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'''Herman von Strab''' was the Overlord of Armageddon during the [[Second War for Armageddon]]. He was the fourth son of his father, Luthor von Strab.

Herman rose to power the same way all others had done before him, through assassination of the other claimants to the throne - in Herman's case, his three elder brothers. His brothers considered him too stupid, weak or unsophisticated to take him seriously as a rival, to their cost.

His personality reflected that of a typical aristocrat, decadent and ignorant of threats to his planet's safety. He used fear to control the population and maintain his position of power. He was however, personally fearless (whether this was a sign of actual bravery or just blind stupidity is unknown) and ruthless to the point of insanity. When the [[Ork]] threat appeared, he had little grasp of the magnitude of the problem and had even less of an idea how to deal with it.

His incompetence was seen right from the very beginning of the second war. He was given several warning about the potential invasion. The Imperial Tarot gave the same reading of disaster, time after time, Navigators on incoming freighters warned of a massive warp storm brewing and the Statue of the Emperor in [[Hive Helsreach]] wept bloody tears. Von Strab ignored them all.

Then, when the Space Marines arrived and turned back the Ork hordes, Commander [[Dante]] of the [[Blood Angels]] took command, much to the annoyance of von Strab. He was then put under armed guard and house arrest, but escaped in a stolen [[Land Speeder]]. This was found later, badly damaged, but his body was never found. This was the last to be seen of von Strab in the Second War.

Von Strab took little part in the actual fighting of the [[Third War for Armageddon]] but it is rumoured that the fall of [[Hive Acheron]] was mainly due to sabotage of power lines and Orks appearing from secret tunnel entrances. He soon emerged and revealed himself to the population with Ork brute squads ready to put down dissenters. He made as passionate speech to the people, asking them to rise up against the tyrants of the Imperium. He was welcomed back by much of the old nobility as a long-lost prince, ignoring that he had joined forces with the invaders.