Gabriel Seth
Gabriel Seth is the Chapter Master of the Flesh Tearers.
Seth is the Commander of the Flesh Tearers, having presided over the Chapter for over 100 years. In his time he has experienced many great victories, but has also seen too many of his battle brothers fall victim to the Black Rage. He has earned a great degree of enmity with most other Imperial armies he has fought alongside. Commanders of the Imperial Guard and of the Adepta Sororitas are often simply ignored, while other Marines grow frustrated with Seth's impetuous desire to instantly destroy all enemies.1
When Seth initially ascended to Chapter Master, he was presented with evidence of the gene-seed mutation and battle-attrition within the chapter would drive the Flesh Tearers to extinction within two centuries. Upon hearing this, Seth has promised that if the chapter were to go extinct, it would be remembered with honor, rather than fear. Despite the chapter's continual savagery, Seth has proven to be a competent and hopeful leader of such a force of Astartes, taking new policies to combat the chapter's grizzly reputation. Cretacia has become dedicated to producing weapons and recruits for the Flesh Tearers; and the Flesh Tearers make strikes isolated from other Imperial forces to conceal their savagery from and minimalize collateral damage to Imperial allies. Many who feared the Flesh Tearers are now praising them, although they are still distrusted by many of their allies.2
In battle, Seth can always be found in the vanguard of his forces, leading his Marines through incredible acts of savagery and bloodshed. When the Flesh Tearers presence is not required on the battlefield, he becomes stern and dour, forever preoccupied with the doom that still hangs over his Chapter.1 Seth's hopes of bringing the chapter back into the good graces of the Imperium, and more importantly, saving it from its doom are desperate hopes. Yet his strategy has yet to bear fruit, and only time will tell of what becomes of the Flesh Tearers.2
Along with the traditional loadout used by most Chapter Masters, Seth has a massive, potent two-handed chainsword aptly named Blood Reaver. As befitting a master of a Blood Angels successor chapter, Seth is a talented hand-to-hand combatant.2
