Illith
Illith is a Raven Guard Shadow Captain and is a member of the new group of Mor Deythan, that Chapter Master Kayvaan Shrike has assembled.[1]
Biography
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | The Geld (Audio Drama) |
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The following paragraphs contain spoilers for: | Soulbound (Audio Drama) |
Before that, he nearly met his ends at the hands of a Genestealer, as the Raven Guard were clearing out an infestation of the Xenos within a mine. The Genestealer surprised him and tore out his eye and disemboweled Illith, but he was able to kill the Xenos with his Combat Knife. Illith's injuries caused him to collapse beside the Xenos and was assumed to be dead, when he was later found by an Apothecary. It was only when his Gene-seed was about to be recovered, that the Apothecary discovered that Illith still lived. He was able to recover from his injuries, but the attack marred Illith with a scar that caused the left side of his mouth to be in a permanent snarl. His missing eye was replaced by a flickering red Bionic orb, that according to the Chapter's legends was created on Mars during the Great Crusade. For a time, the Bionic was worn by a legendary Legion Shadow Captain before it was lost on a battlefield. The Bionic was later found by the Adeptus Mechanicus and eventually returned to the Raven Guard. Illith has refused to confirm if this is true or not though.[1]
He is also among the few Raven Guard, who had the abilities of the ancient Mor Deythan,[1] which in M42[2] was rare among those Chapters descended from the Primarch Corax. It was because of these powers, that Chapter Master Kayvaan Shrike selected Illith, Sergeant Artarix, Shadow Captain Aevar Qeld and the Knights of the Raven Captain Mordren, to be members of the newly restored order[1]. The Great Rift[2] had caused the Imperium to be beset by foes and Shrike would use the Mor Deythan's abilities in targeted attacks, that would topple these threats. The four would only be gathered together by him for such missions, with Illith normally in command, and their first undertaking was eliminating the Alpha Legion Warlord Mazik.[1]
The Mor Deythan's second mission was boarding a mag-train on Delephron, in order to kill an Ordo Hereticus Interrogator who had learned disastrous information that would draw the Inquisition's gaze to the Raven Guard. They were not the only ones seeking the Interrogator though, and the Mor Deythan clashed with Nurgle Raptors who attacked the mag-train. The Mor Deythan were able to kill many of the Raptors and as they searched for the Interrogator they found a maddened Astropath. From the Psyker's repeated ramblings, they learned that the missing Iron Ravens Successor Chapter, which had been drawn into the Warp a thousand years ago, had now returned. The Astropath claimed, however, that their time in the Warp had corrupted the Iron Ravens and the Mor Deythan knew the Inquisition's discovery of this, would be dire for the Raven Guard. They realized that this was the information the Interrogator had found and they planned to immediately take the Astropath to Shrike. However the Mor Deythan noticed that the Nurgle Raptors had passed by the carriage and yet the Traitors had left the Astropath alive. Illith was now worried the Raptors could be seeking something else on the mag-train, and ordered Artarix to stay with the Astropath, while the remaining Mor Deythan advanced after the Traitors. When they caught up to the Raptors, the Mor Deythan could see the Traitors were pursuing a fleeing figure. Illith charged Qeld with capturing the person before they escaped, while he and Mordren dealt with the Raptors. However Qeld was captured by the Raptors and borne away from the mag-train, while the fleeing figure escaped into another carriage. By that point, Illith believed the survivors on the mag-train had been corrupted by the Nurgle Raptors and ordered them to be purged. While they did so, however, the fleeing figure escaped from the mag-train, without the Mor Deythan realizing it. After the mag-train was purged, Artarix and Mordren wished to find the captured Qeld, but Illith refused. He claimed their first priority was to warn Chapter Master Shrike of the Iron Raptors return and then they would begin the search for Qeld. The fleeing figure from the mag-train, however, turned out to be their original target, Interrogator Bledheim, who soon informed Inquisitor Sabbathiel of the Astropath's rantings.[2]
