Erikhas the Winter Smith

"If ever you see snow on a volcano planet, that's a good sign the Winter Smith is there."

Erikhas is the Master of the renegade Frost Wraiths and one of the most dangerous champions in the Warp. With his warband behind him he has fought with (and against) the despoiler, conquered Craftworlds, and even survived combat against the Daemon Primarch Angron.

History
What ever knowledge there is about his early life and where he came from was destroyed when the Abyss Gazers destroyed all evidence of their connection to the Frost Wraiths. Leader of the attempted coup by the Afflicted marines to try and take over the chapter Erikhas led the survivors into the Eye of Terror to avoid destruction. While there he came into the mysterious warp entity Heims and made him the patron of the Renegades. Later Erikhas would lead his renegades against the Minor Craftworld Alinstar and conquered it before dragging it back into the Eye of Terror. Since then it has become their base of operations, a frozen wasteland where only those such as the Frost Wraiths can Survive.

As leader of a renegade chapter Erikhas loyalty has remained a mystery. While he certainly doesn't serve the Imperium anymore he doesn't seem to have turned to Chaos either and will occasionally fight alongside either. Much of his actions after conquered Alinstar serve seemingly no greater purpose than increasing his collection of frozen trophies.

Trophy's
Erikhas' collection of Trophies is a vast labyrinth of Ice aboard Alinstar where his mightiest foes are encased in warp-infused ice. Over the Millennia his collection has grown to include;
 * The last Eldar Farseer of Alinstar
 * Several Ork Warbosses
 * Astartes from several chapters including a Grey Knight
 * A Tyranid Hive Tyrant
 * A multitude of Daemons, including a Greater Daemon of Khorn
 * Examples of most kinds of Necrons

Trazyn the Infinite
Perhaps the strangest relationship in the Galaxy to be imagined, Erikhas found a kindred spirit (so to speak) in the Necron Overlord Trazyn ever since the Necron attempted to attack Alinstar to claim his own trophies. In the Years since what can only be described as a friendly rivalry has formed between the 2 collectors, each racing to claim certain trophies before the other, and even trading tropies, for example Erikhas traded frozen lesser Daemons of the 4 Chaos Gods in return for examples of various Necrons