Loran Kaliad

Armourial of the Lightning Sons Chapter

**Loran Kaliad** is a Space Marine of the Lightning Sons Chapter, seconded to the Long Vigil of the Deathwatch, Chamber Militant of the Inquisition's Ordo Xenos. Formerly a member of the Forine Shields, one of the Chapter's veteran 1st Cohort fraternities.

Kaliad was seconded to the dispareate brotherhood of the Deathwatch as part of the Lightning Sons' renewed contribution to the greater Imperial war effort following the conclusion of the Orelian Offensive in 012.M42. Though proud to stand as an exemplar of his Chapter's martial prowess, and prove their place among their kinsmen, his secondment to the Deathwatch at such a pivotal time in his Chapters history came more like an insult than an honour - forced into a quasi-exile whilst glories are earnt in the far flung Uridian Deeps, and across the rest of the beleaguered Imperium Sanctus.

## History

From whence the boy that would become Loran Kaliad came from remains a secret kept between himself and the historical archives deep within his Chapter's fortress-monastery. What is known is that Kaliad stands at over two hundred years Terran standard, and possesses a Libris Invigilata (Low Gothic: *Guarded Book*) swathed in combat achievements and campaign glories, some dating as far back as the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.

Prior to his secondment to the Deathwatch, Kaliad had been a member of the Lightning Sons' 1st Cohort - part of its 'Forine Shields' fraternity. Kaliad bore upon his pteruges the honour marks of campaigns victories throughout the Orelian Offensive, as well as the seldom seen 'Martyrs Sigil', a campaign medal worn by those few Lightning Sons that survived the horrors of the Inaeon Wars duringthe Noctis Aeterna's.

Kaliad's secondment to the Deathwatch came following the conclusion of the Orelian Offensive, the first phase in the planned 'Uridian Crusade'. No longer reneging on their commitment to the Imperium's war effort, and fulfilling a millennia old pact long gone ignored, the call of the Death Watch was answered.

The first Lightning Sons Astartes to take the black in over a thousand years, it was intended as one of the greatest honours for one such as Loran Kaliad; a position to forever secures his name in history. Yet placed so far from his Chapter, hard was it to not feel as though he had been condemned to some kind of half-exile, sequestered to a dark corner of the galaxy whilst the true war was waged far, far away.

## Appearance

Loran Kaliad stands just a shy taller than many of his Chapter brothers, though by a scant few inches, his physique much the same as them, crafted from the same genetic stock, clad in the latest Mark X Tacticus Power Armour of the Primaris Astartes. His armour is bear of the laureled medals and trophies of combat and victory, save for the traditional pteruges of his Chapter; bedecked with only the grestest battle honours taken over the long centuries of service.

Though once perhaps considered traditionally handsome under his Astartes helm, wounds of war have taken their tole - shallow scars dress part of his face, cutting thin lines through his neatly trimmed beard, and short cropped blond hair. Eyes of deep, inviolate violet sit beneath a strong brow.

## Personality

Loran Kaliad projects himself as a calm and collected warrior, capable of quick and easy battlefield flexibility. However, in truth, much like the rest of his Chapter, Loran has a thirst for glory and given his status as the first Lightning Sons Astartes to join the Deathwatch in over a millennium, he has a great deal to prove. Though considered a veteran among his Chapter, a member of the venerable Fornine Shields, his ascension into the ranks of the 1st Cohort, like so many others of the Forine Shields post 006.M42 was based upon a tactically necessity and not as traditionally dictated by proof of expertise, thus the mans need to prove his worth is only that much greater.

## Equipment

* **Mark X Tacticus Power Armour**
* **Cawl-pattern Bolt Rifle**
* **Heavy Bolt Pistol**
* **Power Sword**
* **Krak Grenades**
* **Frag Grenades**