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'''{{PAGENAME}}Lorgath Maclir''' is the current [[Chapter Master|Ward-Master]] of the [[Storm Wardens]], bearing the additional titles of Imperial Commander of Sacris, Lord Protector of the Northern Halo Marches, and Marshal Designate Imperialis of the Ninth Convocation. He is known for being a superfluous studier of the [[Tactica Imperialis]], which, some claim, he has entirely memorised. If this is true, it would indeed be an impressive accomplishment, even among the [[Adeptus Astartes]]. Lorgath is an impressive strategist who is perpetually challenging his [[Space Marine Captain|Captain]]s with tactical exercises.{{Fn|1a}}{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2b}}
Lorgath was initiated into the Storm Wardens in 229.[[M41]]. He began his ascent in the Chapter immediately. Driven to bettering himself in all things, even more so than a Chapter already noted for doing such, he committed the [[Codex Astartes|Codex]] to memory. He did not just memorise its contents, however, for he tested himself to assure that he comprehended fully each lesson and principle. Having been judged worthy of commanding a Company later in his life, he turned the honour down, stating that his mastery of the Codex was not yet complete. Over the next decade he was offered a captaincy three more times, finally accepting command of the Seventh Company, followed by the Third, and finally [[Storm Wardens#The Inheritors|the First]].{{Fn|2a}}{{Fn|2b}}
==The Cleansing of Vigil==
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Not much is known about Lorgath's presence at The Cleansing of [[Vigil]]. Doubtless, he was pivotal to the upkeeping of the Storm Wardens morale as they took heavy casualties battling the [[Xeno]] [[Slaugth]] and their warrior constructs deep beneath Vigil's surface in small, lightless tunnels. After the battle, the few Veterans who survived had learned to play closer heed to the teachings of the [[Codex Astartes]]. Lorgath Maclir noticed this, and had many of them promoted to his [[Honour Guard]].{{Fn|1b}}
This success did not last. All across the [[Jericho Reach]], the world that refused to help the Crusade suddenly rose up and engaged the Crusade's forces, which had been overstretched and exposed by the worlds' noncompliance. It was discovered that the hand of [[Chaos]] was involved in having the populace rise up at the Crusade's most important moment. No reinforcements would ever arrive at Ravacene, for all were destroyed. Lorgath knew then that the Crusade had been conducted incorrectly and that it would likely never be finished even within his lifetime. Indeed, it was not completed within Achilus' lifetime, as he died aboard his flagship, the ''[[Proclamation of Wrath]]'', when its [[Warp drive#Gellar field|Gellar field]] collapsed in 786.M41. By this time, Lorgath and Achilus were no longer friends, both having become embittered by the Crusade's descent into a war of attrition.{{Fn|2e}}
== See also Related Articles==
*[[List of Chapter Masters]]
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