Cypher: Lord of the Fallen (Warhammer 40,000) [Hardcover] French, John

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It is a paradox how, within a span of only fifty years, Cypher’s deeds could result in the slaying of the evil and corrupt Warlord Favian the Golden of the Flawless Host, as well as the stout and loyal Bartholomew Loxlor, Supreme Grand Master of the Angels of Absolution. Less than a hundred Space Marines from an original contingent of a thousand managed to escape, and they did so only because they pursued Cypher, who, in his attempt to flee, also led them to a secret teleportation device. M33) - The Apocrypha of Davio lists the following as Second Founding Chapters derived from the Dark Angels: Angels of Absolution, Angels of Redemption, and the Angels of Vengeance. At times, they have uncovered Chaos Cultists or some machination of the Alpha Legion running like an undercurrent beneath the agitator's message.

One of these signals flickered –- a phenomenon associated with Warp storms, although none were reported at that time. To this day, there are even some of the Fallen that have not yet been released back into the galaxy. The horrific slaughter of all agents of the Adeptus Administratum and Adeptus Ministorum is enough to draw in vast fleets of Imperial armed forces. Cypher's Pistols - It is difficult to get anything other than a brief glimpse at Cypher's pistols -- for they are drawn, fired, and reholstered with a blinding speed.To the Imperium at large, Cypher is either wholly unknown, or a being of shadowy rumour that seems to be somehow connected to or sought by the Dark Angels and their Successor Chapters. Ignoring the remaining Orks, the Dark Angels concentrated fire on the robed figure, but he was soon hidden behind the smoking hulks of wrecked vehicles. To the great frustration of the Dark Angels, there is no full list or account of who or how many had heeded the dark whispers of the Ruinous Powers and turned against their brothers. Cypher seldom instigates the violent acts that invariably occur when he is present; it is rather that he seems to act as a catalyst, fanning the hatred and mistrust of those around him into a raging fire.

To cover up their immediate losses after their warriors were thought lost to the Warp, the resources of the recruiting world of the Lions Sable –- the ebon orb of Nachwald -– were usurped to replenish the Angels of Vengeance and the Angels of Retribution.It was known that Cypher existed for hundreds of years before this campaign, but it was this event that shocked the Unforgiven Chapters into realising the true magnitude of the danger he represented. In this, they were greatly aided by the distraction caused by the largest Ork invasion recorded in the Imperium and the political upheavals of the Beheading, when assassins struck at the High Lords of Terra. Since splitting into Chapters, each successor was meant to remain autonomous, but the Dark Angels had always maintained more control over their progeny than was laid out in the tenets of the Second Founding - another secret they kept hidden.

Though this was unconfirmed, the description of the Voice of the Emperor, "a hooded figure carrying a sword and a pair of exquisite pistols" -- fits the appearance of Cypher, and Andy Chambers mentioned the connection in an article describing the results of the campaign.Although the fight was fierce, and their quarry had likely already fled, the Unforgiven Chapters did not retreat. Some of the recorded contacts with Cypher are brief –- his appearance only registering at the onset of a conflict.

M41) - Although Cypher seems to be supporting the 13 th Black Crusade, this is perhaps only a pretence. Wherever he surfaces, he brings with him death and destruction, although whether he is the culprit or merely a herald of woe is unclear.As the forests spread, so was Humanity confined into isolated communities, each based in an ancient keep. M41) - While observing the Ravenwing and Deathwing work in conjunction to capture a prisoner, Inquisitor Rasputin believes he has, at last, solved the riddle of the Dark Angels. After their very first few encounters, the Dark Angels began to realise that this Fallen might be different. Unknown to any, they were also fortunate when the three members of the Inquisitional inquiry secretly tasked with reviewing the strange activities of the Dark Angels were lost due to a variety of inexplicable accidents. Thus it was revealed that those defeated Dark Angels Traitors -– known as the Fallen Angels, or just the Fallen –- were not all destroyed when they were sucked into the Warp.