House Chimaeros - Notable House Chimaeros Personnel: High King Dyforn Tan Chimaeros - Former High King of Adrastapol High King Dyforn's failings during the Yordax Crusade were the main reasons for the eventual passing of the crown onto House Draconis.High King Rhoderic Tan Chimaeros - A former High King of Adrastapol who ruled during the distant era of the Horus Heresy.Viscount Gerraint Tan Chimaeros - Gerraint Tan Chimaeros was once an epitome of knightly virtues and honour. Inheriting the crown of the High King from his father as tradition demanded it, Gerraint was faced with a dire challenge: to lead his House and the other Adrastapolian Knight Houses against the Orks of WAAAGH! Skarjaw. By that time, he had already married and sired his son, Sire Gedric, but sadly lost his wife. In the wake of the Ork Wars of Adrastapol, the High King chose to wander in the ruins of the ancestral home of House Manticos when he discovered a lone survivor: Alicia Kar Manticos. Rushing to the wounded girl's aid, High King Gerraint saved her from almost certain death and granted her a place within House Chimaeros. It was also at this time that a firm friendship developed between House Draconis and House Chimaeros, the rulers of the respective Houses being friends themselves. Despite the great difference in age, the relationship between Alicia and Gerraint soon turned to love, and Gerraint formally recognised her as his consort. He soon sired a second son, Luk Tan Chimaeros, with her. For a short time, Gerraint knew true bliss -- until the Imperium called for Adrastapol's help in the prosecution of the Galhorm Crusade. This campaign cost the Adrastapolian Knights dearly, but perhaps none so much as High King Gerraint. Gerraint had been badly wounded, leaving his face scarred and his body in need of an augmetic brace, but even worse was the loss of his beloved son Gedric, who lay amongst the slain Knights. Since technically Luk Tan Chimaeros was a bastard, he could not be named Kingsward and therefore House Chimaeros lost the Crown to House Draconis. These twin losses weighed heavily on the former High King, now Viscount of House Chimaeros, a grief his consort preyed upon to turn Gerraint to the worship of the Chaos God Tzeentch. While overtly professing his friendship and allegiance to High King Tolwyn Tan Draconis, Gerraint secretly began to plot his former friend's downfall. Viscount Gerraint covertly formed an alliance with House Wyvorn and waited for an opportunity to strike. That moment came during the Donatos Uprising. Through the intermediary of a daemonic entity, Gerraint and Alicia communicated with the enemy commander, the Dark Apostle Varakh'Lorr of the Word Bearers, and formed an alliance with the worshippers of Chaos. As the Imperial forces stormed the enemy stronghold, House Wyvorn and House Chimaeros turned their guns against their fellow Adrastapolian Knights. While High King Tolwyn was slain, Gerraint's plan ultimately failed to eliminate all of the Loyalist Knights, who soon proclaimed Danial Tan Draconis the new High King of Adrastapol despite Gerraint's counterclaim. In a further act of infamy, Gerraint claimed both the High King's crown from Tolwyn's corpse and the specially-fashioned Tempest Blade from Tolwyn's Knight. Gerraint's alliance with the Chaos worshippers and the Word Bearers in particular seems to have been a tense one. As he and his concubine hatched yet another plan to eliminate the remaining Loyalist Knights, he was already planning to betray his new allies as he had done with his old. Gerraint's betrayal seems to have been motivated by political reasons and not because of any affinities with the creed of Tzeentch or Chaos Undivided. He simply wished to regain control over Adrastapol and turn his back upon the distant Imperium which had cost him so dearly. While he left Alicia Kar Manticos to deal with the boy-king, Viscount Gerraint went to confront the Word Bearers. On a preordained signal, the Knight of House Chimaeros turned their guns on the Word Bearers, killing dozens of Chaos Space Marines and gaining control over most of the Donatosian rebel troops. Only in their stronghold of the Valle Electrum did the Word Bearers' resistance prove too great to overcome. While severely depleting the Loyalists' numbers, the second ambush failed to eliminate Danial Tan Draconis and only served to steel his resolve to overcome his enemies. Soon the Valle Electrum became the focus of the entire war, Loyalists, Chaos Cultists and secessionists alike determined to take it. A three-way-war erupted there between House Chimaeros and its allies, the Word Bearers and the Loyalist Knights of Adrastapol. Gerraint Chimaeros faced Jennika Tan Draconis, Tolwyn's daughter in single combat while around him his House died under the vengeful blows of the survivors of Houses Draconis, Pegasson and Minotos and the crazed attentions of Dunkan Tan Wyvorn, driven mad by the mental stress of trying to pilot a relic Acastus Knight Porphyrion. Breaking with the Chivalric Code, Gerraint attempted to attack Jennika even though she had challenged him in single combat. Fortunately for her, she was ready for such treachery and deflected the shots with her Ion Shield. After a short but brutal fight, Lady Jennika Tan Draconis emerged victorious, executing Gerraint's fallen Knight at point-blank range.Kingsward Gedric Tan Chimaeros - First-born son of Gerraint Tan Chimaeros and his first wife, Gedric was the designated heir to the throne of Adrastapol. When his father, then still the High King, led the noble Knight Houses of Adrastapol into the Galhorm Crusade, he likely didn't know that he would lose his only son. For while the losses of House Chimaeros were numerous, none hurt Gerraint Tan Chimaeros as much as Gedric's death, for it also meant that the crown of the High King would need to pass to another House that still possessed a legitimate heir.Sire Luk Kar Chimaeros, The Knight of Ashes - Second son of Viscount Gerraint Tan Chimaeros and his concubine, Alicia Kar Manticos, Luk was raised in the company of the current High King of Adrastapol, Danial Tan Draconis, with whom he shared a deep friendship. His loyalty to his friend was so absolute that his own parents recognised it would be impossible to turn their son away from the Imperial Creed and the Chivalric Code. Thus Luk Kar Chimaeros was deliberately kept out of the schemes of his parents, though in the wake of House Chimaeros' betrayal many were the Knights who condemned him simply by association. The subterfuge worked well and when House Chimaeros betrayed High King Tolwyn, Luk Tan Chimaeros was as surprised as his friends from House Draconis. Although his Knight armour was also damaged in the ambush, upon his return from the battlefield, Luk was met with considerable ill-will and resentment. Markos Dar Draconis, the man who had taught him how to fight and uphold the Chivalric Code was most vocal in his opposition. But Luk, utterly loyal to the Imperial Creed, would not let himself be taunted. With his friend, Danial Tan Draconis, next in line to the throne of the High King, Luk knew that at least one person of influence would listen to him. With Danial vouching for Luk's true loyalty, Luk Tan Chimaeros was tolerated amongst the Loyalists, but none save Danial and perhaps his sister truly trusted him, although he took to the field several times against both the Donatosian insurrectionists and the Renegade House Chimaeros Knights. Burning with the urge to avenge the slights done to his honour, Luk joined a hunting party of Loyalists Knights which succeeded in tracking a party of Renegade House Chimaeros Knights to an abandoned Adeptus Arbites fortress. Led by the newly-elected High King Danial, the Loyalist Knights swiftly killed those guards posted by the enemy commander, hoping to eliminate either the leader of House Chimaeros or House Wyvorn. Unfortunately, once within the fortress' walls, the tables were turned upon the Loyalists, for the enemy leader was neither Gerraint Tan Chimaeros, nor Dunkan Tan Wyvorn, but Alicia Kar Manticos, Luk's own mother. Through ruse and subterfuge, Alicia had hoped to force the Loyalist Knights into surrender, but the High King categorically refused to give into her demands. Revealing her true identity as the enemy commander and a powerful psyker, Alicia killed the leader of House Minotos in a horrid way, transforming the unfortunate Grandmarshal and his Knight into a gigantic Chaos Spawn. Frozen in terror, Luk could only stare in horror as his mother teleported herself and her followers to safety. The Renegade Knights had also violated the tenets of the Chivalric Code by placing explosives within the fortress. The Traitors detonated them, hoping to kill as many Loyalists as possible. Fleeing from the wave of destruction, Luk refused to leave his friend behind and both barely escaped with their lives. Others were less fortunate, and these additional deaths considerably affected the Loyalists' morale. For some, to see the son of a Renegade House in their midst was too painful to bear. In the end it was Markos Dar Draconis that challenged Luk Tan Chimaeros to a duel to the death. The Herald was an experienced warrior and repeatedly brought Luk to the edge of defeat, but through bloody determination Luk Tan Chimaeros always managed to get back up again. In the end, it was Markos who lay broken on the ground, his weapon shattered beside him. Recognising that his origins would never free him of the stain of dishonour on his homeworld, Luk took the oath of a Freeblade, renouncing his family name and everything that went with it. Henceforth, he would be Luk Kar Chimaeros -- the Knight of Ashes. For the remainder of the Donatos Uprising, Luk Kar Chimaeros faithfully stood at the side of his friend, following his orders and offering his council when asked, even though as a Freeblade he could have done as he pleased. When High King Danial led the charge during the Second Battle for the Valle Electrum, Luk stood at his side, fighting through both defence lines and their automated or rebel-crewed heavy weapons emplacements and the Renegade Knights of House Wyvorn and House Chimaeros. Luk was selected to accompany the High King to confront the enemy's main commander, the Dark Apostle Varakh'Lorr, who had entered the first stages of his transition to daemonhood. There, in the heart of Donatos' cathedral, the Dark Apostle was locked in a sorcerous duel with Alicia Kar Manticos. Coming under fire from a squad of Word Bearers, the two Imperial Knights split up, Luk facing his mother, who unleashed a wave of sorcerous fire after he refused to join her in treachery. Fortunately, Luk had kept his Ion Shield up and weathered the firestorm before unleashing the wrath of his Thermal Cannon -- blowing his mother through the rear wall. Turning around, Luk and the High King were confronted by a towering monstrosity of flesh and bones, a malformed, mutant abomination crafted from the bodies of Donatos' astropathic choir and the baleful energies of the Warp. Even the combined might of two Imperial Knights were no match for the towering creature. Fortunately for Luk, the thing was so eager to come to grips with them that the Knights charged and the mutant threw itself on the sacrificial pyre Varakh'Lorr was using to fuel his ascension. The tortured souls of the Astropaths promptly turned on the Dark Apostle, consuming his flesh and soul. Thus was the battle for Donatos Primus won. Yet even in victory, the quest of the Knight of Ashes had only begun. After a short period of rest on Adrastapol during which Sword of Heroes was given its new Freeblade panoply, Luk Kar Chimaeros set out to hunt down his mother, who had escaped Donatos Primus by sorcerous means. As he left his homeworld behind, High King Danial gifted his friend a token of his appreciation, the signature weapon of House Draconis, a draconblade.Sire Deldric Dar Chimaeros - Sire Deldric was one of the surviving Knights of House Chimaeros who stood by Viscount Gerraint in the final battle of the Donatos Uprising. Like most of the Knights of House Chimaeros, he was slain by the vengeful Adrastapolian Nobles under High King Danial Tan Draconis.Sire Guillarm Dar Chimaeros - Sire Guillarm participated in the Donatos Uprising and survived both the betrayal and the internecine fighting against the Word Bearers only to fall during the Second Battle of the Valle Electrum.Sire Massimo Dar Chimaeros - Sire Massimo was one of the three remaining pilots of Knights Gallant present at the Second Battle for the Valle Electrum. He was killed charging the coalition of Loyalist Knights under High King Danial Tan Draconis.Sire Paoul Dar Chimaeros - Sire Paoul was a member of Viscount Gerraint's close retinue. He was slain in the cataclysmic final battle on Donatos Primus.Sire Rosierre Dar Chimaeros - During the first attack on the Valle Electrum, when House Chimaeros openly turned Traitor, Sire Rosierre tried to kill the legitimate heir to Tolwyn's throne, Danial Tan Draconis, but was defeated by his opponent, impaled on his Knight's Reaper Chainsword.Sire Vendt Dar Chimaeros - Sire Vendt was the third and last member of Lance Hectour, the sole remaining Lance of Knights Gallants in service to House Chimaeros after the bloody fighting on Donatos Primus. Like his fellow Knights, Sire Vendt was slain during the Second Battle for the Valle Electrum, brought low right on the Place of Martyrs where the final showdown between Loyalist and Renegade Knights occurred. Xedediah Kar Mechanicus - High Sacristan of House Chimaeros at the time of the Donatos Uprising, Xedediah Kar Mechanicus was swayed by the promises of power and new technological discoveries and scientific mysteries professed by Alicia Kar Manticos. Once he turned Traitor, Xedediah proved a powerful ally, first ensuring the corruption of Houses Chimaeros and Wyvorn and then engineering the corrupted data-djinn which paralyzed the Loyalists' communication network at the chosen moment of House Chimaeros' betrayal. It would also be through Xedediah's efforts that the surviving Loyalists under High King Danial could be tracked down and brought to battle by the Chaos army. Although helpful, the instigators of House Chimaeros' rebellion never truly trusted him, aware that once the shackles of Adeptus Mechanicus-dogma had been shed, Xedediah's thirst for knowledge would make him an unreliable ally at best. It is unclear if Xedediah survived the events of the reconquest of Donatos Primus or if he was able to escape his much deserved fate.