Heidrek the Annihilator

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Heidrek Salo, otherwise addressed as Heidrek the Annihilator, is a Chaos Lord of the Memoirs of Scorn Warband derived from the World Eaters Traitor Legion and a former Centurion of the 23rd Company of the XII "War Hounds" Legion. A man possessed by the uncontrollable desire to ravage entire worlds and unleash havoc upon the galaxy as all World Eaters are, Heidrek differs from his Khornate brethren considerably in that despite the ages of bloodshed and ceaseless conflict that he has participated within, while certainly having afflicted his state of mind, he has managed to retain his harsh intellect and capacity for strategy and has become infamous amongst those descendants and followers of the World Eaters due to an obsession seeded within the depths of his psyche; the Annihilator actively seeks his fellow World Eaters to utterly destroy them in the name of Blood God before all others and maintains an outright hatred for the animalistic Berzerkers that plague his once-kin.

Heidrek is a figure of few words, if any, and has remained largely quiet even in the days prior to his augmentation and uplifting into an Astartes - a trait that makes those that consider themselves familiar with the nature of Khorne and his fanatics unsettled, for no screams or bellows, boasts or whispers escape Heidrek's lips. A butcherer of both Imperial and xenos worlds regardless of his spite and grudges, Heidrek relishes battle and is content to bathe in blood as his brothers are, but to encounter those World Eaters outside of his own Warband drives him into unrelenting yet silent anger and evoke bursts of heated, furious outrage from within the Annihilator's otherwise cold and stoic shell that can only be satiated by the satisfaction of their utter rending from the realm of realspace.

Early Life
Heidrek Salo was born within the lands once known as Nordyc prior to the conclusion of the Unification Wars that were instigated by the Emperor of Mankind in his efforts to reunite the remnants of humanity and their techno-barbarian states in order to impose a new era of prosperity and interstellar travel. A quiet individual even prior to the process of cybernetic and biological augmentation and hypnotherapy undergone by Astartes recruits, Heidrek preferred actions to words and would allow them to speak for him, making his voice heard to so few throughout his lifetime both before and after his descent towards the Ruinous Powers. A highly-strung, anti-social and savage delinquent that had an understanding of primitive firearms and tribal weaponry as a result of his upbringing, and a hatred for the old, the diseased, and those he perceived as weak, he grew to become a champion of his tribe before even two decades of age and was a relentless, brutal killer - a perfect candidate for the XII Legion of Astartes, whom kidnapped Heidrek along with various other feral humans across Nordyc in order to induct them into their Legion, although Heidrek was noted for having shown evident resistance towards his captors much to their amusement.

Competing within gladiatorial competitions with youths and young adults from across Terra, Heidrek was noted for being particularly keen on using his bare hands to fight and kill, even with the acquired knowledge to use weaponry more complex than simple blasters and tomahawks - his favoured methods involved dashing the skulls of his opposition against solid surfaces and jabbing his thumbs into his foes' eye sockets, occasionally doing both. While others would have considered such a rather primitive means of combat, his War Hound observers considered such a blessing, for even though he found himself capable of using weaponry and even face-to-face with armed opponents, he retained the capacity to tear them apart with his bare hands without fear or hesitation while utilizing an awareness of the movements of his enemies, able to somewhat predict their attack patterns and strategies. He was as cunning as he was strong and was found to be compatible with the resources required for the metamorphosis into a full-fledged Astartes of the XII Legion, beginning his trials as a Neophyte.

As a Neophyte, Heidrek gained a mild appreciation for those within his company, as at last he found himself surrounded by those of considerable strength and merit, much like himself, although he retained his silent demeanour despite the hypnotherapy that had been induced upon him. Nonetheless, he managed to perform well within both independent and squad-based activities and after many trials and hardships, along with many casualties and gruelling injuries, Heidrek was assigned to the 23rd Company of the XII Legion as a component of a Tactical Squad and adapted surprisingly fast to combat against non-Astartes enemies upon the frontlines of both xenos and insurrectionist worlds; his presence within the military campaigns engaged by the 23rd Company was noted to be unsettling to his enemies due to his absence of stupendous combat fervor and tyrannical yelling and boasting, instead opting to utterly destroy his opposition in complete silence and refused to speak even to his most trusted colleagues and superiors, which inevitably led to various issues pertaining towards miscommunication throughout his military career.