Arunden
Arunden was the Soul Drinkers' Forge Master in M34, who sought to commune with the machine-spirit of the Chapter's warship Scintillating Death in order to master it and bring its intellect into the Emperor's service. However, before he could do so, Arunden was assigned to strike force of Force Commander Macellis, which was charged with clearing the worlds of the Chaehinnus stars of Orks. The strike force met with disaster when the Scintillating Death, the warship they were using to take them to the Chaehinnus stars, was lost in the Warp. When it finally re-emerged, five years later, the Chapter discovered that the entire strike force had died and their souls now haunted the warship. Afterwards, any Soul Drinker who wanted to join the Chapter's Chaplaincy was forced to travel to the Scintillating Death and survive an encounter with Arunden and the other angry souls that dwelt there.[1]
Sources
- 1: Daenyathos (Novella), Part 3
