Convolute
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Watchers of the Throne: The Regent's Shadow (Novel) |
The Convolute was the leader of one of the many Splintered Chaos Cults, that emerged on Terra following the creation of the Great Rift.[1a]
He was once a senior member of the Adeptus Terra, before he fell to Heresy and became a tentacled Psyker creature. He led his Cult in wreaking havoc on Terra and later gathered his forces in the Throne World's Xatasta Subsector. However by then he was being tracked by the forces of the Adeptus Custodes Shield-Captain Valerian and the Imperial Fists Captain Tor Garadon. Having learned of the Heretic's location from the captured Splintered Cult leader Laxlan Skreto[1a], the Custodes and Imperial Fists were able to launch a surgical strike on the Convolute's headquarters. Even as his Cult was being torn apart, the furious Convolute unleashed his powers and raved at Valerian that by attacking him they were only making his rival, the Lachrymosa, stronger. The Convolute was quickly mortally wounded, but before Valerian could kill him, the Cult leader was blown apart by a Minotaurs squadron that suddenly appeared[1b]. After suffering further losses, the Splintered Cults would all gather under the leadership of Fyger Deflaim, until they were destroyed in battle with the Minotaurs. All save for the Lachrymosa's Cult, which had escaped Terra aboard captured ships, while the Splintered were being killed. The Custodes' Captain-General Valoris later stated that the Convolute had been right about the Lachrymosa and charged Shield-Captain Valerian with hunting her down.[1c]
