Vainious, The Parrot

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## **History**

### **The Early Crusade**

> "Something is always off about Vainious, seems disappointed when the worlds comply willingly. Looks forward to the fighting I suppose, he never smiles quite like he does when he's in combat"
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> **-Drenos, a Raven Guard marine, to remembrancer Alexandra Valmos**
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A member of the Raven Guard from the first founding Vainious sought to serve his purpose with ruthless efficiency and tool to the terror tactics of the early legion quite well. Once Corvax was found and the doctrine of the legion changed like most of the pale nomads from terra he was pushed to the side to allow the new recruits from Deliverance more familiar with the new say of fighting to take charge. While all Raven Guard are to some degree brooding Vainious was fairly well liked even by the newer members of the legion but was often seen as cruel to his enemies. His psychic potential not yet utilized he served as a melee specialist in the early days of the crusade before the launch of the librarian program and won himself a reputation for efficient but gruesome ambushes. While he followed the new doctrine he, like many of the terran Raven Guard, still kept parts of the old terror tactics from before the reunion with their primarch. He lead off his ambushes with a debilitating strike allowing the cries of his victim to unsettle and break the victims comrades, often leaving the initial victim alive but helpless and dying to suffer after killing the others.

### **The Librarian and Gate 42**

> "Vainious unnerves me, I interviewed him and asked about his new position as librarian, he told me he was glad to finally use his full potential and that it will make his ambushes more enjoyable"
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> **-Alexandra Valmos, remembrancer**
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Vainious embraced the role of librarian with as much, if not more, enthusiasm as he had his melee specialist role. Having served under Horus and having maintained close ties to the Luna Wolves from before Corvax took charge Vainious supported the warmaster's plan to charge gate 42 and was one of the few survivors of this charge, to this day he still blames Corvax's doctrine for the losses of this battle. Despite the loss of a majority of his terran brothers he kept his resentment toward his primarch to himself and his friends in the Luna Wolves, whom in turn got him inducted into the warrior lodge within the Raven Guard. It was not long after this that the Council of Nikaea was held and the librarians were disbanded and Vainious went back to being banned from using is psychic powers. He at this point became a Moritat, while he lacked the suicidal fervor of most he excelled in the cold blooded work and seemed very much to enjoy it.

### **Isstvan V and Turncoat**

> "The last I saw of him Vainious was using his powers to rip the skin off a Iron Hands marine he cut down. That was back on Isstvan V, I haven't seen him since but I know some who say he's still alive. Knowing him I wouldn't be surprised."
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> **-Drenos, Member of the Death Watch**
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Vainious thanks to his connections to the wolves and his membership in the warrior lodge was prepared for Isstvan V. When the drop site massacre started he made his way to a separate part of the battle field then the other Raven Guard, being a Moritat this was not seen as unusual, and then turned on the loyalist forces aiding a group of Emperor's Children who had been told to expect him. Vainious revelled in the carnage of the massacre using his psychic powers to reckless abandon, stopping when he downed a marine and using his Telekinesis to rip at the marines wounds to shred their skin off. He would have much preferred to take time and carve their skin off with his combat knife but they screamed none the less and it was music to his ears. After the massacre he stayed with the emperor's children, joining in their debauchery and degeneracy losing some of his stoic manner in the process. Because he betrayed the Raven Guard they began to call him The Parrot, which he got a kick out of and eventually to go with the name learned to mimic voices. He also painted the raven logo on his right shoulder purple and painted the strips between the feathers red, blue, and yellow in an alternating order. He became reclusive of his reflection for a time, not wanting to be reminded of the brothers he betrayed, but one day a broken mirror caught his eye. The mirror distorted his reflection in a way that elongated his ears, liking how the reflection looked he devised a plan to obtain said look. To achieve his moment of vanity, and feel the sweet embrace of pain, he cut at his ears repeatedly and often causing them to scar and over time become pointed. He fought alongside the Emperor's Children during the Siege of Terra as well. He participated in the black crusades afterwards as well and has maintained a reputation for devastating the forces he faced and taking captives to slowly skin. He makes it a personal goal of his to inflict as much suffering on his enemies as possible.

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> **"They say beauty is only skin deep, but I ask of them; Have they ever looked beneath the skin? Or heard the beauty of a skinned man scream?"**
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> **-**Vainious, The Parrot
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## **Current Events and Recent History**

Having joined with Lord Lemmistas “Lemmy” Thastalis the Stimulating after Isstvan V, Vainious served loyally as an adviser to the lord of the emperor’s children and in time even grew rather affectionate towards him. After their emergence from the warp post engine incident Vainious was reunited with a space marine he had spared previously, Shade the Mad, having lead the mission that slaughtered Shade’s previous warband Vainious did not bring up their mutual history instead saying that He got around so Shade may have seen him around.

Soon after that was the raiding of the mechanicus forge ships, while Vainious did little this mission what he did accomplish was substantial. Stealthing his way past his allies and the rest of the enemy forces Vainious slaughtered the Magos Reductor that led the forge ships with a single blow, earning him much favor with the dark prince and even some with the blood god. The glory of this kill would in the future lead Vainious to overestimate his abilities.

Finding himself next aiding in the first combat against The Imperial Saint he proved to ultimately be ineffective. His doombolts did nothing to The Saint there for when the saint began to use it’s powers he tried to shut them down with his psychic hood, however the sorcerer was unsurprisingly no match for the Emperor’s might flowing through The Saint and was launched 9 meters back by backlash. Staggering to his feet he saw his fellow slaaneshi Viggo Insersonn and weather from backlash filled madness or over competence climbed aboard the wolftaur’s back and they together charged at The Saint. Viggo and Vainious have been inseparable ever since

After the incident with The Saint, Vainious began to feel self conscious of his own power and sought the aid of the dark mech to augment his abilities. Whilst originally there to trade with -Mariannax-, and a trade of some fleshmoulding work for a daemon weapon was worked out but not completed, Vainious also made a trade with Grasar. Vainious taught the tech marine the art of fleshmoulding in exchange for a possessed woman to enter his service. This woman, possessed with a daemonette, serves as Vainious’s secretary and has mostly done background things.

There was a brief attempt to overthrow the leadership of The Dark Wolves, who were under human leadership at the time, and install Viggo as a puppet leader of sorts. Vainious messed this up royally being caught trying to spike drinks via psy powers. The punishment he received from this was 200 hours in a sensory deprivation tank. Normally he would have enjoyed this, however with such a failure falling at his feet he did nothing but stress over his own shortcomings.

Then..then came the disaster of Hamer V-A. Vainious, Viggo, and Lord Thastalis went to the world to party and to race. Whilst there Vainious bought a Reaver Jetbike and traded his Progenoid Glands to Mariannax to have her make it into a daemon engine. Upon obtaining the Jetbike, now proudly possessed by a steed of slaanesh and named Hellraiser, Vainious entered into a race with Captain Deadsky and narrowly one. They bonded over their mutual love of speed and regrouped with the others. Once they were all back together they were told to get off the planet because it’s destruction was imminent with no further information. They fled the planet with great haste thanks to the aid of Captain Deadsky, however Vainious was sent to lead an evacuation mission to the planet and did so. That was the beginning of the mistakes.

The evacuation mission was, unfortunately, a success. This led to the genestealer infestation of the orgasmatron. After this was discovered Vainious attempted to gather those important to him and to the use of the ship to stealthily abandon ship until it was cleared. Thastalis however called this over the coms and they were immediately told if they left they would die. They bunkered down in the safety of the hanger and all was well, until Vainious was given the order to skulk the ship and kill those not complying with the screening orders. This went about as well as you would imagine, Vainious was swarmed and infected but managed to retain his free will. He contacted and arranged treatment via Mariannax. It was shortly after this moment in which Vainious received the news rather unceremoniously that Thastalis was dead. Said news caused Vainious to impale his force scythe into the wall. As frustrated as he was with the leadership, Thastalis was his close friend and a lover whom he had no desire to see die. From that point until the genestealers were repealed, Vainious truly understood why the khorantes worshipped the blood god. His mind was fury and emotional instability incarnate. After the main genestealer force was defeated with the help of -Lord Daroth-, and once the coast was clear after some heartfelt words of earning the ship back, Vainious carried out his plans haphazardly to undergo secret treatment on board the devourer. He did this for 3 main reasons: trusting leadership had done nothing but end badly for him and as such he fully expected Lord Daroth’s apothecaries to kill him rather than cure him, he was not emotionally stable enough to remember things like the crew list nor cameras, and to be entirely honest he expected once he proved he had been cured or otherwise not infected his loyalty would have been proved and he would have been forgiven.

However, that was not the case. His punishment for breaking the quarantine was most severe. He now serves as a Dreadnought because of his actions. While he feels the punishment has gone a bit far, and while he has said some things in anger after it was done, his own damnable Raven Guard loyalty has yet to change. Despite what he himself sees as abuse, he still remains loyal to Lord Daroth and still intends to earn back The Orgasmatron. To this day Vainious mourns the passing of Lord Thastalis, what effect his will have upon him is yet to be seen.

His first deployment as a dreadnought was the capture of a shipyard, during which he put his new dreadnought might to great use and provided some much needed ‘fire power’ to the main assault line.