Master of the Hunt

A Master of the Hunt has always overseen the Hunting Grounds of Watch Fortress Erioch over the centuries since its founding. Always bestowed on a senior Deathwatch Space Marine with vast experience in both he hunting of xenos and the training of Space Marines, the title of Master of the Hunt is as unique to the Jericho Reach as the Hunting Grounds they oversee. Often extremely old, even by the standards of the long-lived Adeptus Astartes, and typically heavily scarred by centuries of service, each of these veterans has overseen the daily operation of the Hunting Grounds during the decades of their stewardship. They are responsible for maintaining the facility and keeping it stocked with xenos specimens, and work closely with the Forge Master to keep the numerous arcane mechanisms found within the complex operating.

The current Master of the Hunt is an ancient and grizzled Battle-Brother of the White Scars Space Marine Chapter named Master Qajutai. Master Qajutai refuses to discuss his age, but most believe the battered old White Scar’s days are closer to their end than their beginning. Already a highly decorated veteran when most of the Battle-Brothers aboard the Watch Station were yet mortal men, he has a tendency to speak to even the most senior members of the Deathwatch as if they were the greenest neophytes of the 10th Company. This behaviour is tolerated due to his rank, his age, and the great respect that many, even the Watch Commander, hold the old Master in.