Soul Drinkers - Firstborn Chapter: Chapter Master Sarpedon - Sarpedon was once a Librarian of the Chapter. He became the Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers after killing the former Chapter Master Gorgoleon in single combat because Gorgoleon claimed that the Soul Drinkers were in the wrong since the Imperium had declared them Excommunicate Traitoris. Sarpedon disagreed, and held that the Imperium was corrupt through its actions, not the Soul Drinkers, a position he maintained to the end. Sarpedon was capable of telepathically sending but not receiving thoughts and was also able to generate a mass psychic illusion called "the Hell," which was fed and shaped by the psychological fears of his enemies. His Chaos-granted mutation provided him with eight arachnid limbs (allowing him to scuttle along ceilings and walls), incredible physical strength and enormously increased his psychic power. Sarpedon defeated such notable foes as the Inquisition's Interrogator K'Shuk, his own former Chapter Master Gorgoleon to claim leadership of the Soul Drinkers after they were declared Renegades, multiple Daemons and Daemon Princes, Sergeant Tellos, Chapter Master Eumenes and the Necron Lord of the Tomb World of Selaaca. Sarpedon was most recently defeated in single combat by Captain Lysander of the Imperial Fists' 1st Company, and finally taken into Imperial custody aboard the Imperial Fists' mobile fortress-monastery known as the Phalanx. During his trial, it was revealed to Sarpedon that the famed Soul Drinker Philosopher-Soldier Daenyathos, the author of the Catechisms Martial, yet lived, and that he had been interred within the near-indestructible body of a Dreadnought millennia before. Sarpedon also learned that the Soul Drinkers Chapter was not the genetic successor of the Imperial Fists' Primarch Rogal Dorn. Daenyathos then enacted the final phase of his plan and opened a Warp Gate aboard the Phalanx and summoned forth the Daemon Prince Abraxes. In a final confrontation with Daenyathos, Sarpedon was nearly slain but ultimately succeeded in defeating the Dreadnought with the artefact known as the Soulspear. He then dragged the broken body of Daenyathos from his cybernetic sarcophagus and carried him through the closing Warp Gate on the Phalanx, disappearing from the annals of Imperial history.Chapter Master Gorgoleon - Gorgoleon was the former Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers before Sarpedon claimed the office from him. He saw the actions of Librarian Sarpedon and his men against the Adeptus Mechanicus, the incident that precipitated the Soul Drinkers' eventual Renegade status, as being at fault, due to their responsibility for the Chapter's excommunication from the Imperium. Sarpedon challenged Gorgoleon for the right of leadership of the Chapter and its future fate as a Renegade Chapter. Gorgoleon nearly defeated Sarpedon, but the Librarian emerged victorious thanks to the timely intervention of the Ruinous Powers, who granted him an arachnoid mutation that imbued him with the power to overcome and kill Gorgoleon. With the death of the former Chapter Master, a civil war was sparked within the ranks of the Soul Drinkers. Most of the Chapter's Novices and several of the older Battle-Brothers refused to follow their new mutant Chapter Master Sarpedon, and took up arms against their former brethren. It took Sarpedon's forces several months to root them out and exterminate them.Chapter Master Argurath - Argurath was the Chapter Master of the Soul Drinkers during the Age of Apostasy in the 36th Millennium and was present during the Second Siege of the Imperial Palace where the Soul Drinkers, Black Templars, Imperial Fists, and Fire Hawks fought to depose the insane High Lord Goge Vandire.Chaplain Iktinos - The Chaplain Iktinos was the Master of Sanctity for the entire Chapter. Iktinos clearly had hidden motives and designs upon the Soul Drinkers and manipulated the Chapter's course and its eventual damnation and excommunication from the Imperium in accordance with Daenyathos' plans to dominate, and then mold, the galaxy into the image that he foresaw as being beneficial for all Mankind. Iktinos met his ultimate fate aboard the Phalanx at the hands of Chapter Master Sarpedon, when they fought hand-to-hand. Sarpedon subdued the erstwhile Chaplain and then ripped Daenyathos' secrets from his mind using his own potent psychic abilities. Iktinos was then blown out of an airlock and into the void of space, a fitting end for the ruination he had brought upon his Chapter.Chaplain Apollonios - Apollonios was one of three Chaplains produced under the tutelage of Reclusiarch Daenyathos that possessed sufficient loyalty and purpose to fulfill the vision that Daenyathos had for his Chapter. Appolonios had reached the rank of Assault-Captain before he had withdrawn to the Reclusium, seeking greater meaning than could be found executing the Emperor's foes at the point of a chainsword. At the time, he was said to be the strongest and most skilled fighter the Chapter had seen in a century, and the acclaim such prowess had brought him was all sacrificed when he took up the studies of a Chaplain.Chaplain Themiskon - Themiskon was one of three Chaplains produced under the tutelage of Reclusiarch Daenyathos that possessed sufficient loyalty and purpose to fulfill the vision that Daenyathos had for his Chapter. Themiskon had been considered a talisman of ill fortune -- as a novice, three masters had been slain while he was in attendance to them. To show that superstition could not be the master of an Astartes, Themiskon was elevated to a battle-brother in spite of his ill fortune. When he was the sole survivor of his squad for the second time, he begged for the freedom to do penance for the calamities he was sure he had brought on his battle-brothers. The Reclusiam took him in, and Daenyathos himself turned Themiskon from the harbinger of cruel luck to an icon of redemption, of how even the bleakest fate could not turn an Astartes from the fulfillment of his duties. Themiskon went into battle with his skin pierced by red-hot barbs, the pain reminding him of his past sins, and of the pain that would fall on the Chapter's enemies in an endless revenge against the universe.Chaplain Aciar - Aciar was one of three Chaplains produced under the tutelage of Reclusiarch Daenyathos that possessed sufficient loyalty and purpose to fulfill the vision that Daenyathos had for his Chapter. Aciar was a rare thing amongst Astartes -- a scholar, a seeker of knowledge. He had served under the Techmarines and undergone the pilgrimage to Mars, but the mysteries of the Chapter's technology had not sated his desire for understanding. Daenyathos had entrusted him with the Reclusiam's archives, and with collating the many commentaries on the Catechisms Martial which the Soul Drinkers had penned in the decades since it had been written. He was as skilled and fierce in battle as any Astartes, but his real value to the Chapter was in answering the spiritual questions of the brethren and watching over their minds as the Apothecaries watched over their bodies. Aciar had been granted the honour of writing Daenyathos' chanson, which would surely serve as an example to every student of the Reclusiam to come.Reclusiarch Gorosius - Gorosius was the Reclusiarch and senior Chaplain of the Soul Drinkers during the 36th Millennium. He wore jet-black power armour with the Chapter's colours restricted to one shoulder pad. Gorosius was described as possessing skin the colour of burnt wood, his eyes small and dark, and his jaw full and brutal. A metal panel was set into one side of his forehead and was inscribed with the name of every engagement in which the Reclusiarch had fought. He served as the mentor of the young Chaplain aspirant, Daenyathos. During his tutelage under Gorosius, Daenyathos penned the Catechisms Martial -- a superlative work that was the first to successfully capture the spirit of the Soul Drinkers and put it to parchment. But within its vellum pages, Gorosius discovered hidden messages that the Soul Drinkers should not obey the will of Terra, and should exist outside Imperial authority. It would seem becoming renegades would be an inevitable step for the Soul Drinkers. Daenyathos had not anticipated anyone discovering his duplicity so soon. Thus, Daenyathos conspired to have the troublesome Reclusiarch killed during an assault on the world of Khaal to capture the former Imperial missionary Croivas Ascenian, now a vile heretic that left misery and death wherever he went. Leaving out vital intelligence, Gorosius was caught in an ambush and was badly wounded. Daenyathos then executed his former mentor, murdering him in cold blood. His "divine plan" for the future of his Chapter was now assured. Daenyathos was then unanimously elected to become the Chapter's new Reclusiarch.Forge Master Arunden - A Techmarine who sought to commune with the ancient machine-spirit of the Scintillating Death -- to master it and bring its intellect into the Emperor's service. He failed, having died, and the ship with him, when it disappeared enroute to the Chachinnus Stars in the 34th Millennium.Commander Macellis - Macellis was a former commander of the ancient Soul Drinkers' ship the Scintillating Death. During the 34th Millennium, he had pledged to rid the Chachinnus Stars of the green-skin menace, but was lost with all hands, before he could reach them. And so the greenskins remained there still. Like his fellow Soul Drinkers whom had gone down with the ship, Macellis still haunted his former vessel, sitting upon his massive command throne within the ancient command section of the ship. The wide steps leading up to the throne itself were carved with the names of petitioners to the Soul Drinkers commanders who had held audience there. The Chapter's Aspirants of the Reclusium often made pilgrimages to the ancient throne room, seeking audience with the spirit of Macellis, and to learn about the fear that all Soul Drinkers carried within their souls.Assault-Captain Hestias - An assault-captain of great renown within the Chapter, Hestias had vowed to take a thousand heads from Heretics in revenge for the Chapter's grievous losses at Magnacarum. He had taken eight-hundred-and-nine when he died on the Scintillating Death, when the ship disappeared into the Warp in the 34th Millennium.Captain Luko - Captain Luko commanded one of the Soul Drinkers' Battle Companies and was known to utilise a pair of Lightning Claws in combat. Luko was promoted to the rank of Captain following the battle on Entymion IV and remains one of Sarpedon's most loyal supporters. Luko pretended to love warfare to inspire his followers, but told only Eumenes and Sarpedon the truth of his heart, which was that he actually hated warfare and craved nothing more than peace.Captain Karraidin (KIA) -  Karraidin wore one of the Chapter's few remaining Terminator Armour suits. He had a bionic leg and hand to replace those lost in the battle on Stratix Luminae. He was later blasted apart and slain on orders given by Eumenes.Veteran Sergeant Graevus - Graevus was an Assault Squad Sergeant. His mutated right arm allowed him to deftly wield a Power Axe with one hand.Scout Sergeant/Chapter Master Eumenes - Eumenes was the Scout Sergeant in charge of Nisryus, Scamander, Raek and other members of a Soul Drinkers Scout Squad during the hunt for Tellos, the former Soul Drinkers Assault Sergeant who had been corrupted by Khorne and become a Khornate Berserker who had to be slain by the Chapter. Eumenes was the Soul Drinker who ultimately found Tellos. Eumenes eventually challenged Sarpedon to a duel over the control and direction of the Renegade Chapter. Shortly afterwards, he masterminded the rebellion within the Soul Drinkers' ranks that began the Second Chapter War in which he gained the title of Chapter Master. Eumenes saved Sarpedon's life by killing Lord Librarian Murcaeno of the Howling Griffons. Sarpedon later killed Eumenes in another duel over control of the Chapter.Assault Sergeant Tellos - Once a promising Soul Drinker, Tellos was corrupted by Chaos and became a servant of Khorne. He was an extremely talented close melee combatant like most Khornate Berserkers and he led a group of Soul Drinkers who turned wholly to the service of the Dark Gods and had to be hunted down by the rest of the Chapter. Sergeant Tellos led his Assault Squad during the Soul Drinkers' attack on the Van Skorvold Star Fort of the Adeptus Mechanicus. Under Librarian Sarpedon's command, he fought through the starfort to retrieve the artefact of the Chapter known as the Soulspear, but it was stolen right in front of Sarpedon by the Tech-Guard of the Mechanicus, which wanted the artefact for itself for study. When the Soul Drinkers attacked the Mechanicus platform to reclaim the aretefact from the duplicitous Mechanicus Adepts, Tellos was seriously wounded after both his hands were wrenched off at the wrist by an Adeptus Mechanicus Electro-priest. His life was saved by the Soul Drinkers' Apothecary Pallas who dragged him to safety. Whilst recovering on the Soul Drinkers starship Gundog, Tellos was found to be jamming metal shafts into his amputated stubs and destroying Servitors at random in the ship's Librarium. This marked the end of Tellos' sanity as a Space Marine and the beginning of his pronounced mutations as he fell to the Chaotic corruption of the Blood God. Tellos had the most obvious Chaotic mutations in the Chapter, second only to those of the Chapter Master Sarpedon. Refusing to accept any other fate, he always wanted to fight on no matter the odds; he had Chainblades grafted into each end of his arms whilst his accelerated healing mutation held them in place and allowed him to regenerate almost any damage he took instantaneously. His second mutation was a grossly enhanced muscular system and semi-translucent skin. During the time Sarpedon was looking for a cure to halt the Chapter's rampant mutations, Tellos disobeyed Sarpedon on numerous occasions. When the cure was finally located, the Soul Drinkers were forced to abandon Tellos and forty Assault Marines on Stratix Luminae. They were last seen taking on tens of thousands of mutants and undead creatures from Teturact's heretical army. A few years later Sarpedon received word that Tellos and his Assault Marines had wiped Stratix Luminae clean of life, and had pledged loyalty to Khorne, the Chaos God of blood and war. Tellos was eventually tracked to Entymion IV where he and Sarpedon engaged in a final duel over a bridge. Sarpedon was barely victorious, but during the battle the bridge collapsed, burying him in rubble. As the remaining Soul Drinkers Astartes evacuated Entymion IV, an Exterminatus of the planet was ordered by the Inquisition because the world was being over-run by Daemons and Heretics. Tellos survived Sarpedon's assault and sat amidst the ruins of the bridge where he had fought the Soul Drinkers' Chapter Master, as Cyclonic Torpedoes intended to carry out the Exterminatus bored into the surface of Entymion IV and ignited the world's core. His final thought was "More blood for the Blood God," as the planet broke apart beneath his feet.Sergeant Givrillian (KIA) - Givrillian had lost half his jaw to shell fragments that left him with scar tissue running from chin to cheek. He later was mutated by the will of Tzeentch. Afterwards his scar was a bright, livid red, and the old wound had opened up and from between the folds of rent skin peered a half dozen eyes. He was killed in the battle against Ve'Meth.Librarian Tyrendian - Tyrendian was a Soul Drinkers Librarian. He was able to project powerful lightning attacks from his body by drawing on the power of the Immaterium.Librarian Gresk - Gresk was a Soul Drinkers Librarian who possessed the psychic ability to speed up the combat reactions of his Battle-Brothers by enhancing their neurotransmitter functions. Gresk was slain by Eumenes' rebel forces after he warned Sarpedon of an imminent orbital bombardment during the Second Chapter War.Techmarine Lygris- Techmarine Lygris was the Captain of the Brokenback and one of Sarpedon's most favoured counselors. Lygris was the only Chapter member loyal to Sarpedon who remained on the Brokenback during Eumenes' rebellion in the Second Chapter War. Lygris sabotaged the starship's Thunderhawks and hid from Eumenes' rebels in the network of maintenance tunnels that catacombed the Brokenback 's hull. Lygris gave his life to defeat the Necron Lord on Selaaca, after losing his sanity when he joined with a Necron Harvester on the world of Raevenia.Apothecary Pallas - Pallas was an Apothecary of the Chapter who developed a way to halt the rampant mutations prevalent amongst the Soul Drinkers following their excommunication from the Imperium. He joined Eumenes' rebel faction in the Second Chapter War, because he proclaimed that he could not bear to watch his Chapter dwindle and die out in Sarpedon's constant wars. Pallas chose to remain with the Chapter in the aftermath of the Second Chapter War to atone for his sins. When they were captured by the Imperial Fists on the world of Selaaca, along with his fellow Battle-Brothers he was taken aboard the Phalanx as a captive to await trial and likely execution. When Daenyathos' treachery was finally revealed, and he summoned a horde of Daemons aboard the Phalanx, Pallas fought valiantly but was eventually killed.Augustus - Augustus was an Astartes new to the Soul Drinkers' ranks who kept an open mind about the Chapter's beliefs. But when he learned about the Chapter's conflict with the Howling Griffons, he was deeply reluctant to fight other warriors of the Imperium. After Sarpedon took counsel with him, the new Chapter Master decided that the Emperor was watching over Augustus. With a name like Augustus, Sarpedon reasoned, the young Astartes was clearly someone destined for great things.Michairas (KIA) - As a novice Michairas served under Commander Caeon and later performed Caeon's last rites after his death on the Van Skorvold star fort. Michairas was thought killed after Sarpedon cast him out the airlock of the Glory during Sarpedon's rebellion against the Imperium. Instead he survived and was enhanced with a variety of augmetics. He would serve Inquisitor Thaddeus of the Ordo Hereticus in hunting down his Renegade brothers. He was later slain by Sarpedon during the battle on Stratix Luminae.Venerable Dreadnought Daenyathos - A revered Soul Drinker of some renown, Daenyathos was the former Reclusiarch and later a Venerable Dreadnought of the Chapter. He lived sometime in the 36th Millennium and in his time wrote the Catechisms Martial, which was considered a nearly sacred tome by the Soul Drinkers and was still in use during the 41st Millennium by the Chapter. Unfortunately, Daenyathos was also corrupted by Chaos in his intense desire to combat the corruption of the Imperium. He concocted a plot to use his own Chapter as pawns in a scheme stretching across the millennia with the aid of the Daemon Prince of Tzeentch Abraxes. Daenyathos intended to maneuver his Chapter into a position to bring him aboard the Imperial Fists' massive mobile fortress-monastery, the Phalanx, and open up an ancient Warp Gate that secretly existed within the gigantic starship's bowels called the Predator's Eye. Once Abraxes and his Daemonic horde had seized the vessel from the Imperial Fists, Daenyathos intended to use the great vessel as his own mobile base to spread the power of Chaos across the galaxy and end the Imperium's hypocrisy and corruption. Daenyathos' mad plan was stopped by the Soul Drinkers' Chapter Master, Sarpedon, who learned the truth of Daenyathos' machinations, defeated the Dreadnought in single combat using the artefact called the Soulspear, and then took Daenyathos' broken body with him into the Immaterium through the Warp Gate on the Phalanx to face whatever judgement awaited at the tender mercies of the Dark Gods.