Al'rahem
From Lexicanum
Al'rahem was a Captain of the Tallarn Desert Raiders 3rd regiment, commonly known as the "Desert Tigers". He fought during the Macharian Crusade alongside the 4th and 5th Tallarn regiments. During the campaign, the first human planet to be discovered was called Thoth. It had evolved isolated from the Imperium and without the guiding knowledge and light of the Emperor. The majority of the inhabitants had developed dangerous psychic powers and had started worshipping the dark powers of Chaos. As Thoth was a desert world, it was natural that the Desert Tigers should be among the regiments chosen to take part in the invasion.
During the landings, Al'rahem's landing craft malfunctioned and crash-landed in the deep deserts. They were rescued by a native tribe of people known as the N'go. Without the N'go, even Al'rahem's knowledge of survival in the desert would have failed him. The N'go were curious about the Imperium in all its aspects, although their language was unintelligible to the troops. A natural linguist, Al'rahem learned their language and much more about the N'go tribes of the deep desert. He learned that the war on Thoth was faring badly for the Imperial forces, and that the "witches" as the tribesmen called the other inhabitants, had called upon daemonic forces to fight the Imperium. The more Al'rahem talked to the tribesmen the more he learned of their own struggle against the people of Thoth and their evil sorcery.
Under Al'rahem and his remaining band of Desert Tigers, the N'go fought a hit-and-run war against the Thoth, appearing suddenly from the deep desert to loot and destroy before returning to their secret bases. After the war was finally won, Al'rahem returned to his regiment. His fame had spread far and wide throughout the army as had the stories of the heroic N'go tribes. After the armies passed on the Inquisition declared the world Amundi Heretica. The N'go were evacuated along with genetic samples of most of the plants and animals whilst the world was cleansed with viral bombs. Later, the desert tribes were returned after swearing oaths of loyalty to the Emperor, and to this day Thoth is ruled by the Lords Al'rahem, the descendants of Al'rahem.
