Avenging Sons - Notable Avenging Sons: Captain Armaros - Amaros was the Avenging Sons Kill-team Force Commander during the First Taros Intervention of the Taros Campaign as well as captain of the 2nd Company.Captain Gessart - Disgraced for dishonourably withdrawing his forces during the Archimedon Campaign, Captain Gessart and the Avenging Sons' 3rd Company were reassigned to fight a grueling campaign on the world of Helmabad. Feeling the strain of continuous warfare and angered by the unprofessional standards of the Helmabad Planetary Defence Force, Gessart became disillusioned. He soon learned from the company's Librarian that Helmabad was mere hours away from a massive incoming daemonic assault, and that to stand and defend it would mean certain death. Desperate to survive what he saw as a pointless sacrifice, Gessart resolved to withdraw his forces from the doomed planet. When his proposed plan was met with open hostility by Chaplain Herdain, the desperate Gessart murdered the Chaplain in cold blood. He then removed any further resistance within his company until only battle-brothers loyal to him remained. Gessart ordered his company to subjugate the Helmabad PDF and secure the Imperial Governor as a hostage. He turned the Governor over to the rebel Chaos Cult forces as a bargaining chip in order to secure passage off-world. Unable to reconcile these dishonourable actions with his Chapter, Captain Gessart soon realised that he and his men had become Renegades and ordered his company to chart a course for the Eye of Terror.Force Commander Selleus - Selleus was the force commander who led the Avenging Sons' 2ndCompany during the Liberation of Antillis IV.Chaplain Herdain - A resolute and staunch battle-brother, Chaplain Herdain was reassigned to the 3rd Company after their dishonourable actions during the Archimedon Campaign, and resolved that he would ensure that the company's Astartes were absolved of their sins by achieving a noble death during the grueling campaign on Helmabad. When Captain Gessart informed the Chaplain of the approaching daemonic incursion and made the suggestion that they should withdraw, the Chaplain refused to countenance such cowardice and was provoked into confronting the disreputable captain for command of the company. When he attempted to sway the men of the 3rd Company to support him, Gessart ended the debate by shooting Herdain in the head, killing him instantly.Chaplain Baraqel - An Avenging Sons Chaplain who participated in the First Taros Intervention.Epistolary Gathein - Gathein was a Primaris Space Marine and a member of Tetrarch Decimus Felix's Honour Guard called the Chosen of Vespator.Librarian Zacherys - Zacherys was the Librarian assigned to the 3rd Company. His prophetic visions helped influence the company's actions. When he informed Captain Gessart of the impending daemonic incursion that would arrive in a matter of hours as part of a Warp Storm that would engulf the doomed world of Helmabad, Gessart resolved to withdraw his forces and save his men by any means possible. Zacherys stood by his captain and supported his decision after discerning the meanings of his visions; for he knew that to stay on the planet meant certain death.Apothecary Tylo - Tylo was an Apothecary assigned to the 3rd Company. He sided with Captain Gessart against Chaplain Herdain, claiming that to allow their Chapter's gene-seed to fall into the hands of the forces of Chaos was unthinkable.Apothecary Korpus - 2nd Company Apothecary during the Antillis IV Campaign.Apothecary Actium - Actium participated in the First Taros Intervention.Veteran Sergeant Einem - Einem took part in the First Taros Intervention.Sergeant Andura (KIA) - Andura took part in the First Taros Intervention as the leader of 3rd Tactical Squad. He was killed by the T'au during the first phase of the operation.Veteran Sergeant Foras - Foras was a Veteran sergeant of the 1st Company who took part in the First Taros Intervention.Hechsen - Hechsen was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who sided with Chaplain Herdain, choosing execution at the hands of his fellow battle-brother, Nicz, rather than sully his company's honour further by withdrawing from Helmabad in disgrace.Karlrech - Brother Karlrech was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who sided with Chaplain Herdain's decision to stay and die an honourable death, refusing to change his mind even after Herdain's execution, and was subsequently executed at the hands of Brother Nicz.Lehenhart- Lehenhart was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who sided with Captain Gessart's decision to withdraw, declaring that to do so was not cowardice, but survival. To fight against impossible odds was tantamount to committing suicide.Nicz - Nicz was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who sided with his commander's decision to withdraw from the doomed world of Helmabad, though his viewpoint was more extreme than even Gessarts' own; the situation was untenable and the company's honour meant nothing compared to survival. In the end, after the 3rd Company's Astartes successfully carried out their plan and withdrew from the doomed world, Gessart realised that they had truly become Renegades and ordered the company to set course for the Eye of Terror. Realising his folly, Nicz attempted to assert his authority over his commander, but the captain confronts Nicz and dared his subordinate to shoot him if he believed that he could best him. Nicz relented and stood down, resigned to his fate as a Traitor to the Emperor.Ruphen - Ruphen was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who agreed with Chaplain Heldain's decision to stay on Helmabad and die honourably. He was the first Avenging Son to draw his weapon and aim it at a fellow battle-brother.Rykhel - Rykhel was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who also agreed with Chaplain Heldain's decision, declaring his oaths of loyalty to the Chapter meant that he had no say as to the manner or place of his death. Reluctantly, he went along with Captain Gessart's devious plan after Heldain was executed. After the 3rd Company successfully withdrew from the planet, Rykhel elected to desert in an escape pod to bring word to his Chapter of Gessart's treachery. Considering the only place he would be able to land safely was controlled by Heretics and was about to be overrun by a daemonic incursion unleashed by an onrushing Warp Storm, Gessart doubted that Rykhel would live long enough to carry out his plan.Willusch - Willusch was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who sided with Captain Gessart; to throw the 3rd Company's lives away in such a pointless manner was a needless self-sacrifice.Heynke - Heynke was a battle-brother of the 3rd Company who was unsure which side to choose, but eventually chose to support the opinion of the vast majority of the 3rd Company, and agreed to Captain Gessart's plan to withdraw their forces from Helmabad.Caim (Dreadnought) - Brother Caim was a Mark V Castraferrum Dreadnought of the Avenging Sons' 2nd Company who served during the First Taros Intervention of the Taros Campaign. He was killed in action against the Tau during the failed attempt to assassinate the heretical Planetary Governor of Taros, Uphir Aulis.Hakael (Dreadnought) - Brother Hakael was a Mark IV Castraferrum Dreadnought of the Avenging Sons' 2nd Company who served during the First Taros Intervention of the Taros Campaign Kill-team.