40,701
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
m
portal
{{AdeptusMechanicusPortalImperialKnightsPortal}}'''{{PAGENAME}}Mattius''' is a [[Knight]] of [[House Hawkshroud]] and pilots the [[Knight Crusader]] '''Pyrrhus Angel''', a relic from the [[Dark Age of Technology]]. He is a shining exemplar of honour and valour and serves as a vassal for Sir [[Kenrick]], as one of his chosen lance-brothers. The Pyrrhus Angel itself however, is ill marked from taking a less than honourable deed while piloted by another Noble. It is said the ancient Knight suit was once the instrument of hundreds of civilian deaths - which was considered a necessary precaution, to prevent them from being used as sacrifices for a [[Daemonic]] incursion. Whether their deaths were really necessary or if they could have been saved is up to debate, though the act itself earned the Pyrrhus Angel its name and left a scar on its [[Machine Spirit]]. It will never forget the high cost of victory and now each Noble that inherits the Pyrrhus Angel, during the '''Ritual of Becoming''', is imbued with a great sense of morality and compassion; in the hopes that such an atrocity will never happen again. As the latest pilot of the Pyrrhus Angel, Sir {{PAGENAME}} Mattius excels at long-ranged devastation, but thanks to the influence of the Knight Crusader's Machine Spirit, he always ensures that death by its hands comes to those who deserve it.{{Fn|1}}
==Source==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[White Dwarf 66 (2015)]] - — ''Parade Ground''
[[Category:Characters (Human)]]
[[Category:Characters (Knights)]]