Verus Antoninus

"“I might be facing the enemy's terminators today, brother. But between fighting the Corpse Imperium’s most dangerous, and organizing the unstable rabble that follows us into an actual fleet... I’d say I have the easier job.“"

- Shadow Captain Aurelius Antoninus

The twin sibling to the Shadow Lord Aurelius Antoninus, Verus rose to serve in the Honour Guard of the Griffons about the time his brother became Shadow Captain of the First. Their paths could never be more different; where Antoninus became lauded leader and master of the blade, Verus became honourable, stoic bodyguard and master of the pistol. Such is his mastery with this class of weapons that he is known to have slain entire squads in one salvo of absolute and superb marksmanship. With the Griffons’ myriad losses in the Abyssal Crusade and finally their fall to Slaanesh, Verus became the Master of the Fleet, a task he had suddenly shown a great propensity for, guiding the Shadow Reavers through the fickle void of the Maelstrom and devastating enemy armadas with tactical proficiency that equals his great and unerring gunslinging skills.

Warmer and more open than the other who bears his face, Verus is on good terms with most warriors of his warband. Although as calculating and tactically gifted as his twin brother, Verus has been known to burst out in uncontrollable, murderous rage. Several times this rage has resulted in victory for the fleet as, driven by fury, he had made decisions that had caught the enemy off-guard.

As his personal weapons, he bears the master-crafted bolt pistol of Germanicus and the plasma pistol known as Silencer, for reasons obvious. He was also gifted a blade carved from the tusk of Prince Sa’thiel himself, a relic that strengthens the shroud around him. With this unhallowed artifact, his infiltration skills are second to none.