Cylander Azeron

Cylander Azeron is dark spectre. Death incarnate that descends from the heavens instilling pure dread in his enemies. As a young boy he and his older brother Evodius witnessed their entire family be butchered by marauding eldar pirates. Since that day Azeron has been one with death. He communes with it in his nightly prayers, invokes it during all of his daily tasks and personifies it when on the battlefield. In battle he wields The Red Horseman's Pick. An ancient terran war pick that smoulders with an arcane fire. Azeron found it buried deep in a dusty tomb on Calixis IV, recognising it as ancient man-made weapon he seized it for himself and has carried since that day.

He has a flair for the theatrical and penchant for psychological warfare. Upstart rebels, heretics and enemies of the Imperium quickly abandon their cursed goals when they hear the Soul Reaper is coming for them.

Azeron's battle tactics are often simple and straightforward. Scouts and infiltrators report enemy movements and weaknesses, then sow disarray and confusion. Following this is a bombardment of stunning power. After this barrage Azeron himself will often lead the charge into the shell-shocked remnants and slaughter all that remain. During the 3rd war for Armageddon a Captain of the Steel Legion witnessed him crush a ork patrol

'' 'It fell from the sky like an obsidian angel. Black armour, grimacing skull. I'd seen orks make a rare tactical retreat but never flee in terror like that, never seen them drop their weapons and run for their lives. He was too quick... Emperor's bones he was quick! It was over in seconds...and like that he was gone, high up into the sky and onwards. I thought the orks were brutish and savage. I'll never forget that thing... to the end of my days I'll never forget it's face'''

Azeron has risen through the ranks quickly and now commands the infamous 9th expeditionary company. Under his leadership they have become a stalwart, dangerous and exceedingly efficient battle force. Criticism for unnecessary brutality and vicious excesses are a constant charge levelled at the company yet their record quashes such talk. Unlike his brother Evodius, Cylander has no time for diplomacy, no time for those not worthy. The kill is all that matters and the vanquishing of all that stand before him.