Elena "Angel Eyes" Amadeus

Elena Amadeus was born to a family of minor nobles in the Rezina Duchy sometime in the 620s. Due to her family connections she destined for a comfortable career in either Battlefleet Medici or a minor officer’s rank in one of the Guard Brigades. She chose the navy, graduating from the Medici Naval Flight Academy and being assigned to the Gothic class Battlecruiser Avianna Superbus(Medici naming conventions had Battlecruisers named for prestigious Noblewomen) as a Valkyrie pilot. Her nickname “Angel Eyes” came from a mocking remark from a junior officer who noted that she looked like a porcelain doll his sister had owned as a child, pretty but fragile and with no practical purpose. “She has angel eyes- there’s nothing behind them, all sweetness and light, how will she fare in an actual fight? When the missiles start flying will she just fly away?” The name of this officer has been lost to history but she used it to motivate herself to excel and the nickname developed a double meaning. As a pilot the most of her face that most saw was her eyes. She got the chance to prove herself when Avianna Superbus was sent to Szerkasia. She proved herself, volunteering for some of the worst air combat the campaign had to offer. In the end she indirectly won the campaign. To understand why you must first understand Warboss Mukrukka. He commanded from the back of a Squiggoth officially refered to as “Iron Hide” but informally and more commonly known as “The Party Wagon”(the Szerkasian nickname stuck) and all attempts to destroy it had failed. One last desperate attack finally broke through. Her Valkyrie was the only one to make it past the AA batteries on the beast’s back but her copilot was killed and her Valkyrie was damaged, running on only one engine She had just enough control left to aim it on a ramming course and then bail out. The collision killed Mukkrukka and his senior Lieutenant Muzzlump. Once news spread the Ork forces disintegrated into infighting. The Orks who captured her deemed her “ ‘ard ‘nuff” and let her go. She returned to her vessel, earning a squadron command and several commendations. She was also assured by Brada Dubrov, commander of the Szerkasian Starlords, that she would never again have to pay for her own drinks anywhere on the planet and that among Szerkasians such an honor was not given lightly. Her later career saw her transfer to fleet command and receiving a command of a light cruiser. She retired with a full pension after losing her right leg and her ship in a battle with Orks. She lost her cruiser but took 5 Orks vessels with her. She married Berno Ciardo, a nobleman she saw between deployments and another 3 generations of command officers followed her.