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Drakan Vangorich

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'''Drakan Vangorich''' was the [[Grand Master of Assassins]] of the [[Officio Assassinorum]] in [[M32]]. A major player during the [[War of the Beast]], he later oversaw a violent attempted coup against the [[Imperium]] in an event known as [[The Beheading]]{{Fn|1}}, ruling mankind for the next hundred years.{{Fn|110}}
==History==
===Origins===
Drakan Vangorich was originally a [[Venenum Temple]] who eventually rose to its leader. During his time in the Temple, he became a father figure for the young [[Esad Wire]].{{Fn|10}}
 
===War of the Beast===
During the [[War of the Beast]], Vangorich was warned of the [[Ork]] threat early on by [[Inquisitorial Representative]] [[Wienand]]{{Fn|2a}}. Vangorich was known for his tense relationship with the [[Lord High Admiral]] [[Lansung]], although in truth he held all the High Lords in contempt, save for amicable relationships with Wienand and [[Lord Commander Militant]] [[Heth]]{{Fn|2b}}. During the war, Vangorich dispatched the former Assassin [[Esad Wire]] on an unknown mission seemingly targeting the Inquisition.{{Fn|2c}} However this was just his warning to the Inquisition to stop spying on him, and Vangorich's next move was to shapeshift into a [[Priest]] and infiltrate the [[Ecclesiarchal Palace ]] where he poisoned [[Ecclesiarch]] [[Mesring]]. Vangorich told the Ecclesiarch that he only had 3 days to live, and if he wanted the antidote in that time he would immediately declare a [[War of Faith]] against [[The Beast]] to force Lansung to redeploy his forces against the Greenskins.{{Fn|3}}
===The Beheading===
For reasons still unknown, in 546.While [[Lord Commander of the Imperium]] [[Maximus Thane]] and the newly rechristened [[Imperial Fists]] swept away the last of [[The Beast]]'s [[M32Ork]] Drakan would act against s Vangorich was left to oversee the ineffectual [[High Lords of Terra]]as Lord Protector. Deploying his elite assassins, Vangorich was initially going to simply coerce the High Lords were slain to a maninto working effectively as he had tried with [[Mesring]]. A However when Vangorich learned that [[Space MarineFabricator-General]] [[Kubik]] strike force drawn from had secretly teleporated the [[Halo BrethrenOrk]] capital of [[Ullanor]] instead of enacting [[Exterminatus]] as Thane had demanded in order to plunder their technology, Vangorich snapped. He realized that the High Lords would never put aside their personal ambition to protect Humanity. Faced with this depressing truth, Vangorich committed himself to destroying the High Lords and placing himself as ruler of the Imperium]].{{Fn|10}} Vangorich struck swiftly, eliminating all of the High Lords save [[Wienand]] in a single day. It is implied that he spared Wienand out of genuine romantic feelings for her. In a subsequent meeting of the lesser members of the [[Sable SwordsSenatorum Imperialis]]Vangorich used lies and excuses to explain the absence of many of the High Lords while using impersonators to replace others. Few were moved by his excuses, but were too afraid to speak out and he easily created his own puppet cabinet of High Lords.{{Fn|10}} Vangorich ruled the Imperium for the next 100 years as a tyrant, but an effective one. Terra was refortified, the fourth [[Imperial FistsFounding]] of [[ChapterSpace Marine]]s was scrambled successful, and the armies of the Imperium rebuilt. The last vestiges of The Beasts hordes were swept aside. However after about 80 years of rule Vangorich began to stop become unstable. Unnecessary massacres, bizarre behavior, and random purges began to break out. Wienand, still working with Vangorich, knew the time for his fall was at hand. Storming At the Assassinorum Temple same time, Thane, still on Crusade, came to the same conclusion and made his move on Terra.  After securing the [[TerraImperial Palace]] Wienand revealed that Vangorich was inside the [[Eversor Temple]]in the north pole. In the subsequent battle for the temple, 400 Space Marines from the force was Imperial Fists, [[Halo Brethren]], and [[Sable Swords]] were assailed by a hundred 100 [[Eversor Assassin]]s. A sole Space Marine survived to reach By the end of the melee only three remained: Vangorich , Thane, and slay a single Eversor. Vangorich bid his goodbyes to Thane before ordering the mad Grand Eversor to finish the Chapter Master with , but the assassin stayed his hand. The Eversor was [[Esad Wire]], who somehow had overcome his programming. This distraction gave Thane enough time to raise his [[Bolt Pistol]]. Afterwards, Vangorich asked if they would like to know the Imperium descended into a period story of anarchyhow [[Konrad Curze]] died before being shot dead by Thane. Of Esad Wire, there was no sign.{{Fn|5}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|8}}: [[The Hunt for Vulkan (Novel)]] Epilogue
*{{Endn|9}}: [[The Last Son of Dorn (Novel)]] - Chapter 3
*{{Endn|10}}: [[The Beheading (Novel)]] Chapters 9-17
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