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Karis Venner

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Karis Venner was a Krieg Marshal of the Imperial Guard.[1]

He was one of the most senior commanders in the notoriously bloody Death Korps of Krieg, having commanded the 17th Line Korps for an unprecedented eleven years. During this time, Venner has been listed as KIA three times, but has always managed to somehow survive each near-death experience. In one case three days after presumed dead, he was found leading a ragged group of Krieg Guardsmen surrounded by a sea of corpses. Venner has a notoriously raspy voice, the result of his lungs and trachea having been replaced after he was doused with a traitor's Flamer during the Siege of Duraka Landing. He is a highly successful general in his own right, but not one whose command is popular with non-Krieg Regiments. Many are resentful of his cold calculating nature which often results in heavy casualties for those who serve under him, and those who are not of Krieg origin see Venner's command style as the stuff of madness.[1b]

In the late 990's.M41, he led millions of Imperial Guardsmen of the Death Korps of Krieg in the Orphean War. While initially managing to organize a stubborn defense against the Necrons, he was seemingly killed in the conflict after leading a massive suicidal charge to destroy a Monolith.[1a]

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