Amon Tauromachian

Amon Tauromachian Leng was a member of the first circle of the Legio Custodes during the Great Crusade and Horus Heresy in the 30th and 31st Millennia. During his long career, he was present during many notable events during the Great Crusade and the Horus Heresy, and would be recognised as one of the greatest members of their Legio.

History
Amon Tauromachian was a long-serving member of the Legio Custodes, who was present during several notable events during the Great Crusade. Amon was present during the Triumph of Ullanor, where Horus Lupercal was invested by the Emperor with the title of Imperial Warmaster and command over all the Imperium's armed forces and overseeing the final stages of the Great Crusade. When he was manning a checkpoint alongside a fellow Custodian, Haedo Venator, as well as seven Null-Maidens of the Silent Sisterhood, the Thousand Sons Primarch Magnus the Red was impressed by Amon's stoicism and dedication and predicted that there were great things ahead for him.

Many years before the start of the Heresy, Amon would also be present at the Council of Nikaea to watch over the trial of the Crimson King for his use of sorcery. Whilst protecting Kasper Hawser, a skjald of the Space Wolves, Amon was attacked by a minion of Chaos in the disguise of a Thousand Sons Space Marine, but managed to survive the encounter thanks to the efforts of the Astartes of the Space Wolves.

Amon was later charged with protecting the Emperor when Terra began the process of fortification to withstand the coming assault by the Warmaster Horus and his Traitor Legions. After news of Horus' betrayal reached Terra, Amon was tasked with taking part in the "Blood Games", a rite all Custodians endured and one which set them against the formidable defences of the Imperial Palace in the hope of improving the Custodians' defence of the Emperor through the exposure of flaws in his protection. After ten months, and with great difficulty, Amon was able to successfully infiltrate the Imperial Palace and came within striking distance of his target (presumably the Emperor).

Following his success in the "Blood Games", Amon Tauromachian and a fellow Custodian Haedo Emankon were sent on a dangerous mission by Captain-General Constantin Valdor, Chief Custodian of the Legio Custodes, to gather incriminating evidence on a member of the government of unified Terra, Pherom Sichar of Hy Brasil, who was suspected of treason against the Emperor. Amon was able to determine that Sichar was, in fact, a double-agent working for the Imperium, but whose cover was now blown by the Custodian's discovery and subsequent arrest. The Imperial Fists Primarch Rogal Dorn intervened on Sichar's behalf and explained his role to Amon and his Emankon. Audaciously, Amon suggested that in the future, all Imperial organisations should share such intelligence to avoid such situations from occurring. It was later revealed that one of Sichar's bodyguards - a member of the illustrious Imperial Army regiments known as the Lucifer Blacks - was an actual agent of the Warmaster. In a suicide attack, he detonated a bomb that killed Sichar. He then attempted to off another bomb that would destroy Planalto Central, one of Hy Brasil's largest hives, but was stopped by the timely intervention of Amon.

Amon would go on to be regarded as one of the greatest members of the Legio Custodes. His ultimate fate is unknown.

Name Etymology
Like all members of the Legio Custodes, Amon's name was formally awarded for each successfully completed assignment, deeds of valor earned in combat or earned after contemplation of the mysteries. As they live far longer than mortal men, Custodians accumulated long names in their lifetimes. List below are (as far as can be ascertained) are all the known names earned by Amon Tauromachian:


 * Amon - The star of his name, the earliest part of it. Possibly his birth name.
 * Tauromachian - Not a family name, but at least one that described the occupation of the bloodline that had provided Amon's gene-source.
 * Xigaze - The site of Amon's organic birth.
 * Lepron - The house of his formative study.
 * Cairn Hedrossa - The place where he was first tutored in weapon use.
 * Eleven more words
 * Pyrope - Seventeen words into his nomenclature sequence, this name remembered his first live combat, deployed on an orbital of that name.
 * Several more names
 * Leng - Awarded as the ultimate part of his name (at least by the early years of the Horus Heresy) recognising Amon's feat in a Blood Game, the place where he attempted to strike his target.