Saegius Mindblighter
Saegius Mindblighter is a Word Bearers Chaos Lord.[1]
History
When the Imperial world Uphrateus was enveloped by the Eye of Terror, Mindblighter was among the Chaos forces that invaded the doomed world afterwards. With the aid of his Word Bearers, Mindblighter constructed a necropolis upon Uphrateus, which contained a cathedral where the Chaos Lord gave his heretical sermons. However the world had been the Homeworld of the Sentinels of Uphrateus Chapter, who still lived and remained loyal to the Imperium. They had been waging a campaign to reclaim their fallen world, from the Chaos invaders and this led the Sentinels to attack Mindblighter's forces. Despite suffering grievous casualties, the Chapter was eventually able to breach the defenses of the Chaos Lord's cathedral and in doing so, they also weakened the grip the Eye of Terror had on their Homeworld. This allowed Uphrateus to break free of the Eye and after 200 years, it returned to Realspace, which was soon discovered by the Imperium.[1]
As the world had also once served as as a bastion against Chaos incursions from the Eye of Terror, the Imperium launched a major operation to reclaim it. When the Imperials arrived at Uphrateus, though, they learned that not only was Uphrateus heavily corrupted, but that it also contained numerous Chaos forces. They also discovered that the Sentinels of Uphrateus still lived and had remained loyal to the Imperium. However operatives of the Scholastica Psykana became alarmed about the Sentinels' battle within Mindblighter's cathedral, as the Chaos Lord was manipulating the bloodshed in order to summon a vast Daemon host of Khorne to his aid. Seeing a full picture of Uphrateus' fate, led the Imperium to send two of the Space Wolves Great Companies to aid their forces, but they would not arrive in time stop the Chaos Lord's summoning. In desperation, the Officio Assassinorum was ordered to send the Eversor Assassin Tormentius to Uphrateus, in order to eliminate Mindblighter. Once the Eversor arrives there, the Imperium has estimated that Tormentius will have three hours to infiltrate the Chaos Lord's cathedral and kill Mindblighter, before his summoning is completed.[1]
Trivia
Saegius Mindblighter, the Sentinels of Uphrateus, their Homeworld and Tormentius, were created by the Games Workshop employees Wayne England and Ian Pickstock for Inferno! 1.[1]
Sources
- 1: Inferno! 1, pg. 30 - Everor Assassin: XX99AAA Prime: Status Most Urgent
