Sometimes these interrogations are conducted by Inquisitors or their agents, while at others Chaos Space Marines seek more knowledge about the cryptic figure that weaves in and out of their strongholds. The intrigue over his rapid departure is magnified by the inevitable wave of ensuing questions. Worlds burn in his wake.īesides havoc and ruin, there is another trail that Cypher leaves behind legend and rumour abound after the passage of the mysterious robed figure. Cypher vanishes from the scene as abruptly as he arrives. Wherever he surfaces, he brings with him death and destruction, although whether he is the culprit or merely a herald of woe is unclear.Ĭypher 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. During that time, Cypher has appeared in each of the five segmentums, materialising as if from nowhere. The Dark Angels have been chasing Cypher since the catastrophic fall of Caliban, and he has eluded capture for nearly ten thousand standard years. Cypher is the one whom the masters of the Dark Angels seek above all others, for he is their most hated foe. To the Unforgiven, Cypher is a being of legend and untold speculation. 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.

His motives and methods are themselves an enigma even the name or title by which he is known seems to conceal something, although whether it is a metaphor or yet another conundrum is unknown. So too shall I test the Unforgiven.'Ĭypher is one of the Fallen Angels of the Dark Angels Space Marine Chapter, and one of the members of that Loyalist Chapter believed to have turned to Chaos during the Horus Heresy in the early 31 st Millennium.Ĭypher is a being wrapped in shadow, an entity whose every move is cloaked in mystery. ' Flame, hammer and blood – so is meteoric iron worked, so were the Heavenfall Blades tempered.

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