Jennika Tan Draconis - Avenger of the Fallen: As the last Knights of House Draconis, House Minotos and House Pegasson forced a passage through the Nortus Maximal, Oath of Flames and Sword of Heroes stood at the front of the Adrastapolian spear-tip. Jennika, now recognised by all as a capable field commander, was placed in command of her own lance and tasked with protecting her brother's left flank, mirrored by Sire Markos Dar Draconis on the High King's right.Together, the Knights of Adrastapol routed large contingents of lesser troops and broke through yet another ambush, but this time their superior discipline brought them victory, catching their ambushers' shot on their Ion Shield and concentrating their fire to unsaddle their opponents.The last Knights of House Wyvorn hastily retreated to the heart of the Valle Electrum, the Square of Martyrs, where the Usurper King, Gerraint Tan Chimaeros, sought to kill the Dark Apostle Varakh'Lorr before his ascension to daemonhood.While Danial and Luk confronted the two enemy leaders, Jennika and Markos led the remaining Knights into battle against their former allies. In the confused three-way battle that erupted, Jennika soon found herself face to face with her father's killer, the Usurper King Gerraint. As dictated by the Chivalric Code, Jennika slowed her Knight, Fire Defiant, and challenged Gerraint to a duel. Thinking to make short work of the Lady Draconis, the Usurper accepted.From the very start of their duel, Gerraint showed his lack of honour by violating the sacred rules of ritual combat and resorting to his Rapid-Fire Battle Cannon. However, Jennika had anticipated her enemy's move and prudently angled her Ion Shield to deflect the shots harmlessly into the ground.Thanking her opponent for having broken the rules of engagement, Jennika let loose with her own weapons. Her first shot destroyed the Traitor's offending weapon mere seconds before her second impacted the Knight Warden's torso, threatening to unbalance him, but Gerraint prevented his Knight from falling backwards."Very good", growled the Usurper as he activated his close combat weapon, an ancient heirloom of Adrastapol, a Tempest Blade that had formerly belonged to High King Tolwyn. "But now I'm going to kill you.""You are going to try." Jennika replied, revving up her own Reaper Chainsword before charging her opponent. But even fuelled by fury, Jennika failed to land a second blow.Despite lacking one arm Therianthros proved more than a match for Fire Defiant. Gerraint's energised blade chipped away at the teeth of Jennika's chainsword every time their blades clashed. Gerraint used his Ion Shield to protect his Knight from further harm, and landed several blows on Fire Defiant in return.Unable to wound her opponent, Jennika changed tactics. Waiting for Gerraint to charge, she unleashed a quick two-round burst straight into her enemy's shield. The blast proved to be enough to distract Gerraint as she sidestepped his guard.Fire Defiant 's chainsword connected, sawing through armour plate and the delicate systems beneath, but abruptly became stuck within the Renegade Knight's chassis. The chainsword's engine sputtered, belched smoke and died, leaving the two Knights connected by the length of Fire Defiant`s swordarm.Thinking fast, Jennika swivelled her Heavy Stubber, emptying its full capacity into Therianthros ' face, but the light antipersonnel rounds harmlessly pinged off the Renegade Knight's armour."This won't help you, lady," snarled the Usurper, trying to run her through with his own blade, but Fire Defiant always proved out of reach. Had Therianthros still possessed its main weapon, Gerraint would have been able to end the duel with one well-placed shot. Jennika thanked the Emperor for having removed that threat early in the fight.Out of the chaos of the battle raging around them, a stricken Knight Crusader in the livery of House Chimaeros joined the fray, firing his Avenger Gatling Cannon at the two interlocked Knights. Jennika swore,and quickly realigned her Ion Shield to counter the incoming threat, but the damage had been done.Explosions blossomed over the two Knights, one of them severing Fire Defiant`s swordarm, leaving the Reaper Chainsword still embedded within Therianthros` torso. Suddenly free from their bond, both Knights lurched away, steadying themselves before one fell to the ground."This is how you Traitors fight duels now, is it?", the Jennika spat over her Knight's speakers, as the second Crusader still poured fire into her, the shots ringing off her realigned shield. "No", replied Gerraint as he drew nearer, blade posed to strike, "It's how we win them."Therianthros took one ponderous step towards Fire Defiant, and Jennika noticed how slow it moved. The additional weight of her lost Reaper Chainsword had altered the Renegade Knight's centre of gravity, and Gerraint was compensating for the additional weight. Ignoring the whispers of her predecessors in the Throne Mechanicum, Jennika turned her gun against the limping Crusader which had come to his liege's aid.Two shots rang out, both aimed low at the Knight's feet, blowing vast craters in the ferrocrete floor of the Plaza of Martyrs. With the depth of the floor having abruptly changed, the Crusader's next step nearly unbalanced it, the Chimaeros Noble within focusing all his effort on keeping the walker from falling. Jennika then fed every ounce of power her Knight possessed into Fire Defiant`s motive actuators, and charged Therianthros.Jennika dropped one of her Knight's shoulders and rammed into her enemy, knocking him aside. Even as Gerraint landed yet another hit with his Tempest Blade, Therianthros began to topple over. Motive actuators and compensators blew out in a series of secondary explosions before the Knight crashed into the ground, its own body trapping its sole remaining weapon beneath its weight.After dispatching the remaining Renegade Knight, Jennika returned to where Gerraint's Knight lay in the dirt. The Usurper had had the presence of mind to deactivate his Knight's weapon as he fell, otherwise her father's former blade would have carved straight through Therianthros` cockpit.She half-expected to see Gerraint flee his fallen Knight, but that was not to be. The rasping voice of a severely wounded man grated through her Vox. "Well fought, Lady Tan Chimaeros.""I don't want your praise, you murdering Traitor," Jennika audibly spat inside her cockpit."I can't blame you," Gerraint replied, "How much you must hate me...But I had my reasons.""I don't want your reasons either. After all you've done to my family, to our people, all I want from you is this." Jennika said, bracing Fire Defiant`s feet and aiming her Rapid-Fire Battle Cannon at the fallen Knight's head, a grim mockery of the battlefield-executions undertaken by Imperial Commissars when a wounded soldier was trying to drag itself to the nearest medicae.She fired. Shot after shot battered Therianthros ' armour until one went through and exploded inside the Renegade Knight's torso, killing the Usurper instantly. Though she knew her foe was dead, Jennika continued firing for long moments until her ammunition-hoppers were almost depleted.