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Barthol Van Voytz

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Barthol Van Voytz was a Lord General of the Astra Militarum, active during the Sabbat Worlds Crusade.[1a]


Biography

Van Voytz was the commander of the 9th Army group of the Sabbat Worlds Crusade and a prominent Lord General overall in the Crusade hierarchy.[Needs Citation]

A very able commander of forces, he was quick to recognise the value of the Tanith First and Only as an elite stealth operations force, first using them in such a role during the invasion of Ouranberg, when he deployed four teams into the city to eliminate the Chaos leader Sagittar Slaith.[Needs Citation]

He also helped get half of the Tanith First redeployed from the front line trenches on Aexe Cardinal so they could be best used to scout and eventually repel a Blood Pact invasion through what was seen as impassable forest territory.[Needs Citation]

After the Tanith helped save the world of Herodor from a Chaos invasion he asked Colonel-Commissar Ibram Gaunt to select a team of specialists to infiltrate the Chaos-captured world of Gereon to eliminate the traitor Lord General Noches Sturm.[Needs Citation]

As a Colonel, he was part of the Calahad Brigade and fought Drukhari raiders in a campaign through the Fenlock Forest.[3]

In 791.M41 he backed a failed attempt remove Macaroth from power, out frustration of his disregard for advice from High Command and concerns over his sanity, so far as to directly insult and threaten the Warmaster.[2] As punishment he was reprimanded and lost command of the Fifth Army, though he escaped demotion or fourth tier reassignment to a penal regiment or frontier world. He was killed in 792.M41 leading a counterattack against Woe Machine sleeper agents that had infiltrated the Urdeshic Palace.[3]

Habits

Van Voytz was also a noted bibliophile, to the point of taking portions of his private collection (many of which were mint, first-edition copies) with him on campaign, even into active warzones.[1b]

His library included[1b]:

In addition to the actual volumes above, Van Voytz also owned a cased collection of the complete sermons of Thor, an early quarto of the Tactica Imperium and Slaydo's treatise on Balhaut.[1b]

Sources