Kol Badar

Kol Badar was a Chaos Space Marine of the Word Bearers Traitor Legion serving as the 34th Host's Choryphaus under the Dark Apostle known as The Warmonger and later his predecessors Jarulek and then Marduk. He was considered by some to be one of the most brilliant tactical commanders within the XVII Legion. Possessing an innate understanding of warfare and it psychology, Kol Badar's perfectly executed stratagems enabled the 34th Host to achieved unlikely victory in the face of certain defeat, time and again.

History
Kol Badar was born upon the Feudal World of Colchis, growing up on the streets as a cult gang member. Inspired by the fiery oratory of the Urizen, Kol Badar later participated in Lorgar's holy war known as the Great Purge, where his faction cast down the devotees of the Colchisian's Old Faith and conquered the entirety of their world, uniting the disparate masses in the service of Lorgar's sect of the single religious faith called the Covenant. After the Emperor of Mankind came to Colchis and reunited with his long-lost son, he had brought the Primarch into the Imperial fold and gave him command of the XVII Legion of Space Marines known as the Imperial Heralds. They were gene-bred warriors who had been created from his genetic code. Kol Badar had been one of the first Colchisian candidates found worthy to join the ranks of the Legionaries of the XVII Legion, which had been redubbed the Word Bearers.

Many of his fellow Astartes had also been former cult gang members, fighting by Kol Badar's side during Lorgar's holy war, and forming lasting bonds as blood brothers. He was a giant even amongst his fellow Astartes, quickly proving himself as a capable commander and formidable warrior, Kol Badar quickly rose to the rank of Captain during the Great Crusade. In the latter part of thin ongoing Imperial campaign, Kol Badar was instrumental in the assault upon the world of Forty-Seven Sixteen, helping to bring it into Imperial Compliance shortly after his Legion's admonishment on the world of Khur by the Emperor himself. The Emperor had rebuked the Primarch Lorgar and the entire XVII Legion for their slowness in bringing worlds into Compliance and their violation of the Imperial Truth by spreading their misguided faith in the Emperor's divinity.

He would go on to serve under the Dark Apostle known only as The Warmonger serving as the 34th Host's Coryphaus, a symbolic title granted to the most trusted and capable warrior leader and strategos of the Host. Kol Badar's word was second only to that of the Dark Apostle himself. The Coryphaus was the Dark Apostle's senior war captain, but more than this, he was the voice of the congregation. The mood and opinion of the Host was delivered to the Dark Apostle through him, and it was his duty to lead the chanted responses and antiphons from the gathered Host in ceremonies and rituals. It was also his role to lead the responses within the true house of worship of the dark gods: the battlefield.

Kol Badar would continue to serve in this esteemed position for millennia under the patronage of The Warmonger and his subsequent Dark Apostle successors, Jarulek and then Marduk. Kol Badar harboured an extreme hatred for Marduk, whom through undisclosed circumstances, was responsible for the death of his closest blood-brother towards the beginning of the Horus Heresy. Kol Badar was also known to have been a part of the Host that fought during the siege of the Emperor's palace during the Battle of Terra at the close of the Horus Heresy.

Despite their mutual hatred, Marduk recognised the Choryphaus's talents as a brilliant tactician and as a peerless warrior. He had proven invaluable to the warriors of the 34th Host, despite his contempt for Marduk's ascension to the coveted position as the leader of their Host. In the latter 41st Millennium, Kol Badar proved his loyalty to the Dark Apostle following the battle at the Boros Gate, slaughtering the co-conspirators of the secret cabal known as The Brotherhood. They had betraying their dark oaths of loyalty to Marduk and attempted to kill him once he had uncovered their plot to attempt a coup against Lord Erebus, deposing his leadership from the Dark Council and installing their master Kor Phaeron in his place.

Appearance
Kol Badar was kown to wear an ornate suit of Terminator Armour with a horned helmet that sported the Blessed Horns of Colchis. His helmet's face plate is crafted in the likeness of a snarling bestial visage. He fights with a Combi-Bolter and an ancient clawed Power Fist. Kol Badar lead an elite cadre of Chaos Terminators known as The Annointed into battle.