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'''{{PAGENAME}}''' is a [[Lord General]] of the [[Imperial Guard]].{{Fn|1}}

Born Duchess '''Magratha von Karlack''' of [[House Orphel]], she was little more than a child at the time of the death of [[Lord Militant]] [[Achilus]]. She was taken from her family and sent to the [[Calixis Sector]] by order of the [[Administratum]], there to be educated in the ways of the Imperial regime. Under the tutor of Administratum officials she was molded into a leader. The Administratum groomed her to become perhaps a [[Sector Lord]], spreading propaganda declaring her virtues and natural leadership. When she returned to the world of her birth in 813.[[M41]] she was welcomed by the adoring population, but she would not get a true chance for power until later.{{Fn|1}}

In 815.M41 [[Lord Admiral]] [[Gorvus Xant]] and most of his staff perished when their [[Battleship]], ''[[Sword of Macharius]]'', was destroyed. Karlack was seen as the natural successor and fled from the crippled vessel onto [[Vespasia]] with only a token force.  Her short career and the suspicious deaths of their enemies has raised some to raise questions about her sudden rise to power.{{Fn|1}}

==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault]], pgs. 136-137

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