Sabik Wayland
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| Born | c. Late M30 |
| Active Period | M30 - ??? |
| Species | Human |
| Type | Astartes |
| Gender | Male |
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| Occupation(s) | Iron Father of the Salamanders |
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Sabik Wayland was an Iron Father of the Iron Hands Legion during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy.[1][2a]
History
He was deployed with the rest of his Legion to Istvaan V and during the Drop Site Massacre, Wayland managed to survive and escape. The Iron Father's singular focus and drive to survive included helping Astartes from other Legions, notably Wayland picked up the wounded Nykona Sharrowkyn of the Raven Guard and carried him to safety[2b], a scene later depicted in the halls of the Eye of Medusa.[3] Sharrowkyn and Wayland escaped the massacre aboard one of the Iron Hands' Stormbirds and joined the decimated remains of the Iron Hands.[2b]
Little did he realize that his fate and that of the Legionnaire he saved would be intertwined from that day forth. Sharrowkyn remained with Sabik on the Iron Hands vessel Sisypheum, where he and a single Salamanders Apothecary remained in a company of over 300 Iron Hands.[2d]
At some point during the Heresy, Sharrowkyn, accompanied by Wayland, was deployed to the Forge World of Cavor Sarta to recover the Kryptos machine. During the mission he killed one of the Word Bearers who was trying to save and hide one of the Kryptos. With the Kryptos, Loyalist commanders were able to finally access the Traitors' coded communications and allowing them to see their arranged meetings.[1]
Sabik and Nykona were inserted on to Hydra Cordatus, to intercept the meeting of the Traitor Primarchs Fulgrim and Perturabo. After learning of Fulgrim's intentions to enter the Eye of Terror and recover the Angel Exterminatus, he and his partner Sharrowkyn acted as a sniper team and managed to shoot Fulgrim in the head. Both once again showed their skill and escaped despite two legions and a huge fleet attempting to kill them eventually returning to the Sisypheum.[2b] The decision was then made to interfere with the Traitors' plan to acquire the unknown xenos weapon, taking them to the dead eldar world of Iydris.[2c]
Wayland and the rest of the crew of the Sisypheum eventually received a distress signal from Ta'lab Vita-37 requesting that loyalists rescue the Magna Mater from the clutches of traitor forces on Luna. During the battle, all members of the Sisypheum's crew besides Wayland and Sharrowkyn were killed by traitor forces. Badly injured, Wayland dropped Sharrowkyn off at an abandoned coaling station with the Magna Mater while he steered the Sisypheum away into the trans-galactic void to draw off pursuing traitor warships.[4c]
Iron Father Sabik Wayland was neither subtle nor stealthy but complemented Nykona Sharrowkyn with his technical skills such as repairing, hacking or destroying technology. He was also a skilled pilot and an exceptional shot with a Needler. As a pair of operatives on clandestine operations, Sabik Wayland and Nykona Sharrowkyn worked exceptionally well together.[2b]
Sources
- 1: Kryptos (Short Story)
- 2: Angel Exterminatus (Novel):
- 3: The Eye of Medusa (Novel), ch. 7, V
- 4: Sons of Selenar (Novella):
- 5: Horus Heresy Legions: Beta-Garmon Expansion - Shattered Legions(Saved archive page, dated 30 May 2025, last accessed 31 May 2025, original link: https://www.horusheresylegions.com/card-list-beta-garmon-expansion/nggallery/album/shattered-legions)
