Red Scorpions - Notable Red Scorpions: Lord High Commander Carab Culln - Carab Culln was generally seen as the most skilled Commander (Captain) amongst the Chapter's officers and was believed to be the most likely next Lord High Commander (Chapter Master) by the rest of his battle-brothers. He is known to be courageous and loyal and rabidly adheres to the Red Scorpions' literalist reading of the Codex Astartes with every word and deed. Culln was placed in command of the elements of the Red Scorpions Chapter that saw combat on behalf of the Inquisition against the feral Tyranids unleashed by the Adeptus Mechanicus' unsanctioned Anphelion Project on Beta Anphelion IV. He led a squad of Terminators that cleansed the Tyranid infestation from the Adeptus Mechanicus research station on that benighted world. During the Badab War, Culln would rise to the position of Lord High Commander as expected after the foul betrayal and death of his predecessor, Verant Ortys, on the world of Grief. Carab Culln was believed lost to the Imperium in the campaigns that followed the Indomitus Crusade. Grievously wounded in the slaying of the Great Beast of Sarum, Culln's remains were returned to the Chapter, bearing only the faintest whisperings of life. Thus in honour he was interred within the armoured shell of a Relic Leviathan Dreadnought, blessed with the technology to allow Culln to serve his brethren in battle once again as Carab Culln the Risen. After his disappearance, the Chapter's de facto leaders were Commanders Casan Sabius and Sirae Karagon, the Regents of the Ordron Rift, who still retain command despite Culln's miraculous return.Lord High Commander Verant Ortys - Ortys was the former lord high commander of the Red Scorpions last seen active during the Siege of Vraks, who personally led a strike force of 400 battle-brothers in the retaking of the Citadel of Vraks, capturing Saint Leonis' Gate from waves of Heretics, mutants, and finally Daemons. Ortys was slain during the Badab War when the Red Scorpions were betrayed by the deceitful Lufgt Huron and his Renegade Astral Claws Chapter on the world of Grief. While both sides were under a flag of truce, the Astral Claws launched a surprise attack against the Red Scorpions and Ortys was slain in the melee.Commander Ainea - Ainea was the commander (captain) of the Red Scorpions' 3rd Company ca. 826.M41. He led a Red Scorpions strike force that answered Marshall Kagori's request for aid during the Siege of Vraks, capturing the breach in the curtain wall of the Fortress of Vraks that finally allowed the 88th Siege Army to enter the Citadel of Vraks.Commander Casan Sabius - Casan Sabius is a commander of the Chapter and one of the two Regents of the Ordron Rift, selected to unofficially lead the Red Scorpions during the time after Lord High Commander Carab Culln was believed slain on Sarum.Commander Sirae Karagon - Sirae Karagon is a Commander of the Chapter and one of the two Regents of the Ordron Rift, selected to unofficially lead the Red Scorpions during the time after Lord High Commander Carab Culln was believed slain on Sarum.Magister Sevrin Loth - Sevrin Loth is the magister, or Chief Librarian, of the Red Scorpions Chapter. He is also one of the most potent battle-psykers in his Chapter's history. Few Librarians within the Adeptus Astartes are able to match, let alone exceed, his destructive psychic power on the battlefield. Having already served as magister to two lord high commanders of his Chapter, at the outset of the Badab War, Sevrin Loth was a veteran of standard centuries of battle. His legend was further added to in the Chapter's annals when he recovered the body of Lord High Commander Verant Ortys following the betrayal at Grief. Upon Carab Culln's ascension as the new lord high commander, Sevrin Loth became Culln's closest advisor and most trusted field commander.Watch Captain Veen Durg - Watch Captain Durg has become particularly well known for his vigilance in the face of cultists and mutants within the Jericho Reach. Prior to joining the Deathwatch, Durg was a venerated sergeant among the Red Scorpions, particularly known for his devotion to his Chapter's Puritan beliefs. Since his arrival, he has led over two hundred missions targeting planets which have suffered Warp contamination from the Hadex Anomaly. Through the course of these endeavours, the watch captain has successfully eradicated more than two dozen mutant populations, cleansing their heretical taint in the name of the God-Emperor. His hatred for the mutant and the Traitor are wielded without mercy. So extreme is his fury that at times his battle-brothers have had to stay his hand, so that they might resupply before undertaking further actions.Master Apothecary Kregor Thann - A senior Apothecary of the Red Scorpions, Kregor Thann is currently seconded to the Deathwatch. He is serving his Long Vigil within the Jericho Reach at Watch Fortress Erioch. Kregor Thann is a veteran of countless war zones and a master of biological weaponry. Thann gained renown as the mastermind behind the geno-tailored toxins that made the Purging of Castillium possible, defeating the horrific Thazeme xenos when no other weapon could slay them. In the aftermath of the Purge, Commander Antir petitioned Lord High Commander Ortys to consider Thann for Deathwatch service. Thann arrived at Watch Fortress Erioch in 815.M41, and has served there ever since. Thann was not assigned to a kill-team, but rather remains as part of Watch Commander Mordigael's command staff, tasked with engineering a virus or toxin that could be used to combat the Tyranid menace. Like many Apothecaries in the Red Scorpions Chapter, Thann had served as a sergeant as well as in his role as a medic, which is quite useful to less-experienced kill-teams deployed to the Orpheus Salient of the Achilus Crusade. Thann's duties have taken him across much of the Orpheus Salient, and he has served alongside a dozen kill-teams in the prosecution of his duties, taking samples of various Tyranid flora and fauna, or testing recently developed concoctions in the field. To date, he has not successfully developed a substance that works for more than a single generation. The Tyranids are able to adapt, swiftly overcoming Thann's creations, though his tests have still provided numerous opportunities for other Imperial forces to drive back the crippled swarms. Thann has been operating towards the spinward edge of the Orpheus Salient, pushing deep into the heart of the Tyranid advance. Thann continues to coordinate with each kill-team that is operating deep behind enemy lines in order to gather samples and deploy newly developed bio-weapons. Tyranids are not, strictly speaking, immune to poisons, toxins or venoms. Rather, each generation of Tyranids is engineered to overcome the weaknesses of those that came before, and thus a toxin that functions against the Tyranids during one engagement may be completely useless during the next one. He is working under a theory that worlds beyond the vanguard will contain less-evolved or otherwise genetically purer creatures that are closer to a theoretical Tyranid genetic baseline that can be exploited. Kregor Thann is extremely skilled in the art of poisoncraft, having studied the physiologies of a great many foes and the deadly toxins that are employed by xenos reavers like the Scythians and the Drukhari. There are few creatures his concoctions cannot slay.Sergeant Caleb Solm - During a routine inspection of the Deathwatch watch station on Ormasim, Sergeant Solm established his place in the annals of Watch Fortress Erioch. The sergeant was operating independently, completing the routine tasks of retrieving the station's archives, testing the defensive systems, and resupplying emergency supplies. During his stay, the entire planet was unexpectedly subject to a Warp flare of the Hadex Anomaly. A force of more than five hundred Daemons attacked the watch station. Isolated and unable to call for reinforcements, Sergeant Solm held off the attackers for five standard years. Near the end of his resistance effort, the station's reserves had been so depleted that the battle-brother was limited to nothing but unpowered melee weapons against the forces of the Immaterium. Ultimately, the Daemons left the world when the Warp flare retracted, but the watch station remained securely held. Sergeant Solm was able to report in to the watch fortress in short order after his assignment and provided a detailed report to the Ordo Malleus. Upon the completion of his report, Sergeant Solm immediately returned to complete his survey of watch stations in the Jericho Reach.Veteran Sergeant Haas - Every Chapter of Space Marines is an assemblage of peerless heroes; warriors who stand against the worst horrors in the galaxy with unflinching courage. Yet even amongst such an elite there are those who stand above their brethren, warriors renowned amongst their peers. Veteran Sergeant Haas is one such warrior. He is a long-serving member of the Red Scorpions' elite 1st Company, having served with then-Sergeant Carab Culln during the wars on the Fortress World of Vraks. During the Anphelion Incident he led one of the Chapter's Sternguard Squads attached to the 6th Company, and was present during many of the key battles. During the mission to rescue his old comrade Commander Culln, he led his Sternguard into the thick of the fighting, using volleys of plasma fire to clear a path for the beleaguered survivors of the Heart of Fury's crash to escape. Veteran Sergeant Haas' relentless determination under fire earned him praise throughout the Chapter.Veteran Sergeant Raum (KIA) - Sergeant Raum was a squad leader of the Red Scorpions Chapter who successfully completed 109 missions for the Chapter. He was killed in action against the feral Tyranids on Beta Anphelion IV.Dreadnought-Brother Halar (KIA) - One of many of the Chapter's warriors who fell on Endikon IX, Brother Halar's heroic deeds during the fighting earned him one last chance at glory in the tomb-like shell of one of the Chapter's Dreadnoughts. Halar distinguished himself on Beta Anphelion IV, during the last stand of Commander Culln's force, fighting on despite damage to his Dreadnought suit that proved to be so severe that after his remains were recovered, the Chapter Techmarines were unable to repair it for use by another injured Veteran. His Dreadnought sarcophagus was later interred at the Chapter's fortress-monastery in a place of honour.Renegade Captain Oneius Prayd - Once a captain of the Red Scorpions Chapter, Oneius Prayd threw aside his vows of fealty after his battle-brothers refused to choose him as their next Chapter Master. He has led the greater part of his company on a rampage across various xenos worlds near the Veldin Sector, attracting all manner of outcasts and Renegades, until the Ruinous Powers appeared to him in a vision and commanded him to fight on the world of Makenna VII as a true test of his new loyalty.