Intro
"An orphan fighting for the very survival of humanity"

Basic Info
Name: Athene
Gender: Female
Played by: akula2ssn
Race: Human
Deity: Emperor of Mankind
Age: 28
Body Type: fit
Height: 5'6"
Weight: 130
Complexion: fair
Hair: white (originally dark brown)
Eyes: blue
Handedness: right
Scars: left cheek, right thigh, back
Relationship Status: Single
Personality: While a fierce zealot of her faith, Athene is very calm and collected, and very much a team builder, qualities that are often attributed to the martial discipline of being a Cadian.

General

Athena is fit as a front line soldier should be. Her hair cut into a bob just off the shoulders and naturally is dark brown but is colored in the traditional white of the Adepta Sororitas. She wears black powered armor adorned with the fleur de lis and crimson livery. Tattooed in red on her right cheek is the fleur de lis.

Athena is level headed with a sharp analytical mind. As a bit of a free thinker, Athena has often found herself at odds with her superiors within the Adepta Sororitas.

Wargear

Sororitas Power Armor: A lighter version of the powered armor worn by the genetically altered, Adeptus Astartes, the Sororitas Power Armor provides protection against physical threats as well as increased strength.

Godwyn-De'az Pattern Bolter: A smaller variant of the Astartes bolter, the Godwyn-De'az was designed for use by regular humans. In addition to firing .75 cal explosive kinetic rounds, the weapon also features an attachment for a bayonet type weapon called a Sarissa.

Power Sword: A gift for her service to the Ordo Hereticus of the Inquisition.

Squad

Sister Caroline: Athene's second in command. Spirited and gruff, Caroline has been a good counterweight to Athene's often level headed and somber personality. Sister Caroline is also a Sister Retributor, specializing in the use of heavy weapons. Athene and Caroline have had a long history together going back to their days in the Schola Progenia.

Sister Rena:
Not a member of the orders militant, Sister Rena is a member of the orders hospitaller and has served as the squad's medicae for the past year. Soft spoken and timid, it is easy to mistake her slight form as weak. Rena has served along side Athene's squad in numerous campaigns and is largely considered by all to be a part of the squad.

Sister Amelia: Jovial and free spirited, Amelia has often been verbally reprimanded by Athene. Despite this, Amelia is considered one of Athene's finest warriors.

Sister Irene: Irene is the newest member of the squad. A competent fighter, Irene has yet to find her place within the team.

Sister Cassandra: Cassandra is a Sister Dominion, specializing in assault weapons. She often prefers to carry a stormbolter into battle. Cassandra is very hot tempered and zealous in battle.

Sister Ilea: Sister Ilea, is holds a special position within the squad. Her body bares the scars, not just of battle, but of the flagellation she endured as a Repentia. The nature of the infraction which led her to join the ranks of the penitent is known only to Athene and Caroline, and the two have strongly discouraged the curiosity of the other sisters. The fact that Ilea had joined the Repentia, and found redemption before death spoke enough as to her character and faith and should serve as an example to the others.

Sister Eva: Sister Eva is by all accounts, the most pious of the squad. During hymnals, her voice is often described as that of an angel proclaiming the beneficence of the God Emperor. Her knowledge of scripture is unrivalled and her faith unquestioned. She often leads her sisters in prayer, and has been granted the special honor of being designated to carry the Simulacrum Imperialis whenever the presence of such a relic graces the squad.

Sister Jocelyn:

Sister Clarice: Sister Clarice is the only member of the squad who was born and grew up on Holy Terra and led a largely sheltered life in regards to the threats that face humanity throughout the galaxy compared to her sisters. Despite this, she has proven to be a capable warrior, and has more than earned the respect of Athene and Caroline.

Sister Nadia: Sister Nadia spent most of her childhood on the ice world of Valhalla. Her parents were officers in the Imperial Guard who were killed defending the planet from an ork invasion.

Sister Lydia: Sister Lydia is a Mordian, and one of the remaining original members of Athene's squad. She is fiercely loyal to her superior and has helped shoulder the burden of many campaigns.

Sister Mjoll: Mjoll is the squad's close combat specialist. She was born on the death world of Fenris.

Sister Serana: Sister Serana was born on the planet of Baal, the home world of the Blood Angels. Her parents were serfs in the service of the Blood Angels. Both were killed during the Tyranid invasion that decimated the planet.

Sister Rayya: Sister Rayya grew up in the lower tiers of the hives of Necromunda. Where it not for the bounty hunter, Kal Jerico, she likely would have grown up to be one of the many faceless gangers who's lives would be cut short in the endless violence of the underhive wars.

Sister Njada:

Biography
Athene was born on the planet Cadia. Her father sergeant in the Kasrkins, while her mother was a sister dialogus of the Order of the Holy Word. At the age of 6, her parents were killed during a raid by a Chaos warband on the garrison where they were residing. Her parents hid her just as the traitors began to overrun the garrison. Athene witnessed the horrors inflicted upon her parents before re-enforcements arrived. The Cadian forces found the traumatized little girl, unable to speak. Given the highly martial culture of Cadian society, Athene was looked upon by many as weak and unfit within regimented confines of Cadian society. Chastised and shunned, she would have been abandoned on the streets of the fortress world, were it not for a Ministorum priest who had led the surviving troops in the defense of the garrison.

Drill Abbot Steuben a harsh and fearsome man of the cloth. It is said that the only thing that the men and women of the Astra Militarum regiments of Cadia feared more more than the Commissars, was Drill Abbot Steuben himself. The man wielded the threat of eternal damnation as a Commissar wielded summary execution. For all his martial prowess, Drill Abbot Steuben was first and foremost a man of faith. When he saw the child, Athene, Steuben did not see weakness. He saw strength and faith that had been tested to its limit. In Steuben's eyes, this meant that the child was ready to grow in both with the proper guidance. Steuben took Athene with him to the Schola Progenium on Ophelia VII. It was there that Steuben tempered the young Athene and forged her into an strong young woman. Once she was of age, Steuben introduced Athene to Drill Abbess Diana. It was Diana who selected Athene as a candidate to become a novitiate of the Adepta Sororitas.

Athene was not alone when she was transferred to the charge of Drill Abbess Diana. During her years under Steuben's tutelage, Athene met another young orphan by the name of Caroline. Like Athene, Caroline was orphaned on Cadia. Both her parents where soldiers of the Imperial Guard. The two became close while being raised under Steuben, and both would spent their time as novitiates together both in prayer and on the battlefield.

It didn't take Athene and Caroline long before they were fully initiated into the ranks of the battle sisters under the Order of Our Martyred Lady. Athena is a veteran of a number of campaigns in and around the Cadian Gate, attaining the rank of Sister Superior. While Athene has fought many of the various types of threats to the Imperium, she has seen the most action against the forces of the Ruinous Powers. As a result she has often crossed paths with members of the Ordo Hereticus of the Inquisition.

During the outbreak of the 13th Black Crusade, Athene found herself fighting for the very survival of the world of her birth. Athena faced the combined forces of Chaos under the Arch Heratic along side her sister, Cadians in the Astra Militarum, Adeptus Astartes of the Black Templar, and forces of the Adeptus Mechanicus and Inquisition. However, in the end Athena could only watch helplessly from the evacuation fleet as the planet of her birth, the fortress world of Cadia was consumed by the warp.

In recent years, Athene has found herself repeatedly working with Inquisitor Mathias Chang of the Ordo Hereticus. The first two crossed paths in the Calixis sector while Mathias was investigating hints of a possible cult of pleasure among the noble houses. Athene had been tracking down the location of a relic stolen from the Cathedral of Illumination of Hive Tarsus. Neither were aware of the other's operation. While Mathias tried to infiltrate the hidden temple of the cult, he was caught and was embroiled in a fight for his life with the cult's enforcers. Out of ammunition, Mathias was forced into melee combat. After taking a blow to the head, Mathias lay dazed and disoriented on the stone floor as the enforcer was about to deliver a killing blow when the stone wall to the temple was blown inward by a round from the battle cannon of a castigator tank. Athene, and her sisters stormed the temple. As she began to check the bodies that lay on the floor before continuing to sweep the temple, Athene noticed the rosette around Mathias's neck and helped him up. Since that day, Athene and Mathias often worked side by side whenever the interest of the Ordos and the Ecclesiarchy crossed. The two have developed a mutual respect for each other on both a professional and personal level. The two have often called upon each other for assistance with their endeavors in the name of the Emperor and the Imperium.

Due to the local area being destabilized with the death of Cadia, our planet has been sent a few regiments of foreign imperial guard. The locals dont like these foreign intruders, but the Planetary Governors propaganda says they are there for security. They are infact there as a staging area for a counter-attack on the forces flooding out of the eye of terror, meanwhile the indomitus crusades is no where to be seen...

One such regiment is the 53rd Havelock Brutalists.

Their special issue gear is urban camoflage great coats with sewn in flak armour. They also opperate close support by a single sentinel powerlifters per squad armed with the power lifter of course but also an underslung chainsword. The best way to describe how they employ these is brutality. They use the power lifters for counter charges and on any of the imperiums more melee oriented enemies. They are grenadiers and have just been relocated after a victorious battle fighting an Ork waaagh. This Regiment is known for taking battle trophies from their foes, such as horns and fangs. Infact the squad leader is usually selected based on how many fangs they have collected. They are selected from the planets warrior caste.



Regiment Classification: Grenadiers
Recruitment Criteria: PDF lottery
Nature of Recruitment: Warrior caste
Home World: Hive
Home World Predominant Terrain: Urban
Regiment Core Units: Assault Grenadiers

Specialization: Hive and Urban Warfare: Preferred Fighting Style (Grenadiers)
Loyalty Rating: Beyond Reproach
Special Equipment: Hykon pattern helm
Special Vehicle: “Bruiser” pattern sentinel power lifter w/ sentinel chainsword
Trophies - This Regiment is known for taking battle trophies from their foes, such as horns and fangs. Infact the squad leader is usually selected based on how many fangs they have collected.



Regiment Creed: For the Emperor: Fervent belief in the Imperial cult and the righteous mission of the Imperium fuels this regiment.
Regiment Friends: Scholastia Psykana
Regiment Enemies: Eldar

Regimental Leadership: Primaris Psyker
Company demeanor: Cool-Headed (Always calm. All the time.) Pragmatic (Will use everything and every tactic to win.)
Regimental Favoured Assault Weapon: Acastus pattern “Companion” Boltgun
Regimental Favoured Heavy Weapon: Heavy Grenade Launcher

Acastus pattern “Companion” Boltgun

The Acastus pattern, which is locally referred to as the “Companion” is not great in any one particular field. But instead superb at fulfilling many roles in a competent and practical manner. Most Companions have the names enscribed in them of all the previous bearers, and they are usually recovered in battle and passed on, or adorned with various fangs and claws denoting its redoubtable qualities. It is particularly good at scenarios requiring overwatch and long durations of sentry duty because its most potent qualities require very little training to bring into activation. Due to the ease of manufacturing of boltguns it is not uncommon to see more than one of these in the squad.



Acastus pattern Heavy Grenade Launcher

A rather unusual weapon manufactured by a local forge world. It appears to have been designed based on historical accounts and paintings of astartese weapons from ancient times and pieced together from various parts of STC files by scribe savants. This culminated in a heavy two handed ballistic device with a rapid firing rotating cylinder. Due to recoil baffles it is possible for normal, albeit muscular guardsmen to carry and use it. However it truly comes into its own when used to suppress an advancing enemy line.



Hykon pattern Helm

The Hykon pattern helm is truly a marvel of technology. It is a normal pressure helm made from flak steel but has advanced helmet command and control systems. It has a microbead comms unit and connected battlefield HUD which tracks ammunition, terrain and orders. It also has an inbuilt targeter which automatically binds to the weapon used through some arcane means.

The Hykon helm is produced exclusively on Havelock and is jealously guarded. The original STC was found amongst discarded machine parts dumped on Hykon by the local forge world. It was adapted to use by the planets imperial guard and thus only has flak armour and replaceable rebreather canisters. However the original was said to have been very different in nature.







Gender: Male
Race: Human
Deity: Emperor of Mankind
Age: 30
Body Type: Stocky
Height: 5’10” (surprisingly short for a leader)
Weight: 85kg
Complexion: fair
Hair: Bald
Eyes: Grey
Handedness: right
Scars: A small scar above the right eye and a set nose.
Relationship Status: Single

Personality:

Malcolm comes from a long line of the warrior caste. He is by no means from a highborn noble house as is the case from other regiments. Instead his house has infact fallen on hard times, a trend which he had hoped to reverse. He, just like about 25 percent of his planets population, had been born into the warrior caste. He had, had to work his way up to his position from a low posting.

Malcolm, just like many from his planet is a pragmatist and resourceful. People from the rainy world of Havelock have had to repurpose and rebuild consistently for many thousands of years as their planet was used as a dumping ground for used and broken forge world cogs and equipment. He was mustered to combat the threat of an ork waaagh while he was still just a lieutenant, and in that great battle saw him promoted again and again up the ranks to the position of Colonel which is locally called a Commissioner-Colonel, as those above him were killed in action.

Clothing:
As a commissioned officer has the luxury to modify his own uniform. While it looks superficially similar to the great coats of the rest of the 53rd, his is custom tailored and cashmere lined which is infact 8 times more insulating than the regular ones. He has a fine pair of tailored brown gloves. He wears his “Commissioner” Carapace Armour over the top of his jacket. Apart from being obviously a good craftsmanship intended for the officer class, the carapace sports polished steel and raised gold lettering denoting his rank and regiment number proudly. As is tradition he wears the leather boots and gaiters of his regiment.

Wargear:
- Master Crafted “Companion” Bolgtun with belt feed.
- “Commissioner” Carapace Armour.
- Polished Hykon Pattern helm.
- Brown leather gloves.

Regimental Relic:

Skyspear: An ornate electro-spear of obvious archeotech manufacture. It is completely impractical to carry around in a modern battle but serves as a powerful token of authority, boosting morale and seemingly inspiring courage and tenacity in his fellow men. In combat it eliminates its foes with a massive cracking discharge of electrical energy that has yet to be understood. However it is best used ceremonially. It is considered a grave dishonour should the blade ever touch the muddy ground.

Warlord Trait: Old Grudges

Any enemy which Colonel Canute has faced off against that has inflicted heavy losses immediately becomes added to the “old grudges” list. During a battle the Colonel can select a single enemy unit for utter and complete distruction.

Command Squad:
Commissioner: Colonel Malcolm “Fighting Man” Canute (see wargear section)
Master of Ordinance: Bolt pistol, Ballistic Monotron “Burkmann”
Primaris Psyker: Bolt pistol, Psykana Staff “Grover”
Grenadier Sharpshooter: Acastus pattern “Companion” Boltgun, sword “Trooper Keen”
Grenadier Colour Sergeant: Power hammer, Acastus pattern “Companion” Boltgun, company standard, “Sarge”
Grenadier Medic: advanced medkit, power knife, Havelock pattern Lasgun “Doctor Lowmax”
Grenadier Heavy Weapons: Acastus pattern Heavy Grenade Launcher “Bison”