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'''Vance Theren''' is a [[Lord Commissar]] in the [[Orpheus Sailent]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
The most senior Commissar in the Orpheus Salient, Theren
has presided over matters of military discipline since the first
day of the Salient’s foundation. A veteran of many conflicts,
Theren has served both on the ground alongside the [[Imperial Guard]], and as a [[Fleet Commissariat|Fleet Commissar]] with the [[Imperial Navy]],
giving him valuable experience in a variety of theatres of
war, and making him an ideal choice for such high authority.
His oversight onto all Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy
activities within the Salient is carried out through the means
of thousands of lesser Commissars stationed aboard starships
and deployed within Imperial Guard regiments.{{Fn|1}}
A dutiful and honorable man, Theren does not suffer
the wasteful use of the Emperor’s armed forces, regarding
the lives of the Emperor’s servants as something not to
be expended frivolously or rashly. Indeed, quite at odds
with the archetypal image of the Commissar, Theren cares
about the men under his authority. This has caused him to
clash with the Generals under his jurisdiction on several
occasions, even going so far as to veto the battle plans of
[[General]] [[Derian Arkelius]] more than once, and having executed
several senior Imperial Guard officers for negligence over the
years of the [[Achilus Crusade]]. Further, he has reprimanded
several of his subordinate Commissars for being overzealous
in their punishments. The lives of the Emperor’s servants are
valuable and it is the responsibility of their leaders to ensure
that the dutiful efforts of even the least of men are employed
wisely, as Theren is swift to point out to his subordinates.
In spite of this atypical outlook, Theren is a stern
disciplinarian, having established a collection of penal
companies in order to deal with those who step out of line,
and commandeering a special battalion of veteran troops
to serve as military police, as he has found that squads of
exceptionally disciplined men, unbound by regimental loyalty,
make effective enforcers.{{Fn|1}}
A devout servant of the [[Imperium]], Theren cannot help but
regard the [[Space Marine]]s with due reverence, and long years
of service within the [[Jericho Reach]], interacting with Space
Marine commanders, has given him a deep respect for their
abilities, and the morale-bolstering effect their presence can
have. Given the current state of the Orpheus Salient, he is
ever willing to stand in support of the Space Marines and to
accept their aid in fighting back against the [[Tyranid]]s.
Part of the Achilus Crusade from the very start, Theren
served closely with General [[Mikal Curas]], and he held the General in
high regard almost from the outset. Curas’ death was a blow
to Theren, though his stern demeanor will not allow his sense of loss to show. He has begun to doubt the teachings
that have defined his life in the face of an enemy unlike
any he has ever faced. In spite of this, Theren is one of the
few individuals holding the Orpheus Salient together, his
discipline and sense of duty maintaining order in the most
terrible of circumstances.{{Fn|1}}
The deception maintaining the illusion of General Curas’
continued service was Theren’s idea, and he maintains control
over it, mediating between the Arkelius siblings who form
the rest of the Triumvirate, and providing overall command
in spite of their familial rivalry. Amidst all this, he liaises with
Space Marine forces within the Salient, cooperates with the
Deathwatch, and handles much of the inter-organisational
politics that so frequently blights Imperial operations,
wrangling with the demands of the [[Administratum]], [[Adeptus Arbites]], Adeptus [[Ministorum]], and [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], while
endeavouring to win an extremely costly war. In short, it
is Theren’s iron will that is the greatest factor in both the
deception that General Curas still lives, and rallying the
Crusade forces that the General once commanded.{{Fn|1}}
It should come as little surprise that Theren seems withered
and exhausted to those who meet him in person. The cost
of the Orpheus Salient’s seemingly inexorable collapse
weighs heavily on any man, and like his compatriots in the
Triumvirate, the strain is taking a toll. Amidst this pressure,
Theren is gladdened by the increased Space Marine presence
within the Salient, and the more widespread deployment of
Deathwatch Kill-teams, for every Space Marine who stands
beside the mortal guardsmen and shipsmen of the Orpheus
Salient lessens the weight upon his shoulders and those of
every officer under his command.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach]] pg.137
[[Category:Characters (Imperial Guard)]]
[[Category:Characters (Human)]]
[[Category:Characters (Imperial)]]
'''Vance Theren''' is a [[Lord Commissar]] in the [[Orpheus Sailent]].{{Fn|1}}
==History==
The most senior Commissar in the Orpheus Salient, Theren
has presided over matters of military discipline since the first
day of the Salient’s foundation. A veteran of many conflicts,
Theren has served both on the ground alongside the [[Imperial Guard]], and as a [[Fleet Commissariat|Fleet Commissar]] with the [[Imperial Navy]],
giving him valuable experience in a variety of theatres of
war, and making him an ideal choice for such high authority.
His oversight onto all Imperial Guard and Imperial Navy
activities within the Salient is carried out through the means
of thousands of lesser Commissars stationed aboard starships
and deployed within Imperial Guard regiments.{{Fn|1}}
A dutiful and honorable man, Theren does not suffer
the wasteful use of the Emperor’s armed forces, regarding
the lives of the Emperor’s servants as something not to
be expended frivolously or rashly. Indeed, quite at odds
with the archetypal image of the Commissar, Theren cares
about the men under his authority. This has caused him to
clash with the Generals under his jurisdiction on several
occasions, even going so far as to veto the battle plans of
[[General]] [[Derian Arkelius]] more than once, and having executed
several senior Imperial Guard officers for negligence over the
years of the [[Achilus Crusade]]. Further, he has reprimanded
several of his subordinate Commissars for being overzealous
in their punishments. The lives of the Emperor’s servants are
valuable and it is the responsibility of their leaders to ensure
that the dutiful efforts of even the least of men are employed
wisely, as Theren is swift to point out to his subordinates.
In spite of this atypical outlook, Theren is a stern
disciplinarian, having established a collection of penal
companies in order to deal with those who step out of line,
and commandeering a special battalion of veteran troops
to serve as military police, as he has found that squads of
exceptionally disciplined men, unbound by regimental loyalty,
make effective enforcers.{{Fn|1}}
A devout servant of the [[Imperium]], Theren cannot help but
regard the [[Space Marine]]s with due reverence, and long years
of service within the [[Jericho Reach]], interacting with Space
Marine commanders, has given him a deep respect for their
abilities, and the morale-bolstering effect their presence can
have. Given the current state of the Orpheus Salient, he is
ever willing to stand in support of the Space Marines and to
accept their aid in fighting back against the [[Tyranid]]s.
Part of the Achilus Crusade from the very start, Theren
served closely with General [[Mikal Curas]], and he held the General in
high regard almost from the outset. Curas’ death was a blow
to Theren, though his stern demeanor will not allow his sense of loss to show. He has begun to doubt the teachings
that have defined his life in the face of an enemy unlike
any he has ever faced. In spite of this, Theren is one of the
few individuals holding the Orpheus Salient together, his
discipline and sense of duty maintaining order in the most
terrible of circumstances.{{Fn|1}}
The deception maintaining the illusion of General Curas’
continued service was Theren’s idea, and he maintains control
over it, mediating between the Arkelius siblings who form
the rest of the Triumvirate, and providing overall command
in spite of their familial rivalry. Amidst all this, he liaises with
Space Marine forces within the Salient, cooperates with the
Deathwatch, and handles much of the inter-organisational
politics that so frequently blights Imperial operations,
wrangling with the demands of the [[Administratum]], [[Adeptus Arbites]], Adeptus [[Ministorum]], and [[Adeptus Mechanicus]], while
endeavouring to win an extremely costly war. In short, it
is Theren’s iron will that is the greatest factor in both the
deception that General Curas still lives, and rallying the
Crusade forces that the General once commanded.{{Fn|1}}
It should come as little surprise that Theren seems withered
and exhausted to those who meet him in person. The cost
of the Orpheus Salient’s seemingly inexorable collapse
weighs heavily on any man, and like his compatriots in the
Triumvirate, the strain is taking a toll. Amidst this pressure,
Theren is gladdened by the increased Space Marine presence
within the Salient, and the more widespread deployment of
Deathwatch Kill-teams, for every Space Marine who stands
beside the mortal guardsmen and shipsmen of the Orpheus
Salient lessens the weight upon his shoulders and those of
every officer under his command.{{Fn|1}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach]] pg.137
[[Category:Characters (Imperial Guard)]]
[[Category:Characters (Human)]]
[[Category:Characters (Imperial)]]
