Talos Valcoran

Talos, (known as the Soul Hunter) is a former Apothecary turned de-facto Sergeant of the First Claw, 10th Company of the Night Lords Legion. Talos suffers from prophetic visions, much like his 'martyred' Primarch Konrad Curze. These visions are debilitating and occur randomly, but they are a great boon to the company Talos keeps and a sought after commodity to those seeking power. His dark gift makes him valuable to both the leader of his warband, known as The Exalted, and to Warmaster Abaddon, the leader of the fractious forces of Chaos Space Marines. Talos is subject to the manipulations of his immediate superior, as well as powerful Abaddon, which place him and his warriors in mortal danger time and again.

Shortly after the Night Haunter had reunited with the Emperor of Mankind and departed his homeworld of Nostramo to take part in the Emperor's galaxy-wide Great Crusade, Talos was recruited into the VIII Legion from Terra. He served the Night Lords Legion as an Apothecary within the 10th Company throughout the Great Crusade and during the dark days of the Horus Heresy, willingly following his gene-father into apostasy. Talos' meteoric rise within the ranks of the Legion, led him into the Night Haunter's inner-circle.

Following the death of Konrad Curze at the hands of the female Callidus assassin known as M'shen, Talos disobeyed his Primarch's last order and was the first to hunt the Imperial assassin in the name of righteous vengeance. This is how he earned his sobriquet the 'Soul Hunter', as prophesied by his Primarch, "One soul. You will hunt one shining soul while all others turn their backs on vengeance." Talos willingly ignored his Primarch's last orders and began the relentless pursuit of M'shen, whilst the rest of his fellow Night Lords wept for their gene-father, following his final orders and not engaging the assassin. Though his fellow legionnaires tried to dissuade Talos from his path of vengeance, he remained thoroughly committed to having his vengeance. It was only after the discovery that the Imperial assassin had stolen several of the Primarch's possessions (including the Corona Nox - the 'Crown of Night' - a symbol of office of the leadership of the Night Lords Legion) that the rest of the Legion eventually joined in the hunt. Talos could care less about the Night Lords' relics, only for the vengeance of his father's death. The Soul Hunter pursued the assassin from the Night Lords' base of operations on Tsagualsa, across the galaxy. Eventually, Talos achieved his oath of vengeance and brutally mutilated and killed M'shen.

Talos is quite unique in his viewpoints of the Chaos gods. Quite simply, Talos does not accept the Chaos gods as his own, nor does he think highly of those that accept their power. This is exemplified in his interaction with his superior, a Chaos-mutated Astartes named the Chosen and his slavering, Khorne-worshipping comrade, and the disdain in which he approaches them. Finally, Talos' has an affection for his serfs that is quite unexpected for a traitor Marine.