Ulli Leitpold
Ulli Leitpold was an Imperial prisoner in the Expendables Penal Legion, who served alongside his friend Marquand Volker.[1]
Biography
Before they were captured, Leitpold and Volker were infamous pirates, who preyed upon the Imperium's minor Segmentum trade routes. This also caused them to fight Orks and two called upon this experience, as the Expendables were charged with capturing the Supergun Da Kablammer during a war between the Imperium and the Xenos. They were deployed in one of their Penal Legion's battalions and after landing on the world containing the Kablammer, it charged towards the Ork building that held the Supergun. Like all Expendables, though, the prisoners were accompanied by armed guards, who would ensure they completed their mission. The battalion had to fight through the Orks to reach the building and as they did so, Leitpold showed his strength by surviving a headbutt from an Ork. He then returned the headbutt, which either knocked out the Xenos or killed it. By the time they entered the building, however, all of the Expendables' guards had been killed by the Orks.[1]
Afterwards, Leitpold and Volker met with the surviving Expendables of their battalion and took command of their fellow prisoners. With their guards dead and them in command, Volker and Leitpold were excited about the treasures they could now claim for themselves. But due to their experience fighting with Orks, the two knew it was likely that the Xenos were waiting around a corner to ambush them. They then turned to their group and Volker told Leitpold to leave it to him. He then gave a frightening speech that warned the Expendables of the terrors that awaited them, should the Orks defeat the Imperium and win the war. His soaring rhetoric inspired the group and they ran off, eager to fight the Xenos. Volker and Leitpold of course stood back as their occurred and watched as their group clashed with a number of Orks. When only one Expendable and Ork remained, however, the two opened fire and killed them, as they felt the fight had been dragging on for too long.[1]
This left the pathway to Da Kablammer clear and the two take any treasure they find along the way. Once they reached the Supergun, Volker took control of it and they both searched for something to shoot with the weapon. Leitpold then saw that an Imperial Penal Transporter Ship had just landed near the building and he pointed it out to Volker. Though Leitpold said that it might be deploying more Expendables, Volker used the Kablammer to destroy the Transporter. They broke out laughing afterwards and Leitpold joking said that Volker would be executed by the Imperium for what he just did. This immediately angered Volker, who pointed a gun at his friend and declared that why would he be executed, when it had been Leitpold's idea. Leitpold then pointed a gun at Volker and was angered that his friend would place the blame, for the Transporter's destruction, on him. They then fired their weapons at each other and were both left mortally wounded. As they laid on the ground, Volker said Leitpold's name, who in turn waited to hear what his friend wanted. However they both died, before either one of them could say anything more.[1]
Trivia
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- Warhammer Monthly 63 included stories of its Warhammer Fantasy characters in Warhammer 40,000 settings (and vice versa) including Ulli Leitpold the Imperial Mercenary and his long-time companion Marquand Volker.[1]
Sources
- 1: Warhammer Monthly 63 - Ulli & Marquand are the Expendables
