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Grohdm McNeill ook ot lheiourney l o mon ortured by oDoernon s o
child,who wouldgrow o be(one Wit h HunterTyrur, mon who's word
olonecon mile lhe doemonic.
-l-he yoLrng yrus was o bI o rphaned t an ear ly ge He wds
a mere ix s nme6 old when hedaemons anre o h s horne world
ofLoressa n soatd agr world rn theSegmentum bscufus Act
nginsidiously hrough an ado escent rlwhose m racu lous owers f hea
l inghad c red many people rorn Tyrusv i lage , he Daernon r ince
ho lo ih heExcoiator spread plague of rnutat onacross oressa. hrs
weakened hefabric of reaiiy enolgh {or h m io forchis way from the
lmnraterium to theBir s unpro tec ted lnd . i h rewgu se the daemon
destroyed yrus
in a heaped pie Over he next'fewho 6 Kholoth ortured Tyrus ak ng
aneye afd s cing ofi an ear, hat he rnights t I hear i s own sc rea
rns nd wi tnessthe destruction f his lesh. As hlee r ing oung r l
exp la ined recse lywhat hor rors he would nex i vrs upo ihis body,
Tyrus espaired nd preparedfor dea th On y ihe mey in te rverUonof
WrtchHunie rCovonis , ho hadiracked he daemon o Loresa via
hetrnperor s Tarot saved Tyrls life
The Tarot has gu ded the servants fthe Emperor or en mi lenn ia
nd ,tho gh the signif cance f its readingsare ofti obscrre o the
point ofmea ' r ing lesst s ho ly ns t rudon s sadto be mbued wth
the Emperor ownw I Such ndeed eerns o have beenthe case a5 Covon ,
clad n a massivesu of elaborate too ed armourintrkately carued wth
decofative
the combatants s he creat r wasbanrshed ack o the he fronr
vherceit came, and Tyrls watchd as one ofthe angels rned the corpse
n theceans ing re o f t s weapon .
Tyrus, lmost b inded by pain and bloodloss, taggered o the edge
of theb a,e, his skln blister g in the infernalheat and spat his
hatred nto thef lames . e cursed he daemon nameand, as an armoured
a ntlet sett edon h s sho l lde r he ooked p n to hestern eatures t
Covonis nd knewthat thre was on y one paih open oh m now Tyrus
ecame Covonlsapprentice nd o rneyed back o theorbiiingstarsh trorn
wh ch Covonand he Crey Knigh ts as Tyrus ou ldlaier know hem) had e
eported Hearsimlaied he wondeE of techrologyand he ways of the
Witch Hunier witha,al on y the truly dedicated anmlster l-le was
glJted with cybernetreplacements or his n ss ng eye andear and
Covofls nnructed hinr r the
path of ihe Wiich Hunter, he took andmethods t theif d sposal
nd, astly,the heresy f the daemonic. Neverbefore had Covonis nown
an aco yieto maner he Rtes ot Detestation oqu ckly of one whose ous
devot ion
As the years ot iniense raining passed,Tyrus rew to manhood with
his hatredof daemons nd hose who wouldconsod with such creatures
rowingstro'rger with eacb paqsing ay. Hemas te red eapons marua l
sk ik ndthe rtes by wh ch he daernon ould bevanquished. uch was h s
sirength ofdevotion o the immodal 6od Ernperorthat his word alone
could stay he handof a daemonic reatur nd cause t toreel r pa n ai
his ery zeal anddevot io i Many base nd epu lsvecreaiures f the
warp were destfoyedby Tyrus nd h s master, rti a faiefllba t t e in
the oya laud ience hamber fEps on Regalis. he Ernperor's aroihad ed
Covon and yrus o thepalaces f Regalis'great nd rnighty nsearch f
deviancy The monarchy fEps on Regalis roiened heirrnocence, t
Covonis was adamant;
they would ace Tral by Holy seal.
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vr age and beganthe slaughter f it,
Tyruswas dragged
the v l l age , na rn scrollwork nd lLrting,materlalised ithfolr
Srey armoured nge s of
des t r c ton n the v i age quare .
The daemon girl paused nher gfuesome and workand urned o face
he
Wrich H nter, a hiss
the mighty ig re
, gnl.Three f the
Covonis wung is
glitteringarc and beheadedthe shf ek ng daemon
r, daemonic nergy
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Inio the palrns f each member of theroyal amily Covonrs
lacedleaiureless ax tab et and heated annquisitorial eal When he
seal glowed
wth hea i , ovonis xp la ined , e wo ldpress t inio the wax pon
each of ihelrpalms. hose whose lesh was burnedwould know h e ful
wrath of theInquis i t ion , h ie those whole sk in
remained nblernrshed ould havethelr nnocence lsplayed or all to
see.As Covon pressed he seal nto thef rst ouistretched and, he
humanfea tures f the K ng s daughte r p l tapad rnio he leering ace
of a daemonWo6e, it was a daemon Covonis new;Kholoth he Excoriator
n an nstant hedaemon was ree and dealt a mortalblow to the
venerable Wtch Hunter Ashe fell, he last vest ges of humanitywere
cast rorn he face, of the captivesand the daemons were ree.
Tyrls
quicklyswept up Covonis' owef knifeand sei about hirnself with
terrible uryand gh teous nger h i shead burn ingwith vengeance. he
esser hraildaemons n Khooth se ru ice e re nomatch or Tyrus, nd at
last he andKholoihstood ace o face the solengures eft standing n
the eore-spatiered udience hamber
The wo enernies ought a duelthathad been ive decades n the
making,and almost kil/ed he Wiich Hunter'sapprentice Bellowingword,
of holypurty that the daemon h forbidden owithstand, yrus ought
with thestrength of the Emperor. he bitter oestraded blows, each
grievous nough o
feli a lesser eing Sheef orce of wilkept yrls sianding and, as
he grappledwith the daemon, e rrnons f preiy anddevotion piling
from hrs ipr, hepunched Covonrs weapo'r hrough hedaemon chest,
ragging ut its stillbeating heart and crushed in hisgaunueted st.
he daemon gr nned asit died spout rg blasphemous aths
ihat promised he Wtch Hunter hatihey wou d meet again and hat i
hadalready watched h m die a thousandtimes Suspecting he corupiion
of theroya famry e)(tended o the planet'spopulatro'r Tyrus aunched
bloodypurge of the s rounding cities hat rawters ot thousands ufned
at the staketo ensure he purty of tpsilo'r Regals
Tyrus ook h s manerl suit of armouras h s own a'rd repa ed he
damagewhich he daemon had wrought on /tsholy abric Covonis masters
levatedTyrus o the status f Wtch Hlnter andgranted h m the full
remit of anlmper ia rqu i s i to r f h i s expef nceswith Covonis
ad aught hlm anyihrng,it wa, that there was only room or on especes
n the Salary and ha t wasH manity. His p rges ot aliens, eretrcsand
war ocks have become egendaryamongn even he mon
punianrcailnquisito|5. fierce Monodorninart,Tyrus' uesi o
exierrninate eresy,witchcraft and alien nf ence hascarried im from
one side of the galaxyto ihe other his rousing rationstanning he
flames of zeal and ath onevery planet he purges. After the ClandWar
on Dantis ll against he Tyran s,
Tyrrs ecru ed Sergeani tone, anlmperialCuard veteran who was one
ofo i ly th ree u rvvors f a b ion ica l lyatefed cornpany f the
Lostok 3rdStone aggressive'ress nd devotion oduty made hirn an
ideal member of
During he Treachery f Hanuchek,
Tyrusoined
ofces wth DevoieeMa icani, a discipe of theRedenrpiionist aith
,pawned onNecromunda, ho ed h s fanaticalarmy on a holy crusade The
battie odes t roy anuchek l lbu t ann ih i l a tedMallcantl folowe6
and, at ihconc usion, he Redemptionist ladlyaccompan d Ty.us n h s
pufges. npu^u t ot the (in hls eyes) hereticlnqurs io f ch tens te
in , y rusourneyedio the world of Kans Cephalon, herehe recruiied
he Securit Enforcr
Barbaretta. er help n invenigaiing hernuta'rt uprislngs, hich
Tyrus bellevedmight have been spo'rsored y Em ssaryFabian, as
nvallable, and she hasproven o be a worihy addrtion o theW ich
Hlnter s retinue
TyrLrs ontinues o purs e he unholtpurge he unclean nd smite
heunworthy. t is h s holy ask o bring hetife of ihe Emperor o those
who needit most and destroy hose who wouldsee ts light dimmed Tyrul
reliance nmethods irst used housands f yearsago rs reassurlng o
many people, whosee he gullt or inrocence f hissubjects etermined y
the will of theEmperor Himself.
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