Asdrubael Vect

Asdrubael Vect, lord of the Kabal of the Black Heart

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Asdrubael Vect is the leader of the Kabal of the Black Heart, the most powerful Dark Eldar Kabal in existence, thus he is therefore de-facto ruler of the city of Commorragh and the rest of the Dark Eldar race as a whole.

History

Vect claims to have witnessed the Fall of the Eldar personally, if this is true he is quite possibly one of the oldest living (mortal) beings in the Galaxy at well over 10,000 years of age. As a consequence of this, surviving for that length of time as the ruler of Commorragh would also make him one of the deadliest individuals in the galaxy too.

According to his own account, he survived the psychic explosion of the Fall due to his young age during the event. His youthful ignorance of the hedonistic lifesyles of the Eldar protecting him from the birth-pains of Slaanesh. In the turbulent times that followed, he rallied the surviving Eldar hedonists and fled into the Webway where Slaanesh could not reach, becoming founder of the city of Commorragh himself; and also discovering the technique by which the Dark Eldar extract the essence of other species to sustain themselves.

However according to another account, Vect was born a lowly slave in Commorragh. Carving a bloody path through the city through deception and his own wits, Vect climbed the ladder of Commorragh and founded the Kabal of the Black Heart. By the time the arrogant nobility of Commorragh acknowledged the low-born Vect could pose a legitimate threat it was too late and Vect had forcibly united the disparate sub-realms of the Dark City into his fold.^4a Vect then captured the Salamanders Space Marine Strike Cruiser Forgehammer, which provoked an Imperial invasion of Commorragh itself. In the ensuing battle, the Lords of Commorragh were killed by the vengeful Space Marine forces and Vect emerged as the undisputed ruler of the Dark City.^4b

When Vect deigns to enter battle personally, he usually does so upon his Dais of Destruction; a modified Ravager equipped with a unique force field that protects its riders from harm.

In the Soulstorm expansion of the real-time strategy game Dawn of War, Asdrubael Vect is known to be leading the Kabal of the Black Heart in the Kaurava Campaign. His underling, Archon Tahril, is the commander in control of the player, but if the player assaults the Dark Eldar fortress as any other race, they will come into conflict with Vect and his Dias of Destruction.

Trivia

Asdrubael Vect is the only Special character to appear in Dawn of War. Other characters are invented for the game's campaign (With the exception of Captain Gabriel Angelos and Abaddon the Despoiler, in which the latter was briefly seen in the different endings of Chaos Rising).³

Images

Asdrubael Vect upon his Dais of Destruction

Sources

• ¹:Codex: Dark Eldar (3rd Edition)
• ²:The Torturer's Tale
• ³:Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Soulstorm
• ⁴:Codex: Dark Eldar (5th Edition)
  • ^4a: p. 55
  • ^4b: p. 13-15