Storm Wardens - Notable Storm Wardens: Ward-Master Lorgath Maclir - The current leader of the Storm Wardens Chapter is Ward-Master (Chapter Master) Lorgath Maclir, Imperial Commander of Sacris, Lord Protector of the Northern Halo Marches and Marshal Designate Imperialis of the Ninth Convocation. Maclir was initiated into the Storm Wardens in 229.M41, and assumed the mantle of Ward-Master four hundred years to the day later, his ascension validated by every one of the twenty-two Chapter Ancients the Techmarines were able to awaken. Since then, Maclir has served his Chapter and the Imperium with the utmost dedication, though few outside of the Chapter and the highest tiers of the Imperium's power structure have even heard of his name. Maclir is typical of his kin, in that he was recruited from the warrior-clans of Sacris, the Feral World from which the Chapter exclusively draws its neophytes. It is recorded that the trials that season were especially harsh, the swamps through which the competing Aspirants raced boiling with vicious bile-wyrms that dragged dozens down beneath the fetid waters. Upon reaching the Storm Wardens Chaplain overseeing the contest, Maclir was instructed to face the other nine who had arrived ahead of him if he wished to join the warriors from the sky. This he did, slaying his rivals without mercy to be judged worthy of leaving the surface with the Chaplain. Upon his initiation, Maclir began an ascent that would take him to the very highest tiers of the Chapter's chain of command. He was driven by an insatiable urge to test himself in all he did, more so even than most battle-brothers of the Storm Wardens. He undertook a study of the Tactica Imperialis, committing the entire work to memory within a century, a feat few even amongst the Adeptus Astartes could ever match. But Maclir did not simply learn the precepts of the Codex by rote, priding himself on fully comprehending each lesson and principle and testing himself to ensure his understanding was total. When he was judged worthy of promotion to Company Captain, Maclir turned the honour down, stating that his mastery of the Codex was not yet complete. A decade later, having been offered command three more times, he accepted, leading first the 7th, then the 3rd, and finally the 1st Companies to victory after victory against every enemy he faced. Since assuming the mantle of Chapter Master, Lorgath Maclir has been honoured as the greatest Ward-Master in the Storm Wardens extant history. He is known for his continuous testing not just of himself, but of his officers and the entire Chapter. On the rare occasions when they are not on operational deployment, Maclir's company commanders are undergoing the most rigourous drills. Yet, Maclir is not a cruel or capricious master and not a single one of his warriors resents him for his constant testing of their abilities. Instead, they undertake the challenges willingly, knowing that what does not kill them makes them stronger, and prepared for the horrors that await on the battlefields of the 41st Millennium. The Ward-Master was instrumental in organising and commanding the Achilus Crusade's opening offensive, Operation Hammerfall, which initiated the Imperium's attempt to reconquer the Jericho Reach after the discovery of the Jericho-Maw Warp Gate.Ward-Master Owin Glendwyr - The Storm Wardens' former Chapter Master upon the conclusion of the Nemesis Incident five thousand standard years ago. Owin was placed in stasis soon after the incident in the Chapter's fortress-monastery on its homeworld of Sacris.Captain Kynar Half-Hand - Kynar Half-Hand is the Captain of the Storm Wardens' 7th Company. Kynar arrived in the Achilus System with the vanguard of the Achilus Crusade. Within the Jericho Reach there are few who have earned a reputation for grim determination and uncompromising violence like that of Brother-Captain Kynar Half-Hand.Watch Captain Tarran Cearr - Watch Captain Cearr is currently serving the Long Watch with the Deathwatch -- the Chamber Militant of the Ordo Xenos -- at Watch Fortress Erioch in the Jericho Reach. While he takes the mission of the Deathwatch very seriously, he has continued to further the interests of his Chapter by seeking to discover the truth behind the Nemesis Incident despite Inquisitorial sanction.Watch Captain Brand Mac Lir - Brand Mac Lir won fame during the Cleansing of Vigil, and because of his experience fighting the foul xenos known as the Slaugth, he desired to join the Deathwatch. He has served 9 Vigils and now serves as a Watch Captain. In battle he wields the Chapter relic called Morwenna, a two-metre-long Sacris Claymore that has reaped a tremendous toll of alien blood.Veteran Sergeant Calyn MacAntir - Veteran Sergeant Calyn MacAntir was involved in a lamentable event known as the Investigation of Rain which occurred in the Halo Stars. Called to investigate the disappearance of Imperial survey teams and colonists in 808.M41, the Storm Wardens found little left of the Imperial colony and its research stations. No bodies remained and the structures looked to have merely fallen into disrepair rather than having been attacked. Puzzled by this, the Space Marines investigated further and found one small vault where a series of data entries from the colony leader were kept. The entries spoke of the ghostly figures that came in the rain and stole the colonists away. It was then that the Storm Wardens noticed that the rains had begun and that their Auspexes were picking up phantoms. Veteran Sergeant Calyn MacAntir began the order to withdraw when the three squads under his control were attacked. These were no ghosts, and the sergeant recognised the threat: Dark Eldar raiders. Splinter Cannons began to rain down death on the emplacement as Calyn and his battle-brothers began to fire shots on the incoming jetbikes and skimmers. The forces of the xenos raiders quickly bore down on the embattled Space Marines. Several alien skiffs carrying snares began to fly by and latch onto individual squads, either killing them or snatching them and flying away. At the battle's end, the Storm Warden force suffered significant losses, a bitter defeat for the proud Chapter. Veteran Sergeant MacAntir has sworn a solemn oath to recover his captured Brothers and wreak a bloody vengeance against the Dark Eldar. While such a task is difficult, those who have seen the depth of MacAntir's rage do not doubt that he may one day succeed, though the cost may be great.Techmarine Mac Zi Ven - Mac Zi Ven is a Techmarine of the Storm Wardens and a devotee of the Cult Mechanicus who has shown the touch of a true master in the arts of technomancy. His humble beginnings among the warrior tribes of Sacris led him to view technology as truly touched with divinity. In the ranks of the Storm Wardens it soon became clear that Mac Zi was gifted with the technical arts and he was quickly raised to the rank of Techmarine. Some of his battle-brothers mutter that Mac Zi shows more respect to the Red Priests of Mars than to his own Chapter, but Mac Zi's contributions of finely-crafted weapons and armour win him many friends. Mac Zi volunteered for the Deathwatch to satisfy his growing hunger for knowledge. Now in the foundries and catacombs of Watch Fortress Erioch in the Jericho Reach he has access to a vast repository of data about both human and alien devices. He secretly views xeno-tech as only another tool for glorifying the Omnissiah, believing that any science can be turned to Mankind's service once it is properly understood. Mac Zi has come to despise Deathwatch Forge Master Harl Greyweaver for the old Iron Priest's disrespect of the Machine God and his narrow-mindedness. If Greyweaver should somehow lose his position as Forge Master of Erioch, Mac Zi would be ready and willing to take his place.Synfell - A Tactical Marine and a veteran of several Long Vigils, Brother Synfell was known throughout the Deathwatch of the Jericho Reach as a redoubtable warrior and a loyal comrade. He was noted for the sheer number of bionic limbs, organs, and other implants his body was fitted with, the majority of them earned taking on challenges on the field of battle that others, even the mightiest of Space Marines, might not have accepted. Those that knew Brother Synfell well were unsurprised that he was amongst those who rallied to the side of Epistolary Sabazius and entered the crater of the Darkling, for he was ever at the forefront of such impossible assaults. In the aftermath of the Scouring of Andronicus Prime, Brother Synfell's trusty bolter was discovered, firmly gripped by the bionic arm that held it. The weapon's appearance spoke volumes of the manner of its bearer's death. Its ammunition was spent and the overheated state of the barrel told of nigh constant firing. The state of the bionic arm suggested it had been torn from its socket with tremendous force, and those battle-brothers that had served alongside Brother Synfell understood well that he would have continued fighting even unto dismemberment. One thing is certain -- the legend of Brother Synfell lives on long after his passing.