Sebiascor Ebongrave
"There is nothing more abhorrent in the eyes of the Emperor than a traitor. He too suffered the serpent’s fangs. That greatest of betrayals serves as an admonition to us all: we can never wield too much suspicion."[1c]
Lord Commander Sebiascor Ebongrave is the commander of the Imperium's forces in the Canis Salient of the Jericho Reach. His paranoia and militant searches for traitors in his own ranks are legendary. Ebongrave sees the Tau as a subtle and insidious enemy, their unifying ideology standing in stark contrast to the Imperial Creed. He believes the Tau "Greater Good" appeals to men who lack convictions and sways them away from the righteous path. These men become traitors to their own race, and further the infection of xenos ideology. Because of this, Ebongrave sees Tau sympathizers lurking throughout the Imperium. Ebongrave has thus overseen brutal purges against suspected pro-Tau elements within the Achilus Crusade.[1a] Ebonhart would even quarantine the recently liberated and prosperous Mining World of Rheelas due to his paranoia of Tau sympathizers and seditionists.[2]
However, Ebongrave’s detractors within the Canis Salient claim that his hostility towards his own people only drives them to embrace the ways of the Tau, that his paranoia has turned to delusion, and that he now cares more for his own safety than for the future of the Achilus Crusade. Ebongrave is currently based in a secured bunker on the Fortress World of Spite, where he oversees his purges against those suspected of being xenos sympathizers. Fearful of traitors and xenos-sympathizers, he rarely leaves his bunker and instead leaves most of his day-to-day business to his trusted subordinate Lord General Reila Vann.[1a]
Sources
- 1: Deathwatch: Rising Tempest
- 2: Deathwatch: The Outer Reach, pg. 41
