Morkis
Morkis was a Lord Colonel of the Planetary Defence Forces of Quintus, commanding the 12th Grand Brigade of the Quintus planetary guard.[1b]
Biography
When Quintus was subjugated by an Alpha Legion warband led by the Daemon Prince Kernax Voldorius, Morkis was amongst those in the Quintus PDF to surrender to the Traitor Marines and abandon the Imperium in favour of serving Voldorius. Unlike some of his colleagues, however, Morkis had willingly betrayed his world due to his sheer ambition.[1a]
Later, the 3rd Companies of the White Scars and Raven Guard arrived to liberate Quintus. In the aftermath of the Space Marines' successful initial assault on Mankarra, Morkis turned on his fellow militia officers, including Quartermaster General Ackenvol, trying to deflect the blame for the incident. He shot a number of them with his laspistol before being strangled to death by Lord Kline. Morkis's death-spasms, however, were sufficient to pull the trigger of his laspistol and kill Kline in turn.[1c]
