Skane

Skane was a former Destroyer Sergeant of the World Eaters during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy eras. He served in the Legion Destroyer Squads in the XII Legion's elite 8th Assault Company under the command of Centurion Kharn. He would continue to loyally serve the World Eaters, even after their willing betrayal and subsequent slaughter of their Loyalist brethren on Isstvan III. Skane took part in several notable campaigns during the Age of Darkness, but met his ultimate fate just before the Siege of Terra when he attempted to flee the Chaos-corrupted World Eaters' flagship, Conqueror.

History
Skane was a Sergeant of the World Eaters, commanding the Destroyer Squad in the elite 8th Company under the command of Captain Kharn. Skane's pale skin showed an unhealthy lightning-storm of veins and blood-bruises staining his flesh, from proximity to his own toxically lethal weaponry. He often spent many hours watching medical diagnostic hololiths picturing the exact radiation degeneration of his body from his long years of service. Offered the chance to leave the Destroyeres, he flatly refused. His neck was collared in dark metal, forming armour around his augmetic throat. An aggressive cancer had stolen his vocal chords, but the Apothecary Kargos had given him new ones.

As the Horus Heresy drew to a close, and the World Eaters were enroute towards the Throneworld to take part in the Siege of Terra, the XII Legion's flagship Conqueror had become corrupted by the insidious influence of the Blood God Khorne, which resulted in rapidly declining supplies and unnecessary deaths, as the World Eaters were prone to losing themselves to berserker rages and slaughtering anyone unfortunate to be in close proximity. Skane was among those suffered terribly under the Conqueror ' s insidious influence, as it greatly affected his radiation-ravaged body. This eventually led Skane to violently corner the flagship's Captain Lotara Sarrin and informing her they needed to leave the Chaos-affected vessel for their own safety.

Led by Captain Sarrin, soon a small group of conspirators began to meet in secret, intent on escaping the Conqueror for their own safety. They had to meet in clandestinely, as the majority of the World Eaters would feel this act of abandonment as being tantamount to mutiny. When they were ready to enact their plan, Sarrin secured five shuttles for her fellow conspirators in order for them to escape to a nearby frigate Bestiarius. After most of the shuttles departed, Skane, Captain Marruk and Sarrin remained behind, as Captain of the Conqueror, Sarrin would be the last to depart her ship. However, when they reached the shuttle bay they were confronted by Kharn, who declared they were all traitors.

Skane valiantly rushed his former commander, in order to buy Marruk and Sarrin time to escape. However, Skane proved to be no match for the ferocious Kharn and was viciously beaten down. As the last shuttle fled the shuttle bay, Kharn prepared to execute the treacherous Skane. As he raised his chainaxe Gorechild to finish him off, Sarrin stopped him before he could deliver the killing blow. She informed Kharn that Skane's death was her responsibility, and with that, she leveled her pistol at Skane's face and shot him through the eye. Shortly afterwards, Sarrin gave the final order to destroy the fleeing shuttles, thus bringing the mutiny to an end.