Magister Sevrin Loth, Chief Librarian of the Red Scorpions Chapter
Sevrin Loth as Magister, or Chief Librarian, of the Red Scorpions Space Marine Chapter. He is also one of the most potent battle-psykers in his Chapter's history. Few Librarians within the Adeptus Astartes are able to match, let alone exceed, his destructive psychic power on the battlefield. Having already served as Magister to two Lord Commanders of his Chapter, at the outset of the Badab War in 904.M41, Sevrin Loth was a veteran of centuries of battle. His legend was further added to in the Chapter's annals when he recovered the body of Lord High Commander Verant Ortys following the betrayal at Grief by the deceitful Lufgt Huron and his renegade Astral Claws Chapter. Upon the ascension of Carab Culln as the new Lord High Commander, Sevrin Loth became Culln's closest advisor and most trusted field commander.
History
Sevrin Loth was born to the family of a feudal warlord on a Frontier World deep in the Ordon Rift and offered up to the Red Scorpions not long after his birth. During his time as a young Neophyte his psychic potential unexpectedly manifested when on the training grounds. Focusing his anger and fighting spirit alone, Loth proved able to shatter the bones of his sparring partners without laying so much as a hand or blade point upon them. Sevrin Loth's progression was marred only by his barely controlled battle-lust that tempered into restrain and wisdom with age and experience. Though uncommon, the Librarian still favoured spending time honing his martial skills against his fellow battle-brothers rather than being locked away in meditation contemplating the nature of arcane secrets. This fierce martial streak, along with his raw psychic abilities as a psyker, has long earned him a reputation as a relentless fighter in battle. He takes no greater delight than in hacking down enemy Chaos Sorcerers and witches in personal combat.
Sevrin Loth was already a veteran with centuries of battle experience at the outset of the Badab War in 904.M41. He had already served as Magister to two Lord High Commanders of his Chapter, and further added to his legend in 906.M41, by leading a desperate counter-assault to recover the fallen Lord High Commander Verant Ortys's body following Lufgt Huron's deceitful actions during an honourable parlay on the world of Grief. Against all odds Sevrin Loth had saved the honour of his Chapter and in doing so wrote an enduring legend for himself despite the bitter blow the Red Scorpions had suffered. Backed by the wisdom and blessing of Sevrin Loth, Carab Culln was appointed Verant Ortys's successor as Lord High Commander. Culln was also able to entitled to step into the mantle of his dead lord as Magister Millitum and overall commander of the Loyalist forces with the principal support of the Raptors and Salamanders Chapters, as well as his own impassioned pleas in the war council that he had the right of vengeance and proven mettle to master the task. Despite some minor dissent, primarily instigated by the Fire Hawks Chapter Master, Carab Cullan achieved the overall command of the Loyalist Space Marine forces. Sevrin Loth continued to fight on the front lines during the campaign taking part in such famous engagements as the second battle of Sagan and the conquest of Piraeus.
Sources
- Imperial Armour Volume Nine - The Badab War, Part One, pp. 34, 39, 41, 85, 165