Endryd Haar - Raid on Duat: The battles on Xana II had been costly for the forces of the Riven Hound. He desperately needed supplies, weapons, armour and most of all -- bodies. Endryd Haar needed warriors if he was to continue to persecute the Traitors. Duat was a recruitment world for the XIIth Legion. On this Ocean World, the local tide clans fought each other as much as the monsters from the depths. Savage and hardy, they made for perfect recruits for the Legiones Astartes.The World Eaters had established a presence on this world, consisting of three artificial islands drifting on beds of vat-cultivated sargasm in the ocean, the so-called darkwater-nodes. Primus was responsible for recruitment, it housed gene-banks and all neccessary equipment for implantation. Platform Secundus was an armoury station, used to fabricate weapons, ammunition and power armour.Tertius completed the trinity. It consisted of refuelling stations, housed spare parts and maybe even a gunship or two. Overall command of the World Eaters installations fell to the castellan, Praetor-Apothecary Kalibos, the closest Endryd Haar ever got to a friend. They had saved each others lives and considered each as battle-brother.Upon arrival in system, the Blackshields realised that they would have competition for the bounty of Duat. A Cruiser and several escorts of, presumably, the Iron Hands had carved its way through the system, stripping away the defenses of the planet. Indecision beset Haar, as he could not decide whether to fire on the presumed Loyalists or treat them as friendlies. It was not clear to him, whether he would side with the loyalists in the fight or continue as a lone entity in the war, not siding with either faction.Masquerading as a World Eaters vessel, the Ruination sailed past the remaining defences of Duat. Three teams of Blackshields, each in one Thunderhawk, would travel planetside and secure one of the nodes. Haar led the team that descended on Primus. Forsa, an Iron Warrior, led the mission to Secundus, as his intimate knowledge of ammunition was sure to be a boon. A warrior of unknown heritage called Tarnas led the assault on Tertius.Whilst the Riven Hound and his team were greeted by Kalibos and a coterie of lasgun-wielding mortals, the other two teams assaulted their respective nodes under the protection of signal jammers obtained on Xana II. Kalibos was the sole Astartes left on the planet; this, he explained, was the result of Angron stripping Duat of all other material. Having been abandoned by his Primarch, the apothecary sought to redeem himself in the eyes of his lord. Ever the loyal hound, he had opted for the Nails even though they affected his actions and concentration.Kalibos thought that if he could give his Legion enough warriors he would be re-invited amongst the ranks of the Legion, instead of being left to rot on that unimportant planet, fighting in the crusade instead of presiding over feral humans that could hardly speak Low Gothic.To this end, he had started to experiment on the gene-seed, stretching his supplies and introducing new protocols to the process. He had created faster and stronger Astartes but many of the neophytes did not survive implantation. That was no problem, as necessity dictated that more Astartes were to be produced and the failed Aspirants to serve as fodder for the new ones. After all, the Omophagea offered the ability to learn from an Astartes' food.Haar was shocked by the creatures that his former friend had created. These were not Astartes but Kalibos did not see it this way. The Riven Hound had hoped to turn his friend to his side, but the apothecary was bent on rejoining his legion.Both War Hounds came to blows, Haar used his power fist and Kalibos resorted to his chainaxe. In the course of that duel, one of the creations was freed from his fetters, attacking Kalibos and mortally wounding him. With regret, Endryd Haar shot Kalibos after killing the abomination.The Riven Hound got what he wanted from the nodes of Duat, supplies, materiel and gene-seed. When returning to the Ruination in orbit, he was made aware of a XIIth Legion fleet engaging the Iron Hands vessels.The World Eaters had reacted to Kalibos' call for help. As both fleets were engaged, he ordered the Ruination to plot a course through their engagement. Whoever stood in their way would be fired upon, but whoever won that fight, could have what he had left on Duat.The fate of Kalibos' had shown Haar what he truly was. He was a weapon that needed to be wielded. So he set course to aid Rogal Dorn's great effort at the Battle of Beta-Garmon.Endryd Haar would fight alongside the Loyalists as a field commander in the dark days before the Siege of Terra, accepting any mission -- whatever the odds of survival -- so long as in doing so he could spill the blood of the Traitors.Forces under Haar's command were sighted at such notable battles as Beta-Garmon IV and the Siege of Terra.