Orphel von Karlack
Orphel von Karlack is a Lord General of the Imperial Guard.[1]
Born Duchess Magratha von Karlack of House Orphel, she was little more than a child at the time of the death of Lord Militant Achilus. She was taken from her family and sent to the Calixis Sector by order of the Administratum, there to be educated in the ways of the Imperial regime. Under the tutor of Administratum officials she was molded into a leader. The Administratum groomed her to become perhaps a Sector Lord, spreading propaganda declaring her virtues and natural leadership. When she returned to the world of her birth in 813.M41 she was welcomed by the adoring population, but she would not get a true chance for power until later.[1]
In 815.M41 Lord Admiral Gorvus Xant and most of his staff perished when their Battleship, Sword of Macharius, was destroyed. Karlack was seen as the natural successor and fled from the crippled vessel onto Vespasia with only a token force. Her short career and the suspicious deaths of their enemies has raised some to raise questions about her sudden rise to power.[1]
Sources
- 1: Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault, pgs. 136-137
