Fallen Angels - Notable Fallen Angels: Luther - Luther was the knight of The Order who discovered the Primarch Lion El'Jonson on the Death World of Caliban. Luther was El'Jonson's mentor, saviour, comrade-in-arms and best friend. Luther raised the Lion as if he were his own child. Before the discovery of the Lion, Luther was the foremost hero of his times. Luther presented the Lion to The Order, the force of feudal knights on Caliban who helped raise the primarch to fight the terrible mutant beasts of Chaos which plagued the myriad deep forests of the planet. Sadly, Luther ultimately betrayed the Lion out of a sense of jealousy towards his friend's accomplishments which overshadowed his own, and he rallied many of the Dark Angels on Caliban to his cause and killed any dissidents amongst their number who remained loyal to their primarch. When the Lion returned to Caliban following the end of the Horus Heresy, Luther attacked his fleet. The Lion and Luther engaged in single combat on Caliban after this betrayal. In this battle, Lion El'Jonson wounded Luther but could not bring himself to kill his oldest and dearest friend. Luther, however, proved merciless and sent a sorcerous blast straight towards El'Jonson, which mortally wounded the primarch. At that moment, finally realising how far he had fallen, Luther began to weep for what he had done to his friend, and the Dark Angels captured him and held him prisoner within the Dark Angels' fortress-monastery, which would become known as The Rock. At this point, the Chaos Gods scattered Luther's forces, the Fallen, through the Warp. The intense battle, however, had made the planet unstable, and Caliban was destroyed by the force of the Warp Storm that rescued the Fallen from their fate. For nearly ten millennia, Luther remained chained within the most secure cell of The Rock, his existence known only to the Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels Chapter, Azrael, and those who held the rank before him. He was often used as an oracle to find the other Fallen. Azrael, like his predecessors, attempted to make Luther repent for his crimes ten millennia earlier -- but, like his predecessors, he failed to do so. Luther only continued to rant and rave, claiming that Lion El'Jonson would come and absolve the Fallen, and that the day of the Lion's return was close at hand. After the birth of the Great Rift, Luther was freed from his secret prison aboard The Rock by a Chaos assault on the mobile fortress-monastery. His current whereabouts are unknown, and only Supreme Grand Master Azrael knows that Luther is now abroad. He fears that Luther may be creating a new Legion of Chaos Space Marines among the Fallen to gain his revenge on the Dark Angels.Cypher - Cypher is the most feared member of the Fallen whose true name is unknown. He has been on the run ever since the end of the Heresy and has been pursued by the Dark Angels for more than ten thousand standard years. Cypher is a being wrapped in shadow, an entity whose every move is cloaked in mystery. His motives and methods are themselves an enigma; even the name or title by which he is known seems to conceal something, although whether it is a metaphor or yet another conundrum is unknown. In ancient times, Lord Cypher was a title utilised by the ancient Calibanite feudal knights known as The Order. Traditionally, this individual would forsake his past life and identity, becoming the personification of the lofty ideals and traditions of The Order. To the Imperium at large, Cypher is either wholly unknown, or a being of shadowy rumour that seems to be somehow connected to or sought by the Dark Angels and their successor Chapters. To the Unforgiven, Cypher is a being of legend and untold speculation. Cypher is the one whom the Masters of the Dark Angels seek above all others, for he is their most hated foe. Cypher recently allied himself with the Shadowseer Sylandri Veilwalker. During the Terran Crusade of 999.M41, after the resurrected Primarch Roboute Guilliman had been captured by the Lord of Change Kairos Fateweaver and imprisoned aboard a Blackstone Fortress gifted by Abaddon the Despoiler to the Red Corsairs in the Maelstrom, Cypher entered the Fortress alongside Veilwalker and her Harlequin allies. He offered to free Guilliman and the other Imperials in return for the primarch's promise to allow him to have an audience with the Emperor of Mankind once they reached Terra. Guilliman gave his assent, and Cypher proved to be an invaluable ally for the primarch for the rest of the Terran Crusade. When the Imperials eventually reached Terra and were taken into the Imperial Palace, Guilliman reneged on his promise, having no intention of allowing a man as untrustworthy as the Fallen Angel to go before his father, who was trapped on the Golden Throne. Though Cypher was taken into custody on the primarch's orders by the Adeptus Custodes, within only solar hours of his imprisonment, he had disappeared once more from his cell through unknown means.Marbas - Marbas is a loathed and reviled Fallen Angel, who alone of his kind has been raised to a Daemon Prince by the Chaos Gods. Upon attaining daemonhood, Marbas' Warp-constructed body was intended to mock the Dark Angels, as it is covered in the unmistakable elements of the ancient Ist Legion's armour while Marbas' head looks like that of one of the great Calibanite Lions native to his former homeworld. Marbas first came to the Dark Angels' attention in the 36th Millennium, when the Chapter received reports of a Fallen bearing his name leading a Chaos warband. What this Fallen Angel did to gain the favour of the Ruinous Powers and become a Daemon Prince is unknown. After the opening of the Great Rift in the Era Indomitus, Marbus led an army of Daemons in an attack on The Rock. In truth, the assault on The Rock was simply a distraction so that the forces of Chaos could free Luther from his secret prison deep within the Dark Angels' fortress-monastery. Ever since the battle, Marbas has become one of the most infamous of the Fallen, second only to Cypher in the Dark Angels' eagerness to destroy him.Merir Astelan - Merir Astelan was a Chapter Master of the Dark Angels Legion of Space Marines and is considered one of the Fallen Angels who betrayed the Emperor during the Horus Heresy. He has been recaptured by the Dark Angels in recent years and is secretly imprisoned on their mobile fortress-monastery, The Rock. He achieved his position as an officer of the Dark Angels after the I Legion was formed on Terra in the 30th Millennium and before it was reunited with its Primarch, Lion El'Jonson, on the Death World of Caliban. When some of the Dark Angels were left behind on Caliban, Astelan and the other Terran-born Dark Angels stood up beside the Arch-heretic Sar Luther and offered him their support. Astelan stood by as Luther declared Caliban's independence from the oppressive Imperium of Man and its demands for Imperial Compliance and the acceptance of the Imperial Truth. Astelan only provided his support so that he and his brothers could get back to doing what they had always done -- fight the Emperor's enemies and force back the darkness that had consumed Mankind for so long. When the galaxy-spanning Horus Heresy erupted, Astelan and his battle-brothers did not know what their primarch wanted them to do -- communication with the rest of the Legion had been cut off in the chaos of the ongoing conflict. Astelan and his fellow Dark Angels wanted to leave Caliban, to go and fight the Traitor forces of Horus, but they could be sure of nothing except of that which was in their own hearts. But there were some amongst the number of Dark Angels on Caliban, newly raised battle-brothers who perhaps slightly lacked the faith and zeal of the Old Legion, who opposed their leaving. Soon an inter-Legionary civil war presumed on Caliban between the two opposing factions. In the ensuing conflict, the dissenters destroyed most of the Dark Angels fleet and self-destructed a stolen flagship in orbit over Caliban. Untold destruction rained down upon the surface of the planet. The dissenters had not only marooned Astelan and his men upon Caliban, they had wrought untold destruction upon the planet that had now become their prison. When the Dark Angels' primarch finally returned, the Dark Angels left on Caliban were afraid of their primarch's wrath. Luther contacted Astelan directly, seeking his advice. He was troubled because he had intercepted a communication that claimed Lion El'Jonson himself led the approaching ships. Luther did not know what to do, fearing the wrath of the Lion for what had befallen Caliban. Astelan told Luther nothing, and on his own initiative, gave the grim order for the batteries to open fire on the approaching starships. The primarch immediately ordered a sustained orbital bombardment of what he saw as the Traitor positions and led an attack against Luther's position personally. Meanwhile, the massed guns of the Dark Angel fleet pounded the planet, until the very surface of Caliban began to crack under the strain of the bombardment. The immense strain these powerful psychic forces placed upon the planet, in combination with the tectonic shifting and cracking caused by the orbital bombardment, caused the entire planet to explode. After his interrogation, Astelan was taken from his interrogation chamber by Sapphon, the Grand Master of Chaplains, and placed in a cell adjacent to the still-living Luther, the greatest of the Fallen Angels, within the deepest catacombs of The Rock. He still waits there today, desperate for an absolution that may never come.Zhebdek Abaddas - Zhebek Abaddas was a former Dark Angels Captain who became a willing servant and slave of the Dark Gods. Captain Abaddas wore heavily corrupted Mark III Power Armour and utilised a bolter, chainsword, and some sort of exotic weapon resembling a Kai Gun.Anovel - Anovel was originally a member of the Dark Angels Legion and a close associate of Chapter Master Merir Astelan, willingly following him into betraying Lion El'Jonson. Following the destruction of Caliban, the Fallen were scattered across space and time. After ten millennia, Anovel reunited with Astelan for a brief period and was briefly a part of his conspiracy with the infamous Death Guard Typhus, the Herald of Nurgle. They concocted an audacious plan to utilise the Tuchulcha engines aboard The Rock to create an army of Fallen Angels and Death Guard. Ultimately, Anovel was captured by the Dark Angels and was interrogated by Interrogator-Chaplain Sapphon, who convinced the Fallen Angel to turn against Astelan. Shortly after, the captured Cypher was brought into the room where Anovel was being interrogated, and quickly snapped his neck with his own shackles. As he died, Anovel's corruption by the Chaos God Nurgle manifested and his body rapidly decayed, releasing a toxic yellow dust with his last breath from his rapidly rotting lungs.Aphkal - Aphkal the Reaper is a Fallen Angel whose true allegiance remains a dark and guarded secret.Athor - Athor is a Fallen Angel who renews his oaths to Luther with every new dawn.Attias - Attias, known also as Attias the Untamed, is a notorious Fallen Angel said to have been at Luther's side during the final confrontation between Luther's Fallen Angels and Lion El'Jonson and his Loyalist Dark Angels. Over the course of ten millennia, Attias managed to elude capture by the Dark Angels. At some point in the late 41st Millennium, he was captured by the Renegade Chapter of Chaos Space Marines known as the Crimson Slaughter. Discovering the Dark Angels' secret shame, the Renegades attempted to use Attias as bait to lure the Dark Angels to the world of Stern's Rememberance. The Dark Angels' 5th Company, led by Master Zadakiel, arrived on the planet and discovered Attias, who then attempted to warn his erstwhile brothers that it was all an elaborate trap, and that they should take their leave. The Dark Angels took Attias into custody and attempted to take their leave, but as they made their way back to their Thunderhawks the trap was sprung, as a massive Drop Pod assault was launched by the Crimson Slaughter while their allied Chaos Cultists surrounded the outnumbered Dark Angels. In the ensuing battle, the Dark Angels reluctantly freed Attias, allowing him to fight by their side in order to survive the Heretics' onslaught. The Dark Angels narrowly escaped, taking their infamous prisoner back to The Rock to be interrogated by the Chapter's Interrogator-Chaplains.Averamus - Averamus is a Fallen Angel who was last seen collaborating with Heretic Astartes of the Emperor's Children Traitor Legion in their campaign to destabilise the Vensine Sector. While overseeing Sslyth mercenaries on the world of Kolagar, he encountered Zameon Gydrael, a Dark Angels Champion seconded to the Deathwatch, the Chamber Militant of the Inquisition's Ordo Xenos. Gydrael had been sent as part of a Kill-team to purge the Sslyth before they could disrupt supply lines of the ongoing Vensine Crusade. However, upon seeing one of his Chapter's mortal enemies, Gyrdrael abandoned his mission and engaged Averamus. During the duel, neither warrior could land a decive blow upon the other. Eventually, the duel was interrupted by an Emperor's Children Chaos Dreadnought, Ancient Xezukoth, who attacked the Dark Angel and tried to devour him. Fortunately, Gydrael survived the attack, but the Fallen Angel managed to slip away in the confusion. Gyrdrael has since requested that he be allowed to be the one who kills Averamus after the Fallen Angel has been dragged back to The Rock in chains. Averamus bore a burn mark on his face in the shape of a hand, which was known as the "Mark of Scorn," said to have been put there by Lion El'Jonson as Averamus swore his oaths of loyalty to his primarch. When Averamus betrayed his sacred trust it was burned into his flesh. Despite attempting to repair the damaged flesh multiple times down the millennia, the mark persisted, memorialising the Fallen Angel's eternal shame.Azkhar - Azkhar the Tainted is a Fallen Angel who teeters on the brink of damnation.Baalakai - Baalakai was a particularly notorious Fallen Angel, a former Dark Angels Company Master. During the Defence of Gatlinghive, the Dark Angels Successor Chapter known as the Angels of Redemption abandoned their post just before the Orks' final assault to capture the Fallen Angel Baalakai. This resulted in the fall of Gatling hive and the massacre of all its remaining people by the Greenskins. The Chapter was never called to account for their actions, as there were no survivors to press any form of formal inquiry.Baelor the Imposter - Baelor was a Fallen Angel and Chaos Lord who served as the second-in-command of the warhost of Chaos Space Marines known as the Ten Thousand Eyes during the Era Indomitus. It was during a hunt for Baelor by the Dark Angels in the late 40th Millennium in the Nephilim Sector that they rediscovered the STC database for the advanced "Lionheart Engine" which allowed the Chapter to create the Nephilim Jetfighter, named for the sector where the discovery was made. Later, Baelor became the closest friend and primary lieutenant of the Ten Thousand Eyes warhost's Sorcerer Lord, Seraphax, another of the Fallen. Ultimately, Baelor supported Seraphax in his conflict with Primarch Lion El'Jonson who had finally awakened beneath The Rock after the formation of the Great Rift and begun to travel to various worlds in the Imperium Nihilus through the sub-realm of the Immaterium called Mirror-Caliban. Seraphax slaughtered much of the population of the world of Sable in the Ten Thousand Eyes' conquered interstellar pocket empire in the Imperium Nihilus to draw the Lion to him so he could be captured to be used by the Sorcerer Lord in an insane plan to kill the Emperor and then use Him to eliminate the Chaos Gods. When the Lion was rescued by a force of The Risen, former Fallen who had not been corrupted by Chaos and had been forgiven by their primarch, Baelor betrayed his friend, who had mutated into a bestial form to subdue the Lion. Baelor stabbed Seraphax through the back using his Daemonsword, ending his life, for Baelor believed he had finally become too corrupted by Chaos to be allowed to live. Baelor asked for the forgiveness of the Lion for his crimes and was granted it briefly before the primarch gave his wayward gene-son a final gift, the Emperor's Peace. Baelor's long use of the Daemonsword had corrupted his body and he was slowly mutating, so he gladly embraced his end once the Lion had granted him absolution.Cadmus - Cadmus was a commanding officer of the Hyades Planetary Defence Force when Ragnar Blackmane of the Space Wolves Chapter arrived to tour the planet's impressive facilities. The Space Wolf was thoroughly impressed with the commander's discipline and military proficiency as a soldier. But Cadmus was not what he appeared to be, for he was in actuality one of the Fallen. He had secretly concealed himself amongst the citizens of Hyades and changed his identity, hiding in plain sight, masquerading as a professional soldier. To make matters worse, Cadmus harboured a darker secret still, for he was in league with the infamous Thousand Sons Traitor Legion Chaos Sorcerer Madox. Unbeknownst to both Cadmus and Ragnar Blackmane, the Fallen Angel's whereabouts had already been tracked to Hyades by the Dark Angels. Captain Jeremiah Gieyus led an elite Deathwing Kill-team that had long pursued and now prepared to capture the Traitor Cadmus. Stirring up old animosities that burned within both Chapters, Captain Gieyus's Kill-team and Blackmane's battle-brothers of the Wolfblade soon fell into a confrontation with one another. Eventually the two Chapters set aside their differences and went after the errant Cadmus. They tracked down the Traitor before he could make good his escape and succeeded in capturing the Heretic. With a newfound mutual respect for one another, Ragnar withdrew his forces and let the Dark Angels conclude their Chapter business in privacy. Captain Gieyus then executed Cadmus.Daskhorael the Sinister - Daskhorael is a notorious Fallen Angel who has subjugated a dozen Imperial worlds.Obidiah Hrakon - Obidiah Hrakon was once a Standard Bearer for the Dark Angels Legion in the years before the Horus Heresy. In 495.M35, he had gained control over an upstart planet as a despotic ruler and key supporter of the Nova Terra Interregnum. In the Veiled Region, the Dark Angels finally cornered Hrakon, who took refuge on a piratical port world. Seeking to ensure that none escaped, the Dark Angels blockaded the planet and unleashed the entire Deathwing. Hrakon was eventually subdued after a titanic duel with the Grand Master of the Deathwing and was transported back to The Rock, where his death was not an easy one.Kaligar - During the Fourth Quadrant Rebellion, Sammael, the Grand Master of the Ravenwing, led the Dark Angels' 2nd Company in an assault upon the fortress of the pretender Kaligar, one of the Fallen, whose presence Sammael personally ferreted out. He ran the Traitor to ground after a mighty duel that is said to have lasted nearly a day and a night.Karliel - Karliel is a Fallen Angel who seeks to burn away his guilt in the flames of battle.Khaphas - Khaphas is a Fallen Angel who delights in slaughtering Loyalist Space Marines with heavy firepower.Knight of Ancient Vengeance - The Fallen Angel known as the Knight of Ancient Vengeance is a mysterious individual whose true identity is unknown.Korlael, the Seeker of Redemption - Korlael is a Fallen Angel who is considered a champion among the Fallen's number.Laen the Flame-Bearer - Laen is a Fallen Angel. Little is known of this individual's past.Machius - Brother Machius, a notorious Fallen Angel, was a former lieutenant of the Apostate-Cardinal Bucharis. From 314-334.M36, the Dark Angels led a two-decade-long campaign beset with many battles to hunt down Machius. Despite several ambushes set by the Night Lords Traitor Legion, the Dark Angels eventually prevailed. The Ravenwing located Machius on the plague-ridden world of Gronmoth, capturing him at the Battle of Black Death.Abdaziel Magron - Abdaziel Magron was a former Sergeant of the Dark Angels Legion who disappeared sometime during the Horus Heresy whilst engaged with the Traitor Astartes of the World Eaters Legion near a small planetoid. The Imperial task force had managed to sustain the laser barrage on the doomed planet, but they were too successful, for the beams scythed through the world's crust and deep into the liquid core. The unstable planet exploded during the height of the battle which resulted in a large mass of debris impacting with the Dark Angels' capital ship Imperial Vengeance. The shock wave of the exploding starship hurled Sergeant Magron along with a large amount of wreckage into the void of space. As far as he could tell, he was the only survivor of the engagement, and he was cast adrift into space. With no chance of rescue, Magron used his Sus-an Membrane to shut down his vital functions and induce a state of suspended animation. The unlucky Space Marine floated through the void of space for over ten millennia, and eventually was pulled into the strong gravitational pull of the Eye of Terror. His comatose body drifted far into the Eye itself and he ultimately came to rest on Rhodonius 428571429, one of the many Daemon Worlds of that benighted realm. Sergeant Magron was found by another Astartes, a Fallen Angel by the name of Zhebdek Abaddas. Abaddas was a former captain of the Dark Angels Legion, until he threw in his lot with Luther and became one of the Fallen and a servant of the Dark Gods. He helped revive his erstwhile kin, and apprised him of the situation -- he was no longer in the 31st Millennium, but had in fact awoken far in the future, in the 41st Millennium. Abaddas than proceeded to feed Magron a stream of lies in regards to the outcome of the Horus Heresy; that Horus had won, killed the Emperor and that the Imperium of Man was no more. Instead, Horus now ruled a new Imperium of Chaos. He tried to corrupt his fellow Dark Angel, who slowly succumbed to Abaddas' lies and the corrupting influence of Chaos and the Blood God Khorne. But in the end, Abaddas' deception did not avail him as Magron refused to acquiesce to his fate and fought Abaddas and killed him. Magron joined the Rogue Trader Maynard Rugolo and Navigator Pelor Calliden as they escaped the Eye of Terror and was turned over to his former battle-brothers in the Dark Angels Chapter. Stripped of his power armour and placed in a holding cell, Magron contemplated his fate, and prepared himself to face any trials put before him. Taken to the great fortress-monastery of The Rock, the only remaining fragment of the Dark Angels' original homeworld of Caliban, Abdaziel Magron spent many solar months in a cold dungeon, interrogated by the Chapter's Interrogator-Chaplains and Librarians. The interrogation was exhaustive. Magron made a complete confession and repented his loss of faith in the Emperor. The harsher methods used on him dragged no complaint from his lips. He said nothing in mitigation of his sin. But finally he was allowed extreme unction, and offered the last blessings of a quick death and the respite of the Emperor's Peace.Angel of Blades - The Angel of Blades was a mutated, cybernetic monstrosity that might once have been a Dark Angels Dreadnought. It stood 6 metres high on four spider legs. From its back spread cybernetic angel wings. Its arms were clawed and lightning-sheathed, one of which had a ornately crafted Heavy Bolter mounted upon it. Its head was a pulped mass of horribly mutated flesh with multiple milky eyes protruding from enlarged sockets. Its fleshy tear of a mouth was full of razor-sharp teeth and its skin was marked by a grotesque oily texture, the color of rotten meat. This creature in the service of the Fallen was slain by Sergeant Kaelen of the Dark Angels who led his squad in an assault upon the Fallen led by the Heretic known only as the Prophet on the Dark Angels recruiting world and Cardinal World of Valedor.Mordaeve the Lost Knight - Mordaeve is a Fallen Angel. Little is known of this individual's past.Namaer - Namaer is a Fallen Angel who forever recites the names of those who fell on Caliban during the great conflaguration between Luther and Lion El'Jonson.Novox - Novox the Hero of Zaramund is a Fallen Angel. Little is known of this individual's past.Rakhar the Blade - Rakhar is a Fallen Angel who has eviscerted many of the Imperium's greatest heroes.Sathariel the Invokator - Sathariel is a Fallen Angels sorcerer who fought with the forces of Chaos in the Traxis Sector Conflict. During the latter part of the campaign he invaded the Death World of Nectavus VI. He intended to open a Warp Gate in the planet's orbit in order to turn the Imperial world into a Daemon World, creating for the forces of Chaos a permanent foothold in the Traxis Sector. As he began the ritual, however, numerous species and factions who took part in the conflict attempted to stop Sathariel from achieving his objective, but none could reach him in time before the Warp portal was summoned into existence. With the gate opened, a tide of Daemons were unleashed upon the doomed world, chief amongst them the Daemon Prince of Slaanesh, Vha'shaelhur, who began corrupting the planet by unleashing a deluge of blood rain. The only way that Nectavus VI might yet be saved is if Imperial forces manage to kill Sathariel before his sorcerous ritual comes to completion, which would force the Warp Gate to close.Seraphax - Seraphax was a Fallen Angel  and the Sorcerer Lord of the Ten Thousand Eyes warhost of Heretic Astartes that operated in the Imperium Nihilus region of the Ultima Segmentum. Like many of the Fallen, Seraphax did not believe himself to be a Traitor to the Emperor, but instead sought to ultimately use the power of Chaos as a means to better the lot of Humanity. Seraphax was slain on the world of Sable by Lion El'Jonson after the Dark Angels primarch's awakening in the Era Indomitus. Drawn to Sable through the sub-realm of the Immaterium known as Mirror-Caliban by the Sorcerer Lord's machinations as part of an insane plan to use the primarch's undead body to overthrow the Chaos Gods, Seraphax was ultimately slain during his duel with the primarch as a mutated beast by his own lieutenant Baelor, who stabbed him through the back. Baelor, also one of the Fallen, believed that Seraphax had finally been too corrupted by Chaos to save and also sought his primarch's forgiveness before the Lion granted him the Emperor's Peace.Scouring Light - The mysterious Fallen Angel known only as Scouring Light never speaks. Nothing is known about this individual's past before he became a Fallen.Solas - Solas was a Fallen Angel masquerading as the Imperial Planetary Governor of the world of Zambeque, a key Imperial planet sometimes called the gateway to the Golchis Sector. In 883.M37, the Ravenwing followed a trail that lead to the Imperial Governor of this world, but before they could apprehend the Governor for questioning, the planet declared open rebellion against the Imperium. The Dark Angels task force was surrounded upon Zambeque by the Chaos Space Marines of the Alpha Legion, and only a timely counter strike by half of the Deathwing prevented the annihilation of the 5th Company. Brother Solas escaped with the remnants of his Alpha Legion allies.Sytrx, "the Mauler" - During an unspoken period of their history, referred to as the Forgotten Wars, conducted from the mid-31st through the latter-32nd Millennia, the Dark Angels, along with successor Chapters the Angels of Vengeance, the Angels of Redemption and the Lions Sable, embarked upon the trail of multiple Fallen. The Angels of Vengeance came across an encrypted signal beamed from the mining world of Lemnos, which was embroiled in a bitter war over mining rights -- a battle of greed, rather than ideology. The mysterious message was sent in one of the older battle codes used by the Dark Angels and provided just the kind of clues that fit the modus operandi of one of the Fallen. According to the message, the leader of one of the mercenary warbands fighting on Lemnos was turning the tide of battle almost single-handedly. He also fought in what seemed to be an old mark of power armour. Their Chapter Librarians detected multiple readings of Fallen. The original target –- a towering man known as "the Mauler" -– had raised alarms with his superhuman feats of strength in battle. When subjected to a remote psychic probe by an Angels of Vengeance Librarian, the telltale signs of someone bearing Dark Angels Legion gene-seed appeared. Terminators from the Angels of Vengeance 1st Company were sent in to apprehend him. There were, however, other readings picked up from the vicinity as well. One of these signals flickered – a phenomenon associated with Warp storms, although none were reported at that time. This was the first recorded encounter with the unique signals that would later be associated with Cypher. Whether he had been there first and brought in another Fallen or was working with the Mauler from the beginning is not known. The strike team was successful in capturing the Mauler, although in doing so, they sustained high casualties. As the Rock was in an adjoining sector, it was not long before the Mauler was secured in its deep dungeons. Persuaded by the harsh methods of the Interrogator-Chaplains and the relentless mind-probes of the Librarians, the Mauler eventually revealed that he had been known by another, older name. Here was Brother Sytrx, a Dark Angel returned to the fold. Before finally recanting and being relieved of the burden of living, Sytrx revealed more. He named a dozen of the Fallen that he had seen in the sector. Elements from the Angels of Vengeance, the Dark Angels and the Lions Sable followed these trails. Each stop along this new journey –- from planetfalls to the boarding of a derelict hulk floating in the midst of deep space, led the Unforgiven towards still further clues. At each point, some new revelation was ascertained. As each new scrap of information was reported back to the Rock, a larger and more sinister plot was slowly revealed.Tylius - During an unspoken period of their history, referred to as the Forgotten Wars, conducted from the mid-31st through the latter-32nd Millennia, the Dark Angels, along with successor Chapters the Angels of Vengeance, the Angels of Redemption and the Lions Sable, embarked upon the trail of multiple Fallen. Acting upon the information extracted from the recently captured Fallen known as Brother Sytrx, the Dark Angels and Angels of Vengeance accomplished much deploying strike teams ranging in size from a few squads to a full company or more. This allowed them to continue their secret missions while still fulfilling all obligations assigned by the High Lords of Terra. However, the chase for Cypher stretched from years into decades, until it came to a grinding halt when the trail led to the densely populated world of Brigia. It had been determined that the commander of the Planetary Defence Force -– Grand Captain Tylius –- was most probably one of their Fallen brethren. He had certainly been in recent contact with Cypher. As if he had been forewarned that he was being hunted, the Grand Captain was wary. He remained within Brigia's most formidable fortress system, an entire army acting as his personal bodyguard. With his forces spread thin across the Gothic Sector, Purson, the Supreme Grand Master of the Dark Angels, gathered all the Unforgiven within range. The Angels of Redemption and the Lions Sable answered the summons. Well-timed Drop Pod assaults swiftly deployed troops and bunker-busting Dreadnoughts. Lance strikes from Land Speeder formations kept the foes on the ramparts down and eliminated key bunker-mounted gun turrets. With precision timing and deadly accuracy, the Unforgiven made headway through the outermost defences, working their way inwards. They were poised for the second phase of the operation –- a final attack on the central keep where Grand Captain Tylius was hidden –- when the unexpected happened. A new target of opportunity appeared on the battlefield -- Cypher. His appearance in the trench line immediately drew in Purson’s Terminator reserves, as they teleported in an attempt to surround their quarry. Grand Captain Tylius was a cunning tactician, however, and he chose this moment to release his hitherto unsuspected reserve force. A large formation of Chaos Space Marine Terminators from the Alpha Legion teleported to aid his fortress defence, while mobs of Cultists were called up from the nearby population centres. The war that erupted over the fortified bunkers was intense, prolonged and destructive. The clash of Terminators was at first evenly matched, but the Unforgiven were driven by righteous fury, and in the end that proved decisive. Eventually, the last squad of debased enemies was taken out by a single, well-placed burst of energy from a Land Speeder Vengeance’s Plasma Storm Battery. Only then could the Unforgiven return to the pursuit of Cypher and the final stronghold assault to prise out Tylius. Both ventures proved too late –- for Cypher and Tylius had made good their escape.Vortigern - A Chaos Lord and native of Caliban who became Lord of the Lost Lions during the Legion Wars in the Eye of Terror after the end of the Great Scouring. He commanded the ancient battleship With Blade Drawn. When Ezekyle Abaddon, Sargon Eregesh, Iskandor Khayon and their companions re-founded what would become the Black Legion,  Vortigern and his solemn fellow Fallen soon joined it. He became warlord of the renamed "Black Lions" and Ninth of the Ezekarion, the council of the senior-most advisers to Abaddon. Alongside the core of the Black Legion, Vortigern fought in the First Battle of Cadia, and was responsible for leading the Legion fleet from the battle.Zeriah - Zeriah, known also as Elucidax the Keeper, was an infamous Fallen Angel. A former Captain of the 14th Assault Company of the Dark Angels Legion, Zeriah willingly followed the Arch-betrayer Luther into heresy, and managed to escape during the ensuing conflagration that destroyed Caliban. Eluding capture for seven standard millennia, he was eventually tracked down to the colony world of Altid 156 during the Altid Crusade, a decade long Imperial campaign fought from 299-309.M38. This world was populated by ragged pilgrim-colonists who had long since rejected the rule of Terra. Acting upon information that they never disclosed to the Crusade's command council, the Dark Angels launched an assault by themselves. The Deathwing and the Ravenwing launched a joint operation to capture the notorious Fallen Angel. Surrounded by a bodyguard of Renegade Space Marines, Zeriah proved a formidable opponent, killing a dozen Dark Angels. The Fallen almost made good his escape before an Assault Cannon took him down, removing half of his chest in the process. An Apothecary rushed to ensure the Traitor did not die before he could be forced to repent his crimes. Too unstable to teleport, Zeriah was picked up by a Dark Talon and held within its stasis-crypt until the Dark Angels could make it back to The Rock. There, in one of the lowermost dungeons, the Interrogator-Chaplains awaited Zeriah's arrival. A confession was inevitably extracted from the Fallen Angel, although Zeriah refused to admit that joining Luther was wrong. For this, he was subjected to century-long torments; yet even to the bitter end, Zeriah remained unrepentant, a rare failure for the Interrogator-Chaplains.The Prophet (Cephesus) - The Prophet was a Heretic who was actually Cephesus, a Fallen Interrogator-Chaplain. He was killed by Sergeant Kaelen of the Dark Angels during the the assault of Kaelen's squad upon the Dark Angels recruiting world and Cardinal World of Valedor where he had established the stronghold of his Chaos Cult. Cephesus attacked the Dark Angels squad's commander, the Interrogator-Chaplain Bareus, with his own Blades of Reason, mortally wounding Bareus and adding the Chaplain's Blades of Reason to his own collection. Kaelen then attacked the Fallen and was badly wounded, but while grappling with the Prophet, inadvertently ripped off the Rosarius protecting the Fallen. Without the device's personal energy shield, Kaelen was able to impale Cephesus through the chest with a massive blow from his Power Fist. On seeing their leader dead, the rest of the Prophet's cultists fled in terror, bringing an end to the Chaos activity on Valedor.