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ReilaVann

Lord General Reila Vann of the Achilus Crusade in the Jericho Reach

Lord General, also commonly known as Lord Castellan, Lord Marshal, and Captain-General, is the highest rank possible to achieve on the General Staff of the Astra Militarum. This rank of general officer actually has many different titles depending on the cultural context of the holder.

A Lord General usually commands an entire army group under the overall campaign or Imperial Crusade command of a Lord General Militant, but in fact the responsibilities of this rank can vary dramatically, depending upon the needs of the overall theatre commander.

Lord Castellan of Cadia[]

Lord Castellan Creed

Lord Castellan Ursarkar E. Creed of Cadia

On the lost Fortress World of Cadia, the rank of Lord Castellan was a special one granted in times of planetary emergency or military necessity. Cadia had always had two planetary governors, a Primus and a Secundus, so that if one was slain in an assault by the Archenemy, the other could continue to rule with no loss of continuity.

But if an emergency beckoned, a Lord Castellan was appointed whose powers included those of the Governor Primus as well as supreme command of all the Planetary Defence Forces and Astra Militarum troops present on the planet for life or until the crisis had passed.

In recent years, the Lord Castellan of Cadia has been a member of the Creed family, first Ursarkar E. Creed before the Fall of Cadia and then his daughter Ursula J. Creed in the Era Indomitus after her father went missing during the 13th Black Crusade.

Notable Lords General[]

LordGeneral

Lord General Ortarna Lokk of Castobel during the Achilus Crusade in the Jericho Reach.

JakrenStein

Lord General Jakren Stein, commander of the Cadian Shock Troops forces defending against the Red WAAAGH!.

  • Camila - Camila was a Lord General in the Astra Militarum, who led an Imperial Crusade into the Traxis Sector and successfully brought its worlds into the Imperium. After her death, she was declared an Imperial Saint and was laid to rest on the Shrine World of Sacaellum in that sector. She was interred within an enormous Imperial cathedral that bore her name. At an unknown later date the Traxis Sector was lost to the Imperium, until it was recently rediscovered in the late 41st Millennium.
  • Jenit Sulla - Sulla was a general officer of the Valhallan Ice Warriors, the first woman to achieve the rank of Lady General and one of the very few females from Valhalla ever to achieve a command rank of any kind.
  • Noches Sturm - Commander of the Royal Volpone regiments of the Astra Militarum during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.
  • Rothenberg - Rothenberg was a Lord Marshal in the Astra Militarum during the War of the Beast in the 32nd Millennium and led its forces during the Imperium's third invasion of The Beast's homeworld of Ullanor Prime.
  • Troskzer - Troskzer was a Cadian Lord General of the Astra Militarum during the later years of the 41st Millennium. An elderly commander and veteran of many battles, Troskzer was made Supreme Commander of all Imperial ground forces during the Second Agrellan Campaign. However in the later stages of the campaign he was fired and replaced due to a lack of results.
  • Volkov - Legendary Lord Castellan of Cadia. During the evacuation of Dortengrav, he stood alone against the monstrous Ork Warboss Spinechew armed with nothing but his cane. Though he perished in that fight, his sacrifice allowed the last Imperial refugee to be evacuated. His cane lives on as a testament to his bravery and an Imperial relic.
  • Zyvan - Zyvan was the overall Imperial commander in several campaigns that included the Valhallan Ice Warriors 597th Regiment and its regimental Commissar, Ciaphas Cain. These included the campaigns of the Astra Militarum fought on Gravalax, Adumbria, and Periremunda.

Sources[]

  • Cities of Death (4th Edition), pp. 56-58
  • Codex: Astra Militarum (9th Edition), pg. 13
  • Codex: Imperial Guard (5th Edition), pp. 18-22, 57
  • Dawn of War II - Retribution (PC Game)
  • Deathwatch: Rising Tempest (RPG), pg. 10
  • Deathwatch: The Achilus Assault (RPG), pg. 139
  • Deathwatch: The Jericho Reach (RPG), pg. 134
  • For the Emperor (Omnibus Novel) by Sandy Mitchell, pp. 30, 48-51, 151-153, 157
  • Gathering Storm - Part One - Fall of Cadia (7th Edition), pp. 12-13, 16, 20, 22-23, 26-33, 35-37, 40-42, 44, 48-49,52-53, 58-60, 62-65, 68-69, 72-78, 80-86, 88
  • Gaunt's Ghosts (Novel Series) by Dan Abnett
  • Imperial Armour Volume Three - The Taros Campaign, pg. 40
  • Necropolis (Novel) by Dan Abnett, pp. 40, 84, 89, 94-95, 168, 199, 242-244
  • Sanctus Reach: The Red WAAAGH! (6th Edition) (Digital Edition), "The WAAAGH! Descends"
  • Shadow of Ullanor (Novel) by Rob Sanders, Ch. 9
  • The Fall of Medusa V (2006 Booklet), pg. 32
  • The Horus Heresy Book Four: Conquest (Forge World Series) by Alan Bligh, pg. 257
  • The 13th Black Crusade (Background Book), pg. 52
  • Traitor General (Novel) by Dan Abnett
  • Warhammer 40,000: Conquest (Collectible Card Game), "Wrath of the Crusaders War Pack," "The Final Gambit War Pack"
  • War Zone Damocles: Mont'ka (7th Edition), pp. 20, 167
  • White Dwarf 283 (US), "Heroes & Villains of the 41st Millennium - Ursarkar E. Creed, Lord Castellan of Cadia" by Pete Haines, pp. 68-73
Astra Militarum Hierarchy
General Officers Lord Commander MilitantWarmaster (Lord Solar) • Lord CommanderLord General MilitantLord GeneralGeneral
Officers ColonelMajorCaptainLieutenant
Non-Commissioned Officers and Enlisted SergeantCorporalTrooper (Guardsman)
Specialists InquisitorCommissarPriestTech-PriestEnginseerSanctioned PsykerPrimaris PsykerWyrdvane Psyker
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