Kurov

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Kurov was an Imperial Guard General of the Armageddon Steel Legion^[2] and one of the most gifted officers in Imperial history.^[1]

Kurov was one of the primary Imperial Guard officers to take part in the Third War for Armageddon. By this time, he had lead the Council of Armageddon for several decades.^[2]

Upon retirement, he recorded dozens of tactical treatises that were translated into vox-ghosts by the Adeptus Mechanicus and uploaded into a two-headed avian servitor referred to as Kurov's Aquila.^[1]

Kurov died in battle during the Third War during the Second Mannheim Siege.^[3]

Conflicting sources

Kurov is given two different full names by different sources:

• The novella Blood and Fire states that his full name is "Arvaley Kurov".^[3]
• The 3rd Edition Armageddon codex, however, gives Kurov's full name as "Vladimer Nikita Kurov".^[4]

Sources

• 1: Codex: Astra Militarum (6th Edition) - Heirlooms of Conquest
• 2: Helsreach (Novel) - Armageddon (Anthology), Chapter I
• 3: Blood and Fire (Novella) - Armageddon (Anthology), Epilogue
• 4: Codex: Armageddon (3rd Edition), pg. 30