Argel Tal



Argel Tal was a native of Colchis (the home world of Lorgar), inducted in the Word Bearers Legion by First Chaplain Erebus, who at first had chosen him to become one of the Legion's Chaplains. But eventually Argel Tal took up the role of the Captain of the 7th Assault Company in the Serrated Sun Chapter of the Word Bearers. Being onboard the light cruiser Orfeo's Lament alongside Ingethel the Ascended, Argel Tal witnessed the horrible world beyond the Eye of Terror while undertaking Lorgar's Pilgrimage. While in The Eye, he was bonded, unknowingly at first, with the daemon Raum. He returned to the Legion, and through questioning by Lorgar, he details the events that happened in the Eye of Terror, providing useful insight for the Book of Lorgar. In honor of his achievements in the Chapter, his Primarch installed him as the Captain of his Gal Vorbak (the "Blessed Sons") an elite cadre of warriors who were the first to wear the crimson colour on their power armour. Leading the Gal Vorbak, Argel Tal descended finally on Isstavan against the Raven Guard and their loyalist allies, the Salamanders and the Iron Hangs. Argel Tal was the only Word Bearer that the Adeptus Custodes sent to watch Lorgar trusted. He later participates in killing them after they discover the betrayal.