User blog comment:TheRedScorpion/Depth, Complexity and The Adeptus Astartes/@comment-3341288-20110729055629/@comment-3341288-20110729060633

For an example, I'm currently (trying to) to add alot of back story to my Blaze Ravens, so that you really get a understanding of their characters. This has resulted in one of the longest articles on the wiki. But you want interesting characters? I got one but he doesn't follow the Codex. The Blaze Ravens Chapter Master is Dante, the weirdest marine on this and the other side of the Imperium. He looks scary, but is easy-going, laid-back, and sarcastic. But he is a genius and led a resistance force of kids against the World Eaters (who conquered his home) before he could drive. One of his most defining feature is his relations with the eldar and how he and his chapter do things (see Blaze Raven). Dante doesn't follow no codex or any rules but his own and is effectively a heretic. The point i'm trying to make is that you dont have to focus on them to have interesting characters.