Branter
Branter was a Commander of the Ultramarines Chapter, who was tasked, along with a force of his Battle Brothers, with joining the Imperial Navy vessel Righteous Vengeance as it investigated the disappearance of several of Imperial ships in the Talon Sector.[1]
The Righteous Vengeance later discovered one of the missing vessels, the Survey Ship Mantis, adrift without power and the Vengeance's commander, Captain Stalgrumme, dispatched several Navy Ratings to search it. They later returned with the insane Illuminator Prime Darius, who they found hidden within the Mantis, and reported that there were no signs of the other crewmen. Stalgrumme and Branter interrogated Darius, who told them how he hid himself as several creatures boarded the Mantis and devoured its crew. During the attack, Darius drew detailed sketches of the creatures which he eagerly showed Stalgrumme and Branter, though neither could identify what they were.[1]
Stalgrumme found himself severely shaken after viewing the sketches, but Branter exclaimed they were just the ravings of a coward and a Heretic and immediately ordered his Ultramarines to prepare themselves to board the Mantis. He was determined to complete the mission he was given and told Stalgrumme he would search the Mantis himself, to find out what really happened to its crew. As Branter left to enter a boarding torpedo, Darius screamed that he was mad and that they needed to leave now and warn the Imperium of the creatures he saw. Branter simply roared for Darius to be silent in reply and told the coward he would be going with them, to serve as their guide.[1]
Sources
- 1: Eternal Damnation (Comic Anthology) — Such Horrors
