Koyne
Koyne was a Callidus Assassin active at the time of the Horus Heresy.[1a]
Biography
Koyne had been a shape-changer for most of his or her life and forgotten what his/her original gender was, staying in the form necessary for the completion of the mission.[1a] Koyne was a stern assassin with a strong sense of duty and loyalty, viewing any deviation from the mission as a waste as well as condemning any who viewed the Emperor as a god to be a criminal, as was standard Imperial law at this time.[1b]
During the Heresy, Koyne was assigned to assassinate the traitor Legio Cybernetica Mech-Lord Gergerra Rei. Tracking him to Saros Station, she replaced the lead of a performance of Oedipus Neo in order to expose Rei to doses of tailored pheromones which made him fall in love with her. Subsequently, he accepted an invitation to meet with her in her quarters after the show. While there, she killed him with a kissgun and then successfully escaped the station and Rei's robot bodyguards.[1a]
Koyne was later recruited to be part of the first Execution Force by the Officio Assassinorum, in an attempt to assassinate the Traitor Primarch Horus. The attempt to kill Horus failed and in the aftermath, Koyne became embroiled in a battle against the Daemon Pariah hybrid assassin known as Spear. Wielding a Neural Shredder and poisonous blade, Koyne used his/her lightning-fast reflexes to duel with Spear evenly for a time, but was eventually killed by the ferocious Daemonic assassin. However, the opening made by Koyne allowed the Vindicare Assassin Eristede Kell to finally kill Spear.[1c]
Sources
- 1: Nemesis (Novel):
