Heahmar Black Bones

Heahmar Budlunghr, or as he is known more commonly, Heahmar Black Bones, is a powerful figure within the galactic underworld. Born to a royal family on a forgotten Feudal World, Heahmar was born the youngest of 6 brothers and a cripple, with no ability to use his legs. Regardless of this physical disadvantage, Heahmar developed a keen mind and a manipulative persona, and eventually left his homeworld to seek fame and fortune elsewhere. This desire for great power led to his desertion from his Imperial ties, which he believed were of no real consequence.

Gaining a reputation as a fierce leader and a brilliant strategist, Heahmar eventually created a large force of marauders and privateers from a variety of sources. Such was his success that Heahmar has in the past attracted even renegade Space Marines to his employ. A tight knit and loyal cadre eventually formed into a small army. Heahmar and his forces now operate in a freelance capacity, taking roles as mercenaries or as pirate raiders however they see fit.

Early Life
Heahmar's birth was considered a black day for his noble family. Prior to Heahmar's birth, the family had enjoyed a longstanding prestige and a position of power as a strong house with a longstanding warrior culture. However, the youngest sons birth created turmoil within the family, mainly due to Heahmar's physical nature. While the murder of the young child was considered, the compassion of one of Heahmar's older siblings and his mother eventually led to his survival as a young child.

Heahmar was considered the "black sheep" of his family in the eyes of most, including half of his siblings. His brothers Dalomn, Guln and Ilmarius were the only exceptions to this rule, all of which who were close with their crippled younger brother all through his formative years. As a result, Heahmar developed a sincere attachment to his brothers, while distancing himself further from his parents and other siblings. Heahmar also developed a violent side,

While Heahmar's legs were an obvious obstacle to developing the martial prowess expected of a noble's son, the child instead developed a keen mind and immense upper body strength, on the account of having to crawl for a majority of his life. As Heahmar eventually exited his youth he had a set of bracing devices made for his legs, allowing them to support his weight. Heahmar could walk, a limping, jolting walk, but a walk none the less. Heahmar also became a competent marksmen before he left his homeworld.

Heahmar exited his house with a small group of soldiers, adventurers and hired help. While many of his siblings, including his close brother Guln, joined the Imperial Guard or Imperial Navy, Heahmar decided best to strike out on his own. As a result Heahmar left with only a small Escort vessel, with minimal defences or armaments. Heahmar's brothers Dalomn and Ilmarius joined with their younger brother, Dalomn out of a desire for adventure and Ilmarius to look after his younger, more inexperienced brothers. It was at this point Heahmar truely began to carve out his own destiny.

Opirius IX
Heahmar started his career through interstellar space hiring out his services, and that of his brothers to those on the edges of Imperial Space. Various clients, from Rogue Traders to the governors of Frontier Worlds, often requested Heahmar and his brothers for military support or as escorts for merchants. Heahmar quickly grew tired of such menial work, and desired more opportunities for fame and power that the Imperium didn't seem to care to offer him. Heahmar had also become frustrated with his brother Ilmarius, who strongly disapproved of Heahmar's desires and wanted to remain in the good graces of the Imperium.

The balance of power between the siblings began to tip however, after the Battle of Opirus IX. Heahmar and his brothers deployed forces planetside on the rogue Fortress World, supporting the PDF forces and a small force of Imperial Guardsmen against a small Chaos Warband. While his brothers led their forces into battle, Heahmars strategy won the day and kept the invading heretic forces from capturing a critical foothold on the planet. From this central fortress, Heahmar's tactics allowed the loyalists to resist several attacks. Heahmar was eventually goaded into engaging the enemy in person, riding in the back of a customised Tauros Assault Vehicle. When this vehicle was eventually disabled, Heahmar crawled from the wreckage and brutally killed the heretic who destroyed both his leg braces and his attack vehicle. Heahmar then faced down a detachment of Chaos Cultists, challenging them next to the flaming wreckage of his vehicle with furious wrath. The sight struck the servants of Chaos such that when his brothers soon arrived, only their ambush and attack broke the heretics from their place. Following his victory, Heahmar's eye became permanently bloodshot due to his injury, but his leg braces were replicated and recovered.

Following the victory, Heahmund's brothers accepted great praise from the Planetary Governor for their efforts during the battle, while Heahmar received no such praise. Heahmar's anger and resentment of his brothers eventually grew too much to bear. After a heated argument in which Ilmarius threatened to brand his brother as a traitor if his ambitions grew too great, Heahmar conspired to murder his brother.

During a later punitive contract on an unknown Feral World, Heahmar double crossed his older brother and left him for dead during engagements with the planets inhabitants. Heahmar later scoured half the planet from orbit, ensuring his brothers death. Dalomn suppressed all expressions of independence upon this event, becoming the second in command for Heahmar.

Black Bones Emerges
Upon removing himself of his restrictive ties to the Imperium as a whole, Heahmar began raiding and plundering across the Halo Stars, stealing ships and outmanoeuvring the Imperial Navy at every turn. Heahmar's exploits became well known, and Heahmar himself becoming a feared figure within the Segmentum.

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