Eloise Athagey
Eloise Athagey was the Groupmaster of Indomitus Crusade Fleet Tertius' Battle Group Saint Aster and a Commodore of the Imperial Navy.[1]
History
Athagey was the fourteenth daughter of a prominent Imperial Navy Admiral. Their family is a rich noble house on Armageddon.[3c]
Originally commanding an Imperial Navy flotilla defending Fomor III, Athagey soon joined the Indomitus Crusade Fleet Tertius under Fleetmaster Cassandra VanLeskus.[1b] During the Battle of the Machorta Sound Athagey led Battle Group Saint Aster against the Khornate Blackstone device from the Overlord Class Battlecruiser Saint Aster. She narrowly survived the battle after the bridge of the Saint Aster was boarded by Daemons, surviving only thanks to her Dorn-descended Unnumbered Sons bodyguards and the sabotaging of the enemy Blackstone machine thanks to the efforts of Captain Messinius and Inquisitor Rostov.[1c]
Later during a meeting with Fabian Guelphrain, Athagey expressed extreme bitterness towards Guilliman and the Imperial leadership in general with what she saw as her battlegroup and legacy of the Saint Aster being subordinated to Battle Group Iolus, as well as Fabian's perceived role as Guilliman's spy. After a seemingly intoxicated rant, Fabian suspected Athagey may be abusing Stimms.[2]
Despite her addiction, Athagey later proved a key Imperial commander during the first major battle of the Pariah Crusade. She arrived at Paradyce II finding Fleetmaster VanLeskus dead and Fleet Tertius in disarray. Ignoring her desire to use Stimms to take command of the situation, Athagey was able to ram her flagship Saint Aster into the Necron Pylon ship, destroying it and allowing for the surviving Imperial ships to escape.[3a] However in the aftermath Athagey along with much of her crew were captured by the Necron Phaeron Zhulkan, an emissary of the Silent King Szarekh.[3b]
Sources
- 1: Avenging Son (Novel), Dramatis Personae
- 2: Throne of Light (Novel), Chapter 16
- 3: The Silent King (Novel):
