Deathwatch - Watch Commanders / Watch Masters: Asger Warfist, Wolf Lord of the Space Wolves, first Watch Commander of the Deathwatch - Asger Warfist was a Wolf Lord in the Space Wolves Chapter in the mid-32nd Millennium when the Ork forces of The Beast invaded the Imperium. He took part in his Chapter's battle against the Orks when they invaded an Imperial star system near the Eye of Terror and he later successfully led his Great Company in defending the Industrial Moon of Fabrikk when it was assaulted by the Greenskins. Afterward, he was commanded by his Great Wolf to travel to Terra, after the Space Wolves received word that their aid was requested for a strikeforce needed to attack the world of Ullanor Prime, which was discovered to be the origin point of The Beast's invasion force. Warfist later appeared before Lord Commander of the Imperium Koorland as part of his Chapter's taskforce sent to defend Terra. He reluctantly tolerated the presence of the Dark Angels, his Chapter's traditional rival, and took part in the first Imperial invasion of The Beast's homeworld of Ullanor Prime. Warfist became one of the first members of the Deathwatch after it was reluctantly created by the High Lords of Terra and took part in the destruction of the Attack Moon over Terra. Shortly before the second invasion of Ullanor that sought to once again slay The Beast, Lord Commander Koorland made Asger Warfist the first Chapter Master of the Deathwatch. Warfist fought alongside Koorland as the Lord Commander died against the second Beast-sized warlord that revealed himself. During the third Imperial invasion of Ullanor Prime, Asger Warfist commanded one of the five Imperial attack groups. In the millennia after the War of the Beast, the Deathwatch became a far more decentralised organisation that was deployed across the galaxy. Now based out of watch fortresses largely independent from each other, the title of watch commander stopped being a singular rank used to denote an overall leader of the Deathwatch. In the 41st Millennium the title now simply refers to the commanding officer of a particular watch fortress, who almost always bears the rank of watch master, but sometimes can be a senior watch captain.Mordigael, Watch Commander and Master of the Vigil of Watch Fortress Erioch - Watch Master Mordigael is a quick and decisive commander of men with a natural charisma bound to a terrifying skill in battle. A Blood Angel by origin, Mordigael is a paragon of the qualities and traditions of his Chapter. His features are sharp and handsome, as if cut from the pale stone statue of an Imperial Saint, while his eyes burn with almost feverish intensity. He delights in the perfection of all his undertakings, from practice in the martial disciplines to the contemplation on the future implications of all things of note that bear on his sacred duty. For over five Terran centuries, Mordigael has served his Emperor and his Chapter; on three occasions, he has taken up the duty of serving in the Deathwatch. One of these past terms of service was in the Jericho Reach itself. Mordigael's current Vigil in the 41st Millennium has lasted over five solar decades, and has seen him achieve the honour of being named Master of the Vigil of Watch Fortress Erioch a little more than a decade ago. During this time, Mordigael has seen things change within the Jericho Reach; the implications of the opening of the Jericho-Maw Warp Gate to the Calixis Sector have affected everything. The launching of the Achilus Crusade concerns him greatly, as he sees the possibility of a greater disaster being created from a war prosecuted through ignorance and arrogance. He sees the encroaching threat of the Tyranids in much the same light, quite apart from the terrible danger they represent in themselves. On more than one occasion, the Master of the Vigil has had to remind Lord Militant Solomon Tetrarchus that the Deathwatch is not beholden to the needs of his crusade.Mordelai, Watch Commander of Talasa Prime - Mordelai is the watch commander of watch fortress Talasa Prime of the Deathwatch Chapter in the Ultima Segmentum who was seconded to the Long Watch from the Imperial Fists. Talasa Prime, the archetypal training world for the Deathwatch, maintains an Aquila pattern watch fortress in addition to dozens of attendant watch stations. It has a wide variety of Firstborn and Primaris Marine kill-teams, each tested against those races that would encroach upon Ultramar's borders. Overall command is entrusted to Watch Master Mordelai, a humourless and extremely efficient proponent of Malleus war doctrine, who has the long-standing trust of Chapter Master Marneus Calgar of the Ultramarines himself. It was Mordelai who first devised the Fortis Kill-team structure for the Primaris Marines who joined the Deathwatch after the Ultimaris Decree of Primarch Roboute Guilliman. He would later go on to help devise other Primaris kill-team patterns as the new transhuman warriors proved their value and capabilities again and again during the conflicts of the Era Indomitus. It was at Talasa Prime that the Deathwatch, under the direction of Mordelai, first integrated the Primaris Space Marines into its kill-teams, by creating the first Fortis Kill-teams. Later, Mordelai refined his ideas, and also created the Primaris Indomitor and Spectrus Kill-teams to better make use of the single-armament squads used by Primaris Marine forces.Agathon, Watch Commander of Mortguard - Agathon is the watch master who serves as the watch commander of the watch fortress of Mortguard in the northern Segmentum Ultima in the Imperium Nihilus. It was he who led a majority of Mortguard's Watch Companies into battle against the T'au Empire's Fifth Sphere Expansion and the Hivewyrm Genestealer Cult on the Shrine World of Saint's Halt during the Chalnath Expanse Campaign.Utorian Denash, Watch Commander of Fort Pykman - Utorian Denash is a watch master who is the current watch commander of the Fort Pykman watch fortress in the Ghoul Stars of the Imperium Nihilus. Denash is a hard-like Puritan who claims his constant vigilance against the Imperium's xenos foes shall never end.Astoren Korr, Watch Commander of Fort Obsidus - Astoren Korr is a watch master who serves as the current watch commander of Fort Obsidus, a watch fortress located in the Segmentum Solar. Following the admittance of Primaris Marines into the Deathwatch following the Ultimaris Decree in the Era Indomitus, he has proven especially adept in the deployment of Repulsor battle tanks. This skill has led to the defeat of the Speed Kults of WAAAGH! Wazdakka, as well as several other recent Ork attacks in the region.Akrep Xie, Watch Commander of the Eye of Octos - Akrep Xie is a watch master who is the current watch commander of the Eye of Octos in the Octarius Sector of the Segmentum Ultima. Prior to being seconded to the Deathwatch, Akrep Xie was a Veteran of the Jade Scorpions Chapter. In the Era Indomitus Xie led the Eye of Octos' Deathwatch kill-teams to aid the Pankallis Sub-sector, after it was invaded by the forces of the Tyranid Hive Fleet Leviathan. Xie is currently fighting to cleanse the xenos from the planet called Death of Bianzeer, in the Bianzeer's Hollow System.Alathresis, Watch Commander of the Balefortress - Alathresis is a watch master seconded from the Novamarines who serves as the current watch commander of the Balefortress. The Balefortress is perhaps the last Imperial bulwark left that can stop the Ork WAAAGH! Nakkaslash from capsizing the sector.Valesnus, Watch Commander of Fort Starshield - Valesnus served as the watch commander of Fort Starshield in the Kadus Sector until it was destroyed by the arrival of the Great WAAAGH! of the Ork Warlord Ghazghkull Mag Uruk Thraka in the sector in the Era Indomitus. In the battle that ensued, the watch fortress and its entire complement of Astartes was destroyed after they put up a heroic defence.Vilnus, Watch Commander of Haltmoat - Vilnus is a watch master who is the watch commander of Haltmoat in the Segmentum Obscurus. He joined with the excommunicated Ordo Xenos Inquisitor Fidus Kryptman to come up with a plan to destroy the biomechanical structure that Hive Fleet Tiamet was building on the Jungle World of Ziaphoria.Vaedrian Shenol, Watch Commander of Watcher Keep - Shaenol is a watch master who serves as the watch commander of Watcher Keep, which lies on the border between the Segmentum Pacificus and Segmentum Tempestus. In the wake of the Great Rift's creation in the Era Indomitus, Shenol has seen an increase in the number of xenophiles within the Imperium. These are Humans who feel that since xenos are also threatened by the forces of Chaos, the Imperium should fight alongside them against their shared foe. The watch master considers these people to be Heretics who would foolishly have Humanity put its trust in inhuman monsters that would gladly betray Mankind at the first chance. Shenol has declared that there can be no tolerance, no compromise, and no peace with aliens -- only war and the Imperium's endless purgation of the xenos threat.