Kynar Half-Hand

"There is no honour in simple death alone. Only those that can sell their lives at the highest price in alien and heretic blood have earned the right to stand at the Emperor’s side; all others are but the bloody dust beneath my feet."

- Brother-Captain Kynar Half-Hand

Captain Kynar Half-Hand of the Storm Wardens Space Marine Chapter is the commander of the 7th Company. Kynar arrived in the Achilus Reach with the vanguard of the Achilus Crusade. Within the Jericho Reach there are few who have earned a reputation for grim determination and uncompromising violence like that of Brother-Captain Kynar Half-Hand.

History
Of all the Chapters of the famed Adeptus Astartes, the Storm Wardens have one of the largest presences within the Jericcho Reach and few among them have earned a reputation for grim determination and uncompromising violence like that of Brother-Captain Kynar Half-Hand. Captain of the Storm Wardens 7th Company, Kynar arrived in the Reach with the vanguard of the Achilus Crusade aboard the Strike Cruiser Mark of Honour. During those first years the captain made a name for himself on the bloody battlefi elds of Khazant and later Vanity, against the forces of the Stigmartus and their foul allies. Kynar is a remorseless giant of a man, tall even for a Space Marine and exceptionally skilled with his ancient hand-and-a-half Power Sword Widowmaker (from which he draws his nickname Half-Hand). He leads by example and his men follow him without question knowing that their captain will be wherever the fighting is the thickest, hacking down the opposition with Widowmaker, and pushing back the foe. Kynar has also earned much glory for himself and his Chapter by defeating powerful enemies of the Imperium in single combat, such as the Fly Lord of Hestos and the Crooked King of Night during the heavy fighting among the dead hives of Vanity. It is even rumoured the Storm Warden killed a Genestealer with his bare hands during the Seven Hour Conclave, when it infiltrated into the inner sanctums of the firebase and found him unarmoured and unarmed.

It is understandable then, given Kynar’s prowess in battle and his exceptional combat record, that he has only contempt for much of the rest of the Imperium’s fi ghting forces. Even fellow Space Marines must work hard to earn Kynar’s grudging respect and even then he only truly trusts other Storm Wardens to watch his back in battle. Despite this, the nature of the Crusade, and the orders of the Lord Militant, have on more than one occasion forced Kynar to work with the Imperial Guard, Imperial Navy, other Adeptus Astartes Chapters and the Deathwatch. When dealing with the first two, Kynar’s fearsome presence and the dire reputation of the Space Marines is sufficient to keep commanders and troopers alike at a distance and stopping them meddling too much in his personal quest for glory; however it is a different story when he must mix with his own.

Kynar has become contemptuous of the Deathwatch, especially after an incident on the world of Baraban against the Tau where he claimed a Deathwatch Kill-team slighted his honour by arriving before his own strike force and killing a high priority target. Both the Deathwatch, and the Ordo Xenos which directs many of their actions, disregarded the incident as they do not officially function within the command structure of the Crusade or answer to the Adeptus Astartes. Kynar was incensed enough however to take the matter first to Lord Commander Ebongrave and then later to the Lord Militant himself (when Ebongrave proved indifferent). Tetrarchus has of course done his best to smooth things over, more than a little concerned that he could lose desperately needed support from the Storm Wardens, however there is little he can do as he has only limited power over the Deathwatch or the Inquisition and they have always conducted their own private operations within the Reach, quite often without informing the forces of the Lord Militant. Kynar however is not to be pushed aside when it comes to a matter of honour, and has vowed to return the slight against the Deathwatch by taking glory from a Kill-team and robbing them of their honour by proving their cowardice once and for all.

Wargear

 * Artificer Power Armour
 * Iron Halo
 * Power Sword
 * Storm Shield