Baron Kern, glory of the stars

### Steersman of the Beautiful Exile

kern is a baron of the void dragons and hand to prince Rurinil is a supremely competent commander who has taken the art of fleet action to battlefields. He uses formations of grav-vehicles and commands them with great effect to destroy whatever threat dares to show itself. His skill is not only limited to war he has a remarkable number of contacts with all factions of the splintered race knowing where safe ports in the dark city can be found to craftworlds willing to trade and Exodite worlds willing to hide or pay for protection. Most recently he has gained the title of deathwisper though none would say to his face as he was the one who put the dragons dance in touch with the Ynnari and their haughty mistress. Luckily for the fleet considering the nature of both their prince and void dreamer it pays to have someone so supremely skilled in negotiation and a placid temperament. Kern is a rarity among corsairs as  hes not someone who joined the fleet out of choice or desperation he was born to it and is one of the few among the fleet who is a multi-generation corsair with his family knowing great influence in the fleet.

Kerns family tend to hold positions as balestrike bands and they are mostly exempt from the usual politics because of kerns lofty position only the foolish challenge his family. Unlike most corsairs who choose to take the very best Armor and weapons that their rank can afford kern uses only ornate heavy mesh, his brace of pistols and a venom sabre, saying that his true Armor is the hull of his mount and his sword their mighty guns. Kerns loyalty to Rurinil came with a life debt, kern was on the battlefield and overmatched versus hordes of greenskins, his mount wrecked and his small bodyguard of voidstorm struggling to keep the greenskins away from there baron. When only two voidstorm remained and kern running out of ammo was when his deliverance happened, a dozen plasma grenades fell from the sky as Rurinil and his skyreavers fell from the heavens bring death by poisonous shards to the orks. This and many other acts bought kerns loyalty. Kern has rapid his debt 100 times over but still doesn’t consider his debt settled despite pinpoint lance strikes daring armoured charges and pulling corsairs out of danger. His signature move is to take his falcons to bate the enemy into chasing them only to ambush them with warp hunters. On rare occasions he has had the opportunity and the need to fly one of the fleets vampire hunters, kern has a love of thee mighty vehicles and swooping over a battlefield while its shadow terrifies the enemies on the ground while its roar destroys super heavy armour is a thrill he cannot get enough of.

## wargear

* void saber - Void Sabres are archaic weapons seem most frequently among Aeldari Corsairs. Crafted from wraithbone interlaced with a rare anathemic crystal found upon Dead Worlds orbiting the edge of the Ghoul Stars, Void Sabres are considered by some within the Aeldari race to be accursed. However in many Corsair bands these weapons are considered status symbols. kerns void saber is a gift from Rurinil for as a gift for supporting his ascension to prince

* fusion pistol - he Fusion Gun is a melta weapon developed by the Aeldari and commonly used by the Fire Dragon Aspect Warriors, as well as Storm Guardian units. This powerful weapon has a short range, but is capable of reducing an enemy battle tank to a pile of molten slag or vaporize an enemy soldier in under a second.

* voidplate - this is an enhanced suit of mesh armour featuring reinforced plating across vulnerable areas, a system of energy fields to screen against harmful radiation and extremes of temperature, and a gravity distortion matrix which allows the wearer to operate effectively in zero gravity environments. most often employed by corsairs in boarding actions, it is however rarely widely distributed due to the complexity of its maintenance.

* Shadowfield - A Shadowfield is a rare defensive item that surrounds any person in a dark miasma of energy that Lyanna secured during her second visit to Commorragh. The field requires a great deal of concentration to activate, and a massive amount of self-confidence to maintain. On top of that it can hide the wielder at will in aura of darkness. However it is not indestructible and can be overloaded with enough damage, leaving the wielder vulnerable

* command node - a device designed by kern to assist him with the command of his cloudstike, sunstrike and other vehicle squadrons. the node takes up most of the falcons hold and gives a full suit of data ranging from information on all vehicles he commands, targeting information and tactical options, so far only kern has been able to interface with node and master its complexity's