Frère-Commandant Mordigael
Personality Characteristics
Motivation
Watch Commander Mordigael is a quick and decisive
commander of men with a natural charisma bound to a
terrifying skill in battle. A Blood Angel by origin, Mordigael
is a paragon of the qualities and traditions of his Chapter.
His features are sharp and handsome, as if cut from a pale
stone statue of an Imperial saint, while his eyes burn with
almost feverish intensity. He delights in the perfection of all
his undertakings, from practice in the martial disciplines to
the contemplation on the future implications of all things of
note that bears on his sacred duty.
For over five centuries, Mordigael has served his Emperor
and his Chapter; on three occasions, he has taken up the duty
of serving in the Deathwatch. One of these past terms of service
was in the Jericho Reach itself. Mordigael’s current watch has
lasted over five decades, and has seen him achieve the honour of
being named Master of the Vigil a little more than a decade ago.
During this time, Mordigael has seen things change within the
Jericho Reach; the implications of the opening of the Warp Gate
have affected everything. The launching of the Achilus Crusade
concerns him greatly, as he sees the possibility of a greater
disaster being created from a war prosecuted through ignorance
and arrogance. He sees the encroaching threat of the Tyranids
in much the same light, quite apart from the terrible danger they
hold by themselves. On more than one occasion, the Master of
the Vigil has had to remind Lord Militant Tetrarchus that the
Deathwatch is not beholden to the needs of the Crusade.
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Honorary & Occupational Titles
The Master of the Vigil is a senior member of the Deathwatch
Stationed at Watch Fortress Erioch, meaning that he is usually,
though not always, the Watch Commander or the ranking
Watch Captain. The bearer of this honour is oath-bound to
act as the final arbitrator of decisions made by the Chamber
of Vigilance, and also to rule and maintain the Watch Fortress,
Watch Stations, and the other domains of the Deathwatch
within the Jericho Reach.
he title of Master of the Vigil is conferred on a Battle-
Brother only by a gathering of the Chamber of Vigilance and
confirmed by the missive of the High Lords of Terra. This
honour is traditionally borne by an individual for a score of
years before it passes to another, unless a time of great crisis
or war makes such a shift in leadership unwise for its duration.
The Master of the Vigil remains within Watch Fortress Erioch
for the duration of his duty, with certain exceptions made
under critical circumstances.
he Master of the Vigil’s only mark of rank is the bearing
of a singular heraldic pauldron on his armour, the design being
of a gauntleted hand grasping a snarling serpent by its throat
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