Hastur Sejanus
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Hastur Sejanus was the Captain of the Luna Wolves' 4th Company and a member of the Mournival. A senior commander and particularly close friend to his primarch, Horus, he was murdered during compliance negotiations upon Sixty-Three-Nineteen. His appearance was later used by Erebus in an attempt to trick and coerce Horus into following the path of Chaos.
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History
Noted as the Commander's favourite and a perfect Captain, Sejanus was a popular figure in the Luna Wolves Legion.
Both an accomplished diplomat and warrior, with a martial record second only to that of First Captain Abaddon's, Sejanus was described as being a particularly handsome and noble man of balanced humours, with Captain Garviel Loken going so far as to say that there was no finer figure in Mk. IV plate.1-p.15 He had widely set eyes that glittered silver, and a firm straight nose that mirrored that of the Luna Wolves Primarch Horus.2-p.253
In the 203rd year of the Great Crusade, Captain Sejanus was given the honour of making the first face-to-face contact with the ruler of the planet later known as Sixty-Three-Nineteen. Unfortunately, a mis-step in diplomacy resulted in the murder of Sejanus and all those accompanying him. His death was considered a tragedy by those in the Legion, and the manner of it (ambushed and hacked down during a diplomatic treaty) caused particular outrage. Warmaster Horus, who was said to have loved Sejanus like a son and to have campaigned with him across one hundred worlds, ordered that Sejanus' murderers, the Invisibles, be decimated. Sejanus' position in the Mournival was taken by Captain Loken.1-p.84
Some time later, the form of Hastur Sejanus was taken by the Word Bearers Chaplain Erebus during his coercion of Horus to Chaos during the Warmaster's treatment in the Serpent Lodge on Davin.2-p.253
Inspiration
Hastur is the name of a senior, malignant entity in the Cthulhu mythos whose form is not to be trusted, while Sejanus was a prominent Roman soldier, being both close friend to the Emperor Tiberius and commander of his Praetorian Guard.
Sources
- 1:Horus Rising by Dan Abnett
- 2:False Gods by Graham McNeill
