Update on Everyone's Status as of Empress Returns · 7:27pm Sep 8th, 2017
Hello all.
Many of you have asked me if certain characters will show up in The Empress Returns. since it would take me some time to reply to all the inquiries, I thought I'd create a master list of who's where as of the 45th millenium.
Imperium
-Space Marines
-- Marneus Calgar: KIA on Terra battling Kairos Fateweaver and Ahriman
-- Cato Sicarius: KIA on Terra battling Kairos Fateweaver and Ahriman
-- Varro Tigurius: KIA on Terra battling Kairos Fateweaver and Ahriman
-- Chaplain Cassius: KIA on Baal battling Hive Fleet Leviathan following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Sergeant Telion: MIA on Mars battling Ka'Bandha and Kharn
-- Sergeant Chronus: Dreadnought: Mortally wounded on Armageddon following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Captain/Chapter Master Titus: KIA battling the Fifth Sphere Expansion following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Captain Lysander: KIA defending the Phalanx from Iron Warrior and Alpha Legion attack
-- Pedro Kantor: KIA in the Charadon Crusade following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Vulkan He'Stan: KIA recovering the Engine of Woes following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Kor'sarro Khan: KIA defending the Malestrom from Huron Blackheart
-- Kayvaan Shrike: Dreadnought: Mortally wounded in the Liberation of Medusa following the Second Battle of Terra
-- High Marshal Helbrecht: KIA battling WAAAGH!!! Ghazghkull following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Chaplain Grimaldus: MIA battling WAAAGH!!! Ghazghkull following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Dante: Dreadnought: Mortally wounded on Baal battling Hive Fleet Leviathan following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Mephiston: MIA on Baal battling Hive Fleet Leviathan following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Corbulo: KIA on Mars battling Ka'Bandha and Kharn
-- Lemartes: KIA on Mars battling Ka'Bandha and Kharn
-- Astorath: KIA on Baal battling Hive Fleet Leviathan following the Second Battle of Terra
-- The Sanguinor: Active
-- Gabriel Seth: KIA on Baal with the rest of the Flesh Tearers following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Azrael: KIA defending the Rock from the Fallen following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Asmodai: KIA on Terra
-- Sammael: KIA on Terra
-- Belial: KIA defending the Rock from the Fallen following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Ezekiel: MIA defending the Rock from the Fallen following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Logan Grimnar: Dreadnought: Mortally wounded defending Fenris from the Thousand Sons
-- Ragnar Blackmane: KIA defending Armageddon during Chaos' drive towards Terra
-- Njal Stormcaller: KIA defending Fenris from the Thousand Sons
-- Bjorn the Fell Handed: MIA, believed to have been lost in the Warp searching for Leman Russ
-- Ulrik the Slayer: MIA, believed to have been lost in the Warp searching for Leman Russ
-- Canis Wolfborn: MIA, believed to have been lost in the Warp searching for Leman Russ
-- Krom Dragongaze: MIA, believed to have been lost in the Warp searching for Leman Russ
-- Arjac Rockfist: KIA defending Fenris from the Thousand Sons
-- Kaldor Draigo: KIA by Abaddon during the Battle of Terra, with his blood being used to revive the Emperor
-- Brother Captain Stern: KIA on Mars Battling Ka'Bandha and Kharn
-- Castellan Crowe: MIA on Terra following the Emperor's resurrection
-Imperial Guard
-- Lord Castellan Creed: MIA following Chaos breaking through Cadia
-- Color Sergeant Kell: MIA following Chaos breaking through Cadia
-- Commissar Yarrick: Missing presumed dead battling WAAAGH!!! Ghazghkull
-- Knight Commander Pask: KIA on Terra battling Kairos Fateweaver and Ahriman
-- Col. "Iron Hand" Straken: KIA on Terra assisting with the relief of the Imperial Palace
-- Sergeant Harker: KIA on Terra assisting with the relief of the Imperial Palace
-- Nork Deddog: MIA on Terra assisting with the relief of the Imperial Palace
-- Sly Marbo: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!
-Mechanicus
-- Belisarius Cawl: Does not exist
-Others
-- Saint Celestine: Believe to have departed on Terra following the Emperor's Resurrection
-- Fyodor Karamazof: Executed as a heretic following the fall of Armageddon
-- Inquisitor Coteaz: KIA on Armageddon during Chaos' drive towards Terra
-- Inquisitor Greyfax: In Trazyn's museum
Chaos
Daemons are immortal, so they're all well and good (or are they, who knows?). Their semi mortal followers, on the other hand...
-- Abaddon the Despoiler: KIA, absorbed by the Emperor during his resurrection
-- Kharn the Betrayer: KIA on Mars by Saint Celestine
-- Lucius the Eternal: Unaccounted for, presumed still active
-- Ahriman: KIA on Terra by the Ultramarines
-- Typhus: Unaccounted for, presumed still active
-- Fabius Bile: Active, still experimenting who knows where
-- Huron Blackheart: KIA trying to expand his empire from the Malestrom
-- Cypher: [REDACTED]
Xenos
- Eldar
-- Grand Dick Eldrad: KIA helping to slow the attack on Cadia
-- Prince Yriel: MIA following a Chaos attack on Iyanden
-- Illic Nightspear: MIA, presumed still active
-- All the Phoenix Lords (save Fuegan): Active
-- Fuegan: Inactive, armor lost
- Dark Eldar
-- Asdrubael Vect: Active, though his power has diminished somewhat
-- Lady Malys: Active, still trying to kill Vect
-- Duke Sliscus: Active
-- Lelith Hesperax: Active, but location unknown
- Orkz
-- Ghazghkull Thraka: Presumed KIA by Guard and Black Templars following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Old Zogwart: KIA, had a headache
-- Boss Snikrot: Had a fun time on Armageddon following the Chaos Invasion, believed to be still active
-- Gorgutz 'ead 'unter: Had some fun bashing Chaos forces that encroached on his territory. Believed to be still active
-- Kaptin Bludflagg: Teamed up with Gorgutz to bash Chaos forces. Believed to be still active
-- Kaptin Badrukk: Teamed up with Ghazghkull for a while, but went off to fight elsewhere following the Warboss' "defeat". Last seen battling Hive Fleet Cetus as it first attacked the Galaxy
-- Boss Zagstruck: Fought some Chaos forces during their advance on Terra. Unaccounted for, presumed dead.
-Tau
-- Shadowsun: KIA defending a Sept world from Nurgle incursion
-- Farsight: Unknown, presumed dead
-- Aun'shi: Killed by the Ultramarines and Black Templars following the Second Battle of Terra
-- Longstrike: KIA defending a Sept world from Nurgle incursion
-- Darkstrider: KIA by the Ultramarines and Black Templars following the Second Battle of Terra
-Tyranids
All special Tyranids (save perhaps Old One Eye) are currently controlled by Hive Fleet Cetus leading the attack on the Southern Imperial Border.
-Necrons
-- Trazyn the Infinite: Active
-- Imotekh the Stormlord: Active
-- Nemesor Zahndrehk: Active, still with robo-Alzheimer's
-- Orikan the Diviner: Active
-- Vargan Obyron: Active
-- Anrakyr the Traveller: Destroyed battling Hive Fleet Leviathan
-- Illuminor Szeras: Active
So hopefully that helps clear some stuff up. Let me know if there are any lingering questions.
That's a lot of dead Independant Characters!
Starts praying to the Emperor
You forgot
-- Commissar Ciaphas Cain: Official status -- Active Battle Duty
actual status: died of old age and buried with full honors
YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEES! YOU, CATO SICARIOUS, HAVE PERISHED LIKE THE WEASEL YOU ARE!
What about Gaunt's Ghosts?
Hm right... How much time has passed since the awakening of the emperor and his return?
Ok 5 millennia... well so ALL the humans from the imperial guard are quite dead...
The White Consul or the Ultramarine? Or both?
Ah shit, it would have been interesting to see Twilight meet this one.
To absolutely no one's surprise.
Cool to see her still (literally) kicking, being one of the only "decent" Dark Eldar character.
*cough* Trazyn *cough*
No mention of Alpharius and/or Omegon, not that it's anything surprising considering.
No mention of Gabriel Angelo either, but you could simply not consider him as part of the fluff, same for the Bloody Magpies.
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The HERO OF THE IMPERIUM never dies ! He just go MIA longer than what is usual for him.
Seriously, that would be THE most awesome character to have in this story, since Twilight and or Celestia meeting him would be hilarious
(but yeah, logically he should be long dead, sadly)
Well damn.
Still, considering the fact that I haven't read anywhere in story that the Blood Ravens (lock the reliquary) are gone, perhaps they shall help the Light and the Mare in their Crusade. Because really, who doesn't like the Blood Ravens?
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Pretty much anyone without a way to lock their Reliquary ?
If the Ravens are in this, they will somehow find a way to borrow a gift from the Empress in the form of her panties and use them as holy relics.
Well, assuming Trazyn doesn't manage to get there first. (Except he would be likely to target both the Empress, Tara and the Sisters. )
Should be mostly good deaths here, as five millennia is a long time. Yep, dead, dead, dread, dead, dread, dea...
*record scratch*
YOU DID WHAT?! DAMMIT, NO! BJORN THE FELL-HANDED AIN'T DEAD OR MISSING! His ten thousand year vigil of witing for his liege wouldn't end by him just traipsing off into the warp! DX
Other than that, it's nice to see all of Wards non-Necron abominations laid low. We all know Yarrick's still about, the Orks won't let him die. We all know Cain's still about, the Imperium's propaganda machine won't let him die. It's also a pity Cassius couldn't survive to be Dreaded, his wisdom is something needed in Celestia's Imperium.
Vulkan is a perpetual tho... Still alive?
Creed is not dead. It's what he WANTS you to think.
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...who is Alpharius? Don't answer that, he's probably hanging around here.