Skotia

Skotia, Master of the Ninth Chapter of the Iron Revenants, is known as an ardent practitioner of the Revenants' penchant for subterfuge. While some of his peers view the habitual secrecy as a necessary evil, Skotia has embraced it in both person and strategy. As a young officer, he often manipulated intelligence towards both enemy and ally. This tactical preference, combined with a ruthless view of his units, created a hated yet effective commander. When he later developed a skill at asymmetric warfare, he became the Revenants' natural first choice to handle guerilla operations. He attained ranks in correlation to victories, until Araphel raised him to Chapter Master of the Ninth. From that lofty position, he has molded the Ninth to his vision of war, creating one of the finest counter-insurgency forces in the Imperial ranks.

An altercation with a witch during the Sayenite Campaign of 987 has left his skin forever sallow and his sclera pitch-black. Although never described as a handsome man before this incident, this event has spawned a virulent distrust of anything Warp-related, up to avoiding the Librarians where possible. This distrust has even extended to open criticism of the Librarius, the Telepathica, and the High Regent. Skotia has gone out of his way to speak with his cousins among the Warriors of Peace.

Although Skotia had answered his gene-sire's call for the Keld'abe muster, he had viewed combat more as a theoretical possibility than an eventual reality. Skotia may have slighted several Shadow Warrior officers thanks to manipulating them into a pyrrhic assault at the Koriya Campaign a century back, but Skotia had always treated the Sixth Legion with a great deal of professional respect since his preferred tactics often overlapped with theirs. Thus, when the call for battle came, Skotia made a rare statement of regret before applying himself to the campaign. If nothing else, he would honour his opponents by testing tactical theory against them.