60,060
edits
Changes
From Warhammer 40k - Lexicanum
m
no edit summary
{{BloodAngelsPortal}}
[[Image:ZephonArt.jpg|thumb|right|230px|Zephon{{Fn|6}}]]
'''Zephon''', the '''Bringer of Sorrow''', was a a [[Dominion (Blood Angels)|Dominion]] of the [[Blood Angels]] [[Space Marine Legion|Legion]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{Fn|1}}
==Biography==
Before becoming a Legionary, he was a member of a tribe and learned to play the harp. Like other Blood Angels, he was both a warrior and an artist. He eventually rose to become a [[Destroyer Marine|Destroyer]] and Exarch of the [[High Host]], gaining a ruthless reputation as the '''Bringer of Sorrow'''.{{Fn|5a}} However, the attack that removed his ability to fight also stole his ability to play music. Both his arms were severed below the elbow and both his legs were mutilated by an alien blade. Both arms were replaced by augmetics and his left thigh and knee, as well as his right foot with a four taloned claw. Nine surgeries were unable to replace his ability due to his body rejecting augmentations. He still attempted to play music and to fight, but he could only fire a boltgun every fifth time he attempted due to his nerves not responding, and his aim was limited due to his nerves misfiring and causing him to tremble. Essentially crippled, Zephon refused offers by his brothers and even Sanguinius to take up support roles such as those on warships, instead bitterly going into a de facto exile in the [[Crusader Host]] on Terra. He was embittered by the experience, and wallowed in barely concealed rage.{{Fn|1}}{{Fn|5a}}
After the [[Horus Heresy]] began and the Crusader Host was disbanded, Zephon was allowed some freedom to continue his duty marking the names of the dead. When the Blood Angels disappeared, he pleaded with [[Malcador the Sigillite]] to be allowed to search for them, but he was denied on 13 different occasions. During the [[War Within the Webway]], as the Emperor's forces were pushed back to the Impossible City, the [[Adeptus Custodes|Custodian]] [[Diocletian Coros]] recruited him for their plan of reinforcement on recommendation by the Sigillite. Although Zephon tried to demonstrate that he was unfit to fight, he was required to attend with the Custodian anyway.{{fnFn|1}}
Following the Webway War, Zephon began spending much time in the [[Imperial Palace]] with fellow veteran [[Arkhan Land]]. When the Blood Angels under [[Sanguinius]] arrived on Terra, Zephon wept and Land agreed to help repair Zephon's bionic limbs. Land discovered that the limbs would always be rejected by Zephon's body. To bypass this, he implanted into his arm and head the [[Paragon of Restoration]], fragments of an acquired [[Dark Age of Technology]]-era Abominable Intelligence. He used the limited AI to trick Zephon's body into accepting the new limbs, and in exchange Zephon agreed to take Land before Sanguinius.{{Fn|2}}
