Minotaurs - Notable Minotaurs: Chapter Master Asterion Moloc, Master of the Minotaurs, Satrap of the Daedelos Krata, Bringer of Wrath - Asterion Moloc is the current Chapter Master of the fearsome and brutal Minotaurs Space Marine Chapter. This paranoid and bloody-handed Astartes commander revels in his dark reputation and his name is a byword for death and mayhem carried out in the name of the benevolent Emperor of Mankind. Lord Asterion Moloc is a brutal tactician and enjoys the utter destruction of his foes, but has little patience for councils or strategic planning when forced by circumstance to work with other Imperial forces. Instead he chooses to remain aloof, as is his Chapter's nature, often sending his Reclusiarch (High Chaplain) Ivanus Enkomi as his Chapter's emissary and his personal representative in such matters. During the conflict known as the Badab War there was no record of Asterion Moloc ever being present for a war council of the Loyalist Astartes Chapters involved in the conflict. The only record of his presence in the war came from pict-footage recovered from battle scans and fearful stories spread by the few Secessionist survivors of the Minotaurs' brutal attacks. A veteran of hundreds of battles, his body has been heavily rebuilt with cybernetic augments and his sheer spite and malice is enough to allow him to shrug off wounds that would fell a lesser Space Marine. A brutal tactician, Moloc takes pleasure in the utter destruction of his foes, and is most often found in battle at the head of his Chapter's Terminators slamming into the enemy line. He is also a diligent and disciplined logistician and strategist, and a master of siegecraft. Outside of battle he can be found on his brazen throne at the centre of the maze-like chambers of the heavy Assault Carrier Daedelos Krata, surrounded by datafeeds, tabulation Servitors and casualty reports, measuring the drops of blood spilt in pursuit of his Chapter's strategic goals. Asterion Moloc would also serve as the commander-in-chief of the Space Marine forces deployed against the Necrons of the Maynarkh Dynasty during the Battle of Amarah in the Orphean War, though the Chapter Master of the Minotaurs had grown to become a dark legend among the Adeptus Astartes long before the horrors of that conflict erupted. Regarded as brutal, ruthless and indefatigable by his peers within the ranks of the Space Marines, he was also marked by his actions in a score of warzones across the 41st Millennium as a byword for slaughter and destruction carried out in the name of the Emperor of Mankind. This legend was further shadowed by rumours of paranoia and brutality seldom evidenced by those who remain in the service of the Golden Throne. As such, by the time of the Orphean War, Asterion Moloc had, to many within the Imperial military hierarchy, come to symbolise and personify the Minotaurs Chapter itself. Their complex reputation both as defenders of the Imperium against the alien and the degenerate served as a counterpoint to darker fame as feared executioners of internal dissenters and wayward Space Marines, and had already assured them a place in Imperial myth before the epic conflict at the world of Amarah had taken place. Of the true character and history of Asterion Moloc the man little is known to outside observers, even to those in the ranks of the Inquisition and Militaris, save at the higher-most levels, and as with much of his Chapter such tales that abide are shrouded in mystery, rumour and contradiction. What can be said for certain is that he is a powerful combatant and is known to have personally slain several Renegade Chapter Masters of the Adeptus Astartes, alongside the ranks of Ork Warbosses, xenos corsair princes and Chaos Champions of the Dark Gods who have all fallen before him. In the void battle which raged in the Amarah System against the Necrons during the Orphean War, he personally led the desperate assault on the command vault of the Necron Tomb Ship designated Dead Hand, where he confronted, struck down and severely damaged the Necron Overlord present there, believed by the savants of the Ordo Xenos to be none other than Kutlakh, the war leader of the Maynarkh Dynasty, before he was himself cast badly wounded into the void and later recovered by the remaining voidships of his Chapter fleet. In this last incident, Moloc himself was reported initially to have been lost and remained so for some time, which corresponds to at least six other incidents known to wider Imperial record over the last five standard centuries where the Chapter Master of the Minotaurs was thought to have been killed only to late reappear. This, coupled with the Minotaurs Chapter's insularity and the very high level of cybernetic rebuilding their master is known to have undergone, has led to the rather extreme supposition by some observers that Asterion Moloc has not been one Space Marine, but many down the centuries, each inheriting not only a name and panopoly as some have suggested but also, and somewhat blasphemously, an engramatically-enforced personality and recorded memories taken from many different lifetimes. Others dismiss this as a slanderous accusation of the use of forbidden technology designed to smear a Chapter whose actions and use have already garnered it many enemies both in the Imperium's political and martial spheres.Reclusiarch Ivanus Enkomi, The Voice of the Chapter - Ivanus Enkomi is the current Reclusiarch (High Chaplain) of the fearsome Minotaurs Space Marine Chapter. A skilled tactical commander, he leads his forces from the front in battle, exhorting them to ever greater heights of hatred and destruction against the foes of the Emperor of Mankind. During the infamous internecine conflict known as the Badab War, Chaplain Ivanus Enkomi was at the forefront of the Minotaurs' offensives in several key battles. Enkomi served as the Minotaurs' primary representative to the Loyalist war council that oversaw the Badab War.Vigilator Sergeant Hamath Kraatos - Hamath Kraatos is the non-commissioned officer who serves as the second-in-command of the Minotaurs' 9th Devastator Reserve Company. His progress through the ranks of the Minotaurs has been rapid, unwarrantedly so by the standards of many Space Marine Chapters. He has achieved this rise by demonstrating his ability as a warrior, and through a phenomenal proficiency with ballistic weapons of all kinds. He has proven himself to be ruthless and calculating as a leader, with a murderous edge to his temper. His skills and combat record have been rewarded both with an early command assignment and with access to the advanced wargear of the Chapter's Armoury. When the Minotaurs Chapter was first drawn into the Orphean War, Kraatos distinguished himself not against the great Necron threat of the Maynarkh Dynasty but against xenos corsairs driven from their lairs by the implacable advance of the oncoming machine-horde. Given command of a demi-company to hold the fuelling station at Attendum, Kraatos used the outpost's Human workers and servitors as bait, corralling them in the central refinery area. Drawn by the temptation of flesh, blood and souls, the Drukhari corsairs drove into what appeared an ill-defended refuge intent on taking captives rather than outright destruction, and so their fate was sealed. As the aliens' dark soul-hunger overtook their caution, Kraatos' Minotaurs rose from concealing positions and caught the xenos in a pre-arranged series of crossfires and enfilades, shredding their lightly armoured transport first and trapping them in the refinery's heart. in the three-hour gun battle that followed, over two hundred Drukhari Kabalites were laid to waste. It is a tribute to the efficiency and skill of Kraatos and his Minotaurs that civilian casualties proved far less than expected, with only six in ten civilians being slain during the operation.Captain Thoul - Thoul participated in the Badab War as a Sternguard Veteran Sergeant, where he racked up sixty-seven confirmed kills at the Judgement on Vyaniah. During the Orphean War, Thoul, now a Vanguard Veteran Sergeant, was assigned to lead the Minotaurs' force numbering some five squads with Storm Eagle and Techmarine support that was attached to the Ordo Xenos Interdiction Force-Kappa to perform an interdiction operation at Thamyris. Thoul proved to be a particularly savage and aggressive commander when operating under his own independent authority in attacking the waking Necron tombs of the Maynarkh Dynasty. Although the Inquisition's interdiction force was eventually driven off the accursed world, thanks to a series of raids by the Minotaurs, Deathwatch Kill-teams and Death Korps of Krieg Combat Engineer strike forces, a number of Necron structures and tomb complexes were successfully sabotaged and badly damaged, thus denying them to the foe. After becoming a Captain of the Chapter, Thoul was given joint command of battlegroup Thoul-Rex alongside Inquisitor Caspiel Rex to aid the Hive World Crixos during an invasion by the Black Legion. Despite being hastily dispatched to the Hive World, the battlegroup was successful in defeating the Black Legion's forces and saved the last hive city still standing on Crixos' surface from being destroyed.Terminator Veteran Sergeant Ixthalion - Sergeant Ixthalion was the commander of Squad Ixthalion, designated Tartaros Pattern Tactical Dreadnought Armour Assault Force "Dead Hand". Ixthalion's Terminator squad died during the void battle phase of the Battle of Amarah Prime, when they conducted the assault on the Tomb Ship Dead Hand, fighting the way to the main control vault of the massive Necron warship. Their presence allowed the control vault to be targeted for a precision teleport strike by the Minotaurs' Chapter Master Asterion Moloc and his Honour Guard.Captain Ulrech - Ulrech commanded the Minotaurs force that was seconded to Battle Group Faustus of the Indomitus Crusade Fleet Secundus.Sergeant Astrophane - Sergeant Astrophane was a Minotaurs Tactical Marine squad leader within the 3rd Battle Company who was stationed on the strike cruiser Stymphalos. Astrophane was slain during the orbital assault against the Necron Tomb Citadel complex designated Abhorrence-5.Ancient Geryon - Veteran Sergeant Geryon "died" during the Lampatan Assault of the Badab War. After being mortally wounded during this campaign, Geryon was entombed in the cybernetic chassis of a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought. During the Orphean War, Ancient Geryon was part of the bodyguard retinue of Chapter Master Asterion Moloc that fought with him on the Necron Tomb Ship Dead Hand during the void battle phase of the Battle of Amarah Prime. During the fight, Geryon engaged in single combat with the xenos voidship's Necron Overlord, resulting in Geryon being forced to his knees. Before the death stroke could be dealt, Geryon was saved by Asterion Moloc himself. It is unknown if Geryon was swept into the void along with Moloc when the Tomb Ship retreated, and if so whether or not he was recovered after.Hecaton Aiakos - Known as the "Guardian of the Daedelos Krata", and the "Terror of Bifrost", Hecaton Aiakos is a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought of the Minotaurs Chapter. As with much that surrounds this fearsome Chapter, the history and perhaps even the true name of the being entombed within this ornate Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought is shrouded in mystery. He was identified by the distinctive heraldry designating his participation in the Battle of Optera during the boarding assault on the Lamenters Chapter Strike Cruiser Mater Suspiria during the Badab War, the defence of the Black Gates of Hive Vitria against the Genestealer Cult of the Dreaming Deeps and, perhaps infamously, he was at the forefront of the slaughter of the "Traitor 2-19th" during the Bifrost Uprising. In this last battle Aiakos gained notoriety beyond his Chapter when a detachment of Bifrost Huscarl infantry, under the brevet command of Brother-Sergeant Augustine of the Viper Legion Chapter, mistakenly fired on the battle-damaged and gore-drenched Minotaurs Dreadnought. So provoked, Aiakos rampaged through the Imperial lines, killing thirty-seven Huscarls and Augustine himself in his fury, and ripped open a supporting Leman Russ Tank which had tried to stop him, before obeying a countermand Vox order issued from orbit by his Chapter Master Asterion Moloc to stay his hand. Despite his power and battlefield record, as with many of the Dreadnoughts who operate in the ranks of the Minotaurs Chapter, outsiders have noted Aiakos is treated without the due reverence that other Space Marine Chapters display toward their Dreadnoughts. Instead, cold indifference is displayed to him by his fellow battle-brothers for reasons unknown.Hecaton Morbus - Hecaton Morbus is a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought of the Minotaurs Chapter. Morbus took part in the Battle for Amarah Prime during the Orphean War. At the time of the Necron Maynarkh Dynasty's invasion of Amarah Prime, Hecaton Morbus, along with several squads of Minotaurs Astartes, halted the rout of the Imperial defenders at Callowsheen Hive and accounted for the destruction of several Necron Triarch Stalker battlewalkers at close quarters during the combat.Hecaton Palaemon - Hecaton Palaemon is a Contemptor Pattern Dreadnought of the Minotaurs Chapter. This Dreadnought was part of the cadre of Dreandoughts permanently based on the assault Battle Barge Daedelos Krata, the Chapter's massive flagship. Hecaton Palaemon was launched by Boarding Torpedo into the flank of the Necron Tombship Dead Hand as part of the Minotaurs' desperate assault during the Amarah void battle of the Orphean War against the Necrons of the Maynarkh Dynasty. The Dreadnought's final fate remains unknown.Ancient Ephesios - Ephesios was a Mark IV Mars Pattern Castraferrum Dreadnought of the Minotaurs Chapter.