Gathrul the Annealed

"Without technology and those who wish to understand it, nothing would exist - From the simplest rock hammer in epochs past to the fascinating Webway the Eldar use - All of it, is technology that has advanced life in the galaxy. And I am its master."

- Gathrul to his followers Gathrul the Annealed is the Warpsmith in charge of the technology coven known as the Black Engineers - Comprised mostly of fallen Tech Priests, Servitors taken from the Imperium and TechUnion Traders of Kambolas. This coven was created at the request of Gathrul himself upon approval of the Daemon Prince Sa'vael the Fate-Bound. This Coven have been established with the intentions to become pioneers to explore all possible avenues of what can be created with the powers of the Warp and what is possible with real space materials and methods.

History
Little is known of Gathrul before his time as a member of the Adeptus Mechanicus and Adeptus Astartes, resulting in his standing as a former Techmarine of an unrecognised Chapter, one that has presumably been destroyed or lost in the void of space. The only clue was the remains of Gathrul's shoulder guard with a deep purple colour, the badge worn away beyond recognition. Based on rumours before his abandonment to the Eye of Terror, it is said that Gathrul was born on the planet of Dem'boka, the same planet in which his future master -Sa'vael of the Scourge Knights- was said to hail from and studied to become an Engineer and, should he procure the life-expanding treatments, Architect and Scientist of every material field after - All three of which he accomplished.

Gathrul has been coined with many titles, his title of 'The Annealed' has come from an incident during his pre-Heresy years which saw his armour and flesh seared together as an unofficial punishment by an unknown Chapter for working with xeno technology from both the Tau Empire and Eldar. Rather than death, he was abandoned on a distant planet within the Eye of Terror as penitence for his heretical ideas.