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[[Image:Skane.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Sgt. Skane]]
'''Skane''' was a [[Space Marine Sergeant]] of the [[World Eaters]]' [[8th Company (World Eaters)|8th Company]] during the [[Great Crusade]] and [[Horus Heresy]].{{fn|1a}}
==HistoryBiography==Serving in the 8th Company under [[Khârn]], Skane commanded a [[Space Destroyer Marine Destroyer|Destroyer Squad]] {{fn|1a}} and was the one to find his captain on the battlefield of [[Isstvan III]].{{fn|1b}} Like most Destroyer Astartes, he suffered from various ailments caused by the weapons he wielded{{fn|1e}}, and had been fitted with [[Augmetics|augmetic]] vocal cords after an aggressive cancer had destroyed his biological ones.{{fn|1d}} After the battle of [[Armatura]], he supported [[Lotara Sarrin]] when the residual effects Flag-Captain challenged [[Delvarus]] for dereliction of his forces own radioactive weaponryduty{{Fnfn|11c}}, and he lost a forearm to the [[Ultramarines]] during the destruction of [[Nuceria]]. {{fn|1f}} Near the end of the Heresy, Skane served aboard the Legion's flagship ''[[Conqueror (Ship)|Conqueror]]'', as it journeyed to take part in the [[Battle for Terra|invasion]] of [[Terra]]. By that time, however, the ''Conqueror'' had fallen under the influence of [[Khorne]], which had led the flagship to become a hostile environment to those aboard it. This led to the rapid depletion of supplies and manpower - chiefly due to the World Eaters losing themselves to mindless rages and then attacking anyone near them. Skane was among the worse to suffer under the ''Conqueror's'' influence and he began to struggle to control his radiation ravaged body. This eventually led him to violently corner the ''Conqueror's'' [[Imperial Army|Captain]] [[Lotara Sarrin]] and tell her they needed to leave the flagship for their own safety. Captain Sarrin agreed with Skane, as he had voiced an opinion that many aboard the ''Conqueror'' now held. However this was not shared with the majority of the World Eaters aboard the ''Conqueror'', who would view this abandonment as a mutiny, so Skane and Sarrin met secretly to begin planning their escape.{{Fn|2}}
They met with others who wished to leave as well and when they had made their final preparations to leave, their group had grown to include fifty World Eaters and over three hundred crew members. Their plan to escape was then put into action, the next time the World Eaters' fleet exited the Warp. As per their plan, Captain Sarrin had secured five shuttles to take the escapees to the Legion [[frigate]] [[Bestiarius]] and one by one they were filled and left the Conqueror behind. Skane and, his fellow World Eater escapee, Captain [[Maruuk]], however, stayed beside Sarrin, who as Captain of the ''Conqueror'' would need to escape aboard the last shuttle, to avoid arising any suspicion. When they reached the shuttle though, [[Khârn]] confronted them before they could escape and declared them to be traitors. As Khârn then made his approach, Skane charged him and told Captain Sarrin to escape while he held Khârn back. He was no match for Khârn, however, and was soon beaten to the ground, as the last shuttle fled the ''Conqueror''. Khârn then prepared to kill Skane, but the Destroyer Sergeant was content the others had managed to escape. This quickly changed when Sarrin appeared beside Khârn and Skane learned she had betrayed their group and had never planned on leaving. Now helpless and stricken with grief from Sarrin's betrayal, Skane could do nothing as Khârn raised [[Gorechild]] to end his life. However before the blow could land, Sarrin stopped Khârn and stated as Captain of the ''Conqueror'', Skane's death should be her responsibility. With that, she leveled her pistol at Skane's face and shot him through his eye. Shortly afterwards, Sarrin gave the order to destroy the escapees' shuttles and brought an end to their mutiny.{{Fn|2}}
==Sources==
*{{Endn|1}}: [[Betrayer (Novel)]] **{{Cite thisendn|1a}}: ''Dramatis Personae''**{{endn|1b}}: ''Prologue''**{{endn|1c}}: ch. 11**{{endn|1d}}: ch. 15**{{endn|1e}}: ch. 17**{{endn|1f}}: ch. 21
*{{Endn|2}}: [[A Rose Watered With Blood (Short Story)]]
