. All of these Cyberteknika look like normal human parts, or are under the skin, so they are hard to notice u less the beholder has an affinity for machine spirits. His right hand is the one part of his original body that had been replaced, as he had a battery cell incident while stationed on the Black Bastion. The cell blew off his right hand, resulting in the need for the bionic prosthetic. In addition, he has a self-installed internal lumen collector, next to his heart. This functions to not only act as a ground wire for electrical incidents, but to be discharged through his cyberteknika or right hand.

When Andryakel is forced to be without his suit, he instead wears light carapace armor. His primary weapon is a weapon of his own design, a hot shot gatling las. He supplements this with a galvanic rifle chambered with radioactive bullets. He also takes a power knife with him, just in case. He also wears an armored bodyglove underneath all of his armor, rig or foot, for extra protection.

Whenever he is in the Servo suit or on foot, he is always followed by his two loyal pets, a pair of cyberarachnids. Each has a venomous bite and web launchers to slow or stop targets all together. They look completely identical except for one feature: they have different eye and carapace colors. The red one is called Fang, and the blue one is Bite.

## Specialization and Abilities

Andryakel specializes into weapons and Archaeotech. He primarily has more armor and guns so that he can blast his enemies from afar. He has also taken a specialization into technology and using technology. He is often called for xenos tech issues such as hacking, reverse engineering, and other such situations.

He has no particular abilities besides resistance to poison and radiation, due to him being an ex Van Saar Archaeotek. His abilties are all mostly his Cyberteknika, as they are all Gamma level augmentations.

## Relations

### Allies

**Imperium**

**Ordo Xenos**

**Adahm Klerixus**

### Enemies

**Xenos**

**House Van Saar**

## Notable Quotes

### By:

"Archaeotech is more than just a useful item.... it is a rare and precious thing. Something like that can make a man very happy, and very powerful. Now I don't care about the power, but what they can do for someone.......... that is what I care for."

-Andryakel to a Genestealer with Archaeotech before killing them.

### About:

"I can't with that man. He makes me nervous, just by hearing his name I get chills down my spine. He has the spirit of a hive ganger, and he has the guts of one. Do not get on his bad side, ever."

-Ordo Xenos Inquisitor speaking to another on Andryakel

## Gallery

Andryakel's personal Archni-rig ServosuitThe Rad Gun used by Andryakel when he is in his Carapace ArmorHis power Knife when in the carapace armorThe Hot Shot las-pistol and Plasma pistol he uses when he is on the field, on foot or in the Archni-rigThe less tempermental and more defensive brother of the twin pets that Andryakel created and ownsThe more aggressive and offensive brother of the twin pets that Andryakel created and owns